Epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Kaliningrad region
... Main tendencies in the TB dynamics show a decrease in TB mortality and prevalence. Alongside with this, the number of patients having multi-drug resistance and recurrent patients having bacterial excretion have been increasing. The assessment of the endemic stage was done using a diagnostic algorithm proposed by I. M. Son (2002). The obtained results characterize the epidemiological situation in the region as stable. The author concludes that further monitoring of the epidemiological indicators is ...
Paleofauna of Dominican amber: the current state of research and comparative analysis
... deposit of the Miocene age fossil organisms. The research tasks included geographic and stratigraphic examinations, the study of research history and an attempt of synchronization of paleofans with other Lagerstättes. The authors show the absence of endemism at the family level. The Mesozoic Lagerstättes are linked to the modern Neotropical fauna. The most obvious similarities among the fossil communities are found in the Baltic amber. Faunistic relations with recent communities are more pronounced ...
The Emerald Network of areas of special conservation interest
The article focuses on the scientific and practical conditions for the development of the Emerald network of areas of special conservation interest in Russia. The authors examine the role of biological reserves in conserving rare and endemic animal and plant species, including those of European significance. The article stresses the need to create a geoecological framework of a territory. For the first time, a cartographic representation of such framework is developed for the conditions ...