Clinical and epidemiological characteristic of chronic brucellosis

Aim. To study clinical epidemiological and laboratory features of chronic brucellosis in the Republic of Tatarstan in ten-year aspect. Methods. 59 patients infected with various forms of brucellosis in 2007-2017 were examined. Clinical laboratory and instrumental diagnosis of brucellosis was confirmed by the immunoassay (EIA) with determination of IgM and IgG antibodies, passive hemagglutination test with a brucellar diagnosticum, Coombs test, Wright and Hedelson agglutination test. Results. Clinically 91 % of patients had asthenic-vegetative syndrome, 55 % - mild intoxication symptoms, 89 % - articular syndrome, 49 % - fibrositis. EIA revealed in 91 % of patients IgG (38 %) and IgM (53 %) antibodies to causative agents of brucellosis, 25 % of patients had positive Wright agglutination test, and 30 % - positive Hedelson agglutination test. In 9 % of cases the diagnosis was confirmed by Coombs test and in 26 % by passive hemagglutination test with brucellar diagnosticum. The retrospective analysis with clinical cases of patients with chronic brucellosis indicates introduced cases in 19 % (from the republics of Central Asia and Transcaucasia), local cases in 81 % (from the Republic of Tatarstan), their occupational character (57 %), the mixed (contact and alimentary) route of infection (21 %), and 64 % with clinically primary involvement of the musculoskeletal system and peripheral nervous system, i.e. prevalence of the mixed form of chronic brucellosis. Conclusion. Chronic brucellosis in the Republic of Tatarstan is characterized by high risk of introduced cases, occupational history, prevalence of the mixed route of infection in females and working-age patients; with the features of systemic disease involving the musculoskeletal and peripheral nervous system against the background of mild syndrome of intoxication and moderate asthenic-vegetative syndrome. Divergence of the results of serological diagnostics requires careful studying of duration of infection, features of the immune response in each case on follow-up

Preparation of encapsulated α-tocopherol acetate and study of its physico-chemical and biological properties

The article discusses the results of research for obtaining encapsulated vitamin E using a water-soluble oligosaccharide (cyclodextrin). The inclusion complexes of β-CD with α-tocopherol were obtained in an aqueousalcoholic medium by coprecipitation and microwave activation. The highest yields of target clathrate inclusion complexes of vitamin E with cyclodextrin were obtained under microwave synthesis conditions. Molecular modeling of inclusion complexes of α-tocopherol acetate with β-cyclodextrin in the ratios of 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4 was performed using the MM+ method. Based on semi-empirical PM3 calculations, without taking into account the influence of the environment, the total energy of the systems under study was estimated. Data on the study of the structure of the clathrate complex of α-tocopherol acetate with β-cyclodextrin was presented. The surface morphology of the resulting “guest-host” clathrate complex was described using a scanning electron microscope. The spectral properties of the inclusion complex were characterized by FT-IR and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy data. The study of the 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra of β-CD in the free and bound state in the form of the β-CD: VE clathrate made it possible to reveal the displacements of the signals of the nuclei (± ∆δ) 1H and 13C of the host molecule both in the region of weak and strong fields. The experimental results confirmed the possibility of the formation of inclusion complexes of α-tocopherol acetate with β-cyclodextrin at various ratios. The data on the study of the effect of encapsulated α-tocopherol acetate on the safety of food meat products was presented

FUNCTIONALLY ENRICHED MEAT PRODUCT WITH INCAPSULATED VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT

The article presents the study results of the functionally enriched meat product from lamb and ostrich meat with a biologically active additive. The fat-soluble vitamin complex "aevit" encapsulated with the food oligosaccharide β-cyclodextrin (E459) has been used as a functional ingredient. The use of poultry meat in the recipe allowed to obtain a product with high consumer properties. Based on the conducted experiments, a comparative characteristic of the physicochemical, energy, amino acid and organoleptic parameters of the obtained semi-smoked sausage products is given

Features of the course of manifest forms of acute hepatitis C

Aim. To identify clinical, epidemiological and laboratory-instrumental features of acute hepatitis C at the present stage according to the infectious hospital data. Methods. The study included 111 patients with acute hepatitis C aged from 18 to 79 years who were hospitalized in Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after A.F. Agafonov in 2011 - I quarter of 2017. Acute hepatitis C was diagnosed in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Results. In the study group, females aged 21 to 40 years, non-working, predominantly living in Kazan with medical transmission of infection (34 %) prevailed. The disease was mild and moderately severe (71 %). The icteric form was observed in 94 % of patients, in 3.6 % - with a cholestatic component. When comparing laboratory parameters, markers of cytolysis and cholestasis differed significantly in patients depending on the severity (p<0.001). Changes in the gallbladder walls (an ultrasound marker of cholestasis) were revealed in 21.4 % of patients. On specific examination, the viral RNA was detected in 100 % of patients. Analysis of serological markers revealed predominance of antibodies to core and NS3 proteins, M class antibodies were detected only in half of the patients. Specific antibodies were absent (“dark diagnostic window”) in 3 % of patients with mild and 6 % of moderate form of the disease. Conclusion. The feature of the course of acute viral hepatitis C was the predominance of moderate forms (71 %) with medical transmission of infection. Icteric forms of acute viral hepatitis C were diagnosed in 94 % of patients (in 3.6 % cases with the development of cholestatic component). PCR is a mandatory method of specific diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis C, and in case of a “dark diagnostic window” becomes the leading method

Metabolite Profiling Identifies Candidate Markers Reflecting the Clinical Adaptations Associated with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

Background: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is associated with weight loss, improved insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis, and a reduction in co-morbidities such as diabetes and coronary heart disease. To generate further insight into the numerous metabolic adaptations associated with RYGB surgery, we profiled serum metabolites before and after gastric bypass surgery and integrated metabolite changes with clinical data. Methodology and Principal Findings: Serum metabolites were detected by gas and liquid chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry before, and 3 and 6 months after RYGB in morbidly obese female subjects (n = 14; BMI = 46.261.7). Subjects showed decreases in weight-related parameters and improvements in insulin sensitivity post surgery. The abundance of 48 % (83 of 172) of the measured metabolites changed significantly within the first 3 months post RYGB (p,0.05), including sphingosines, unsaturated fatty acids, and branched chain amino acids. Dividing subjects into obese (n = 9) and obese/ diabetic (n = 5) groups identified 8 metabolites that differed consistently at all time points and whose serum levels changed following RYGB: asparagine, lysophosphatidylcholine (C18:2), nervonic (C24:1) acid, p-Cresol sulfate, lactate, lycopene, glucose, and mannose. Changes in the aforementioned metabolites were integrated with clinical data for body mass index (BMI) and estimates for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Of these, nervonic acid was significantly and negatively correlated with HOMA-IR (p = 0.001, R = 20.55)

The Nineteenth-Century World of Turkic Dictionaries: An Overview

The author creates a bibliographic picture of the various Turkic-language dictionaries from the eleventh to the end of the nineteenth centuries, in various languages, and describes their structure. He then focuses specifically on printed Turkic dictionaries of the nineteenth century, discussing their historical context and a statistical survey that he conducted. A number of these dictionaries have been digitized; he examines some sites where they are accessible. In the appendix is a list of the dictionaries that he found in the course of his research

CMS physics technical design report : Addendum on high density QCD with heavy ions

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Chemistry for Sustainable Development 20 (2012) 537545 Obtaining New Biologically Active Compounds from 2-Vinyloxyethylisothiocyanate

Abstract Via the reaction of alkaloid cytisine, l-ephedrine, d-pseudoephedrine as well as glucosylbenzylamine and xylosylbenzylamine aminoglycosides with vinyloxyethylisothiocyan ate and its acetal derivatives, we synthesized and characterized novel 2-vinyl-, N-1-propargyl-, 1-N-phenyloxyethoxyethylo-N-aminothiourea species. By the example of the N-vinylethoxythiocarbamoyl derivatives of l-ephedrine and d-pseudoephedrine is demonstrated that the mentioned thiourea species could quite readily undergo hydrolyzing in the presence of acids. On the basis of salicylic acid hydrazide we have synthesized and studied the acidic hydrolysis of corresponding vinyloxyethylthiosemicarbazide. The composition and the structure of the thiourea derivatives synthesized were confirmed by IR spectroscopy, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR and mass spectrometry as well as by XRD structural an alysis