bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Antimicrobial multidrug resistance in the era of COVID-19: a forgotten plight?
Authors: Pelfrene Eric , Botgros Radu , Cavaleri Marco
Published: January 2021

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global problem to which the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may further contribute. With resources deployed away from antimicrobial stewardship, evidence of substantial pre-emptive antibiotic use in COVID-19 patients and indirectly, with deteriorating economic conditions fuelling poverty potentially impacting on levels of resistance, AMR threat remains significant.

Main body

In this paper, main AMR countermeasures are revisited and priorities to tackle the issue are re-iterated. The need for collaboration is stressed, acknowledging the relationship between human health, animal health and environment (“One Health” approach). Among the stated priorities, the initiative by the European Medicines Regulatory Network to further strengthen the measures in combatting AMR is highlighted. Likewise, it is asserted that other emerging health threats require global collaboration with the One Health approach offering a valuable blueprint for action.

Conclusion

The authors stress the importance of an integrated preparedness strategy to tackle this public health peril.
Nutrient uptake, use efficiency and productivity of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as affected by nitrogen and potassium fertilizer in Keddida Gamela Woreda, Southern Ethiopia
Authors: Godebo Temesgen , Laekemariam Fanuel , Loha Gobeze
Published: January 2021

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) is one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia. The productivity of wheat is markedly constrained by nutrient depletion and inadequate fertilizer application. The experiment was conducted to study the effect of nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) fertilizer rates on growth, yield, nutrient uptake and use efficiency during 2019 cropping season on Kedida GamelaWoreda, Kembata Tembaro Zone Southern Ethiopia. Factorial combinations of four rates of N (0, 23, 46 and 69 kg Nha−1) and three rates of K2O (0, 30 and 60 kg Nha−1) in the form of urea (46–0-0) and murate of potash (KCl) (0-0-60) respectively, were laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The results showed that most parameters viz yield, yield components, N uptake and use efficiency revealed significant differences (P < 0.05) due to interaction effects of N and K. Fertilizer application at the rate of 46 N and 30 kg K ha−1resulted in high grain yield of 4392 kg ha− 1and the lowest 1041 from control. The highest agronomic efficiency of N (52.5) obtained from the application of 46 kg N ha−1. Maximum physiological efficiency of N (86.6 kg kg−1) and use efficiency of K (58.6%) was recorded from the interaction of 46 and 30 kg K ha−1. Hence, it could be concluded that applying 46 and 30 kg K ha−1was resulted in high grain yield and economic return to wheat growing farmers of the area. Yet, in order to draw sound conclusion, repeating the experiment in over seasons and locations is recommended.
Response of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers at Sekota and Lasta districts of Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia
Authors: Sebnie Workat , Esubalew Tilahun , Mengesha Merse
Published: January 2021

Background

Production and productivity of potato in Ethiopia is far below the world average because of soil fertility problem, pest, disease, and agronomic factors. Nutrient depletion because of soil erosion is a serious problem in Ethiopian highlands. Annually, 122 kg ha−1nitrogen, 13 kg ha−1phosphorous and 82 kg ha−1potasium were estimated to deplete from Ethiopia (Haileslassie et al. 2005). From the essential nutrients especially, nitrogen and phosphorus are the most important influential elements for production of potato but they are deficient in most Ethiopian soils and thus an application of these nutrients could increase significantly the crop yields. Therefore, the experiment was conducted at Sekota and Lasta Lalibela districts (Woleh and Kechin Abeba irrigation command areas) of eastern Amhara, Ethiopia to investigate the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers for yield and yield component of potato under irrigation condition.

Methods

Four rates of nitrogen (0, 46, 92, and 138 kg N kg ha−1) and phosphorus (0, 23, 46, and 69 Kg P2O5kg ha−1) were combined with factorial arrangement and laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications.

Results

The result of the study revealed that nitrogen and phosphorus had a significant effect on plant height, marketable, and total yield of potato at Kechin Abeba. But phosphorus did not show a significant effect on plant height and unmarketable yield at Sekota district of Woleh irrigation command area. The highest yield 45.55 t ha−1was obtained from combined application of 138 N and 23 P2O5in Lalibela 17.12 and 16.99 t ha−1were found from application of 138 N with 46 P2O5kg ha−1and 138 N with 23 P2O5kg ha−1from Sekota district of Woleh irrigation command area respectively.

Conclusions

The application of 138 kg ha−1N with 23 kg ha−1P2O5is the appropriate rates for optimum productivity of potato at Lalibela (Kechin Abeba) and Sekota (Woleh) irrigation command areas and the same agro-ecology.
Improving the accuracy of text classification using stemming method, a case of non-formal Indonesian conversation
Authors: Rianto  , Mutiara Achmad Benny , Wibowo Eri Prasetyo , Santosa Paulus Insap
Published: January 2021

Background

Stemming has long been used in data pre-processing to retrieve information by tracking affixed words back into their root. In an Indonesian setting, existing stemming methods have been observed, and the existing stemming methods are proven to result in high accuracy level. However, there are not many stemming methods for non-formal Indonesian text processing. This study introduces a new stemming method to solve problems in the non-formal Indonesian text data pre-processing. Furthermore, this study aims to improve the accuracy of text classifier models by strengthening stemming method. Using the Support Vector Machine algorithm, a text classifier model is developed, and its accuracy is checked. The experimental evaluation was done by testing 550 datasets in Indonesian using two different stemming methods.

Findings

The results show that using the proposed stemming method, the text classifier model has higher accuracy than the existing methods with a score of 0.85 and 0.73, respectively. These results indicate that the proposed stemming methods produces a classifier model with a small error rate, so it will be more accurate to predict a class of objects.

Conclusion

The existing Indonesian stemming methods are still oriented towards Indonesian formal sentences, therefore the method has limitations to be used in Indonesian non-formal sentences. This phenomenon underlies the suggestion of developing a corpus by normalizing Indonesian non-formal into formal to be used as a better stemming method. The impact of using the corpus as a stemming method is that it can improve the accuracy of the classifier model. In the future, the proposed corpus and stemming methods can be used for various purposes including text clustering, summarizing, detecting hate speech, and other text processing applications in Indonesian.
How common is fatty infiltration of the teres minor in patients with shoulder pain? A review of 7,367 consecutive MRI scans
Authors: Aibinder William R. , Doolittle Derrick A. , Wenger Doris E. , Sanchez-Sotelo Joaquin
Published: January 2021

Purpose

The teres minor is particularly important for activities that require external rotation in abduction in the settings of both rotator cuff tears and reverse shoulder arthroplasty. This study sought to assess the incidence of teres minor fatty infiltration in a large cohort of consecutive patients evaluated with shoulder MRI for shoulder pain and to identify all associated pathologies in an effort to determine the various potential etiologies of teres minor involvement.

Methods

A retrospective review of 7,376 non-contrast shoulder MRI studies performed between 2010 and 2015 were specifically evaluated for teres minor fatty infiltration. Studies were reviewed by two fellowship trained musculoskeletal radiologists. Muscle atrophy was graded on a 3-point scale according to Fuchs and Gerber. The remaining rotator cuff tendons and muscles, biceps tendon, labrum, and joint surfaces were assessed on MRI as well.

Results

In this series, 209 (2.8%) shoulders were noted to have fatty infiltration of the teres minor. The rate of isolated fatty infiltration of the teres minor was 0.4%. Concomitant deltoid muscle atrophy was common, and occurred in 68% of the shoulders with fatty infiltration of the teres minor. Tearing of the teres minor tendon was extremely rare.

Conclusion

Fatty infiltration of the teres minor can occur in isolation, be associated with deltoid muscle atrophy only, or occur in the setting of rotator cuff full tears. Thus, fatty infiltration of the teres minor may be related to a neurologic process or disuse. Further long term longitudinal studies are necessary to be elucidate the etiologies.

Level of Evidence

Level IV.
Regular matters: credibility determination and the institutional habitus in a Swiss asylum office
Authors: Affolter Laura
Published: January 2021

This article seeks to understand a common and regular feature of asylum decision-making, namely, that the majority of asylum claims are rejected, mostly on the basis of non-credibility. It draws on a bottom-up, qualitative study of an administration in which asylum decision-making takes place: the Swiss Secretariat for Migration. By adopting a practice-theoretical approach to administrative work, it advocates paying attention to caseworkers’ routinised, self-evident and largely unquestioned behaviours, not only in terms of what they do, but also of what they think, feel and know. Building on Bourdieu, it introduces the concept of institutional habitus, which refers to the dispositions caseworkers develop on the job. On the basis of a specific decision-making practice termed ‘digging deep’, the article shows how these dispositions are structured and how, through the practices institutional habitus generates, these ‘structuring structures’ are continuously reaffirmed, leading to the relatively stable outcomes of administrative decision-making that can be observed from the outside. The article argues against the assumption that regularities of administrative work should be understood as the outcome of strict rule-following, top-down orders and political instrumentalism. At the same time, it challenges the individualist quality sometimes ascribed to discretionary practices in street-level bureaucracy literature and in critiques of credibility assessment practices in asylum adjudication.
Reference values for the short forms of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale
Authors: Lee Chun Fan , Wee Hwee Lin , Teo Irene , Lee Geok Ling , Thumboo Julian , Cheung Yin Bun , Neo Shirlyn H. S.
Published: January 2021

Purpose

The 15- and 10-item short forms of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale (SCQOLS-15 and SCQOLS-10) were recently developed as a quick assessment of caregiver quality of life. Reference values describing the distribution of the total and domain scores are available for the full-length version, but they are not yet available for the short forms. This study aimed to estimate the reference values for the short forms.

Methods

Data from a cross-sectional survey of 612 family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in Singapore were fitted in quantile regression models. Percentiles were estimated by regressing the short forms’ scores on caregiver characteristics. Classification by the reference values for the short forms and the full-length version were compared and agreement was evaluated.

Results

The caregiver’s role in caring for the patient and the patient’s performance status were associated with the percentiles of the total scores and most domain scores (each Bonferroni-adjusted p-value, PB, < 0.05). Higher-educated caregivers were categorized into higher percentiles according to the SCQOLS-15 and SCQOLS-10 total scores and the SCQOLS-15 Mental Well-being and Financial Well-being domain scores (each PB < 0.05). Ethnicity was associated with the SCQOLS-15 Physical Well-being and Experience & Meaning domains (each PB < 0.05). The percentiles for the short forms showed moderate to substantial agreement with those for the full-length version in terms of classifying caregivers into percentile intervals (quadratic-weighted Kappa = 0.72 to 0.92).

Conclusion

Reference values for the SCQOLS-15 and SCQOLS-10 were estimated in relation to caregiver characteristics to facilitate interpretation of the short form scores.
Factors influencing DNA extraction from human skeletal remains: bone characteristic and total demineralization process
Authors: Booncharoen Pichittra , Khacha-ananda Supakit , Kanchai Chaturong , Ruengdit Sittiporn
Published: January 2021

Background

The extraction of DNA from skeletal remains with good quality and quantity is often challenging for the ability to generate DNA typing. Previous studies demonstrated the DNA extraction with total demineralization from fresh teeth and bones; however, the application in old skeletal remains has been less performed. To obtain good quality and high yield of DNA amount extracted from skeletal remains, the objective of this study was focused on exploring the factors influencing the total demineralization process to obtain developing effective methods.

Results

The concentration of EDTA was found to significantly enhance calcium chelation from the bone while pH of EDTA solution, incubation temperature, incubation time, and volume of EDTA solution were not significant. The optimal condition of total demineralization obtained from Placket-Burmann results represented good-quality DNA and the highest concentration of extracted DNA yield. Subsequently, the STR typing in some bone specimens processed by total demineralization process prior to DNA extraction was improved.

Conclusions

EDTA concentration was a key influencing factor on the total demineralization process to chelate calcium from human skeletal remains. The total demineralization process in old bone specimens probably improved the STR profiles.
Erector spinae plane block (ESPB): an adjuvant multimodal analgesic in the Combined Mandibulectomy and Neck Dissection (COMMANDO)—a case report
Authors: Ashok Jadon , Nair Abhijit S. , Neelam Sinha , Shahi Prashant K.
Published: January 2021

Background

The Combined Mandibulectomy and Neck Dissection (COMMANDO) surgery results in severe postoperative pain and requires multimodal analgesia (MMA) for its management. We speculated that the erector spinae plane block (ESPB) which is the ultrasound (US)-guided regional technique and has been used in various types of surgeries due to its analgesic benefits could be used as an effective analgesic adjunct in COMMANDO surgery.

Case presentation

We report a case of a 68-year-old female patient who underwent left side COMMANDO surgery for carcinoma cheek. She was given an ultrasound-guided left erector spinae plane block (ESPB) in the preoperative period with catheter insertion at T3 (3rd thoracic vertebral level). Two boluses of local anesthetic were given each with 10 ml 0.25% ropivacaine one before and one after surgery, and then, the infusion was started with a volumetric pump. The ESPB provided effective intraoperative as well as postoperative pain relief without any side effects.

Conclusion

US-guided ESPB could be used as a potential opioid-sparing multimodal analgesic in head and neck surgeries based on the pain relief provided and the spread of contrast on imaging. This hypothesis needs to be explored in the form of case series and adequately powered randomized controlled trials.
A review of the genome, epidemiology, clinical features, prevention, and treatment scenario of COVID-19: Bangladesh aspects
Authors: Al Noman Abdullah , Islam Md. Shofiqul , Sana Samiron , Mondal Prapti , Meem Rima Islam , Rana Sohel , Mondol Debashish , Sana Manoshi , Hossain Sheikh I. , Joarder Taufique , Mazumder Kishor
Published: January 2021

Background

The ongoing acute respiratory disease pandemic termed COVID-19 caused by a newly emerged coronavirus has jeopardized the world’s health and economic sectors. As of 20 July 2020, the virus now known as SARS-CoV-2 has already infected more than 14 million individuals and killed 612,815 patients with a mortality rate of 4.12% around the world regardless of age, gender, and race.

Main body

Bangladesh has become one of its worst sufferers, with 207,453 infected people and 2668 related deaths with a mortality rate of 1.29% until 20 July 2020. More than 50% of COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh are aged between 21 and 40, but elderly people aged more than 60 have the highest mortality rate (44.7%). Male individuals are also more susceptible to the virus than females and consist of 71% and 79% among the infected and deceased patients, respectively. The most prevalent clinical features following the virus incubation period are fever, fatigue, and dry cough. A phylogenetic analysis study elucidated that the virus strain found in the country has 9 single-nucleotide variants, mostly in the ORF1ab gene, and a sequence containing 3 successive variants in the N protein, which reflects a weaker strain of SARS-CoV-2, implicating a possibility of its lower mortality rate. Another investigation of 184 genome samples of SARS-CoV-2 across the country implicated a close homology with a European haplotype of SARS-CoV-2. The country has also joined the race of vaccine development and started phase III clinical trials of a candidate vaccine developed by Sinovac Research and Development Co Ltd, China.

Conclusion

Bangladesh, as a developing country, still struggles with the pandemic and needs to scale up its response operation and improve healthcare facilities such as testing capacity, institutional quarantine, and isolation centers and promote awareness. Preventive measures such as strict lockdown, social distancing, and boosting the existing immune system are thus considered the only contrivances.
Wait-and-See or Step in? Dynamics of Interventions
Authors: Foarta Dana , Sugaya Takuo
Published: January 2021

We study the optimal intervention policy to stop projects in a relational contract between a principal and a policymaker. The policymaker is privately informed about his ability and privately chooses how much effort to exert. Before a project is completed, the principal receives a signal about its outcome and can intervene to stop it. Intervention may prevent a bad outcome, but no intervention leads to better learning about the policymaker’s ability. In the benchmarks with observable effort or observable ability, optimal intervention follows a threshold rule. With unobservable effort and ability, the optimal policy switches between intervention and no intervention. (JEL D78, D82, D86)
Μίμηση και αυτισμός: μια σύγχρονη θεωρητική προσέγγιση
Authors: Α. Κυπριωτάκη Μαρία , Ε. Μαρκοδημητράκη Μαρία
Published: January 2021

In recent years, there has been some progress and increasing scientific interest in issues regarding autism. Several theories have been developed to explain the basic symptoms and back supportive intervention techniques. In the present article, we will attempt to define the terms imitation and autism and summarize the basic theories related to them. Moreover, we will focus on, summarize and discuss the difficulties children with autism have in with imitation and present findings of the most recent research which explore the development of imitation skills in children with autism. This article identifies and highlights the absence of consensus regarding issues of imitation in autism and the lack of longitudinal naturalistic studies which could give us a more accurate picture about the development of imitation skills in children with autism. We conclude that there is an obvious need for further research that will deepen our knowledge upon this matter.
Μυστικά και εκμυστηρεύσεις: Πώς τα μικρά παιδιά χειρίζονται τα μυστικά
Authors: Αναγνωστάκη Λήδα , Παπαθανασίου Αθανασία
Published: January 2021

The behavior of young children regarding the disclosure of secret information was investigated. Two hundred and nine children, 4-6 years old, participated in an experiment where a puppet, named Zinc, was the protagonist. Children were asked to whom Zinc would disclose pieces of information, some of which are considered secrets. Children could choose between Zinc’s friend, a non-friend, both friend and non-friend, or nobody. Participants were divided in two experimental groups: in the first group a verbal clue was given to the participants that someinformation might be secret, whereas in the second group no clue was presented. Results showed that young children, like older individuals, handle secrets and non-secrets differently, choosing either to withholdsecrets or to share them only with friends, but not with non-friends, therefore following the “restrictive selfdisclosure” pattern. In contrast, young children do not withhold non-secret information but share it both with friends and non-friends. However, young children’s behavior is influenced by verbal clues; when verbal clues regarding potential “secrecy” of the information are given, young children tend to treat all of the information as secret.
Aντιλήψεις εκπαιδευτικών της δευτεροβάθμιας για την αξιοποίηση των τεχνολογιών της πληροφορίας και της επικοινωνίας στην εκπαίδευση: Έμφυλες διαστάσεις
Authors: Βεκύρη Ιωάννα , Σχορετσανίτου Παρασκευή
Published: January 2021

The present study explored teachers’ role in the gender digital divide by examining their beliefs regarding the educational integration of information and com - munication technologies (ICTs) and their views about ICTs and gender. Partici - pants were 164 secondary education teachers who responded to a survey. Questions focused on teachers’personal and educational ICT use, their computer self-efficacy, their beliefs about the educational uses that of ICTs and their views on issues of gender and information technology. The results showed thatteachers tended to think that boys were more capable in computers and that the study of computing was more appropriate for boys. Female teachers reported lower personal and educational ICT use as well aslower self-efficacy regarding the use of ICTs in the classroom compared to male teachers. However, in female teachers, teaching experience correlated negatively with both self-efficacy and gender stereotypes.This indicates that young female teachers may present a positive role model to their female students as they appear to be more confident to use ICTs in the classroom and to hold non-stereotyped views about gender and technology.
Η λειτουργία της οικογένειας με ένα παιδί με αναπηρία και ειδικές εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες: Μια συγκριτική μελέτη
Authors: Τσαμπαρλή Αναστασία , Τσιμπιδάκη Ασημίνα
Published: January 2021

The present study focuses on the particular characteristics of the family with a child with disability and special educational needs (d./s.e.n.). The sample consists of 60 nuclear families: 30 families with children with d./s.e.n. and 30 families with children without d./s.e.n. (in total 234 individuals: 120 parents and 114 children). Semi-structured interview,questionnaires and projective tests were used for data collection. The findings suggest that families raising a child with d./s.e.n present an explicit generational hierarchy. A main factor in the organization and content of roles of the subsystems is the existence of the child with d./s.e.n. The families are child-centered and parental projections in the future are hindered. The siblings function as levers of balance. Moreover, there is no statistically significant difference between parents with and those without a child with d./s.e.n. on the following: (a) family cohesion, adaptability and type of family, (b) the degree of satisfaction from the marital relationship, c) coping strategies, and d) the number of social support networks and the degree of satisfaction that derives from them. The general conclusion of this study is that families raising a child with d./s.e.n. present some common characteristics in their organisation and functioning compared to the families of children without d./s.e.n. At the same time, the families of children with d./s.e.n. have distinguishable dynamics: they present their own rules of organization; however, these do not render them dysfunctional.
Το σχήμα και ο αριθμός ως αναπαραστασιακά εργαλεία επίλυσης προβλημάτων χρονικών σχέσεων
Authors: Σαμαρτζή Σταυρούλα , Καζή Σμαράγδα
Published: January 2021

Time is a complex concept. As such, its understanding and manipulation on a cognitive level develops slowly during childhood and adolescence. The present study examines problem-solving, reasoning and metacognitive abilities of schoolaged children on temporal-relation problems. It also examines the influence of different representationalmeans of time quantification, i.e., numerical and figural, on children’s performance. This research concerns 233 school-aged children, which were presented with seven problems. They were first asked to answer each problem. After solving the problem, half of the children were asked to represent the described temporal relations in numbers and then in figures, whereas the other half had to represent the problem in the opposite order. After each representation, children were asked to check their original answer to the problem, with the option to either maintain it or revise it. Results show that for school-aged children: (a) “initial temporal order” is a difficult concept to grasp compared to the concepts of “final order” and “duration of events”; b) the use of numbers leads to adequate representation of time and facilitates the figural one, whereas the opposite pattern was not observed; and c) up to 10 years of age, children’s meta-cognitive, and especially selfcorrection capacity, seems to be very poor.
Striving for a thorough understanding of the discipline: A commentary on the first four papers
Authors: Entwistle Noel
Published: January 2021

This commentary looks at the first four articles, those by Hazel Francis, David Hay, Max Scheja and Anna Bonnevier, and Lennart Svensson. Each of these four papers examines the processes by which students come to understand, or fail to understand, ideas within academic disciplines. It concentrates on those ideas introduced in the four papers that contribute most strongly to the main theme of this Special Issue in clarifying the nature of the learning processes through which students strive to reach a thorough understanding. Although the theoretical frameworks used in the analyses are quite different, the conclusions reached nevertheless seem to offer complementary views of how students come to understand. In this commentary, certain aspects from each of the articles are highlighted, leading to a more general discussion to consider how these papers extend the research on student understanding.
Learner identities and the will to understand: The experiences of undergraduate biosciences students in the UK
Authors: McCune Velda
Published: January 2021

Understanding depends on applying a particular kind of effort to learning. The research reported in this article investigates what influences students’ willingness to engage in the kinds of active learning which would be required for a deep personal understanding of the “ways of thinking and practising” of their subject area. The analysis is basedon 19 group interviews with 59 experienced biosciences students from three contrasting types of university in the UK, drawn from a more extensive set of transcripts from a large-scale national project. A rigorous thematic analysis of the data was carried out using HyperRESEARCH, a computer program which has the flexibility to allow thorough and diverse analyses of qualitative data. The findings illustrate the interplay between the will to understand, aspects of students’ identities and key dimensions of the contexts within which they were learning. Where interaction between the students and their learning context allowed for more authentic learning experiences, this seemed to have a positive influence on their willingness to engage actively and critically with their studies.
Attitudinal and normative influence on behavioral intentions: the moderating role of meta-attitudinal judgments within the Theory of Reasoned Action
Authors: Kokkinaki Flora
Published: January 2021

The present research investigates the moderating role of meta-attitudinal properties in the Theory of Reasoned Action. Participants reported their attitudes towards voting for a particular political party, as well as their certainty, experienced ambivalence and subjective knowledge. They also reported their subjective norms, voting intentions and, at a later stage, their voting behavior. The results corroborate the predictive value of the theory. They also support the hypothesized moderating role of attitude certainty and subjective knowledge and indicate that individuals who feel certain about their attitudes and think are well-informed are more likely to base their behavioral decisions on these attitudes and less likely to rely on the expectations of important others. These findings are discussed in relation to attitude-behavior consistency and to social influence.
Δυσαρέσκεια με την εικόνα του σώματος, διαιτητική συμπεριφορά και αυτοεκτίμηση στην εφηβεία
Authors: Μακρή-Μπότσαρη Εύη
Published: January 2021

The abstract is available in the PDF
Η επίδραση της κατασκευής του εαυτού στον επιπολιτισμό Αλβανών και Ινδών μεταναστών στην Ελλάδα: οι επιπτώσεις στην ψυχική υγεία
Authors: Κατέρη Ευαγγελία , Καραδήμας Ευάγγελος
Published: January 2021

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"Δυνητικοί" εαυτοί κατά τη μέση εφηβεία: Η σχέση τους με τη σχολική επίδοση και ο ρόλος ποικίλων δημογραφικών παραγόντων
Authors: Λεονταρή Αγγελική , Γωνίδα Ελευθερία , Γιαλαμάς Βασίλης
Published: January 2021

Abstract is available in the PDF
Εκτελεστικές λειτουργίες: Μια διερευνητική εφαρμογή της κλίμακας “Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function” (BRIEF) σε μαθητές Δημοτικού σχολείου
Authors: Τάνταρος Σπύρος , Νικολάου Όλγα
Published: January 2021

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Γνώση, στάση και εκτίμηση της αποτελεσματικότητας στη γραπτή έκφραση μαθητών με Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες
Authors: Κ. Δημάκος Ιωάννης , Χέλμη Μαργαρίτα
Published: January 2021

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Χαρισματικοί μαθητές και Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες στη σχολική κοινότητα: Διαφορετικές ανάγκες και δυσκολίες
Authors: Γκαρή Αικατερίνη , Τσιγκρή Χριστίνα
Published: January 2021

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The identification of needs and development of best practice guidance for the psychological support of frontline healthcare workers during and after COVID-19: A protocol for the FLoWS project
Authors: Flynn Jack , O'Connor Laura , Hanlon Michelle , Bellani Giacomo , Contreras Maya , Doherty Anne , Durand Hannah , Fallon Elaine , Gormley Clare , Laffey John , Molloy Gerry , Sarma Kiran , Strepparava Maria Grazia , Russo Selena , Walsh Jane , McGuire Brian E.
Published: January 2021

Recent estimates suggest that up to 34% of frontline workers in healthcare (FLWs) at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic response are reporting elevated symptoms of psychological distress due to resource constraints, ineffective treatments, and concerns about self-contamination. However, little systematic research has been carried out to assess the mental health needs of FLWs in Europe, or the extent of psychological suffering in FLWs within different European countries of varying outbreak severity. Accordingly, this project will employ a mixed-methods approach over three work packages to develop best-practice guidelines for alleviating psychological distress in FLWs during the different phases of the pandemic. Work package 1 will identify the point and long-term prevalence of psychological distress symptoms in a sample of Irish and Italian FLWs, and the predictors of these symptoms. Work package 2 will perform a qualitative needs assessment on a sample of Irish and Italian FLWs to identify sources of stress and resilience, barriers to psychological care, and optimal strategies for alleviating psychological distress in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Work package 3 will synthesise the findings from the preceding work packages to draft best practice guidelines, which will be co-created by a multidisciplinary panel of experts using the Delphi method. The guidelines will provide clinicians with a framework for alleviating psychological distress in FLWs, with particular relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic, but may also have relevance for future pandemics and other public health emergencies.
Attachment in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder
Authors: Kaźmierczak-Mytkowska Anna , Butwicka Agnieszka , Lucci Kamil , Wolańczyk Tomasz , Bryńska Anita
Published: January 2021

Cel pracy

Ocena wzorców przywiązania wśród nastolatków (13-16 lat) z rozpoznaniem ADHD lub ADHD i opozycyjno- buntowniczymi zaburzeniami zachowania (ODD).

Metoda

Ocena przy użyciu Inwentarza Przywiązania do Rodziców i Rówieśników (IPPA) oraz Kwestionariusza Przywiązania do Rodziców (PBI) w trzech grupach nastolatków, wychowujących się w rodzinach biologicznych: (1) grupie ADHD/ODD (n=40), (2) grupie ADHD (n=40) oraz (3) grupie K (kontrolnej) nastolatków (n=40), którzy nie korzystali obecnie lub w przeszłości z opieki psychologicznej lub psychiatrycznej.

Wyniki

Wzorce przywiązania do rodziców w obszarze Zaufania, Komunikacji i Alienacji (IPPA) oraz Troski i Kontroli (PBI) w grupie ADHD/ODD różnią się istotnie w porównaniu z grupą kontrolną. Nastolatki z grupy ADHD/ODD opisują istotnie mniej doświadczanego Zaufania i Komunikacji (IPPA) oraz Troski (PBI) w relacjach z rodzicami a więcej Alienacji (IPPA) i Kontroli (PBI), niż nastolatki z grupy ADHD. Wzorce przywiązania do rówieśników w obu grupach klinicznych i kontrolnej różnią się istotnie. W grupie ADHD/ODD dominuje lękowo – unikający styl przywiązania do matki oraz ojca, w grupie ADHD styl bezpieczny w relacji z matką oraz lękowo-unikający w relacji z ojcem. W relacjach z rówieśnikami w grupie ADHD/ODD oraz grupie ADHD dominuje styl lękowo-unikający.

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Obraz przywiązania istotnie różni się u nastolatków z rozpoznaniem ADHD i opozycyjno – buntowniczych zaburzeń zachowania i nastolatków z rozpoznaniem ADHD. W grupie ADHD/ODD oraz grupie ADHD w odróżnieniu od grupy nastolatków bez diagnozy psychiatrycznej, dominują pozabezpieczne wzorce przywiązania do rodziców i rówieśników (głównie styl lękowo- unikający).
First reported case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children in West Texas
Authors: Dean Ryan , Narayanan Monisha , Nix Evan , Stepka Kinsley , Mattamal Raphael
Published: January 2021

Research focusing on COVID-19-associated complications has become a growing area of importance. One such complication is multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a rare immune-mediated condition that most commonly presents with Kawasaki-like symptoms in the pediatric population. Potential complications include myocarditis, renal impairment, and cytokine storm. Here we describe the first reported case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in the West Texas region, presenting in a Hispanic 5-year-old female with a recent history of COVID-19. The patient arrived to the hospital with a 4 day history of high fever, a 2 day history of diffuse maculopapular rash, and complaints of fatigue, generalized body aches, decreased appetite, headache, and abdominal pain. Further physical exam revealed hepatosplenomegaly and cervical lymphadenopathy, while labs revealed elevated inflammatory markers, lymphopenia, left shift with bandemia and immature cells, thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, and transaminitis. The patient was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with a suspected Kawasaki-like illness and started on high dose aspirin and IV immunoglobulin. She was placed on methylprednisolone, albumin, and acetaminophen on hospital day 3. By hospital day 4, the patient defervesced, inflammatory markers decreased, and clinical symptoms improved. The patient was discharged on hospital day 10 with absent fever and improvement of clinical symptoms for 6 consecutive days. No complications were detected upon follow-up 2 weeks later. A low threshold of suspicion for this illness is required in any child with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, as the presentation is vague and early identification is necessary to prevent further complications.
The use of curved sheath technique to facilitate difficult internal carotid artery occlusions
Authors: Mittal Nitish , Rao Sanjana , Ansari Mohammad M.
Published: January 2021

Carotid Artery Occlusive Disease or Carotid Artery Stenosis (CAS), a widely prevalent disease, involves blockage of the arterial wall through atherosclerotic plaques. Due to the high prevalence of carotid artery stenosis, innovative approaches to improve the outcome are required, particularly for more difficult and unique cases. Within this report, we present a particularly difficult case of Type III Aortic Arch – Right Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) stenosis making it a challenging case. We describe a symptomatic 87-year-old male who presented to Cardiology clinic. CT angiogram showed 70% occlusion of right internal carotid artery and patient was deemed high risk for carotid artery surgery; hence, the patient underwent internal carotid artery stenting. After the procedure, angiogram results were excellent, and the patient was transferred to CICU in stable hemodynamic condition. This case demonstrates the significance of innovative new techniques in the development of medical treatment.
 Keywords: Carotid Artery Stenting, Curve Sheath Technique, Type 3 Aortic Arch, Right Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis
Monitoring and assessment activities and indications of empathic behavior of the examined teachers during physical education lessons
Authors: Muszkieta Radoslaw , Oleśniewicz Piotr , Cieślicka Mirosława , Napierała Marek
Published: January 2021

The material of the studies was the physical education teachers of randomly chosen Poznań (Poland) schools: primary, grammar, and secondary schools. The studies involved 584 physical education teachers. The studies were conducted in the school year of 1999-2000. For the studies, an observation method was applied consisting in lesson observations during physical education lessons carried out by physical education teachers. The results of the studies form characteristic upward or downward tendencies. The higher the educational stage the higher the percentage value for the teachers who: a) assess attitudes and behavior of the students; b) monitor and assess knowledge of the students in the field of physical culture; c) assess with grades or points motor and organizational skills; d) assess verbally tasks’ achievement; e) apply and introduce self-monitoring and self-assessment of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and physical fitness of the students. The downward tendencies were observed exclusively for monitoring attitudes and behavior of the students (i.e. having sports outfit, activity, involvement, attendance, etc.). The examined women were characterized by better and more positive empathic behavior. For all parameters, the women appeared to be better.
The activity of people with disabilities in the Enterprise Multitrade "Łuczniczka” in Tuchola
Authors: Zawadziński Arkadiusz , Napierała Marek , Pezala Małgorzata , Zukow Walery
Published: January 2021

The main objective of this study was to determine the physical activity of the handicapped working in a multidisciplinary Enterprise "Łuczniczka” in Tucholi.The study hypothesized main: People with disabilities working in the Enterprise Multitrade "Łuczniczka”  in Tucholi are physically active.The study used survey method. A survey was conducted among 55 people with disabilities. Conclusions: - reason physical activity for people with disabilities is the satisfaction and improve their own well-being. -by physical activity with disabilities want to mitigate the differences between them and the non-disabled.  - favorite activities include cycling-persons disabilities prefer a healthy lifestyle- disabled men systematically undertake physical activity than women with disabilities.
The effect of physical activity on psychomotor women menopausal
Authors: Wiśniewska Alicja , Napierała Marek , Pezala Małgorzata , Zukow Walery
Published: January 2021

The main objective of this study was to present the impact of physical activity on psychomotor menopausal women. The study was conducted in the month of June in 2014, inLipno in the province. Kuyavian - Pomeranian. Studied 105 women from urban and rural areas in age from 43 to 62 years. The surveyed women in menopause who attend the swimming pool, various physical activities and growing recreational sport in the city.Conclusions: 1. Generally common symptom of menopause in women surveyed are the wave of heat, and the symptoms of menopause are doing quite well. 2. The health status of women surveyed allows them to sports, but not to the extent to which the want of choice and type of physical activity during menopause is Nordic walking. 3. The most perceived change in the surveyed women began to be active since the movement is the general improvement in well-being.
Evaluation of the presence of endothelial dysfunction in children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura in terms of doppler ultrasound
Authors: Dudnyk Veronika M. , Korol Tatyana G.
Published: January 2021

Purpose - to assess the presence of endothelial dysfunction in children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura in terms of Doppler ultrasound. Material and methods. We examined 123 children with Henoch - Schonlein purpura from 1 to 18 years old. Assessment of functional status and vasoregulatory vascular endothelial function was performed using Doppler ultrasound using ultrasound scanner "Philips HDII XE" B-mode sensor linear format in the frequency range from 5 MHz to 15 MHz at rest. The Results. Using doppler ultrasound, we found that the endothelial dysfunction observed in all children with at Henoch - Schonlein purpura. In patients with maximum disease activity index of structural and functional state of the endothelium of the carotid and brachial arteries were 1.3 - 1.5 times more than in healthy children. Also, more severe violations of hemodynamic characteristics of blood flow in the brachial artery (speed reduction) were observed at the III degree of activity and accounted for - Vsp 34,59 ± 3,18 mm / sec, Ved 2,72 ± 0,57 mm / sec, S / D 10 15 ± 0,82.
The role of asthma’s basic therapy in the development of endothelial dysfunction in children
Authors: Dudnyk Veronika M. , Khromykh Katerina V.
Published: January 2021

Purpose - estimation of basic anti-inflammatory therapy with inhaled glucocorticoids in the development of endothelial dysfunction in children with asthma. Materials and methods. Comprehensively examined 224 children with asthma, aged 6 - 17 years, with determination of homocysteine and vascular endothelial growth factor. 40 healthy children were examined as a control group. Results. Established that the likelihood of adverse effects when using the highest GCI monotherapy (OR 8,889; 95% CI 4,803 - 16,449) and combination therapy with mast cell membranes stabilizeres (OR 1,111; 95% CI1,051 - 2,734). Determined that the risk factors increase homocysteine than 17.36 (11.3 - 24.5) mmol / l and VEGF above 431.66 (238.04 - 658.09) pg / ml in serum of children with asthma were using of doses aerosol inhalators without conveying device and without increasing of IGC dose.
Cigarette smoking in pregnancy
Authors: Łepecka-Klusek Celina , Pilewska-Kozak Anna Bogusława , Stadnicka Grażyna , Pałucka Klaudia
Published: January 2021

Introduction. Smoking cigarettes is a major health and social-economical problem. It poses a threat to reproduction, parturition and the health of the baby.Aim. Illustrating the problem of smoking cigarettes by pregnant women on the basis of the review of the bibliography.            Brief description of the state of the art. This research demonstrates the epidemiology and the scale of the problem as well as the consequences of smoking during pregnancy taking into consideration the division into the parturition and the health of the baby. It also discusses women’s awareness of the negative effects of such behaviours.Conclusion. The review of the bibliography indicates that smoking cigarettes by pregnant women is not uncommon. The scale of the problem is not easy to assess due to the fact that many of these women simply do not admit to it. The negative consequences of smoking during pregnancy are quite numerous and pertain to both the parturition and the state of the newborn as well as the health of the child at a later stage in its life. This calls for the need to shape anti-nicotine attitudes, especially in girls and women in the reproductive period.
The Effect Of Mayo And Keto Diet and Physical Activities Toward Weight, Abdominal Circumference and Fat Thickness Reduction
Authors: Septian Mis Ido , Kushartanti Wara
Published: January 2021

Aim: The aim of this research was for knowing and testing: 1) weight reduction after done the diet for 13 days; 2) the effect of mayo and keto diet towards consumer’s physical activity; and 3) interaction between diet and physical activities.

Methods: The reseach method that used is experimental with the use of 2x3 factorial design. Sample for this research was whole population which is 30 people of dandelion catering consumer, starting from junior high school students to house wives. The instrument used for measuring abdominal circumference was meter, for measuring weight was scale, and for measuring the fat thickness used skinfold. Analysis of this research was using ANOVA two paths with the score of significant level α= 0,05.

Results: The result of this research is: 1) The effect of keto and mayo diet towards weight, waist circumference, and fat thickness reduction, in significant level of < α 0,05; 2) diet effect (mayo and keto) and physical activity toward weight, waist circumference, and fat thickness reduction, in sigficant score for weight 0.706 > α 0,05, for waist circumference 0.631 > α 0,05, and for fat thickness . 710 > α 0,05.

Conclusion: The conclusion towards this reserach was: 1) there was a significant different effect between keto and mayo diet towards weight, waist circumference, and fat thickness reduction; 2) there was no different significant effect between diet (mayo and keto) and physical activity towards weight, waist circumference, and fat thickness reduction; and 3) there was no interaction between diet (keto and mayo) and activitiy (light, medium, high) towards weight, waist circumference, and fat thickness reduction.
Hydrotherapy in nervous system diseases
Authors: Iłżecka Joanna
Published: January 2021

SUMMARY

Hydrotherapy is one method used in the rehabilitation treatment of various diseases, including diseases of the nervous system with a positive result. It is used in many exercise programs. It has been shown that hydrotherapy reduces the clinical symptoms of the nervous system diseases, reduces pain and improves quality of life. The mechanism of action of hydrotherapy is omnidirectional; among other things, it has a positive effect on segmental spinal mechanisms, induces muscle relaxation, affects the activity of the autonomic nervous system. The aim of the work was a review of the literature on hydrotherapy in nervous system diseases.