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UNESCO/WHO/ONRG SEMINAR
Electromagnetic Fields: Mechanisms of Action and Health Effects
24-26 October 2008, Yerevan, Armenia
Program
Friday, 24 October


09:00 Registration
09:30 – 11:00 Plenary Session

09:30 – 10:15 David Carpenter (USA) “EMF and Public Health”
10:15 – 11:00 Sinerik Ayrapetyan (Armenia) “Cell hydration as a marker for detection of biological effect of EMF”

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

Session 1: Application of Ultrashort EMF pulses in Life Sciences

Chairmen: Hiromasa Ito (Japan) & Andrei Pakhomov (USA)


11:30 – 12:00 Yuri Avetisyan, Arsen Hakhomian, Armen Makaryan, Radik Martirosyan (Armenia) “THz time domain spectroscopy based on slightly curved 11:30 – 12:00 Yuri Avetisyan, Arsen Hakhomian, Armen Makaryan, Radik Martirosyan (Armenia) “THz time domain spectroscopy based on slightly curved parallel plate waveguide”

12:00 – 12:30 Hiromasa Ito (Japan) “Water concentration detection in biological tissue with frequency-agile THz-wave source”

12:30 – 13:00 Andrei Pakhomov (USA) “Nanosecond pulses and Nanometer Pores"

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:30 Vitali Kalantaryan, Arsen Hakhumyan & Radik Martirosyan (Armenia) “The influence of coherent low intensity extra-high frequency electromagnetic radiation (millimeter waves) on erythrogenesis in bone marrow deficiency and on blood catalase activity change”

14:30 – 15:00 Sergei Avakyan (Russia) “Microwave ionispheric emission as a new factor of solar-biosphere relations”

15:00 – 15:30 Viktor Musakhanyan (Armenia) “Physical Principles of Electromagnetic Influence on Live Tissues”

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 16:30 Hamlet Badalyan 16:00 – 16:30 Hamlet Badalyan (Armenia) “The problem of KT paradox”

16:30 – 17:00 Naira Baghdasaryan, Erazik Mikayelyan & Sinerik Ayrapetyan (Armenia) “The influences of different physical factors on hydrogen peroxide formation in distillated water and physiological solution”

17:00 - 17:30 Aleksan Shahkhatuni, Aleksandr Sahakyan, Astghik Shahkhatuni, Henry Panosyan (Armenia) Exploring the Potential of NMR Spectroscopy for the Detection of Electric Fields in Biomolecules.


Saturday, 25 October


Session 2: Electromagnetic fields and human health

Chairman: David Carpenter (USA)


09:30 – 10:00 Gabor Mezei (USA) "ELF and RF EMF and cancer: Review of epidemiologic evidence"

10:00 – 10:30 Erna Dadasyan & Gayane Ayrapetyan (Armenia) “Hydrogen peroxide as a messenger for generation of biological effects of EMF an IS on heart contractility”

10:30 – 11:00 Jafar Keshvari (Finland) “Update on Global RF measurement standards”

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:00 Anton Kolodynski (Latvia) “Mobile phone effect on children psychological function”

12:00 – 12:30 Alexander Pazur (Germany) “Calcium ion cyclotron resonance: experiments on plants and a hypothesis”

12:30 – 13:00 Sergei Avakyan (Russia) “Resonance and synergic effects in the problems of meteo-dependency and the biological effect of mobile phones”

13:00 – 13:30 Anush Deghoyan, Gohar Musheghyan, Sinerik Ayrapetyan (Armenia) “Magnetic Field Sensitivity of Organism Depends on the Level of Cell Hydration”

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch


Session 3: Therapeutic Effect of Electromagnetic Fields

Chairman: Andrei Gapeev (Russia)


14:30 – 15:00 Andrei Gapeev (Russia) “Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Low-Intensity Pulse-Modulated Extremely High-Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation”

15:00 – 15:30 Armine Danelyan, Karen Hakobyan, Sinerik Ayrapetyan (Armenia) “Anticarcinogenic effect of Static and 4 Hz Pulsing Magnetic Fields”

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 16:30 Sharoyan et al. (Armenia, Russia) “Preparation and characterization of carbon-coated magnetic nanoparticales for hyperthermia treatment of cancer”

16:30 – 17:00 Hakob Matnishyan, Tatyana Hakhnazaryan (Armenia) “New polymer materials for MMW- shielding”

17:00 – 17:30 Poster Session


Sunday, 26 October 2008


9:00 - 10:00 Round Table: “Electromagnetic fields, cell hydration, human health and dosimetry”
Moderators: David Carpenter & Sinerik Ayrapetyan

11:00 – 19:00 Cultural Program and Dinner


Poster Session

Grigoryan G.Yu., Minassian S.M., Kalantaryan V.P., Hakhumyan A.A., Sahakyan S.G (Department of Human and Animal Physiology Yerevan State University, Armenia)
Combined action of vibration and low-intensity electromagnetic radiation on spike activity of supraoptic cells

Erna Dadasyan, Gayane Ayrapetyan (UNESCO Chair-LSIPEC, Armenia)
The effect of 4Hz (30dB) Infrasound on heart muscle contractility

Naira Baghdasaryan, Sinerik Ayrapetyan (UNESCO Chair-LSIPEC, Armenia)
The frequency-dependent effect of Infrasound on bull sperm velosity

Zoleikha Moazezi, Sinerik Ayrapetyan (Departments of Internal Medicine and Neurology, Medical University of Babol, Babol, Iran; UNESCO Chair-LSIPEC, Armenia)
Low Intensity Millimeter Wave as a Potential Tool in Treatment of Diabetic Sensorymotor Polyneuropathy

Anush Deghoyan, Robert Simonyan, Gohar Musheghyan, Sinerik Ayrapetyan (UNESCO Chair-LSIPEC, Armenia)
Magnetic Field Sensitivity of Organism Depends on the Level of Cell Hydration

Varsik Martirosyan, Ehsaollah Moosavi and Sinerik Ayrapetyan (UNESCO Chair-LSIPEC, Armenia; Medical University of Babol, Babol, Iran)
The study of the mechanisms of carbon dioxide induced elevation of hydrogen peroxide toxicity on microbes and possibility to use these phenomena as an innovative tool for water purification

Lilya Narinyan, Sinerik Ayrapetyan (UNESCO Chair-LSIPEC, Armenia)
The does-dependent effect of ouabain on rat heart muscle hydration after Static Magnetic Fields exposure and Ketamine injection

Anna Nikoghosyan, Sedrak Barseghyan, Sinerik Ayrapetyan (UNESCO Chair-LSIPEC, Armenia)
The effects of extremely low and high frequency Electromagnetic Fields on physico-chemical properties of distilled water and physiological solution













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