The Possibility of Using Endophytic Micromycetes for Increasing Plant Metal Resistance

The aim of this research was to study the effect of inoculation with the Cylindrocarpon magnusianum endotrophic micromycete on the physiological and biochemical parameters of tomato test plants under the action of heavy metal salts. The plants were inoculated with the fungus culture (control population) and populations of this fungus preliminarily adapted to the action of the stress factor. Then, inoculated plants were grown under control conditions and on substrates with different concentrations of heavy metal salts (zinc, copper, lead and chromium). After the plants were inoculated with the control population of the C. magnusianum fungus, a stimulating effect increasing the plants’ resistance to the action of the heavy metal salts was not detected. When the plants were inoculated with adapted populations of the C. magnusianum fungus, adaptive reactions of the plants associated with the content of photosynthetic pigments in the leaves and the formation of plant biomass were significantly manifested. Under these conditions, a more intense development of fungal infection in plant roots was observed in contrast to the use of the control fungal population. These findings therefore demonstrated an effective partnership between the C. magnusianum fungus and the root system of plants under extreme conditions for plant life. Keywords: Cylindrocarpon magnusianum, micromycetes, heavy metals, inoculation, biochemical indicators

Biological Markers of Training Level among Qualified Greco-Roman Wrestlers

BACKGROUND: The article presents the dynamics of biochemical indicators showing the tension of body functional systems in qualified Greco-Roman wrestlers at the pre-competition stage. Biochemical indicators can be regarded as the markers of training level, as a reflection of adaptive changes during performing training loads. AIM: The study aims to examine the adaptive reactions of body internal systems in wrestlers to the load performed at the stage of pre-competition training. METHODS: The methodological basis of the study is the examination of the reaction of body functional systems in wrestlers (n = 24) in response to the load performed at the stage of pre-competition training. The basis of the studied indicators of wrestlers’ organisms is the dynamics of the enzymatic activity (ALT and AST), the activity of creatine phosphokinase, and the balance of anabolic and catabolic processes in the course of a 2-week macrocycle of the pre-competition training. RESULTS: A high level of enzymatic activity (ALT and AST) was noted as the response to shock training load in the first and the second training macrocycles against the background of a negative trend during the entire sports event, which indicates a directed decrease in the heart’s tension muscle, being an indicator of adaptive changes occurring in wrestlers’ body energy. The high variability of AST indicators on the first day and creatine phosphokinase throughout the entire pre-competition training pointed out an individual level of adaptive reactions of the athletes’ bodies in response to the training load taken. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study have shown notable dynamics in the indicators of the enzymatic activity of AST, creatine phosphokinase, and the hormone cortisol in a series of shock training loads, as the response to adaptive changes in body energy systems, the value of which should be considered during the pre-competition training.

Rehabilitation of infertile patients after reconstructive plastic surgery on the pelvic organs

The research aims at studying the effectiveness of plasmapheresis and ozonotherapy in treatment of women of reproductive age in early postoperative period after reconstructive-plastic operations. 110 patients with different factors of infertility who passed surgical laparoscopy were examined. All the patients were rehabilitated applying medicinal plasmapheresis (70 patients) and ozonotherapy (40 patients). The results of the study showed the advantages of these methods of treatment in comparison with traditional therapy (antibacterial and physiotherapy in comparative group, 72 patients). So, early rehabilitation of patients including medicinal plasmapheresis and ozonotherapy makes it possible to increase essentially the course of postoperative period, to stabilize adaptive reactions, to recover reproductive function in considerable amount of infertile women.

Effects of physical activity on prolactin and thyroid hormones

Thyroid hormones thyroxine and triiodothyronine, as well as the hormone of anterior pituitary gland prolactin, play an important role in various physiological processes in the human body. In high-stress situations, these hormones act to maintain homeostasis. One of the severe stressors is physical activity. Prolactin and thyroid hormones control the energy metabolism during physical activity, and are also an important link in adaptive reactions in response to physical activity.

Homeostasis and adaptation: pathophysiological aspects of somato-vegetative interaction in ontogenesis

The review presents information on the somatovegetative interaction of blood circulation and respiration from the point of view of the views of Professor Yu.P. Pushkarev. Data are presented that speak of the complexity and complexity of the problem of homeostasis and adaptation, the unresolved many issues that are important for understanding the stability of the internal environment of the body and establishing the limits of the norm. It has been shown that within the neurohumoral system of the body, the interaction of various components of functional systems is constantly carried out, ensuring the conjugation of respiration and blood circulation with the formation of intersystem links. Some aspects of the formation of functions in animals and humans in postnatal ontogenesis are considered. It is emphasized that homeostasis is an internal balance of indicators in the body, but its values are constantly changing due to the center-peripheral integration of functions. It was emphasized that the process of achieving a beneficial adaptive result is characterized by the asymmetry of physiological indicators, and the intersystem interaction ensures the balancing of homeostasis constants in terms of adaptation to environmental conditions. It has been shown that over-threshold environmental influences and homeostasis parameters shift in the body, compensatory-adaptive reactions occur, aimed at maintaining a certain level of stationary state, eliminating or limiting the effect of the harmful factor and optimizing the interaction of the organism and the environment due to the formation of intersystem links. Analyzed the pathophysiological mechanisms of changes in function in certain diseases and stress effects. It is shown that the further study of the somatovegetative interaction in the context of the ideas of Yu.P. Pushkarev will allow revealing the true mechanisms of synchronization of functions in the organism of animals and humans in order to understand its existence as an independent self-regulating system.

Features of the morphological structure of the placenta in pregnant women with preeclampsia

To study morphological features of the placenta in women in labor, pregnancy which complicated by preeclampsia we studied 26 placentae, of which 17 were from pregnant women with mild to moderate preeclampsia (basic group) and 9 from healthy women (control group). Histologically the study was conducted with methodically recommendations of T.D. Zadorozhnaya et al. for light microscopy. During the study of morphological features of the placenta in women in labor with preeclampsia were installed morphological changes in the placenta, which reflect a tendency to develop compensatory-adaptive reactions following their stress and exhaustion, which is a sign of placental insufficiency. Received data allow claiming a high frequency of development placental insufficiency in pregnant women with risk factors such as chronic salpingo-oophoritis, anemia, late preeclampsia, and inflammation diseases kidney.

Basic emotion theory, social constructionism, and the universal ethogram

While emotion researchers with an evolutionary and biological orientation increasingly agree that small sets of discrete emotions are basic or primary, other researchers – particularly social constructionists – instead argue that all emotions are expressions of language and culture largely unconstrained by biology. Emotions are indeed socially and psychologically constructed, but not from scratch, for the basic emotions have evolved as biologically-structured adaptive reactions to the most fundamental problems of life, and have a deep evolutionary history. These life-problems were first identified in herpetology, and elaborated in Plutchik’s universal ethogram, a behavioral profile of four problems of life – identity, temporality, hierarchy, and territoriality – shared by a wide range of animal species. Plutchik proposed that the opposite poles of each of these dimensions can represent prototypical life-situations requiring rapid adaptive reactions; these reactions comprise the eight primary emotions. By hypothesizing that these dimensions have evolved into elementary social-relations models, we establish a continuity between the sociorelational and biological levels of emotional experience. Identification of eight basic emotions enables a classification of 24 secondary and 56 tertiary level emotions.

The impact of students’ individual vegetative status on their psychophysiological ad-aptation to the learning environment: the effectiveness of RSA-BFB therapy

Introduction. The article summarizes the results of studying the process of students’ adaptation to the learning environment in a wide range of degree programmes provided by higher educational institutions. The purpose of the article is to identify the characteristic features of students’ psychophysiological adaptation to the learning environment, taking into account the peculiarities of autonomic regulation, with the subsequent assessment of the effectiveness of using RSA-BFB therapy. Materials and Methods. The study involved 209 second-year medical and biological students. The study of neurodynamic characteristics was carried out using an automated psychophysiological complex. Heart rate variability indicators were evaluated by means of cardiorhythmography. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the mean values and identified the correlation between neurodynamic characteristics and indicators of heart rate variability of students doing academic degrees in various fields. RSA-BFB therapy was used to increase students’ adaptive capabilities. Results. The characteristic features of adaptive reactions were revealed depending on the initial vegetative tone and the type of functional response. The combination of psychophysiological and medico-biological constitutional approaches used in the work enabled the authors to expand and clarify the ideas about the mechanism of the functional self-regulation system and classify the types of adaptive reactions in the process of educational: adaptive, compensatory and maladaptive. After the RSA-BFB therapy for students prone to maladaptive reactions, in comparison with the control group, there was an improvement in the strength of the nervous system and the mobility of nervous processes. Using RSA-BFB therapy contributed to overcoming chronic stress and developing reaction patterns inherent in adaptive types. Conclusions. The use of RSA-biofeedback therapy, taking into account the individual-typological characteristics, has contributed to balancing ergotropic and trophotropic processes, restoring the body's functional reserves and improving the efficiency of adaptation to learning environment.

Substantiation of the adaptability of Zizyphus jujuba varieties to the climatic conditions of the Volgograd region

Актуальность обусловлена интродукцией субтропической плодовой культуры Zizyphus jujuba(унаби) в Волгоградскую область. Впервые в условиях Волгоградской области проанализирован и обобщен материал по биохимическим свойствам различных сортов плодов унаби. Цель исследований – изучение адаптивных реакций субтропических растений Zizyphus jujubа в северных точках возделывания на основе их биохимических и физиологических параметров. Объекты - растительные генотипы Z. jujuba: крупноплодные, среднеплодные и мелкоплодные. Опытные посадки с их участием возделываются на коллекционном участке ФНЦ агроэкологии РАН (Волгоград, Россия). Исследование адаптивных реакций на изменение условий среды базируется на фиксации экологических факторов и биоэкологии растительных особей на основе их физиологических и биохимических параметров в полевых и лабораторных условиях. В задачи исследований входило: выявление лимитирующих факторов, ограничивающих развитие; анализ критических периодов развития растений по изменению водного обмена и температурного режима; сравнительная оценка биохимических характеристик плодов в северной точке ареала культивирования с учетом адаптации к стресс-факторам (генотип-среда). Выявлено, что недостаток воды приводит к увеличению концентрации растворимых веществ. Обезвоживание приводит к нарушению целостности мембран и оказывает влияние на состав пигментного комплекса. Установлена вариабельность содержания аскорбиновой кислоты по годам: у крупноплодных и среднеплодных растений от 31,9 до 66,5 мг %. У мелкоплодных растений в условиях культивирования вариабельность по годам менее выражена. В засушливый период (общий запас влаги в почве до двух метров 130-141 мм) содержание аскорбиновой кислоты снижается. Мелкоплодные растения, проявляющие высокую степень адаптации, имеют большие показатели содержания аскорбиновой кислоты (до 740,3 мг %). Ограничивающими факторами являются повышения температур и снижение влажности воздуха в летний период при малом количестве осадков и запаса влаги в корнеобитаемом слое почвы. Продуктивность растений при стрессе сильно зависит от поддержания водного статуса растений. Любая оценка водного статуса должна учитывать реакцию растений на условия окружающей среды и характеристику этих условий The relevance is due to the introduction of the subtropical fruit culture Zizyphus jujuba (unabi) to the Volgograd region. For the first time in the conditions of the Volgograd region, the material on the biochemical properties of various varieties of una-bi fruits was analyzed and generalized. The aim of the research is to study the adaptive reactions of subtropical plants of Zizyphus jujuba in the northern points of cultivation based on their biochemical and physiological parameters. The objects are plant genotypes of Z. jujuba: large-fruited, medium-fruited and small-fruited. Experimental plantings with their participation are cultivated at the collection site of the Federal Research Center for Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Volgograd, Russia). The study of adaptive reactions to changing environmental conditions is based on the fixation of environmental factors and bioecology of growing individuals based on their physiological and biochemical parameters in the field and laboratory conditions. The research objectives included: identification of limiting factors limiting development; analysis of critical periods of plant development by changes in water metabolism and temperature regime; comparative assessment of the biochemical characteristics of fruits in the northern point of the cultivation area, taking into account adaptation to stress factors (genotype-environment). It was revealed that the lack of water leads to an increase in the concentration of soluble substances. Dehydration leads to a violation of the integrity of the membranes and affects the composition of the pigment complex. The variability of ascorbic acid content by years was established: in large-fruited and medium-fruited plants from 31.9 to 66.5 mg %. In small-fruited plants under cultivation, the variability over the years is less pronounced. During the dry period (the total moisture reserve in the soil is up to two meters 130-141 mm), the content of ascorbic acid decreases. Small-fruited plants showing a high degree of adaptation have high rates of ascorbic acid content (up to 740.3 mg%). Limiting factors are temperature increases and a decrease in air humidity in summer with low rainfall and moisture reserves in the root layer of the soil.The productivity of plants under stress strongly depends on the maintenance of the water status of plants. Any assessment of the water status should take into account the reaction of plants to environmental conditions and the characteristics of these conditions

Training Conditions and Emotional Impact on Spanish Olympic Swimmers and Rowers in Social Isolation due to COVID-19. Results of a Survey

This article analyzes the results of a survey conducted in 2020 with Spanish Olympic swimmers and rowers, who were confined to their homes due to the epidemiological crisis. The questionnaire was administered between 23 April and 25 May. Responses to the questionnaire on emotional and adaptive reactions during the COVID-19 confinement (REACOVID-19) were received from 88 subjects, who represented 100% of the total population of Spanish Olympic swimmers and rowers. Through this questionnaire, they were asked about their living conditions, their daily training habits and their psychological, cognitive and emotional adaptation during the confinement. The results show the commitment of these athletes to their sports goals and their responsibility in respecting the confinement rules. Sixty-seven per cent of them stated that they had not left their homes for 96 days. In these extreme circumstances, the majority trained an average of 11 to 13 hours a week and coped with the confinement with a positive attitude, in spite of the inconveniences of social isolation, the lack of equipment and technical support for training and the limitations of their physical space. The article analyzes which emotional and social factors influenced both their motivation and their hours of training.