BIOELECTROMAGNETICS Current Concepts

Chapter I. Mechanisms of EMF interactions with biological systems

1. THERMAL VS. NONTHERMAL MECHANISMS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
MARKO MARKOV

2. THE MECHANISMS PARADOX
KENNETH R. FOSTER

3. CELL AQUA MEDIUM AS A PRIMARY TARGET FOR THE EFFECT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
SINERIK N. AYRAPETYAN

4. THE EFFECT OF EMF-PRETREATED DISTILLATED WATER ON BARLEY SEED HYDRATION AND GERMINATION POTENTIAL
ARMINE AMYAN, SINERIK AYRAPETYAN

5. INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM SIGNALING – BASIC MECHANISMS AND POSSIBLE ALTERATIONS
PLATON G. KOSTYUK, ELENA A. LUKYANETZ

6. SUPPRESSION OF SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN HIPPOCAMPUS BY EXTREMELY-HIGH POWER MICROWAVE PULSES SYNCHRONIZED WITH NEURONAL EXCITATION
JOANNE DOYLE, BRUCE STUCK, MICHAEL R. MURPHY, ANDREI G. PAKHOMOV

7. THE IN VITRO ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL GENOTOXICITY OF HIGH POWER MICROWAVE PULSES
NIKOLAY K. CHEMERIS, ANDREW B. GAPEYEV, NIKOLAY P. SIROTA, OLGA YU. GUDKOVA, ARINA V. TANKANAG, IGOR V. KONOVALOV, MARINA E. BUZOVERYA, VALERIY G. SUVOROV, VYACHESLAV A. LOGUNOV

8. UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EMF
BO E. SERNELIUS

9. THE EFFECT OF IRON IONS AND WEAK STATIC OR LOW FREQUENCY (50 HZ) MAGNETIC FIELDS ON LYMPHOCYTES: FREE RADICAL PROCESSES
JOLANTA JAJTE, MAREK ZMYSLONY

10. COLLAGEN AS A TARGET FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS. EFFECTS OF 910-MHZ ON RAT BRAIN
MARGARET TZAPHLIDOU, EVANGELOS FOTIOU

11. ANIMAL STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF ELF AND STATIC EMF
NESRIN SEYHAN, AYSE CANSEVEN, GÖKNUR GÜLER

Chapter II. EMF Therapy

12. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND IMMUNE SYSTEM: POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR PAIN CONTROL
MARKO MARKOV, GABI NINDL, CARLTON HAZLEWOOD, JAN CUPPEN

13. ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY: A ROLE FOR WATER?
CARLTON HAZLEWOOD, MARKO MARKOV, ARTHUR ERICSSON

14. PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING MILLIMETER WAVE THERAPY
MARVIN C. ZISKIN

15. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF LOW-INTENSITY MILLIMETER WAVE RADIATION
ANDREW B. GAPEYEV, JULIA V. SHUMILINA, KONSTANTIN V. LUSHNIKOV, NIKOLAY K. CHEMERIS

16. STUDY OF THE SECRETION OF MELATONIN AND STRESS HORMONES IN OPERATORS FROM BROADCASTING AND TV STATIONS EXPOSED TO RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION (EMR)
MICHEL ISRAEL, KATIA VANGELOVA, PETER TSCHOBANOFF

17. THE COMBINING EFFECT OF THE FERROCENE COMPOUNDS WITH ELECTRO MAGNETIC FIELD
ABDEL FATTAH BADAWI, AMAL ABDEL HAFIZ

Chapter III. EMF Dosimetry

18. HIGH-FREQUENCY DEVICE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE SPECIFIC ABSORBED RATE BY THE BIOTISSUES OF HIGH INTENSITY
ROBERT SIMONYAN, ALBERT GHULYAN, SINERIK AYRAPETYAN

19. PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF PULSED MICROWAVE ABSORPTION IN TISSUE
PAVEL ŠÍSTEK

20. EXPOSURE METRICS OF MAGNETIC FIELDS RELATED TO POWER LINES AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
TOMOHIRO SAITO, MICHINORI KABUTO, AKIRA HAGA

Chapter IV. Epidemiology and policy

21. SCIENCE, UNCERTAINTY AND POLICY FOR POWER AND MOBILE FREQUENCY EMF
LEEKA KHEIFETS

22. RISK EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS FROM LOW ENERGY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE USING SENSITIVE IN VITRO METHODS
FRANZ ADLKOFER

23. CAN THE RADIATION FROM CELLULAR PHONES HAVE IMPORTANT EFFECTS ON THE FORCES BETWEEN BIOLOGICALTISSUE-COMPONENTS?
BO E. SERNELIUS

24. EXPOSURE TO NON-IONIZING RADIATION OF PERSONNEL IN PHYSIOTHERAPY
MICHEL ISRAEL, PETER TSCHOBANOFF

Chapter V. Posters

25. CHANGES OF THE MAGNITUDE OF ARTERIOLAR VASOMOTION DURING AND AFTER ELF-EMF EXPOSURE IN VIVO
LUBOMIR TRAIKOV, AKIRA USHIYAMA, GEORGE LAWLOR, CHIYOJI OHKUBO

26. THE EFFECTS OF SMF, EHPP AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF YEASTS
NAIRA BAGHDASARYAN, SINERIK AYRAPETYAN

27. INHIBITION OF MELATONIN SYNTHESIS IN HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES BY EMF: A MECHANISM OF INTERACTION?
ROGER COGHILL, REBECCA BAGHURST

28. A STUDY OF MELATONIN IN PLANT TISSUES AND ITS DIETARY AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
REBECCA BAGHURST, ROGER COGHILL

29. EFFECT OF HIGH DILUTION QUINONES ON O2 UPTAKE BY PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES: A POLAROGRAPHIC STUDY
CHRISTOPHER CONNERS, ROGER COGHILL

30. INTERNAL ORIGINATORS OF FUNCTIONS FLUCTUATION IN MULTI-CELLULAR ORGANISM
R.D. GRYGORYAN, P.N. LISSOV

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