[The influence of electrical stimulation on the peripheral immune system under the experimental and clinical conditions].

The authors for the first time provide the scientifically-grounded substantiation for the application of electrical stimulation with bipolar pulsed currents for the combined treatment of the patents presenting with acne vulgaris. Experiments on the rabbits have demonstrated the influence of bipolar pulsed currents on the cellular composition of lymph nodes and thereby facilitated the better understanding of certain theoretical aspects of the application of electrical stimulation at large. The clinical study on the application of multi-channel electrical stimulation and microcurrent therapy showed that these physical factors may cause remodeling of immunogenesis in the patents presenting with acne vulgaris manifested as the normalization of the cellular composition of peripheral blood (leukocyte, lymphocyte, T- and B-lymphocyte counts and immunoglobulin levels). These findings confirm the effectiveness of the proposed integrated treatment responsible for the enhancement of the overall resistance of the patents with acne vulgaris. Moreover, this therapeutic modality proved to exert the immunocorrective action and promote the restoration of the adaptive capacity at large. As a result, 80.9% of the patients presenting with acne vulgaris enjoyed prolonged remission of the disease.

[The application of laser therapy for the medical rehabilitation of the children presenting with chronic osteomyelitis].

The objective of the present study was to develop a scientifically sound rationale for the application of infrared laser radiation (IRLR) either separately or in the combination with fluctuation magnetic therapy in the medical rehabilitation of the children presenting with chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis. Another objective was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of this therapeutic modality. Two achieve these goals, the clinical observations and special research studies were conducted in two directions with the participation of 95 patients at the age varying from 1 to 15 years. The study has demonstrated the effectiveness of the inclusion of IRLR in the medical rehabilitation program for the children with chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis in different periods of the disease. It was shown that the transcutaneous infrared irradiation of the affected area during the exacerbation of chronic osteomyelitis had a well apparent immunostimulatory effect and reduced the activity of the inflammatory process. The application of IRLR in combination with fluctuation magnetic therapy during the period of partial remission, had a more pronounced influence on the microcirculation and stimulated the regenerative and trophic processes.

[The level of insecticide resistance in natural populations of houseflies]. / Uroven' rezistentnosti k insektitsidam prirodnykh populiatsii komnatnykh mukh.

The resistance to chlorophos and some pyrethroids (permethrin, fenvalerate and ethofenprox) were determined in house fly imagos from Moscow, some towns of the Moscow Province (Dmitrov, Kolomna, Zagorsk and others). Tajikistan, Turkmenia and also Czechoslovakia. The tested populations from the USSR were highly resistant to chlorophos (more than 100 times) and susceptible or tolerant to pyrethroids. Czechoslovak populations were more resistant to pyrethroids.

[The use of the 2600H high-pressure paint-sprayer for killing insects]. / Primenie okrasochnogo agregata vysokogo davleniia 2600H v tseliakh dezinsektsii.

Physical and mechanical parameters of the paint-sprayer 2600H were studied under laboratory conditions. Studies of the feasibility of using this device for desinsection were performed under real conditions in moderate--and hot-climate areas. High efficiency of POC and pyrethroids spraying for home mosquito and fly control was demonstrated. High pressure paint-sprayer treatment ensured a longer residual effect than "Automax". The use of the sprayer for desinsection may save time and labour.

[Method of spectral analysis of the rounded EMG and its role in the study of physiologic tremor]. / Metod spektral'nogo analiza ogibaiushchei EMG i ego rol' v izuchenii fiziologicheskogo tremora.

A new computerized method for the assessment of electrical activity of muscles is described. The method is based on statistical processing of the spectral parameters of circumscribing EMG. The method is intended for examination of normal and pathological tremor. The authors describe the results of the use of the method for examination of physiological tremor which may serve as standard criteria for the identification of pathological deviations.

[Spectral electromyographic analysis of essential tremor]. / Spektral'nyi élektromiograficheskii analiz éssentsial'nogo tremora.

The authors have developed a new method of computerized statistical analysis of the spectral parameters of the circumscribing electromyogram in patients with essential tremor (ET), making use of objective frequency and amplitude parameters. The results have shown that ET differed from physiological tremor not only by amplitude but also by frequency characteristics. Four groups of patients have been identified which differed in relation to both parameters. Clear-cut criteria have been defined which may be used in the differential diagnosis between ET and parkinsonism-associated tremor. It has been suggested that the pathological mechanisms of ET and parkinsonism-associated tremor differ in their location.

[Study of the pathogenesis of tremor in parkinsonism by the technic of spectral analysis of the rounded EMG using a computer]. / Izuchenie patogeneza tremora pri parkinsonizme metodom spektral'nogo analiza ogibaiushchei EMG s pomoshch'iu komp'iutera.

Tremor was studied in 2 forms of parkinsonism. A new method of computerized spectral EMG analysis was employed in the investigation. Amplitude and frequency characteristics of tremor in parkinsonism have been identified, which make it possible to objectify the diagnosis at the early stages of the disease and to facilitate its differentiation from other types of pathological tremor. The developed method may be used for assessing the efficiency of the chemotherapeutical and surgical treatment of parkinsonism. Some suggestions were made concerning the mechanism of pathological tremor.

Preparation and study of composite insecticido-repellent aerosols.

Insecticido-repellent mixtures sprayed on clothes, nets etc. are useful as a means of protection against attack by bloodsucking arthropods. These sprays provide repellence of insects sensitive to the repellent and kill those that are only weakly repellent sensitive. Combined formulae for aerosols including repellent DETA and the synthetic pyrethroid neopynamin ("Neorepellent-2") or sumithrin ("Sumirepellent") were proposed. The composite sprays were studied in an olfactometer fleas (X. cheopis) and under practical conditions by treating clothes with 7-15 g of mixture per 1 m2. The composite sprays gave 100% repellence for fleas and mosquitoes, 80-50% repellence for simuliids, 65-70% repellence for ceratopogonids and tabanids, 90-95% for ticks, and they killed 100% of insects having contacted treated surface. As regards Ixodes ticks, "Sumirepellent" was more effective than "Neorepellent-2" and caused irreversible paralysis. Toxicological tests showed the composite sprays to be safe in broad-scale practical use provided that measures of precaution were kept.