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The article discusses the problems of the Russian Armed Forces during their transition to futuristic missile complexes. It says that shortage of funds to finance the Strategic Missile Forces happens when public funds go to meet other needs. Meanwhile, it states that insufficiency of manpower is caused by insufficient engineering support units, few military institutions, and lack of training equipments. It also mentions the lack of time for an effective transition to new-generation missile types.

The method of patient's own telephone transmission of his or her ECG was used for the diagnosis of arrhythmias in 70 patients with a history of heart rhythm disorders. Various arrhythmias were diagnosed, using this method, in 91.4% of the patients. Repeated conventional ECG recordings detected arrhythmias in 54.3% of the patients only over the entire hospital stay time. A comparison of ECG telephone autotransmission and intermittent ECG tape-recording by the Cardiocassette device showed identical rhythm disorders in 91.3% of the cases, while bicycle ergometry proved less informative for the diagnosis of arrhythmias as compared to ECG telephone transmission. The latter method may be useful in monitoring patients with heart rhythm disorders, particularly at the outpatient stage of treatment. It allows antiarrhythmic therapy to be administered as soon as arrhythmia is detected which is an advantage over ECG tape-recording.