bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mirror, Mirror on the Retail Wall: Self-Focused Attention Promotes Reliance on Feelings in Consumer Decisions
Authors: Chang Hannah H. , Hung Iris W.
Published: March 2018

The authors propose that consumers’ increased self-focused attention promotes their relative reliance on affective feelings when they make decisions. The authors test this hypothesis in a variety of consumption domains and decision tasks, including real-life, consequential charitable donations. Consistent support from five experiments with more than 1,770 participants shows that (1) valuations of the decision outcome increase when consumers with high (low) self-focus adopt a feeling-based (reason-based) strategy. The hypothesized effect of self-focus on relative reliance on feelings in decision making is (2) moderated by self-construal. Furthermore, greater attention to the self (3) increases evaluations of products that are affectively superior but (4) decreases evaluations of products that are affectively inferior and (5) exerts little influence on evaluations of products that are less affective in nature (i.e., utilitarian products). Finally, self-focused attention (6) amplifies a decision bias typically attributed to feeling-based judgments, known as scope-insensitivity bias, in a hypothetical laboratory study and in a real-life, consequential charitable donation. Theoretical and marketing implications are discussed.
When Showrooming Increases Retailer Profit
Authors: Kuksov Dmitri , Liao Chenxi
Published: March 2018

Showrooming, the phenomenon of consumers visiting a brick-and-mortar (B&M) store to learn about products but then buying online to obtain lower prices, is attracting increased attention both in business practice and in academic literature. It is considered a major threat to the B&M retailers, and determining “how to fight it” seems to be the only consideration. However, the manufacturer's need for retail informational services has always been one of the essential reasons for retailers to exist and is a means for retailers to achieve profitability. The popular arguments about the threat of showrooming ignore the strategic role of the manufacturer in the distribution channel. This article analytically shows that when the manufacturer's decisions are considered (i.e., when the manufacturer–retailer contract is endogenous), consumers’ ability to engage in showrooming may lead to increased, rather than decreased, profitability for B&M retailer(s). Thus, retail efforts to restrict showrooming behavior may be misguided. This result holds even if the manufacturer is restricted to wholesale-only contracts and is not allowed to price discriminate between channels.
OR.NET: a service-oriented architecture for safe and dynamic medical device interoperability
Authors: Kasparick Martin , Schmitz Malte , Andersen Björn , Rockstroh Max , Franke Stefan , Schlichting Stefan , Golatowski Frank , Timmermann Dirk
Published: March 2018

Modern surgical departments are characterized by a high degree of automation supporting complex procedures. It recently became apparent that integrated operating rooms can improve the quality of care, simplify clinical workflows, and mitigate equipment-related incidents and human errors. Particularly using computer assistance based on data from integrated surgical devices is a promising opportunity. However, the lack of manufacturer-independent interoperability often prevents the deployment of collaborative assistive systems. The German flagship project OR.NET has therefore developed, implemented, validated, and standardized concepts for open medical device interoperability. This paper describes the universal OR.NET interoperability concept enabling a safe and dynamic manufacturer-independent interconnection of point-of-care (PoC) medical devices in the operating room and the whole clinic. It is based on a protocol specifically addressing the requirements of
device-to-device communication, yet also provides solutions for connecting the clinical information technology (IT) infrastructure. We present the concept of a service-oriented medical device architecture (SOMDA) as well as an introduction to the technical specification implementing the SOMDA paradigm, currently being standardized within the IEEE 11073 service-oriented device connectivity (SDC) series. In addition, the Session concept is introduced as a key enabler for safe device interconnection in highly dynamic ensembles of networked medical devices; and finally, some security aspects of a SOMDA are discussed.
Alveolar Bone Resorption Evaluation Around Single-piece Designed Bicortical Implants, Using Immediate Loading Protocol, Based on Orthopantomographs
Authors: Száva Dániel-Tamás , Ormenișan Alina , Markovics Emese , Bögözi Bálint , Mártha Krisztina
Published: March 2018

Background: Inserting dental implants in severely atrophied jawbones is a great challenge for the dental practitioner. There are an increasing number of patients who choose dental implantanchored prosthetic restorations despite compromised bone quality and quantity. There have been numerous attempts in adapting implant design for the atrophic crestal bone. One-piece, needle-type basal implant design is a typical design for these cases. These implants are inserted in the remaining compact bone located in the basal aspect of the jawbones. If high primary stability is achieved, these implants are used for immediate loading protocol. From many points of view, this technique is based on contradictory principles compared to classic implant surgery and loading protocols. The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term success of basal one-piece short-diameter dental implants used for immediate loading protocol.

Materials and methods: A total of 56 dental implants were included in this study. Peri-implant bone loss was measured on orthopantomographs. Bone resorption was measured in millimeters in the first 6 and 12 months of functional loading.

Results: There were no failing implants in this period; average bone resorption was 1.59 mm after 6 months of functional loading and 2.05 mm after 12 months. Bone resorption was slightly higher in the mandible than in the maxilla.

Conclusions: Immediate implant loading protocol might be an attractive solution for fixed fullarch restoration using short-diameter one-stage basal implants, but long-term effects require further investigations.
Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure — Clinical Update
Authors: Mester András , Mitre Adriana , Lázár Erzsébet , Benedek István , Kéri Johanna , Pakucs Annamária , Benedek István
Published: March 2018

Iron deficiency and anemia affect approximately half of the chronic heart failure patients and they are associated with increased hospitalization rate, lower functional capacity, lower quality of life, and higher mortality. The exact mechanism of iron deficiency in heart failure patients is still not fully understood. Current guidelines recommend ferritin as the most accurate serum biomarker for the diagnosis of iron deficiency. The use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents is no longer recommended because of the lack of improvement on mortality or hospital readmission rate, and it was associated with a higher rate of thromboembolic events. Intravenous iron replacement therapy is safe and generally well tolerated, with fewer side effects compared to oral administration. Large randomized studies with ferric carboxymaltose demonstrated its effectiveness and superiority to oral administration, and it was associated with a decreased rate of hospitalization rate and worsening heart failure, and improvement of functional capacity and quality of life. Intravenous iron supplementation for chronic heart failure is strongly recommended by European guidelines. Further studies are needed for a better knowledge of this complex pathology and determination of the long-term safety and effectiveness of iron administration in chronic heart failure patients. .
On the topographic bias and density distribution in modelling the geoid and orthometric heights
Authors: Sjöberg Lars E.
Published: March 2018

It is well known that the success in precise determinations of the gravimetric geoid height (N) and the orthometric height (H) rely on the knowledge of the topographic mass distribution. We show that the residual topographic bias due to an imprecise information on the topographic density is practically the same for N and H, but with opposite signs. This result is demonstrated both for the Helmert orthometric height and for a more precise orthometric height derived by analytical continuation of the external geopotential to the geoid. This result leads to the conclusion that precise gravimetric geoid heights cannot be validated by GNSS-levelling geoid heights in mountainous regions for the errors caused by the incorrect modelling of the topographic mass distribution, because this uncertainty is hidden in the difference between the two geoid estimators.
Investigation of dielectric properties of heterostructures based on ZnO structures
Authors: Selçuk A.H. , Orhan E. , Ocak S. Bilge , Selçuk A.B. , Gökmen U.
Published: March 2018

The voltage and frequency dependence of dielectric constant є′, dielectric loss є″, electrical modulus M″, M′, loss tangent tanδ and AC electrical conductivity σAC of p-Si/ZnO/PMMA/Al, p-Si/ZnO/Al and p-Si/PMMA/Al structures have been investigated by means of experimental G-V and C-V measurements at 30 kHz, 100kHz, 500 kHz and 1 MHz in this work. While the values of є′, є″, tanδ and σAC decreased, the values of M′ and M″ increased for these structures when frequency was increased and those of p-Si/ZnO/Al and p-Si/PMMA/Al were comparable with those of p-Si/ZnO/PMMA/Al. The obtained results showed that the values of p-Si/ZnO/PMMA/Al structure were lower than the values of p-Si/ZnO/Al and p-Si/PMMA/Al.
Production, isolation and characterization of radiochemically pure 163Ho samples for the ECHo-project
Authors: Dorrer Holger , Chrysalidis Katerina , Goodacre Thomas Day , Düllmann Christoph E. , Eberhardt Klaus , Enss Christian , Gastaldo Loredana , Haas Raphael , Harding Jonathan , Hassel Clemens , Johnston Karl , Kieck Tom , Köster Ulli , Marsh Bruce , Mokry Christoph , Rothe Sebastian , Runke Jörg , Schneider Fabian , Stora Thierry , Türler Andreas , Wendt Klaus
Published: March 2018

Several experiments on the study of the electron neutrino mass are based on high-statistics measurements of the energy spectrum following electron capture of the radionuclide 163Ho. They rely on the availability of large, radiochemically pure samples of 163Ho. Here, we describe the production, separation, characterization, and sample production within the Electron Capture in Holmium-163 (ECHo) project. 163Ho has been produced by thermal neutron activation of enriched, prepurified 162Er targets in the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France, in irradiations lasting up to 54 days. Irradiated targets were chemically processed by means of extraction chromatography, which allowed separating the formed Ho from the 162Er target-material and from the main byproducts 170Tm and 171Tm, which are co-produced in GBq amounts. Decontamination factors of >500 for Er and of >105 for Tm and yields of 3.6·1016 and 1.2·1018 atoms of 163Ho were obtained, corresponding to a recovery yield of 95 % of Ho in the chemical separation. The Ho-fraction was characterized by means of γ-ray spectrometry, Inductively-Coupled-Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry (RIMS) and Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA). In this process, the thermal neutron capture cross section of 163Ho was measured to σHo-163 to Ho-164m= (23±3) b and σHo-163 to Ho-164g= (156±9) b for the formation of the two isomers of 164Ho. Specific samples were produced for further purification by mass separation to isolate 163Ho from the Ho-isotope mixture, as needed for obtaining the energy spectrum within ECHo. The partial efficiency for this second separation step is (32±5) %.
Simulationsmodelle zur ex ante Evaluation von Steuerreformen
Authors: Peichl Andreas
Published: March 2018

Microsimulation models (MSM) and Computable General Equilibrium models (CGE) have both been widely used in policy analysis. The combination of these two model types allows the utilization of the advantages of both types. The aim of this paper is to describe the state-of-the-art in simulation modeling and to demonstrate the benefits of linking both model types modeling using a flat tax reform proposal for Germany
Distinction of Structural Isomers of Benzenediamin and Difluorobenzene by Means of Chirped Femtosecond Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Authors: Reusch Nicola , Krein Viola , Wollscheid Nikolaus , Weitzel Karl-Michael
Published: March 2018

Structural isomers of disubstituted benzenes are difficult to distinguish with most mass spectrometric methods. Consequently, conventional concepts for the distinction of isomers are based on coupling mass spectrometry with a chromatographic method. As an alternative approach, we propose the combination of femtosecond laser ionization with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (fs-LIMS). The possibility of systematic tailoring of fs-laser pulse shapes opens access to a multidimensional analytical technique capable of distinguishing structural isomers of the title molecules.
Competing Theories of Borderline Personality Disorder
Authors: Gunderson John G. , Fruzzetti Alan , Unruh Brandon , Choi-Kain Lois
Published: March 2018

The authors review four theories that propose different conceptualizations of borderline personality disorder's (BPD) core psychopathology: excess aggression, emotional dysregulation, failed mentalization, and interpersonal hypersensitivity. The theories are compared in their ability to explain BPD's coaggregation of four usually distinct sectors of psychopathology, their high overlap with other disorders, their ability to distinguish BPD from other disorders, their integration of heritability, and their clinical applicability. The aims of this review are to increase awareness of these theories, to stimulate improved theories, and to f ster testable hypotheses so that research can advance our knowledge about BPD's core.
Theories and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Commentary on Gunderson et al.
Authors: Clarkin John F.
Published: March 2018

Models of personality pathology have been used to guide treatment development for patients with borderline personality disorder. The existing treatments are effective, but mechanisms of change related to the model have not been adequately explored.
The Five-Factor Model Is a Competing Theory of Borderline Personality Disorder: Commentary on Gunderson et al.
Authors: Widiger Thomas A. , McCabe Gillian A.
Published: March 2018

Gunderson, Fruzzetti, Unruh, and Choi-Kahn (2018) review four competing theories of borderline personality border (BPD). Regrettably, they did not acknowledge the theory that BPD is a maladaptive variant of Five-Factor Model general personality structure. This commentary indicates how the FFM of BPD addresses well, and does so empirically, the points of comparison, made by Gunderson et al.
The challenges of modeling hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in mice
Authors: Özdemir Berna C , Sflomos George , Brisken Cathrin
Published: March 2018

Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) tumors account for 70–80% of all breast cancer (BC) cases and are characterized by estrogen dependency for their growth. Endocrine therapies using estrogen receptor antagonists or aromatase inhibitors represent a key component of the standard of care for these tumors. The occurrence of de novo or acquired resistance to estrogen withdrawal represents an important clinical problem, impacting on patient survival. In addition, despite an initially favorable outcome, a part of ER+ BC patients present with disease recurrence locally or at distant sites years or even decades after apparent remission.In vivomodels that closely mimic human disease are urgently needed to study the biology of these tumors, investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying endocrine resistance and identify patients at risk of recurrence. Despite the similarities in the overall hormonal regulation of mammary gland development between mice and humans, the majority of the mammary carcinomas occurring in genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) are ER negative and most xenograft models are based on few ER+ cancer cell lines. We recently showed that the microenvironment is critical for ER+ cancer cells and discuss in this review the potential of intraductal xenograft model for basic and preclinical research.
Our obsession with normal values
Authors: Flachskampf Frank A. , Nihoyannopoulos Petros
Published: March 2018

Normal values provide the background for interpretation of quantitative imaging data and thus are essential information for daily routine. Nevertheless, the ways how normal values are obtained, presented and interpreted, often do not receive the attention they deserve. We review the concepts of normalcy, the implications of typical normal ranges including the types of distribution of normal data, the possibilities to index for confounding biological factors like body surface area and the limitations of the very concept of normal values, demonstrating that there are no easy statistical solutions for difficult clinical problems.
40 YEARS OF IGF1: Role of IGF-binding proteins in regulating IGF responses to changes in metabolism
Authors: Clemmons David R
Published: March 2018

The IGF-binding protein family contains six members that share significant structural homology. Their principal function is to regulate the actions of IGF1 and IGF2. These proteins are present in plasma and extracellular fluids and regulate access of both IGF1 and II to the type I IGF receptor. Additionally, they have functions that are independent of their ability to bind IGFs. Each protein is regulated independently of IGF1 and IGF2, and this provides an important mechanism by which other hormones and physiologic variables can regulate IGF actions indirectly. Several members of the family are sensitive to changes in intermediary metabolism. Specifically the presence of obesity/insulin resistance can significantly alter the expression of these proteins. Similarly changes in nutrition or catabolism can alter their synthesis and degradation. Multiple hormones such as glucocorticoids, androgens, estrogen and insulin regulate IGFBP synthesis and bioavailability. In addition to their ability to regulate IGF access to receptors these proteins can bind to distinct cell surface proteins or proteins in extracellular matrix and several cellular functions are influenced by these interactions. IGFBPs can be transported intracellularly and interact with nuclear proteins to alter cellular physiology. In pathophysiologic states, there is significant dysregulation between the changes in IGFBP synthesis and bioavailability and changes in IGF1 and IGF2. These discordant changes can lead to marked alterations in IGF action. Although binding protein physiology and pathophysiology are complex, experimental results have provided an important avenue for understanding how IGF actions are regulated in a variety of physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions.
TAKOTSUBO SYNDROME INDUCED BY MALIGNANT PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA IN A PATIENT WITH TYPE 2 PAPILLARY RENAL CELL CARCINOMA – A CASE REPORT
Authors: Demea Anca Diana , Dunca Dan-Grigore , Radu Roxana Adina , Agoșton-Coldea Lucia
Published: March 2018

The clinical presentation of the Takotsubo syndrome mimics an acute coronary syndrome with chest pain, ischemia-like ECG changes, mild to moderate myocardial enzyme elevation, and apical ballooning on echocardiography and ventriculography. On coronary angiography, epicardial coronary arteries are either normal or exhibit minimal atherosclerotic changes. Primary Takotsubo syndrome usually occurs in postmenopausal women in whom symptoms are triggered by emotional or physical stress, associated with catecholamine surges. Secondary Takotsubo syndrome may have multiple causes, including an increased catecholamine release due to pheochromocytoma.We present the case of a 56-years-old woman with confirmed Takotsubo syndrome who was later diagnosed with pheochromocytoma and type 2 papillary renal cell carcinoma.
Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience on Coping After Discharge
Authors: Shah Anita N. , Beck Andrew F. , Sucharew Heidi J. , Litman Stacey , Pfefferman Cory , Haney Julianne , Shah Samir S. , Simmons Jeffrey M. , Auger Katherine A. ,   on behalf of the H2O Study Group
Published: March 2018

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:

Adults with a history of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) (eg, abuse) have suboptimal health outcomes. Resilience may blunt this effect. The effect of parental ACEs (and resilience) on coping with challenges involving their children (eg, hospitalization) is unclear. We sought to quantify ACE and resilience scores for parents of hospitalized children and evaluate their associations to parental coping after discharge.

METHODS:

We conducted a prospective cohort study at a children’s hospital (August 2015–May 2016). Eligible participants were English-speaking parents of children hospitalized on the Hospital Medicine or Complex Services team. The ACE questionnaire measured the responding parent’s past adversity (ACE range: 0–10; ≥4 ACEs = high adversity). The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) was used to measure their resilience (range: 1–5; higher is better). The primary outcome was measured by using the Post-Discharge Coping Difficulty Scale via a phone call 14 days post-discharge (range: 0–100; higher is worse). Associations were assessed by using multivariable linear regression, adjusting for parent- and patient-level covariates.

RESULTS:

A total of 671 (81% of eligible parents) responded. Respondents were primarily women (90%), employed (66%), and had at least a high school degree (65%); 60% of children were white, 54% were publicly insured. Sixty-four percent of parents reported ≥1 ACE; 19% had ≥4 ACEs. The mean Brief Resilience Scale score for parents was 3.95. In adjusted analyses, higher ACEs and lower resilience were significantly associated with more difficulty coping after discharge.

CONCLUSIONS:

More parental adversity and less resilience are associated with parental coping difficulties after discharge, representing potentially important levers for transition-focused interventions.
Nimbusz és identitás. Az IPARTERV tevékenységének recepciója a korai Kádár-korszakban
Authors: Haba Péter
Published: March 2018

The imposition of socialist realism caused great loss of prestige and intellectual confusion in Hungarian architecture. After 1956, in the first years of the Kádár era it was preoccupied by a sort of “self-rehabilitation” and by the related aim of reviving Hungarian modernism. In this period of search the new architectural phenomena in industrial investments attracting the attention of designers and architecture theoreticians active in other areas of architecture assumed special significance.

Under the industrializing programs central to the party propaganda, there was clear-cut political intention for a long time to build materially and technically good-quality, well-designed, monumental industrial building complexes. Architectural creativity received a great boost from the efforts to create structural systems in view of the western engineering innovations and tendencies of form, adapted flexibly to the specificities of the industrializing program launched in the late 1950s, to the new technological systems and the transforming conditions of the building industry and economy.

It is not accidental therefore that a certain nimbus evolved soon around the central institution of the field, the Industrial Building Design Company (IPARTERV): the company gradually became a special creative workshop, and industrial architectural planning became a booming branch of the economy. The reception of the IPARTERV activity in the early Kádár era was dominated by the emergence of this nimbus. The aim of the paper is to explore the decisive architectural and engineering approaches, personal and collective planning roles, architectural theoretical tendencies and political factors that shaped the specific role of this company.
Dávid és Jónátán
Authors: Szilárdfy Zoltán
Published: March 2018

The friendship of David and Jonathan is known from the Books of Samuel in the Old Testament. The presentation of the robe, the sword, the bow and the belt is the token of covenant. David’s death lament, an elegy over Jonathan’s bow given to him was called the bow song. Gottfried Bernhard Göz, a painter and graphic artist of Moravian origin working in Augsburg captured the story in an engraving with dotting. His rococo compositions were models for several painters. The oil painting in the diocesan museum of Székesfehérvár was probably made in Göz’s workshop.

The same theme features on the obverse of a 17th century silver coin recently included in the author’s collection. (The German legend reads ICH WILL DIR THUN WAS DEIN HERZ BEGEHRT – SAM. 20. V. 4) The reverse of the medal also expresses fraternity through the figures of Abraham and Lot (inscribed: WIR SIND GEBRUDER – Gen. 13. v. 8.) with well-to-do shepherds and their livestock in the background.

The art of Göz, his excellent knowledge of the Holy Writ and its use in allegories of vitues help us better interpret the baroque iconography.
Egy pozsonyi könyvkiadó és rézmetsző: Johann Nepomuk Schauff (1757–1827)
Authors: V. Ecsedy Judit
Published: March 2018

Johann Nepomuk Schauff (1757–1827) publisher and engraver was born in the Czech town Heřmanův městec, studied arts in Vienna, as student of Jakob Mathias Schmutzer and acted as professor of drawing in Pozsony (today Bratislava, Slovakia) in the national normal school for 25 years. He is also author of four studies about architecture and art history. Both in his capacity as an art teacher and as a writer on the theory of architecture he was convinced of the important role of art education, as a way of improving (Hungarian) national consciousness. Similarly to the trend in other countries he made sketches of a Hungarian national row of columns.

He had also private enterprises: an art shop in the inner city of Pozsony, selling books, copper-plate engravings and music scores, he was publishing books, and from 1792 to 1802 he was also the owner of a small but high-ranking printing shop. During this decade he issued 114 printings some of which decorated with his own engravings, but he was also employing other artists either from his town Pozsony or from the nearby Vienna, where he had aquaintances possibly dating back to his academic years. Among the copper-plate engravings signed by him one can find the coloured representation of the Hungarian Holy Crown, the portrait of King Leopold II., the portrait of the scholarly publisher Karl Gottlieb von Windisch, etc.

According to contemporary practice music scores of compositions were engraved on copper plates, and it was very likely only Johann Nep. Schauff who produced scores in Pozsony. The names of the composers range from Joseph Haydn to the normal school music teacher Franz Rigler.

By way of presenting the manyfold activities of Johann Nep. Schauff his relationship and connections with other printers, publishers and artists is also displayed.

In the Appendix Schauff’s engravings signed by him or attributed to him are listed together with the music scores issued by him.
„Az Boldog Aszszony képet radiusba vegyem”
Authors: Sarkadi Nagy Emese
Published: March 2018

The first written evidence that is usually connected to the statue of the Virgin Mary in the Franciscan church of Csíksomlyó (Șumuleu Ciuc, Schomlenberg) dates from 1624, when an inventory mentions a sculpture of the Virgin and Child on a secondary altarpiece dedicated to the Holy Virgin. The identification with the present figure is however only hypothetic. Sure is, that the statue was placed on the new high altarpiece, executed by joiner János Nyerges/Hannes Sadler from Brassó (Kronstadt, Braşov) in 1664. Nothing is known on the figure previous to these dates and we have no information on its original provenance. The dimensions (of 210 cm without her baroque crown) and the way the backside is carved suggest, that the figure surely belonged to an important altarpiece of quite large dimensions, with a shrine probably higher than 3 - 3,50 meters.

The Franciscan manuscripts from the 17th-18th centuries never mention that the figure would have ever belonged to the (high) altarpiece of the Csíksomlyó monastery church, instead they repeat that its provenance is unknown, only explained by legends. One of these legends, which has a certain probability though, noted by Leonard Losteiner in his manuscript dedicated to the sculpture of the Virgin Mary and her miracles, says that the statue could have been brought from the village of Höltövény (Heldsdorf, Hălchiu), a church which even today preserves its notably large winged altarpiece, with a shrine of 361 cm, which would perfectly fit the figure in point. Also the local historical literature knows of some devotional figures having been once moved from Höltövény to Csíksomlyó. However, the idea remains a hypothesis until it can be proved. Sure is, that only the workshops of the Transylvanian Saxon towns were prepared to produce at the beginning of the 16th century sculptures of such dimensions.

A detailed observation of the statue shows that a number of its characteristics differ a lot from the style known at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The figure was most probably slightly remodelled, renewed, repaired perhaps with the occasion of its placement to the high altarpiece in 1664, but later interventions are also possible.

The fact, that the figure was brought to Csíksomlyó and placed on the high altarpiece of the church in a new function of a cult image could have to do with the introduction of the Pentacost pilgrimage, the first mention of which dates to 1649. The first miracles of the statue are documented right after its placement on the high altar and these have probably contributed to the spread of the new pilgrimage and through this to the renewal of the monastery itself, almost completely depopulated by the second half of the sixteenth century.
Post-weaning feeding levels on feeding behavior, growth and development in Holstein dairy heifers
Authors: Quintana Emanuel De La , Mendoza Alejandro , Cajarville Cecilia , Bentancur Oscar , Repetto José Luis
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT: To study the effect of post-weaning feeding levels on the growth of dairy heifers, 40 animals with 77.7 ± 8.1 days of age and 77.5 ± 9.2kg of body weight were grouped in 10 pens, and each pen was randomly assigned to one of the following treatments for 120 days: feeding level to achieve a body weight gain of 600 (TMEDIUM) or 800 (THIGH) g/day based on a total mixed ration. After this period all heifers were managed as a single group for 150 days. Nutrient intake, behavior, body weight and other morphological measures were recorded in each animal. As a result of the experimental design THIGH heifers had a higher nutrient intake than TMEDIUM heifers, which was reflected in a higher daily weight gain, withers height, heart girth and hip width. However, treatments had no effect on these traits during the residual period.
Antimicrobial wound dressing films containing essential oils and oleoresins of pepper encapsulated in sodium alginate films
Authors: Rosa Jessica Miranda , Bonato Letícia Bicudo , Mancuso Carolina Bragine , Martinelli Laira , Okura Mônica Hitomi , Malpass Geoffroy Roger Pointer , Granato Ana Claudia
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT: Medicated wound dressings are important barriers to avoid contamination and, when they contain antimicrobial additives, can be used as treatment for infected wounds. There are several types of polysaccharide materials that serve as matrices for medicated wound dressings, among them, sodium alginate. For the preparation of the films studied in this paper, sodium alginate was employed in combination with essential oils/oleoresins (EO/OL) of six peppers that are commonly used in cooking. The EO/OL were incorporated at three different concentrations (low, intermediate and high). Most of the films prepared had better dispersion of the EO/OL at the intermediate concentration. All films studied in this research were dissolved in water at different rates. The antibacterial activity of the prepared films showed significant results against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, and demonstrated that the films studied may be a new alternative for medicated wound dressings.
MOTIVAÇÃO DOS ESTUDANTES DE ENFERMAGEM E SUA INFLUÊNCIA NO PROCESSO DE ENSINO-APRENDIZAGEM
Authors: Bernardino Amanda de Oliveira , Coriolano-Marinus Maria Wanderleya de Lavor , Santos Alessandro Henrique da Silva , Linhares Francisca Márcia Pereira , Cavalcanti Ana Márcia Tenório de Souza , Lima Luciane Soares de
Published: March 2018

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a motivação de estudantes de Graduação em Enfermagem de uma Universidade Pública, por meio da Escala de Motivação Acadêmica. Método: trata-se de um estudo descritivo, transversal com abordagem quantitativa. A amostra foi censitária com estudantes de Enfermagem de uma Universidade Pública, localizada no estado de Pernambuco. Resultados: o perfil do estudante de Enfermagem de uma Universidade Pública compreende os seguintes aspectos: maioria do sexo feminino, com idade de 20 a 30 anos, solteiro, sem filhos, não trabalha, mora na região metropolitana, com a família nuclear e possui uma renda familiar menor que três salários mínimos. A maior média de escore na motivação intrínseca foi a Motivação Intrínseca para Realização, e a na motivação extrínseca foi a Motivação Intrínseca de Controle Externo. Os maiores escores de motivações intrínsecas e extrínsecas dos estudantes foram encontrados no terceiro período, sendo que, o quarto período obteve os menores escores de motivações intrínsecas e extrínsecas. Conclusão: a motivação dos estudantes de uma Universidade Pública mostrou-se com escores altos, principalmente as motivações intrínsecas que despertam a autonomia do estudante.
A investigação da prática de monitores em um observatório astronômico: subsídios para a formação
Authors: Barros Lucas Guimarães , Langhi Rodolfo , Marandino Martha
Published: March 2018

Resumo A presente pesquisa está centrada no estudo sobre a formação de monitores em espaços de divulgação da Astronomia, tendo como objetivo principal elencar elementos pertinentes à formação de monitores a partir de uma experiência em um observatório astronômico local. Para isso, utilizou-se questionários, entrevistas semiestruturadas e observação das atividades de campo dos monitores, tomando-se como referencial de análise dos dados a Análise de Conteúdo. Dentre os resultados encontrados, percebeu-se o aspecto motivador da monitoria encontrado nas atividades de divulgação, além das experiências oriundas dessa atuação. Foram mapeadas também algumas dificuldades concernentes à interação do monitor com o público e com a equipe, a predominância de uma formação focada na interação entre monitor veterano e monitor novato, além de experiências advindas da prática da monitoria no local, permitindo a delimitação de um conjunto de elementos que viriam a constituir o perfil do monitor nesses locais.
Influence of the coefficient of uniformity on the size and frequency of constrictions in sand filters
Authors: Taylor H. F. , O'Sullivan C. , Shire T. , Moinet W. W.
Published: March 2018

Constrictions between voids control the filtration and permeability properties of granular materials. This study uses high-resolution microcomputed tomography images and discrete-element modelling to analyse two important characteristics of constrictions in granular filters: (a) the constriction size distribution (CSD) and (b) the constriction density per unit volume. The results demonstrate the importance of the particle size distribution (PSD) and void ratio of the granular material in determining the constriction density, with more widely graded materials having more densely spaced constrictions. The PSD is shown to be the main determinant of the CSD, in agreement with previous studies. The data are used to examine proposed approaches to estimate constriction spacing or void size.
Saray ilçesinde (Tekirdağ) toprak erozyonunun RUSLE yöntemiyle değerlendirilmesi
Authors: Uludağ Musa , Fıçıcı Murat
Published: March 2018

Saray, Türkiye’ nin kuzeybatısında bulunan Marmara Bölgesi’nin Ergene Bölümü ile Yıldız Dağları Bölümü’nde kalmaktadır. Saray, Tekirdağ ilinin Karadeniz’e kıyısı olan tek ilçesidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Saray ilçesi dâhilinde erozyonun güncel durumunun RUSLE yöntemiyle belirlenmesidir. Bu amaca ulaşabilmek için çalışmada; 1/25.000 ölçekli topografya haritaları, 1/100.000 ölçekli jeoloji ve büyük toprak grupları haritaları, Earth Explorer 31.10.2016 ETM 7+ uydu görüntüleri, MGM Saray, Kapaklı, Çerkezköy ve Kıyıköy’e ait aylık ortalama yağış verilerinden faydalanılmıştır. Veriler, ArcGIS yazılımı kullanılarak bir araya getirilerek sayısallaştırılmıştır. Böylece çalışma sahasına ait eğim, yükselti, yağış/toprak/arazi örtüsü faktörü haritaları üretilmiştir. Erozyona etki eden bu parametreler yine ArcGIS – ArcMap yazılımı kullanılarak, ağırlıklı çakıştırma yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Çakıştırma analizi ile sahanın erozyon risk sınıflarını gösterir harita üretilmiştir. Elde edilen haritaların öznitelik tabloları kullanılarak erozyon risk sınıflarının dağılımlarını gösterir veriler hazırlanmıştır. Sonuçta Saray ilçesinde, yıllık 5 ton ve daha az olan erozyon alanları 70 659 ha ile ilçe sınırlarının %91.54’üne karşılık geldiği belirlenmiştir. 5 tondan daha fazla erozyona maruz kalan alanlar toplamı ise 6 530 hektardır. Bunun toplam arazi içerisindeki payı ise % 8.46’dır. Bu verilere dayanarak inceleme sahasındaki erozyonun çok etkili olmadığı söylenebilir. Ancak ilçenin ekonomisi çoğunlukla tarıma dayalıdır. Bu yüzden yoğun tarım yapılan alanlardaki toprak kaybının önemli rekolte düşüşlerine veya fazla gübre kullanımına neden olduğu dikkate alınmalıdır.
Percepção e comportamento ambiental de consumidores de combustíveis em um auto posto na cidade de São Paulo-SP
Authors: Tavares Jefferson S. , Ramos Heidy Rodriguez , Lamano-Ferreira Ana Paula do Nascimento
Published: March 2018

A poluição atmosférica é considerada uma questão de saúde pública visto que causa efeitos muitas vezes irreversíveis à saúde humana. Dentre as possíveis causas se destaca, principalmente, a emissão de poluentes gerados por veículos que circulam nos grandes centros urbanos. O presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar a percepção e os comportamentos de compra de consumidores de combustíveis na região metropolitana de São Paulo-SP. Cabe destacar que apesar do tema “Percepção e comportamento de consumidores de combustíveis” não ser recorrente na literatura, encontrou-se duas vertentes, a de consumo verde e comportamento pró-ambiental, que embasam em seu entendimento na liberdade de escolha. Buscou-se, demonstrar, por meio da conceituação de autores e de evidências de pesquisa empíricas, a possibilidade do consumo consciente de combustíveis além do fator monetário. Tratasse de um estudo qualitativo. O instrumento utilizado para a coleta dos dados foi um questionário composto por questões fechadas e considerou uma escala Likert de 0 a 10 pontos, objetivando conhecer o perfil socioeconômico do entrevistado, a percepção ambiental, os hábitos de consumo e as motivações em relação ao uso do veículo. A partir dos resultados da coleta de dados, é possível tecer algumas considerações sobre o tema deste estudo. Pode-se concluir que indivíduos que tem consciência do impacto causado por sua escolha na hora de abastecer seu veículo, tendem a aderir comportamentos conscientes de consumo, porém, o fator preço é decisivo na escolha do combustível.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Comportamento ambiental, Valores humanos, Percepção ambiental
QUALITY CONTROL OF MEDICAL CARE IN MULTIFIELD HOSPITAL
Authors: Nikonova E V , Laktionova L V
Published: March 2018

The article is devoted to the regulation of the technological process of treatment in medical facilities, quality and control care. We consider a modern system of quality control of medical care includes the study of patient satisfaction with medical care, identification of defects, medical errors and other factors that adversely effect and resulting in a decline in the quality and effectiveness of medical care, assessment of the completeness and timeliness of diagnostic measures, the adequacy of the selection and compliance with therapeutic measures, correct and accurate diagnosis, choosing the most rational management decisions and conduct rapid corrective actions, monitor the implementation of management decisions.
CLINICAL AND PATHOGENETIC ASPECTS OF ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE COMPLICATED BY CHTONIC HEART FAILURE
Authors: Dorofeeva N P , Pleskachev S A , Shlyk S V , Tchigaeva E V , TherAnanyanz E A , Mashtalova O G , Koulikova I E , Pleskachev A S , Todorov S S
Published: March 2018

Objectives: To investigate genetic and neurohumoral determinants of chronic heart failure (CHF) development and progression in ischaemic heart disease (IHD) patients. Methods: Serum neurohormone level analysis (angiotensin II, aldosterone, endotheline1, NTproBNP, TNFα) and genotyping (genes encoding ACE, angiotensinogen, and type1 angiotensin II receptors ) were implemented in 100 patients Results: Activation of endotheline and NTproBNP is characteristic of early CHF stages while decompensation of chronic heart failure shows elevation in aldosterone and TNFα . Structural polymorphism of renineangiotensine system genes is not significant in CHF development and progression in IHD patients.
CASE OF OCULAR MANIFESTATIONS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINS TOXIC EFFECT
Authors: Kazaryan A A , Ponomareva E Nikolaevna
Published: March 2018

Based on experience and analysis of a few articles, devoted to this topic, the authors diagnose and describe the clinical case of the rare symptoms' group, associated with taking of hydroxychloroquine by the patient with sarcoidosis and diabetes type 1. The diagnostics of this lesion is difficult problem in the regular ophthalmologic practice, because of the uncommon disease, the lack of information and continuity between specialists, especially rheumatologists and pulmonologists. The recommendations of American Academy of Ophthalmology for effective screening of patients undergoing hydroxychloroquine therapy are given in this report.
LIPID METABOLISM DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND METHODS OF THEIR CORRECTION
Authors: Fedoseev A N , Novikova O N , Smirnov V V
Published: March 2018

We studied possibility of secondary hyperlipidemia correction at a nephrotic syndrome in 68 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis. Research has shown that use immunosupressive pathogenetic therapy in a combination with statins and plasmosorption has advantage before its combination only with lipid reduction preparation or only with plasmosorption. The given method of treatment allows to achieve improvement of lipid exchange indicators and disease remission for shorter terms in comparison with standard therapy.
STRUCTURALLY-RESONANT ELECTRO- AND ELECTROMAGNETIC THERAPY IN TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE
Authors: Kuzovlev O P , Afonina N S
Published: March 2018

Possibility of structurally-resonant therapy (SRT) application on 108 patients with an ischemic stroke is studied. Research has shown that SRT use a combination with the traditional treatment in neurology has advantage in comparison with the standard therapy alone. This method allows to achieve improvement of laboratory indicators, restoration of pelvis functions up to 75% of patients already in first three days.Method increases patients mobility, their independence in an everyday life, improves quality of life.
KIDNEYS AND UPPER URINARY TRACT ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DATA IN CHRONIC SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS
Authors: Belashkin I I , Kochetkov A V
Published: March 2018

The results of comprehensive study of kidneys and upper urinary tract uro-ultrasonographic data in174 chronic patients after spinal cord injury (SCI) are presented. It shows that neurourological pathological changes are frequently supported by uroinfection, firstly pyelonephritis (32%). Nephrolithiasis was diagnosed in 11,5% patients. Concrement's minimal diameter was diagnosed in 19% with their self-discharge in 12,6%. Varying degrees of hydronephrosis was diagnosed in 17,2% and cysts in 7%. The frequency/severity of neurourological changes depends on the time after SCI, the degree of neurological deficit, type of urinary excretion and pressure sores.
PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS AS THE DEBUT OF CROHN'S DISEASE
Authors: Urazova Yu A , Semendyaeva M E , Bakulina I F , Sazonov D V , Lesnyak V N , Zabozlaev F G , Ivanov Yu V , Silin A Yu
Published: March 2018

This is an example of 34 years old patient who suffered from Crohn's disease with the abenteric effect of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). PSC signs were observed during last 2 years and was a basis for clinical concept that led to Crohn's disease confirmation.
THE PROBLEM OF PERITONITIS AT THE PRESENT STAGE OF MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Ivanov Ju V , Istomin N P , Solovev N A
Published: March 2018

In the article new views on some questions concerning classifications, surgical treatment and features of intensive therapy of peritonitis are presented. The special attention is attracted to correct estimation of patients severity level depending on which antibacterial therapy has been chosen. The general principle of antibacterial therapy consists that than patient's condition is heavier, more powerful and less toxic antibacterial drugs should be applied. Successful treatment of a peritonitis demands at the present stage of medicine development from the doctor of profound knowledge on the given problem and the interdisciplinary approach at its decision.
PERSISTENT HERPES VIRUS INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Authors: Barinsky I F , Shabalina N V , Nikitina A A
Published: March 2018

Virological studies of blood, urine, and saliva in 75 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis (GN) revealed that 95% had herpesvirus infections, caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 (34.4%) and 2 (2.6%), cytomegalovirus (CMV) (12%) or mixed (HSV + CMV) infection (46%). In the control group, the children without renal diseases had the infection rate significantly less – 12% (HSV (9%) and CMV (3%). Most (94%) patients were found to have a diagnostically significant level of antiherpetic IgG antibodies, which also suggests chronic herpesvirus infection. Specific IgM antibodies were also detectable when the viruses were isolated.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL FACILITIES
Authors: Laktionova LV Valentinovna , Matyukhina OM Mikhaylovna , Figurin IM Mikhaylovich
Published: March 2018

Information supply in any medical institution is a complicated and laborious process, directed to solve professional, organizational and social problems. In this article the full description of long time experience in information technologies of Federal Research Clinical Center FMBA of Russia is presented. It contributed to converting information space into coordination between medical staff and patients. The article covers the problem of improving the availability and quality of med- ical care based on information supply in the institution.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF HEART IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Authors: Silin A Yur'evich , Lesnyak V Nikolaevich
Published: March 2018

Literature review analyzes the current role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and monitoring of heart disease. There are the major indications and contraindications to the use of the method, the possibility of MRI diagnosis in different myocardial and valves pathology.