Vol 25, No 12 (2018)

An overview of the current status of the eco-terrorism problem based on domestic and foreign research has been presented. Its phenomenology, types, factors and prevention have been considered. The basic definitions of eco-terrorism have been stated. Despite numerous publications contemporary international scientific community has not yet come to a common understanding of the term "eco-terrorism", has not developed a comprehensive and universally acceptable definition. It has been stated that various international documents gave different definitions of terrorism. The national legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as the other countries has no a clear definition of "eco-terrorism". Eco-terrorism is understood as various facts of forced impact on environment including change in physical, chemical and electrical properties of the oceans and seas. Backgrounds of environmental aggression and eco-terrorism have been presented. Public danger factors of eco-terrorism have been described. Transformation of the terrorism's basic paradigms as well as actual facts and specific character of ecological terroristic acts have been presented. Problems of safety in emergency situations of ecological nature, antiterrorist protection and the eco-terrorism organization in Russia and other countries have been considered.

The aim: to reveal the influence of local crustal heterogeneity peculiarities on the course of visceral diseases in the conditions of the northern urbanized territory in the context of Surgut city. Methods. Frequency of patients' medical aid appealability depending on their residence - upper local crustal heterogeneity or upper solid was studied. Besides, comparative average monthly frequency of patients' appealability with acute coronary syndrome and acute cerebrovascular accident, residents of upper local crustal heterogeneity or upper solid was also studied. Medical records of 6 932 patients were analyzed (cardiovascular diseases included). Results. A significant predominance of frequency of appealability among patients with cerebrovascular accident (in 1,5 times), angor pectoris (in 1,4 times), myocardial infarction (in 1,4 times), hypertensive disease attack (in 1,3 times) (p < 0,001), living in the zones of local crustal heterogeneity in comparison with those living upper solid was revealed. Frequency of patients' appealability with acute coronary syndrome and acute cerebrovascular accident living upper local crustal heterogeneity prevails in the periods of geomagnetic activity increase (p < 0,05 and p < 0,01 respectively). Conclusions. Negative effect of geomagnetic field of the Earth's fault zones on cardiovascular system morbidity of the population was revealed. The results of the carried out medico-ecological study open a prospect for a more enhanced study of the ecologically dependent public health from a new perspective of the organism's interaction with geophysical factors.

Aim: to study daily stress (DS) in adults by gender and city of residence. Methods: the study involved 334 adults aged 20-60, 158 subjects from Arkhangelsk, 176 - from St.-Petersburg. Instruments: Inventory of daily stressors, Scale of Perceived Stress-10 (FWS) and the survey. Results revealed high level of DS in all studied domains. Professional domain was the most stressful (М = 27,23 for Arkhangelsk and М = 26,07 fro St.-Petersburg). We identified a greater amount of DS in all domains, higher levels of stress (М = 16,8; SD = 5,09) and perceived stress (М = 31,2; SD = 5,46) in women compared to men (М = 13,7; SD = 4,74 и М = 28,3; SD = 5,58). In men, the most stressful were the professional (М = 23,69; SD = 22,74), financial domain (М = 17,02; SD = 21,00), the domain of interpersonal communication (М = 14,87; SD = 18,98) and the domain of the external environment problems (М = 15,05; SD = 15,01); for women - professional (М = 28,29; SD = 21,92), emotional, personal (М = 27,58; SD = 27,48) and economic domains (М = 22,71; SD = 24,57). The differences were found in a larger number of stressors in the domain of family interaction and household needs for Arkhangelsk; and more stressful financial, emotional and personal domains and domain of the external environment - for St.-Petersburg. Conclusions: comparison of the DS showed that for Arkhangelsk domains of family interaction and household were more stressful, while for St.-Petersburg financial problems, environmental problems and a sense of loneliness were more urgent. The correlation analysis showed that individual psychological features play an important role in the perception of stressors. The further directions of the research in this field should be focused on the comparison of stressors with the parameters of psychophysiological and personal functioning.

The aim of study: investigation of the physiological parameters of gestational adaptation depending on the region, residence duration and migration composition of the population. Methods. In the dynamics of gestation heart rate variability, neurovegetative, metabolic, morphological indices, types of adaptation reactions were studied in 280 young women of the Sic-Ural region and the subarctic region of the Middle Ob Area. Results. The conjugation of the processes of population and gestational adaptation is typical for the migrants of the subarctic region, in comparison with the residents of the Sic-Ural region: in the first trimester of pregnancy a significant increase in the heart rate is recorded at 7-12/min, p = 0.010-0.015; the systolic blood pressure value is 6-8 mm Hg, p = 0.010-0.015; alternation of regulatory mechanisms with increasing needs of resource provision and the prevalence of parasympathetic influences, an increase of pregnant women in the state of adaptation stress to 26-36 %, p = 0.035-0.040; formation of the "northern" type of metabolism (borderline hypoproteinemia in the third trimester of pregnancy: 61.0-64.0 g/l, p = 0.0001, shifted parameters of carbohydrate metabolism: glucose level 4.2-4.3 mmol/l; p = 0.2; difference in anthropometric indicators of newborns: body weight 3 450-3 555 g, p = 0.002, body length 52-53 cm, p = 0.0001). The alternation of urgent and long-term adaptation processes chronologically associated with the dominant states, the predominant sympathicotonic free reactivity were revealed in women, residents of the Sic-Ural region, during the physiological course of the process ("pregnancy norm "). These processes were accompanied by a balance of homeostasis and resource provision parameters. Conclusions. The parameters of gestational and population adaptation in the subarctic region are connected, reflect regional peculiarities of the range "norm of pregnancy" and determine the necessity for preconceptional preparation and rehabilitation activities.