The dynamics of air temperature extrema as an indicator of climate warming in the Central Tuvan basin of the Tyva Republic
... dynamics of anomalies in the absolute air temperature minima is accurately formalized through linear equations. The authors identify inconsistencies in the patterns of dynamics of anomalies in the absolute air temperature minima and maxima presented by different weather stations: the rate of increase in absolute minima is more than three times that of maxima.
1. Андрейчик М. Ф., Чульдум А. Ф. Изменение климата в Улуг-Хемской котловине Тувинской ...
Gender an seasonal changes in the leukocyte population in different age groups
This article presents the results of a hematological assay of blood (leucocytes, mean value of absolute and relative values of the leucocyte population: lymphocytes, total eosinophil, basophils, monocyte, and neutrophil count) in the military and reserve personnel. Seasonal, gender and age-dependent features in blood parameter changes are identified.
1. Назаренко Г. И., Кишкун А. А. Клиническая оценка результатов лабораторных исследований М., 2005.
2. Козинец Г. И., Сарычева Т.Г, Луговская С. А...
Modern landscapes of the Kaliningrad region as a reflection of land us
... author presents cases of transformations and restoration successions of agricultural and forestry landscapes. The mosaic nature of the current genetically determined landscape structure of the Kaliningrad region is explained by a large number of areas at different stages of transformation
1. Базы данных муниципальных образований Российской Федерации. URL: http://www/gks. ru/dbs. ru (дата обращения: 15.11.2014).
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Geo-demographic typology of municipalities of the Kaliningrad region
The article discusses the emergence and development of geo-demographic research in Russia, the US and Europe. It was concluded that despite the differences in purpose and nature of this kind of research, the geo-demographic classification remains the primary methodology in the analysis of geodemographic situation. The cluster analysis is applied to study territorial differentiation of geo-demographic ...
Development of the Zehlau ecosystem (based on the data on peat deposit structure)
... structure of peat deposits of the Zehlau raised bog. The authors investigate the history of the ecosystem and provide evidence for the idea that the bog developed through the paludification of a forest area, vast reed vegeta-tion, and rapid succession of different Sphagna communities. The article also focuses on the impact of fires and human activities on the development of the Zehlau ecosystem, as well as the need to preserve it.
1. Богдановская-Гиенэф И. Д. Растительный ...
Influence of hematopoietic growth factors on the activation status and functional activity of human T-lymphocytes
... monocytes, and their precursors // J. Immunol. 1990. Vol. 145. P. 576—84.
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20. Iscove N. N., Yan X. Q. Precursors (pre-CFCmulti) of multilineage ...
The evolution of functioning zoning of the Curonian Spit national park
... zoning as a tool of environmental management in the Curonian Spit national park (Kalinin-grad region) from its establishment to the present day. The author considers gradual changes in the composition of functional areas and the proportion of zones with different protection regimes.
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2. Иванов А. Н., Чижова В. П. Охраняемые ...
Kaliningrad and Crimea as Russian exclaves: similarities, differences, and interconnections
The article examines the emergence and development of Crimea (including Sevastopol) as Russia’s fourth exclave. Using the typology of the world’s enclave areas as objects of political geography, the author identifies distinctive characteristics of the Kaliningrad region and Crimea (the Crimean federal district) and compares them to other national and international enclaves. Another focus is the evolution of both territories from the national exclaves within the USSR into external ones. The author...
The biogeochemical activity of exotic gymnosperm species in industrial urbanised ecosystems
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27. Frontasyeva M. V. Neutron activation analysis for the Life Sciences // Phy-sics of Particles and Nuclei. 2011. Vol. 42, No. 2. P. 332—378....
The landscape approach to nature management in South-East Baltic
The Kaliningrad region is a small territory of Russia in the centre of Europe. It differs from other Russian regions in natural conditions and reclamation history. The recent socioeconomic development has been associated with anthropogenic pressure on natural and cultural landscapes created during seven hundred years. It has a negative ...
The features of heavy metal accumulation in forest mushrooms in the Kaliningrad region
... 39—46.
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4. Baeza A., Guille F. J., Salas A., Manjo J. L. Distribution of radionuclides in different parts of a mushroom: Influence of the degree of maturity // Science of the Total Environment. 2006. N 359. P. 255—266.
5. Malinowska E., Szefer P., Bojanowski R. Radionuclides content in Xerocomus ba-dius and other commercial mushrooms from ...
The impact of environmental factors on housing prices in Kaliningrad
The authors study spatial distribution of housing prices in different municipal districts. The results of the geospatial analysis performed by the authors is used for creating an interpolation surface, which describes the housing price distribution in the analyzed districts. Based on a generalized analysis of ...
Market forms of industrial production organisation as “growth poles” of the economy
... Progress in Research and Applications. Vol. 1: Industrial systems / ed. by F. E. I. Hamilton, L. G. J. R. Chichester. N. Y. ; Brisbane ; Toronto, 1979. P. 155—186.
12. Gorkin A. P., Smirnyagin L. V. A structural approach to industrial systems in different social and economic environments // Spatial Analysis, Industry and the Industrial Environment. Progress in Research and Applications. Vol. 1: Industrial systems / ed. by F. E. I. Hamilton, L. G. J. R. Chichester. N. Y. ; Brisbane ; Toronto, ...
KANET: application in ultrasonography and challenges of protocoling
KANET is an abbreviation that stands for Kurjak Antenatal Neurobehavioral Test, the test of antenatal neurologic development proposed by A. Kurjak. KANET is widely used for the differentiated assessment of the fetus during a normal and high-risk pregnancy. The test helps to identify antenatal deviations in the development of the central nervous system of the fetus. The authors describe their experience of doing the test and offer a new technique of the KANET automated protocoling.
1. Изранов В....
A study into the passive tracer and Lagrangian particles propagation in the coastal area of South-East Baltic
... concentration as well as its connection with the Lagrange particle random walk model, into the model made it possible to identify the features of the coastal water dynamics during upwelling. The possibilities of the penetration of suspended particles of different origin from the coastal area into the open sea and vice versa are investigated.
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2. Голенко М. Н. Исследование ...
The modelling of postmortem heat transfer and estimating the time of death
This article analyses different mathematical models of the process of postmortem heat transfer in an adult cadaver based on postmortem temperature dynamics. A model of heat transfer in a newborn cadaver presented as a finite cylinder is examined in detail. An important factor ...
Ferromanganese nodule neoformations in the soils of the western part of the Kaliningrad region
... tubular concretions, ironstone. The results of an analysis of the morphologic properties and chemical composition of concretions are presented. Concretions were found in most regional soils. The preliminary diagnostic significance was identified for different groups of neoformations depending on the soil moistening regime. Concretions are proved to accumulate Fe, Mn, Ni, P, As, and sometimes Zn, Cu, Cr, Y. The structure of concretions reflects the features of the geochemical situation.
1. Зайдельман ...
Life forms of the Cardiidae on the Kaliningrad sea coast
This article focuses on the similarity and differences between the morphometric characteristics of subfossil shells of bivalve molluscs found in the wrack zone of the Kaliningrad beaches of the Baltic Sea. It is established that the most stable feature of the species level is the number of radial ...
Recreational zoning of the territory of the Kaliningrad region
This article provides a detailed definition of the concepts of ‘tourist area demarcation’ and ‘tourist zoning’. The earlier proposed components of competitiveness index help identify four major groups of factors of recreation zone differentiation. The recreation zoning of the Kaliningrad region was carried out in view of the geopolitical position, development of tourist infrastructure, and current and potential tourist specialisation of municipalities.
1. Как Россия конкурирует в секторе туризма...
Steroid hormone in marine bivalve molluscs of the annual cycle
This article describes the features of quantitative distribution of glucocorticoid steroid hormones — hydrocortisone and corticosterone – at different stages of the life cycle of the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and the European flat oyster (Ostrea eduliss). The author identifies a common pattern of hormone dynamics consisting in a reduction in the level of hormones in ...
An environmental analysis of the red-backed shrike’s and barred warbler’s nutrition in the conditions of sympatric habitation in natural and anthropogenic stations
... and in manmade (Ryazan outskirts) habitats. A comparative analysis of the data showed that both species are characterized by considerable dietary plasticity. In each station, the species composition of prey and the mass concentration of trophic groups differed substantially. The taxonomic composition of the birds’ diet is largely determined by the structure of the insect fauna of foraging microstations, thus, the identified plasticity of both species’ nutrition makes it possible for the birds to ...
Some aspects of the ecology of robins in natural and anthropogenic habitats Ryazan region
... concerns bird nutrition. As the degree of anthropogenic transformation increases, the diet of the species contains more synanthropic invertebrates. Some birds start feeding on man-made products and associate with people in the process of foraging. The difference in the reproduction biology of the species can be reduced to the use of man-made shelters for nesting.
1. Болотников А. М., Хазиева С. М., Шураков А. И. и др. Заметки о плодовитости и сроках ...
The environmental aspects of the great cormorant’s (Phalacrocorax carbo L.) nest location on the coast of the Curonian Lagoon of the Baltic Sea
... larger branches. New colonies have a low proportion of nests located in medium-sized branches of the crown farther from the trunk and no nests on the top of broken trunks. It is proven that, as a colony grows, conditions and opportunities for the use of different parts of a tree as a substrate for nest building change, which forces birds to expand the range of possible nest locations
1. Луговой А. Е. Большой баклан // Птицы России и сопредельных регионов....
Studies of lichen flora of Kaliningrad (a historical review)
... Reader URL: http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/natur_gruen/naturschutz/downloads/artenschutz/rotelisten/07_flechten_print.pdf (дата обращения: 28.04.2013).
8. Nekrošienė R. Assessment of Environmental Air Quality in Localities with Different Urbanisation Levels by the Method of Passive Lichenoindication // Formation of Urban Green Areas. 2012. № 1 (9). P. 133—139.
9. Słaby A., Lisowska M. Epiphytic lichen recolonization in the centre of Cracow (southern Poland) as a result ...
A comparison of the condition of the sand hopper Talitrus saltator Montagu, 1808 groups depending on the ecology of the Vistula and Curonian Spits’ coast
A study into the condition of Talitrus saltator Montagu, 1808 groups on the coast of the Vistula and the Curonian Spits in April — October 2011 showed significant differences in the seasonal dynamics of key parameters characterizing these groups. On the Curonian Spit, an increase in the average and total abundance and biomass of Talitridae is ensures through a normal life cycle. On the Vistula Spit, the preservation ...
Local features of regional difference in the modern Ukraine
This paper attempts to analyse the existing regional disparities with the help of the proposed population and territory performance indices. A regional analysis is carried out on the basis of index calculations; certain territorial groups of regions are identified. The author examines the state regional
1. Мартынов В. Л. Межрегиональное неравенство в России: к поиску пути решения проблемы // Изв. РГО. 2007. Т. 139, вып. 4. С. 62—69.
2. Статистичний щорічник України за 2010 рiк / за ред. О. Г....
Gender and seasonal characteristics of lipid exchange in people of different ages
A biochemical assay of blood lipids in military personnel and reservists was conducted. The influence of seasonal changes (spring, autumn) on the lipid compounds of blood serum was analyzed. A dependence between the total cholesterol level, the content of low-density (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL, and triglycerides and age and gender was identified.
1. Буганов А. А., Агбалян А. А., Ионова Н. Е. Влияние фактора питания на состояние здоровья населения // Медицина труда и промышленной экологии...
The buffer capacity of soils as alkalization ability
The results of the author’s studies of Kaliningrad soil help characterize its buffer capacity to alkalization and identify the main reasons for the differences between the obtained and background values. The author proposes a set of methods to increase the buffering capacity of soils.
1. Алексеенко В. А. Введение в экологическую геохимию. Краснодар,...
Oxidized iron horizons in the drained soils of the Kaliningrad region
This article focuses on the morphology, content and formation conditions of different groups of iron horizontal neoformations in drained soils of agrolandscapes, namely, oxidized ochric horizons, hard layers (crusts), and ortsand. Fe, P, As, Ni are accumulated in neoformations.
1. Доклад о состоянии и использовании ...
The bological effects of thermal impact on plants
... of phenological phenomena, tree-rings, and physiological reactions in plants react to external and internal changes in the conditions of growth that can be used as indicators of the environment, its condition and changes. This article identifies the differences in the thermodynamic reactions of trees growing in areas with different seismicity.
1. Serreze M. C., Walsh J. E., Chapin F. S. et al. Observational evidence of recent changes in the northern high-latitude environment // Climatic Change. ...
The characteristic of the vegetative land cover of the Kaliningrad peninsula ecosystems
This article offers an ecological analysis of natural ecosystems used in the monitoring of the microflora of soil lands. The authors characterize the soilvegetation cover of the ecosystems of the Kaliningrad Peninsula. The difference in the species composition of phytocenoses and their environmental conditions is identified.
1. Дедков В. П., Куркина М. В., Лукина А. И. и др. Новые данные о микро-флоре почв Калининграда ...
The role of light factor in increasing field productivity
The accumulation of green mass in annual long day plants was studied in different climatic conditions (northern Kazakhstan and the Kaliningrad region).
1. Буянкин Н. И., Слесарев В. Н. Деградация и экологизация сибирских черноземов. Калининград, 2006....
On the indicators of sustainable territorial development
This article offers an overview of indicators proposed for the use at different territorial levels, including sustainable development indicators. The author emphasizes the prospects of the process of obtaining an integral sustainable development indicator.
1. Глазовский Н. Ф. Десять лет после ...
The current condition of Kaliningrad landscape environment (methodology and basic results)
An original methodology for studying cultural landscapes and regenerative successions on territories of different genesis is used as a basis for a map of the current conditions of the landscapes of the Kaliningrad region. The authors come to a conclusion that shrinking socioeconomic space leads to an increase in the area of territories developing according ...
The impact of changes in dissolved organic carbon concentration in a solution on the sorption of platinum compounds
This article considers the impact of changing dissolved organic carbon concentration in a solution on the sorption of platinum (II), (IV) compounds (K2PtCl4, H2PtCl6) at different soil horizons. The authors prove that even small concentrations of dissolved organic carbon play an important role in platinum sorption in soil and background minerals.
1. Benjamin M. M., Leckie J. O. Conceptual Model for Metal-Ligand-Surface ...
Protection of steel from corrosion and hydrogen absorption by organic inhibitors: experimental and quantum-chemical studies
... organic compounds against corrosion and hydrogen absorption by steel were compared with the data of quantum chemical computations performed for isolated molecules of the studied inhibitors with the help of the MNDO method. The results obtained point to
a difference in the protective mechanisms of the studies inhibitors in case of anticorrosion action and hydrogen absorption by steel.
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The significance of terrain for the assessment of natural complex sensitivity to human impact
... model of natural system sensitivity to anthropogenic chemical and mechanical impacts. The article examines certain cases of the influence of terrain on the assessment of natural complex sensitivity in the areas of oil exploration drilling located in different geomorphic regions of the Kaliningrad region.
1. Дмитриев В. В., Фрумин Г. Т. Экологическое нормирование и устойчивость природных систем : учеб. пособ. СПб.,...
L. woodpegion in the towns of the Kaliningrad region
This article describes the condition of woodpigeon populations in 25 towns and large villages of the Kaliningrad region. The author focuses on the possible reasons for significant differences in the population density of woodpigeon in urban areas and pays attention to the origin of urban populations.
1. Корбут В. В. Урбанизация и птицы города // Экополис 2000: экология и устойчивое ...
The effect of exogenous hormonal compounds on the process of regeneration in flatworms
... sex steroid hormones (progesterone and testosterone) and a glycocorticoid hormone prednisolone (dehydrogenated analogue of hydrocortisone) —on the process of regeneration of freshwater planarian Dugesia lugubris Schmidt, 1861. The hormonal specimens differing on chemical nature and physiological activity have differently directed effect on the processes of regeneration. The rate of proliferation generally depends on the quality of recovering body part. This study confirms that planarians are suitable ...
Ecological characteristics of test sites of Kaliningrad soils for microbiological monitoring
This article offers an ecological analysis of urbanized ecosystem used for the microbiological monitoring of Kaliningrad soil. The authors show that the studied ecosystems differ in plant species diversity, types of soils, and physicochemical parameters, which must be taken into account when analyzing the soil microflora.
1. Дедков В. П., Куркина М. В. Актуальные проблемы изучения ...
The state of antioxidant system in patients with alcohol abuse
... the blood serum in patients with alcohol abuse showed significant changes to the antioxidant system: an increase in the content of antioxidants and ceruloplasmin decreased and a decrease in that of iron (III). The authors focus on the gender-related differences: men exhibit greater changes in the content of antioxidants, whereas women in that of ceruloplasmin and iron (III).
1. Halliwell B. Biochemistry of oxidative stress // Biochemistry Society transactions.2007. Vol. 35. P. 1147—1150. ...
The results of geochemical study of occupation earth of the Ryadino 5 archaeological site
The study of Ryadino-5 late Palaeolithic site (the basin of the river Šešupė in the Kaliningrad region) revealed geochemical heterogeneity of different functional areas. The author identifies the factors correlated to the spatial differentiation of the ancient site.
1. Дружинина О. А. Отчет об археологических исследованиях (разведках) ...
Cultural landscape system zoning of the European part of Russia
... cultural landscape systems of the European part of Russia. The author addresses the problems of the current state of cultural landscape zoning in Russian geography and considers a vari-ant of cultural landscape zoning of the European part of Russia at different territorial levels on the basis of the system approach. The author describes the main criteria used in cultural landscape zoning.
1. Андреев А. А. Культурно-ландшафтная структура Псковской области ...
Comparison of the methods of total antioxidant activity analysis
Five varieties of apples from the Baltic region were studied by means of two different analytical methods. The results of experiment demonstrate that the values of total antioxidant activity obtained through spectrophotometric and amperometric methods are comparable. The authors determined the relation between the total content ...
Dynamics and natural population change in Belarusian Lake District in the post-war period
... the mode of reproduction of the population of region steadily has passed in a condition of a natural loss. In foreseeable prospect the birth rate be unable to break growing смертность. By high natural decline in population all village areas differ, thus distinction in rates of a loss more time reaches(achieve) 2 and.
1. Пилецкий И. В., Силко И. К. Культурные ландшафты Поозерья и их социально-демографические проблемы ...
Ecological Series of Soils in the Deyma basin
The article focuses on the diversity of the Deyma basin soil mantle in dependence on different factors of soil formation on two key spots. The author defines topographical (ecological) soil series, typical of boreal zone river basins.
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On the influence of lithogenic factors on the condition of motorways in the Smolensk region
... information on the condition of motorways in the Smolensk region. The condition of local roads is considered in relation to the particle size structure of covering rocks. The authors conducted an analysis of performance characteristics of road surfaces within different natural complexes and identified certain patterns in road damage depending on the local lithogenic conditions.
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Seasonal Larva Number Dynamics and Settlement of Juvenile Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha Pallas) in the Prybrezhny Quarry (the Kaliningrad region)
... populations in lakes. 2. Settling of larvae and the dymanics of numbers of settled indivicuals // Ekol. Pol. 1982. V. 30. P. 223—289.
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Glycerol Biotransformation by Nonproliferating Cells of Gluconobacter oxydans
The article presents the preliminary results concerning the quantitative content of nitrogen-fixing, cellulose-eliminating microorganisms and microorganisms using the mineral forms of nitrogen and microscopic fungi in Kaliningrad soils under different environmental conditions.
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Topical Problems of Soil Microflora Study in Kaliningrad
... polluting factors of urban soils and estimates the impact of anthropogenic pressure on the quantitative and qualitative composition of soil microflora. The authors outline the prospects of research on the microflora of Kaliningrad soils situated in different ecological conditions.
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