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Personal Resources as Factors Concerning Adolescent’s Interests. Identity Implications

Interests allow young people to define themselves, encourage the formation of positive elements of their own identity, and give value and importance to their own activities. The issues related to the components of young people’s identities have been a subject of increasing research interest in recent years. As it has been determined, there is a lack of data in Poland regarding the role of educational environments in shaping a positive identity based on the development of young people’s interests. The purpose of the study is to identify the general level of interests among adolescents. Additionally, it is important to determine whether the level of interests is linked to sense of coherence and resilience. The study was carried out on a sample of 635 adolescents of both genders, aged 14–18 years old. The participants were students of lower secondary schools of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The following research tools were used in the study: Life Orientation Questionnaire (SOC-29), Resilience Scale (SPP-18), and author’s own measurement tool: Level of Interests Measurement Scale. In the sample of adolescents, general sense of coherence and sense of comprehensibility proved to be positively correlated with general level of interests. Regression analysis demonstrated the significance of psychological resilience components and sense of coherence factors that support the development of interests. Preventive and educational work should aim to support the shaping of a positive and creative identity by stimulating the potentials, resources and talents of young people. Young people’s passions and interests should be stimulated and encouraged towards creating a positive identity. 1 Department of Intercultural Education, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Białystok, e-mail: k.konaszewski@uwb.edu. pl. 2 Department of Intercultural Education, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Białystok, e-mail: e.zylkiewicz-plonska@uwb.edu. pl. 3 Research funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), Poland, grant: UMO-2015/17/N/ HS6/02900. Kultura i Edukacja 0 7 No. 2 (116), pp. 156–167 DOI: 10.15804/kie.2017. 02.11 www.kultura-i-edukacja.pl | 157 Personal Resources as Factors Concerning Adolescent’s Interests
C-peptide and cardiovascular system

Background: C-peptide and insulin are secreted by pancreatic beta cells in equimolar concentrations. C- Peptide is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Methods: Routine outpatient department patients were investigated for serum C-peptide, Diabetes, Ischemic heart disease, hypertension and skin lesion acanthosis negrican. Results: Total ninety five patients enrolled in study of these peptide level 2, 2 to5 and >5 found in 22,46,27 patients respectively, with diabetes mellitus in 21 (95%), 39(55%) and 24 (89%), ischemic heart diseases 1(5%), 15(33%), 13(48%) , hypertension 9(41%), 20(44%), 12(45%), acanthosis negrican 9 (41%), 27 (59%), 21 (78%), family history 1 (5%), 18 (39%), 11 (41%) respectively. Conclusion: Significant incidence of hypertension and ischemic heart disease is related to raised level of circulating C-peptide.
Psychiatric Comorbidity in Cocaine Dependence: Diverging Trends, Axis II Spectrum, and Gender Differentials

One hundred consecutive admissions to an intensive outpatient cocaine treatment clinic in Camden, Nf, were assigned DSM-IH-R Axis I and II psychiatric diagnoses by means of the FCID. Prevalence rates for non-substance-use Axis I disorders were equivalent to expected population base rates. By far the most common diagnoses were on Axis II (73% of subjects), with over one-third of subjects receiving more than one personality disorder diagnosis, frequently crossing DSM-III-R “clusters. ” In the distribution of psychopathology, certain gender differences were noted. The authors discuss implications for the clinical management and treatment of cocaine-addicted individuals in urban environments.
Musculoskeletal pain and injury in elite adult Irish dancers

ii Acknowledgements.iii List of Tables.v List of Figures.vii List of Appendices.viii List of Publications.ix List of Abbreviations.x Chapter 1: Introduction.1 Chapter 2: Literature review.8 Chapter 3: Injury and pain in professional Irish dancers.27 Chapter 4: Job satisfaction of professional Irish dancers.51 Chapter 5: A cross-sectional study of elite adult Irish dancers: biopsychosocial traits, pain & injury . 79 Chapter 6: Foot and ankle pain and injuries in elite adult Irish dancers.106 Chapter 7: Inability to perform due to musculoskeletal pain and injury in elite adult Irish dancers: A prospective investigation of contributing factors.126 Chapter 8: Discussion.146 Chapter 9: Conclusions and recommendations.172 References.175 Appendices.216
Squamous cell carcinoma in left flank due to saree: Largest reported case

Saree is a female costume unique for Indian ladies. This includes a superficial cloth and a skirt underneath which is fastened securely to the waist by a cord. Persistent and long term wearing of this costume has resulted in waist dermatoses. Waist dermatoses theoretically may present with malignant transformation. Here we present a case of 60 year old female who presented with left flank ulcer following chronic irritation from saree, biopsy was taken and it showed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We decided to do wide excision with tension free suturing. Post operatively the patient followed up for 12 week and has shown to be disease free. This turns out to be the third case being reported and the largest ever to be reported in the literature.
Prolonged Immunodeficiency in a Patient with Burkitt's Lymphoma after Treatment with Rituximab and Chemotherapy

Common-variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by recurrent bacterial infections, hypogammaglobulinemia, and impaired antibody responses. Patients with CVID can remain undiagnosed for many years but carry an increased risk for developing B cell derived non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, such as Burkitt’s lymphoma. Screening for CVID in patients diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma is necessary before prescribing treatments, because certain regimens may significantly increase the risk for flare-up of CVID that could result in prolonged immunodeficiency. We present a patient who was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma and sustained prolonged severe immunodeficiency after receiving a complete course of rituximab and chemotherapy treatment. This case report illustrates the need for an immunological work-up in lymphoma patients before initiation of treatment because of the increased incidence of lymphoma in patients with immunodeficiencies. Patients with lymphoma should also be monitored longitudinally for immunodeficiencies after treatment with rituximab with or without chemotherapy.
The Patterns of Food Stamp and WIC Participation and Their Effects on Health of Low-Income Children

The primary purpose of the paper is to examine 1) the patterns of program participation in the Food Stamp Program (FSP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during the time of welfare reform in Illinois; and 2) the effects of WIC on young children's health outcomes. The study uses a unique linked data set based on population-level administrative data on all births, Food Stamp and WIC participation, and Medicaid eligibility and claims in Illinois between 1990 and 1998. We estimate that about 65 percent of all children born during the study period received any of WIC, FSP, or AFDC/TANF by age 5 in Illinois. While this overall program participation rate (to any of the three programs) changed very little across birth cohorts, there has been a considerable shift in the participation patterns across the three programs. We find that as welfare reform was implemented in Illinois, both FSP and AFDC/TANF participation rates declined substantially while WIC participation rates continued to increase. Further, we find that most of the decrease in FSP participation was due to drops in entries to TANF. We find some evidence to suggest that families with young children are turning more to WIC for essential food items for their young children in recent years. We also find that service receipt duration for both FSP and WIC has become shorter in recent years, although the shortening durations were more noticeable in FSP than in WIC. When the effects of WIC on health outcomes are considered, we find that children receiving WIC are more likely to receive preventive health care services through EPSDT services than those not receiving WIC. Among those children enrolled in Medicaid, WIC children are significantly less likely to be diagnosed with health problems associated with inadequate nutrition than those not participating in WIC.
The First Case of Non-retrospective Clinical Identification of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Patient in 2013 in South Korea

In this study, we report the first clinically identified case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in a 73-year old man from Jeju Island, South Korea. Although his initial manifestation suggested tsutsugamushi disease with cutaneous lesion, later the patient presented with symptoms characteristic of SFTS. Despite intensive medical therapies upon the clinical diagnosis of SFTS, patient"s condition rapidly deteriorated. SFTS is a fatal disease that requires early diagnosis and appropriate supportive treatment.
Neural Network Related to Hand Movement : A Combined Study of Diffusion Tensor Tractography and Functional MRI

[Purpose] Little is known about the detailed anatomical connections of the neural network related to hand movement in the human brain. We investigated the neural network using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) data analyzed in conjunction with functional MRI (fMRI) activation results. [Subjects and Method] We recruited 19 healthy volunteers for this study. Probabilistic tractography was used to analyze diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data that were collected using fMRI activation induced by grasp-release movements of the hand at a rate of 1 Hz. [Results] The brain areas connected to the primary sensorimotor cortex (SM1), which is activated by hand movements, were the premotor cortex (100%), superior parietal lobule (100%), intraparietal sulcus (100%), supramarginal gyrus (97.37%), supplementary motor area (89.47%), thalamus (86.84%), putamen (81.58%), pars opercularis (81.58%), pars triangularis (68.42%), angular gyrus (65.79%), and cerebellum (60.53%) in the same hemisphere and the contralateral primary motor cortex (60.53%) in the opposite hemisphere. No significant difference was observed in the total incidence of connected tracts between hemispheres. [Conclusion] These results reveal that more brain areas are involved in hand movements than were previously thought necessary for motor planning and execution in the human brain.
Public Health Policy Options for Improving Well-Water Quality in West Point, Liberia

In an attempt to characterize the quality of drinking water drawn from local wells, sampling of well water was conducted in West Point, Monrovia, Liberia in January 2011 using nitrate–nitrite test strips and materials that allow for field sampling of water for bacteria. Sampling found elevated levels of nitrates, nitrites, total coliforms, and E. coli. Possible policy options that could improve drinking-water quality in West Point include the installation of community latrines in areas downgradient and away from community wells; the installation of concrete lined, covered wells with hand pumps; or the provision of public water. Infrastructure analysis suggests that the most reasonable strategy for improved potable water and sanitation in West Point is a policy of incrementally implemented interventions. Residents of West Point have few resources and little political power, so the community can benefit from participating in an advocacy coalition with active nongovernment organizations and government agencies that not only plans for the provision of sustainable interventions, but looks for windows of opportunity to increase the awareness and the involvement of the Liberian government and the international community.
Neuropathic pain, back to the patient

__Abstract__ Pain can be classified in several ways. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) recommends describing pain according to five categories or axes, namely its anatomical location (neck, lower back, etc.), the body system involved (gastrointestinal, nervous, etc.), temporal characteristics (intermittent, constant, etc.), intensity and time since onset, and etiology (cause). The idea to discriminate between ‘nociceptive’ pain and ‘neuropathic’ pain only came into common clinical practice in the last decade. Since then, probably due to the therapeutic consequences of this classification, the proposal has become increasingly appreciated as a meaningful way to define pain. In nociceptive or somatic pain, the initial stimulus of the peripheral nociceptor is produced chemically as a result of (potential) tissue damage. In contrast, neuropathic pain results from complex changes in the physiology of the nerve involved; this implies an affliction anywhere along the neuraxis from cortical neurons down to neurons in the anterior horn cell or in ganglia of the peripheral nervous system. The causes of neuropathic pain include structural damage by disease, trauma, metabolic disturbance, and infection.
Sämre läkarkontinuitet efter vårdvalet för patienter med diabetes - En jämförelse före och efter införande av hälsoval Skåne i Malmö.

Continuity of care is one of the core values of family medicine and both patients and doctors consider it a vital aspect of the care of patients with chronic diseases. In 2009 a national health care reform was implemented in primary care in Sweden. This study compared the longitudinal continuity of care in primary care before and after this reform in 7121 adult diabetes patients living in Malmo. Our findings reveal that continuity of care decreased substantially after the reform. The decrease was independent of sex, type of diabetes, age and income. Both before and after the reform men had a significantly higher rate of continuity of care than women. The number of visits to GPs by diabetes patients decreased slightly each investigated year. This possibly illustrates the crowding out of diabetes patients, as earlier research showed an increased overall number of GP visits for the whole population in Skane (the county where Malmo is situated) after the reform. (Less)
Psychoonkologische Palliativtherapie im Akutkrankenhaus

Zusammenfassung: Der vorliegende Artikel beschaftigt sich mit den auseren (Arbeitsbereich Akutkrankenhaus) und den inneren (Paradigmen, Werthaltungen) Bedingungen psychoonkologischer Therapie mit Patienten in palliativer Situation. Dabei wird auf die veranderten Werthaltungen eingegangen. Im Verlauf wird zuerst eine Darstellung der konkreten Versorgungssituation in einem Akutkrankenhaus der Maximalversorgung gegeben. Es erfolgt eine kurze Verknupfung von palliativer und psychoonkologischer Therapie sowie deren Einbettung in die aktuelle wissenschaftliche Diskussion und die sich verandernden Paradigmen. Abschliesend wird eine Konkretisierung dieser Paradigmen auf die konkrete Versorgungssituation von Patienten, Angehorigen und Pflegepersonal dargestellt. Abstract: The present article deals with the external (acute care hospital setting) and internal (paradigms, values) conditions of psycho-oncological therapy with patients in palliative situations. The change of value systems over the years is discussed. At first a representation of the actual situation in an acute care hospital of maximum care is given. There is a brief linking of the topics “psycho-oncological treatment” and “palliative care”, then both are embedded into the current scientific debate and the steadily changing paradigms. Finally, a further elaboration of this paradigm to the actual supply situation of patients, families and caregivers is presented.
Prevalência de síndrome metabólica em idosos: uma revisão sistemática

Objetivo: O objetivo desse trabalho foi revisar a literatura cientifica acerca da prevalencia da Sindrome Metabolica (SM) em idosos com 60 anos ou mais. Metodos: Pelo metodo de revisao sistematica, realizou-se busca nas bases eletronicas MEDLINE e LILACS por artigos originais que utilizaram para classificacao da SM os criterios da Organizacao Mundial de Saude (OMS), do National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) e da International Diabetes Federation (IDF). Resultados: Encontraram-se 435 resumos, sendo selecionados 21 artigos por preencherem os criterios de inclusao. A prevalencia de SM entre os estudos variou de 22,3% a 67,9%, sendo que a maioria dos estudos apresentou maiores prevalencias entre as mulheres e entre os idosos mais velhos. Dentre os componentes da sindrome, a pressao arterial elevada apresentou maior prevalencia, com valores entre 27,5% e 92,9%, e a glicose elevada apresentou as menores prevalencias. Conclusao : Conclui-se que a ocorrencia da sindrome metabolica entre idosos e um problema de saude com alta prevalencia em diferentes paises. Embora nao haja consenso quanto a definicao da SM nessa faixa etaria, a presenca isolada de seus componentes tambem e muito prevalente, com destaque para a hipertensao arterial. Objective: The aim of this study was to review the scientific literature on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in elderly patients aged 60 years or older. Methods : We have used the systematic review method to search on the electronic databases MEDLINE and LILACS for original articles that were used for MS classification criteria of World Health Organization (WHO), National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF). Results: We have found 435 abstracts and selected 21 articles that fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The prevalence of MS among the studies ranged from 22.3% to 67.9%, most studies showing higher prevalence among women and among elder elderly. Among the components of the syndrome, high blood pressure was more prevalent, ranging from 27.5% to 92.9%, and high glucose had the lowest prevalence. Conclusions: We conclude that the occurrence of metabolic syndrome among the elderly is a health problem with high prevalence in different countries. Although there is no unanimity in the definition of metabolic syndrome in this age group, the isolated presence of components is also very prevalent, especially in the case of arterial hypertension.
Are the Benefits of Medicine Worth What We Pay for it?

Is medical care worth it? Conventional wisdom says no, but my answer is emphatically yes. The benefits that we have received from medical advance are enormously greater than the costs. I suggest that public policy far outweighs the importance of cost containment relative to coverage expansion; we could in fact spend more and get a lot more for our health care dollars. In what follows, I talk about the costs and benefits of medical advance, focusing on two areas where I have done the most work: improvements in cardiovascular disease care and care for low birth weight infants. In each case, I present evidence that the benefits justify the costs, and discuss what that implies for public policy. I note at the outside that I shall be summarizing a large volume of research that I and others have done. I have compiled my views into a book, YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE (2004, Oxford University Press), that the interested reader should consult.
The Osteoporosis Primer.

Janet E. Henderson and David Goltzman, editors. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press; 2000. 388 pages. $64.95. Although this book is called a primer and has been published as a paperback, it is a very thorough text with outstanding references for each chapter. The chapters are written by scientists and clinicians who are well known in their fields. The book is divided into four parts. The first three parts are devoted to the molecular and cellular environment of bone, the determinants of peak bone mass, and the pathophysiology of the aging skeleton. These sections explore the basic science of …
Presentación clínica de los casos de feocromocitoma intervenidos en el Instituto Autónomo Hospital Universitario de los Andes. Mérida. 1986-2005.

El feocromocitoma es un tumor neuroendocrino raro, con presentacion variable, que requiere consideracion ante el alto costo economico. Es importante saber diagnosticarlo y tratarlo, pues es una patologia que compromete la vida del paciente y cuyo diagnostico temprano puede ser tratado con minima morbilidad. Constituye una de las pocas causas curables de hipertension arterial, lo que se logra mediante la reseccion quirurgica del tumor. Este estudio involucra el analisis retrospectivo de cuatro casos de feocromocitoma operados en el Instituto Autonomo Hospital Universitario de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, entre 1986 y 2005, describiendo su presentacion clinica, caracteristicas demograficas, perfil bioquimico, estudios de imagenes (USA y TAC), localizacion anatomica y estudios histopatologicos, asi como la recidiva de uno de ellos y la asociacion a otras entidades endocrinas. Nuestros hallazgos coinciden con lo reportado en la literatura en lo referente a presentacion clinica, evolucion y resolucion; sin embargo, las pruebas bioquimicas no fueron concluyentes, a pesar de tener una alta especificidad. Un paciente presento recidiva y otro paciente criterios histologicos sugestivos de malignidad.
Where Smoking was Banned in Public Places, Myocardial Infarctions were Markedly Decreased!

A bstr A c t Tobacco use is the single most important preventable health risk in the developed world. Smoking-related mortality is on the rise. Most smoking-associated deaths re late to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary heart dis ease. Epidemiological studies suggest that passive smoking is nearly as harmful as active. In the adult population passive smoking can cause coronary heart disease and lung cancer. Smoking ban in public places has been implemented in most countries of the Western World with a high degree of compliance. The results of several trials assessing the effectiveness of this measure in public health are encouraging, as a consistent decrease in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction has been reported for the period after the legislation. A brief overview of these data is herein provided.
Is Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia a Mistake of Tolerance Mechanisms

Ricardo Garcia-Munoz1, Judit Anton-Remirez2, Jesus Feliu3, Maria Pilar Rabasa1, Carlos Panizo4 and Luis Llorente5 1Hematology Service, Hospital San Pedro, Logrono, La Rioja, 2Rehabilitation Service, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, 3Hematology Service, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, 4Hematology Service, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, 5Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City 1,2,3,4Spain 5Mexico