Using of the Agglomeration-in-liquid for the Technology of the Fine Materials

The content of the fine and ultrafine particles in the raw material results in difficulty of the separation, the loss of the valuable components and ecological contamination. Secondary using of the fine particles is impossible without their granulation. This problem has been solved by the agglomeration-in-liquid method. An agglomeration-in-liquid method is a process to produce agglomerates in a liquid phase from solid particles suspended in the liquid. The surface of solid particles and the binding liquid must be of identical polarity, but the continuous phase must be of the opposite polarity. The water solutions of the surfactant are the binding liquids or the organic liquids

About Possibility of Using Nanoparticles Based on Gadolinium Compounds in Preparations for Diagnostics of Oncological Diseases

The work was supported by D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (Project № 013-2018)

QUALITY OF LIFE, MENTAL ADJUSTMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION OF MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY

Aim. To assess the quality of life and mental adjustment of mothers of children with epilepsy; to further specify the areas of psychological rehabilitation.Materials and methods. One hundred and twenty women who had children with epilepsy were studied. Clinical assessment of their mental state and their psychological condition were performed using the following instruments: the WHOQOL-BREF, the Stigmatization-of-Patients-with-Epilpesy questionnaire (Wasserman LI, Mikhailov VA), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Zung Anxiety Rating Scale (Z-CDS), the Level-of-SocialFrustration questionnaire (Wasserman LI), the Coping Strategy Indicator (Amirkhan D), and the Value Survey (Rokeach M).Results. We found symptoms of anxiety in 51 women (42.5%) and symptoms of neurotic disorders in 34 women (28.3%); among the latter, neurasthenia was diagnosed in 8 women and prolonged depression – in 26 women. The symptoms were accompanied by dissatisfaction with their quality of life, social frustration, maladjustment, high selfstigma due to the child’s disease, hyper-social attitudes and preference for choosing irrational coping strategies in difficult situations.Conclusion. The results indicate the ways of psychological rehabilitation (i.e. psychological education and prevention) of such mothers to improve their mental adjustment and stress resistance

SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY

Abstract: the close relatives play important roles in medical, social and psychological ehabilitation of patients with chronic social diseases. In modern medicine, in the biopsychosocial model of rehabilitation received much attention of psycho-social support for patients and their families, aimed at improving the quality of life and social adaptation. As practice shows, parents of children with epilepsy are actively involved at all levels of the biopsychosocial model of rehabilitation of patients with epilepsy, developed and implemented in practice in St. Petersburg V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute. The aim of this study was to estimate the complex psychological structure of the quality of life of parents of children with epilepsy and the impact of clinical, psychological, and social factors of epilepsy on quality of life of children of their parents. The study showed that epilepsy in children negatively affects the quality of life, psycho-emotional state and social adaptation of their parents. Psychological and psychotherapeutic help parents enable optimizing rehabilitation process of children with epilepsy

FMD EPIDEMIC PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS IN RUSSIA IN 2010 – FIRST QUARTER OF 2019

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed livestock and wild animals. Europe, North America and Oceania have long been FMD free; at the same time, the virus is widely spread in Asian and African countries. In the period from 2010 to March 2019, FMD was notified to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) by 89 countries of the world. Local FMD outbreaks were also reported in several regions of the Russian Federation throughout this period. The research was aimed at studying some characteristics of the FMD epidemic process in the Russian Federation. The undertaken epidemiological analysis covers the Russian Federation regions where FMD outbreaks were reported between 2010 and March 2019. During the period under consideration, FMD cases were reported in 9 regions of the Russian Federation, mainly in the settlements located in close proximity to the Russia-China and Russia-Mongolia international borders. Most of the outbreaks were caused by serotype O and A FMD viruses. In most cases, FMD was reported in cattle and pigs and, less frequently, in sheep and goats. The analysis of the FMD epidemic situation in the Russian Federation Subjects was performed through epidemic process assessment based on the following estimates: the proportion of infected settlements, epidemic, contagiousness and morbidity rates. The Zabaykalsky and Primorsky Krais have a lead in the number of infected settlements. The highest morbidity rate in pigs was recorded in the Primorsky Krai, in cattle – in the Amur Oblast. The epidemic rate was the highest in the Primorsky and Zabaykalsky Krais. The Primorsky Krai also accounted for the highest contagiousness rates in 2014 and 2019 when FMD occurred on several large pig farms

OCCURRENCE OF LUMPY SKIN DISEASE IN CATTLE IN THE WORLD

Lumpy skin disease is a viral highly contagious emerging transboundary disease of cattle. The incubation period of lumpy skin disease lasts for 28 days. Virus is transmitted through skin, mucous membranes of respiratory, digestive organs and conjunctiva, then it enters into the lymph nodes where it replicates, and then it is transported along the body with blood. Animals excrete the virus with expired air, saliva, semen, milk, nasal and ocular discharges, and exudates. The first reported outbreak of lumpy skin disease occurred in Central Africa, Zambia, in 1929. Then the disease was reported in the northern part of the continent. In the last years lumpy skin disease tends to spread to the north-east and north-west from the historical areal of the virus. Rapid disease spread is observed in the countries of Middle East, Central Asia and European Union. From July 2012 to July 2016 the disease affected 18 countries and became spread in the Middle East and moved to the north. In 2015 the first reported outbreak of lumpy skin disease occurred in the territory of the Russian Federation. It became widely spread in the south of Russia. Lumpy skin disease spread in the territory of Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan pose a threat to the Russian Federation. The prevention of further disease spread in Asia and Europe require cooperation of veterinary specialists and international authorities

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEA SE EPIZOOTOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE IN WILD ANIMAL POPULATION IN ZABAYKALSKY KRAI (RUSSIA) AS EXAMPLE

Wild animals can be a potential source of livestock infectious diseases. This problem is particularly relevant in the areas of distant-pasture cattle rearing where wild and domestic animals often contact on pastures and near watering places. Therefore, dzerens (or Mon­golian gazelles) migrating from the border areas of Mongolia and China to the Russian Federation can be the source of infection in wildlife. In this connection, the determination of the role of wild dzeren gazelles in the spread of foot and mouth disease is an urgent task. The paper presents information collection and epizootological data analysis with regard to dzeren migration from Mongolia to the the Zabaykalsky Krai (the Russian Federation) for the period of 1992–2018. The FMD epidemic situation in the the Zabaykalsky Krai (the Russian Federation), Mongolia, and China in 2005–2018 is given. FMD virus serotypes that caused outbreaks in the the Zabaykalsky Krai of the Russian Federation from 2006 to 2018 were correlated with the serotypes identified in Mongolia. Biomaterial samples from 20 dzerens were tested in the FGBI “ARRIAH” Laboratory and Diagnosis Center. The labora­tory testing results have confirmed FMD virus circulation in the population of dzerens migrating to the border areas of the Russian Federation from the adjacent areas of Mongolia. The potential threat of the FMD virus introduction into the territory of the Zabaykalsky Krai of the Russian Federation by wild animals is specified. The necessity of arranging FMD surveillance system in the population of susceptible wild migratory animals is also justified