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Obesity as a significant risk factor for endometrial cancer

Background: Endometrial cancer is the most developed countries the most common invasive neoplasms of the female reproductive system. The most frequently mentioned risk factors, which are associated with the occurrence of endometrial cancer are obesity, infertility, high blood pressure, diabetes, liver disease, hormone-active tumors of the ovary, and the use of external estrogen. Methods: This paper deals with data of the patients treated for endometrial carcinoma in Public Hospitals in Travnik, gynecological department in the period from 01 January 2007 to 01 January 2013 the sample consisted of 90 women with endometrial carcinoma, with ages ranging from 42 to 90 years (mean of 64 years). Results: 65 cases (73%) were of endometrioid and 25 (27%) nonendometrioid carcinoma. Obesity is an important risk factor for endometrial carcinoma, in our sample of 90 patients most of the patients was obese, and this risk factor was statistically processed and presented. Endometrioid carcinoma had 16 (45%) patients with a BMI 30 kg / m 2 had endometrioid carcinoma, and 16 patients (30%) had Non-endometrioid carcinoma. Conclusions: Obesity is the strongest risk factor for the development of endometrial cancer due to the mechanism of increased exposure to non-opposed estrogen. Consequently, the link between obesity and endometrial cancer is stronger in cases of tumor type 1, typical estrogen-dependent tumors.
Knowledge and Attitude towards Mental Health and Mental Illness: An Issue among Rural and Urban Community of Jhapa District of Nepal

Introduction: For all individuals, mental, physical and social health is vital strands of life that are closely interwoven and deeply interdependent. As understanding of this relationship grows, it becomes ever more apparent that mental health is crucial to the overall wellbeing of individuals, societies and countries. Unfortunately, in most parts of the world, mental health and mental disorders are not regarded with anything like the same importance as physical health. Instead, they have been: largely ignored or neglected. Methods: The correlational comparative study was carried out among 75 adults aged 20-60 years each residing in the rural and urban community of Jhapa district in eastern region of Nepal (i.e.150 in total) by using pre-tested structured interview schedule. Data were analysed by using SPSS and MS Excel. Results: The study concludes that the knowledge of the adults residing in the urban community regarding mental health and mental illness was higher than that of the adults residing in the rural community. The attitude of the adults residing in the urban community towards mental health and mental illness were more favourable as compared to the adults residing in rural community. There was a positive significant correlation between the knowledge attitude towards mental health and mental illness among adults in both the community. Conclusions: The findings suggest that the information booklet and various mass media should be developed to enhance their knowledge and change their attitude towards mental health and mental illness. Similar study should be replicated on larger samples.
The Role of Mothers and Fathers in Predicting Adolescents' Peer Affiliation and Behavioral Adjustment

The current study aimed to examine the associations between parental warmth and control and adolescents’ social behaviors (altruistic and public prosocial behaviors, aggression, and delinquency) in a low-income, Midwestern sample. The study also aimed to examine how peer relationships may play an indirect role in these associations. The results demonstrated complex links between parenting dimensions and adolescents' peer affiliation and social behaviors. Specifically, maternal and paternal warmth were predictive of peer affiliation, which in turn predicted adolescents' prosocial behaviors as well as negative social behaviors. There were also direct links between maternal and paternal parenting dimensions and social behaviors, highlighting the role of both mothers and fathers in adolescents’ socialization. The discussion focuses on the complex links between parental behaviors, peer relationships, and social behaviors. Additionally, the
Longitudinal employment trajectories and health in middle life: Insights from linked administrative and survey data

[Background:] The paper adopts a long-term perspective in analysing the association between health and employment histories, often characterized by substantial mobility over time across multiple statuses and contractual arrangements. The available evidence is largely based on static or short-run dynamic approaches and only compares across few employment statuses. Objective: We investigate how different longitudinal employment trajectories defined over multiple yearly labour market states are associated with self-reported health in middle life. [Methods:] We use a unique dataset linking the Italian component of the EU-SILC cross-sectional samples (2004–2012) with individuals’ complete working histories from the National Social Security registers. We apply sequence and cluster analysis to reconstruct individual working histories between the ages of 15 and 45 and to identify typical trajectories. We then estimate the association between employment trajectory and self-reported health at age 45. [Results:] Trajectories characterized by intermittent working episodes and long periods of unemployment or inactivity are associated with worse health at age 45. Long-term exposure to blue-collar jobs (potentially physically demanding, more vulnerable to work accidents, and allowing for low levels of individual control) operates similarly to persisting/intermittent joblessness in terms of health outcomes. [Contribution:] Unlike ‘point-in-time’ approaches, our sequence analysis application provides unique insights into the fact that the association between the configuration of complete trajectories as they unfold over time and health in middle life are significant and substantive over and above the time spent in specific labour market arrangements (e.g., unemployment) and type of occupation (e.g., blue collar).
Estimating the Future Function of the Nipsa Reservoir due to Climate Change and Debris Sediment Factors

The constantly growing human needs for water aiming to supply urban areas or for energy production or irrigation purposes enforces the application of practices leading to its saving. The construction of dams has been continuously increasing in recent years, aiming at the collection and storage of water in the formed reservoirs. The greatest challenge that reservoirs face during their lifetime is the sedimentation caused by debris and by the effects of climate change on water harvesting. The paper presents an investigation on the amount, the position and the height of the debris ending up at the Nipsa reservoir. The assessment of the debris volume produced in the drainage basin was conducted by a geographical information system (GIS) based model, named TopRunDF, also used to predict the sedimentation area and the sediment deposition height in the sedimentation cone. The impact of climate change to the reservoir storage capacity is evaluated with the use of a water balance model triggered by the HadCM2, ECHAM4, CSIRO-MK2, CGCM1, CCSR-98 climate change models. The results predict a significant future decrease in the stored water volume of the reservoir, and therefore several recommendations are proposed for the proper future functioning and operation of the reservoir.
Swedish Fifth and Sixth Graders’ Motivational Values and the Use of ICT in Mathematics Education

Background:In Sweden, the introduction of new national curricula for primary and secondary schools has implied, for example, that programming has become a compulsory part of mathematics education since August 2018. We study Swedish fifth and sixth graders and the distributions of their motivational values related to studying mathematics with paper and pencil vs. with ICT.Materials and methods:We examine, in the framework of Expectancy–value theory, data collected from 93 pupils using Student’s t-test, correlation analysis and binary logistic regression analysis.Results:Choosing between traditional and ICT-based approaches significantly affects the distribution of pupils’ motivational values; pupils express higher attainment, utility, and cost values when studying mathematics with paper and pencil is concerned. In general, girls express higher motivation in mathematics than boys do. The utility value is the only significant predictor for the view that studying with ICT makes their learning of mathematics qualitatively better.Conclusions:The Swedish fifth and sixth graders also motivated to study mathematics with ICT, yet the distributions of values differ across the genders; boys may benefit more from studying with ICT. Girls seem to need more and a different kind of encouragement than boys to find using ICT in mathematics education meaningful.
Job demand and employee well-being

Purpose The extant research on emotional labor (EL) has focused on positive and negative outcomes observed in the workplace; however, many fundamental questions remain unanswered. The research has yet to consider what factors buffer the negative outcomes of EL. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between workload job demand and employee well-being with mediating effects of surface acting (SA) and moderating effects of emotional intelligence (EI) in service organizations. Design/methodology/approach The authors used two wave data from a sample of 207 emergency medical technicians to test the hypotheses. Findings By integrating SA, EI and employee well-being with the conservation of resource theory, the authors found evidence of an indirect effect of workload job demand on emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction via SA. The results of moderated mediation show that the negative relationship between SA and job satisfaction was low when EI was high and the positive relationship between SA and emotional exhaustion was low when EI was high. Research limitations/implications A major limitation of the present study is that all the participants were male and drawn from a single profession within the same organization. Another limitation is that the data were collected through self-reports. Practical implications This research has important theoretical and practical implications for service organizations wishing to buffer the harmful effects of SA on employees. This study presents key theoretical implications for the EL and well-being literatures. An important practical implication is that EI is a good resource for managing SA’s negative outcomes. Originality/value The current study contributes to the extant research by showing that workload job demands have negative effects on employee well-being via SA resulting in reduced job satisfaction and increased emotional exhaustion. Further, the negative outcomes of SA on employee well-being can be buffered through EI by taking EI as an emotional resource. High level of EI helps employees to mitigate the harmful effects of SA.
Multiple meanings are not necessarily a disadvantage in semantic processing: Evidence from homophone effects in semantic categorisation

The ambiguity disadvantage (slower processing of ambiguous words relative to unambiguous words) has been taken as evidence for a distributed semantic representational system like that embodied in parallel distributed processing (PDP) models. In the present study, we investigated whether semantic ambiguity slows meaning activation, as PDP models would predict, by examining homophone effects in semantic categorisation tasks. We observed a homophone effect in a go/no-go semantic categorisation task, but not in a yes/no semantic categorisation task. Our results suggest that previously reported ambiguity effects may have been due to the decision phase of the semantic categorisation task and not to the semantic processing phase, in which case the interpretation of the ambiguity disadvantage will need to be reconsidered.
Mescalina y ritual del cactus de San Pedro: evidencias arqueologícas y etnográficas en el norte de Perú.

Introduccion. El cactus de san Pedro contiene el alcaloide mescalina y otros derivados de la feniletilamina con propiedades alucinogenas. Este cactus fue usado a lo largo de la historia por diversas culturas y civilizaciones precolombinas que se asentaron en el norte del Peru. En este articulo se revisan las evidencias etnoarqueologicas y etnohistoricas sobre el uso ritual del cactus de san Pedro en las culturas precolombinas, y se comparan estos hallazgos con la informacion proporcionada por la etnografia actual. Desarrollo. Cuanto mas tiempo haya estado almacenado un cactus, mas potente y mayor contenido en alcaloides derivados de la mescalina tendra. Se han encontrado evidencias arqueologicas del uso del san Pedro con propositos magicorreligiosos en las culturas precolombinas Cupisnique (1500 a. C.), Chavin (1000 a. C.), Moche (100-750 d. C.) y Lambayeque (750-1350 d. C.). Los maestros curanderos actuales emplean el san Pedro en mesas rituales de curacion con la finalidad de tratar el hechizo y la mala suerte. La mesa tiene un sofisticado ritual: ? levantar? o esnifar tabaco con alcohol, ingerir san Pedro, adivinar las enfermedades, limpiar el mal y ? florecer? al enfermo. La mesa ritual se lleva a cabo de madrugada, en martes y viernes, dias sagrados para la religiosidad andina. En ocasiones se sustituye el san Pedro por una infusion de plantas y semillas con componentes alucinogenos, como la ayahuasca y las mishas (Brugmansia sp.). Conclusiones. La tradicion milenaria del uso curativo y alucinogeno del cactus de san Pedro ha mantenido una continuidad cultural con el curanderismo andino contemporaneo.
IMPACTS OF LEADERSHIP STYLES ON PERSONAL AND JOB OUTCOMES AMONG TEACHING FACULTY OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITIES

This study is conceptualized on Full Range Leadership Theory (Bass & Avolio, 2006) which comprises of three leadership styles that includes transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership. It aims to investigate the impact of these leadership styles of heads of departments from a number of universities on personal related outcome (i.e. well-being) and job related outcomes (i.e. job satisfaction, job stress, organizational commitment, turnover intentions and
More haste less speed: edited versus verbatim respoken subtitles

The choice between edited and verbatim subtitles has always been a controversial issue in subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). Whereas scholars often support editing, deaf associations tend to demand verbatim subtitles as the only way to have full access to audiovisual programmes. Now that European legislation is making SDH no longer a privilege but a right for all viewers, this demand for verbatim subtitles has also been extended to live programmes. Yet, live subtitles, nowadays mostly produced by speech recognition (respeaking), present a different situation and require a different analysis. The aim of this article is to provide a description of respoken subtitles, especially with regard to their speed. First of all, an overview is given of the different parties involved in the issue of subtitling speed, followed by a review of the research carried out so far and of the guidelines that have been implemented as a result, with particular focus on the UK. Then, an analysis is presented of ten respoken programmes broadcast by the BBC, providing data regarding the speed of the original soundtrack, the speed of respoken subtitles, the amount of editing carried out and the information lost in this process. The results obtained in this analysis show that verbatim respoken subtitles, at least in the programmes analysed, are rarely produced. It is argued that editing, as currently carried out by respeakers, causes a minimal loss of information, especially as compared to the potential loss of information for viewers reading respoken subtitles at the current speeds.
ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA IN WOMEN WITH DIABETES MELLITUS

Background Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a problem in women with diabetes mellitus and may lead to urinary tract infection. Escherichia coli remains the single most common bacteria isolated from asymptomatic bacteriuria in women. Objectives To determine the prevalence and antibiotics resistance profile of asymptomatic bacteriuria among women with diabetes mellitus, this is important for epidemiological study. Methods A total of 600 non-pregnant women with diabetes (type 1 and type 2), and 300 women without diabetes (control group) were screened for asymptomatic bacteriuria. All the women were free from any symptoms of urinary tract infection. Two separate clean catch midstream urine samples were collected, examined microscopically and cultured. Bacteria were isolated and identified using standard bacteriological methods. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed using standard disk-diffusion assays. Results Asymptomatic bacteriuria was detected in 15.67% of diabetic women (14.33% in type 1 and 17.00% in type 2), and 3.67% in non-diabetic women (P<0.001). Escherichia coli (58.51%) was the most prevalent pathogen isolated in diabetic subjects. Most of the bacteria were resistant to Ceftriaxone (85.11%), Cefixime (73.40%), and Trimethoprim (73.40%). Conclusion Asymptomatic bacteriuria is not uncommon among diabetic women and might be added to the list of diabetic complications in these women.
Assessment of Nursing Students’ Communication Skills

Abstract Communication is vital in all areas of nursing: prevention, treatment, therapy, rehabilitation, education, and health promotion. This descriptive, longitudinal study aimed to assess nursing students’ attitudes toward learning communication skills, perceived importance of nursing communication, and caring efficacy. A self-administered questionnaire was used with a convenience sample to collect data from nursing students and nurse interns. No significant differences over time were found for students’ attitudes toward learning communication skills or perceived importance of communication; interns reported higher scores for caring efficacy. Nursing students need to be strong communicators in clinical practice to deal with patients’ needs, anxieties, and concerns.
Institutional Quality and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: The Case of Vietnam

This article examines the effect of institutional quality on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Vietnam, using a set of panel data from a Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) survey and inward FDI to 59 provinces and cities of Vietnam in the period of 2010-2017. This study also accounts for the fundamental determinants of FDI and gravity variables that are widely used in studies of FDI. In order to tackle the problem of endogeneity including reverse causality, a very classic problem facing almost the researches on determinants of FDI, this study applies Difference Generalize Method of Moments (GMM) estimation with period-specific predetermined instruments to investigate the relation between quality of provincial governance and FDI inflows. After controlling for factors other than institutional quality, the outcome shows that the provincial competitiveness index in terms of institutional quality is significant in explaining the difference in inward FDI from province to province in Vietnam.
Development and efficacy of NXY-059 for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke

NXY-059 is a neuroprotective compound that prevents ischemic damage by trapping free radicals. Preclinical animal stroke models demonstrated that the agent is able to reduce histological damage and improve behavioral outcome. Phase II studies showed that NXY-059 administration does not cause any serious adverse events and it is well tolerated by both healthy volunteers and stroke patients. The first Phase III trial indicated that NXY-059 treatment results in a small, but significant improvement of the primary neurological outcome, as measured by the modified Rankin scale. However, NXY-059 did not improve coprimary outcomes assessed by the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and the Barthel index. For patients receiving thrombolysis together with NXY-059, there was an associated reduction of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage. Although NXY-059 showed positive results in this Phase III study, a larger scale Phase III study revealed that the efficacy of NXY-059 is not better than placebo in treating acute stroke pati.
Stroke Care in OECD Countries: A Comparison of Treatment, Costs and Outcomes in 17 Countries

The Ageing-Related Diseases study compares health care systems by examining treatment trends and health outcomes on a disease-by-disease basis. Most of the day-to-day decisions that determine health care system performance are made in treating specific diseases. Therefore, the ARD’s bottom-up approach to comparing health care system performance at the disease level, rather than the more common top-down approach, goes to the heart of health care system performance. This paper presents such an analysis for stroke.There is considerable variation in treatment trends for the same diseases across countries and much of this variation can be explained by differences in structural characteristics of health care systems. A diseaselevel analysis begins with an examination of these characteristics: the economic incentives, policies and regulations that affect individual providers’ decisions for treating a specific disease, defining a particular health care system’s approach. In order . L’etude sur les maladies liees au vieillissement compare les divers systemes de sante en examinant les tendances en matiere de traitements et de resultats par type de maladie. La plupart des decisions prises quotidiennement et qui determinent la performance des systemes de soins de sante le sont au moment du traitement d’une maladie specifique. Ainsi, lors de la comparaison de la performance des systemes de soins de sante par maladie, le projet des maladies liees au vieillissement effectue une approche du bas vers le haut plutot que l’approche plus habituelle, et va ainsi au cœur de la performance des systemes de soins de sante. Ce document presente une telle analyse en ce qui concerne les accidents cerebrovasculaires.Les tendances dans les traitements preconises varient considerablement d’un pays a l’autre pour les memes maladies et peuvent s’expliquer par des differences caracteristiques structurelles propre a chaque systeme de sante. Une analyse par type de maladie commence par .
Audit committee role: formal rituals or effective oversight process?

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the perception held by attendees about the role and the effectiveness of their audit committees. Design/methodology/approach The investigation was conducted via a qualitative methodology through the content analysis of interviews conducted with 33 attendees of audit committee meetings of Tunisian listed companies. Findings The findings reveal that audit committees do not have the means to achieve the objectives that they have been given by the legal texts, which are likely to characterize their work as “ceremonial” or “symbolic. ” This paper also found that the most significant effects of the audit committee chair’s role come through informal meetings and conversations. Practical implications The paper’s findings have policy implications for regulators. Findings from this research may allow regulators to assess whether the audit committee activities in Tunisian companies meet their expectations. Originality/value This paper tries to fill a gap in the extant literature and provides meaningful information on activities performed by audit committees and the extent to which they are perceived effective in the eyes of attendees of audit-committee meetings. This study is one of the few field investigations that have analyzed audit committees’ effectiveness in emerging markets through interviews with attendees involved in audit-committee processes.