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The Impact of the No-Plastic-Bag Campaign on Customer Repurchase Intentions and its mechanism in the Modern Trade Business in Bangkok
Authors: Ratasuk Akaraphun
Published: November 2021

This research investigated the impact of the no-plastic-bag campaign on customer repurchase intentions in the modern trade business in Bangkok. Six hundred customers of modern trade stores in Bangkok were initially approached using a stratified random sampling method, but only 418 of them participated in this survey. The partial least squares structural equation results indicated that the no-plastic-bag campaign promotes customer repurchase intentions (β=0.098; p=0.038). Also, the no-plastic-bag campaign could indirectly foster customer repurchase intentions via both enhancing brand image (t=7.379; p<0.001) and increasing customers’ perceived value (t=2.806; p<0.001). Therefore, it can be concluded that the no-plastic-bag campaign benefits modern trade businesses, promoting customer repurchase intentions by enhancing their brand image and customer perceived values. This research also explored the mediating roles of brand image and perceived value on the relationship. These findings provide new knowledge of the no plastic bag campaign’s contribution to customer repurchase intentions which has not yet been investigated, and the mechanism linking them together. The results can be applied as a guideline to other modern-trade businesses or other businesses to enhance their brand image and promote customer repurchase intentions, which is crucial to sustainable business accomplishment.

This research investigated the impact of the no-plastic-bag campaign on customer repurchase intentions in the modern trade business in Bangkok. Six hundred customers of modern trade stores in Bangkok were initially approached using a stratified random sampling method, but only 418 of them participated in this survey. The partial least squares structural equation results indicated that the no-plastic-bag campaign promotes customer repurchase intentions (β=0.098; p=0.038). Also, the no-plastic-bag campaign could indirectly foster customer repurchase intentions via both enhancing brand image (t=7.379; p<0.001) and increasing customers’ perceived value (t=2.806; p<0.001). Therefore, it can be concluded that the no-plastic-bag campaign benefits modern trade businesses, promoting customer repurchase intentions by enhancing their brand image and customer perceived values. This research also explored the mediating roles of brand image and perceived value on the relationship. These findings provide new knowledge of the no plastic bag campaign’s contribution to customer repurchase intentions which has not yet been investigated, and the mechanism linking them together. The results can be applied as a guideline to other modern-trade businesses or other businesses to enhance their brand image and promote customer repurchase intentions, which is crucial to sustainable business accomplishment.
The Ambiguity of the Gender of Avalokiteśvara: A Comparative Study on the Representations of Avalokiteśvara from India and China during Sui-Tang-Period
Authors: Lele Huang
Published: November 2021

Buddhism was transmitted to China during the Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE) and integrated with existing Chinese cultures such as Confucianism and Taoism. Within Buddhism itself, Avalokiteśvara, a Bodhisattva who is believed to have made a great vow to assist sentient beings in times of difficulty and postpone his Buddhahood until he has assisted every sentient being in achieving nirvana, experienced a long process of change. One of the striking changes in the image of Avalokiteśvara in China is the shifting of the gender of Avalokiteśvara. The great Sui-Tang dynasties patronized Buddhism as a state cult during the more significant portion of their reign. Many scholars like Wu Yan, Jiao Jie, Sun Xiushen, Cui Feng, etc. observed that the Sui-Tang period was the turning point for the gender transformation of Kuan-yin.[1] In this paper, I am going to do a comparative study on the representations of Avalokiteśvara from both India and China broadly from the seventh to tenth centuries, to see how Kuan-yin transformed in China and whether there might be influences from India in the ways that Kuan-yin’s gender is constructed in the iconography.
Presleep Cognitive Thoughts Impact on Subsequent Day's After-Sleep Thoughts using Regression
Authors: Kinkar Ketki , Zore Anuj , Somani Krishna , Gupta Shivang , Bhosale Prasad , Suryawanshi Vaishali
Published: November 2021

In today’s rapidly changing society, people are under immense pressure. Mental illnesses have a growing incidence. In this paper, we are validating the correlation between thoughts in pre-sleep cognitive state and the succeeding day. We studied our thesis on nine individuals over a period of 3 months, and a substantial relationship between cognitive presleep and post-sleep thoughts was observed. We can conclude from our research that keeping positive presleep thoughts have a strong impact on efficiency and mindset for the succeeding day. Advances in studies on pre-sleep and post-sleep thoughts can therefore bring light on how this cognition impacts our waking life, which can further motivate the creation of innovative techniques for reducing stress and anxiety during sleep and boosting healthy sleep cognition.
Online comments as input enhancement
Authors: Aldukhayel Dukhayel
Published: November 2021

Chapelle (2003) proposed three general types of input enhancement that help L2 learners “acquire features of the linguistic input that they are exposed to during the course reading or listening for meaning” (p. 40): input salience, input modification, and input elaboration. In 2010, Cárdenas-Claros and Gruba argued that Chapelle’s different types of input enhancement “can be and have been operationalized through help options” primarily utilized in the teaching of reading, listening, writing, grammar, and vocabulary such as glossed words, video/audio control features, captions, subtitles, and grammar explanations (p. 79). As understood from Cárdenas-Claros and Gruba’s classification of help options, input enhancement can only be accomplished through one process: salience, modification, or elaboration. In this article, we argue that YouTube comments have the potential to be (1) a help option that facilitate both listening comprehension of the videos and vocabulary learning and that (2) input enhancement accomplished by comments can be achieved by a combination of different types of input enhancement. Put another way, the aural input of a YouTube video can be salient, modified, and elaborated, thanks to the various types of comments YouTube videos often receive.
A Educação Física no modelo remoto em face à pandemia da COVID-19: reflexões de estudantes e professores sobre o ensino-aprendizagem
Authors: Silva Juliana Daniele de Araújo , França Tereza Luiza de
Published: November 2021

O objetivo deste artigo foi descrever e analisar as opiniões de estudantes e professores da graduação em Educação Física sobre as suas vivências no primeiro semestre de Ensino Remoto Emergencial e implicações no ensino-aprendizagem. Trate-se de uma pesquisa descritiva quali-quantitativa com delineamento transversal. Foi feita uma pesquisa por questionário e uma análise de conteúdo das reflexões apontadas 48 discentes e 6 docentes. Foram apontados benefícios como retomada das atividades de forma flexível, sem custos com locomoção e à facilidade das tecnologias e promoção de novas habilidades e metodologias educacionais. Foi observado pelos relatos que o Ensino Remoto Emergencial apresentou muitas dificuldades a nível de ensino-aprendizagem apesar das vantagens tecnológicas, como a pouca adesão e participação de docentes e discentes nas aulas, problemas com acesso à internet, além de demanda alta de atividades e carência de metodologias de avaliações satisfatórias, e que o ensino híbrido é uma possibilidade futura, desde que bem estruturado.
Roma in the Medieval Islamic World
Authors: Richardson Kristina
Published: November 2021

In Middle Eastern cities as early as the mid-8th century, the Sons of Sasan begged, trained animals, sold medicinal plants and potions, and told fortunes. They captivated the imagination of Arab writers and playwrights, who immortalized their strange ways in poems, plays, and the Thousand and One Nights. Using a wide range of sources, Richardson investigates the lived experiences of these Sons of Sasan, who changed their name to Ghuraba’ (Strangers) by the late 1200s. This name became the Arabic word for the Roma and Roma-affiliated groups also known under the pejorative term ‘Gypsies’.

This book uses mostly Ghuraba’-authored works to understand their tribal organization and professional niches as well as providing a glossary of their language Sin. It also examines the urban homes, neighborhoods, and cemeteries that they constructed. Within these isolated communities they developed and nurtured a deep literary culture and astrological tradition, broadening our appreciation of the cultural contributions of medieval minority communities. Remarkably, the Ghuraba’ began blockprinting textual amulets by the 10th century, centuries before printing on paper arrived in central Europe. When Roma tribes migrated from Ottoman territories into Bavaria and Bohemia in the 1410s, they may have carried this printing technology into the Holy Roman Empire.
Danger in the Path of Chic
Authors: Ferreira Lucy Moyse
Published: November 2021

During the interwar years, a proliferation of violence encroached upon the glossy, idealistic world of fashion: from the curiously common appearance of dismembered heads in fashion illustration, to seemingly torturous techniques and devices advertised by beauty imagery, even extending to garments designed to look assaulted and destroyed. Danger in the Path of Chic brings this disturbing imagery to light for the first time, proposing new directions for historians of fashion, violence and culture in the interwar years.

Concentrating on London, Paris and New York as fashion centres and political allies, the volume explores why horror manifested itself in this way, at this time, and in a sphere that is usually perceived as being built on fantasy and escape. In doing so, Danger in the Path of Chic situates fashion within the very real social, psychological, economic and political traumas of the period.
The Cultural Politics of Food, Taste, and Identity
Authors: Ayora-Diaz Steffan Igor
Published: November 2021

The Cultural Politics of Food, Taste, and Identity examines the social, cultural, and political processes that shape the experience of taste. The book positions flavor as involving all the senses, and describes the multiple ways in which taste becomes tied to local, translocal, glocal, and cosmopolitan politics of identity. Global case studies are included from Japan, China, India, Belize, Chile, Guatemala, the United States, France, Italy, Poland and Spain.

Chapters examine local responses to industrialized food and the heritage industry, and look at how professional culinary practice has become foundational for local identities. The book also discusses the unfolding construction of “local taste” in the context of sociocultural developments, and addresses how cultural political divides are created between meat consumption and vegetarianism, innovation and tradition, heritage and social class, popular food and authenticity, and street and restaurant food.

In addition, contributors discuss how different food products—such as kimchi, quinoa, and Soylent—have entered the international market of industrial and heritage foods, connecting different places and shaping taste and political identities.
The Construction of the Supernatural in Euro-American Cultures
Authors: Saler Benson
Published: November 2021

This book describes aspects of the concept of the supernatural from the intellectual history of Euro-American cultures. These samplings shed light on issues in the study of religions and religion rather than attempting to provide either a lineally coherent or exhaustive account of a somewhat fraught and complicated notion. Observations include uses of the term among the ancient Greeks and medieval Christian theologians and 19th- and 20th-century social scientists. This book highlights more recent academics who draw on the cognitive and evolutionary sciences in attempting to make sense of recurrent features of the representations and meta-representations of different cultures. This includes such counter-intuitive notions as “the mysterious” among the Wayuu of Columbia and Venezuela and “vampires” in Europe and North America.

These observations are concluded in a final essay – “Toward a Realistic and Relevant Science of Religion” – which presents considered opinions on how we might draw on the cognitive and evolutionary sciences to establish the foundations for a genuinely scientific study of religions and religion.

Benson Saler sadly passed away shortly after writing this book. An appreciation of his work, written by Armin W. Geertz, is included in this volume.
Cybermedia
Authors: Dibben Nicola , Perrott Lisa , Zuberi Nabeel , Jeffery Alex , Mangaoang Áine , Koepnick Lutz
Published: November 2021

We’re experiencing a time when digital technologies and advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and big data are redefining what it means to be human. How do these advancements affect contemporary media and music? This collection traces how media, with a focus on sound and image, engages with these new technologies. It bridges the gap between science and the humanities by pairing humanists’ close readings of contemporary media with scientists’ discussions of the science and math that inform them.

This text includes contributions by established and emerging scholars performing across-the-aisle research on new technologies, exploring topics such as facial and gait recognition; EEG and audiovisual materials; surveillance; and sound and images in relation to questions of sexual identity, race, ethnicity, disability, and class and includes examples from a range of films and TV shows including Blade Runner, Black Mirror, Mr. Robot, Morgan, Ex Machina, and Westworld. Through a variety of critical, theoretical, proprioceptive, and speculative lenses, the collection facilitates interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration and provides readers with ways of responding to these new technologies.
Ensino de arte mediado pela criação e uso de software audiovisual
Authors: G. Q. Rangel Alexandre
Published: November 2021

Este artigo apresenta um estudo sobre o uso de obras de arte abertas em ambientesde arte-educação, com foco nos processos de capacitação e colaboração interdisciplinar.As experiências aqui relatadas apontam para um caminho de empoderamento por meiodo desenvolvimento e adaptação de programas de computador e da criação audiovisual.Como fio condutor das experiências é ressaltada a subversão – tanto no formatode expressão quanto na possibilidade de criação e adequação de ferramentas digitais,destacando-se a importância do modelo de licenciamento do software livre. Os camposde expressão escolhidos foram o vídeo ao vivo (remix) e a criação e uso de software interativo,em diálogo com experiências brasileiras de arte aberta e de processo como obra.Palavras-chave: arte-educação, cinema, software livre, programação
Arteterapia & artes visuais: aproximações contemporâneas
Authors: Da Costa Robson Xavier
Published: November 2021

Este ensaio objetiva discutir teoricamente a relação entre a arteterapia e as artesvisuais, a partir da leitura comparativa dos procedimentos desenvolvidos pelo arteterapeuta,comparados analogicamente com práticas comuns do contexto das artes visuais.Utilizamos como base teórica, a abordagem analítica e simbólica de Jung (2005); osconceitos da arteterapia em Paín (2009) e Ciornai (2004); de arte contemporânea emCauquelin (2005) e Chocchiarale (2006). Como método, trabalhamos com a argumentaçãoteórica, comparando literatura e práticas profissionais do arteterapeuta. A partir daargumentação central do texto, consideramos que, é fundamental garantir a formaçãoadequada na área de artes visuais para os profissionais oriundos dos cursos de formação/especialização em arteterapia no Brasil, visando equilibrar a dicotomia entre os conteúdose práticas em psicologia e em artes visuais ministrados nesses cursos no pais.Palavras-chave: Arteterapia. Artes Visuais. Arte Contemporânea.
Artes visuais e identidade em espaços multiculturais não hegemônicos
Authors: Zaccara Madalena
Published: November 2021

O projeto intitulado Artes Visuais e Multiculturalidade: conexões, está em fase dedesenvolvimento e tem como objetivo traçar relações entre a produção artística contemporâneade Recife, capital de Pernambuco e outros centros não hegemônicos comparando-a com o universo globalizado das artes visuais focando a possibilidade de preservaçãode uma política identitária. No trabalho que propomos pretendemos expor algunsresultados obtidos tomando como referência duas obras de dois artistas: um canadensee um pernambucano. São eles: Isidorio Cavalcanti, de Recife, e Terrance Houle um ameríndiode Calgary. Através dos dois queremos estabelecer a sobrevivência da identidadee de um olhar político nos dois espaços sociais.Palavras chave: artes visuais, política, identidade.
Dois Servos da Natureza: A pintura de Francisco Brennand e Aloisio Magalhães vista por um escritor
Authors: Suassuna Ariano
Published: November 2021

É talvez de estranhar, neste “mundo de clarezas definidas”, em que as artes, antesreunidas sob o signo comum da poesia, parecem definitivamente separadas, que umescritor, deixando de lado o campo em que procura se especializar, se atreva a pesquisarnoutro que lhe é estranho, para estudar a obra de dois pintores. Mas, a obedecermos àstendências que dominam atualmente no campo das artes, dentro de pouco tempo teremosuma situação em que somente os pintores falarão de pintura, somente os poetas estarãoautorizados a falar de poesia, e em que as artes estarão para sempre enclausuradasnuma pureza estéril, talvez mortal para elas.De modo que é uma tendência natural de defesa procurar e amar outras artesque não a sua, pois quero declarar, logo de início, que absolutamente não concordo comaquele modo de entender, e que, se bem que esteja convencido de que cada arte tem seuobjeto natural, há uma enorme liberdade de escolha dentro de seus meios e uma maiorainda possibilidade de amor e troca entre elas.
THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: RISK FACTORS AND STRUCTURE
Authors: Revtovich O. P. , Zotova O. V. , Denisevich T. L. , Kurlyanskaya E. K.
Published: November 2021

This article presents the data of the cross-epidemiological study of adult population of Minsk aimed at the determination of the prevalence of chronic heart failure (CHF). The prevalence of chronic heart failure in the studied population on December 1, 2012 was 13.2 %. The most important risk factors for chronic heart failure are age over 55, smoking, concomitant cardiovascular pathology in the past medical history, and the presence of cardiovascular disease in relatives. Coronary heart disease and hypertension are prevalent in the structure of CHF.
NON-COMPACTED MYOCARDIUM OF THE LEFT VENTRICULAR
Authors: Nikolayeva N. V. , Zotova O. V.
Published: November 2021

Non-compacted myocardium of the left ventricular refers to poorly studied diseases of the heart muscle. According to the WHO classification, it belongs to the category of unclassified cardiomyopathy. It develops in congenital heart disease, neuromuscular pathology, defects of the facial skull and has no specific clinical manifestations. The main signs are heart failure, ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias, systemic and pulmonary embolism.
«Catecholamine Splash» and its significance for newborns
Authors: Sheybak L. N.
Published: November 2021

The article presents the results of our own study on provision of cord blood serum with precursors and metabolites of catecholamines in term and preterm newborns, and depending on the way of delivery and the use of amniotomy. It has been shown that monitoring over the content of aromatic amino acids of phenylalanine and tyrosine, and also catecholamine metabolites in the blood serum makes it possible to predict and promptly prescribe cardiotonic therapy.
THE Assesssment of PARAMETERS OF LONG-TERM METABOLIC control in children WITH DIABETES TYPE I using UNDERGOING different types of insulin THerapy and using different means of its introduction
Authors: Volkova N. V. , Mikhno H. G. , Solntseva A. V.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to carry out comparative analysis of long-term compensation of carbohydrate metabolism in children with diabetes type 1 undergoing different types of insulin therapy and using different means of its introduction. Material and methods . We analyzed data of 77 medical histories of children with diabetes type 1. The patients were divided into 3 groups depending on the type of insulin and the way of its introduction. We analyzed both initial and current for the moment of the experiment parameters of glycosylated hemoglobin levels, frequency of blood glucose self-testing, presence of acute complications of diabetes mellitus. Results . The children undergoing continuous subcutaneous insulin introduction revealed significant decrease of glycosylated hemoglobin levels and absence of acute complications of diabetes. The group of children using insulin analogues for a long time had significantly lower glycemia variability and revealed no acute complications of diabetes. Conclusions . We revealed long-term compensation of carbohydrate metabolism in the children with diabetes type I who used insulin pump therapy.
A CASE OF PROLONGED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
Authors: Osipenko D. V. , Borovik A. L. , Kruke O. V.
Published: November 2021

The article presents a clinical case of successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation lasting for more than 90 minutes with a favorable neurological outcome in a patient with acute coronary syndrome. New resuscitation protocols and patient supervision methods after successive restoration of cardiac activity have been described on the particular example.
THE BIOLOGICAL ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA IN BODY AGING
Authors: Fomchenko N. E. , Voropayev E. V. , Skachkov A. V. , Zatora N. Yu.
Published: November 2021

Life expectancy is a complex factor, and identification of genetic mechanisms of its formation is one of the fundamental problems in developmental biology, evolutionary genetics, and molecular gerontology. The task of the biology of aging includes elucidation of the aging mechanisms, which are diverse and involve mechanical deterioration of organism, elucidation of the genetic features of the structure and functioning of the DNA nucleus and cytoplasmic organelles - mitochondria. Currently mitochondrial genetics is an independent scientific discipline. The discovery of the leading role of mitochondria in sensitivity to drugs, their key role in aging and neurodegenerative disorders of apoptosis led to the creation of mitochondrial medicine, which studies diseases associated with mitochondrial dysfunction.
THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF GENITAL HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION AND CERVICAL CANCER IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS AND GOMEL REGION (1995-2014)
Authors: Belyakovskiy V. N. , Voropayev E. V. , Volchenko A. N. , Stasenkova S. V.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to study the regional epidemiological features of genital HPV infection and cervical cancer, to develop an optimal strategy and tactics of medical prevention of invasive cervical cancer in young women of Gomel region. Material and methods. The data on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the Republic of Belarus and Gomel region over 1975-2014 obtained from Belarusian Cancer Registry have been used. The results of cytology and HPV test from 1032 women residing in Gomel and 5873 women living in Dobrush and Dobrush district of Gomel region have been analyzed. The efficacy of HPV test in screening for cervical cancer has been assessed, an algorithm of medical prevention of cervical cancer has been proposed. Results. There is a negative upward trend in the cervical cancer incidence among reproductive-aged women and among women living in the countryside, while morbidity and mortality rates in middle-aged and elderly women are decreasing and carcinogenesis periods of cervical cancer are becoming shorter. 80 % patients with cervical ectopia were HPV-positive. Using DNA HPV test as a screening method can improve the diagnosis of CIN I-III and cervical cancer by 16 times compared with cytology screening. Conclusion. HPV test is an etiopathogenetically reasonable method in the wide-spread HPV epidemic and effectively involves the risk group of young female patients developing cervical cancer. It is necessary to reconsider the tactics of cervical ectopia management in favor of its active treatment.
THE EXPERIENCE OF THE APPLICATION OF ANTIGESTAGENS FOR THE PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY
Authors: Lyzikova Yu. A. , Maltseva S. E. , Semak V. G.
Published: November 2021

Objective: the article describes the experience of the application of antigestagens for the preparation for delivery. Material and methods. The work presents the results of the application of antigestagens to prepare 4 patients for delivery, describes the structural changes in the cervix, the course of the delivery and the postpartum period. Results. 2 (50.0±28.8 %) patients developed regular labor and had natural delivery. 2 (50.0 ±28.8 %) women were performed amniotomy for labor induction a day after the adequate effect of the preparation had been achieved, in all the other cases cesarean section was made due to the weakness of labor. Conclusion. Thus, the work shows the efficiency of antigestagens for the preparation for delivery, but notes that an integrated approach is needed for the further management of the programmed delivery.
THE APPLICATION OF THE COMPUTER ANIMATION VISUALIZATION METHOD IN HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE DUODENUM OF NEWBORNS
Authors: Kovalenko V. V.
Published: November 2021

The article presents the method of computer animation visualisation of the structure of the duodenal walls in histological study, and describes instructions for its application in details. The advantages of the developed method as compared to the existing trivial histologic technique have been noted. The article gives the results of the application of the given method during the study of the features of the histological structure of the duodenal wall in newborns.
A CLINICAL CASE OF ACUTE ETHYLENE GLYCOL POISONING
Authors: Kravchenko A. M. , Malayeva E. G. , Hudyakov I. A. , Tsitko E. V. , Dmitrienko A. A. , Filitovich A. A. , Kostko T. M. , Kozlovskiy A. N. , Mistyukevich A. P. , Denisov A. S.
Published: November 2021

Acute ethylene glycol poisoning is a topical medical and social problem. According to the statistics, ethylene glycol poisoning ranks second among intoxications with technical liquids. The availability of ethylene glycol and lack of public awareness about its poisonous properties is a condition for the occurrence of poisoning. The clinical picture of ethylene glycol intoxication is characterized by the development of three successive stages: the first stage - CNS depression (narcotic phase), the second stage - toxic lesions of the heart and the lungs, the third stage - toxic lesions of the liver, kidneys with the development of acute kidney failure, as well as metabolic acidosis. The article presents a case report of acute poisoning with ethylene glycol, gives the results of the diagnostic activities, the dynamics of the clinical manifestations and laboratory parameters, describes the treatment of the patient.
EVALUATION OF THE METHODS OF IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF LIVER CIRRHOSIS AND PORTAL HYPERTENSION
Authors: Lyzikov A. N. , Skuratov A. G. , Shpakovsky Yu. P.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to evaluate the prospects and role of the methods of imaging (ultrasound and CT) in the diagnosis of the pathogenic aspects of the development and correction of portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis. Material and methods. Patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension, Doppler ultrasound, multislice computed tomography. Conclusion. The combined use of ultrasound and computed tomography facilitates tracing of the dynamics of the disclosure of portocaval anastomoses and predict the course of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. The application of the integrated ultrasound to determine the rate of blood flow volume in vessels of portal system and portocaval anastomosis will enable development of differential diagnostic criteria for the early diagnosis of portal hypertension. The detection of recanalized umbilical vein by means of 3D-visualization of its anatomy makes it possible to use it for delivering of therapeutic agents to the liver in its pathology.
THE ROLE OF PLATELETS IN FORMATION OF NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS IN PATIENTS WITH IMMUNOCOMPLEX PATHOLOGY
Authors: Zubkova J. V. , Novikova I. A. , Zhelezko V. V.
Published: November 2021

The article presents the results of the assessment of the role of platelets in formation of extracellular traps by neutrophils. We have detected the ability of platelets to oppress the formation of extracellular traps by neutrophils in vitro cultures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 42) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (n = 24), but not in patients with hemorrhagic vasculitis (GW) (n = 15). The study has revealed the interrelation of NETosis and rheumatoid factor in patients with RA and SLE, as well as NET formation and number of platelets in patients with GW.
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Authors: Velichko A. V. , Dundarov Z. A. , Pokhozhai V. V. , Zyblev S. L.
Published: November 2021

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a disease developing as a result of primary lesion of the parathyroid gland (PTG) (adenoma, hyperplasia, cancer) and conditioned by the hyperproduction of parathyroid hormone and is declared in imbalance of calcium, phosphorus, affection of bone system and/or internal organs. Surgery is the only acceptable and pathogenetically grounded method of PHPT-correction. In modern endocrine surgery there is no unanimous opinion about common approaches to the surgical treatment of PTG pathology. At the present moment, different kinds of surgical inventions are applied. The most widely used method is classical Kocher`s incision of the parathyroid gland. However, the minimal access combined with different kinds of anesthetic support is gaining importance. This article provides the results of the examination of 200 after parathyroidectomy after the use of different methods of surgical support.
LUNG LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS
Authors: Shtanze V. A. , Bondarenko V. N. , Ruzanov D. Yu. , Anufriev V. A. , Smolitskiy S. A. , Shebusheva T. T.
Published: November 2021

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology which is characterized by progressive diffuse infiltrating growth of neoplastic smooth muscle-like cells, cystic lung destruction, and obliteration of lymphatic and blood vessels
THE INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE QUALITY OF REMISSION IN PATIENTS WITH ALCHOHOL DEPENDENCE
Authors: Skvira I. M.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to develop, test, and introduce new methods of helping people suffering from alcohol dependence. Material and methods. We have performed a comparative study of a representative sample of patients with alcohol dependence (F 10.202) in compensated (I group, n = 88) and subcompensated (II group, n = 44) remission. Results. It has been found that the highly significant comprehensive examination using clinical, psychological, and laboratory methods (sensitivity - 81.4 %, specificity - 80.0 %) makes it possible to diagnose the threat of relapse in patients with alcohol dependence. Conclusion. The proposed integrated approach to the determination of the quality of remission is a new, effective, simple, and easily accessible way of providing targeted assistance to persons with alcohol dependence.
THE MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE LIVER WOUND SURFACE AFTER ITS CLOSURE WITH VARIOUS MATERIALS IN EXPERIMENT
Authors: Kudlo V. V. , Prokopchyk N. I. , Zhuk I. G.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to study the morphological changes occurring after closure of the liver wound with omentum and fragment of the synthetic material fluoroplastis-4 in experiment. Material and methods. Modeling of the marginal resection of the liver was performed on white rats in experiment. Depending on the material used for the plastic closure of the wound surface, the experimental animals were divided into two groups (comparative and experimental): in the 1st group, a strand of omentum on the vascular pedicle was used, in the 2nd - a fragment of fluoroplastic-4. After the rats had been excluded from the experiment, the macroscopic changes in the abdominal cavity were evaluated and sampling from the surgery zone for the manufacture of histological preparations and study by means of light microscopy was done. Morphometric studies were carried out with the statistical processing of the received data. Results. Using greater omentum in late terms after the operation we detect adhesions within the area of the resection, presence of newly formed capsules of the liver under the omentum and no signs of inflammation. At the microscopic level, the key feature of the use of fluoroplastic-4 is the formation of a connective tissue capsule around the material. Another characteristic feature of its use is presence of giant multinucleated cells of foreign bodies on the boundary «polymer-liver». Conclusion. The experimental study demonstrates the viability and morphological substantiation of application of synthetic polymer fluoroplastic-4 as an alternative method of closure of the liver wound surface after resection.
THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND HOMEOSTATIC REGULATION OF ZINC IN MAMMALS
Authors: Sheibak V. M.
Published: November 2021

The article presents a review of literature works and personal studies on the biological significance and homeostatic regulation of zink in animals and humans.
INTERLEUKIN-6 AS AN INDICATOR OF SEVERITY OF LIVER CIRRHOSIS AND PORTAL HYPERTENSION
Authors: Skuratov A. G. , Lyzikov A. N. , Voropaev E. V. , Osipkina O. V.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to study the level of interleukin-6 in the blood of patients with liver cirrhosis and to identify the diagnostic significance of this parameter. Material and methods. We have done the research among patients with chronic liver diseases (cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and have determined the IL-6 level in the blood plasma in the patients and in healthy people of the control group. Conclusion. We have revealed a statistically significant increase of the interleukin-6 level in the blood plasma of the patients with liver cirrhosis compared to the similar parameter in the healthy people of the comparison group. The degree of the increased IL-6 level was directly proportional to the severity of the pathological process. The value of the concentration of interleukin-6 in the blood can be used as an additional criterion for evaluation of severity of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension.
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (literature review)
Authors: Smagina N. N. , Poroshina L. A. , Ivashkevich E. A.
Published: November 2021

The specific features of psoriatic arthritis include the combined lesion of the joints of limbs and the spine, diversity of the clinical symptoms, variability of the initial manifestations, serological and X-ray negativity at the early stages. This causes difficulties in the diagnosis of the disease. The article presents the diagnostic criteria of psoriatic arthritis and principles of the differential diagnosis of the disease.
FEATURES OF DIAGNOSIS OF THE STRESS LEVEL IN STUDENTS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Surmach L. I. , Daroshchyk A. A. , Surmach K. M.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to determine the level of stress in students of different years of studies of medical and agrarian universities, to estimate the level of stress expressiveness and prevailing symptoms. Material and methods. The level and structure of stress were estimated using the scale of PSM-25 adapted by N. E. Vodopyanova. The level of stress in groups of first and fourth year students was determined, the prevailing symptoms in different age groups were assessed. Results. The obtained data confirm the low level of stress in different year students of different universities. It has been found that first year medical students had higher level of stress than those of agrarian universities. It has been revealed that first year medical students had prevailing symptoms related to higher level of anxiety and fourth year medical students had prevailing symptoms related to physical ailment. Conclusion. The obtained results make it possible to formulate practical recommendations promoting successful adaptation of students at institutions of higher education.
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH IN TREATMENT OF ACUTE URINARY RETENTION IN BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
Authors: Simchenko N. I. , Lemtyugov M. B. , Bykova O. O.
Published: November 2021

The purpose of this article is to consider options of treatment ofacute urinary retention (AUR) in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). We examined and treated 80 BPH patients with AUR and without it in their pastmedical history. The patients were divided into two homogeneous groups of 40 people: group I did not have AUR in their history andgroup II did. Group II consisted of two subgroups: a) having undergone conservative treatment; b) having undergone surgical treatment (cystostomy). Subgroup II-B also included those patients who refused to undergo the second stage of the surgery or had any contraindications tothe operation. However, even the presence ofcystostomic drainage does not exclude the option of drug therapy for restoration of the natural urinary outflow. Therefore, forehanded and reasonable BPH treatment makes it possible to minimize the risks of acute unirary retention for BPH patients.
REGULARITIES OF CHANGES OF PERIMETER PARAMETERS OF MALE CADETS IN CONDITIONS OF TEACHING-EDUCATIONAL PROCESS
Authors: Andriychuk V. M.
Published: November 2021

Objective : to determine the features of the changes of perimeter body sizes of male cadets in the conditions of the pedagogical process at a higher educational institution of I level of accreditation. Material and methods . We have conducted longitudinal (I, II, III years of study) determination of perimeter body sizes of 87 male cadets and analyzed the features of the changes in these parameters in the conditions of the pedagogical process during a three-year period. The analysis of the indicators was conducted using «Statistica», 6.1 (StatSoft) by parametric methods of assessment. Results. Based on the obtained data we have defined the characteristic features of the annual changes of the perimeter body parameters during the three-year period of study in conditions of the pedagogical process of a civil defense college. We have determined the increase dynamics of most of the average indicators throughout the period of study at the civil defense college, except for the perimeters of the neck, pelvis and abdomen, where the decrease of the sizes has been found. Conclusions. We have revealed reliable differences when comparing the annual changes of the perimeters of the pelvis, abdomen, thorax (during a breathing pause, inhale, exhale), the shoulder, forearm, hand, thigh, upper third of the leg, the instep of the foot. The annual changes of perimeter sizes of the neck, pelvis and abdomen in the male cadets during the second year of training were bigger than during the first one. The perimeter increase parameters of the chest (during a breathing pause, inhale, exhale), shoulder, forearm, wrist, hand, hip, upper and lower third of the leg, foot, the instep of foot in the male cadets dominated when they were in the first year of study.
SUBSTANTIATION OF THE USE OF PSYСHOLOPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TORO-FESSIONAL TRAINING OF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS
Authors: Reshetnikov V. A. , Sharshakova T. M. , Kozlov V. V. , Sokolov N. A.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to analyze modern approaches to career guidance and professional selection of public health officials. Results. The authors have analyzed the literary dataon modern psychophysiological approaches aimed at the determination of the professional competence and career guidance of specialists in various fields and reviewed the basic prerequisites for the use of different methods for determining the propensity of students to work in public health management. Conclusion. The introduction of psychophysiological testing of students to find out the compliance with the professional criteria established for public health officials will make it possible to identify students who have leadership skills,inclinations for leading and managing activities during their studies at university, will give an opportunity to create individual educational paths and increase the effectiveness of career guidance.
DIROFILARIASIS OF THE INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN: A CASE REPORT
Authors: Lyzikov A. A. , Gureyev S. A. , Kaplan M. L. , Voruschenko E. I.
Published: November 2021

The article presents a rare clinical case of dirofilariasis of the internal jugular vein, which caused a local inflammatory response and regional lymphadenitis. The case report describes the diagnostic tactics, management of indications for surgical treatment and selection of the method of surgical operation, which led to the complete recovery of the patient.
THE INCIDENCE OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DEPENDING ON WEATHER CONDITIONS
Authors: Tsyrulnikova A. N. , Voropaeva A. E. , Aleynikova A. N. , Dotsenko V. N.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to analyze the influence of different meteorological conditions: relative air humidity, atmospheric pressure, precipitation on the incidence of development of AF paroxysms. Material and methods. The study involved 259 patients with AF paroxysms who were admitted into the Cardiology ward of Gomel City Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medical Care during the period from November 2015 to January 2016. Results. We have determined the incidence of development of AF paroxysms depending on such weather conditions as atmospheric pressure, relative air humidity, cloudiness, and precipitation. Conclusion. Meteorological conditions have a direct effect on the occurrence of AF paroxysms. The determined risk factors in this case are: high relative humidity, fall of temperature and harsh precipitation and changes in atmospheric pressure. Also, the aggravating factor in the development of AF paroxysms was age of patients over 56 and a combination of coronary heart disease and hypertension.
FREE AMINO ACIDS OF BLOOD PLASMA AS AN INTEGRAL PARAMETER OF METABOLIC DISORDERS IN A LONG-TERM INTAKE OF SMALL DOSES OF LEAD ACETATE INTO THE ORGANISM
Authors: Sheybak V. M. , Pavliukovets A. Y. , Smirnov V. Yu.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to analyze the pool of free amino acids and their nitrogen-containing metabolites of blood plasma of animals being administered lead acetate for 21 or 28 days. Material and methods. The experiments were carried out on white male rats with the initial weight of 140-160 g. During the experiment the animals received a total amount of 0.67 g of lead acetate (21 days), the second group - 1.12 g (28 days). The determination of free amino acids in blood plasma was performed by the method of reversed-phase HPLC. Results. As a result of the research it has been found out that the most significant contribution to the formation of the amino acid imbalance in blood plasma as a result of the long-term intake of lead acetate according to the value of the Fisher test is caused by changes in the concentrations of α-aminobutyric acid, isoleucine, aspartate, arginine, glycine, serine, histidine, and methionine. Conclusion. The long-term intake of lead acetate with drinking water leads to a statistically significant increase of general content of free amino acids and their nitrogen-containing metabolites, as well as to a decrease of the concentration the essential amino acid threonine in blood plasma.
THE BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF CULTURED MUSHROOMS HERICIUM ERINACEUS
Authors: Timokhina N. I. , Sushko S. N. , Veyalkina N. N. , Goncharov S. V. , Truhonovets V. V.
Published: November 2021

The biologically active properties of the aqueous extracts of Hericium erinaceus were evaluated on the Af line mice using experimental models. It was found that consuming of the aqueous extracts of the studied fungus led to an increase in the resistance of the Af line laboratory mice to the transplantation of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. The 19-day survival rate grew up to 31.8 % after consuming the fungus extract in a concentration of 4 g/l (p = 0.0049). The positive effect of the preventive intake of the aqueous extract of H. erinaceus before the radiation and chemical exposure in the experimental model of spontaneous and induced lung adenomas was shown. The experimental data testify to the prospects of using the studied extracts as food supplements to increase the body's resistance to the negative factors, as disease prevention and prophylaxis.
THE Temporal parameters of short and long-LATENT auditory evoked potentials in Operators of Automated bottling OF NON-ALCOHOLIC AND LOW-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
Authors: Shidlovskaya T. V. , Shidlovskaya T. A. , Shevtzova T. V. , Yavorovskiy O. P. , Brukhno R. P.
Published: November 2021

Objective: to study the state of the auditory analyser central regions in operators of automated bottling of non-alcoholic and low-alcoholic drinks working in the conditions of exposure to high-level industrial noise. Material and methods. The work gives the hygienic assessment of working conditions and related factors, and in-depth clinical examination of the auditory analyser condition in operators of automated bottling of non-alcoholic and low-alcoholic drinks. Results. It has been found that the leading harmful factor in the working environment of the bottling operators is industrial noise. The signs of the specific impact of the noise on the central regions of the auditory analyser manifested in the function infringement of its brainstem and cortical structures. Conclusion. The causal relationship between the conditions, nature of work and the changes in the central regions of auditory analyser in the bottling operators has been established, which makes it possible to improve the system of preventive medical examinations, labour examination and preventive measures.