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A dynamic management framework for socio-ecological system stewardship: A case study for the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Authors: Auad Guillermo , Blythe Jonathan , Coffman Kim , Fath Brian D.
Published: August 2018

This is the work of United States government employees (GA, JB, KC) engaged in their official duties. As such it is in the public domain. © US government. An effective and efficient stewardship of natural resources requires consistency across all decision-informing approaches and components involved, i.e., managerial, governmental, political, and legal. To achieve this consistency, these elements must be aligned under an overarching management goal that is consistent with current and well-accepted knowledge. In this article, we investigate the adoption by the US Bureau of OceanEnergy Management of an environmental resilience-centered system that manages for resilience of marine ecological resources and its associated social elements. Although the framework is generally tailored for this Bureau, it could also be adapted to other federal or non-federal organizations. This paper presents a dynamic framework that regards change as an inherent element of the socio-ecological system in which management structures, e.g., federal agencies, are embedded. The overall functioning of the management framework being considered seeks to mimic and anticipate environmental change in line with well-accepted elements of resilience- thinking. We also investigate the goal of using management for resilience as a platform to enhance socioecologicalsustainability by setting specific performance metrics embedded in pre-defined and desired social and/or ecological scenarios. Dynamic management frameworks that couple social and ecological systems as described in this paper can facilitate the efficient and effective utilization of resources, reduce uncertainty for decision and policy makers, and lead to more defensible decisions on resources.
The periodicity of male nocturnal emission
Authors: Baxter Richard
Published: August 2018

Mental health diagnosis has become separated from theoretical models (Suris, 2016). Masturbation is a response to (imaginary) stimuli indicative of the environment of evolutionary adaptedness for copulation. Given that culture (including clothing) exists to limit experience of this environment to private, proprietary relations, it is possible that masturbation has become unwittingly normalised in sexually saturated (overstimulated) societies. If so, we would expect nature to exhibit alternate, unconscious systems of sexual regulation. It was first hypothesised (H1) that conscious sexual activity was not an inevitable behaviour for males, in that it could be entirely replaced by nocturnal emission (wet dreams). It was further hypothesised (H2) that periodicity in nocturnal emission would be exhibited, and based on preliminary data (H2B) that the periodicity observed would match the female menstrual cycle. The preliminary data set comprised a qualitative 1390 day observation and 210 day record of nocturnal emission. The primary data set comprised a 2641 day record featuring a total 471 instances of nocturnal emission. All hypotheses were confirmed. It is concluded that care must be taken to partial out societal changes (constraints) before reframing psychological health.
Predicting One-Year Outcome in First Episode Psychosis using Machine Learning
Authors: Leighton Samuel , Krishnadas Rajeev , Chung Kelly , Blair Alison , Brown Susie , Clark Suzy , Sowerbutts Kathryn , Schwannauer Matthias , Cavanagh Jonathan , Gumley Andrew Ian
Published: August 2018

BackgroundEarly illness course correlates with long-term outcome in psychosis. Accurate prediction could allow more focused intervention. Earlier intervention corresponds to significantly better symptomatic and functional outcomes. Our study objective is to use routinely collected baseline demographic and clinical characteristics to predict employment, education or training (EET) status, and symptom remission in patients with first episode psychosis (FEP) at one-year.Methods and findings83 FEP patients were recruited from National Health Service (NHS) Glasgow between 2011 and 2014 to a 24-month prospective cohort study with regular assessment of demographic and psychometric measures. An external independent cohort of 79 FEP patients were recruited from NHS Glasgow and Edinburgh during a 12-month study between 2006 and 2009. Elastic net regularised logistic regression models were built to predict binary EET status, period and point remission outcomes at one-year on 83 Glasgow patients (training dataset). Models were externally validated on an independent dataset of 79 patients from Glasgow and Edinburgh (validation dataset). Only baseline predictors shared across both cohorts were made available for model training and validation. After excluding participants with missing outcomes, models were built on the training dataset for EET status, period and point remission outcomes and externally validated on the validation dataset. Models predicted EET status, period and point remission with ROC area under curve (AUC) performances of 0.876 (95%CI: 0.864, 0.887), 0.630 (95%CI: 0.612, 0.647) and 0.652 (95%CI: 0.635, 0.670) respectively. Positive predictors of EET included baseline EET and living with spouse/children. Negative predictors included higher PANSS suspiciousness, hostility and delusions scores. Positive predictors for symptom remission included living with spouse/children, and affective symptoms on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Negative predictors of remission included passive social withdrawal symptoms on PANSS. A key limitation of this study is the small sample size (n) relative to the number of predictors (p), whereby p approaches n. The use of elastic net regularised regression rather than ordinary least squares regression helped circumvent this difficulty. Further, we did not have information for biological and additional social variables, such as nicotine dependence, which observational studies have linked to outcomes in psychosis. Conclusions and RelevanceUsing advanced statistical machine learning techniques we provide the first externally validated evidence, in a temporally and geographically independent cohort, for the ability to predict one-year EET status and symptom remission in individual FEP patients.
No evidence that facial attractiveness, femininity, averageness, or coloration are cues to susceptibility to infectious illnesses in a university sample of young adult women
Authors: Cai Ziyi , Hahn Amanda , Zhang Weiqing , Holzleitner Iris Jasmin , Lee Anthony J , DeBruine Lisa Marie , Jones Benedict C
Published: August 2018

Previous reports that women with attractive faces are healthier have been widely cited as evidence that sexual selection has shaped human mate preferences. However, evidence for correlations between women’s physical health and facial attractiveness is equivocal. Moreover, positive results on this issue have generally come from studies of self-reported health in small samples. The current study took standardized face photographs of women who completed three different health questionnaires assessing susceptibility to infectious illnesses (N=590). Of these women, 221 also provided a saliva sample that was assayed for immunoglobulin A (a marker of immune function). Analyses showed no significant correlations between rated facial attractiveness and either scores on any of the health questionnaires or salivary immunoglobulin A. Furthermore there was no compelling evidence that objective measures of sexual dimorphism of face shape, averageness of face shape, or facial coloration were correlated with any of our health measures. While other measures of health may yet reveal robust associations with facial appearance, these null results do not support the prominent and influential assumption that women’s facial attractiveness is a cue of young adult women’s susceptibility to infectious illnesses, at least in our study population.
Does religious bias shape access to public services? A large-scale audit experiment among street-level bureaucrats
Authors: Pfaff Steven , Crabtree Charles , Kern Holger L. , Holbein John B.
Published: August 2018

Despite growing descriptive evidence of discrimination against minority religious groups and atheists in the United States, little experimental work exists studying whether individuals face differential barriers to receiving public services depending on their religious affiliation. Here we report results from a large-scale audit study of street-level bureaucrats in the American public school system. We emailed the principals of more than 45,000 public schools and asked for a meeting, randomly assigning the religious affiliation/non-affiliation of the family. To get at potential mechanisms, we also randomly assigned belief intensity.We find evidence of substantial discrimination against Muslims and atheists. These individuals are substantially less likely to receive a response, with discrimination growing when they signal that their beliefs are more intense. Protestants and Catholics face no discrimination unless they signal that their religious beliefs are intense. Our ?findings suggest that minority religious groups and atheists face important barriers to equal representation in the public arena.
The Great British Sorting Machine: Adolescents’ future in the balance of family, school and the neighborhood
Authors: Mijs Jonathan Jan Benjamin , Nieuwenhuis Jaap
Published: August 2018

Research calls attention to the divergent school and labor market trajectories of Europe’s youth while, across the Atlantic, researchers describe the long-lasting consequences of poverty on adolescent development. In this paper we incorporate both processes to shed a new light on a classic concern in the sociology of stratification: how are adolescents’ aspirations, expectations, and school performance shaped by the combined socioeconomic contexts of family, school and neighborhood life? Theoretically, social contexts provide children with cultural resources that may foster their ambitions and bolster their academic performance. Reference group theory instead highlights how seemingly positive settings can depress educational performance as well as aspirations and expectations. We empirically test these competing claims, drawing on the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) which describes the school and neighborhood trajectories of 7,934 British children followed from birth to adolescence. We find that, generally, childhood school and neighborhood deprivation is negatively associated with adolescents’ school performance, aspirations and expectations for their future, in line with the cultural resource perspective. However, there are important exceptions to this pattern which point to reference group processes for (1) children of highly-educated parents, whose academic performance especially suffers from growing up in a poor neighborhood, and (2) for children from low-educated parents, whose academic aspirations and expectations are unexpectedly high when they either went to an affluent school or lived in an affluent neighborhood—but not both. We conclude by discussing implications for theory, policy and future research.
Sponsorship Effects in Online Surveys
Authors: Crabtree Charles , Kern Holger L. , Pietryka Matthew T.
Published: August 2018

Many academic surveys administered online include a banner along the top of the survey displaying the name or logo of the researcher's university. Our study aims to determine whether these banners influence survey respondents' answers, that is, whether they induce sponsorship effects. For this purpose, we field three different studies on Amazon's MTurk where we randomly assign the sponsoring institution. Our outcome measures include survey questions about social conservatism, religious practices, group affect, and political knowledge. We find that respondents provide similar answers and exhibit similar levels of effort regardless of the apparent sponsor.
It’s Not Only What you Say, It’s Also How You Say It: The Strategic Use of Campaign Sentiment
Authors: Crabtree Charles , Golder Matt , Gschwend Thomas , Indridason Indridi H.
Published: August 2018

What explains the type of electoral campaign run by political parties? We provide a new perspective on campaigns by focusing on the strategic use of emotive language. We argue that the level of positive sentiment parties adopt in their campaigns depends on their incumbency status, their policy position, and objective economic conditions. We test these claims with a novel dataset that captures the emotive language used in over 400 party manifestos across eight European countries. As predicted, we find that incumbent parties, particularly incumbent prime ministerial parties, use more positive sentiment than opposition parties. We find that ideologically moderate parties employ higher levels of positive sentiment than extremist parties. And we find that all parties exhibit lower levels of positive sentiment when the economy is performing poorly but that this negative effect is weaker for incumbents. Our analysis has important implications for research on campaign strategies and retrospective economic voting.
Cults of personality, preference falsification, and the dictator's dilemma
Authors: Crabtree Charles , Kern Holger L. , Siegel David A.
Published: August 2018

We provide a novel rational explanation for why cults of personality exist: they solve the dictator's adverse selection problem in assigning subordinates to roles within the regime. Participation in a cult of personality is psychologically costly whenever it involves preference falsification, with the costs varying across individuals. Importantly, low psychological costs of preference falsification are correlated with traits the dictator values, such as unscrupulousness and ruthlessness, which we collectively term disposition-based competence. Under a wide variety of circumstances, this correlation makes participation in cults of personality informative from the dictator's point of view, allowing him to hire loyal and competent subordinates for the most important regime positions. In contrast to earlier formal work, our model implies that dictators can use cults of personality to avoid the loyalty-competence trade-off when promoting subordinates.
PENINGKATAN KOMPETENSI MENGAJAR GURU-GURU PAUD DI WILAYAH KECAMATAN BLIMBING KOTA MALANG DENGAN PELATIHAN KOMPUTER DAN MULTIMEDIA
Authors: . Nurhadi , . Santoso , . Kasijanto
Published: August 2018

Latar belakang kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PkM) adalah adanya permasalahan yang dialamiguru-guru PAUD di Kecamatan Blimbing Kota Malang dalam menjalankan sistem dan proses pendidikan, dimana skillpemamfaatan teknologi komputer dan multimedia masih lemah. Sistem administrasi surat menyurat, sistem keuangan,dan lain-lain seringkali mengalami hambatan karena masih dilakukan secara manual, sehingga hasilnya kurang optimal.Peralatan multimedia LCD proyektor dan power point untuk presentasi belum dimanfaatkan dengan baik pada prosespembelajaran, sehingga pembelajaran kurang menyenangkan. Tujuan PkM adalah memberikan pengetahuan danketrampilan/skill komputer dan multimedia kepada Guru PAUD agar mampu memperbaiki sistem administrasi PAUDdan mengembangkan proses pembelajaran. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan PkM dengan menyelenggarakan pelatihankomputer multimedia berupa mail merge, formula excell, power point, pengoperasian dan perawatan LCD proyektor,baik teori maupun praktek. Pelatihan dilaksanakan di Gedung PKBM Zamzam, tanggal 8,15 dan 22 April 2017, diikutioleh 30 Guru PAUD. Karya utama dari kegiatan PkM ini yaitu peningkatan soft skill 30 Guru PAUD di wilayah Kec.Blimbing Kota Malang, berupa peningkatan kemampuan membuat surat beserta alamatnya secara otomatis denganprogram mail merge, membuat sistem akuntansi dan laporan keuangan dengan formula excell, membuat presentasipembelajaran multimedia dengan power point, serta mengoperasikan dan merawat LCD proyektor. Dampak kegiatanPKM yaitu meningkatnya pengetahuan dan skill Guru-guru PAUD di wilayah Kec. Blimbing Kota Malang tentangpemamfaatan teknologi komputer dan multimedia dalam pembelajaran, sehingga memudahkan proses pembelajarandan pengelolaan lembaga PAUD. Manfaat yang diperoleh para Guru PAUD dari kegiatan PkM berupa peningkatanpengetahuan dan skill pemamfaatan teknologi komputer dan multimedia dalam pembelajaran, memudahkan prosespembelajaran dan pengelolaan lembaga PAUD. Kesimpulannya bahwa kegiatan PkM berupa Pelatihan komputer danmulimedia bagi Guru PAUD di wilayah Kec. Blimbing Kota Malang dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan dan skill GuruPAUD untuk memamfaatkan teknologi komputer dan multimedia dalam pembelajaran sehingga memudahkan prosespembelajaran dan pengelolaan PAUD.
PEMANFAATAN BOX PENGERING DALAM PENINGKATAN HIGIENITAS PRODUKSI KUNYIT KERING DI DESA WATES KECAMATAN SLAHUNG
Authors: Widodo Basuki , Setyawan Eko Yohanes
Published: August 2018

Potensi kunyit untuk diolah menjadi berbagai macam aneka produk obat atau makanan sangat besar, karena masihbanyak masyarakat yang mekomsumsi obat-obatan maupun minuman tradisional secara alami sekarang ini contohnyaminuman kunir asem. Salah satu daerah penghasil kunyit adalah Kecamatan Slahung karena kondisi geografis yangcocok untuk komoditi kunyit. Dalam pengolohan kunyit mitra mengalami kesulitan dalam proses pengeringan kunyitkarena dalam proses pengeringan mitra memanfaatkan energi matahari, apabila mendung atau hujan mitramengumpulkan lagi seringkali timbul jamur karena kadar air di kunyit masih cukup tinggi. Sedangkan standar untukkunyit kering kadar airnya maksimal 12 %. Sehingga tim membuat pengering kunyit dengan bahan bakar LPG yang bisadikontrol kecepatan udara maupun temperatur yang ada didalam box pengering dan dilengkapi kaca transparan untukmelihat fisik kunyit di dalam box pengering
PENGARUH MODEL PISAU PADA MESIN SAMPAH BOTOL PLASTIK
Authors: Asroni Mochtar , Djiwo Soeparno , Setyawan Eko Yohanes
Published: August 2018

Seiring peningkatan pemakaian botol plastik menyebabkan timbulnya sampah botol plastik semakin menumpuk. yangmenuntut pengelolaannya dilakukan secara benar agar dapat mengatasi penumpukan sampah. Hal ini dapat diatasidengan banyak cara, antara lain dengan menyusun botol plastik sedemikian rupa, sehingga kapasitas di dalam karunglebih banyak, merancang mesin pencacah yang nantinya akan digunakan untuk mencacah botol plastik sekaligusmemperkecil jumlah transportasi yang digunakan pengepul plastik untuk disetorkan ke pabrik daur ulang. Hal ini jugadapat mengurangi dampak sampah botol plastik yang semakin hari semakin banyak terutama di lingkungan KecamatanLawang Kabupaten Malang. pencemaran lingkungan yang dapat menimbulkan masalah adalah pencemaran yangdisebabkan oleh sampah plastik karena sulit didaur ulang. Pengelolaan sampah hendaknya menerapkan proses - proses,seperti Reduce (mengurangi), Reuse (menggunakan kembali), Recycle (mendaur ulang), Replace (mengganti barangberpotensi sampah ke arah bahan recycle) seperti yang dilakuan saat ini yaitu mencacah plastik yang nantinya bisadigunakan kembali. Konstruksi yang dirancang dan dibuat pada mesin pencacah botol plastik ini merupakan produkhasil modifikasi, yaitu produk yang sudah ada dengan mengalami perubahan - perubahan baik perubahan dalam bentukdan ukurannya, bertujuan untuk meningkatkan efisiensi, efektifitas, kualitas, penampilan dan keamanan pada mesinsehingga mudah dalam penggunaannya. Selain itu mesin pencacah botol plastik yang akan dibuat ini bersifat portablesehingga nantinya bisa dikembangkan kembali untuk pencacah sampah plastik berjenis lainnya. Hasil analisamenunjukkan bahwa dengan menggunakan mesin teknologi tepat guna dapat meningkatkan nilai jual botol plastikbekas karena botol plastik bekas ini dijadikan biji plastik sehingga perusahaan yang menggunakan bahan baku plastikdapat langsung memakainya menjadi produk. Dalam proses menggunakan mesin dipengaruhi oleh model rancanganmata pisau dan rpm mesin. Untuk mendapatkan kualitas dan kuantitas produk yang maksimal pada model rancanganmata pisau bentuk V dan menggunakan rpm 800 dengan hasil yang didapat bentuk biji plastik yang kecil dan hasil yangdidapat 1000 gram per menit.
PENINGKATAN KOMPETENSI JAHIT KRIA TEKSTIL MELALUI PEMANFAATAN MEDIA MOCKUP
Authors: . Firiani
Published: August 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar mata pelajaran jahit tindas pada siswa kelas XI tekstil di SMKNegeri 5 Malang semester 2 Tahun Pelajaran 2014/2015.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitiantindakan kelas yangdilaksanakan dalam 2 siklus sesuai dengan alokasi waktu dan materi pelajaran.Proses pembelajaranmenggunakan media mockup atau miniatur karya yang disajikan dengan model pembelajaran tutor sebaya. Hasilpenelitian ini adalah meningkatnya hasil belajar siswa baik nilai pengetahuan, nilai ketrampilan dan nilai sikap.
MESIN ELUK BULU BAGI PENGRAJIN SHUTTLECOCK DESA PULESARI TIRTOMOYO, KECAMATAN PAKIS KABUPATEN MALANG
Authors: Wulandari Wahju , . Sodik , Handini Dharmayanti Pri
Published: August 2018

Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat dilakukan di sentra industri shuttlecock desa Pulesari Tirtomoyo kecamatan PakisKabupaten Malang. Pemilik usaha masih menggunakan alat sederhana, sehingga proses produksi lambat, tidak standart,produk masih banyak cacat, dan shuttlecock di pukul masih oleng. Tujuan pengabdian masyarakat, memberikanpemahaman tentang pentingnya memanfaatkan teknologi dengan membuatkan desain dan mesin eluk bulu angsa agarproses menjadi lebih efisien, cepat, akurasi pukulan sudah sesuai dengan standart. Metode pelaksanaan dengan memilihmitra dan sekaligus dilakukan kesepakatan mesin yang akan dibuat, membuatkan disain mesin eluk bulu angsa, mencaribengkel mesin, uji coba mesin dan praktek di tempat mitra, revisi mesin jika masih belum sempurna, dilakukan uji cobakembali dan penyerahan mesin ke mitra untuk dimanfaatkan sepenuhnya. Karya utama berupa desain mesin eluk buluangsa, 1 unit mesin eluk bulu angsa yang digerakkan dengan dinamo listrik 1 pk, daya listrik 250 watt, voltase 220. Hasileluk bulu angsa lebih efisien dan efektif baik dari sis waktu , biaya tenaga kerja, dan hasil produksi lebih banyak danstrandart. Dampak bagi mitra sangat bermanfaat, karena proses pembuatan shuttle cock dimulai dari bulu angsa yangsudah dikukus dan dikeringkan kemudian dieluk satu per satu agar lurus masih dijalankan secara manual denganberbekal tang saja dan perlu waktu yang cukup lama yaitu : 1 shuttle cock terdiri dari 16 bulu angsa diperlukan waktu ½menit atau dalam 1 menit menghasilkan 32 bulu angsa lurus. Mesin eluk bulu angsa sebagai teknologi tepat guna dalam 1menit menghasilkan sebanyak 100 bulu atau ± 8 slop shuttle cock, dan masih ada kelebihan 3 cock. 1 slop 12 shuttle cockdengan harga Rp. 54.000,- dan sisa 3 shuttle cock x Rp. 4.500 = Rp 13.500,- oleh karena itu pemanfaatan teknologimampu memberikan kemudahan bagi usaha kecil dalam meningkatkan usaha. Inovasi mesin eluk bulu angsa dapatmemberikan efisiensi waktu dan biaya, sedangkan kenaikan hasil produksi shuttle cock dalam 1 menit sebesar 312,5%.
Regional trends indicators finger dermatoglyphics among modern Ukrainians
Authors: Mishalov V.D. , Serebrennikova О.А. , Klimas L.А. , Gunas V.І.
Published: August 2018

The variability of fingerprints is widely used to identify a person in criminology, as adiagnostic-prognostic marker system in medicine and in the study of multi-vectoredethnogenetic processes in population surveys that cover different regions of the state.The purpose of the study is to outline the local structure of the male population ofUkraine by analyzing the indicators of digital dermatoglyphics for information on the vectorof evolution of the local population. Dermatoglyphic study was performed using H.Cummins and Ch. Midlo for 400 practically healthy men from different administrative-territorial regions of Ukraine. Statistical processing of the obtained results was carried outin the package STATISTICA 6.1 using nonparametric methods. High heterogeneity wasestablished on the basis of qualitative and quantitative indicators of signs of digitaldermatoglyphics among the following administrative-territorial groups: between theinhabitants of central and southern (22.22% of indicators), central and eastern (20.37% ofindicators) of central and western (15.74%), northern and southern (17.59% of indicators),northern and western (16.67% of indicators), northern and eastern (15.74% of indicators),western and eastern (12.04% of indicators) and southern and eastern (12.04% ofindicators) of the regions of Ukraine. Significant homogeneity was detected in terms ofqualitative and quantitative indicators of signs of digital dermatoglyphics inherent in men,residents of the northern and central regions of Ukraine (differences are recorded at 7(6.48%) indicators, as well as men living in the southern and western regions of thecountry (differences are recorded for 10-9.26% of indicators of only qualitativecharacteristics.) The obtained results allowed to distinguish two dermatological complexeson the territory of Ukraine: local north-central and local south-western. High taxonomicthe value for intra-population differentiation of the local level have: types of patternswith high intensity comb and the capacity of the pattern, especially the III and IV fingersof the right hand and I and II fingers of the left hand
Correlation of anthropo-somatometric parameters of the body of practically healthy women of the ectomorphic somatotype with cerebral blood circulation indicators
Authors: Semenchenko V.V.
Published: August 2018

So far, the search for interconnections between the indicators of central or peripheralcirculation and the constitutional parameters of the body is considerable attention in manycountries of the world. However, most of these works are devoted to studying theproblem of various diseases. The study of such relationships in the contingents of ahealthy population needs further in-depth study. The purpose of the work is to establishthe peculiarities of the connections of anthropo-somatometric parameters of practicallyhealthy women of Podillia with an ectomorphic somatotype with indicators of cerebralcirculation. The results of anthropometric, somatotypological and rheoencephalographicstudies performed in practically healthy urban women of Podillia ectomorphic somatotype(n = 24) were taken from the data bank of the research center of the National PirogovMemorial Medical University, Vinnytsya. The rheoencephalographic parameters weredetermined using a computer diagnostic complex. As a result of processing, the rheogramsautomatically determined the characteristic points on the curve and determined the mainparameters (amplitude, time and derivatives). Anthropometric study according to thescheme of V.V. Bunak included the definition of: total body dimensions, longitudinal,transverse, circumferential size, pelvic size and thickness of skin and fat folds. Thecraniometry included the definition of: girth of the head, sagittal arc, greatest length andwidth of the head, smallest head width, face width and mandible. The somatotype isdetermined by the method of J.Carter and B.Heath, and the component composition of themass of the body - according to the method of J.Matiegka and the formulas of theAmerican Institute of Nutrition. The correlation analysis was performed using thenonparametric Spirman method in the statistical package "STATISTICA 6.0". In practicallyhealthy women from Podillia with ectomorphic somatotype, among correlations indices ofcerebral blood flow with constitutional parameters of the body, the highest percentage,mostly inverse true and false median strength connections is established with the amplitudesindices of the rheoencephalogram. In analyzing the correlations of different groups ofanthropo-somatotypological parameters of the body with cerebral blood circulation indicesin practically healthy women of the ectomorphic somatotype, it was established that theamplitude values of the rheoencephalogram have the highest relative percentages ofconnections with the width of distal epiphyses of long limb tubular bones, somatotypecomponents, girth dimensions, components of component composition body mass,longitudinal body size and cephalometric indices; time indices of the rheoencephalogram- with the circumferential dimensions of the body; derivatives indices of therheoencephalogram - with circumferential body sizes and cephalometric indices.
Somatotypological features of topographic kidney anatomy of patients without any kidney and urinary tract diseases
Authors: Monastyrskyi V.M. , Pivtorak V.I.
Published: August 2018

The conducted analysis of modern literature shows that most of the establishednormative parameters of the placement of kidneys in healthy people have not beensufficiently studied, with researchers practically do not take into account the constitutionalfeatures of the organism. The purpose of the study was to determine the topographicanatomical position of the kidneys in the frontal, sagittal and horizontal planes on thebasis of MRI in patients of different somatotypes without any kidney and urinary tractdiseases. Complex examination of 65 patients of the first and second mature age ofdifferent somatotypes, which did not have kidney and urinary tract diseases, wasperformed. To determine the somatotype, we used the mathematical scheme forB.Heath and J.Carter (1990), with the definition of the endomorphic, mesomorphic andectomorphic components of the somatotype. The renal topography was conducted ona Philips Intera-1.5T magnetic resonance imaging (standard magnetic resonance protocolincluded scanning in sagittal, frontal, and axial projections to obtain T1 weighted imaging).The angles of inclination were measured in the frontal, sagital and horizontal planes tomeasure spatial position of the kidneys. The statistical analysis of the obtained resultswas carried out using the "STATISTICA 5.5" program, using parametric and non-parametricmethods for evaluating the obtained results. It was established that the angle ofinclination of the kidney on the right side in the frontal and sagittal planes was greater in1.23-1.41 times than in men and in women of representatives of all somatotypes. Theangle between the axis and the line drawn through the middle of the vertebral bodiesdid not statistically significantly change, depending on the somatotype, sex and on theside of the study in a horizontal plane. The angles of inclination of the kidney axis aredefined in three planes: the frontal, horizontal, and sagittal in the patients, with thekidney axis directed downwards outward and forward. Representatives of allsomatotypes differed statistically significantly the angles of inclination of the left axisfrom the right kidneys in the frontal and sagittal planes
Cephalometric studies of Ukrainian boys and girls with physiological bite by the method of Charles J. Burstone
Authors: Dmitriev M.O. , Chernysh A.V. , Chugu T.V.
Published: August 2018

The analysis of scientific literature points to significant ethnic, racial, age and sexualdifferences in cephalometric indices obtained by the method of C. J. Burstone, whichnecessitates conducting similar cephalometric studies among different age and sexgroups of the population of Ukraine with physiological bite. The purpose of the study isto establish and analyze the cephalometric parameters by the method of C. J. Burstonein boys and girls of the Podillia region of Ukraine with orthognathic bite. Primary lateralteleroentgenograms of 38 boys and 55 girls with normal occlusion close to orthognathicbite, obtained using the Veraviewepocs 3D device, Morita (Japan), were taken fromthe data bank of the research center of the National Pirogov Memorial MedicalUniversity, Vinnytsya. Cephalometric measurements were performed according to therecommendations of C. J. Burstone. The statistical processing of the obtained resultswas carried out in the licensed package "Statistica 6.0" using nonparametric methodsfor evaluating the obtained results. When comparing the cephalometric parametersused in the analysis of C. J. Burstone between boys and girls with orthognathic bite inboys, the values of the following distances are significantly higher: Ar-Pt (PosteriorSection of Cranial Base), Pt-N (Anterior Section of Cranial Base), N-ANS (AnteriorUpper Facial Height), ANS-Gn (Anterior Lower Facial Height), PNS-N (Posterior UpperFacial Height), 1l-MP (Distance of Incisal Edge of 1L to Palatal Plane), 6u-NF (Distanceof Mesial Cusp of 6u to Palatal Plane), 6l-MP (Distance of Mesial Cusp of 6l toMandibular Plane), ANS-PNS (Maxillary Length), Ar-Go (Ramus Length), Go-Pog(Mandibular Length), B-Pog (distance from point Pog to point B, parallel to mandibularplane) and A-B (Distance of A to B on Occl. Plane); and in girls - only angle OP-HP(Angle of Occl. to Horizontal Plane). More than half of the cephalometric parametersobtained in the boys and girls of Podillia with orthognathic bite have reliable or tendencydifferences with the magnitude of the parameters given by C. J. Burstone, whichconfirms the need to establish their regional standards for correct use in Ukraine.
REGRESSION MODELS OF INDIVIDUAL LINEAR SIZES OF MOLARS DEPENDING ON THE FEATURES OF CEPHALOMETRIC INDICES IN PRACTICALLY HEALTHY MEN OF THE WESTERN AND EASTERN REGIONS OF UKRAINE
Authors: Kotsyura О.О.
Published: August 2018

Restoration of missing teeth should be done as close as possible to the natural anatomical features of the person's tooth-jaw apparatus. That is why the problem of aesthetics in dentistry has ceased to be only orthopedic and has shifted towards a constitutional and ethnic odontology. The purpose of the study is to construct and carry out analyzes obtained by regression analysis, models of computed-tomographic size of molars, depending on the features of cephalometric indices of practically healthy men of the Western and Eastern regions of Ukraine. A computed-tomographic study of molars with the following odontometry and cephalometry of 36 practically healthy men of the Western region of Ukraine – residents of Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Transcarpathian and Ivano-Frankivsk regions and 35 men of the Eastern region of Ukraine - residents of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk regions was performed with the help of the Dental Cone-ray Tomography Veraviewepocs-3D (Morita, Japan). Regression models of linear sizes of molars, depending on cephalometric indices, were conducted using the statistical software package Statistica 6.1. As a result of the conducted research, reliable models of computed-tomographic size of the upper and lower jaws molars were constructed in practically healthy men of the Western [7 models of mesio-distal dimensions (R2 = 0.532-0.646), most of which include sagittal arc (12.5%), outer-eye width, nose depth, distance between nasion and inter-cutter point, body length of the lower jaw on the left, largest head circumference and maximum head length (by 7.5%); 6 models of vestibular-tongue dimensions (R2 = 0.527-0.646), which most often include nasal depth (20.0%), body length of the lower jaw to the left (16.0%), physiological face length and morphological face length (by 12.0%); 1 model of crown height (R2 = 0.579)] as well as Eastern [3 models of crown height (R2 = 0.538-0.682), which most often include nose depth (15.0%), face type, physiological face length, morphological face length, smallest width head and sagittal arc (by 10.0%); 2 models of mesio-distal sizes (R2 = 0.572 and 0.556), which most often include inter eye fossa width (15.4%)] regions of Ukraine. Thus, in practically healthy men from the Western and Eastern administrative-territorial regions of Ukraine, based on the specifics of cephalometric indicators and face type, reliable regression models (with determination coefficient R2 greater than 0.5) of computed-tomographic size of molars of the upper and lower jaws (out of 40 possible 14 for the western and 5 for the eastern regions of Ukraine).
Hemimelia longitudinal pré-axial intercalar associada à hipoplasia umeral em cão: Relato de caso
Authors: Da Rdcha Clara
Published: August 2018

Changes in embryogenesis may produce abnormalities in the structure or function of tissues and organs and these may be of genetic or environmental origin. The process known as organogenesis will depend on the interaction between endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm, which will originate subsequent cellular movements, through the migration of precursor cells with the formation of the limb buds and thus causing cytodifferentiation, that is, in the formation of the limbs themselves. The disostoses, which are the set of congenital morphological alterations, are characterized by the abnormal development of a bone or part of it, which can affect the appendicular skeleton. Agenesis, or also known as hemimelia, consists of a rare character anomaly in which one or more paired bones have complete or partial absence, but among this rarity the most frequent is hemimelia in the unilateral form. The case report is a dog, SRD, presenting a left thoracic limb deformity, limping and unable to support it to the ground. Radiographic examinations of the limb were performed consecutively, which revealed the presence of pre-axial longitudinal hemimelia associated with humeral hypoplasia. It was decided to wait for the development of the animal for clinical reassessment and development of prosthesis in the affected limb.
Avaliação da ação de extratos vegetais com potencial atividade carrapaticida
Authors: Santos Benedito
Published: August 2018

Ticks Rhipicephalus sanguineus are acarids hematophagous and medical ectoparasites of importance veterinary for they be vectorial of diseases as Babesiosis and Ehrlichia. Researches with active beginnings of plants constitute an alternative in the control of ticks. It was aimed at to evaluate the effect carrapatient of vegetable extracts on teleóginas of R. sanguineus. Using leaves of Chenopodium ambrosioides, Anonna muricata, Furcraea foetida, Ricinus communis, Echinodorus grandiflorus, Melissa officinalis and Crocus sativus were used in extractions in hexane, methanol or ethanol. The extract vegetable filtrate (EV) was concentrated in rotative evaporator. The tests were accomplished in females of R. sanguineus engorged (n =10) immersed by 5 minutes in EV diluted in wheat corn oil. The group control went by immersion in wheat corn oil. Soon afterwards the ticks were fastened and accompanied as the mortality and ovulation for 30 days. As result the extract of M. officinalis didn't present activity carrapatient. The extracts of E. muricata and R. communis interfered discreetly in the reproductive efficiency and hatchability of eggs. The extract of F. foetida and C. sativus influenced in the viability of the eggs. E. grandiflorus reduced the hatchability in 90%. C. ambrosioides in 24 hours killed 100% of the treated teleóginas. In this way it is concluded that E. grandiflorus in spite of not causing the mortality of the teleóginas, interference significantly in the reproduction and in the hatchability of the eggs, while C. ambrosioides is efficient in causing the death of the females of R. sanguineus in few hours. Thus, the extracts of E. grandiflorus and C. ambrosioides presented greater potential for use in the control of R. sanguineus.
The Impact of Oil Price Fluctuations on Industry Stock Returns: Evidence from International Markets
Authors: Randjbaran Elias , Tahmoorespour Reza , Rezvani Marjan , Safari Meysam
Published: August 2018

This study investigates the impact of oil price variation on 14 industries in six markets, including Canada, China, France, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Panel weekly data were collected from June 1998 to December 2011. The results indicate that price fluctuations primarily affect the Oil and Gas as well as the Mining industries and have the least influence on the Food and Beverage industry. Furthermore, in three out of six of these countries (Canada, France, and the U.K.), oil price changes negatively affect the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industry. One possible reason for the negative relationship between oil price changes and the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries in the above-mentioned countries is that the governments of these countries fund their healthcare systems. Portfolio managers and investors will find the results of this study useful because it enables adjusting portfolios based on knowledge of the industries that are impacted the most or the least by oil price fluctuations.
EXPOSÉ FOR SUCHIN'S BOOK: FAIRY PIECES OR CHESS FOR 2- TO 5 -YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
Authors:   M.A. (Magistra Artium) Heinrich-Heine-University in Duesseldorf, Doropol company in Germany. E-mail: dorota.weclawski@gmx.de, Weclawski Dorota
Published: August 2018

In this article, the topic: "The didactic-methodical teaching of chess lessons in early childhood preschool age of two to five years" presented and the mutual exchange and communication based on it is for intercultural learning of great importance and plays not only in Germany in the concept the chess common Europe but is well on the way to developing progressively throughout the world.
Encefalitis y psicosis en la adolescencia: a propósito de un caso
Authors: García Antich S. , Flórez Fernández I. , Jimeno Beltrán T. , Barahona Aceituno P.
Published: August 2018

La encefalitis por virus herpes simple es una infección del sistema nervioso central y constituye una emergencia médica por su elevada mortalidad y morbilidad, por lo que requiere una detección y tratamiento tempranos. Se presenta un caso de un adolescente de 16 años sin antecedentes somáticos ni psiquiátricos previos que debuta con un cuadro clínico de aparición brusca caracterizado por sintomatología psicótica productiva. Después de una evaluación exhaustiva se aísla el Virus de Herpes Simple tipo 1 (VHS-1) en líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR), con buena respuesta al tratamiento con Aciclovir. Este caso ilustra la importancia de descartar las causas orgánicas en pacientes con un primer episodio psicótico y establecer un tratamiento precoz, lo cual va a condicionar el curso y el pronóstico de la enfermedad.
Características psicológicas en el síndrome de Noonan: a propósito de un caso
Authors: Sanz López Yolanda , Barrios Agrafojo Mireia , de Burgos Marín Rafael
Published: August 2018

Se presenta un caso de Síndrome de Noonan (SN). El motivo de consulta es la sospecha de Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (TDAH). En el proceso de evaluación, y ante resultados en las pruebas aplicadas que no confirman este diagnóstico, los padres informaron que la paciente padece dicho síndrome. Se discute la importancia de futuras investigaciones que puedan ayudar a identificar un posible fenotipo conductual del síndrome.
Microalgas adheridas a raíces de Rhizophora mangle
Authors: Cuenca Zambrano Mayra , Duque Marín Richard , Solano Vera Yadira
Published: August 2018

El trabajo tuvo por objetivo identificar diversas especies de microalgas adheridas a las raíces de Rhizophora mangle. Obteniéndose   muestras de tres estaciones, mediante un raspado en la raíz del mangle, las muestras fueron preservadas en frascos de 250 ml. Para el reconocimiento de las especies se utilizó microscopio y claves de identificación. Obteniendo como resultado: Cianophyta el 10,75%; Chlorophyta el 6,1%; Crysophyta el 83,15%. El alto porcentaje de estas se debe a los niveles de nitrógeno en el medio acuático por lo que se recomienda análisis de calidad de agua.
La comunicación digital de las ONG españolas de apoyo al Sáhara
Authors: de Cos Carrera Laura , Mañas Viniegra Luis
Published: August 2018

Esta investigación analiza cuantitativa y cualitativamente las acciones de comunicación que realizan las ONG españolas de apoyo al Sáhara, así como su nivel de profesionalización. Se realizó un estudio exploratorio basado en un análisis de contenido de las webs de las entidades miembro de CEAS, realizando posteriormente entrevistas semiestructuradas a sus responsables para profundizar en la gestión de su comunicación. Como conclusión, se observa un escaso nivel de profesionalización y la necesidad de incorporar a profesionales de la comunicación en redes sociales.
Psychiatric disorders following hysterectomy
Authors: Roy Polash , Roy Susmita , Dey Gopal Sankar , Das Moaumita
Published: August 2018

Hysterectomy is one of the most commonly performed gynecological surgical procedures on the uterus which are thought to be an insult to the women’s emotional equilibrium. It leads to the feeling of reduced femininity which may develop psychiatric disorders. The objective of the study was to evaluate the proportion and pattern of psychiatric disorders among the hysterectomized women. This was a cross sectional and comparative study, conducted in the department of Psychiatry in collaboration with the outpatient department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, Sylhet, Bangladesh during the period from January 2012 to December 2012. For this purpose 365 married women of reproductive age group, after 3 to 6 months of planned hysterectomy fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected consecutively as a case group and age matched 365 healthy women were selected as control group. The result showed that, the mean age of the respondents was 41.48 (SD±3.79) years which was almost identical to control group (p=0.953). Most (49.5%) of the women were below the age of 40 years. Psychiatric disorders were most frequent in hysterectomized group (38.3%) as compared to control group (28.1%) (p<0.001). The most common psychiatric disorder was major depressive disorder (26.5%) followed by panic disorder (5.2%), obsessive compulsive disorder (3.8%) and conversion disorder (2.7%).The results of this study suggest that a significant number of women suffer from psychiatric disorders after hysterectomy than the age matched control.Bang J Psychiatry December 2015; 29(2): 44-47
Socio-environmental factors and depression among secondary school children in Dhaka city
Authors: Sarkar Mekhala , Roy Susmita , Maruf Mohammad Muntasir , Rabbani Md Golam
Published: August 2018

Depression among children and adolescents has been increasingly recognized as a major public health problem. The objective of the study was to find out socio-environmental factors associated with the presence of depression among secondary school children in Dhaka city. It was a cross-sectional study conducted from November 2008 to October 2009 in two purposively selected schools (one boys’ and one girls’) of Dhaka city. Simple random sampling was used to collect 144 samples from class VI to class IX. A semi-structured self-administered questionnaire including the translated Bangla version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) was used to assess depression. The results showed that, majority of the respondents lived in nuclear family whereas 79.2% boys and 51.4% girls had only 1-2 siblings. The mean number of siblings (2.19+0.588) was higher among the respondents with depression than among the respondents without depression which was statistically significant. In boys’ school, emotional bullying by peer group was complained mostly by the students of class VIII (22.2%) whereas in girls’ school, students of class VI (44.4%) complained of being bullied emotionally mostly. In this study, those boys (45.5%) who complained of emotional bullying by their peer group were found as significantly depressed than those who had no such complaints. Proportion of depression was higher among those respondents who had any history of physical or psychiatric illness in their family. The findings of the study emphasized on the importance of the school mental health services.Bang J Psychiatry December 2015; 29(2): 48-52