bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A percepção de servidores universitários sobre as políticas, ações e discursos institucionais sobre o assédio moral no trabalho
Authors: Nunes Thiago Soares , Tolfo Suzana Da Rosa , Espinosa Leonor María Cantera
Published: December 2018

O artigo objetiva descrever a percepção dos servidores docentes e técnico-administrativos de uma universidade federal, localizada na região sul brasileira, em relação as práticas e discursos organizacionais sobre o assédio moral no trabalho. A pesquisa classificou-se como qualitativa e descritiva. A coleta dos dados ocorreu pela aplicação de um questionário online, divulgado por e-mail, respondido por 214 servidores, e realizado 12 entrevistas. Na análise de dados foi utilizado a análise de conteúdo. Constatou-se que a universidade não demonstra claramente suas políticas e ações em relação ao assédio, o que influência na sua prática ou denúncia interna. Além disto, como forma de prevenir e combater a violência, os participantes sugerem tanto aspectos individuais, que tem relação com o comportamento e ações no trabalho (a prática do código de ética, respeitar e valorizar o outro), quanto institucionais, que trazem elementos presentes na cultura e práticas organizacionais (formação das chefias, aplicação e controle do código de ética profissional do servidor público, mudança cultural, criação de comissões, maior divulgação sobre o assédio, gestão mais técnica). Portanto, trazem elementos de prevenção que vão além de estratégias exclusivas sobre o assédio, mas de práticas saudáveis e éticas no ambiente laboral e nas relações interpessoais.
Presentation of the Dossier
Authors: Alves de Souza Denis , Soares Elizangela A. , Santos João Batista Ribeiro , Maria de Lima Lídia
Published: December 2018

In the 1993, Richard Dawkins, a critical evolutionary biologist of creationism and intelligent design, professor of public understanding at Oxford University, wrote a rather provocative letter to the editor of The Independent. Some extracts from the letter:
Prediction of carbonation using reactivity test methods for pozzolanic materials
Authors: Shah Vineet , Parashar Anuj , Medepalli Satya , Bishnoi Shashank
Published: December 2018

The influence of the capacity of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) to consume portlandite on the carbonation resistance of mortar was investigated. Seven different mineral additives (two types of slag, two types of fly ash, two calcined clays and limestone) were used and their reactivity was measured using isothermal calorimetry, strength index measurements, Chapelle's test and thermogravimetric analysis. Mortar samples were cast by substituting 30% cement by mass with SCMs and their carbonation performance was investigated. The carbonation resistance of cement was found to have no specific correlation with the compressive strength of the mortar cast using it. Different reactivity test methods showed a reasonable correlation between the reactivity of the non-hydraulic SCM and the carbonation resistance of the cement containing that SCM. The performance of different cement binders under carbonation was found to be influenced by the alkaline content and compressive strength collectively.
Effect of synthesis conditions and post-synthetic treatments of LiAl-LDH on the performance of sulfoaluminate cement
Authors: Li Haiyan , Xu Chi , Guan Xuemao , Zhang Haibo
Published: December 2018

LiAl-layered double hydroxide (LiAl-LDH) has been reported as a potential hardening accelerator of calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement. Until now, little has been known about the effect of synthesis conditions and post-synthetic treatments of LiAl-LDH on the performance of CSA cement. The present work shows two methods for the synthesis of LiAl-LDH – a solvothermal method and a separate nucleation and aging steps method (SNAS) – and two methods for the post-synthetic treatments of LiAl-LDH, with and without drying process. The effect of the resultant LiAl-LDH on the performance of CSA cement was studied in relation to the strength, hydration process and products. Results indicate that specimens containing LiAl-LDH showed a greatly enhanced performance with regard to setting time and compressive strength at early and later ages. Compared to LiAl-LDH prepared with the solvothermal method, LiAl-LDH from SNAS synthesis is more effective to increase the compressive strength and shorten setting time. Moreover, the post-synthetic treatments affect the performance of LiAl-LDH. LiAl-LDH without a drying process has better dispersion stability, higher compressive strength and a shorter setting time. Owing to the crystal seed effect, LiAl-LDH enhanced the hydration rate and improved the amount of hydration products, resulting in a higher compressive strength.
Building climate resilience of UK’s rail network through a multihazard approach
Authors: Green Alex , Chmutina Ksenia
Published: December 2018

Climate projections suggest that the UK will be increasingly affected by climate-induced hazards in the future, exacerbating the potential for multihazard events to occur. This paper explores the extent to which climate resilience is being embedded in current and future rail transport infrastructure projects in London through use of a multihazard approach. It concludes that a multihazard approach is a relatively new concept and is therefore not currently being considered widely. However, opportunities for decision makers to explore its value to mitigate climate risks through collaborative working and further research exist – this paper recommends that two main stages are required to achieve this. Route 1 requires climate/hazard experts to identify and characterise the different hazard interactions that could occur, including their impact on the UK/London. Following this, route 2 involves the creation of multidisciplinary workshops to identify any multihazard vulnerabilities associated with different rail assets – potentially highlighting areas where further research is required. The paper concludes that although a London rail context has been adopted in order to understand the relevance of a multihazard approach, there is opportunity for it to be considered across many different sectors in the UK and the wider civil engineering industry.
Assessing the potential for energy recovery from the discharge of storm water run-off
Authors: Costa Joao , Fenner Richard A , Kapetas Leon
Published: December 2018

A limited number of previous studies have explored the viability of energy recovery from storm water retention ponds and suggest that the potential for this is worth pursuing. This paper develops a novel screening tool for the evaluation of the energy recovery potential at a given storm water storage site and provides a new specific methodology for conducting a preliminary analysis to determine whether it is worth proceeding further in terms of subsequent detailed design and implementation. The application of the tool to two case studies highlights a number of critical dependent factors suggesting that energy recovery from storm water discharge is likely to be limited to locations that have abundant rainfall relatively evenly distributed around the year, a large contributing catchment and steep slopes. Scheme viability is judged by the revenue capable of being generated by the installation over a 20-year payback period. In both cases examined, the investment recovery was found to be low (3 and 14%). An envelope of where energy recovery might be feasible to provide a typical annual electrical output consistent with other viable micro-hydropower schemes is presented. The procedures can be of practical use to asset owners and local authorities where retention ponds are being planned.
Facile synthesis of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles and application in removal of malachite green dye
Authors: Jinendra Usha , Kumar Jeethendra , Nagabhushana B M , Raghu Anjanapura V , Bilehal Dinesh
Published: December 2018

The adsorption capacity of the surface of cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanoparticles as an adsorbent was investigated. Malachite green dye in aqueous solution was used as the model compound. Various dosages of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (0·01–0·07 g) were used to determine the capacity to adsorb malachite green. Characterisation of cobalt ferrite was performed using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. An adsorbent loading value of 0·07 g, initial dye concentration of 10 parts per million and pH of 10 were used in the evaluation. The maximum amount of dye was absorbed from the solution within 60 min after the start of every experiment. The equilibrium concentration and the adsorption capacity at equilibrium were determined using three different sorption models, namely, Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherms. It was found that dye adsorption onto cobalt ferrite follows the Langmuir isotherm. The absorption kinetics were found to be of second order.
Libraries and Museums: Fostering GLAM Collaboration at the University of Iowa
Authors: Constantine Elizabeth , Garrity Jane , Hammes Megan , Lockwood Cory , Teesch Lynn
Published: December 2018

This report outlines the findings of the University of Iowa (UI) Executive Leadership Academy – Higher Education (ELA) project team GLAM1 during the 2017-18 academic year. Team GLAM was charged by the UI Stanley Museum of Art Interim Chair James Leach and UI Librarian John Culshaw with investigating the present state and potential of new collaboration between the Stanley Museum and those UI Libraries with the greatest focus on the visual arts. This report provides the team’s findings, as well as its recommendations for forging new relationships and leveraging the strengths of both types of institution to transform them into places where bold experiments will generate new ideas for research, teaching, and service. Based on our discussions, research, site visits, interviews, and ideation sessions held between October 2017 and April 2018, team GLAM recommends implementation of the following five broad collaborative practices. Full details around these recommendations can be found on pps. 18-20 in the final report:

Establish a formal GLAM committee that is empowered to shape an environment on campus where GLAM can flourish and be sustained.

Increase opportunities for collaborations across staff positions.

Reward and recognize staff and faculty who actively and productively collaborate in GLAM research, teaching, and service activities.

Identify and proactively pursue grants and other funding opportunities that support collaborative activities across GLAM.

Invest in digitization and joint technologies related to accessibility and discovery.

GLAM on the UI campus faces enormous budgetary, technology, and other environmental challenges that are most effectively addressed by broader collaboration across campus, beyond traditional organizational structures and disciplines. By strengthening current collaborations while seeking new ones across campus, the Stanley Museum of Art and the UI Libraries can leverage the strengths of both entities and advance their missions in service of UI’s broader strategic goals.
The Players‘ Experience of Immersion in Persuasive Games
Authors: Hafner Manuela , Jansz Jeroen
Published: December 2018

Game studies has seen an increasing interest in serious games with a persuasive goal. Yet, empirical research about the impact of these persuasive games is still limited. This paper aims to advance the field by reporting on an explorative, qualitative study, investigating player experiences in My Life as a Refugee and PeaceMaker, games that address pressing socio-political issues. Theoretically, our research was based on immersion theory and Calleja’s account of player involvement. We conducted in-depth interviews with twelve participants. Our results showed that players experienced the two games in a similar way. With respect to immersion, our results highlight its different aspects by showing that the games’ narratives had the largest impact on feeling immersed. Our participants also experienced ludic, affective, and spatial immersion, which partly deepened their narrative immersion. Finally, we found that perceived realism, narrative depth, and identification contributed to the immersive experience. The major contribution of this paper is showing that immersion heightened participants’ susceptibility to persuasion within the gaming environment, while adding that the roles of emotion and identification in immersion warrant further research.
A Fuzzy Logic Module to Estimate a Driver’s Fuel Consumption for Reality-Enhanced Serious Games
Authors: Massoud Rana , Poslad Stefan , Bellotti Francesco , Berta Riccardo , Mehran Kamyar , De Gloria Alessandro
Published: December 2018

Reality-enhanced gaming is an emerging serious game genre, that could contextualize a game within its real instruction-target environment. A key module for such games is the evaluator, that senses a user performance and provides consequent input to the game. In this project, we have explored an application in the automotive field, estimating driver performance in terms of fuel consumption, based on three key vehicular signals, that are directly controllable by the driver: throttle position sensor (TPS), engine rotation speed (RPM) and car speed. We focused on Fuzzy Logic, given its ability to embody expert knowledge and deal with incomplete information availability. The fuzzy models – that we iteratively defined based on literature expertise and data analysis – can be easily plugged into a reality-enhanced gaming architecture. We studied four models with all the possible combinations of the chosen variables (TPS and RPM; RPM and speed; TPS and speed; TPS, speed and RPM). Input data were taken from the enviroCar database, and our fuel consumption predictions compared with their estimated values. Results indicate that the model with the three inputs outperforms the other models giving a higher coefficient of determination (R2), and lower error. Our study also shows that RPM is the most important fuel consumption predictor, followed by TPS and speed.
Mbembe, A. (2017). Crítica da razão Negra. Lisboa: Antígona.
Authors: Sousa Vítor de
Published: December 2018

Crítica da razão Negra, de Achile Mbembe, não é uma história das ideias, nem um exercício de sociologia histórica, embora se sirva da história “para propor um estilo de reflexão crítica acerca do mundo do nosso tempo” (p. 21)...
Hacia un entorno laboral saludable e inclusivo. Gestión del envejecimiento en el trabajo a través del Quality of Ageing at Work (QAW-q)
Authors: Garavaglia Emma , Marcaletti Francesco , Iñiguez Berrozpe Tatiana
Published: December 2018

El progresivo envejecimiento de la fuerza del trabajo y el retraso en la edad de jubilación claman por acciones en favor de entornos laborales saludables e inclusivos que tengan en cuenta las características de los trabajadores de mayor edad. La calidad del envejecimiento en el lugar de trabajo ha sido analizada a nivel europeo mediante un instrumento novedoso, el Quality of Ageing at Work questionnaire (QAW-q). Esta herramienta, basándose en elementos clave del concepto de Work Ability, amplía su perspectiva introduciendo factores relacionados con las dimensiones intraorganizacionales e incluye la ponderación de la influencia de la edad sobre las percepciones individuales de la calidad del entorno de trabajo. En el artículo se presenta este instrumento como herramienta de evaluación de dicha calidad del envejecimiento en el empleo para evidenciar los elementos de mejora y lograr una gestión eficiente del envejecimiento de la fuerza del trabajo.
Modelo de decisiones compartidas en cáncer de mama. De la teoría a la práctica
Authors: De la Flor López Miriam , De Molina- Fernández Maria Inmaculada , Roca-Biosca Alba , Escuriet-Peiro Ramon , Galera Ortega Juana , Rubio-Rico Lourdes
Published: December 2018

La decisión de reconstruirse o no la mama es personal y debe basarse en una buena información. En este artículo se presenta el proceso sistemático de desarro- llo y resultado de una herramienta de ayuda a la toma de decisiones (HATD) digital para mujeres con cáncer de mama. Dicha herramienta plantea a la mujer las opciones disponibles ante una mastectomía, lo que constituye una novedad en el campo de las HATD al no disponerse en la literatura de ninguna herramienta de trabajo similar hasta el momento. Las políticas sanitarias deben promover la creación y utilización de instrumentos que favorezcan y potencien que los pacientes, con ayuda de los clínicos, se impliquen y tomen las decisiones sobre su salud de un modo informado. Palabras clave: cáncer de mama; reconstrucción mamaria inmediata; reconstrucción mamaria diferida; herramientas de ayuda a toma de decisiones; decisiones comparti- das; cuidados centrados en el paciente.
NMSU Mosquito Insecticide Resistance Bottle Test Protocol v1
Authors: Hansen Immo , Rodriguez Stacy
Published: December 2018

A new bottle test to test insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, based on CDC bottle test (https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/resources/pdf/fsp/ir_manual/ir_cdc_bioassay_en.pdf). This protocol shows how to establish lab and control strains, prepare bottles with insecticide, perform the bottle test bioassay, determine resistance by analyzing mortality curves, and run statistics using Kaplan Meier. This protocol uses the succeptible ROCK (MRA-734) strain and the resistant PUERTO RICO (NR-48830) strain from MR4 as controls.
GUIDE-seq simplified library preparation protocol (CRISPR/Cas9 off-target cleavage detection) v1
Authors: Palani Nagendra
Published: December 2018

GUIDE-seq is an experimental method to detect off-target cleavages caused during CRISPR/Cas editing. See publication https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3117 for details about the method, the protocol used, and the analysis performed. We identified several areas of improvement in the published protocol for GUIDE-seq NGS library preparation and developed a simplified protocol that is easier to perform & less expensive. The new protocol is also load-and-go compatible with standard sequencing runs on all Illumina instruments (using the kit SBS reagents & default instrument settings) compared to the NBT protocol that requires the libraries to be run on a MiSeq with some tweaks to the software configuration. Notable changes: 1. Moved the UMI (Unique Molecular Identifier) from the Y-adapter to be inline with the insert. UMI is now sequenced as part of the sequencing read (R2 on a paired-end run). This eliminates the need to export index reads from the MiSeq. 2. Removed the sample index from the Y-adapter and changed the PCR scheme. Now, only a single adapter is required for ligation to any number of samples, PCR1 is for enrichment of the dsOligo - genome junction, PCR2 is to add sample-specific indexes to the enriched amplicons. See oligo designs for further information. 3. Replaced sonication based shearing followed by end-repair with a one-pot, one-step enzymatic fragmentation + end-repair kit from New England Biolabs.
Speed, accuracy, sensitivity and quality control choices for detecting clinically relevant microbes in whole blood from patients v1
Authors: E Thornton Jr James , Watts George , Youens-Clark Ken , Crammer Lee , L Hurwitz Bonnie
Published: December 2018

Infections are a serious health concern worldwide, particularly in vulnerable populations such as the immunocompromised, elderly, and young. Advances in metagenomic sequencing availability, speed, and decreased cost offer the opportunity to supplement or replace culture-based identification of pathogens with DNA sequence-based diagnostics. For metagenomic analysis to be adopted for clinical use, all aspects of the pipeline should be optimized and tested, including data analysis. The accuracy, sensitivity, and resource requirements of Centrifuge were tested within the context of clinically relevant bacteria. Binary mixtures of bacteria showedCentrifuge reliably identified organisms down to 0.1% relative abundance. A staggered mock bacterial community showed Centrifuge outperformed CLARK while requiring less computing resources. Shotgun metagenomes obtained from whole blood in three febrile neutropenia patients showed Centrifuge can identify both bacteria and viruses as part of a culture-free workflow.
Ankara’da Evsiz Ölümleri
Authors: Yağan Murat , Koçak Uğur , Demirel Birol
Published: December 2018

Objective: Homeless people are a national problem for Turkey as well as in other countries. The higher death rates of homeless people than general population makes important to determine causes of preventable deaths and to inform the social institutions and the state about to take precautions against these deaths. Aim of this study is to build public attention to this problem, to make contribute to the statistical data about homeless people in our country and to obtain data in order to take preventive measures.
Materials and Methods: In this study, autopsy reports of 127 homeless cases who died in Ankara and recorded by Morgue Department of Forensic Medicine Institution in Ankara between 1997-2006 were reviewed. The data were evaluated retrospectively in terms of age, gender, the place where the deceased was found, the season and the cause of death. The data obtained from the cases were recorded and analyzed by using the statistical program (SPSS 16.0).
Results:It was found that 116 (91.33%) of homeless deaths were men and the most frequent deaths were between 30-61 years with a ratio of (70.08%). The places where they were found are mostly derelict buildings, construction sites and shielding places. Deaths mostly occurred in autumns and winters (62.99%). General hygiene of the found corpses of the homeless people (67.1 %) were distorted and autopsy was held for 42,51 % of total. It was determined that unnatural death causes (%55.11) were traffic accidents (14.17 %) and alcoholic intoxications (7.87%). Natural causes of deaths were found...
Çocuk ve Ergenlerde Nöroanatomik Gelişimin Çocuk Ceza Sorumluluğuna Etkisi
Authors: Yıldız Abdulkadir
Published: December 2018

Technological and conceptual developments in recent years have enabled the establishment of the relationship between the structural and functional maturation of the adolescents brain and adolescents behavior. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have shown that white matter in the frontal region and myelination are significantly lower in children than in adults. The construction of gray and white matter continues until early adulthood, including adolescence. The thickness and maturation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which performs impulse control, judgment, and decision making, is the region that reaches the adult level at the latest. The increase in white matter reflects the increase in myelination associated with age related cognitive processes. In adolescence, significant changes occur in the dopamine receptor concentration and distribution in the pathways between the limbic system in which emotions, reward and punishment experiences are treated and the prefrontal cortex, the chief of brain executive functions. Studies on the serotonergic system, which has significant effects on many behaviors such as mood, sleep, anxiety, impulsivity, have shown that the restructuring of serotonergic neurotransmission continues throughout childhood and adolescence. These findings indicate that many complex cognitive processes do not complete their development until early adulthood. The literature suggests that adolescents are inadequate in moral, social, legal reasoning, judgment, decision making, and impulse control, which have an important role in assessing criminal responsibility in adolescence due to neuroanatomical and neurochemical changes. When studies on the evaluation of child criminal responsibility made by the doctors in Turkey are examined, it is seen that the...
A Case of Burn Related to Over-Heating of The Cell Phone Battery
Authors: Aslan Fatmagül , Teke Hacer Yaşar
Published: December 2018

Contemporary communication tools are rather advanced tools, and cell phones have become indispensable parts of our daily lives. The purpose of this case report is to draw attention to new types of forensic cases that could develop in parallel with the advancement of technology and their consequences.
35-year-old male’s cell phone battery warmed up and burned his left hand, 2x2 cm sized 2nd degree burn wound with a 1x1 cm bulb area in the middle was found on the left hand palm thenar area.
Today, mobile phone technology is the most advanced form of mobile communication in communication technologies. In our country and in the world there is a need for detailed studies dealing with health, communication, social, economic and legal aspects.
Drone Kazasına Bağlı İlk Adli Vaka Bildirimi: Olgu Serisi
Authors: Hira Sıla Yazkan , Akar Taner , Demirel Birol
Published: December 2018

Drone is the most commonly used and most preferred term for the air vehicle amongst Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Without an on board human pilot (the person who controls drone), drones can be managed and guided from land thanks to its remote control system. The usage of drones are very versatile since they provide convenience in many areas including security, military information collection, journalism and imaging, thanks to the equipment that can be carried on it such as camera, weapon and radar. This widespread using of drones has led to the questioning of UAVs in terms of legal, social and security matters.
In our study, three forensic cases due to the same drone accident were presented for the purpose of contribution to the literature. Numerous accounts of drone collisions with humans are present in the news media, though only two case have been reported in the medical literature to date...
Os benefícios e os custos da efetivação da justiça de transição no Brasil
Authors: Camargo Outeiro Hernandes Luiz Eduardo , Tabak Benjamin Miranda
Published: December 2018

A efetivação da justiça de transição promove maiores benefícios para a sociedade quanto à proteção dos direitos humanos e quanto à consolidação da democracia, permitindo a superação da cultura de violência e medo, na medida em que são implementados de forma ampla os seus mecanismos em uma sociedade pós-conflito. Por essas razões, a efetivação da justiça de transição no Brasil nos dias atuais traz mais benefícios sociais, contribuindo para que graves violações de direitos humanos não mais se repitam.
Animalidade e subjetividade em Coetzee: repensando as fronteiras da justiça
Authors: Trindade Andre Karam , Fregapane Antonio Trevisan , Lourenço Daniel Braga
Published: December 2018

Trata-se de ensaio que discute a animalidade e a subjetividade presentes no romance A vida dos animais, do escritor sul-africano J. M. Coetzee, lançado em 1999, aliando os estudos em Direitos dos Animais àqueles em Direito e Literatura, tanto na perspectiva metodológica do Direito na Literatura quanto do Direito como Literatura. Para isso, adota a premissa de que algumas narrativas literárias são mais importantes para a compreensão dos fenômenos jurídicos e sociais do que grande parte dos manuais jurídicos. O ensaio introduz, por meio da narrativa de Coetzee, o problema da Ética Animal sob a perspectiva dos filósofos e dos poetas. Quais os fundamentos teóricos que permeiam o discurso apaixonado e as desconcertantes provocações de Coetzee/Costello? Por que razão Coetzee preferiu a ficção, em detrimento do método expositivo próprio da filosofia, para discorrer sobre o tema por ele abordado na Universidade de Princeton? Essas as questões centrais que o ensaio procura enfrentar à luz do Direito dos Animais. Ao final, sugere que a arte antecipa a vida, apontando que a literatura é uma ferramenta poderosa para a reflexão crítica dos juristas e, consequentemente, para a transformação do sistema de justiça.
The Prevalence of Type 1 Diabetes in Children of Mazandaran Province
Authors: Zamanfar Daniel , Yazdani Pooneh , Aarabi Mohsen , Pournorooz Hedieh
Published: December 2018

Introduction: The prevalence of type 1 diabetes in all countries throughout the world is different. In this study, an introduction is, therefore, provided for the development of type 1 diabetes in children in Mazandaran province by using all available resources.Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the prevalence of patients with initial diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus, aging from 6 months to 18 years, was located through contacting and referring to all organizations of insurers and doctors or experts in children endocrinologist and adolescent diseases in Mazandaran province.Results: 289 patients with type 1 diabetes were identified, 138 of whom were male (47.8%), and 151 were women (52.2%) with an overall prevalence of 0.04%, and the rate of this prevalence was 48 cases among 100000 people (50 cases among 100000 girls and 36 cases among 100000 boys). The mean age of the patients was 11.5 years old. In the study of delivery method, 180 patients (62.3%) were diagnosed with cesarean section, and 109 (37.7%) were born through natural delivery method. The mean age of onset of diabetes was 7 years. The minimum and maximum ages were 7 months and 18 years, respectively. 97 (33.6%) of the patients were also hospitalized for the first time due to ketoacidosis, and were diagnosed with diabetes.Conclusion: Type 1 diabetes in Mazandaran province was more prevalent than the similar study in southern Iran and neighboring countries. It is essential to pay greater attention to this disease through studying it in the other parts of the country..
Comparison of Relationship between Quality of Public Life and Quality Dedicated to Working Life in the Presence of the Mediator role of Work Conflict: A Multi-Group Analysis
Authors: Zabihi Mohtaram , Mahmoudi Ghahraman , Abedi Ghassem
Published: December 2018

Background and purpose: The concepts of work and life have the strongest and most effective relationship with individuals and society, and making a balance between them can have a direct impact on the achievement of organizational goals. The purpose of this study was to compare the relationship between quality of public life and quality dedicated to working life in the presence of the mediator role of work conflict.Materials and Methods: This applied study was conducted by implementing a descriptive-analytical method in 2017. The study population consisted of 351 working women in the health sector of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, who were selected using stratified sampling method. The survey tool was a standard questionnaire which was used to collect the data, and then the collected data was analyzed by SPSS 24 and AMOS 22.Results: The relationship between quality of public life and quality dedicated to work life in the job groups of women’s healthcare providers (P=0.0009,t=3.592), nurses and midwives' job group (P=0.009,t=2.595), and women’s technician/health expert working in health sector was significant (P=0.002, t=3.104). Whereas, there was no significant difference between the average quality of public life (P=0.117, F=1.788) and the quality dedicated to working life among the employees with different job titles (P=0.592, F=0.742). At the same time, the average of work conflicts was significantly different among different occupations (p = 0.009, F=3.152).Conclusion: The results showed that the relationship between quality of public life and the quality dedicated to work life varies from one job group to another. As a result, with proper planning aiming at increasing the quality of public life, an increase in the quality dedicated to work life and a reduction in their work conflicts can be seen.
Removal of Reactive Blue 19 Dye Using a Combined Sonochemical and Modified Pistachio Shell Adsorption Processes from Aqueous Solutions
Authors: Rahdar Somayeh , Shikh Leila , Ahmadi Shahin
Published: December 2018

Background and purpose: Reactive Blue 19(RB19) dye is one of the major dangers to human health and environment. Hence, the removal of these compounds from polluted water has been considered. This study was an attempt to investigate the removal of RB19 dye from aqueous solution in the presence of modified pistachio shell.Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, the treatability of water polluted with RB19dye was investigated by using sonochemical oxidation in a reactor. The sample with the desired concentrations of dye (10-80 mg/L) at pH 2-11 was prepared, then the required concentrations of MPS (0.1– 1.2 g/L) was flowed into the reactor intermittently.Results: The results of the current study showed that 40.26% of the dye was removed in the presence of MPS after 20 min at pH 2, MPS dose 0.7 g/L, and concentration of 20 mg/L.Conclusion: The findings showed that the combined process of ultrasonic and adsorption in the presence of MPS at optimal conditions of operation can be used as an acceptable option in the removal of dye from waters.
Factors affecting the relationship between physician and patient in Ahvaz Community Health Centers
Authors: Torabipour Amin , Badieenasab Parisa , Dolatshah Marzieh
Published: December 2018

Background and purpose: The patient-physician relationship is a cornerstone of a good primary healthcare. This study was aimed to study the factors affecting the relationship between physician and patient in Ahvaz community health centers.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, two-hundred participants were randomly selected from 14 community health centers in Ahwaz, 2016. Data were collected using a valid Patient-Doctor relationship questionnaire (PDRQ-9). A total score of 9-45 was considered to assess communication skill of doctors. Data were analyzed using SPSS.20 Software.Results: The results showed that the total mean and median score of physician-patient relationship was slightly higher than moderate (mean=28.58 and median=26 out of 45). The highest score (3.36 out of 5) was related to the item "I can talk to my doctor". The lowest score (2.95 out of 5) was related to the item "My doctor is dedicated to help me." Linear regression analysis shows that the waiting time for receiving services had a negative impact on the patient-doctor relationship. By increasing the waiting time for receiving services, patients' satisfaction from communication with their physicians is decreased (B = -0.112; P = 0.041).Conclusion: The researchers concluded that the relationship between physician and patient in the studied health centers was moderate. It is necessary to develop managerial techniques to reduce waiting time of patients in order to improve the relationship between physicians and patients.
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Women towards Breast Cancer and Its Screening: Babol City, Iran – 2017
Authors: Safarpour Mehdi , Tiyuri Amir , Mohamadzade Masume
Published: December 2018

Background and purpose: Considering the high prevalence and the reduction of the age of breast cancer in Iran, the present study was conducted to survey women's knowledge, attitude and practice about breast cancer and its screening tests in Babol city.Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 304 women aged 20-65 years (in Hashemi Healthcare Centre affiliated to Babol University of Medical Sciences) who were selected through random sampling were studied over a period of six months in 2017. Data collection was carried out using a standard questionnaire including demographic variables, 12 questions about knowledge, 15 questions about attitude, and 2 questions about practice. The collected data were then analyzed using SPSS (V: 22) by ANOVA, chi-square, and correlation coefficient.Results: The mean age of the participants was 43.3 ± 10.4 years. 22.3% of the participants had a good knowledge, and 61.8% had a positive attitude. Only 17.1% undertook screening examinations. There was also a significant relationship between age and education level with knowledge, attitude, and practice of women (P <0.001). However, there was found no significant relationship between the presence of cancer in relatives with knowledge (P=0.131), attitude (P=0.996), and practice of the women (P= 0.131).Conclusions: Increasing awareness about breast cancer is emphasized, especially in older women or the ones with lower education.
Biodiversity Species and Ecological Distribution of Scorpions in the City of Darmian, Southern Khorasan, Iran
Authors: Motevalli Haghi Farzad , Yousef Mogaddam Mohammad , Ali Enayati Ahmad , Dehghani Rouhullah , Fazeli-Dinan Mahmoud
Published: December 2018

Background and purpose: Scorpionism is a public health problem in Darmian City.  This study was conducted to determine the biodiversity and faunistic of scorpions in order to discover the health preventive features of scorpion sting among the residents of these regions.Methods: A nightly and daily actively searching on distribution and biodiversity of scorpions was carried during April 2015 to March 2016 in Darmian, Iran.Results: A total of 685 scorpions including five species belonging to buthidae family were identified. The highest abundance was observed in warmer months, and Mesobuthus eupeus (54.5%) was the most abundant species. The researchers found a positive correlation between abundance and temperature and a negative correlation between abundance and humidity. The scorpions were observed with more nocturnal activity and were well-adapted with more abundance to the plain, rural, and outdoors environments. Regarding constancy index, all species except A. crassicauda were classified as constant species (C=100). There was no significant difference in the richness of scorpions in different time collections (day or night), geographical areas (plain or mountainous), regions collected (urban or rural), and places (indoors or outdoors). The Shannon and dominant indices were found to be not significantly different between mentioned sites except in time collection.Conclusions: Species composition of scorpions revealed that scorpions were constantly active throughout the year which can play an important role in sting events. So, familiarity of healthcare experts and indigenous people with existing species and their seasonal activities can largely reduce the risk of scorpion stings.
Investigation into the Musculoskeletal Disorders Prevalence and Postural Assessment among Barbers in Sari-2016
Authors: Etemadinezhad Siavash , Ranjbar Fateme , Yazdani Charati Jamshid
Published: December 2018

Background and purpose: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders usually entangle back spines, neck and upper limbs. Working as a barber paves the ground for probable high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders. This study was designed to evaluate the working postures of sari male barbers by Rapid Entire Body Assessment method and determining the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders using NORDIC questionnaire.Methods: In the present research, 108 Sari barbers working conditions were evaluated using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) tool, and the data on the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was collected using Nordic questionnaire. Microsoft Excel and SPSS were then applied to analyze the data. Quantitative variables were analyzed using the descriptive statistical methods including mean and standard deviation. Chi-square test and ordinal regression have also been applied to analyze the relationship between different variables and musculoskeletal disorders' prevalence.Results: The mean age the participants was 33.11±8.2 and the mean of work experience was 12±3.7 years. According to the results of the Nordic questionnaire, during 12 past months, 78% of the studied subjects have discovered pain and discomfort at least in one of their 9 body regions. Complaints of musculoskeletal pains in the wrist were also most prevalent (72.1%), followed by the neck (49%) and elbow pains (46.2%). Through REBA Method, the highest frequency of corrective measures was at level 2 (73.9%).Conclusion: The results of the present study indicated that the evaluated subjects working postures required correction. Also, it was found essential to train barbers in what way to identify the biomechanical and ergonomic risk factors and correct working postures.
Multicenter randomized open study of the effectiveness of changed life quality and therapy with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (quinapril) in obese patients with arterial hypertension (ECO)
Authors: Belenkov Yu. N. , Chazova I. Ye. , Mychka V. B.
Published: December 2018

The wide spread of obesity in the populate in, and the increased risk of cardiovascular events, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in this group of patients served as the basis of the ECO study. Therapeutic approaches to treating arterial hypertension (AH) in patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 DM have their peculiarities. Properly chosen antihypertensive therapy may also contribute to not only its good antihypertensive effect, but to better carbohydrate and lipid metabolic parameters. A decrease in weight may lead to the lowering of blood pressure and to the normalization of metabolic disorders. Obesity is pathogenetically related to AH, and it is apparent that the use of the newest and effective antihypertensive drugs will not be rather effective without concurrent treatment of obesity. But the main task of the study was to provide an opportunity to physician to be, from his/her own experience, convinced of the effectiveness of nondrug measures and their combination with antihypertensive therapy with the drug of choice (the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor quinapril) in treating this group of patients. With this study, the authors would like to pay the attention of physicians and patients to the problem of obesity and All and to the hazard presented by these diseases.
Pharmacotherapy for arterial hypertension. Place of fixed combinations of drugs
Authors: Arutyunov G. P. , Rozanov A. V.
Published: December 2018

The paper analyzes the currently available data on the spread of arterial hypertension as the present-day means of effective control of blood pressure (BP) values, defines a place of combined therapy in the treatment of elevated BR There is evidence for I he choice of effective drug combinations for the treatment of patients with elevated BP.
Focal lesions of the cerebral white matter in patients with arterial hypertension as evidenced by 5-year prospective study
Authors: Mordovin V. F. , Afanasyeva N. L. , Lukyanenok P. I. , Semke G. V.
Published: December 2018

Studies were conducted in 58 patients (33 males and 25 females) aged 36 to 59 years who had arterial hypertension. 24-hour blood pressure (BP) monitoring and brain magnetic resonance imaging were performed in all the patients before and 5 years after the studies. Focal cerebral white matter lesions (FCWML) that had been absent before was found to appear in 15 (25%) patients; FCWML showed no changes in 12 (21%) patients. There was an increase in the number of FCWML in 17 (30%). The patients in whom FCWML appeared had significantly higher baseline values of BP and its time indices and, on repeated examination, they had only significantly higher time indices of BP. The findings suggest that arterial hypertension is a factor that enhances the likelihood of GCWML and that the use of 24-hour BP monitoring permits identification of a group of patients having a high risk for their appearance.
24-hour blood pressure monitoring in clinical practice: do we overestimate its value?
Authors: Kotovskaya Yu. V. , Kobalava Zh. D.
Published: December 2018

Ambulatory 24-hour blood pressure (BP) monitoring (24-h BPM) occupies its right place as one of the greatest advances in cardiology. By paying a well-deserved tribute to the evident advantages of this technique, is the question of whether this expensive labor-intensive method that is burdensome for a patient and provides very much information is optimally used in clinical practice and whether we always consider the findings critically rightful? Many cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have demonstrated that ambulatory BP is closer correlated with target organ lesions than clinical BP and it is of greater prognostic value for the development of cardiovascular complications. By interpreting the data of these studies, it should be remembered that while on the subject of clinical BP, we mean the mean value of less than 10 measurements of BP over a short period of time while 24-h BPM provides information on several tens of BP measurements. There is evidence for the fact that only patients with a good reproducibility of 24-h BPM exhibit a closer correlation of the latter with lesion to target organs than that with clinical BP. Most patients with arterial hypertension may be followed up with repeated clinical measurements of BP or its self-control. But 24-h BPM is the method of choice in assessing patients with wide variations in clinical and domestic BP, the symptoms of hypotension, sporadic hypertension, unexplained target organ lesions. 24-h BPM preserves its leading role in evaluating the antihypertensive efficacy of novel drugs under the conditions of clinical studies.
Coronary reserve and myocardial contractility before and after direct myocardial revascularization
Authors: Arkhipova Yc. I. , Churina S. K.
Published: December 2018

The baseline coronary blood flow and left ventricular contractility affects the results of functional tests after direct myocardial revascularization in patients with severe multivascular myocardial lesion and arterial hypertension. The overall reduction in the coronary reserve in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and high-grade coronary occlusions is most pronounced in patients with myocardial hypertrophy, which can cause a decrease in its functional properties before and alter direct myocardial revascularization. Some results of exercise tests, a rise in the double production in particular, may be indirectly indicative of the lowered coronary reserve in patients with CHD and arterial hypertension and be of prognostic value.
Myocardial structural and functional remodeling and prediction of arrhythmias in patients with arterial hypertension
Authors: Poteshkina N. X. , Dzhanashia P. Kh.
Published: December 2018

The remodeling types of the left ventricle (LV) and their association with cardiac arrhythmias have been studied in patients with arterial hypertension. Atrial fibrillation predominates in patients with eccentric LV hypertrophy. The risk of atrial fibrillation increases by 1.8 times with the larger sizes of the left atrium Ventricular premature beats are common in patients with he concentric remodeling and concentric hypertrophy of the LV. The increased LV mass index leads to a 3-fold rise- in the risk of ventricular contract beats and to its 1-fold rise when the relative LV wall thickness becomes increased.
Hypertension in pregnancy
Authors: Baranova E. I.
Published: December 2018

In developed countries hypertension is observed in 6 - 15% of all pregnancies and occupies the second place in pregnancy morality rate after embolism. Hypertension can be dangerous not only for maternal but fetal deal h as well. Criteria for pregnancy hypertension are the same as general criteria ( ≥ 140 / ≥ 90 mm Hg). Hypertension in pregnancy is classified as following; preexisting hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, mixed hypertension (preexisting and gestational). All antihypertensive drugs excluding methyldopa are contraindicated during the first and second trimesters, while several other drugs can be administrated during the third trimester.