The research goal is to study general strength, breaking point, Young's modulus (tensile modulus), absolute and relative strain of medial cerebral artery. Materials end methods. External diameter of medial cerebral artery, thickness of its wall and diameter of a lumen have been measured under the microscope on cross-section edges. In total 200 arteries (144 — from corpses of men, 56 — from corpses of women) received not later than 16 hours after autopsy of adults have been investigated. Results. Lethal cases resulted from acute or chronic vascular cerebral pathology have not been included in the study. Authentic predominance of wall thickness (14,8%), lumen diameter (50,3%) and general wall strength (13,8%) has been revealed statistically in men. Bilateral differences of parameters have been expressed by 1,0% (external diameter and wall thickness of an artery) to 10,0% (Young's modulus) and have been determined as statistically insignificant (p>0,05). Age aspect has shown intensity of morphological characteristics of medial cerebral artery. In conclusion it is worth while noting that after the age of 35 wall strength and resistance to strain of medial cerebral artery are authentically diminished; the artery becomes less rigid. Capability to elongation remains constant but after the age of 75 it decreases
Nikolenko V.N., Fomkina О.A., Nekljudov Ju.A., Alekseev Ju.D. Morphological and biomechanical structural characteristics of medial cerebral artery in adults // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 9-14

Staphylococci playa great role in the emergence of various human illnesses. The most actual are infections caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococci. The study of methicillin susceptibility as a polyresistance marker includes the definition of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antibiotic which in vitro fully suppresses the visible growth of microorganisms in the standard experiment conditions and is expressed in absolute figures (mg/l or mkg/ml). The aim of the research is the measure of MIC methicillin (oxacillin) for the clinical strains of staphylococci isolated from different clinical specimens and comparative analysis antibiotic’s MIC for Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). The resultofthe research is the determination of the oxacillin concentration preventing growth of the methicillin-resistant clinical strains ofS.aureus and CNSwhich were detected from different profile hospitals of Saratov- general hospital №2, maternity hospital №6, children’s regional hospital and centre ofcombustiology. The methicillin-resistant of the staphylococci clinical strains in the Saratov region has not been investigated before.
N.G. Khodakova, G.M.Shub, I.G.Shvidenko THE METHICILLIN-RESISTANCE MEASURE OF STAPHYLOCOCCI CLINICAL STRAINS // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2008, pp. 56-60