bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Through a Different Lens
Authors: Baum Susan M. , Schader Robin M. , Hébert Thomas P.
Published: September 2014

This study sought to understand the experiences of a cohort of students who entered a strengths-based private school for twice-exceptional students during middle school and successfully completed graduation requirements. Using a case study design, the researchers analyzed data collected from student and teacher interviews, parent focus groups, educational records, and psychological reports. Findings indicate areas of change and development across cognitive, emotional/behavioral, and social domains and identified five factors underlying student growth: psychological safety, tolerance for asynchrony, time, positive relationships, and the consistent use of a strengths-based, talent-focused philosophy. Data also revealed four benefits from the talent development opportunities offered by the school. Participating in talent development activities enabled students to become part of a social group; to overcome some social, emotional, and cognitive challenges in context; to develop ongoing mentor and professional relationships with people in talent areas; and to develop expertise in an area of talent. This research supports the incorporation of a strengths-based, talent-focused approach for twice-exceptional learners.
Substances: ‘Following the material’ through two prehistoric cases
Authors: Weismantel Mary , Meskell Lynn
Published: September 2014

In this article, we argue for a multi-dimensional research strategy incorporating material, social and phenomenological analysis in the study of figurines and other human effigies. We call this approach ‘following the material’. To illustrate, we examine two case studies: figurines from the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük (Turkey) and human effigies from the Formative region of Moche (Peru). We look first at the material substances from which artifacts are made and the material contexts in which they were produced, circulated and deposited, before turning to analysis of the representation of the body. This enables us to see these objects as themselves bodies – not merely imperfect replicas of actual humans, but material objects made of substances that afford particular kinds of interactions between fleshly and artifactual bodies. This focus on the materiality of artifacts reveals tight connections between objects in human form, material culture, environment, landscape, and political economy.
The Porifera Ontology (PORO): enhancing sponge systematics with an anatomy ontology
Authors: Thacker Robert W , Díaz Maria Cristina , Kerner Adeline , Vignes-Lebbe Régine , Segerdell Erik , Haendel Melissa A , Mungall Christopher J
Published: September 2014

Background

Porifera (sponges) are ancient basal metazoans that lack organs. They provide insight into key evolutionary transitions, such as the emergence of multicellularity and the nervous system. In addition, their ability to synthesize unusual compounds offers potential biotechnical applications. However, much of the knowledge of these organisms has not previously been codified in a machine-readable way using modern web standards.

Results

The Porifera Ontology is intended as a standardized coding system for sponge anatomical features currently used in systematics. The ontology is available from http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/poro.owl, or from the project homepage http://porifera-ontology.googlecode.com/. The version referred to in this manuscript is permanently available from http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/poro/releases/2014-03-06/.

Conclusions

By standardizing character representations, we hope to facilitate more rapid description and identification of sponge taxa, to allow integration with other evolutionary database systems, and to perform character mapping across the major clades of sponges to better understand the evolution of morphological features. Future applications of the ontology will focus on creating (1) ontology-based species descriptions; (2) taxonomic keys that use the nested terms of the ontology to more quickly facilitate species identifications; and (3) methods to map anatomical characters onto molecular phylogenies of sponges. In addition to modern taxa, the ontology is being extended to include features of fossil taxa.
Considering age when making treatment decisions in the ICU: too little, too much, or just right?
Authors: Ehlenbach William J
Published: September 2014

There are a number of studies providing evidence that age is associated with treatment decisions for critically ill adults, although most of these studies have been unable to fully account for both prehospital health status and severity of acute illness. In the previous issue of Critical Care, Turnbull and colleagues present a well-executed study analyzing data from a prospective cohort study of critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome to investigate the association between age and new limitations in life-sustaining therapy. They report a strong association between age and new limitations in life support in this cohort, even after adjusting for comorbidities, prehospital functional status, and severity of illness including daily organ dysfunction scores. Their results demonstrate that decisions about the goals of care and the ongoing use of life-sustaining treatments should be viewed as dynamic and responsive to events occurring during critical illness. This study raises the important question about the contributors to this association, and the authors raise the possibility that physician or surrogate bias may be contributing to decisions for older patients. While this is unlikely to be the only contributor to the association between age and end-of-life decisions, the mere possibility should prompt reflection on the part of clinicians caring for critically ill patients.
Non-lobar atelectasis generates inflammation and structural alveolar injury in the surrounding healthy tissue during mechanical ventilation
Authors: Retamal Jaime , Bergamini Bruno Curty , Carvalho Alysson R , Bozza Fernando A , Borzone Gisella , Borges João Batista , Larsson Anders , Hedenstierna Göran , Bugedo Guillermo , Bruhn Alejandro
Published: September 2014

Introduction

When alveoli collapse the traction forces exerted on their walls by adjacent expanded units may increase and concentrate. These forces may promote its re-expansion at the expense of potentially injurious stresses at the interface between the collapsed and the expanded units. We developed an experimental model to test the hypothesis that a local non-lobar atelectasis can act as a stress concentrator, contributing to inflammation and structural alveolar injury in the surrounding healthy lung tissue during mechanical ventilation.

Methods

A total of 35 rats were anesthetized, paralyzed and mechanically ventilated. Atelectasis was induced by bronchial blocking: after five minutes of stabilization and pre-oxygenation with FIO2 = 1.0, a silicon cylinder blocker was wedged in the terminal bronchial tree. Afterwards, the animals were randomized between two groups: 1) Tidal volume (VT) = 10 ml/kg and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) = 3 cmH2O (VT10/PEEP3); and 2) VT = 20 ml/kg and PEEP = 0 cmH2O (VT20/zero end-expiratory pressure (ZEEP)). The animals were then ventilated during 180 minutes. Three series of experiments were performed: histological (n = 12); tissue cytokines (n = 12); and micro-computed tomography (microCT; n = 2). An additional six, non-ventilated, healthy animals were used as controls.

Results

Atelectasis was successfully induced in the basal region of the lung of 26 out of 29 animals. The microCT of two animals revealed that the volume of the atelectasis was 0.12 and 0.21 cm3. There were more alveolar disruption and neutrophilic infiltration in the peri-atelectasis region than the corresponding contralateral lung (control) in both groups. Edema was higher in the peri-atelectasis region than the corresponding contralateral lung (control) in the VT20/ZEEP than VT10/PEEP3 group. The volume-to-surface ratio was higher in the peri-atelectasis region than the corresponding contralateral lung (control) in both groups. We did not find statistical difference in tissue interleukin-1β and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1 between regions.

Conclusions

The present findings suggest that a local non-lobar atelectasis acts as a stress concentrator, generating structural alveolar injury and inflammation in the surrounding lung tissue.
Multiparametric magnetic resonance in the assessment of the gender differences in a high-grade glioma rat model
Authors: Pérez-Carro Rocío , Cauli Omar , López-Larrubia Pilar
Published: September 2014

Background

Glioblastoma, the most frequent and aggressive of all astrocytomas, presents a clear predominance in male humans, but the assessment of sexual differences in its tumourigenesis and growth has received little attention so far. In this study, we aim to identify gender-dependent surrogate markers in an animal model of this cancer by means of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and biochemical and behavioural studies.

Methods

A high-grade glioma model developed in male and female rats was used. Multiparametric magnetic resonance images and localized spectra were acquired. The MR parameters linked to tumoural features were quantified. Motor and metabolic activity was also assessed. Postmortem analyses were carried out to measure indicators of malignancy, tumoural metabolism and viability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

Results

Statistically significant differences dependent on the animal sex were found in the study of pathological indicators like oedema, inflammation, cellularity and microvasculature. Results suggest higher cell proliferative rate, inflammation and vasogenic oedema and or necrosis in glioma-bearing male rats. Haemodynamic parameters measured indicated a major disruption of the BBB, postmortem confirmed, in this sex. Metabolomic and energetic metabolism activity data are in agreement with a major malignancy and aggressiveness of this cancer model on males.

Conclusions

Gender differences should be taken into account in preclinical studies of glioblastoma models, in the characterization of the tumoural behaviour and consequently in the development and validation of new therapeutic approaches. MR imaging and spectroscopy allow to non-invasively monitor this sexual dimorphism in the diagnosis and prognosis of brain cancer.
Geophysical expression of a buried niobium and rare earth element deposit: The Elk Creek carbonatite, Nebraska, USA
Authors: Drenth Benjamin J.
Published: September 2014

The lower Paleozoic Elk Creek carbonatite is a 6–8-km-diameter intrusive complex buried under 200 m of sedimentary rocks in southeastern Nebraska. It hosts the largest known niobium deposit in the U.S. and a rare earth element (REE) deposit. The carbonatite is composed of several lithologies, the relations of which are poorly understood. Niobium mineralization is most enriched within a magnetite beforsite (MB) unit, and REE oxides are most concentrated in a barite beforsite unit. The carbonatite intrudes Proterozoic country rocks. Efforts to explore the carbonatite have used geophysical data and drilling. A high-resolution airborne gravity gradient and magnetic survey was flown over the carbonatite in 2012. The carbonatite is associated with a roughly annular vertical gravity gradient high and a subdued central low and a central magnetic high surrounded by magnetic field values lower than those over the country rocks. Geophysical, borehole, and physical property data are combined for an interpretation of these signatures. The carbonatite is denser than the country rocks, explaining the gravity gradient high. Most carbonatite lithologies have weaker magnetic susceptibilities than those of the country rocks, explaining why the carbonatite does not produce a magnetic high at its margin. The primary source of the central magnetic high is interpreted to be mafic rocks that are strongly magnetized and are present in large volumes. MB is very dense (mean density [Formula: see text]) and strongly magnetized (median 0.073 magnetic susceptibility), producing a gravity gradient high and contributing to the aeromagnetic high. Barite beforsite has physical properties similar to most of the carbonatite volume, making it a poor geophysical target. Geophysical anomalies indicate the presence of dense and strongly magnetized rocks at depths below existing boreholes, either a large volume of MB or another unknown lithology.
Explorations between philosophy and history
Authors: Lorenz Chris F.G.
Published: September 2014

This introduction summarizes the basic ideas behind the articles collected in Przekraczanie granic: eseje z filozofii historii i teorii historiografii [Bordercrossings: essays on the philosophy of history and theory of historiography]. The first basic idea is the idea that the writing of history has a “border crossing” character, meaning that history writing involves border crossings, first, between history and philosophy and, second, between history and “politics” in a broad sense. The second basic idea is that the dialectical mechanism of “inversion” (of “negation” and of “the unity of opposites”) is fundamental for our understanding of debates in the philosophy of history and in historiography. The third idea is that interesting prejudices and other assumptions in both philosophy and in history are found by contrast, not by analysis (Feyerabend). Analysis of controversies is therefore the most fruitful point of departure in the philosophy of history and in historiography. Because all key ideas in the humanities are “essentially contested concepts” (Gallie), controversies are the “normal” discursive condition in the humanities.
Reply to my critics
Authors: Lorenz Chris F.G.
Published: September 2014

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Review of N. Theotokas's Ο βίος του στρατηγού Μακρυγιάννη: Απομνημόνευμα και Ιστορία [The life of General Makriyannis: memoir and history]
Authors: Andriakaina Eleni
Published: September 2014

Νikos Theotokas, Ο Bίος του στρατηγού Μακρυγιάννη:Απομνημόνευμα και Ιστορία [The life of General Makriyannis: memoir and history], Athens: Vivliorama, 2012. 549 pp.
Review of M. Papathanassiou's Διαδρομές και ταυτότητες περιπλανώμενων τεχνιτών: Δύο ζαχαροπλάστες στην Ευρώπη του 19ου αιώνα [Tramping artisans' routes and identities: Two journeymen-confectioners in nineteenth-century Europe]
Authors: Karakatsouli Anna
Published: September 2014

Maria Papathanassiou, Διαδρομές και ταυτότητες περιπλανώμενων τεχνιτών: Δύο ζαχαροπλάστες στην Ευρώπη του 19ου αιώνα [Tramping artisans' routes and identities: Two journeymen-confectioners in nineteenth-century Europe], Athens, Smili: 2012. 290 pp.
Review of E. Robinson's History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics: Past Politics and Present Histories
Authors: Salvanou Emilia
Published: September 2014

Emily Robinson, History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics: Past Politics and Present Histories, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012. 208 pp
Review of K. P. Kostis's "Τα κακομαθημένα παιδιά της Ιστορίας": Η διαμόρφωση του νεοελληνικού κράτους 18ος-21ος αιώνας ["History’s spoiled children": The formation of the modern Greek state, 18th-21st centuries]
Authors: Gekas Sakis
Published: September 2014

Kostas P. Kostis, "Τα κακομαθημένα παιδιά της Ιστορίας": Η διαμόρφωση του νεοελληνικού κράτους 18ος-21ος αιώνας ["History’s spoiled children": The formation of the modern Greek state, 18th-21st centuries], Athens: Polis, 2013. 898 pp.
Review of S. Trubeta's Physical Anthropology, Race and Eugenics in Greece (1880s-1970s)
Authors: Savvakis Manos
Published: September 2014

Sevasti Trubeta, Physical Anthropology, Race and Eugenics in Greece (1880s-1970s), Brill: Leiden, 2013. 340 pp.
Experimental substantiation of the use of materials «КLIPDENT» «BIOPLAST-DENT» at the substitution of bone defects after traumatic removal of teeth
Authors: Азарова  , Azarova E. , Коротких  , Korotkikh N. , Харитонов  , Kharitonov D. , Степанов  , Stepanov Ilya
Published: September 2014

The effect of osteoplastic materials of various fractions «Klipdent», «Bioplast-dent» on the speed and quality of processes osteoreparation of bone defect resulting from traumatic removal of teeth of the lower jaw was studied. The authors note morphologically confirmed an increase in the intensity of the processes of osteoreparation in the field of bone defect. According to the results of morphological experimental study it was established that regeneration of microcirculation more pronounced and accelerated in average by 3-5 day compared with the normal process. Acceleration of process of formation of bone gaps immersed osteocytes was more pronounced when using finely dispersed substances, acceleration of the process compared to the normal average of 6-8 days. Collagen framework was formed on 6-8 days of experiment that was ahead of the normal process for 5-7 days. The conducted morphological research can testify about the acceleration of the processes of regeneration of bone tissue in comparison with normal for 6-7 days, regardless of the modifiers process. An adequate selection of the type of osteoplastic

material and a strict adherence to the indications for its use allows to increase efficiency of treatment of bone tissue defects of the maxillofacial area and to reduce the time of temporary disability of patients.
Current issues of vocational training in cosmetologyda
Authors: Груздев  , Gruzdev D. , Гусейнов  , Guseynov A.
Published: September 2014

The article highlights the current state and problems of vocational health professional education of physicians and nurses in the specialty «cosmetology». Legal documents: orders, instructions, regulations on the activities of medical practitioners and nurses in the specialty «cosmetology» are described. The authors noted that

availability of qualified staff, regularly and systematically improving their professional skills, not only the student´s individual technologies, largely determines the quality and safety of services provided on cosmetology. The authors believe that cosmetologist must have higher professional education in one of the specialties: «General medicine», «Pediatrics», he should complete his residency training on the specialty «Cosmetology» or to complete a professional retraining on specialization «Cosmetology» in the presence of higher education on the specialty «Dermatovenereology». During labour activity a doctor is obliged to obtain additional professional education at least once in five years, what determines the quality of his activities.The authors note, there are the need for greater involvement in the training

of private health organizations, which have modern material and technical base and highly qualified personnel.
Advantages of a new model of the medical and rehabilitation process in the boundary psyhiatry center
Authors: Кошелев  , Koshelev V. , Мельников  , Melnikov A. , Смекалкина  , Smekalkina L. , Соболев  , Sobolev V.
Published: September 2014

Basic principles of the new organization model treatment and rehabilitation process on the basis of the Moscow city center border psychiatry are presented. The results of comparative studies currently existing organizational approaches to the system of restorative treatment of patients with neuroses are shown. The basic disadvantages

of existing coordination schemes and new features of the physicians and psychotherapists are revealed. The management of patients on the basis of structural model of the brigade is described. Purposeful use of qualification clinical

psychologists and better interaction with other relevant specialists are an advantage of proposed model. Effectiveness of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care for patients with borderline psychiatric disorders was found to be more 42% compared with traditional model, which didn’t allow to optimal use hospital beds as well as medical staffs. Improvement of the treatment and rehabilitation process by reducing the period of stay on sick leave at 30% also confirm the effectiveness of a new structural model in the psychiatric clinics. Economic advantage proves the necessity of wide introduction in practice the boundary psychiatry of the proposed scheme of cooperation of specialists.
Dental and social status of the patients in outpatient clinics
Authors: Трофимук  , Trofimuk N. , Лавлинская  , Lavlinskaya L. , Ситников  , Sitnikov N.
Published: September 2014

The stomatological aid is one of the most mass types of medical care which the population receives mainly in out-patient and polyclinic establishments. The purpose of this research is to study the needs in dental care depending on the following factors: socio-economic living conditions, medical activity, development of dental

clinics chains, access to care and cultural level of the population. Different methods: historical, sociological, statistical were used. According to the results of research, the caries and its complications were revealed in 96.3% of dental profile patients. 80% of patients need in treatment, removal and prosthetics. Periodontal diseases suffered 86.5% of patients. Among patients of municipal dental clinic and non-state dental center, the number of respondents with increasing age is reduced significantly, which assess their dental health as «good». The number of patients, who believes his dental health as «bad», is increased. The obtained data indicate a low number of appeals to the dentist with the preventive purpose, as well as the wide dissemination of the bad habits, leading to diseases of the teeth and mucous membrane of the oral cavity. The identified risk factors of dental diseases must be considered for development of individual and group programs of prevention.
The use of comprehensive health programs to improve metabolic ensure students are actively involved in sports
Authors: Хусяйнов  , Khusyaynov Z. , Котенко  , Kotenko K. , Иванова  , Ivanova Irina , Корчажкина  , Korchazhkina N.
Published: September 2014

The author has developed a comprehensive wellness program, including reflectory-segmental vacuum interference effects and combined application of low-frequency pulsed electrostatic field and baths with biologically active substances of plant origin - the components of a horse-chestnut to activate the physical and functional status of students who are actively involved in sports. The study included 320 students. Students are actively involved in sports application developed a comprehensive Wellness programs, both through General, and reflectorysegmental effects improves metabolic ensuring functional state, as evidenced by recovery of values of physiological norm of the basic metabolic parameters of blood.
The epifamin effect on values of immune status, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in the patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis developing at type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Золоедов  , Zoloedov V. , Агарков  , Agarkov A. , Попов  , Popov S. , Пашков  , Pashkov A. , Шульгин  , Shulgin K.
Published: September 2014

The study is devoted to the Epifamin effect on values of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, immune status in blood, and also content of 6-sulfatohymelatonin as the main metabolite of melatonin, in urine of the patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis developing at type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is shown that fasting glucose, postprandial glucose level and glycated hemoglobin content in the blood of patients decreased significantly during combined treatment with the Epifamin compared to the basic therapy. The results of the Epifamin reception are as follows: more expressed normalization of lipid metabolism, and content of β -lipoproteins, cholesterol, lipoproteins of low density and high density lipoprotein, and atherogenic index in comparison with the results obtained after basic treatment. The obtained results testify to positive Epifamin effect on values of the immune status of patients: level of circulating immune complexes, the main classes of immunoglobulins – IgA, IgM, IgG. It was established that in the patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis developing at type 2 diabetes mellitus, 6-sulfatohymelatonin level in urine was lowered on the average by 1,2 times in comparison with control. After basic treatment the reliable changes of the 6-sulfatohymelatonin content in the patients didn’t reveal. After the combined therapy with the Epifamin, the 6-sulfatohymelatonin content in the patients increased on the average for 13.9%. The obtained results allow to conclude about correction the Epifamin effect on melatonin content as a hormone, which able to participate in regulation of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and to have immune modulating action. The Epifamin use in basic treatment had favorable influence on the immune status, values of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in blood in the patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis developing at type 2 diabetes mellitus that was apparently due to melatonin-corrective effect of this drug.
Chemical composition and biological activity of sapropel in the Orenburg region (V. Sol-Iletsk), genetic link with the composition of the sapropel formers
Authors: Фридзон  , Fridzon K. , Платонов  , Platonov V. , Хадарцев  , Khadartsev Aleksandr
Published: September 2014

The features of chemical composition of sapropel in district Sol-Iletsk (Orenburg region) were studied in detail. Biological testing of sapropel preparations was carried out. Comparative analysis of the chemical composition of sapropel and flora, fauna, meadow, higher plants, algae with a composition of organic matter sapropel was made. Genetic link of chemical compound of sapropel, plant and animal material, participating in the formation of the latter, with biological activity sapropel drugs was established.
Magnesium drugs in therapy of pregnant women with undifferentiated connecntive tissue dysplasia
Authors: Павлов  , Pavlov O. , Лукина  , Lukina T.
Published: September 2014

Aim: a comprehensive study of the pathology manifestations and efficiency of magnesium therapy in pregnant women with undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia. Material and Subjects: the research object was 380 women who were treated in Tula regional perinatal centre and Maternity hospital №1 of Tula with signs of undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia during 2008-2010 yy., and as a comparison group 45 women in the absence of signs of dysplasia in the same time period. To assess the magnesium therapy effectiveness of the women experimental group they were divided into two subgroups (190+190) depending on the use/non-use of the preparation of magnesium with early pregnancy term. Results: undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia during pregnancy was clinically manifested by neurocirculatory dystonia, vascular disorders and hemorrhagic syndrome, as well as a high frequency of placenta insufficiency, threatened abortion in 1-3 trimesters, isthmic-cervical insufficiency, early toxicosis and anemia of pregnant. The etiological-pathogenetical treatment was resulted in to the improvement of pregnant women health, reduction of the frequency of different complaints and decreased of average weight of these pregnancy complications. Normalization of parameters of oxyproline and magnesium in the blood of pregnant women in 12-22-34 weeks of pregnancy due to magnesium therapy was laboratory confirmed. Conclusion: undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia during pregnancy contributes to the development of certain pathological conditions of various systems of the body and it can be effectively corrected by magnesium drugs (Magne-B6) under the control of oxyproline and magnesium in the blood of pregnant women.
Efficiency evaluation of the neuromidin in complex treatment of the patients with primary glaucoma
Authors: Сурнин  , Surnin S. , Захарова  , Zaharova Irina , Приставка  , Pristavka V.
Published: September 2014

The authors studied the efficiency of the Neuromidin in complex treatment of the patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. 65 patients (130 eyes), of which 44 advanced stage, 76 - with severe and 10 eyes with a terminal stage of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) were examined. These patients received the Neuromidin in the dose of 1 ml (15 mg) intramuscularly, №10, with complete therapy (the Emoxipin in/m, the Piracetam in/in, the medication parabulbarno). Then, the patients received 1 tablet 2 times daily (20 mg) within 25 days as the monotherapy with local hypotensive drops (timolol, azopt, azarga, fotil, cosopt, alphagan P). Intraocular pressure compensation was achieved by timolol 0,5% dropping (45 eyes), azopt dropping (28 eyes), alphagan P dropping (6 eyes) and by means of combination drugs: azarga (32 eyes), cosopt (15 eyes) and fotil (4 eyes). Of them, in 52 eyes surgical treatment was made. The control group consisted of 30 patients (60 eyes), who received the treatment without the Neuromidin. In work the authors used the standard methods of ophthalmic research. The increase of visual acuity and expansion of field of view in both groups was revealed, but in the patients treated by means of the Neuromidin

the visual acuity increased in advanced 0.13, in patients with severe degree of disease – in 0.12, in the control group – in 0.06 and 0,05, respectively . Field of view has expanded in an advanced stage of 55 degrees, and in severe – 35 degrees higher than in the control group. The Neuromidin effect on the state of the outflow of aqueous humor was revealed. This effect can be explained by the fact that the drug stimulates the impulse conduction in nerve fibers and synapses, blocks of cholinesterase, stimulates the ciliary muscle and activation of the outflow watery

moisture. The achieved effect gradually decreases to the initial indicators within 6 months in 2/3 patients.
Methodologiacal approaches and software implementation of forecasting the dynamics of health and development permanent disability in the police officers
Authors: Кулакова  , Kulakova A. , Есауленко  , Esaulenko I. , Смольянинов  , Smolyaninov S.
Published: September 2014

Social orientation held in Russia structural change, actualizes the problem of development of an effective system of monitoring the health and quality of life standards of formation of health of the population and software products as a means of information integration in the socio-economic model of our country. The purpose of

this work was the comprehensive medical-social study on rendering medical assistance to the officers on the example of the regional hospital of the Interior Ministry, and also studying the ways to predict risk in a disability that may result from the action of risk factors of risk, including those related to their professional activities. Data analysis in medical cards of in-patients, materials of annual reports and computer data base of the system of the CLINIC and also, data of sociological interrogation of police officers was carried out. A promising direction of mathematical

research in the health care system is the use of modern methods of storage, the data OLAP-technology and classical statistical methods, and Data Mining, based on a large class of various algorithms covering a large number of different types of medical problems. These techniques have been implemented in the creation of software products used to achieve the purpose of this research. As a result, the authors identified the markers from among medical and social data affecting the output of disability and health of police officers. Mathematical models to predict changes in health status and disability of officers have been modeled. Thus, on the basis of the constructed models it is possible to predict the disability of police officers and the change in their health status in the correction of the social-hygienic characteristics for the purpose of choice of rational management decisions. The authors hope that developed products will be interesting as for specialists of practical public health and research workers.
Neurovegetative status and 24 hours´ arterial pressure profile of hypertensive patients
Authors: Чеснокова  , Chesnokova V.
Published: September 2014

The aim of research is study peculiar properties of vegetative status and 24 hours´ arterial pressure profile in inefficient antihypertensive therapy patients. It was examined 180 patients in age from 42 to 65 with diagnosis I-III degree of arterial hypertension on classification RSOC; volunteers without arterial hypertension and sporadic rise of pressure has been integrated into research (n=36). Clinical and biochemical monitoring realized to the whole of examines in accordance with standards on diagnostic of arterial hypertension. 24 hours´ profile arterial pressure will be done in conformity with guideline national joint committee on cure of arterial hypertension JNK VI, WHO/ISH. Determination predominant autonomic balance carried out from system for integrated vegetative status, by its results patients were divided into subgroups. Then the patients were separated into subgroups by predominant autonomic balance with a glance degree and phase of arterial hypertension; modification key indicator of 24 hours´ arterial pressure profile in subgroups was investigated. It has been found experimentally that type of predominant autonomic balance varies with the phase, by not with degree of arterial hypertension. Inefficient antihypertensive therapy patients have more high frequency and variability of cardiac rhythm, which combine with insufficient degree decrease of cardiac rhythm at night; more high value of systolic, diastolic, sphygmic and medium pressure comparison with control group. Complex hemodynamic rates (DP, maxIMP) and also bodymass index in inefficient antihypertensive therapy patients exceed the same in efficient treatment cluster.
Effect of Abortion vs. Carrying to Term on a Woman's Relationship with the Man Involved in the Pregnancy
Authors: Mauldon Jane , Foster Diana Greene , Roberts Sarah C. M.
Published: September 2014

CONTEXT

When a woman who seeks an abortion cannot obtain one, having a child may reshape her relationship with the man involved in the pregnancy. No research has compared how relationship trajectories are affected by different outcomes of an unwanted pregnancy.

METHODS

Data from the Turnaway Study, a prospective longitudinal study of women who sought abortion in 2008–2010 at one of 30 U.S. facilities, are used to assess relationships over two years among 862 women who had abortions or were denied them because they had passed the facility's gestational age limit. Mixed‐effects models analyze effects of abortion or birth on women's relationships with the men involved.

RESULTS

At conception, most women (80%) were in romantic relationships with the men involved. One week after seeking abortion, 61% were; two years later, 37% were. Compared with women who obtained an abortion near the facility's gestational age limit, women who gave birth had greater odds of having ongoing contact with the man (odds ratio at two years, 1.7). The odds of romantic involvement at two years did not differ by group; however, the decline in romantic involvement was initially slower among those giving birth. Relationship quality did not differ between groups.

CONCLUSIONS

Giving birth temporarily prolonged romantic relationships of women in this study; most romantic relationships ended soon, whether or not the woman had an abortion. However, giving birth increased the odds of nonromantic contact between women and the men involved throughout the ensuing two years.
Kybernetische Szenografie
Authors: Schramke Sandra
Published: September 2014

Anfang der 1960er Jahre setzten Charles und Ray Eames ihre Ausstellungsarchitektur gezielt als Mittel zur Gestaltung von Raum, Zeit und Kommunikation ein. Durch Umsetzung zeitgenössischer kybernetischer Erkenntnisse zum Informationstransport und durch die Anwendung ausgewählter Ergebnisse aus Wahrnehmungsphysiologie, -psychologie und Kognitionswissenschaften prägten sie die Raumproduktion und Rezipientensituation am Beginn des Zeitalters der Informatik und Digitalisierung. Sandra Schramke zeigt, wie die Eames von 1959 bis 1965 neue Maßstäbe für kalkulierbare Informationsstrukturen etablierten und warum sie als Vorläufer einer modernen Szenografie multimedialer Ausstellungsgestaltung gelten können.
Eine Disziplin und ihre Verleger
Authors: Remmert Volker R. , Schneider Ute
Published: September 2014

Am Beispiel der Mathematik werden in diesem Buch die Wechselwirkungen zwischen wissenschaftlichem Verlagswesen und der Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Disziplin in Deutschland zwischen 1871 und 1949 analysiert. Die Studie untersucht die Funktion unterschiedlicher Publikationsformen für die Scientific Community, die Profilierungsstrategien der Verlage angesichts steigender Konkurrenz in ihrem Marktsegment sowie wissenschafts- und branchenexterne Rahmenbedingungen des mathematischen Publizierens.
Migration und Männlichkeit
Authors: Spies Tina
Published: September 2014

Wenn in der Öffentlichkeit über die Kriminalität junger Migranten diskutiert wird, kommen die Jugendlichen nur selten selbst zu Wort. Und noch seltener wird der Frage nachgegangen, welchen Einfluss gesellschaftliche Diskurse auf die Identitätskonstruktionen derjenigen haben, über die gesprochen wird. In diesem Buch geht es - ausgehend von Stuart Halls Überlegungen zum Zusammenhang von Diskurs und Subjekt - um die Verknüpfung von Diskurs- und Biographieforschung. Am Beispiel von Interviews mit straffälligen Jugendlichen untersucht Tina Spies die Macht von Diskursen im Kontext von »Migration, Männlichkeit und Kriminalität«. Dabei zeigt sie auf, wie Positionierungen im Diskurs eingenommen werden, aber auch, wie die Jugendlichen sich den Diskursen widersetzen.__
Die Ökonomen der SPD
Authors: Engelhard Peter
Published: September 2014

Sozialdemokratische Ökonomen haben wichtige Beiträge zur geschichtlichen Entwicklung der deutschen Wirtschaftsverfassung und der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft geleistet. Dieser Band stellt das Werk von 45 deutschen Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern vor, die im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert den gesellschaftlichen Idealen der Sozialdemokratie verbunden waren oder sind: von Bernstein, Kautsky und Hilferding über Karl Schiller bis hin zu Bofinger und Flassbeck. Als Analytiker des Wirtschaftslebens formulierten sie Empfehlungen und Konzepte, die das Wirtschaftsprogramm der SPD maßgeblich mitgeprägt haben. Auf leicht verständliche Weise geschrieben, eignet sich dieses Nachschlagewerk auch für eine breitere wirtschaftspolitisch interessierte Leserschaft.
Filmgeschichte als Krisengeschichte
Authors: Wedel Michael
Published: September 2014

Politische Einschnitte, kulturelle Antinomien und gesellschaftliche Umbrüche prägen den deutschen Film von seinen Anfängen bis in die unmittelbare Gegenwart. Dieses Buch ist der Versuch, Filmgeschichte im Zeichen einer »Krisenhistoriografie« von ihren Grenzphänomenen und Übergangserscheinungen her zu erkunden. Wie Filme ihre historische Bedingtheit ästhetisch verhandeln, ist die Ausgangsfrage des Buches, das »Geschichte« auf diese Weise durch die Filme denkt, anstatt über sie hinweg. Quer zu etablierten Epochengrenzen gilt das Interesse historischen Ungleichzeitigkeiten und ästhetischen Verwerfungen, an denen vor allem die vergangenen Gegenwarten oder auch die zu bestimmten Zeitpunkten dem Film in Deutschland gerade noch - oder eben nicht mehr - möglichen Zukunftshorizonte sichtbar werden.
Der flexible Mensch auf der Bühne
Authors: Bähr Christine
Published: September 2014

Welchen kulturellen, ethischen und ökonomischen Stellenwert besitzen Arbeit und Familie in zeitgenössischen Lebensentwürfen? Wie gestaltet sich ihr Verhältnis vor dem Hintergrund postfordistisch geprägter Alltagspraxis? Die Gegenwartsdramatik greift diese Fragen auf und partizipiert dabei an den Debatten der kultur- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitdiagnostik, die von der zeit-räumlichen Entgrenzung von Arbeit und Privatleben, von Prozessen der Subjektivierung und der Individualisierung ausgeht. Christine Bähr zeichnet nach, wie die Theatertexte in ästhetisch vielfältigen Darstellungen von Raum, Zeit und Körper Erfahrungen und Wahrnehmungsweisen des viel beschworenen flexiblen Menschen diskutieren.
Bratwurst oder Lachsmousse?
Authors: Schirrmeister Claudia
Published: September 2014

Warum essen wir so, wie wir essen? Warum essen wir das, was wir essen? Und was bedeutet uns das? Essen ist ein kultureller Seismograph - Claudia Schirrmeister verdeutlicht dies, indem sie aus kommunikationssoziologischer Perspektive die diversen symbolischen Bedeutungen des Essens als Handlung und als Gegenstand unter Rückgriff auf u.a. historische, gruppen- und geschlechtsspezifische Aspekte aufzeigt. Die Zusammenführung unterschiedlicher Wissenschaftsbereiche und Perspektiven macht das anschaulich aufgebaute Buch auch für interessierte Leser_innen außerhalb der Wissenschaft zu einer lohnenswerten Lektüre.
»Deutschland Katastrophenstaat«
Authors: Löding Ole
Published: September 2014

Deutschsprachige Songs über den Nationalsozialismus sind ein bedeutender Bestandteil der Pop-Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Nahezu alle namhaften Songschreiber haben sich seit 1964 in die zeitgeschichtlichen Deutungskämpfe um die NS-Vergangenheit eingemischt. Ole Löding untersucht mehr als 300 Werke von der 68er-Revolte bis zur Gegenwart und zeigt, dass der politische Song ein Seismograph ist, an dem sich der popkulturelle Umgang mit dem Dritten Reich beispielhaft ablesen lässt. Ein wichtiger Beitrag zum Stand der (musikalischen) Vergangenheitsbewältigung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Schwermetallanalysen
Authors: Elflein Dietmar
Published: September 2014

Die Attraktivität von Heavy Metal ist seit 40 Jahren ungebrochen. »Metal« stellt trotz - oder wegen - seines oft zwiespältigen Leumunds ein globales Phänomen dar, in dessen Mittelpunkt die Liebe zur Musik steht. Dietmar Elflein beschäftigt sich intensiv mit Heavy Metal als Musik und untersucht LPs und Bands, die das Genre geprägt haben, auf musikalische Gemeinsamkeiten und Entwicklungslinien - die musikalische Sprache des Heavy Metal. Die Vielfalt der untersuchten musikalischen Ansätze reicht von Black Sabbath über Judas Priest und Iron Maiden bis zu Metallica, Megadeth und Slayer, schließt aber auch die weniger ›metallischen‹ Werke von AC/DC, Motörhead und Guns N'Roses mit ein.
Zur Identität von Architektur
Authors: Schoper Tom
Published: September 2014

Was ist ein Haus - und was kann ein Haus heute sein? In einer Zeit, in der die Gestaltung von Architektur zunehmend auf ästhetischer Besonderheit und auf Neuheit der Formidee zu basieren scheint, spricht dieses Buch ein zentrales Thema der Architekturtheorie an: die Frage nach dem grundlegenden Wesen von Architektur vor dem Hintergrund des ständigen Wandels im architektonischen Gestalten. In einem Gegenblick zum Avantgarde-Streben des zeitgenössischen Bauens und basierend auf der Feststellung, dass jedes Gestalten nur so weit gehen kann, wie es das Denken einer Geistesepoche zulässt, fragt Tom Schoper nach der »Identität von Architektur«. Ein vergleichender Blick auf Gestalt- und Geistesgeschichte eröffnet sodann vier zentrale Konzeptionen, in denen wir Architektur ins Werk setzen können: als das »Selbe«, das »Ähnliche«, das »Autonome« oder das »Andere«.
Die Ausstellung als Drama
Authors: Hanak-Lettner Werner
Published: September 2014

Die Ausstellung zählt zu den erfolgreichsten Medien der Gegenwart. Was aber ist eine Ausstellung? Mit den Werkzeugen der Dramentheorie und der Theatergeschichte analysiert Werner Hanak-Lettner dieses Medium und kommt zu überraschenden Ergebnissen: Die Ausstellung lässt sich als Drama zwischen den Besuchern und den Dingen begreifen. Theater und Museum entpuppen sich wiederum als Verwandte mit gemeinsamen Wurzeln in der frühen Neuzeit. Das Buch ist die »erste wissenschaftshistorische Studie, die den Wandel des Ausstellungswesens unter den performativen Bedingungen reflektiert« (Peter Weibel). Eine bereichernde Arbeit (nicht nur) für Kulturwissenschaftler, Museologen und Museumspraktiker.
Ökonomie sichtbar machen
Authors: Grimpe Barbara
Published: September 2014

Nationalökonomien und ihre Verschuldung sind eigentlich unüberschaubar. Am Beispiel sogenannter Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer zeigt dieses Buch, wie Regierungen und internationale Finanzinstitutionen sich dennoch tagtäglich Übersicht verschaffen: Mithilfe spezifischer Beobachtungstechnologien können weit verstreute Daten in kompakte, ständig reprojizierbare Zahlengestalten transformiert werden. Barbara Grimpe legt dar, dass die Leistungsfähigkeit dieser »skopischen Systeme« allerdings von der veränderlichen Wissenskultur einer vielstimmigen transnationalen Gemeinschaft von Schuldenexperten abhängt. Es wird deutlich, wie kulturell und historisch voraussetzungsvoll es ist, nationale Verschuldung auf kleinstem Raum begreifbar zu machen.
Die Erfindung der Erinnerung
Authors: Heinlein Michael
Published: September 2014

Wie entsteht ein kollektives Gedächtnis? Wie erinnern sich Menschen im sozialen Raum? Und wie wird Erinnerung gemacht? So lauten die Fragen, denen der Soziologe Michael Heinlein in seinem hoch aktuellen Buch zur Erinnerungskultur nachgeht. Mit kritischem Blick widmet sich seine Studie der Konstruktion der so genannten »Generation der Kriegskinder« und den damit verbundenen medizinisch-psychologischen Diskursen zum kollektiven Trauma der Deutschen. Dabei erschließt der Autor nicht nur Neuland für eine weitgehend »gedächtnisvergessene« Soziologie, sondern leistet auch einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Diskussion um das Ende der Zeitzeugenschaft des Zweiten Weltkriegs.
Esoterik - die Suche nach dem Selbst
Authors: Barth Claudia
Published: September 2014

Esoterische Angebote bieten Lebenshilfe: Sie dienen den Einzelnen dazu, in der flexiblen, hybriden Moderne zurechtzukommen. Sie fördern das Gefühl der Authentizität, liefern Erklärungen und Entlastung für Erfahrungen des Scheiterns und verschaffen scheinbare Erleichterung angesichts des Gefühls von Entfremdung und Selbstentfremdung. Neben einer Einführung in religionspsychologische Theorien stellt Claudia Barth auch eine Genealogie moderner Identitätsvorstellungen vor und macht anhand der Analyse von Gesprächen mit Esoterikern deutlich, welche Anstrengungen Menschen unternehmen, um unter diesen Anforderungen an das Subjekt zu bestehen.
Die verborgene Präsenz des Künstlers
Authors: Neußer Sebastian
Published: September 2014

Verborgen präsent ist ein Künstler dann, wenn er seinen Körper vollständig verhüllt, vergräbt, einmauert, einwickelt oder auf andere Weise unsichtbar inszeniert. Er schafft einen Innenraum, mit dem er das Abgetrenntsein von der Außenwelt markiert, zugleich aber direkten Kontakt hält, um alternative Interaktionsmöglichkeiten zu erforschen. Sebastian Neußer zeigt, dass diese Inszenierungen im Verborgenen, die von der Kunstwissenschaft bislang wenig beachtet wurden, im Schaffen von Salvador Dalí, Joseph Beuys, Robert Morris und Vito Acconci einen zentralen Stellenwert einnehmen.