bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The impact of bilateral endoscopic inferior turbinoplasty with or without adenoidectomy on the quality of life of children: A retrospective case series study
Authors: Mourad Ahmed , Jaffal Hussein , El-Hakim Ismaeel , El-Hakim Hamdy
Published: December 2019

Background

Inferior turbinoplasty (IT) and adenoidectomy (Ad) are frequently resorted to in children with chronic rhinitis (CR) refractory to medical therapy. The aim of this study is to document the long-term improvement in quality of life (QOL) in children with CR following endoscopic IT with or without Ad.

Methods

A retrospective case series study was conducted. We searched a prospectively kept surgical database for children ≤18 years old who had CR who underwent endoscopic IT with or without Ad between 2009 and 2016 at a tertiary care children's center. Patients with sinonasal pathologies other than CR, had craniofacial syndromes or dysmorphism and had other sinonasal procedures or trauma were excluded. Collected data included demographics, secondary diagnoses, duration of follow-up, and complications of procedures. The Glasgow Children's Benefit Inventory (GCBI) was administered by phone to assess QOL improvement.

Results

One hundred sixty-five eligible subjects were identified. Eighty-nine subjects met the inclusion criteria. Data was collected for the 60 subjects that were reached. Forty-two patients had IT only while 18 had IT and Ad. The mean age was 10.7 ± 2.7 years, with 31 males and 29 females. The median duration of follow-up (25th, 75th percentile) was 38.1 months (24.6, 55.8). The median GCBI score (25th, 75th percentile) was 22.9 (6.3, 39.6) revealing an overall positive benefit in all domains. There was only one complication.

Conclusions

This study validates prior findings regarding improvement of QOL and safety of IT with or without Ad for children with CR and indicates it is maintained in the long term.
Industry- and liquidity-based momentum in Australian equities
Authors: Tan Yeng May , Cheng Fan Fah
Published: December 2019

This study examined momentum profitability in Australia, providing further evidence for intermediate-term momentum profitability. Using data spanning different market states, we found that momentum was stronger after the global financial crisis. We also examined industry-level momentum strategies and found strong evidence for industry momentum. Specifically, industries that perform well relative to other industries continue to outperform others while those that underperform continue to perform poorly. This finding suggests the exploitability of return continuation and profit-making opportunities for traders at the industry level. Regarding liquidity, we found that it has no clear predictive power for momentum returns. Hence, our results do not appear to support the conjecture that liquidity can be a determining factor for momentum profitability in Australia.
Nurture interest-driven creators in programmable robotics education: an empirical investigation in primary school settings
Authors: Kong Siu-Cheung , Wang Yi-Qing
Published: December 2019

In response to the call from the founders of the Interest-Driven Creator (IDC) theory, this study aimed to explore the relationship of the interest loop with creativity in the context of robotics education. Specifically, we designed a programmable robotics course for primary school students. We attempted to explore in detail how interest loop, i.e., triggering interest, immersing interest, and extending interest, exerts influences on students’ robotics creation. Eight hundred one online questionnaires were collected from students who participated in our designed programmable robotics activities. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was first used for validation of each study variable, and results suggested a good fit of the study variables in terms of convergent and discriminant validity. Then, structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted for examining the potential relationships between them, and results indicated significant and positive paths from triggering interest to immersing interest, and from immersing interest to extending interest, suggesting the valid theoretical proposition of interest loop of IDC theory. In addition, immersing interest is positively related to robotics creation, which in turn increases the chance of extending interest. Our findings suggested the importance of raising students’ interest in robotics learning such that young students can become life-long interest-driven creators. Implications of the study were discussed at the end of the paper.
Fibroblast-like synovial cell production of extra domain A fibronectin associates with inflammation in osteoarthritis
Authors: Kragstrup Tue W. , Sohn Dong H. , Lepus Christin M. , Onuma Kazuhiro , Wang Qian , Robinson William H. , Sokolove Jeremy
Published: December 2019

Background

The pathophysiology of osteoarthritis (OA) involves wear and tear, and a state of low-grade inflammation. Tissue repair responses include transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ)-induced myofibroblast production of extracellular matrix. Fibronectins are an essential part of the extracellular matrix, and injection of fibronectin fragments into rabbit joints is a previously established animal model of OA. Fibronectin containing the ED-A domain is currently being used as drug delivery target in the development of anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. Dekavil).

Methods

In this study, samples of synovial membrane were obtained from patients with knee OA undergoing joint replacement surgery. Immunostaining for ED-A fibronectin and the myofibroblast marker alpha smooth muscle actin (αSMA) was performed on fibroblast-like synovial cells (FLS) and synovial membranes. RAW 264.7 macrophages were incubated with recombinant ED-A fibronectin.

Results

The staining of ED-A fibronectin in OA FLS was increased by TGFβ but not by TNFα, lipopolysaccharide, or IL-6 (n = 3). ED-A fibronectin co-stained with the myofibroblast marker αSMA in both the OA FLS (n = 3) and in the OA synovial membranes (n = 8). ED-A fibronectin staining was associated with both number of lining layer cells (rho = 0.85 and p = 0.011) and sublining cells (rho = 0.88 and p = 0.007) in the OA synovium (n = 8), and co-distributed with TNFα (n = 5). Recombinant ED-A fibronectin increased the production of TNFα by RAW 264.7 macrophages (n = 3).

Conclusions

The disease process in OA shares features with the chronic wound healing response. Our findings support utilizing ED-A fibronectin for drug delivery or therapeutic targeting to reduce pro-inflammatory responses in OA.
Descriptive study of non-fatal interpersonal violence in a Nigerian City
Authors: Onyishi Nnaemeka Thaddeus , Ohayi Samuel Robsam
Published: December 2019

Background

Interpersonal violence is rampant in our society such that the news media is constantly awash with reports of violent incidents. Understanding the peculiarities of violence in a given population is key to devising effective preventive measures. This is a descriptive study of assault victims referred by the police to the Clinical Forensic unit of a University Teaching Hospital. Structured interview using preset questions was conducted on each assault victim. Data obtained was analyzed with IBM SPSS statistics version 20. Descriptive analysis and tests of statistical significance were done as appropriate. This study aimed to determine the peculiar characteristics of interpersonal violence in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria.

Results

There were 220 victims and 471 assailants in the study. The age range of victims was 6–80 years and mean age (SD) was 33 (12.5) years. The age range of assailants was 15–65 years with mean age (SD) 34.2 (9.5) years. More males than females were involved either as victims (P= 0.02) or as assailants (P< 0.001). Most of the incidents (36.8%) occurred in residential areas followed by business or workplace-related disagreements (32%). Land dispute was the underlying factor in 3.6% of the cases. The prevalence of intimate partner violence was rather low (2.3%) but this may be due to under reporting. Where guns were involved, they were used as cudgel rather than fire arm.

Conclusions

Interpersonal violence often occurred in the context of and as a corollary to a person’s life endeavors and daily activities. Most cases of interpersonal violence occurred in residential quarters. Males in active, productive age are mostly involved both as victims and as assailant.
Odontometric parameters as a forensic tool for stature estimation among three Asian ethnicities
Authors: Rao K Bharath , Natarajan Madhumitha , Amalan Arul , Saran Runki , Gupta Ravi , Kumar Saurabh , Singh Amith , Chakravarthy P. Kalyana
Published: December 2019

Background

The height of an individual in the upright posture is referred to as stature. The evaluation of the stature of an individual is an essential step in identification. Estimation of stature is commonly performed using the long bones as they positively correlate with the stature. The correlation between the dimensions of the skull, jaw and stature of an individual has been reported among specific populations. To date, only a few studies have correlated odontometric parameters with stature among populations. Teeth and oral structures can be used to estimate the stature of an individual. The objective of our study was to determine and establish a relationship to estimate the stature of individuals among three different Asian ethnicities using four odontometric parameters as a forensic tool. The Asian ethnicities chosen in our study were Malay, Indian and Chinese.

The five parameters were the height of an individual, intercanine width, interpremolar width, arc length and mesiodistal dimension of the six anterior teeth. The height was measured with the individual standing upright and barefooted. The mesiodistal width of the anterior teeth was measured at the contact points; the intercanine and interpremolar widths were measured at the cusp tips from the left to the right quadrant; the arc length was measured at the middle one-third position of the crown from the right to the left canine.

Results

The results showed that out of the four odontometric parameters, only the arc length was significantly associated with the height of the individuals among the ethnicities chosen.

Conclusion

Thus, of the four selected parameters, the arc length may be helpful in the estimation of stature among the selected Asian ethnicities. Dimensions of the teeth can be used as an adjunct to other aids in estimating the stature of an individual and hence is a vital forensic tool.
Muxama and other traditional food products obtained from tuna in south Portugal and Spain: review and future perspectives
Authors: Esteves Eduardo , Aníbal Jaime
Published: December 2019

There is evidence that consumers perceive fish as healthy (Carlucci D et.al, Appetite 84:212–27,2015; Vanhonacker F et.al, Br Food J 115:508–25,2013; Verbeke W et.al, Public Health Nutr 8:422–9,2005.). Historically, the development of (traditional) processing techniques allowed for the preservation of excess quantities of fresh fish for storage or transport. Those technologies are not well documented and are being lost with the trend to urbanization and consumption of convenience, ready-to-eat food. In the so-called developed world, there is still a considerable demand for traditionally processed (sea)food products, wherein the raw material and the final product are of high value. Muxama or mojama is a traditional, highly valued food product prepared from dry-cured tuna loins that is a delicatessen in the southern Iberian Peninsula: Algarve (Portugal) and Andalucía, Murcia, Alicante, and Valencia (Spain). The tuna (mostly Thunnus obesus and T. albacares) loins are salted and dried following a typically artisanal process that incorporates empirical knowledge passed down numerous generations since at least the tenth century Common Era (Aníbal J and Esteves E, Muxama and estupeta: traditional food products obtained from tuna loins in South Portugal and Spain, Traditional food products 2016, Lindkvist KB et.al, Can Geogr-Géogr Can 52:105–20,2008, Gallart-Jornet L et.al, La salazón de pescado, una tradición en la dieta mediterránea [The salting of fish, a tradition in the Mediterranean diet] 2005.). The production process changed little over the years but is different among locations, even supporting distinct certifications. The stability of muxama derives from the reduced water activity. Furthermore, the drying method has secondary effects on flavor, color, and nutritional value of the product. In southern Portugal and Spain, muxama is the prime food product obtained from tuna at the end of the traditional quartering of tunas, named ronqueamento in Portugal or ronqueo in Spain. Other food products obtained from tuna include Estupeta, Mormos, Rabinhos, Faceiras and Orelhas, Ventresca, Tarantela and Sangacho, Espinheta, Tripa, Bucho, and Ovas. These products result from employing different manufacturing procedures and processes. In this paper, we tentatively describe the main features of the processing stages and traditional food products obtained from tuna produced in the southern Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) and discuss the interactions of knowledge systems and transmission of traditional knowledge regarding its production.
What can DTI add in acute ischemic stroke patients?
Authors: Mahmoud Bahaa Eldin , Mohammad Mohammad Edrees , Serour Dalia K.
Published: December 2019

Background

Cerebrovascular stroke is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Imaging with conventional MR techniques cannot provide reliable information as regard the integrity of the white matter tracts and therefore limiting its ability to predict the clinical outcome. While prediction of the motor outcome becomes more crucial for determining the specific rehabilitation strategies and final clinical outcomes, the purpose of this study was to assess the value of diffusion tensor MR imaging in patients with acute ischemic stroke as a prognostic imaging modality to predict the clinical outcome.

Results

A significant statistical association was found between the tractography findings and the clinical score at admission (p 0.0005) and the clinical recovery after 3 months (p 0.001). Residual neurological deficits were found in patients with disrupted tracts; on the other hand, near complete clinical recovery was found in patients with non-disrupted tracts. Also, significant statistical association was found between the degree of FA reduction in the affected tracts and the clinical score at admission (p 0.001) and the clinical recovery after 3 months (p 0.01). Correlation between the FA values at the site of infarctions and the corresponding area of the brain on the contralateral side revealed significant statistical difference.

Conclusion

DTI offers a potential tool for prediction of the clinical outcome of acute stroke patients as it can detect the microstructural changes in the white matter tracts affected by the ischemic lesions which cannot be detected by conventional MRI and therefore can help in determining the rehabilitation strategy
Swell-noise attenuation: A deep learning approach
Authors: Zhao Xing , Lu Ping , Zhang Yanyan , Chen Jianxiong , Li Xiaoyang
Published: December 2019

Noise attenuation for ordinary images using machine learning technology has achieved great success in the computer vision field. However, directly applying these models to seismic data would not be effective since the evaluation criteria from the geophysical domain require a high-quality visualized image and the ability to maintain original seismic signals from the contaminated wavelets. This paper introduces an approach equipped with a specially designed deep learning model that can effectively attenuate swell noise with different intensities and characteristics from shot gathers with a relatively simple workflow applicable to marine seismic data sets. Three significant benefits are introduced from the proposed deep learning model. First, our deep learning model doesn't need to consume a pure swell-noise model. Instead, a contaminated swell-noise model derived from field data sets (which may contain other noises or primary signals) can be used for training. Second, inspired by the conventional algorithm for coherent noise attenuation, our neural network model is designed to learn and detect the swell noise rather than inferring the attenuated seismic data. Third, several comparisons (signal-to-noise ratio, mean squared error, and intensities of residual swell noises) indicate that the deep learning approach has the capability to remove swell noise without harming the primary signals. The proposed deep learning-based approach can be considered as an alternative approach that combines and takes advantage of both the conventional and data-driven method to better serve swell-noise attenuation. The comparable results also indicate that the deep learning method has strong potential to solve other coherent noise-attenuation tasks for seismic data.
Workshop explores advances in land seismic data processing
Authors: El-Emam Adel , Al-Otaibi Mohammad , Koeninger Chris
Published: December 2019

SEG and Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) organized a successful workshop titled “Advances in land seismic data processing” 3–5 December 2018 in Kuwait City. A total of 112 attendees representing 27 companies from 14 countries heard 45 presentations distributed over 12 sessions. At the end of each session, moderated discussions gave attendees the opportunity to raise questions and share ideas.
In the Shadow of the Silk Road
Authors: Karrar Hasan H.
Published: December 2019

This article asks, (1) Why did Afiyatabad, a nondescript bazaar along the Pakistan-China border, emerge along an uninhabited stretch of the Karakoram highway?, and (2) How did Afiyatabad adapt—through bazaar infrastructure, local capital investment, and labor migration—first to state-led development, and more recently, to the promise of economic corridor development? The article illustrates how Afiyatabad emerged from unfolding border regimes on Pakistan's central Asian margins since the 1980s. More recently, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), one of six corridors under Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is channeling upwards of $50 billion of Chinese investment into Pakistan. Yet this border locale has seen little benefit. This article argues that current transborder investments, corresponding infrastructure development, and new assemblages such as economic corridors are moving capital between increasingly distant nodes, in the process leaving places such as Afiyatabad behind.
State as Illusion?
Authors: Watts Michael J.
Published: December 2019

Moral Economies of Corruption is an important intervention, and Steven Pierce provides an alternative way of viewing the long history of anticorruption programs in Nigeria. As Michael J. Watts' contribution discusses, there are a number of dangers that lurk in the discursive and performative orientation of the book. Sometimes the shifting character of what constitutes corruption produces less a systematic account of corruption than a history of shifting political cultures (much of which has, of course, been covered in a variety of ways by scholars of Nigeria). But if the purpose is to see the work that corruption undertakes, then it would also require a careful and granular accounting of the shifting pacts, coalitions, and political cartels linking the business world, the security forces, and the vast fiscal federalism composed of thirty-six states and seven-hundred-odd local government councils covering the last seven decades. The political settlements that have arisen through different conjunctures and across the turbulent history of oil busts and booms need to be clearly explicated if both state effects and the political work of corruption claims are to be fully realized.
The Power of Corruption
Authors: Dasgupta Sandipto
Published: December 2019

The central paradox of corruption in the political life of the global South is how such a widely despised phenomenon persists so untroubled by allthe negative attention. The two books under discussion—Steven Pierce's Moral Economies of Corruption and Milan Vaishnav's When Crime Pays—demonstrate that to make sense of that paradox, one needs to go beyond the dominant legal/technocratic understanding of corruption as either private acts of illegality or failures of the civic democratic process. Thinking further with the insights offered by those books, the article sugg ests that the phenomenon of corruption can only be made sense of when placed within the matrix of political and social power relations in the global South democracies. Corruptions appear not as distortions in an idealized democratic marketplace, but in the context of maneuvers of counter-democratic power to maintain existing hierarchies of dominations against tides of democratic mobilization, not merely as a subversion of the public good, but in reaction to attempts to make goods public.
Smoking cessation programmes for women living in disadvantaged communities, “We Can Quit 2”: A systematic review protocol
Authors: Burke Emma , Dobbie Fiona , Dougall Nadine , Adebolu Oluwaseun Mary , Mockler David , Vance Joanne , O'Connell Nicola , Darker Catherine D. , Bauld Linda , Hayes Catherine
Published: December 2019

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland with almost 6,000 smokers dying each year from smoking-related diseases. Amongst younger Irish women, smoking rates are considerably higher in those from socially disadvantaged areas compared to women from affluent areas. Women from poorer areas also experience higher rates of lung cancer. To our knowledge, there are no peer reviewed published systematic reviews on the effectiveness of interventions tailored to reduce smoking rates in women from disadvantaged areas. This systematic review protocol will aim to examine the effectiveness of such interventions and to describe trial processes such as recruitment, follow-up and dropout prevention strategies, as well as barriers and enablers of successful implementation.   

A systematic review will be conducted of peer-reviewed randomised controlled trials and associated process evaluations of smoking cessation interventions designed for women living in socially disadvantaged areas. If the search returns, less than five studies are review criteria will expand to include quasi-experimental studies. A number of databases of scholarly literature will be searched from inception using a detailed search strategy. Two independent reviewers will screen titles, abstracts and full-text articles to identify relevant studies using a pre-defined checklist based on PICOS. In the case of disagreement, a third reviewer will be consulted. The quality of included studies will be assessed using the ‘Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation’ (GRADE) criteria. Quantitative data will be extracted and, if comparable, will be assessed using meta-analysis. A narrative meta-synthesis of qualitative data will be conducted.  

This review aims to synthesise information from relevant studies on smoking cessation interventions tailored for women from socially disadvantaged areas. The evidence obtained from studies and presented in this review will help guide future research in this area.

Registration: This review will be registered with International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO).
Social novel by A. slapovsky: genre modifications and evolution of the hero
Authors: Дикун Татьяна , Dikun Tat'yana
Published: December 2019

In the monograph, the social novel is considered as a meta-genre, an artistic type of utterance, absolutely free in the choice of form, but meaningfully focused on the reflection and evaluation of socially significant positions of recognizable problems, conflicts and relations in the society of a particular time. The author comes to the conclusion that the works of A. Slapovsky represent the analytical image of the artistic statement including experimental forms of research of behavior and spiritual life of the person and society in circumstances of ontological, social instability, moral disorganization, dehumanization of society. Examines the psychology works in the evolutionary movement from socio-psychological to the social novel, with developed a recurring theme the ability of transformation of man in self-awareness process, are submitted to the test of the authoritative concepts (from deification to psychoanalysis), the transition to the role of the concept of behavior with the study of the degrees of freedom and spiritual development of the individual.
It is addressed to teachers, methodologists, students of philological specialties, all who are interested in the modern literary process, and can also be useful in teaching the course of the latest Russian literature in universities and educational work in high school.
RESULTS OF STUDIES OF ULTRAFAST RECTIFIER DIODES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF RADIATION
Authors: Зольников Владимир , Zolnikov Vladimir , Яньков А. , Yankov A. , Кулай А. , Kulay A. , Савченко Андрей , Savchenko Andrey , Ягодкин А. , Yagodkin A. , Анциферова В. , Antsiferova V. , Евдокимова Светлана , Evdokimova Svetlana , Скворцова Татьяна , Skvortsova Tatyana , Маклакова Елена , Maklakova Elena , Илунина Анна , Ilunina Anna , Квасов Олег , Kvasov Oleg
Published: December 2019

The article presents the results of studies of ultrafast rectifier diodes intended for use in high-frequency rectifiers, modulators, converters, pulse transducers, limiters and other pulse devices under the influence of radiation. The schemes of measuring the current and voltage of diodes under the influence of special factors are given
INVESTIGATION OF LINEAR VOLTAGE STABILIZERS FOR RESISTANCE TO SPECIAL FACTORS
Authors: Зольников Владимир , Zolnikov Vladimir , Яньков А. , Yankov A. , Чубур К. , Chubur K. , Кулай А. , Kulay A. , Крюков В. , Kryukov V. , Струков И. , Strukov I. , Гречаный С. , Grechanyy S. , Евдокимова Светлана , Evdokimova Svetlana , Ягодкин А. , Yagodkin A. , Анциферова В. , Antsiferova V. , Квасов Олег , Kvasov Oleg
Published: December 2019

The paper deals with the issues of resistance of linear voltage stabilizers to the influence of special factors. The conducted researches are described, electric schemes at measurement of output voltage and current of chips are resulted. The calculated estimates of the resistance of linear voltage stabilizers to the influence of various special factors are also considered
Personality traits and hypertension-mediated organ damage
Authors: Popiołek Lech , Siga Olga , Dzieża-Grudnik Anna , Popiołek Iwona , Moląg Małgorzata , Królczyk Jarosław , Grodzicki Tomasz , Walczewska Jolanta , Rutkowski Krzysztof
Published: November 2019

Cel pracy

Nadciśnienie tętnicze jest chorobą, w przebiegu której mogą pojawić się powikłania narządowe. Niniejsze badanie porównuje różne cechy osobowości u pacjentów z nadciśnieniem tętniczym, u których stwierdzono lub też nie przerost lewej komory serca i sztywność dużych naczyń tętniczych.

Metoda

Grupa badana składała się z 93 osób (47 mężczyzn i 46 kobiet) z rozpoznanym nadciśnieniem tętniczym pierwotnym. U każdego z pacjentów wykonano pomiar wskaźnika masy lewej komory serca (LVMI) oraz prędkości fali tętna (PWV). Uzyskane wartości liczbowe posłużyły jako wskaźniki powikłań narządowych nadciśnienia tętniczego w obrębie serca oraz dużych naczyń tętniczych. Do oceny cech osobowości uczestników badania wykorzystano trzy narzędzia psychometryczne: NEO-FFI, DS14 oraz EAS.

Wyniki

Pacjenci, u których stwierdzono podwyższone wartości wskaźnika PWV wykazywali istotnie niższe wyniki w porównaniu z osobami, u których wykryto prawidłowe wartości tego wskaźnika w następujących skalach: NEO-FFI Neurotyczność (18 vs. 27,5; p=0,018), DS14 Negatywna emocjonalność (11,5 vs. 17; p=0,035) oraz EAS Strach (10 vs. 13; p=0,004). Uczestnicy badania, u których stwierdzono przerost lewej komory serca (podwyższone wartości wskaźnika LVMI) uzyskiwali niższe wyniki w skali otwartość na doświadczenie inwentarza NEO-FFI niż pacjenci, u których wskaźnik LVMI miał wartość prawidłową (23 vs. 26; p=0,027).

Wnioski

Wyniki niniejszego badania sugerują, że istnieją istotne różnice w zakresie cech osobowości u pacjentów, którzy w przebiegu nadciśnienia tętniczego rozwijają lub też nie powikłania narządowe w obrębie serca i dużych naczyń tętniczych.
Cognitive behavioral intervention improves quality of life and perceived illness acceptance in patients after cardiac electrotherapy devices implantation
Authors: Sobczak-Kaleta Maria , Qawoq Haval , Krawczyk Magdalena , Wierzbowska-Drabik Karina , Kasprzak Jarosław
Published: November 2019

Cel pracy

Celem pracy jest analiza wpływu interwencji poznawczo-behawioralnej (CBI- cognitive-behavioral intervention) u pacjentów poddawanych implantacji urządzeń do elektroterapii na jakość życia po zabiegu oraz na stopień akceptacji choroby.

Metoda

Grupę badaną stanowili pacjenci poddani standardowej opiece medycznej związanej z implantacją urządzenia do elektroterapii serca oraz u których dodatkowo zastosowano CBI. Pacjenci objęci jedynie standardową opieką medyczną związaną z implantacją urządzenia do elektroterapii serca stanowili grupę kontrolną. CBI składała się z czterech sesji przeprowadzonych w ciągu 30 dni (± 3 dni) od implantacji. Oceniano czynniki demograficzne, kliniczne i psychologiczne. Zastosowano m.in. Skalę Akceptacji Choroby (AIS) i kwestionariusz oceniający jakość życia EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D).

Wyniki

Do badania włączono ostatecznie 128 pacjentów (36,7% kobiet, średni wiek 64,5 ± 8,9). Proponowany cykl czterech ustrukturalizowanych spotkań CBI był dobrze akceptowany przez pacjentów, co zostało potwierdzone wysoką częstotliwością uczestnictwa w sesjach podczas terapii. Po sześciu miesiącach obserwowano wyższą jakość życia u pacjentów objętych CBI w porównaniu z grupą kontrolną, w tym w zakresie Wizualnej Skali Analogowej EQ-5D [80,2 ± 11,8 vs 64,9 ± 14,3 (p <0,0001)] oraz obserwowano lepszą akceptację choroby [AIS: 35,6 ± 4,3 vs 28,7 ± 6,1 (p <0,0001)].

Wnioski

Zastosowanie CBI u pacjentów po implantacji urządzeń do elektroterapii serca wiązało się z istotną poprawą jakości życia oraz wyższą akceptacją choroby w porównaniu do grupy pacjentów objętych standardową opieką po zabiegu elektroterapii. CBI ma wiele zalet w tej grupie pacjentów, a także zapewnia spełnienie oczekiwanego efektu terapeutycznego, podczas gdy krótki czas trwania interwencji nie wydłużał czasu trwania samej hospitalizacji.
Polish version of the Inventory of Complicated Grief – preliminary validation
Authors: Ludwikowska-Świeboda Karolina , Lachowska Bogusława
Published: November 2019

Cel pracy

W niniejszym opracowaniu przedstawione zostały wyniki badań dotyczących właściowości psychometrycznych polskiej wersji Inventory of Complicated Grief autorstwa Prigerson I współpracowników (1995).

Metoda

W badaniach nad adaptacją tego narzędzia wzięło udział 278 osób doświadczających utraty bliskiego członka rodziny lub przyjaciela. Wykorzystano następujące metody badawcze: skala ICG (Inventory of Complicated Grief), skala do badania depresji (BDI), lęku (STAI), zaburzeń po stresie traumatycznym (IES-R), nadziei na sukces (AHS), optymizmu (LOT-R), uogólnionego przekonania o własnej skuteczności (GSES) I tolerancji niejednoznaczności (MSTAT-2).

Wyniki

Przeprowadzone analizy statystyczne dowiodły, że polska wersja skali ICG jest narzędziem rzetelnym (αCronbacha=0,941) i trafnym. Stwierdzono umiarkowany dodatni związek wyniku ogólnego skali ICG z depresją (r= 0,50; p <0,001), zaburzeniami po stresie traumatycznym (r =0,67; p<0,001) I lękiem rozumianym jako cecha (r=0,59; p<0,001). Wynik ogólny w skali ICG wykazuje również ujemną korelację ze zmiennymi dotyczącymi pozytywnych oczekiwań co do przyszłości: z optymizmem (r=-0,37, p<0,001), nadzieją na sukces (r=-0,19, p=0,001) oraz uogólnionym przekonaniem o własnej skuteczności (r=-0, 27, p<0,001) a także z tolerancją niejednoznaczności (r= -0,27, p<0,001). Przeprowadzona konfirmacyjna analiza czynnikowa ujawniła, że model jednoczynnikowy może być przyjęty jako dobrze dopasowany do danych (dopuszczono skorelowanie błędów pomiaru).

Wnioski

Podsumowując wstępne badania nad adaptacją polskiej wersji ICG ukazują, że jest to narzędzie trafne I rzetelne. Konieczne są jednak dalsze badania, które pomogłyby lepiej zrozumieć strukturę objawów żałoby powikłanej.
Sense of coherence and hypertensive target organ damage
Authors: Popiołek Lech , Gawlik Iwona , Siga Olga , Dzieża-Grudnik Anna , Moląg Małgorzata , Rodziński Paweł , Grodzicki Tomasz , Walczewska Jolanta , Rutkowski Krzysztof
Published: November 2019

Cel pracy

Nadciśnienie tętnicze może być powikłane uszkodzeniami narządowymi (oznaczanymi w języku angielskim skrótem TOD – target organ damage). Do chwili obecnej udało się zidentyfikować wiele różnych czynników powiązanych z rozwojem TOD. Jednak, zgodnie z naszą wiedzą, nie próbowano wyodrębnić zmiennych psychologicznych, które różnicują pacjentów z nadciśnieniem oraz uszkodzeniami narządowymi od osób z nadciśnieniem, ale bez TOD. Niniejsze badanie porównuje poziom poczucia koherencji u osób chorujących na nadciśnienie tętnicze powikłane sztywnością dużych naczyń tętniczych lub przerostem lewej komory serca oraz u pacjentów chorujących na nadciśnienie tętnicze niepowikłane uszkodzeniami narządowymi.

Metoda

Grupa badana składała się z 93 osób. Każdej z osób badanych zaproponowano udział w następujących procedurach: w ocenie klinicznej, w badaniu echokardiograficznym (aby ocenić uszkodzenia wywołane nadciśnieniem tętniczym w obrębie mięśnia sercowego), w pomiarze prędkości fali tętna (aby ocenić uszkodzenia w obrębie naczyń tętniczych) oraz w badaniu psychologicznym (mierzącym poziom poczucia zrozumiałości, zaradności, sensowności oraz koherencji).

Wyniki

Pacjenci z uszkodzeniami w obrębie naczyń tętniczych (z wysoką prękością fali tętna) mieli wyższy poziom poczucia zrozumiałości oraz poczucia koherencji niż inne osoby z nadciśnieniem tętniczym. Z kolei uczestnicy badania, u których stwierdzono przerost lewej komory serca nie różnili się pod względem poziomu poczucia koherencji (i wszystkich jego składowych) od pacjentów z prawidłowymi wymiarami lewej komory serca.

Wnioski

Wyniki niniejszego badania sugerują, że poczucie koherencji może nie być wystarczająco silnie związane z dobrym zdrowiem somatycznym. Stanowią także przyczynek do dyskusji nad wartością stosowania SOC-29 jako izolowanego narzędzia. Z pewnością warto byłoby uwzględnić pomiar poziomu poczucia koherencji w kolejnych badaniach poświęconych mechanizmom rozwoju uszkodzeń narządowych w przebiegu nadciśnienia tętniczego.
Diffuse axonal injury – an interdisciplinary problem. Current knowledge and two case reports
Authors: Łuc Mateusz , Pawłowski Marcin , Rymaszewska Joanna , Kantorska-Janiec Monika
Published: November 2019

Rozlany uraz aksonalny (ang. diffuse axonal injury- DAI) jest mikroskopowym uszkodzeniem aksonów biegnących w mózgu. Do jego wystąpienia predysponują urazy głowy z przyśpieszeniem lub zahamowaniem. W niniejszym artykule zaprezentowano aktualny stan wiedzy na temat DAI oraz przypadki dwóch pacjentów, u których DAI wystąpiło w wyniku wypadku komunikacyjnego. U 26- letniego mężczyzny po dachowaniu pojazdu stwierdzono w TK cechy obrzmienia mózgowia oraz rozsiane drobne wybroczyny hyperdensyjnej krwi. Konsultacja psychiatryczna w 9 dobie wykazała między innymi zaburzenia pamięci w postaci niepamięci wstecznej i następczej, zaburzenia koncentracji oraz brak krytycyzmu wobec swojego stanu. U 38- letniej kobiety potrąconej przez samochód opisano w TK głowy cechy obrzmienia mózgowia, niewielkiego krwawienia podpajęczynówkowego oraz liczne złamania. Pacjentka w 10 dobie zdezorientowana, nie zapamiętywała udzielanych informacji, we wzmożonym napędzie i brakiem krytycyzmu wobec stanu zdrowia. Podejrzewając DAI powinniśmy zachować szczególną czujność w przypadku pacjentów hospitalizowanych z powodu wypadków komunikacyjnych z zaburzeniami zachowania, cechami zespołu amnestycznego oraz bez istotnych ogniskowych objawów neurologicznych.
Trends in the management of fractures of the distal radius in Ireland
Authors: Mc Colgan R. , Dalton David M. , Cassar-Gheiti Adrian J. , Fox Ciara M. , O’Sullivan Michael E.
Published: December 2019

Aims

The aim of this study was to examine trends in the management of fractures of the distal radius in Ireland over a ten-year period, and to determine if there were any changes in response to the English Distal Radius Acute Fracture Fixation Trial (DRAFFT).

Patients and Methods

Data was grouped into annual intervals from 2008 to 2017. All adult inpatient episodes that involved emergency surgery for fractures of the distal radius were included

Results

In 2008 Kirschner-wire (K-wire) fixation accounted for 59% of operations for fractures of the distal radius, and plate fixation for 21%. In 2017, the rate of K-wire fixation had fallen to 30%, and the proportion of patients who underwent plate fixation had risen to 62%.

Conclusion

There is an increasing trend towards open reduction and internal fixation for fractures of the distal radius in Ireland. This has been accompanied by a decrease in popularity for K-wire fixation. DRAFFT did not appear to influence trends in the management of fractures of the distal radius in Ireland. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2019;101-B:1550–1556
Surgical treatment of the radial head is critical to the outcome of Monteggia-like lesions
Authors: Klug Alexander , Konrad Felix , Gramlich Yves , Hoffmann Reinhard , Schmidt-Horlohé Kay
Published: December 2019

Aims

The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of Monteggia-like lesions at midterm follow-up and to determine whether the surgical treatment of the radial head influences the clinical and radiological results.

Patients and Methods

A total of 78 patients with a Monteggia-like lesion, including 44 women and 34 men with a mean age of 54.7 years (19 to 80), were available for assessment after a mean 4.6 years (2 to 9.2). The outcome was assessed using the Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS), Oxford Elbow Score (OES), Mayo Modified Wrist Score (MMWS), and The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) score. Radiographs were analyzed for all patients. A total of 12 Mason type I, 16 type II, and 36 type III fractures were included. Surgical treatment consisted of screw fixation for all type II and reconstructable type III fractures, while radial head arthroplasty (RHA) or excision was performed if reconstruction was not possible.

Results

The mean MEPS was 88.9 (40 to 100), mean OES was 40.1 (25 to 48), mean MMWS was 88.1 (50 to 100), mean DASH score was 14.7 (0 to 60.2), and mean movement was 114° (sd 27) in extension/flexion and 155° (sd 37) in pronation/supination. Mason III fractures, particularly those with an associated coronoid fracture treated with RHA, had a significantly poorer outcome. Suboptimal results were also identified in patients who had degenerative changes or heterotopic ossification on their latest radiograph. In contrast, all patients with successful radial head reconstruction or excision had a good outcome.

Conclusion

Good outcomes can be achieved in Monteggia-like lesions with Mason II and III fractures, when reconstruction is possible. Otherwise, RHA is a reliable option with satisfactory outcomes, especially in patients with ligamenteous instability. Whether the radial head should be excised remains debatable, although good results were achieved in patients with ligamentous stability and in those with complications after RHA. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2019;101-B:1512–1519
Identifikasi Keberadaan Lapisan Akuifer Tertekan (Confined Aquifer) Berdasarkan Data Geolistrik (Studi Kasus : Desa Sambirejo Kecamatan Plupuh Kabupaten Sragen)
Authors: Darsono Darsono , Darmanto Darmanto
Published: December 2019

Air menempati suatu wadah rongga di dalam tanah yang disebut dengan akuifer. Salah satu akuifer yang masih jarang digunakan adalah akuifer tertekan. Akuifer ini terletak lebih dalam, sehingga keberadaan perlu dideteksi lebih dahulu. Untuk mendeteksi keberadaan akuifer menggunakan metode geolistrik resistivitas. Alat yang digunakan adalah resistivitimeter OYO Model 2119C McOHM-EL, dengan konfigurasi Schlumberger dengan bentangan AB/2 samapai 350 meter. Pengambilan data dilakukan di Kecamatan Plupuh Kabupaten Sragen sebanyak 5 titik sounding. Pengolahan dilakukan dengan menggunakan software IP2win.
Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa lapisan akuifer di 5 titik sounding berupa lapisan pasir lempungan, pasir dan lapisan pasir kerikilan. Lapisan akuifer tertekan terdeteksi di: TS1 pada kedalaman 39,9 meter- 110 meter dengan litologi pasir kerikilan, TS2 pada kedalaman 40,25 meter – 66,58 meter dan 80,24 -139,7 meter dengan litologi pasir, TS3 pada kedalaman 47,25 meter – 101 meter dengan litologi pasir lempungan,TS4 pada kedalaman 40,72 meter – 103 meter dengan litologi pasir lempungan dan TS5 pada kedalaman 31,41 meter – 97 meter dengan litologi pasir lempungan.
Neuroendocrine Neoplasm in Cecal Appendix: A Case Report
Authors: Feitosa Pedro Walisson Gomes , Rodrigues Andrezza Lobo , Felix Esther Barbosa Gonçalves , Freitas Neta Maria Stella Batista de , Machado Sávio Samuel Feitosa
Published: November 2019

Although neuroendocrine neoplasms are relatively uncommon entities, the appendix is a site with relatively frequent emergence of this pathology and its precise diagnosis and clinical management have been a challenge for practitioners. This paper aims to present and discuss a case report of neuroendocrine neoplasia in the appendix of a patient with acute abdomen who underwent appendectomy. A 46-year-old man referred to the Emergency Department complaining of abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa and signs of peritoneal irritation. After diagnosis of acute appendicitis, the patient underwent appendectomy. In a macroscopic analysis, an area of 1.9 cm long, hardened, irregular and yellowish shapes was noted in the distal third of the appendix. Histopathological analysis showed neoplasia consisting of invasive islands of monotonous rounded epithelioid cells, large areas of necrosis, high mitotic activity, neural and angiolymphatic invasion and extension to adipose tissue compatible with invasion of the mesoappendix. Circumferential resection was compromised, suggesting the persistence of neoplasia in the patient even after the surgical approach, which would probably recommend the need for surgical approach. Therefore, the importance of sending collected materials for anatomopathological analysis is emphasized, since it helps in the clinical evaluation, in the etiological diagnosis, guides the medical conduct in the evolution of the case, as well as assisting in family mourning in cases of mortality.Keywords: Neuroendocrine tumor, Appendix, Histopathological analysis.
Nadmiar obecności i wydalenie innego
Authors: Burszta Wojciech
Published: December 2019

Artykuł jest próbą zaaplikowania wywodzącego się od Martina Heideggera pojęcia „nastroju”(die Stimmung) do dzisiejszego kontekstu tzw. nowej nietolerancji i pogłębiającejsię agresji wobec szeroko rozumianej Inności. Wskazano powody tego stanu rzeczy orazargumenty, które stosuje się w obronie – rzekomo zagrożonych – praw większości. Głównąagorą sporu na linii większość–mniejszości staje się internet i toczące się w jego obrębiewojny kulturowe.
Zrozumieć fenomen Innego/Obcego
Authors: Warchala Jacek
Published: December 2019

Obcy Inny. Analiza przypadków. 2017, ed. Małgorzata Karwatowska, Robert Litwiński, AdamSiwiec. Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin.Obcy/Inny, Propozycje aplikacji pojęciowych. 2018, ed. M. Karwatowska, R. Litwiński, A. Siwiec,Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin.
Call for papers, Vol 3, Issue 2, 2020
Authors: Robertson Catherine
Published: November 2019

You are invited to submit an abstract or an article for JOVACET Volume 3, Issue 2, 2020, an edition with a general focus on research in post-schooling, either within the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) contexts, but also on the intersections of TVET with broader adult and continuing education and higher education contexts, to be published in November 2020.

Deadline for abstract submissions: Friday, 27 March 2020.
Editorial
Authors: Papier Joy
Published: November 2019

This third publication of JOVACET follows the Special Issue which emanated from our 2018 conference on adult learning and education. While the Special Issue was focused on papers presented on the theme of the  conference, the conference call for papers also yielded additional submissions outside the scope of the Special Issue, which contributed to this subsequent volume. Articles in this issue are situated in the vocational education and workplace training domains and constitute research at the level of practice as well as at the macro-policy level.
Educação, nacionalismo, cosmopolitismno: Por uma escola pública cosmopolita
Authors: Valle Lilian do
Published: November 2019

O Brasil testemunhou, em sua recente campanha presidencial, a força do apelo nacionalista, que vem ganhando terreno na cena internacional face à insegurança e à frustração em que as sucessivas crises mergulham as sociedades. Por mais diversas que sejam, na atualidade e na história, as expressões do nacionalismo, desde a Modernidade um ponto comum entre eles é a intenção de fazer da educação e, mais particularmente, da escola pública um instrumento privilegiado de seu proselitismo. Face aos riscos que esse novo retraimento em uma identidade imaginada anuncia, seria a proposta de um cosmopolitismo uma resposta adequada e viável? Esse artigo se propõe a sugerir, sob as bases da crítica dessa escola moderna, a possibilidade de se pensar uma “escola cosmopolita”..
KAJIAN AKSESIBILITAS PADA TAMAN DI PERMUKIMAN (KASUS : TAMAN BUMIREJO, PUDAK PAYUNG, SEMARANG)
Authors: Christy Eva Satya , Jamila Rona Fika , Putra Gentina Pratama , Harsritanto Bangun I.R.
Published: December 2019

Taman merupakan salah satu ruang publik kota yang memiliki fungsi penting sebagai tempat melakukan aktivitas interaksi, bersosialisasi, maupun rekreasi. Sebagai salah satu fasilitas umum, sebuah taman harus menerapkan standar aksesibilitas sehingga dapat digunakan oleh setiap orang termasuk penyandang disabilitas. Penelitian ini akan membahas kasus pada Taman Bumirejo Semarang untuk melihat sejauh mana penerapan sarana aksesbilitas yang memfasilitasi kebutuhan difabel. Yang menjadi parameter penilaian pada kajian ini adalah Peraturan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum no. 30/PRT/M/2006 tentang Pedoman Teknis Fasilitas dan Aksesibilitas pada Bangunan Umum. Penelitian ini akan menggunakan metode evaluasi antara data standar aksesiblitas dengan kondisi yang terdapat di lapangan. Hasil evaluasi ini diharapkan dapat memberikan wawasan tentang penerapan fasilitas dan aksesibilitas pada Taman Bumirejo serta masukan terkait fasilitas yang seharusnya diterapkan pada taman tersebut.
SELF-KINETIC JALOUSIE SEBAGAI PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI CLIMATE RESPONSIVE-ADAPTABLE ARCHITECTURE
Authors: Sari Wulani Enggar , Andoni Heri
Published: December 2019

Kenyamanan termal adaptif adalah model utama yang digunakan untuk mempelajari kenyamanan termal di bangunan berventilasi alami, sehingga salah satu pemanfaatan alam untuk bangunan dapat menyelaraskan dengan iklim dan salah satunya adalah aliran udara. Upaya seminimal mungkin menggunakan energi dan merespon potensi aliran udara dapat dilakukan dengan desain adaptif pada bangunan. Inovasi teknologi bukaan jalusi adaptif  dilakukan untuk merespon iklim dan meadaptasi kondisi aliran udara untuk mencapai kenyamanan termal tujuan penelitian ini adalah menerapkan strategi desain adaptif dengan pendekatan desain komponen bangunan yang bekerja self kinetic sebagai bentuk penyesuaian terhadap konteks iklim stempat. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan studi literatur tentang pemikiran self kinetik yang dapat dijadikan referensi atau pengembangan desain berikutnya.Hal menarik yang dapat dilihat pada penelitian ini dilihat dari perkembangan teknologi desain adaptif yang terus dilakukan dan melihat arsitektur merupakan pemikiran  bangunan yang selalu beradaptasi untuk merespon perubahan kebutuhan manusia dan fluktuasi kondisi lingkungan. Bangunan yang mampu bereaksi terhadap gangguan dan berfluktuasi kondisi lingkungan khususnya merespon termal dan aliran udara.