bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Compulsive sexual behavior and sexual offending: Differences in cognitive schemas, sensation seeking, and impulsivity
Authors: Efrati Yaniv , Shukron Ortal , Epstein Robert
Published: August 2019

Background and aims

People from the community seeking treatment in frameworks such as Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) and sex offenders are preoccupied with sex, sexual fantasies, and behaviors. The rates of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), however, are reported to be substantially lower among sex offenders than SAs. In this study, we examined differences between SAs and sex offenders in CSBD and in processes that might be at the core of CSBD – maladaptive schemas about the self and others, impulsivity, and sensation seeking.

Methods

The study comprised 103 sex offenders, 68 SAs, and 81 violence offenders who served as controls aged 18–74 years, who completed self-report measures regarding CSBD, maladaptive schemas, impulsivity, and sensation seeking.

Results

SAs were higher on CSBD, maladaptive schemas, impulsivity, and sensation seeking than sex offenders. Sex offenders were higher on CSBD and impulsivity than violence offenders. Among all groups, maladaptive schemas were linked with higher CSBD.

Conclusions

High rates of CSBD among SAs might partially be accounted by differences in maladaptive schemas. We discuss the implication of the study to the understanding of CSBD, sexual offences, and therapy for CSBD and sexual offending.
Mathematics and Islamic Thought: Seeing Relationship Between Mathematics and Islamic Teaching Resources
Authors: Cipta Eliva Sukma , Hori Muhammad
Published: August 2019

This article tries to discuss about mathematics and islamic thought.  By seeing the relationship between mathematics and islamic teaching resources, this article found that science in this world can be classified into three groups, namely natural sciences, social science, and humanities. The natural sciences which consist purely consist of physics, chemistry, and biology, and some people enter mathematics again. The social sciences that fall into the category of pure sciences include sociology, anthropology, psychology, and history. Whereas the humanities consist of philosophy, language and literature, and art. Qur’an and Hadith in the development of science are positioned as sources of qawliyyah verses while the results of observations, experiments, and logical reasoning are positioned as sources of kauniyyah verses. With its position like this, then various branches of knowledge can always be sought from the source of the Qur'an and Hadith. Like, the science of mathematics developed on the basis of the Qur'an and Hadith sources as well as the results of observation, experimentation, and logical reasoning. Mathematics itself has a very close relationship with the spiritual traditions of Muslims, is familiar with the Qur'an, and of course mathematics can also be used as a "path" towards achieving happiness benefits both in this world and the hereafter.
Sibling sociality
Authors: Goodwin Marjorie Harness
Published: August 2019

This paper examines the embodied language practices through which siblings in two middle-class Los Angeles families structure their participation while apprenticing younger siblings into routine household chores, self-care and during care-taking activities. Siblings make use of a range of directive forms (including requests as well as imperatives) and participant frameworks drawn from their family, peer group and school cultures. Families build accountable actors and family cultures through the ways they choose to choreograph and monitor routine activity in the household, using both hierarchical or more inclusive frameworks. Data are drawn from the video archive of UCLA’s Center on Everyday Lives of Families.
Morality at play
Authors: Bateman Amanda , Roberts Peri
Published: August 2019

The concept of ‘play’ is notoriously ambiguous, but we do know that when children engage in make-believe play the activity provides benefits for psychological development, holistic health, and building knowledge and relationships. This article discusses how a group of four-year-old children in New Zealand engage in pretend play by embodying the characters of mud-monsters and possums to avoid the rules around being respectful to their cultural heritage while playing in a protected bush reserve. The data were generated through a project investigating teaching and learning in everyday conversations between preschool teachers and children aged 2½-5 years old. Ten hours of video footage were gathered, of which one hour and forty minutes were in rural bushland. The analysis of the footage here uses an ethnomethodological framework, discussing the work of Sacks and Garfinkel to reveal the sequential organization of moral conduct in situ. The children’s multimodal ways of embodying chosen destructive characters through predicated actions reveal how they attempt to evade negative consequences of breaking promises through pretend play. The article concludes with connections to moral philosophy, and by discussing how the turns of talk and gesture co-produce complex learning of culturally and morally appropriate behaviours in situ.
Resilience: a nationwide study of medical educators
Authors: Chan Linda , Dennis Ashley
Published: August 2019

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background: Medical educators have the potential to play an important role in addressing resilience issues across the medical education continuum. Yet, limited research has explored this cohort, particularly in the UK context. This study aims to address this gap by exploring resilience and the factors that relate to resilience in UK medical educators. Methods: A cross-sectional online questionnaire was employed. It contained the validated Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 25 (CD-RISC-25) and the eight-item Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-8), for determining medical educator resilience and depression levels respectively. Sociodemographic characteristics were also collected to identify potential factors associated with resilience. Finally, participants identified factors that facilitated or undermined their resilience through open-ended questions. Data were analysed using quantitative (e.g. multiple regression analysis), and qualitative (i.e. thematic framework analysis) approaches. Results: Among 244 UK participants, the mean CD-RISC-25 score was 72.9 and standard deviation 10.3. The PHQ-8 score was the only significant negative predictor identified (B = -1.22, p < 0.001). Other sociodemographic variables examined were not found to be predictors of CD-RISC-25 scores. Educators identified multidimensional factors influencing their resilience, but predominately viewed internal factors as being supportive, and external factors as undermining. Conclusions: Medical educators in this study had resilience levels that were comparable to other population samples. The study also highlights the importance of considering external factors, such as contextual and sociocultural influences, in addition to individual factors when addressing resilience.
Effect of red mud addition on oil well cement at high temperatures
Authors: Cheng Xiaowei , Yang Xuezheng , Zhang Chi , Gao Xianshu , Yu Yongjin , Mei Kaiyuan , Guo Xiaoyang , Zhang Chunmei
Published: August 2019

Red mud is a byproduct of the aluminium industry and is typically considered hazardous waste owing to its high alkali content and resulting environmental pollution. In this work, Bayer process red mud was used to partially replace oil well cement and its influence on the compressive strength of hardened cement pastes was explored under hydrothermal conditions. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption and thermal analysis were used to determine the phase composition, microscopic morphology, pore size distribution and bound water content, respectively, of hardened cement pastes to investigate the reasons underlying the observed strength change. The results obtained revealed that red mud can exert pozzolanic activity at addition levels of up to 5%, promote the cement hydration reaction and the production of calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H), and ultimately increase the strength of hardened cement pastes. Higher red mud contents decreased the degree of cement hydration, which resulted in an increased volume of macropores (d > 50 nm), a decreased volume of mesopores (d = 4·5–50 nm) and a remarkably decreased strength.
Afinação da subjetividade: música e tribalismo urbano
Authors: Sterza Justo José , De Freitas Cledione Jacinto
Published: August 2019

A música ocupa um lugar de destaque na cultura e na subjetividade, no mundo atual, estando bastante disseminada no cotidiano, impulsionada pelas tecnologias de produção e difusão fonográfica, e possuindo um grande poder de despertar ou forjar sentimentos, afetos, pensamentos, devaneios e outras produções anímicas. O presente artigo realiza uma discussão sobre a participação da música nos dispositivos de produção de intersubjetividade e de grupalidade. Para isso, vale-se da aproximação entre autores que se dedicaram ao estudo da música e outros que tomaram como objeto de reflexão as socialidades e paisagens atuais, constituídas no cenário urbano. O ponto de partida da discussão é o neo-tribalismo urbano e suas relações com música e o ponto de chegada é o exame da psicologia na apropriação da música em suas práticas e nas suas produções de conhecimento. Entre os pontos de partida e de chegada se coloca a discussão da música como um poderoso instrumento de afinação da subjetividade que pode compor subjetividades uníssonas ou polifônicas, dependendo de como esse instrumento é utilizado: se a serviço de estratégias de controle e padronização das produções subjetivas ou a serviço de estratégias de diversificação e pluralização da vida e das formas de existência.
Grupos de estudo e apoio à adoção e o sucesso das adoções
Authors: Bortolatto Mariana De Oliveira , Loos Victória Niebuhr , Delvan Josiane Da Silva
Published: August 2019

A adoção no Brasil sofreu alterações ao longo do tempo, ocorrendo de diferentes formas e representações. Buscando contribuir para uma mudança de perspectiva, surgiram os Grupos de Estudos e Apoio à Adoção. Esta pesquisa procurou analisar o trabalho realizado por estes grupos verificando as possíveis contribuições da participação dos pais adotivos ou pretendentes à adoção, bem como analisar, mediante a perspectiva dos profissionais forenses, os possíveis fatores que contribuem para este sucesso. Esta é uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, envolvendo como participantes pais implicados no processo de adoção e funcionários do Serviço Social Forense. A coleta dos dados foi realizada por meio da entrevista semiestruturada, cujos dados foram analisados posteriormente por meio de 4 categorias temáticas. Os resultados encontrados apontam que os grupos de estudos e apoio à adoção se constituem como uma importante rede de apoio emocional durante o tempo de espera pela adoção, na medida em que amenizam a ansiedade sentida pelos pretendentes e favorecem a troca de experiências e a construção de conhecimentos sobre o assunto. Os principais fatores contribuintes para o sucesso das adoções são a orientação, as trocas de experiências, a participação nas reuniões e em cursos preparatórios realizados pelo Poder Judiciário. Com este estudo, pôde-se concluir que as práticas de orientação e preparação à parentalidade, bem como as trocas de experiências possuem um papel significativo no sucesso das adoções. Também se concluiu que há diferenças entre as expectativas dos pretendentes e do Poder Judiciário em relação ao processo de adoção.
Comunidades científicas locais e impacto das pesquisas na sociedade: sinergia entre egressos da pós-graduação e protagonistas sociais
Authors: Machado Ana Maria Netto , Lorenzini Vanir Peixer , Dresch Jaime Farias
Published: August 2019

A partir de resultados de pesquisas realizadas na última década, no contexto da Pós-graduação stricto sensu (PG), discute-se o impacto da formação pós-graduada e seus limites. Acúmulo recente de trabalhos críticos ao produtivismo acadêmico leva a refletir sobre o papel dos egressos da PG na sociedade. A expansão do sistema de PG resultou em que muitos mestres e doutores exercem atividades distintas da docência superior, para a qual, até meados da década de 1990, a PG formava. Nesses outros espaços não é possível reproduzir o que se aprendeu no curso. Como empregar os resultados de pesquisa em espaços laborais? A pergunta não costuma ser discutida durante a formação. Historicamente deposita-se na ciência esperanças de melhorias para a vida; porém, qual o impacto efetivo das pesquisas/publicações. O emprego de resultados de pesquisa no mundo do trabalho requer processos que não foram aprendidos na PG; nela se aprende a investigar sob orientação, a produzir tese ou dissertação, produzir e publicar artigos, participar de eventos científicos. Se o egresso publicou em periódicos “Qualis” (de preferência internacionais e em inglês) cumpriu com as expectativas dos órgãos avaliadores/financiadores da PG. E a contribuição com a sociedade? Que benefícios têm as comunidades/regiões com a instalação em seus territórios de profissionais que aprenderam a pesquisar? Busca-se evidenciar neste trabalho a relevância de fomentar comunidades científicas locais, que criem sinergia entre egressos da PG e outros protagonistas sociais instalados num determinado território, para impactar o desenvolvimento econômico e social.
Entre o potencial e o precário: a inserção in(tensa) de profissionais da psicologia nos NASF
Authors: Santos Willian Tito Maia , Mandelbaum Belinda Piltcher Haber
Published: August 2019

Esta pesquisa buscou compreender as práticas e o trabalho interdisciplinar de profissionais da Psicologia atuantes em Núcleos de Apoio à Saúde da Família em Feira de Santana/Bahia. Utilizamos a hermenêutica como método na interação com os pesquisados e na análise das informações adquiridas em campo. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com seis psicólogas e acompanhamento etnográfico com duas destas profissionais. Estas trabalhadoras enfrentavam diversas formas de precarização do trabalho: vínculo informal e sem garantia de direitos trabalhistas, dificuldades estruturais e de condições de trabalho. Suas ações eram prioritariamente clínico-assistenciais, com poucas intervenções técnico-pedagógicas com as equipes de saúde. Apesar da liberdade de ação e do potencial de suas intervenções, suas práticas reproduziam uma lógica ambulatorial clínica tradicional, com poucas inovações e com reduzida articulação com a Rede de Atenção Psicossocial.
Contribuições dos saberes médicos e criminológicos na emergência da psicologia jurídica brasileira
Authors: Caldas Rafaela Sousa , Cassoli Tiago
Published: August 2019

Inicialmente destinada como saber auxiliar à prática da justiça, a psicologia jurídica estruturou-se no Brasil a partir do jogo de dupla qualificação médica e judiciária no qual a figura do criminoso passou a prevalecer sobre a apreciação do delito, movimento que uniu práticas disciplinares e jurídicas aos discursos médicos, psiquiátricos e psicológicos. O presente trabalho busca demarcar no percurso histórico de desenvolvimento da psicologia jurídica brasileira suas articulações junto a saberes como a psiquiatria e a criminologia ao longo de um projeto societário disciplinar e normalizador que refletiu no aumento das atividades diagnósticas e avaliativas, ainda hoje as principais atividades endereçadas aos psicólogos jurídicos. Na tentativa de promover reflexões e possibilitar novas análises sobre o tema, são problematizadas neste trabalho as relações entre saber-poder no processo de emergência e estruturação da Psicologia Jurídica no Brasil a partir de certas análises produzidas por Michel Foucault. Trata-se, principalmente, de uma tentativa de se valer de alguns dos elementos conceituais construídos pelo autor como dispositivos para uma análise crítica das relações entre práticas de conhecimento e práticas de poder assumidas pela psicologia jurídica brasileira, problematizando suas regulamentações sociais e urgências políticas enquanto saber e nova tecnologia de poder produzida na modernidade.
A classe pesqueira tem dois sexos: trabalho e relações de gênero na cadeia produtiva da pesca artesanal na bacia de Campos / RJ
Authors: Dos Santos Valdir Júnio
Published: August 2019

Este artigo apresenta os resultados de pesquisa junto às pescadoras artesanais realizada entre 2015 e 2017 contíguos às comunidades pesqueiras residentes na Bacia de Campos mais vulneráveis aos impactos da exploração do petróleo nas regiões Norte, Noroeste e Lagos do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. O objetivo sedimenta-se na necessidade de se compreender os processos de incorporação da mulher na cadeia produtiva da pesca ao mesmo tempo em que desnudamos os processos (in)visibizadores. Pretendeu-se a aplicação de uma pesquisa de natureza censitária do tipo Survey e os dados obtidos foram analisados por meio do SPSS, como ferramenta estatística para a obtenção das informações desejadas.
O serviço social no atendimento de emergências psiquiátricas: processos de trabalho de assistentes sociais e residentes no atendimento de pacientes adolescentes com ideação e tentativa de suicídio
Authors: Junior Carlos Stavizki , Viccari Eunice Maria
Published: August 2019

Este trabalho apresenta reflexões sobre o fenômeno do suicídio na adolescência, a partir da análise dos processos de trabalho de Assistentes Sociais residentes de um Serviço de Emergência do SUS. Este estudo surge pela necessidade de qualificar metodologias de trabalho condizentes com os princípios profissionais e éticos do Serviço Social e Saúde Mental. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa, constituído por seis Assistentes Sociais, sendo três ex-residentes do Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde com ênfase em Intensivismo, Urgência e Emergência e três Assistentes Sociais do Hospital Santa Cruz. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de entrevista semiestruturada entre os meses de março e junho de 2018. Descobriu-se que 83% das profissionais realizaram atendimentos no Serviço de Emergência e 67% realizaram intervenções diretas com adolescentes com tentativa ou ideação suicida. Desvendou-se o fluxo de atendimento destes casos como o acolhimento, planejamento, encaminhamentos e o monitoramento do paciente, atribuindo a qualificação do atendimento ao aprimoramento profissional decorrente do Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde.
As matrizes culturais simbólico-dramática e racional-iluminista no discurso de jornais populares chilenos
Authors: Rocha Simone Maria
Published: August 2019

Guillermo Sunkel analisa as formas de representação do popular em jornais populares de massa que circularam durante o período final da democracia chilena a partir de três referências conceituais fundamentais: as matrizes culturais, o gênero melodrama e a narrativa sensacionalista. Ao tensionar os discursos baseados na matriz racional-iluminista a partir da proposição da matriz simbólico-dramática, Sunkel oferece um aporte decisivo à discussão: o reconhecimento de que o massivo constitui “outro modo de existência do popular”.
Protocol for Albuwell M kit: Murine Microalbuminuria ELISA By Exocell Inc v1
Authors: Burke Kathi , Reifsnyder Peter
Published: August 2019

Summary: Albuwell M is an indirect competitive ELISA designed to monitor kidney function in the mouse by measurement of urinary albumin. To complete the assay, sample and rabbit anti-murine albumin antibody are added to albumin coated wells. The antibody interacts and binds with the albumin immobilized to the stationary phase or with albumin in the fluid phase, hence the notion of competitive binding. A subsequent reaction with anti-rabbit -HRP conjugate labels the probe with enzyme. After washing, only the antibody-conjugate bound to the stationary phase remains in the well, and this is detected using a chromogenic reaction. Color intensity is inversely proportional to the logarithm of albumin in the fluid phase. The assay may be completed in less than 2.5 hours Diabetic Complication:
Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) Assay v1
Authors: Feldman Eva
Published: August 2019

Summary: Plasma concentrations of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) are an index of lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress. The protocol describes how the DiaComp quantitates TBARS in the animal models. Diabetic Complication:
Western Analysis used in Oxidative Stress Protocols v1
Authors: Feldman Eva
Published: August 2019

Summary: This is the general protocol used for western analysis of samples from the Oxidative Stress Protocols. There are no specific antibodies described for use, rather a general procedure for creating the western. See the specific assay for the details about the antibodies used. Diabetic Complications:
Platelet Adhesion Quantification to Fluorinated Polyethylene from the Structural Caracteristics of Its Surface
Authors: Isaev E.A. , Pervukhin D.V. , Kornilov V.V. , Tarasov P.A. , Grigoriev A.A. , Rudyak Y.V. , Rytikov G.O. , Nazarov V.G.
Published: August 2019

It is necessary not only to develop information and communication infrastructures and algorithms for distributed and cloud processing of data
coming from all kinds of sensors and sensors, but also to design new materials that enable the production of safe, effective and accessible
to the general public test systems when creating digital health saving systems as part of the development of modern electronic medical
monitoring technologies. An analysis of the market for consumables intended for use in rapid diagnostic devices shows that disposable
test strips on a flexible polymer base with high biological resistance to the effects of blood components are most in demand. It has been shown
that surface modification of polyethylene by fluorination, sulfonation and plasmification methods provides a significant reduction
in platelet adhesion to processed polymer films. It was also suggested that the surface energy of the modified material has a determining effect
on its hemocompatibility.This work is devoted to the formation of an analytical model of the surface morphology of fluorinated polyethylene,
as well as a quantitative analysis of the structural and functional relationships between the parameters of the morphological model and
the resistance of the material to platelet adhesion. The widespread use of the discussed approach to increasing the thromboresistance
of polymeric materials will increase the reliability of glycemic analyzes performed by patients on their own using portable express diagnostic
systems (glucometers).
Quaternion Models and Algorithms of Solving the General Problem of Energetically Optimal Spacecraft Orbit Reorientation
Authors: Pankratov I. A. , Sapunkov Ya. G. , Chelnokov Yu. N.
Published: August 2019

The problem of optimal reorientation of the spacecraft orbit is considered in quaternion formulation. Control (vector of the acceleration of the jet thrust) is limited in magnitude. It is required to determine the optimal orientation of the vector of the acceleration in space to solve the problem. It is necessary to minimize the energy consumption of the process of reorientation of the spacecraft orbit. We used quaternion differential equation of the orientation of the spacecraft orbit to describe the motion of the center of mass of the spacecraft. The problem was solved using the maximum principle of L. S. Pontryagin. We simplified the differential equations of the problem using known partial solution of the equation for the variable conjugated to true anomaly. The problem of optimal reorientation of the spacecraft orbit was reduced to a boundary value problem with a moving right end of the trajectory described by a system of nonlinear differential equations of fifteenth order. For the numerical solution of the obtained boundary value problem the transition to dimensionless variables was carried out. At the same time a characteristic dimensionless parameter of the problem appeared in the phase and conjugate equations. We constructed an original numerical algorithm for finding unknown initial values of conjugate variables. The algorithm is a combination of Runge-Kutta 4th order method and two methods for solving boundary value problems: modified Newton method and gradient descent method. The using of these two methods for solving boundary value problems has improved the accuracy of the solution of the investigated boundary value problem of optimal control. Examples of numerical solution of the problem are given for the cases when the difference (in angular measure) between initial and final orientations of the spacecraft orbit is equals to a few (or tens of) degrees. Graphs of changes component of the quaternion of the spacecraft orbit orientation; variables characterizing the shape and dimensions of the spacecraft orbit; optimal control are plotted. The analysis of the obtained solutions is given. The features and regularities of the process of optimal reorientation of the spacecraft orbit are established. We found that when the difference between initial and final spacecraft orbits is small there is a one point of extremum for the eccentricity of the spacecraft orbit and for modulo of the vector of orbital velocity moment of the spacecraft. And there are a few points of local extremum for these functions when the difference between initial and final spacecraft orbits is large.
Research of Methodological Errors of the Air Data System of Aircraft with Stationary Included Receiver of Incoming Air Flow
Authors: Soldatkin V. M. , Soldatkin V. V.
Published: August 2019

It is shown that the known limitations on the measurement of air parameters on board the helicopter due to significant aerodynamic disturbances introduced by inductive flows of vortex column of main rotor. This determines the need to create the means of measurement, taking into account the aerodynamics and dynamics of the helicopter flight. The known direction of overcoming these limitations is the use for measuring the information of aerodynamic field of vortex column of main rotor and its perception by means of the stationary multi-functional aerometric receiver. However, the need to protect a large number of full-pressure tubes installed in the flow channel of the multifunctional aerometric receiver, strict requirements for the identity and stability of the characteristics of the large number aerometric channels, complicate the design, reduce reliability, increase cost, inhibit the use of the air parameters measurement system on helicopters of various classes and purposes. Principles of construction, functional scheme, features of perception of primary information of measuring system of air parameters of the helicopter with the stationary receiver of a stream, ion-label and aerometric measuring channels are showed. Algorithms for processing primary information at various stages and flight modes, including: in the parking lot before the launch of the power plant and when rotating the rotor, when taxiing and maneuvering on the earth’s surface, on takeoff and landing modes and when flying at low speeds, at flight speeds, when the stationary receiver of primary information leaves the zone of the vortex column of the rotor using ion-label and aerometric measuring channels, are presented. It is shown that the proposed approaches to the construction, models and algorithms for processing the primary information of the measuring system air parameters of helicopter with ion-label and aerometric measurement channels allow to determine the speed and direction of the wind vector, altitude-velocity parameters of motion relative to the environment and atmospheric parameters in a wide range of helicopter operation, which determines its competitive advantages in solving problems of piloting and provide the flight safety of helicopters of different classes and purposes.
The performance of the specialists working in a big clinical facility of Saint Petersburg in the field of «urgent abdominal surgery» from the standpoints of medical quality assessment and its administrative monitoring
Authors: Scryabin Oleg N. , Movchan Konstantin N. , Vovk Andrej V. , Tatarkin Vladislav V. , Chernyshev Denis A.
Published: August 2019

In this topic the role and place of experts work in the area of health care quality control for patients with an acute surgical disease of abdominal cavity in the big multi-profile medical clinic in St. Petersburg were reviewed. There was an analysis of some data of 2155 patients who were urgently taken to the hospital in 2017. As a result surgical care analysis of diseases included in "acute abdomen syndrome" we found the correlation between negative outcomes caused by defects in diagnostics and treatment and insufficiency of activity in experts work in surgery. In these study groups increasing cases of post-operative mortality, delaying of surgical intervention without strong argumentation in all diseases included in "acute abdomen syndrome" were found. Nowadays there is no opportunity to change the balance between acute and planning hospitalization of patients who have abdominal cavity diseases in positive way. Some paths of improving the quality of medical assessment to patients who has abdominal surgery diseases were discussed. In average, the example of positive improvement the abdominal surgery could be given speaking about the importance of systematically estimation of results some of the surgery teams activity and managerial decisions which could be made in time.
Acute traumatic spinal cord injury in saint petersburg. Epidemiological data: incidence rate, gender and age characteristics
Authors: Lobzin Sergey V. , Mirzaeva Lyudmila M. , Tcinzerling Natalya V. , Dulaev Alexander К. , Tamaev Tahir I. , Tyulikov Konstantin V.
Published: August 2019

This paper presents the results of retrospective analysis of 361 cases with acute traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) admitted to neurosurgical departments of specialized city hospitals and  Saint Petersburg Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Care from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2016. Retrospective cohort epidemiological study allowed us to estimate the incidence rate of TSCI, age and gender characteristics and to compare data with some foreign and domestic publications. Comprehension of the incidence and structure of TSCI will improve the medical care of these patients.
Bronhoadenitis simplex in mycoplasma pneumonia in the child (differential diagnostics and treatment)
Authors: Orlov Aleksandr V. , Pashkevich Aleksandr A. , Gonchar Natal'ya V. , Borisenko Taras S. , Babachenko Irina V. , Romanyuk Fedor P.
Published: August 2019

Background. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is included in the group of atypical pathogens of acute respiratory diseases. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is characterized by a tendency to prolonged course with progressive changes in the lungs. Main value in the confirmation of mycoplasma infection has microbiome in biosubstrates selection and serological diagnostics: the determination of specific immunoglobulins IgM or IgG in the dynamics to M. pneumoniae. Antibacterial therapy of mycoplasma pneumonia is prescribed based on the sensitivity of the pathogen to them. The duration of antibiotic treatment of mycoplasma pneumonia is determined by the dynamics of clinical and radiological data. Materials and methods. The article describes the features of the clinical course of mycoplasma pneumonia in a patient with tubinfection proceeding with bronchoadenitis and obstruction of the bronchus, which necessitated a differential diagnosis with tuberculosis of the intrathoracic lymph nodes and the appointment of repeated courses of antibiotic treatment.Results. In the described clinical case, the duration of Mycoplasma infection exceeded 3.5 months, during which time the patient received several courses of antibiotics. Mycoplasma pneumonia had a prolonged course, accompanied by bronchoadenitis.Conclusion. Our observations show the need to study the effectiveness of extended courses of antibiotics from the azalid group in the treatment of prolonged and complicated forms of Mycoplasma pneumonia.
Peritoneal adhesion: state of issue and modern methods of prevention
Authors: Samartsev V. A. , Gavrilov V. A. , Pushkarev B. S. , Parshakov A. A. , Kuznetsova M. P. , Kuznetsova M. V.
Published: August 2019

Peritoneal adhesion (PA) is still an actual surgical issue. It is known that any surgical intervention causes abdominal adhesion that, in its turn, induces a number of complications such as adhesive intestinal obstruction. There is registered a high lethality among patients with the developed acute adhesive intestinal obstruction. Adhesive intestinal obstruction hurts health of patients, leading to eight (on average) days of hospitalization and intrahospital lethality of 3 % per episode. The cause of the development of a significant number of lethal cases is imperfection of preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic measures; 20 to 30 % of patients with adhesive intestinal obstruction need surgical treatment. Heavy expenses in the system of healthcare are required for treatment of peritoneal adhesions. The review presents the data regarding modern state of the problem, advanced tendencies in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of patients with peritoneal adhesions, their use in practical studies.
Diary of self-monitoring of the patient as a way to increase adherence to the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure
Authors: Frolova Elena V. , Ogorelysheva Alena I. , Spasenova Ekaterina S. , Khalilova Tamara R.
Published: August 2019

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is the most frequent and severe complication of cardiovascular disease (CVD). One of the most important aspects of management of patients with CHF remains to ensure adherence to treatment. The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of therapy of patients with CHF with the use of a diary of self-control as a way of enhancing adherence to therapy.
Materials and methods. A continuous sequential sample was used to select 40 patients with diagnosed Heart Failure II-IV FC (NYHA), who were then randomized into two groups: the follow-up group (n = 20) and the control group (n = 20). The study duration was 8 weeks. Patients of the observation group received materials on self-control (“Diary of a patient with heart failure”). For them, 3 control visits and 8 phone calls were organized once a week. The participants of the control group were observed in the usual conditions of practical health care; 3 control visits to the doctor were provided for them.
The results obtained at week 8 of the study showed that the number of complaints of foot and Shin edema decreased by 2 times compared to the initial data; in the control group, the frequency of complaints did not have a positive dynamic. Conclusion. Use of a diary of self-control is the easiest method of improving adherence of patients with CHF to treatment.
Apuntes de lexicografía decimonónica: léxico árabe
Authors: Domingo Soriano M.ª Carmen
Published: August 2019

Apuntes de lexicografía decimonónica: léxico árabe.
Francisco Bernís, Diccionario de nombres vernáculos de aves. Ilustraciones de Juan Varela. Madrid, Gredos, 1995. XXXII + 232 pp. + 1 h. + 7 mapas + 2 láms. Biblioteca Románica Hispánica, V. Diccionarios, 16. ISBN: 84-249-1691-3
Authors: Fradejas Rueda José Manuel
Published: August 2019

Reseña de libro: Francisco Bernís, Diccionario de nombres vernáculos de aves. Ilustraciones de Juan Varela. Madrid, Gredos, 1995. XXXII + 232 pp. + 1 h. + 7 mapas + 2 láms. Biblioteca Románica Hispánica, V. Diccionarios, 16. ISBN: 84-249-1691-3.
L'Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné como fuente del Diccionario da Lingoa Portugueza de 1793
Authors: Messner Dieter
Published: August 2019

L'Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné como fuente del Diccionario da Lingoa Portugueza de 1793.
La aportación de Lamano al Diccionario de la Academia
Authors: Muriano Rodríguez Montserrat
Published: August 2019

La aportación de Lamano al Diccionario de la Academia.
Pulmonary congestion by lung ultrasound in decompensated heart failure: associations, in-hospital changes, prognostic value
Authors: Kobalava Zh. D. , Safarova A. F. , Soloveva A. E. , Cabello F.E. , Meray I. A. , Shavarova E. K. , Villevalde S. V.
Published: August 2019

Background. Recently lung ultrasound (LUS) based on B-lines measurement has been proposed as an effective tool for assessment of pulmonary congestion (PC) in patients with decompensated heart failure (DHF).

Objective: to assess the incidence, in-hospital changes and prognostic significance of PC assessed by LUS in DHF patients.

Materials and methods. Routine clinical assessment and eight-zone LUS were performed in 162 patients with DHF (men 66%, mean age 68±12 years, hypertension 97%, history of myocardial infarction 44%, atrial fibrillation 60%, ejection fraction [EF] 40±14%, EF<40% 46%, baseline NT-proBNP 4 246 [1741; 6 837] pg/ml). Sum of B-lines ≤5 was considered as normal, 6-15, 16-30 and >30 - as mild, moderate and severe PC, respectively.

Results. Using LUS on admission PC was diagnosed in all patients (moderate and severe in 31.5 and 67.3%, respectively). At discharge normal LUS profile was observed in 48.2% of patients. In 33.3, 14.8 and 3.7% of patients PC was mild, moderate, and severe, respectively. According to multivariable Cox regression analysis including age, sex, EF, NYHA functional class, and jugular venous distension sum of B-lines >5 at discharge was associated with higher probability of 12-month all-cause death (hazard ratio [HR] 2.86, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.15-7.13, p=0.024), sum of B-lines >15 - with higher probability of HF readmission (HR 2.83, 95%CI 1.41-5.67, p=0.003).

Conclusion. During hospital stay the incidence of PC as assessed by LUS decreased from 100 to 52% of patients. Sum of B-lines >5 at discharge was independently associated with higher risk of 12-month all-cause death, >15 - with higher risk of 12-month HF readmission.
Electrophysiological Cardiac Parameters and Results of Antiarrhythmic Treatment in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (Lone and Associated with Arterial Hypertension)
Authors: Mironova E. S. , Mironov N. Yu. , Mironova N. A. , Novikov Peter Sergeevich , Novikov I. A. , Layovich Lada Yurievna , Maykov Evgeny Borisovich , Golitsyn Sergey Pavlovich
Published: August 2019

Purpose:to assess cardiac electrophysiological parameters in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), lone or with concomitant arterial hypertension (AH), and their prognostic significance relative to treatment effectiveness.

Materials and methods. We included in this study 184 patients with paroxysmal AF (84 with concomitant AH and 100 with presumed lone AF). Cardiac electrophysiological study was performed in accordance with standardized protocol that included assessment of sinus node recovery time, sinoatrial, intraatrial and interatrial conduction time, and effective refractory periods (ERP) of right and left atria and atrioventricular node. Patients with inducible supraventricular reentrant arrhythmias that could potentially trigger AF underwent catheter radiofrequency ablation of those arrhythmias. Other patients received either antiarrhythmic drug therapy (AAD; n=79) or catheter cryo-ablation (CBA; n=81). Treatment was considered ineffective in case of any symptomatic or asymptomatic AF episode documented by ECG or Holter ECG within 12 months of follow-up.

Results.Patients with lone AF compared with those with AH had shorter ERP of the right atrium (219±21 ms vs. 253±44 ms, respectively, p<0.05) and more prominent dispersion of ERP of right and left atria (median 40 ms, interquartile range 10-50 ms vs. median 20 ms, interquartile range 10-22.5 ms, respectively, p<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in other electrophysiology parameters between the groups. Sustained supraventricular reentrant arrhythmias were induced in 9% (9 of 100) patients with presumed lone AF and in 1.2% (1 of 84) patients with AH (p<0.05). All these arrhythmias were successfully ablated, and patients had no AF recurrence during 12-month follow-up. Among other patient treatment (CBA n=81, AAD n=79) was effective in 64% of those with lone AFib and in 34% - with AH (p<0.05). In multivariate multiple regression analysis, none of electrophysiological parameters could be assumed as a factor associated with the efficacy of CBA or AAD. Conclusion. Patients with lone AF had more prominent atrial electrophysiological inhomogeneity compared with patients with concomitant AH. Cardiac electrophysiological parameters had no influence on effectiveness of antiarrhythmic treatment.
Lipid profile abnormalities in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics: a cross-sectional study
Authors: A. Monica , P. Dhivya
Published: August 2019

Background: India is fast becoming the diabetes capital of the World. A direct atherogenic effect of triglyceride rich particles has been noted. This study assesses the lipid profile abnormalities in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus. Since dyslipidemia is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, such assessment will enable better recognition, prevention and management of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity.Methods: The study was conducted over a period of one year at a tertiary care hospital in South India. A cross-sectional study of 100 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics in a rural South-Indian population was done. Results: In our study, 55 (55%) participants had high triglycerides and 45 (45%) had normal triglycerides.  Among the 55 participants with abnormal triglycerides, 34% had borderline high levels (150-199mg/dl), 18% had high levels (200-499 mg/dl) and 3% participants had very high triglycerides (≥500 mg/dl). 26% male and 29% female participants had above normal triglyceride levels. In our study, 25% had borderline high cholesterol levels and 5% had high total Cholesterol. 39% of participants had near optimal levels of LDL, 19% had borderline high levels of LDL, 7% had high levels of LDL and 4% had very high levels of LDL. Significantly higher levels of triglycerides and LDL were noted.Conclusions: Deranged lipid profiles are quite prevalent in type 2 diabetics with females having higher triglyceride levels. Recognition of such elevated triglyceride levels in even newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics will help in better prevention of associated cardiovascular disease.
The Utilization of Viscoelastic Testing to Guide Blood Component Therapy and Adjunctive Hemostatic Therapy for Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Narrative Review
Authors: S Baumgartner , F Shariff , SA Vande Lune , N Zackariya , A Grisoli , R McCauley , S Zackariya , S Patel , A Sualeh , D Hake , AV Thomas , M Walsh
Published: August 2019

This narrative review discusses the history of the pathophysiologic principles and utilization of point-of-care (POC) viscoelastic tests (VETs) in the definition and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). This paper addresses the epidemiology of PPH, describes the hemostatic changes that occur in pregnancy and in PPH, and demonstrates the utilization of viscoelastic testing in the identification and treatment of patients with PPH. Additionally, a description of rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) and thromboelastography (TEG), the two most commonly used VETs, is detailed in this paper. VETs have only recently been used to guide blood component therapy (BCT) in trauma in the last decade. The recent increased utilization of VETs to guide BCT in PPH is following a similar trend with a delay of ten years. In a similar fashion to the trauma literature, which expanded greatly within this last decade, the literature concerning the use of VETs in PPH has also increased in the last few years. However, because of differing pathophysiologies associated with the coagulopathy of PPH verses traumatic-induced coagulopathy (TIC), utilization of VETs has been more refined and focused on the VETs’ capacity to determine low fibrinogen and to guide the utilization of blood components and prohemostatic agents. The identification and treatment of PPH depends on clinical parameters, conventional coagulation tests (CCTs) including Clauss fibrinogen, and VETs. Successful treatment of PPH will no doubt include utilization of all three strategies with an increasing utilization of VETs in the future.
Temporal range extension and evolution of the chasmosaurine ceratopsid ‘Vagaceratops’ irvinensis (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) in the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta
Authors: Campbell James Alexander , Ryan Michael J. , Schroder-Adams Claudia J. , Holmes Robert B. , Evans David C.
Published: August 2019

The Dinosaur Park Formation (DPF) has a diverse assemblage of chasmosaurines currently represented by Chasmosaurus belli, C. russelli, Vagaceratops irvinensis, and Mercuriceratops gemini, and may also include remains possibly referable to Spiclypeus shipporum. Two skulls, YPM 2016 and AMNH 5402, previously referred to C. belli, both have a straight posterior parietal bar with five epiparietals present (YPM 2016) or inferred (AMNH 5402) on each side – the combination of which is unique to V. irvinensis. Based on our new morphological observations and interpretations of these two skulls, we recover V. irvinensis as a species of Chasmosaurus (C. irvinensis), although the interrelationships between C. irvinensis, C. belli, and C. russelli remain unclear. We refrain from formerly assigning YPM 2016 and AMNH 5402 to C. irvinensis, however, as their parietal fenestrae are significantly larger and their epiparietals are significantly shorter than those of C. irvinensis; instead, we reassign these two skulls to Chasmosaurus sp. Given the low stratigraphic position of YPM 2016 (unknown in AMNH 5402) relative to C. irvinensis, we believe this specimen to represent a basal member of the lineage leading to C. irvinensis. If our assessment is correct, this would indicate that the C. irvinensis lineage has a large degree of stratigraphic overlap with that of C. belli and C. russelli. The close phylogenetic relationship and supposed stratigraphic separation for these three taxa reported in previous studies were used to suggest that they may represent an anagenetic lineage, whereby C. russelli evolved into C. belli, and C. belli evolved into, and was entirely replaced by, the latter. However, the lack of stratigraphic separation between these three taxa indicates that they instead arose via cladogenesis.