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SBAR Tool Implementation to Advance Communication, Teamwork, and the Perception of Patient Safety Culture
Authors: Bonds Raymond L.
Published: June 2018

Current evidence reveals that surgical patients are more prone to adverse events when compared to any other population in the acute care setting. In a military training hospital, handoff communication between surgical intensive care unit (SICU) nurses, physicians, and anesthesia providers (certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists) about patients being prepared for surgery was identified as a problem by an initial inquiry of the staff. This article discusses an evidence-based project (EBP) that utilized a standardized multidisciplinary Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) tool to improve communication, teamwork, and the perception of a patient safety culture between the SICU nurses and physicians and the anesthesia providers in preparation for surgery. The SICU and anesthesia departments received training on the SBAR tool, followed by a 7-week implementation period. Standardized handoff communication utilizing the SBAR method increased by 100%, and documentation of intraoperative antibiotics on the electronic medication administration record increased by 43%. Postimplementation results from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture surpassed database benchmarks for handoffs and transitions, overall perception of patient safety culture, and teamwork across units. This project reinforced current evidence supporting the use of standardized handoff communication.
3D Geological Modeling in Mineral Deposits (Copper Ore Body Cases)
Authors: Bele Sirelda
Published: June 2018

Munella's deposit is one of the most important mineral deposits of Albania. It is rich in mineral resources such as copper, zinc, gold, etc. For this reason Geological 3D modeling is very important because it gives detailed information on management in the most optimal way to mine. In this article, 3D modeling of copper bodies was carried out through modeling software using the implicit method. This method uses advanced algorithms that are Polyharmonic Radial Basis Functions (RBF) generates the best surface area of the ore that can have some Z values and can perfectly customize the incomplete surfaces by utilizing 211 drilling data. The ore bodies that are created with this method are divided into blocks that represent the distribution of copper in%. The results achieved in this study provide an accurate overview of the most important sources of deposits and major concentrations of copper for the efficient management and exploitation of the mine.
Les Pertes Economiques Dues A L’anthracnose De L’anacardier Au Bénin
Authors: Houndahouan Dénis E. Tonon , Zannou Afio , Sikirou Rachidatou , Adomou Aristide , Zinsou Valérien , Boukari Sharif , N’djolossè Kouami
Published: June 2018

Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a disease that causes losses of cashew production in Benin. This study aims to evaluate the economic losses in cashew nuts caused by the disease. The data were collected using a questionary on a sample of 84 farmers from 12 villages in Savè (Centre of Benin) and 126 farmers from 13 villages in N'Dali (North of Benin). These data included socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent, anthracnose expression, disease management methods, yield losses, cashew nut yield, and sale price per kg of cashew nuts. In Savè and N’Dali, 98.68% and 100% of farmers, respectively, reported the presence of anthracnose in their plantations. The yield losses were 316.95 kg/ha (72.19%) at Savè and 189.01 kg/ha (54.71%) at N’Dali. In the period of low demand, these losses amounted an average of 68061 FCFA/ha/farmer at Savè and 42316 FCFA/ha/farmer at N'Dali, while in the high demand periods, they were evaluated to 221576 FCFA/ha/farmer and 135339 FCFA/ha/farmer at Savè and at N'Dali, respectively.
Panorama of Onion Production in Tillabéri, A Region of the Far West of Niger
Authors: Rabiou Maman Moustapha , Moussa Idrissa , M. Tchicama Mella , Sadou Hassimi
Published: June 2018

The objective of this study was to evaluate onion production systems in four municipalities along the Niger River. A cross-sectional survey was carried out among seventy-five onion producers distributed over ten perimeters. The results obtained reveal that onion is mainly grown by women (95%). 70% of the farmers own the farmed land, 20% rent and 10% borrow. The cultivation takes place between September and March. The cultivated varieties are ‘Galmi violet’ and ‘Gothèye white’, Onions are essentially transformed into Gabou, a traditional condiment. The areas exploited are generally less than half a hectare. Irrigation relies mainly on the gravity system. NPK fertilizer and urea in combination with manure are the most commonly used. For phytosanitary treatments, producers use pesticides and/or natural products based on aqueous extract. At harvest time, the price per 100 kg bag varies from 8 000 to 15 000 FCFA (12 to 23 €) and from 40 000 to 50 000 FCFA (61 to 76 €) after four months of storage. The average production cost per hectare is 1 208 564 FCFA (1844 €) and that of the net margins 551 857 FCFA (840 €). There is a low correlation between strong investments and net margins. The major constraints faced by producers are the high cost of agricultural inputs, the rapid drying up of water points, limited access to credit, the straying of animals, the collapse of prices during the harvest period and the difficulties of farming storage and conservation.
Problématique Maraîchère Induite Par La Nouvelle Dynamique Foncière Autour Des Bas-Fonds Urbains À Bouaké (Côte D’ivoire)
Authors: Valentin Kra Kouakou
Published: June 2018

Urban agriculture in Côte d’Ivoire is an important activity in terms of food security, employment and response to environment. However in Bouaké, this agriculture and mainly gardening faces to a new land dynamics around intra-urban shallow. This situation results to emergence of new actors because of new stakes that represent shallows. As consequences we have a reduction of cultivated areas, an instability and a casualization of this type of agriculture. By analysis, it appears that of this sallow’s upgrading leads a redefinition of operating rules of flooded fields, witch were dropped to gardeners. More, this public servitudes and unbuilt areas subject to illegal land commercial transaction and anarchic buildings. We deduce a modification of these spaces operating rules, problems of land government and a neglect of urban agriculture in public politics and city management in Côte d’Ivoire.
Influence of Carbohydrates on Callus Proliferation During Somatic Embryogenesis in Pineapple [Ananas Comosus (L.) Merr. (Bromeliaceae) Var. Cayenne Smooth Cultivar CI 16]
Authors: Samuel Kouadio Oi Kouadio , Salomé Yapo Edwige Sopie , Oumar Silue , Christophe Adou Bini Yao , Hilaire Kouakou Tanoh
Published: June 2018

The improvement of pineapple (Ananas comosus var. Smooth Cayenne) by means of in vitro culture is less studied in Côte d'Ivoire despite the importance of this plant for this country’s economy. Our work consisted in highlighting nature and concentration effects of carbohydrates on the proliferation of calli in pineapple as a prelude to efficient embryogenesis. Callus proliferation was carried out from the base of pineapple vitroplants leaves. Thirty (30) explants were cultured on the tested culture medium. MS medium (micro- and macro elements of Murashige and Skoog) supplemented with vitamin Gamborg B5 was used as base medium to which were added 0.05 mg/L BAP, 3 mg/L picloram, 2 mg/L glycine, 1,000 mg/L glutamine, 100 mg/L casein hydrolyzate and 30 g/L carbohydrate. Sucrose was tested at different concentrations (20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 g/L). The results revealed that callus proliferation is strongly influenced (p ˂ 0.0001) by nature and concentration of carbohydrate. Sucrose with the highest dry matter content (61.34 mg) has a higher callogenic potential than the other studied carbohydrates. The concentration of 30 g/L sucrose significantly improved the calli proliferation in pineapple. Galactose and maltose were less favorable to proliferation.
Evaluation De La Qualité Microbiologique Des Médicaments Traditionnels Améliorés (MTA) Vendus Dans Six Communes d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
Authors: Bakary Coulibaly , Clément Kouassi Kouassi , Ehoulé Kroa , Ibrahim Konaté , Elisée Kouassi Kporou , Joseph Djaman Allico
Published: June 2018

This study was carried out in six (6) communes of Abidjan within a period of six months (November 2016 to April 2017). This paper focuses on assessing the microbiological quality of traditional medicines produced and sold in these communes. A total of 38 samples were collected, including 19 in powder form and another 19 in liquid form. The search and enumeration of the germs was carried out according to the method based on standard procedures (AFNOR). Enumeration included total mesophilic aerobic flora, total coliforms, yeasts and molds, Staphylococcus aureus, and salmonella. The results indicate an absence of the pathogenic flora (Salmonella and S. aureus). There is also an absence of yeasts and molds in the products in liquid form. The level of contamination of the Mesophilic Total Aerobic Flora (FMAT) ranges from 1.104 to 6.7.107 CFU / ml or CFU / g and from 1.6.104 to 5.5.107 CFU / g or CFU / ml for total coliforms. In terms of microbiological quality, 39.47% of the analyzed samples had compliant. In view of these results, it is necessary to train Traditional Medicine Practitioners on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) methods throughout the production chain in order to market MTAs of guaranteed quality and safety
The Effect of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Sensory Processing of Children with Autism
Authors: Al-Shirawi Mariam Essa. , Al-zayer Rehab Hassan
Published: June 2018

Cross-sectional quasi- experimental research design was carried out to examine whether the delivering series of therapeutic horseback riding intervention resulted in an enhancement of sensory characteristics required for effective sensory possessing in children with autism for the experimental group compared to the control group. The participants of this study were 16 children with autism recruited from Al-Wafaa Center for Autism Related Disabilities in Bhrain. It was hypothesized that children with autism provided with Therapeutic Horseback riding in a natural setting (n= 8) would exhibit improvement in sensory processing compared to children who did not get the treatment (n= 8) following an 8- consecutive weeks of therapeutic horseback riding activity. The result of this study indicated that therapeutic horseback riding has a positive impact on sensory profile of children with autism across all sensory dimensions; visual, auditory, smell, tolerance, dehlez, and movement. Further research is needed to allow the use of larger experimental and control samples, and to allow longitudinal studies in order to evaluate the duration of intervention benefits.
Activité Anthelminthique In Vitro Et Teneurs En Tanins Et Flavonoïdes De Huit Plantes Fourragères Utilisées En Elevage Des Petits Ruminants En Côte d’Ivoire
Authors: Mesmin Koffi Yao , Kamelé Kossonou Yao , Gervaise Kouame Amoin , Jules Kouadio N’Guessan , Adama Bakayoko , Honora Tra Bi Fézan , Witabouna Kone Mamidou
Published: June 2018

The search for alternatives to chemical anthelmintics in the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in small ruminants is now an imperative. the aim of this study was to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of eight forage plants from Côte d’Ivoire, including four Leguminosae and four Moraceae against Haemonchus contortus. The egg hatching inhibition and larvae paralysis were used for the assays. The contents of phenolic compounds (tannins and flavonoids) also were determined. Of the eight hydro-methanolic extracts prepared, three showed strong anthelmintic activity. The extract of Morus mesozygia was ovicidal (% inhibition = 84.08%), while that of Ficus lutea and Albizia adianthifolia were larvicidal (% mortality = 100% and 97.42% respectively) at 2 mg/mL. Tannins and flavonoids contents ranged between 1.60 and 2.89 mg catechol equivalent/g dry matter and 2.42 and 2.89 mg quercetin equivalent/g dry matter respectively. These three forage plants may be a good alternative in the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in small ruminants farming.
Fertilización Con Potasio Y Fosfitos, Sobre El Rendimiento De Maíz Duro (Zea Mays) En La Zona Subcentral Litoral
Authors: Arana Álvaro Lamilla , Navarrete Eduardo Colina , Arteaga Carlos Castro , Aragone Danilo Santana , Vásquez Guillermo García , Castro Oscar Mora , Vélez Martha Uvidia , Paredes Joffre León , Cabezas Miguel Goyes
Published: June 2018

The investigation evaluated the effect of fertilizers potásicos with fosfitos on the yield of grain of hard corn (Zea mays L.), in the Property "Santiago", located in the Km 26 way Babahoyo-San Juan, county of Los Ríos. A rehearsal settled down in the hybrid corn DK-7088, measuring the answer from the corn to the application of fertilizers potasic and fhosphite, to determine the dose with more effect on the production. 19 treatments were proven with Chloride of potassium, Sulfate of potassium and Nitrate of potassium, with fhosphite of Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium, more a witness without applications. The used experimental design was complete Blocks at random in three repetitions, the evaluated variables were subjected to the variancia analysis, and the test was applied from Tukey to 95% of probability. The evaluated parameters were: plant height, days to flowering, longitude and ear diameter and yield for hectare. Found increases in grain yield with three treatments, highlighting the treatment with the application of muriate of potash in conjunction with Calcium phosphide (9451,65 kg ha1 ). The results indicate the possibility of increases of more than 49% in relation to the witness (6339 kg ha1 ) where there was applied the treatments.
Einstein's Rocket Ship, the Deflection of Light and the Precession of the Orbital Perihelion
Authors: Oliveira Firmin J.
Published: June 2018

The nature of the principle of equivalence is explored. The light ray travel path in an accelerated reference frame, a rocket ship, is described and the rocket ship model is used to derive the deflection of light by a massive body. By accounting for the effect of the velocity of the accelerated observer relative to an inertial frame, the additional deflection angle is obtained due to the aberration of the light beam. This model is applied to the deflection of light by a central gravitational field, giving the total deflection angle in agreement with the standard result. Also, a novel approach is given by considering the deflection of light by a massive body to obtain the precession of the perihelion of a planet.
Association Between Sense of Coherence and Metabolic Control in People with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Authors: Guevara C. Mónica Susana , Nicolalde Marcelo , Amoroso Amparo , Chico Patricia , Mora Nicole , Heredia Susana , Robalino Francisco , Gonzalez Gabriela
Published: June 2018

The chronic complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus are related to the level of metabolic control and often inadequate control is achieved, so there is the possibility of exploring other therapeutic options. The sense of coherence makes it possible to face several stressors and maintain health. This research aimed to explore whether people with diabetes mellitus 2 and high values in the sense of coherence scale have better metabolic control. Cross-sectional study in patients with diabetes 2. The value of the coherence sense scale and HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin was determined. A multivariate analysis was carried out by conglomerates and the average HbA1c ratio was established for these groups. 163 subjects participated with an average of 59.64 years. Three clusters were identified and classified as High, Medium and Low sense of Coherence. When establishing the relationship with HbA1c it was found that the High Group had an average HbA1c of 6.22%, the middle group 7.24% and the low group 7.49% of HbA1c, p <. 05. It was identified that a high Sense of Coherence is significantly associated to a better metabolic control given by HB A1c.
O método educativo de Dom Bosco (Sistema Preventivo) e os princípios da Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos
Authors: Kuttianimattathil Jose
Published: June 2018

O artigo aborda as relações possíveis de serem estabelecidas entre o Sistema Preventivo, como idealizado por Dom Bosco, e a Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos. O autor esclarece que não se trata de uma análise comparativa, mas de apontar como o Sistema Preventivo e a Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos se enriquecem e se apoiam. A argumentação traz ainda os desafios que o Sistema Preventivo deve enfrentar para promover, decisivamente, os direitos humanos.Palavras-chave: Sistema Preventivo. Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos. Desafios da educação.Don Bosco's educative method (Preventive System) and the tenets of the Universal Declaration of Human RightAbstractThe article discusses the possible relations between the Preventive System, as conceived by Don Bosco, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The author clarifies that this is not a comparative analysis, but aims to point out how the Preventive System and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are enriched and supported one by other. The argument also brings the challenges that the Preventive System must face to decisively promote human rights.Keywords: Preventive System. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Education challenges.El método educativo de Don Bosco (Sistema Preventivo) y los principios básicos de la Declaración Universal De Derechos HumanosResumenEl artículo aborda las relaciones posibles de ser establecidas entre el Sistema Preventivo, como ideado por Don Bosco, y la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos. El autor aclara que no se trata de un analisis comparativo, sino de senalar como el sistema preventivo y la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos se enriquecen y se apoyan. La argumentación trae aún los desafios que el Sistema Preventivo debe enfrentar para promover, decisivamente, los derechos humanos. Palabras clave: Sistema Preventivo. Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos. Desafios educación.
“Save 100,000 Babies”: The 1918 Children’s Year and Its Legacy
Authors: Connolly Cynthia A. , Golden Janet
Published: June 2018

In April 1918, President Woodrow Wilson, alarmed at the high draftee rejection rate, proclaimed the second year of American engagement in World War I as “Children’s Year.” The motto of the nationwide program was to “Save 100,000 Babies.” Children’s Year represented a multipronged child welfare campaign aimed at gathering data on best practices regarding maternal and child health promotion, documenting the effects of poverty on ill health, reducing the school drop-out rate, ensuring safe play spaces for children, and addressing the unique needs of targeted populations such as orphans and delinquents. Thousands of communities across the country participated in Children’s Year, which was overseen by the Children’s Bureau and the Woman’s Committee of the Council of National Defense. The 1919 White House Conference on Children’s Health synthesized all of the Children’s Year findings into concrete recommendations. But in an effort to minimize conflict with organized medicine and those who feared governmental intrusion into family life, stakeholders accepted a series of compromises. By so doing, they inadvertently helped enshrine the means-tested, class-based, fragmented approach to child well-being in the United States that persists to this day.
Costal Osteochondral Autograft for Advanced Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Humeral Capitellum in Adolescent and Young Adult Athletes
Authors: Sato Kazuki , Iwamoto Takuji , Matsumura Noboru , Suzuki Taku , Nishiwaki Yuji , Oka Yoshinori , Nakamura Toshiyasu
Published: June 2018

Background:

Costal osteochondral grafting is a technique to achieve anatomical and biological repair of articular defects. Some small series of clinical applications of this procedure for advanced osteochondritis dissecans of the humeral capitellum, with short-term follow-up, have been reported; however, longer-term outcomes remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify longer-term clinical outcomes of costal osteochondral autografts in the treatment of advanced osteochondritis dissecans of the humeral capitellum.

Methods:

Seventy-two patients with an osteochondral defect of the humeral capitellum were treated with costal osteochondral autograft and followed for a minimum of 3 years (mean follow-up, 57 months; range, 36 to 147 months). The mean patient age was 14.3 years. Clinical outcomes, including elbow range of motion, Timmerman and Andrews clinical rating score, donor-site morbidity, responses to a questionnaire regarding a return to sporting activities, and radiographic findings, were evaluated.

Results:

The mean elbow range of extension/flexion increased significantly, from −21°/122° preoperatively to −4°/136° postoperatively (p < 0.001). The mean clinical rating score improved significantly, from 101 to 190 by the latest follow-up (p < 0.001). The overall clinical score-based assessment was excellent for 60 patients, good for 9, and fair for 3. Seventy of the 72 patients returned to their original sport. The remaining 2 patients had changed sporting activities before surgery and did not return to baseball, despite satisfactory clinical results.

Conclusions:

Costal osteochondral autograft successfully achieved anatomical and biological reconstruction in the treatment of advanced osteochondritis dissecans of the humeral capitellum.

Level of Evidence:

Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Vancomycin-Loaded Polymethylmethacrylate Spacers Fail to Eradicate Periprosthetic Joint Infection in a Clinically Representative Mouse Model
Authors: Carli Alberto V. , Bhimani Samrath , Yang Xu , de Mesy Bentley Karen L. , Ross F. Patrick , Bostrom Mathias P.G.
Published: June 2018

Background:

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains a devastating complication following total joint arthroplasty. Current animal models of PJI do not effectively recreate the clinical condition and thus provide limited help in understanding why treatments fail. We developed a mouse model of the first-stage surgery of a 2-stage revision for PJI involving a 3-dimensionally printed Ti-6Al-4V implant and a mouse-sized cement spacer that elutes vancomycin.

Methods:

Vancomycin was mixed with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement and inserted into custom-made mouse-sized spacer molds. Twenty C57BL/6 mice received a proximal tibial implant and an intra-articular injection of 3 × 105colony-forming units ofStaphylococcus aureusXen36. At 2 weeks, 9 mice underwent irrigation and debridement of the leg with revision of the implant to an articulating vancomycin-loaded PMMA spacer. Postoperatively, mice underwent radiography and serum inflammatory-marker measurements. Following euthanasia of the mice at 6 weeks, bone and soft tissues were homogenized to quantify bacteria within periprosthetic tissues. Implants and articulating spacers were either sonicated to quantify adherent bacteria or examined under scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to characterize the biofilm.

Results:

Vancomycin-loaded PMMA spacers eluted vancomycin for ≤144 hours and retained antimicrobial activity. Control mice had elevated levels of inflammatory markers, radiographic evidence of septic loosening of the implant, and osseous destruction. Mice treated with a vancomycin-loaded PMMA spacer had significantly lower levels of inflammatory markers (p < 0.01), preserved tibial bone, and no intra-articular purulence. Retrieved vancomycin-loaded spacers exhibited significantly lower bacterial counts compared with implants (p < 0.001). However, bacterial counts in periprosthetic tissue did not significantly differ between the groups. SEM identifiedS. aureusencased within biofilm on control implants, while vancomycin-loaded spacers contained no bacteria.

Conclusions:

This animal model is a clinically representative model of PJI treatment. The results suggest that the antimicrobial effects of PMMA spacers are tightly confined to the articular space and must be utilized in conjunction with thorough tissue debridement and systemic antibiotics.

Clinical Relevance:

These data provide what we believe to be the first insight into the effect of antibiotic-loaded cement spacers in a clinically relevant animal model and justify the adjunctive use of intravenous antibiotics when performing a 2-stage revision for PJI.
The Molecular Basis of Genetic Collagen Disorders and Its Clinical Relevance
Authors: Chen Antonia , Fertala Andrzej , Abboud Joseph , Wang Mark , Rivlin Michael , Beredjiklian Pedro K.
Published: June 2018

➤ Skeletal dysplasias are caused by mutations in genes that encode the collagen molecule family, including collagen type I, collagen type II, and collagen type IX.

➤ These entities, including osteogenesis imperfecta and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, among others, are characterized by brittle bones, disorganized growth plates, and alterations of linear growth.

➤ Current treatments include pharmacological agents, including bisphosphonates, and surgical modalities such as spinal fusions and fracture fixation with intramedullary rods.

➤ Other treatments including cell and gene-based therapies remain in the experimental stages.
Interplay Between Permeability Retardation and Capillary Trapping of Rising Carbon Dioxide in Storage Reservoirs
Authors: Ren Bo , Delaney Jennifer M. , Lake Larry W. , Bryant Steven L.
Published: June 2018

The main objective of this work is to understand, by analytical and numerical study, how permeability retardation interacts with capillary-barrier trapping to cause accumulation as carbon dioxide (CO2) migrates upward in saline aquifers during geological sequestration.

The study is of one-dimensional (1D) two-phase (CO2 and water) countercurrent flow. The analytical model describes CO2 buoyant migration and accumulation at a “flow-barrier zone” (low permeability) above a “flow-path zone” (high permeability). The relative importance of permeability retardation and capillary trapping is examined under different magnitudes of buoyant-source fluxes and porous-media properties. In the limiting case of zero capillary pressure, the model equation is solved using the method of characteristics (MOC). Permeability-retarded accumulation, induced by the permeability difference between the flow path and the barrier zone, is illustrated through CO2-saturation profiles and time/distance diagrams. Capillary trapping is subsequently accounted for by graphically incorporating a capillary pressure curve and capillary-threshold effect.

Results demonstrate that the accumulation contributions from both the permeability hindrance and capillary trapping are convolved at sufficiently large fluxes. At a given time, the total CO2 accumulated by permeability hindrance is greater than that accumulated by capillary trapping, but the former approaches the latter at large time. The low-permeability zone need not be completely impermeable for accumulation to occur. We demonstrate that considering only capillary trapping understates the amount of CO2 accumulated beneath low-permeability structures during significant periods of a sequestration operation.
Social-psychological adjustment of ex-servicemen to civilian life
Authors: Yablonska Tetiana , Dembytska Natalia , Vus Viktor
Published: June 2018

Social-psychological adjustment of ex-servicemen to civilian life after returning home from combat zone was analyzed in this paper. The authors used a dialectical subjective approach analysing the ability to cope with traumatic experiences of warfare. A theoretical model of social-psychological adjustment was designed, an empirical research was conducted, the factors that facilitate social-psychological adjustment: consistent, coherent ideas about peaceful life, self and others, emotional stability, commitment to social values, self-awareness, a sense of self-fulfilment, social behaviour, peaceful conflict resolution, job satisfaction, relationships, family ties, productive performance of activities, satisfaction of basic social needs were identified and validated.
TEENS’ COPING/NON-COPING WITH COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES IN A SPECIAL BOARDING SCHOOL SETTING
Authors: Samokhvalova Anna G. , Krukova Tatyana L.
Published: June 2018

 

The paper focuses on teenagers` with special needs communicative stress and coping. Russia has little experience in inclusive education and adolescents with special needs (health impairments:  auditory, visual, speech and motor) as a rule study in special boarding schools. Similar phenomena in typically developed teenagers (12-13 yrs old, n = 100) and their peers having visual (n = 30), auditory (n = 30), speech (n = 25) and motor (n = 15) disorders are compared: communication difficulties, stress experience and coping strategies. Results show teenagers` with special needs vulnerability and disadvantage: only part of them use resources and overcome communication difficulties successfully, while the others are not able to cope with chronic communicative stress.
Professional integration of university faculty in terms of organisational culture and transition of professional identity
Authors: Jatkauskienė Birutė , Andriekienė Rūta Marija , Nugaras Modestas
Published: June 2018

This article analyses theoretical insights and empirical findings of university faculty’s professional integration. The first part of the research delves into the changes in attitudes and behaviour of university faculty; the second part highlights the factors of teachers’ professional integration in terms of the interiorisation of organisational culture, transition of professional identity. Different approaches to studying the professional integration allows to analyse and then to plan the beginning of a university lecturer’s careers, upon revealing the fact that the career readiness, becoming a professional is not limited only to the knowledge and competencies of any discipline or science. A successful professional integration needs other elements that are important as well. They include the understanding of academic activities, knowledge and performance of various roles by the university faculty, interiorisation of university norms and values, as well as the construction and reconstruction of professional identity.
Subjective approach towards welfare understanding in the dolphin assisted therapy: experiences of families in pilot research
Authors: Kreivinienė Brigita , Kleiva Žilvinas
Published: June 2018

The article deals with a subjective approach towards the welfare of humans and dolphins perceived in the dolphin assisted therapy. Dolphin assisted therapy (DAT) is a therapy based on both-sided collaborative communication between child and dolphin. A pilot research of subjective welfare understanding is presented in the article. Eight families raising children with disabilities (one family with a child with cerebral palsy, two families with children with Down syndrome, and five families with children with autism spectrum disorder) took part in the dolphin-human welfare research. The research was carried out using a research strategy of triangulation applying different methods. The research was carried out using Portable Eye tracking system (SMI REDnScientific), Facial expression recognition software (Noldus Facereader 6.1), Event logging software for observational data collection, analysis and presentation with physiological data synchronization capabilities (Noldus Observer XT 12.5), qualitative telephone interview a week before the session of dolphin assisted therapy, open form for evaluation of  the results of dolphin assisted therapy in a child one month later after the participation in DAT. The results brought to the light that the families were mostly happy when watching their children; families raising children with severe disability were most satisfied with the dolphin assisted therapy; the subjectively perceived welfare of dolphins was understood as a possibility to choose a child for communication; also, if the therapy goals were measurable, the more satisfying results were reflected by parents after a month after the dolphin assisted therapy program.
Integration of entrepreneurship into higher education as a premise for youth well-being in Lithuania and Latvia
Authors: Melnikova Julija , Ahrens Andreas , Zaščerinska Jeļena
Published: June 2018

The purpose of this article is to highlight the aspects of integration of entrepreneurship into higher education in Lithuania and Latvia. The promotion of youth entrepreneurship as a means of improving youth well-being in these countries has recently attracted increasing attention from scholars and policy makers. The integration of entrepreneurship into higher education is one of strategic pathways in the improvement of the quality of higher education and the promotion of youth effective participation in labour market. It is argued in the article that integration of entrepreneurship into higher education is supposed to be the factor of the development of Lithuania and Latvia’s socio-economic situation. Models of youth’s entrepreneurial competencies are highlighted theoretically and some empirical insights on which competencies students from Lithuanian and Latvian universities would like to have acquired are provided.
Reading fluency: normative data for Romanian speaking population
Authors: Bodea Hategan Carolina , Talas Dorina , Costea-Bărluțiu Carmen , Trifu Raluca
Published: June 2018

The purpose of this study was to establish reading fluency norms for first grade students at the end of the school year in Romanian language using PEAFC (Proba de evaluare şi antrenare a fluenţei în citire/ The Assessment and Training of Reading Fluency Instrument, Bodea Haţegan & Talaş, 2014). A representative sample of 1977 first grade students (with ages between 7 and 8 years old) was assessed, girls (Ng=954) and boys (Nb=1023), from different counties from Romania (Nc=11), attending rural (Nr= 385) and urban (Nu=1592) elementary schools. Oral reading fluency norms were established on the linguistic structure of the words (monosyllabic, disyllabic, three syllable words and text words). The results of this study offer a new perspective on the reading fluency levels at the end of the first grade and will help the teachers and the specialists to identify students at risk for dyslexia and to start effective early intervention programs to improve reading fluency.
Leisure time activities, perceived risks of drinking and selected socio-demographic variables as predictors of university students’ alcohol use
Authors: Rupšienė Liudmila , Batuchina Aleksandra , Baranauskienė Ingrida , Saveljeva Regina
Published: June 2018

Research question. Assuming if we control for the possible effect of students’ gender, age, and employment, are leisure time activities and perceived risks of alcohol use still able to predict a significant amount of the variances in students’ alcohol use? Methods. 1087 students from Lithuanian universities were selected through random sampling to complete the questionnaire on alcohol use, leisure time activities, and perceived risks of drinking. Results. Regression analyses found significant effects of age, gender, employment, some leisure time activities on university students’ alcohol use: frequency of drinking and intoxication, drunkenness last day they had drunk alcohol. In this model, the perceived risks of alcohol use were not significantly associated with alcohol use. Conclusions. Leisure time activities may offer both risk and protective effects for university students. Such leisure time activities as active participation in sports, athletics or exercising, reading of books for enjoyment, various hobbies, decreased going out in the evening to a disco, café, party, etc., and decreased socializing with friends in shopping centers, streets, parks, etc. just for fun can protect university students from frequent and heavy alcohol use.
Psychosocial decision making factors in military: a pilot study
Authors: Ambrulaitienė Giedrė
Published: June 2018

It can be said that one of the main fundamentals of life welfare is right decision-making. There are no doubts that we would get two different outcomes after choosing right or wrong decisions in decisive moments of life. This takes into account any sphere of life. Speaking about military platform we see that sometimes decisions even in tactical level can make huge impact to strategic levels and this can directly affect life welfare of whole country or even regions. So, right decisions in military are important not only to the welfare of soldiers, but can be also important to peaceful survival of the humanity in various places of the world, speaking in general way. The analysis of scientific literature revealed that during military decision making process officers usually face large number of decision-making factors. Literature analysis revealed three most important factor groups in the military decision making process: psychological, social and situational. The aim of this article is to compare social (Rank, Time of service, Marital status) and psychological (Self – efficacy in General; Self – efficacy in TLP) factors in military tasks. Situational factors will not be part of this study. The main situational factors were included in each military decision making tasks.

 Research results disclosed, that higher self-efficacy in general appears when main goal of military task is maintenance of LT statehood and sovereignty and given specific military task is mainly blocking. Lower self-efficacy in general appears when main goals are safety of important specific objects that would damage states’ specific spheres like energy, transportation or economy and specific military tasks are disrupting and disturbing. Officers with higher self-efficacy in TLP more often choose successful decisions in nine different specific military tasks. Officers’ higher self-efficacy in TLP is more important to successful decision making than officers’ higher self-efficacy in general.
The influence of adaptive physical education on physical health and fitness of students with disabilities
Authors: Adyrkhaiev Soslan , Adyrkhaieva Liudmya
Published: June 2018

The article presents the results of the performed analysis of physical health and fitness of students with disabilities during their study at university if they use, in accordance with their medical conditions, the structural and functional technique of adaptive physical education proposed by the authors. The long-term experimental research with the proposed authors’ techniques has shown positive changes in the studied students’ physical health and fitness, which depend on the content and forms of their adaptive physical education. The main directions of improvement of physical health and fitness of students with disabilities during the classes of adaptive physical education are substantiated.

The obtained results prove that the variety of medical conditions, accompanying disorders, lack of motivation for motor activity require a personal approach to a person with disabilities, selection of an individual path for his/her physical development. The results testify also to integration of students with disabilities into the student environment where they feel comfortable and more confident.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy secondary to needle phobia
Authors: Roe Matthew , Brown Justin
Published: June 2018

A 55‐year‐old female scheduled for elective knee arthroscopy became significantly dyspnoeic in the anaesthetic room prior to peripheral venous cannulation. The subsequent clinical course and later investigations led to a diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy precipitated by needle phobia‐induced anxiety. This example highlights a rare but significant manifestation of needle phobia and prompts a discussion about the optimal techniques available to ameliorate the response in the peri‐operative period.
Editorial - Beneficio de competencia en la ética social
Authors: Vieira Puerta Rodrigo
Published: June 2018

La litúrgica severidad del ius civile,  inspirada en el apotegma Dura Lex, sed lex, declina el rigor operativo de sus fórmulas, el deshumanizante imperio de su objetivismo procesal en la ejecución personal del deudor, como resultado de una nueva y vivificante concepción que, vertebrada en la bona fide del ius honorarium y la aequitas helénica, fecunda el brocardo del summum ius, summum iniuria como supuesto teleológico de la ciencia jurídica al servicio del hombre en su dimensión relacional y política.
Acercamiento a los conceptos de tutela judicial efectiva, república mundial y justicia global desde la perspectiva de los derechos humanos y existenciales como discernimiento a la noción de vulnerabilidad
Authors: Castillo Bedoya Lina , Giraldo Quintero Rodrigo
Published: June 2018

El objetivo principal del presente artículo es establecer desde la teoría, la hermenéutica y un enfoque analítico-descriptivo, el acceso real y el goce del derecho de acceso a la justicia desde las teorías internacionalistas más aceptadas y discutidas mundialmente; las cuales son la república mundial, la justicia global y desde el derecho procesal, la tutela judicial efectiva y su relación con la noción de vulnerabilidad. Estas se basan en la igualdad de oportunidades y recursos para todos los habitantes del mundo, bajo el entendido de la solidaridad y que el mundo debe ser uno solo ante el cual todos los seres vivos nos encontramos en estado vulnerable frente al medio. Por otro lado, se pretende realizar un análisis desde las teorías particularistas que hacen una apología a las relaciones inter estatales y que niegan este concepto de unidad y solidaridad entre habitantes del mundo; haciendo una aproximación teórica y hermenéutica sobre el concepto más puro de justicia hasta alcanzar la justicia global y la república mundial, soportando así la tesis anti-cosmopolita de la misma en donde encontramos que la igualdad no es una respuesta a la pregunta que desde hace siglos se plantea a lo que realmente es la justicia como conocimiento último y objetivo. Lo que se pretende con el estado del arte del presente artículo es dilucidar la relación entre las teorías internacionalistas más aceptadas mundialmente como protección de los derechos humanos más elementales y el concepto de vulnerabilidad.
Los derechos de las personas con discapacidad: eficacia de la acción de tutela en Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda (2010 – 2011)
Authors: Rodríguez Valencia Alexander Antonio
Published: June 2018

En Colombia, la acción de tutela es el mecanismo de protección para la defensa de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad en temas como salud, trabajo y educación, con el propósito de avanzar hacia una igualdad real y efectiva, además de lograr su inclusión en una sociedad generalmente excluyente. Sin embargo, en la práctica jurídica, la eficacia de esta herramienta constitucional aún presenta algunos obstáculos. Al respecto, el objetivo del artículo está enfocado en dos (2) sentidos: primero, resaltar la importancia de la acción de tutela en el Estado constitucional contemporáneo; y segundo, determinar su eficacia en la realidad social, específicamente de las personas con discapacidad en el municipio de Santa Rosa de Cabal (Risaralda). La metodología es deductiva, siguiendo patrones descriptivos y analíticos.
El Principio de Conservación del Contrato (favor contractus) en la Convención sobre Compraventa Internacional de Mercaderías
Authors: Lora Echavarría Angela María
Published: June 2018

El presente escrito busca aproximarse a la siguiente pregunta: previa la revisión de las normas de la Convención sobre compraventa internacional de mercaderías, ¿cuáles son los casos puntuales a partir de los que puede predicarse que uno de los principios subyacentes a dicha Convención es el de la conservación del contrato? Para dar respuesta al interrogante planteado, este escrito procurará, en primera instancia, definir y caracterizar el principio de conservación del contrato (favor contractus); y posteriorm ente descender a la Convención en mención para auscultar en su clausulado las normas que, a nuestro entender, son desarrollo y aplicación de dicho principio, que persigue como objetivo principal, preservar los productos o resultados contractuales resultantes que pudiesen llegar a causarse y que pudiesen conducir a una probable resolución del acuerdo o contrato, en razón del denominado incumplimiento esencial, limitándose una posible ineficacia del contrato por inobservancia o ausencia de normas relativas al perfeccionamiento del contrato.This paper seeks to approach the following question: After reviewing the rules of the Convention on International Sale of Goods (CISG), what are the specific cases from which it can be stated that one of the principles underlying it is that of the conservation of contract? To answer this question, this paper will aim, initially, at defining and characterizing the principle of conservation of contract (favor contractus); after that, it will focus on the named Convention to explore in its clauses, the rules which we believe constitute the development and enforcement of such principle, that attempts to preserve the resulting products or contractual outcomes that could be caused and that could lead to a probable termination of the agreement or contract, because of the so-called fundamental breach, limiting a possible ineffectiveness of the contract by the disregard or absence of law relating to the contract finalizing.