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Notes on a Visit to the Alexandra Hospital, Moscow

Moscow Eye Hospital.

I at the appropriate distance between the ophthalmoscope and the eye under inspection if greater resolution is desired. The lens must not fluoresce, and all examinations are made in a darkened room. There appear to be a number of interesting possibilities for the ultraviolet ophthalmoscope in medical and biological science, not only for the study of the internal eye structures, but also for the...

Math in Moscow

The EROP-Moscow oligopeptide database

Natural oligopeptides may regulate nearly all vital processes. To date, the chemical structures of nearly 6000 oligopeptides have been identified from >1000 organisms representing all the biological kingdoms. We have compiled the known physical, chemical and biological properties of these oligopeptides--whether synthesized on ribosomes or by non-ribosomal enzymes--and have constructed an intern...

Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability

One of the most interesting findings of hypertension research in the past 10 years has been that the cardiovascular protective effects of antihypertensive drugs depend not only on the mean blood pressure (BP) values achieved during treatment but also on the consistency of BP control between on-treatment visits. This was suggested in 2007 by the observation that in patients with hypertension and...