DETERMINATION OF PROGNOSTIC CRITERIA OF CARDIORESPIRATORY SYSTEM DYSADAPTATION IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH HIGH OBSTETRICAL RISK AND COMPLICATED COURSE OF PREGNANCY

The article reviews the indices of cardiorespiratory system adaptation, obtained, at the performing the test with, graduated, physical exercise in pregnant women with. high, obstetrical risk, that can be used, as prognostic criteria of development of pregnancy course complications

Net-zero multi-energy systems for Siberian rural communities: A methodology to size thermal and electric storage units

About 15 million people live in rural communities in the Russian Federation. Most of them are not energetically supplied from the main national infrastructures (electric and gas). People living in such isolated communities use diesel engines for generating electricity and heat. In many cases, diesel is supplied using rail tracks, boats or even helicopters. Consequently, the generation of electricity has very high costs and very low reliability. For this reason, more and more rural isolated communities are using renewable energy sources to decrease their dependency on diesel sources. This study deals with the concept of net-zero multi-energy systems in rural and stand-alone areas. A methodology, based on economical, ecological, technical and social criteria, has been developed for planning the generation capacity and sizing the energy storage units. In addition, controlling algorithms have been developed to deal with the volatility of renewable energy sources (wind and sun) and integrate heat/electricity energy systems. The proposed methodology has been applied to the design of a net-zero energy system for a Siberian rural energy community

BIOFILM FORMATION INDUCED BY CLINICAL ISOLATES OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

Abstract. The data proving low probability of observing Biofilm Formation (BF) by contemporary clinical strains of M. tuberculosis growing on liquid medium in vitro are discussed. A hypothesis about the role of MDR/XDR development hindering BF production was proposed. It was found that strains capable of producing BF grow on Lewenstein–Jensen medium generated R-form specific colonies shaped as a disk with a convex center, “UFO-colonies”. Sixty seven “UFO”- strains were investigated to BF production, resistance to antibiotics and their belonging to the main epidemics clusters of the Beijing genotype (CC1 and CC2-W148). It was shown that MDR/XDR strains were also capable of BF production that, however, was remarkably more frequent in strains of CC1 and CC2-W148 genotypes. Thus, it was hypothesized that BF production might potentially influence an outcome of chronic forms of TB-infection