[Functional motor asymmetry in three species of mouse rodents from natural populations].

Motor asymmetry of paws was studied in three species of mouse rodents (Apodemus agrarius, Clethrionomys glareolus, Clethrionomys rutilus) from natural populations. The prevalence of right-hand asymmetry was revealed in both males and females of all studied species. The spatial and temporal variability of asymmetry structures was shown. The increased number of left-handed rodents was observed in unfavorable habitats. A possible adaptive role of the functional motor asymmetry exemplified by small rodents is discussed.

[Genetic diversity of ixodid tick-borne pathogens in Tomsk City and suburbs].

We studied two urban and two suburban biotypes of Tomsk City for tick-transmitted diseases prevalence in naturally collected ticks. Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) was found in 6.5% of tick samples, West Nile virus (WNV) in 2.2%, Borrelia spp. in 8%, Rickettsia spp. in 2.5%, and Ehrlichia spp. in 1.7% of samples. Genetic markers of Powassan virus, Bartonella spp., and Balbesia spp. were not found. Analysis of the genetic diversity of revealed pathogens resulted in the following conclusions: 1. TBEV strains belong to Siberian and Far-Eastern subtypes, and Far-Eastern subtype of TBEV is most frequent in urban biotypes (up to 43 % of urban strains of TBEV); 2. WNV strains belong to genotype la; 3. Borrelia spp. were classified as B. garinii; 4. Rickettsia spp. were classified as R. tarasevichiae and probably as a new Rickettsia raoultii subspecies; 5. Ehrlichia spp. were classified as E. muris. The coexistence of several pathogens was found in 5.7% of tick samples, and the most frequent combination was TBEV + Borrelia spp.

[Evaluation of the signal-to-noise ratio--"Kullback information"--in the spectrum of cardiointervals in arterial hypertension patients depending on cosmophysical factors]. / Otsenka sootnosheniia signal/shum--"informatsii Kul'baka"--v spektrakh kardiointervalov u bol'nykh arterial'noi gipertenziei v zavisimosti ot kosmofizicheskikh faktorov.

It was shown that Kullback information (In) that is registered in a cardiogram, for example, during the arterial hypertension crisis can be used in medicinal diagnostics. Periods of In fluctuations from 2 to 12 days were revealed; some factors that influence In are shown to have a cosmophysical nature.

[The connection between multiday rhythms of certain indicators of systemic and cerebral hemodynamics and autonomic function with cosmophysical rhythms in patients with essential hypertension]. / Sviaz' mnogodnevnykh ritmov nekotorykh pokazatelei sistemnoi i mozgovoi gemodinamiki i vegetatiki s kosmofizicheskimi ritmami u bol'nykh éssentsial'noi gipertenziei.

Near-week and multiple of them rhythms are revealed in the dynamics of the studied biological functions and cosmophysical indices. The conception of endogenic nature of biological rhythms is discussed. It is shown that the group of people sick with essential hypertension is divided into three subgroups according to the type of link of biological rhythms with the cosmophysical; hypersynchronous, moderate synchronous, and asynchronous. It is suggested that the type of link with external factors is attributed by the of interaction of various function in the organism.

[The effect of cosmo-helio-geophysical factors on the agglutination of bacteria in vitro]. / Vliianie kosmogeliogeofizicheskikh faktorov na khod aggliutinatsii bakterii in vitro.

A correlation between intensity of neutronal component of cosmic rays and typhoid bacteria agglutination was revealed. Agglutination speed dependence on season, polarity of interplanetary magnetic field, geomagnetic storms, Sun's revolution was shown. An assumption is made about an important role of the magnetic fields in the phenomena observed.