McKusick-Kaufman syndrome is a rare, autosomal, recessive disorder characterized by hydrometrocolpos, post-axial polydactyly, and congenital heart disease. Less than one hundred cases have been reported in the English literature to date, mainly in the Amish population; sporadic cases have also been described. We present a case of an Arab Bedouin girl who presented with features resembling this syndrome.

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Low levels of natural light in greenhouses and a short winter day require additional irradiation, and artificial maintenance of temperature and humidity, due to the significant cost of non-renewable energy. It is known that about half of the cost of production is accounted for by electricity. Therefore, the state level is gaining issues of conservation of electricity spent on lighting and irradiation of plants. One of the ways to reduce the cost of electricity for light crops is to improve the methods of calculating photosynthetic irradiation, followed by automatic maintenance of the effective level of irradiation. One of the ways to reduce energy consumption for photoculture of plants in protected ground structures and increase their productivity is to improve methods for determining and maintaining optimal illumination values with radiation of a given range, which will provide the most effective level of photosynthetic process of plant development with a subsequent increase in its productivity. In the given article, the modeling of the electromagnetic field of the optical spectrum at the level of plant leaf formation, which takes into account the scattered radiation and reflected by the surfaces of the walls and ceiling, is carried out. The proposed method increases the accuracy of determining the actual value of irradiance by taking into account the features of the brightness of the coating on the walls and ceiling and their reflection coefficient as a function of spatial coordinates. An example is given of using this method to determine and automatically maintain the actual photosynthetic irradiation in accordance with the standard value of light intensity in the production room of the greenhouse, which ensures effective plant development and, accordingly, maximum productivity.

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The rapid technical development of human society on Earth leads to the pollution of its atmosphere and an increase in the electromagnetic radiation of the Sun and its main part-light and ultraviolet radiation. In order to properly protect and control the effects of electromagnetic radiation on the human body, it is necessary to know and understand the process of absorption and conversion of electromagnetic radiation falling on the surface of the body. The material contains the original results of experimental studies on electromagnetic radiation transmission through a sample of quasi-vital skin with pigs of different ages. The reliable results of the percentage ratio of the amount of electromagnetic radiation of the optical spectrum that passes under the skin through the skin layer and the individual wool depending on the species and age of the animal are obtained. The results of the experiment showed that the electromagnetic radiation of the Sun affects the body of the animal through the skin, as well as inside the cylinders of separate wool. This new knowledge is important for biologists and applied engineers to monitor and control electromagnetic radiation for young and old animals with different wools.