bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Determination of Hair and Serum Metal Levels in Petrol Station Workers
Authors: KÖMÜROĞLU Ahmet Ufuk , ALACABEY İhsan , ATASOY Nurhayat , ÜÇLER Rıfkı
Published: September 2019

The aim of this study is to determine some metals in hair and serum samples of petrol station workers. A total of 50 petrol

station workers (exposure group) and 50 office workers (control group) were included in the study. Li, Ni, V, Tl, Ti and Sr

levels in hair samples and Sr, Ti and V levels in serum samples were measured using the ICP-OES instrument. Li, Ni, V, Tl, Ti

and Sr levels in hair samples were found to be significantly higher in the exposure group than in the control group. Ti level in

serum samples was found to be significantly higher in the exposure group than in the control group. However, Sr and V levels

in serum samples did not differ significantly between the two groups. These results show that petrol station workers are

exposed to these toxic metals. For this reason, it may be recommended that petrol station workers should undergo regular

biomonitoring and healthcare screening.
Embedded strip footing in a geotextile-reinforced sand slope
Authors: Baah-Frempong Emmanuel , Shukla Sanjay Kumar
Published: September 2019

This paper presents experimental and numerical investigations of dense sand slopes supporting an embedded strip footing, considering both unreinforced and geotextile-reinforced cases. The effect of footing location, defined in terms of embedment depth D and edge distance e, on the bearing capacity of the footing was investigated. The results show that the bearing capacity of the footing increased with an increase in D and e. The inclusion of one layer of geotextile reinforcement in the dense sand slope further increased the bearing capacity. This benefit was expressed in terms of BCRu, which is defined as the ratio of the ultimate bearing capacity for the reinforced case to the ultimate bearing capacity for the unreinforced case. The maximum value of BCRu( ≈ 2·5 − 3) was observed for D/B = 0 and e/B = 0 where B is the width of the footing, while the minimum value of BCRu( ≈ 1·5) was obtained for D/B =  1 and e/B = 3.
Director's Duty to Act for a Proper Purpose in the Context of Distribution under the Companies Act 71 of 2008
Authors: Bidie Simphiwe
Published: September 2019

This paper seeks to critically analyse the requirements of the duty imposed on directors to act for a proper purpose as provided in section 76(3)(a) of the 2008 Act (Companies Act 71 of 2008) whenever they distribute company money and/or property. This analysis is conducted with the obligations imposed under sections 4 and 46 of the 2008 Act in mind. The purpose is not to question the inclusion of this duty in the 2008 Act. It is simply to question whether the common law interpretation of the duty still suffices in the face of section 76(3) of the 2008 Act, which seems to suggest that a different standard of judgment must be used. The argument that is made here is that the use of common law principles in interpreting proper purpose is well and good when the actions of directors are challenged based on the common law, but, where this duty has been incorporated into statutory law the interpretation of the duty in the context of the wording of the statute should be paramount. In addition, when interpreting any provision of the Act, consideration of the objects of the statute becomes inevitable. The interpretation of the duty cannot, in the face of the changes brought about by the statute, remain stagnant as a result of reliance on common law standards of judgment. The wording of the provision in question and the purpose of the statute cannot and must not be ignored; they must be given effect. A comparative approach will be adopted, using legislation and case law from Australia and Canada. The selection of these particular jurisdictions is based solely on the fact that like South Africa, their legal heritage is based on English common law, and a comparison of the three jurisdictions therefore makes sense.
“Al half dier”: objekgeoriënteerde ontologieë, gestremdheidstudies en Siegfried (Willem Anker)
Authors: Burger Bibi
Published: September 2019

Willem Anker’s debut novel, Siegfried, deals with the experiences of the eponymous character, who is mentally disabled and whose hands and feet are webbed. In this article, an attempt is made to investigate how the theories of Deleuze and Guattari, as well as object oriented ontologies, can be used to argue that the representation of the character of Siegfried involves a blurring of the boundaries between the human and the nonhuman. The second aim of this article is to establish whether such a blurring is ethically problematic, given the cruel ways in which people considered less human than others are often treated. Where the first aim is concerned, it is argued that Siegfried’s interaction with the world challenges hegemonic ideas of human subjectivity, especially ideas of what constitutes normal humanity. In the character of Siegfried traces are found of what can be described, in Deleuze and Guattari’s terms, as becomings. These becomings serve as lines of flight from blocked forms of human subjectivity. The boundaries between what is considered human and what is considered nonhuman are therefore indeed blurred. Concerning the second aim, it is argued that the novel can be read as a critique of the ways in which society treats disabled people, and that it can therefore be brought into dialogue with disability studies. The potential for object oriented ontologies to be apolitical (and even unethical, in this respect), is countered in the analysis of the novel by disability studies’ activism and social commentary.
Biracialism and trauma in Kaine Agary's Yellow-Yellow
Authors: Ogunfolabi Kayode Omoniyi
Published: September 2019

The connection between the discourse of racial purity and its traumatic effects on the biracial woman takes center stage in Kaine Agary’s Yellow-Yellow, which manifests in valorization and vilification of biracial subjects. Contrary to received and discriminatory knowledge that equated biraciality with degeneracy and hyper-sexuality, this article argues that master narratives of social marginality, and stigmatization of biracial women are undermined through the counter-narrative of subjects that deconstructs the dialectic of visibility and invisibility of the biracial body. Appropriating the stereotypes against them, victims recover their subjectivity by articulating their stories, which transgress an ossified binary perception of race. Though these stories do not provide narrative closure, they embrace the contradictions and ambivalence that characterize existential realities of biracial bodies, and therefore, rupture the singular and normative narrative that names biracial women as ‘other’.
Behind the wall in Kobus Moolman’s A Book of Rooms
Authors: Jennings Karen
Published: September 2019

Kobus Moolman prefaces A Book of Rooms with a quote by Georges Perec. The quote details the irrevocability of the past through memory. However, both Perec and Moolman not only recover memory, but are able to do so in great detail, specifically through thorough catalogic descriptions of spaces and objects that surround them in the domestic realm. Analysis of these catalogic descriptions forms the key component of this article. The structure of Moolman’s work, with different rooms used to demarcate different sections, and the significance of objects, further contribute towards his project of recovering the irrevocable. Comparison of Moolman’s project with that of Perec, with reference to Bachelard’s thoughts on the home, serves in the analysis of how the self is related to the concept of a house, with its many rooms in which are stored those things which contribute to an individual’s sense of identity. The generation of narrative via description and cataloguing of these various domestic objects and events is considered, with specific focus given to the ‘bed’ as it plays a significant role in the formation of the self and the recollection of memories.
The emergence of black queer characters in three post-apartheid novels
Authors: Andrews Grant
Published: September 2019

Before the end of apartheid, queer lives were almost entirely unrepresented in public literary works in South Africa. Only after the fall of institutionalised apartheid could literature begin to look back at the role of queer people in the history of South Africa, and begin to acknowledge that queer people are a part of the fabric of South African society. A number of celebrated authors emerged who were exploring queer themes; however, most of these authors and the stories they told were from a white perspective, and black queer voices were still largely absent in literature, especially novels. This paper explores the limited number of black queer literary representations following the influential work of K. Sello Duiker. I explore the social dynamics that might have influenced the fact that so few examples of black queer characters currently exist in South African literature. Through an analysis of novels by Fred Khumalo, Zukiswa Wanner, and Chwayita Ngamlana, I show how black, queer characters in post-apartheid novels confront ideas of culture, race, and sexuality as they wrestle with their identities and with questions of belonging and visibility.
Combined Single-Cell Measurement of Cytokine mRNA and Protein in Immune Cells v1
Authors: J. Freen-van Heeren Julian , P. Nicolet Benot , C. Wolkers Monika
Published: September 2019

A key feature of immune cells, such as T cells, is their rapid responsiveness to activation. The response rate of T cells depends on the type of signals they receive, and the signal strength. Studying the underlying mechanisms that define responsiveness, however, is confounded by the fact that immune cells do not uniformly respond to activation. Tools that measure gene products on a single cell level therefore provide additional insights in T cell biology. Here we describe Flow-FISH, a high-throughput assay that allows for the simultaneous measurement of cytokine mRNA and protein levels of the gene(s) of interest by flow cytometry. We present several possible applications of Flow-FISH in human and murine T cells that - with minor adjustments - should also be applicable for other gene products and cell types. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Methods in Molecular Biology, and is currently in press.
Autofluorescence Microscopy Data Acquisition v1
Authors: Neumann Elizabeth , Patterson Heath , Allen Jamie , Brewer Maya , De Caestecker Mark , Gutierrez Danielle , Spraggins Jeff
Published: September 2019

Scope: Obtain autofluorescence microscopy images of tissues. Expected Outcome: An RGB autofluorescence microscopy image of the tissue section that enables registration and correlation of different imaging modalities on a pixel by pixel basis.
High Resolution Imaging Mass Spectrometry Analysis using Bruker Daltonics Platforms v1
Authors: Neumann Elizabeth , Allen Jamie , Anderson David , Gutierrez Danielle , Spraggins Jeff
Published: September 2019

Scope: Acquire 10 μm spatial resolution imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) datasets of ~ 5mm2 regions of tissue. Expected Outcome: A series of ion images that can be used to visualize the distribution of lipids localizing to physiological regions within the human kidney.
Agarose Gel Electrophoresis v1
Authors: 董 宏亮
Published: September 2019

The concentration of the agarose gel is 1%.
Gibson Assembly v1
Authors: 董 宏亮
Published: September 2019

This protocol includes two different kits. Choose one to use.
Restriction Digest v1
Authors: 董 宏亮
Published: September 2019

This protocol includes three different methods of digestion.
Diagnostic value of ASVS for insulinoma localization: A systematic review and meta-analysis v1
Authors: Wang Hao
Published: September 2019

Backgroud Previous studies on the diagnostic value of arterial calcium stimulation with hepatic venous sampling (ASVS) for the localization of insulinoma have reported inconsistent results. Here, we performed a meta-analysis of the relevant published studies. Methods PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, and Wanfang Data were searched for studies on the diagnostic value of ASVS in insulinoma localization published up to May 2019. We calculated the sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of ASVS in the localization of insulinoma. Results We included ten studies involving 337 patients in the study. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, PLR, and NLR were 0.93 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.83–0.97), 0.86 (95%CI: 0.75–0.93), 6.8(95%CI: 3.7–12.7), and 0.08 (95%CI: 0.03–0.19), respectively. The DOR was 84 (95%CI: 30–233), and the area under the ROC curve was 0.96 (95%CI: 0.94–0.97). The results of the heterogeneity of the studies (P = 0.00, I2 = 80.17) were calculated using forest plots of the DOR. Conclusion ASVS is of significant value in localization of insulinoma. If a qualitative diagnosis of insulinoma is definite and the imaging examination results are negative, ASVS should be performed to confirm the localization of insulinoma.
Use IPython to run bioconda tools in jupyter v3
Authors: J J. Ponsero Alise
Published: September 2019

Learn how to run shell commands directly in your jupyter notebook using IPython
Development of the system of punishments without isolation from society in the Russian criminal law until 1917
Authors: Cherekhovich M. M.
Published: September 2019

The article investigates the process of development of the system of punishments applied without isolation from society in the Russian criminal law during the period from the 9th century till 1917. On the basis of the analysis of the most important written sources of law, the author concludes that deprivation of liberty had not been applied as a type of criminal punishment until the 16th century. The type of punishment under consideration had the features of an ecclesiastical and repentant penalty. The leading role in the system of punishment was assigned to various types of fines, monetary penalties, mutilation (maiming) penalties and death penalty. Sentences alternative to deprivation of liberty were commonly used during the reign of Peter the Great for the purpose of using convicts in state-building facilities. The tendency to punish minor crimes by imposing monetary penalties or public works instead of imprisonment was initiated during the reign of Catherine the Second and was finally outlined by the middle of the 19th century. Until 1917, types of punishment that did not envisaged isolation from society prevailed in the Russian system of criminal penalties.
Ethics of Russian parliamentarian as a subject matter of normative and legal regulation
Authors: Aminov I. I.
Published: September 2019

Professionalization of ethics in the first quarter of the 21st century leads to the fact that it increasingly acts as a regulator of behavior of representatives of all branches of government: legislative, executive and judiciary. To this end, scholars — authors of modern concepts of political ethics — increasingly correlate fundamental ethical values with the features of modern politics, law, democratic organization of the society that put forward as fundamental such ethical qualities as professionalism, discipline, financial integrity, political correctness, prevention of malpractice and power abuse in the activities of members of the Council of Federation and deputies of the State Duma in their interpersonal and intergroup relations.

Since the authority of the Parliament, as the highest legislative (representative) body, largely depends on personal and moral qualities, ethical standards of behavior of holders of state authorities should be enshrined not only in the regulations of the Chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, but also in an independent normative legal act — the code of ethics regulating ethical behavior of the lawmakers and responsibility for its violation. The adoption of such an important codified act will make it possible to control the individual, personal and behavioral characteristics of parliamentarians, their interaction with the public, the mass media, to establish uniform moral guidelines for parliamentarians and voters and directions of the legislative activity.
Manuscript contexts and the transmission of the Agnus Castus herbal in MS Sloane 3160
Authors: Esteve Ramos María José
Published: September 2019

MS Sloane 3160 is a miscellaneous volume containing one copy of the herbal Agnus Castus in Middle English. Traditionally, editions focused on texts in isolation and did not look in detail to the rest of the material, diminishing the potential of manuscript contexts in explaining how texts flow and are received by a specific audience. If we consider these groupings of texts a collective product in which all the co-texts are part of an internal dialogue, the importance of looking at the whole volume from a collective perspective becomes paramount in understanding the final aim of the compiler, and the processes of transmission of text and/or texts. The objective of this article has been to study the arrangement of the material contained in MS Sloane 3160 as a starting point to frame future comparison with manuscripts containing the same herbal. The results point to the identification of patterns which would confirm the “anthologistic impulse” (Lerer 2000). The structure of this manuscript would contain a spectrum of the most important areas that would cover the contents of a typical vademecum of the time, including religious texts, but more studies are needed in order to be able to assess these contexts in medical miscellanies. The impact and transmission of the Agnus Castus herbal needs to be studied collectively, and assessing the manuscript contexts in which the text is naturally embedded points to the right direction in understanding all the processes therein.Keywords: miscellanea; Middle English; medical manuscripts; Agnus Castus
Palonosetron for the prevention of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting: a comparative study in a tertiary care hospital from India
Authors: Swamy Shubhatara , Rajendran Vijaya , Prasan Durga , Nadig Pratibha
Published: September 2019

Background: Despite advances in symptom management, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) remains one of the most dreadful consequences of cancer therapy.Methods: The study was carried out at Medical Oncology Department, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore. Hundred and forty-four cancer patients of either sex, aged 18-65 years with adequate blood counts requiring moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (MEC) as per Hesketh classification were included. The patients were prospectively divided into two groups before the initial cycle of chemotherapy. Patients in Group A (n=71) received ondansetron, and dexamethasone along with aprepitant capsules, Whereas, Group B (n=73) received palonosetron, and dexamethasone along with placebo capsules, 30 minutes before chemotherapy. Thereafter the patients were administered with the drugs and observed for nausea and vomiting. The efficiency of both regimens was assessed by adopting validated functional living index emesis (FLIE) questionnaire. Analysis of the data was done using the SPSS 21.0 software.Results: The mean age of the patients was 40.5 years and the male to female ratio was 1:2.4. In all the patients, no changes were detected in the ECG readings after MEC. The nausea and vomiting score were comparable in both groups. No significant difference (p>0.05) was noticed between group A and group B in both mm and in FLIE points. No serious adverse events were found relating to antiemetic treatment.Conclusions: Palonosetron in combination with corticosteroids was non inferior to ondansetron in combination with aprepitant and corticosteroids in controlling acute and delayed stages of CINV in patients requiring MEC. Thus, it can be recommended as first-line therapy for patients treated with MEC.
Impact of cold dissection tonsillectomy method combined with selective low voltage bipolar diathermy cauterization on the post tonsillectomy pain in the pediatric age group
Authors: Varadharajan Ramesh , Radhakrishnan Vaishnav , Suresh Sneha , Babu Sreedevi S.
Published: September 2019

Background: Pediatric tonsillectomies are commonly performed by cold dissection or electro cautery dissection. Both the techniques have been compared in many articles for their role in controlling the post-operative pain and bleeding. With the electro cautery dissection the blood loss is comparatively less, but the post-operative pain is reported as more. Several expensive new techniques are available to address the problems. A simple technique of cold dissection tonsillectomy combined with selective low voltage bipolar diathermy cauterization performed in the pediatric age group is being studied retrospectively for its impact in managing the post-operative pain.

Methods: The case records of 73 patients aged 4-15 years who were operated for tonsillectomy from January 2018 to July 2019 are retrospectively studied. 33 patients underwent cold dissection and ligature tonsillectomy and 40 patients underwent tonsillectomy by cold dissection combined with selective low voltage bipolar diathermy cauterization. The postoperative pain incidence in these two groups is studied.  

Results: The cold dissection tonsillectomy combined with selective low voltage bipolar diathermy cauterization technique was found to be useful in managing the postoperative pain in pediatric tonsillectomies.

Conclusions: Performing cold dissection tonsillectomy with precise mucosal incision, gentle dissection and combining it with selective low voltage bipolar diathermy cauterization of the bleeding points was found to be helpful in controlling the postoperative pain in pediatric tonsillectomies. Prescribing a syrup form of NSAID from the second post-operative day was found to be of additional help.
Differentiation of Myositis-Induced Models of Bacterial Infection and Inflammation with T2-Weighted, CEST, and DCE-MRI
Authors: Goldenberg Joshua M. , Berthusen Alexander J. , Cárdenas-Rodríguez Julio , Pagel Mark D.
Published: September 2019

We used T2 relaxation, chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST), and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess whether bacterial infection can be differentiated from inflammation in a myositis-induced mouse model. We measured the T2 relaxation time constants, %CEST at 5 saturation frequencies, and area under the curve (AUC) from DCE-MRI after maltose injection from infected, inflamed, and normal muscle tissue models. We applied principal component analysis (PCA) to reduce dimensionality of entire CEST spectra and DCE signal evolutions, which were analyzed using standard classification methods. We extracted features from dimensional reduction as predictors for machine learning classifier algorithms. Normal, inflamed, and infected tissues were evaluated with H&E and gram-staining histological studies, and bacterial-burden studies. The T2 relaxation time constants and AUC of DCE-MRI after injection of maltose differentiated infected, inflamed, and normal tissues. %CEST amplitudes at −1.6 and −3.5 ppm differentiated infected tissues from other tissues, but these did not differentiate inflamed tissue from normal tissue. %CEST amplitudes at 3.5, 3.0, and 2.5 ppm, AUC of DCE-MRI for shorter time periods, and relative Ktrans and kep values from DCE-MRI could not differentiate tissues. PCA and machine learning of CEST-MRI and DCE-MRI did not improve tissue classifications relative to traditional analysis methods. Similarly, PCA and machine learning did not further improve tissue classifications relative to T2 MRI. Therefore, future MRI studies of infection models should focus on T2-weighted MRI and analysis of T2 relaxation times.
SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA OF THE RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION
Authors: Vorontsova Valeriya Leonidovna , Salimgareev Maksim Vladimirovich , Vladimirovich Dmitriy
Published: September 2019

Purpose: Identification of the heuristic significance of radicalism and solidarity as elements of the Russian civilization concept, not only within the framework of a unified, strictly fixed theory, but as universal intellectual tools of a modern socio-humanitarian vision of historical reality.

Methodology: The basis of the work is a civilizational approach, which allowed to most effectively evaluate the interesting aspects of the social development of Russian civilization.

Main Findings: The authors revealed the specific content of national manifestations of radicalism and solidarity in a philosophical and historical context. The most important manifestations of the social aspirations of key mega-objects of Russian history: the ethnic group, the state and the church are analyzed. When considering the historical specifics of the designated vectors of civilizational dynamics, attention is drawn to the role of individuals in the process of activating or deactivating the indicated directions of Russia development.

Novelty/Originality: The authors revealed the specific content of national manifestations of radicalism and solidarity in a philosophical and historical context. The tendency towards radical and solidary forms of interaction among the participants in the civilization process, especially at the tragic moments of historical changes, was a special form of manifestation of social dynamics. Its total completeness, expressed, among other things, through the acceleration or deceleration of the adaptation to historical reality processes, became a state of self-disclosure of specific subjects of social action, acting as vehicles of unknown metahistorical forces.
THE COOPERATION BETWEEN FAMILY AND SCHOOL AS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED CHILDREN
Authors: Gali Gulnara Faritovna , Fakhrutdinova Anastasiya Viktorovna , Grevtsova Gulsina Yakupovna , Gali Ilshatovich
Published: September 2019

Purpose of the Study: One of the important features of effective pedagogical school is the close cooperation of parents and teachers in the gifted students’ educationworldwide. Cooperation represents a joint action and negotiation, which is aimed at finding solutions, and a new, common ground. Cooperation between schools and parents may be traditional and partnership-oriented. In what way it will be achieved and placed, depends on the legal regulations, school environment, professional competence and individual characteristics of teachers, sociodemographic, and psychosocial characteristics of the parents. The study aims to determine the teacher functions in cooperation between the family and school.

Methodology: The leading approaches to the study of this problem are: the method of historical and logical analysis of regulatory documents of foreign governments and research papers by leading scientists dealing with gifted education issues and the method of analysis, comparison, synthesis and generalization of innovative foreign, and domestic pedagogical experience.

Results: The paper is based on the assumption that parents do not participate in decision-making at the school and that the cooperation between family and school in primary schools is still traditional. The results showed that parents are not involved in decision-making at the school, and the cooperation between family and school is still traditional and that is mainly related to parent meetings and informative conversations, without involvement of the partnership.

Implication: The authors focus on the specifics of working with gifted students’ parents, as well as on the analysis of the problems of gifted students’ education in different countries. The studies confirm that the task of parents and teachers working with gifted students is to create the necessary conditions and environment in which the gifted students could successfully develop and learn to overcome various difficulties.

Novelty: Materials of the article can be useful for professors, teachers, students, and a wide range of readers interested in the problems of gifted students' education.
AMBIVALENCE OF SOCIAL STIGMATIZATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Authors: Turkulets Svetlana , Turkuletc Aleksei Turkuletc , Listopadova Evgenia , Gareeva Irina , Slesarev Alexandr
Published: September 2019

Purpose of the study: The purpose of the article is to study the characteristics of the stigmatization process of modern youth in the Russian Far East. Special attention is paid to living conditions in the Russian Far East, noting that the majority of the population in the Far Eastern region and, above all, young people, are in a situation of social inequality and marginality in relation to the rest of Russians. Many young people associate their life strategies with leaving the territory of the Far East of Russia.

Methodology: At the first stage of the study, the method of participant observation was used, which provided primary information about the impact of stigma on the self-identification of young people. At the empirical level of research, such sociological methods as document analysis, sociological surveys in the form of questioning and interviewing were applied. A sociological survey was conducted as a pilot study of the problems of stigmatization among high school and university students of the cities of Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Main findings of this article: Stigma is manifested in its own way in different times and in different communities, it is historically and socioculturally specific. Territorial stigma possesses signs of ambivalence, on the one hand, it has a negative effect on the socialization and self-identification process of young people in the Russian Far East, but on the other hand, it can act as an incentive for young people to make an active and conscious choice of their life strategy.

Applications of this study: The findings can be used in the implementation of youth policy in the Far Eastern Federal District by state and local authorities in order to prevent the outflow of young people from the region. The main results of the study can be useful for use in the educational process in such disciplines as sociology, political science, regional studies, as well as for the further study of the problems of social stigmatization.

Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty and significance of the study lie in the fact that in Russian sociology practically no attention is paid to the problems of territorial stigmatization. The theoretical conclusions were obtained on the basis of the original sociological research conducted by the authors of the article in the cities of the Far Eastern region of Russia. The results provided new knowledge of both territorial stigmatization and social stigmatization in general. The novelty of the conducted study lies in the actualization of the problem of social stigmatization of Russian youth living in the Far Eastern region remote from the center of Russia.
CONSENSUS ASPECTS OF COUNSELING SUPERVISION PRACTICES IN DRUG TREATMENT CENTRE
Authors: Sabri Farhana
Published: September 2019

Purpose of the study: This study aims to examine aspects of counseling supervision practices in a drug treatment center in Malaysia. The aspects are served as facilitative factors for supervisor to practice counseling supervision in the drug abuse field.

Methodology: Data were collected using a mixed-method explanatory sequential research design that involved 30 respondents. Two sets of questionnaires were used namely Supervisee Levels Questionnaires-Revised and Supervisee Needs Index. A semi-structured interview was conducted to selected respondents to further explain and justify the quantitative data.

Main Findings: The findings show that most of the respondents scored highest at motivation subscale and supervisor competency for their supervisee levels and their needs index, respectively. Four themes namely a) attending courses periodically, b) in-house training, c) supervision from the upper management, and (d) consultation from other agencies were examined to corroborate the quantitative results.

Social implications and novelty: The findings of this study would facilitate the supervisors to focus more on the aspects found in this study throughout their counseling supervision practices. Having identified aspects that should be focused on during supervision would be served as a fundamental framework for future studies pertaining to counseling supervision practices.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This study examines consensus aspects of counseling supervision practices, of which limited studies available in Malaysia.  Each aspect of counseling supervision found in this study can be further investigated for future studies.
THE EFFECT OF BOARD CHARACTERISTICS ON INTERNET FINANCIAL REPORTING: A META-ANALYSIS STUDY
Authors: Waromi Juliana , Chairiri Anis , Yuyetta Etna Nur Afri , Imaningati Sri , Falah Syaikhul
Published: September 2019

Purpose of this study: This paper aims to examine the relationship between corporate governance, namely board characteristics and internet financial reporting.

Methodology: The method used is a meta-analysis technique developed by Hunter and Schmidt’s (1990) covering 26 previous articles published in 2004-2017.

Main Findings: Empirical evidence found that board characteristics represented by board size and board independence have a positive effect on internet financial reporting, while role duality does not correlate.

Implications of this study: This paper has important implications for regulators as it reports board size and board independence as important predictor variables to internet financial reporting. The paper is also of interest to investors and companies related to accountability and transparency.

Research limitations: In these studies, other characteristics of corporate governance such as audit committee board and ownership structure are not included due to the limited number of studies related to corporate governance and internet financial reporting.

Originality/Value: This study extends meta-analysis literature related to corporate governance characteristics on Internet Financial Reporting.
A Binary Quantifier for Definite Descriptions in Intuitionist Negative Free Logic: Natural Deduction and Normalisation
Authors: Kürbis Nils
Published: September 2019

This paper presents a way of formalising definite descriptions with a binary quantifier ℩, where ℩x[F, G] is read as `The F is G'. Introduction and elimination rules for ℩ in a system of intuitionist negative free logic are formulated. Procedures for removing maximal formulas of the form ℩x[F, G] are given, and it is shown that deductions in the system can be brought into normal form.
The tasks of training and continuous professional development of administrative managerial health personnel in the system of supplementary professional education
Authors: Naygovzina N. B. , Konanykhina A. K. , Kochubey Adelina V.
Published: September 2019

The major purpose of the system of training and continuous professional development is training of competent professionals capable to adequate response to challenges of health care. In health care, the system of training and continuous professional development of administrative and managerial personnel is to be implemented through competence approach. The employer determines working functions and working conditions. The educational organizations determine level of knowledge and skills. The competences are to be a connecting link between them. The successful process of formation and development of competences is needed in designing model of key and professional competences and upgrading actual trajectory of supplementary professional education of health care administrators. The training of health care administrative personnel is to be targeted to mastering integrated standard professional competences which are to be come the basis of educational programs of supplementary professional education in all educational organizations. The development of each competence requires different approaches, means and methods of training which are to be selected by educational organizations independently with observance of main principles of adragogics. The selection of the most effective technologies of education for development of each competence plays an important role in the system of training of health administrative personnel. The practice of common programs of supplementary professional education for health administrators with different set of working functions is to be eradicated. It is appropriate to return to successful national practice of differentiated programs of supplementary professional education addressed to every administrative position. The purpose of concluding qualifying evaluation is to become estimation of level of mastering of competences required in administration activities. The concluding qualifying evaluation is to be carried out by educational organizations conjoint with professional community. The subsequent “monitoring” of administrators is to become as an obligatory component of continuous professional development of health administrators. The consulting by educational organization is an effective form of continuous professional training.
The structure of software complex “Student health” and its significance in their health support (as exemplified by the south of Kuzbass)
Authors: Proskuryakova Larisa A. , Lobykina E. N. , Burnysheva T. V.
Published: September 2019

The article presents structure of software complex "Student health" and methodology of implementation of computerized diagnostic testing of indicators of psychic, physical and medical biological health of students. The universality of software complex is demonstrated that enables to use it in institutions and departments of different profile.
The theory and practice of indicative planning in health care
Authors: Kudrina V. G. , Sapralieva Dzeynap O.
Published: September 2019

The planning as a key function of management in health care system is focused on target indicators of population health and development of health care sector. The focusing on social economic values of target indicators and setting them as indicators of appropriateness and effectiveness of implementing activities is actual standard ofplanning. For all that, the technique of indicative planning in health care still requires to be putted to level of its theoretical substantiation (prerequisites of becoming, conceptual foundations, terms, requirements to evaluation) and implementation in practice. The example of the Republic of Ingushetia, one of the regions of the Russian Federation, was used to demonstrate becoming of indicative planning and its development with the purpose of effective management. The emphasis is made on terms system, approaches of choosing and monitoring of target indicators for indicative planning. To present the technique of indicative planning scientifically the monograph method (analysis of reports, statistical data of Rosstat, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Health of the Republic of Ingushetia) was applied. The SWOT analysis of the situation in health care of the region was applied. The infant mortality indicator became the reference point of evaluation of effectiveness of functioning of health care system and social economic reforming in the region. The level and dynamics of infant mortality indicator reflects shortcomings of medical care organization in the region and first of all absence of the three-level system of its rendering, routing according standards of medical care support of patients on main pathology profiles, including pregnant women, women in labor, newborns and children. According to situation, the investment decisions were made on the federal level. To what extent they will be effective i.e. what will be the reaction of values of target indicators of social economic development of the region, primarily indicators of infant mortality, the «road map» should demonstrate.
The structure of disability of children aged 0-4 years being brought up in specialized children's homes
Authors: Dolotova Natalya V. , Filkina O. M. , Malyshkina A. I. , Kudryashova I. L.
Published: September 2019

The article presents data concerning prevalence and structure of disability in children aged 0-4 years being brought up in specialized child homes of Ivanovo in 2006-2012. During this period decreasing ofrate ofdisability up to 1.8 times was established. In the structure of diseases conditioned development of disability in children, increasing of percentage of inherent malformations, psychic disorders and behavior disorders was marked. The increasing of number of children with limitation of capacity of independent movement and self-service was established. The number of children with mental disorders, visceral and metabolic disorders and nutrition disorders, psychic and statodynamic disorders increased. The revealed characteristics of disability in child’s home permit to properly establish process of complex rehabilitation with emphasis on the most frequent disorders.
The hygienic and microbiological monitoring of air in grade school
Authors: Isaeva Guzel Sh. , Ziatdinov V. B. , Gabidullina S. N.
Published: September 2019

The comprehensive study was carried out in one of the gimnasias in Kazan to analyze both dynamics of air in class room during a day and behavior of schoolchildren in case of development of droplet infections. The study involved hygienic, microbiological and mass-spectrometer techniques. The increasing of general microbial dissemination of air of class room during school day was established in case of both absences of ventilation and blind-end ventilation with reduction of exposure time. The increase of specific variety of microbiocenoses of air during school day at the expense of opportunistic and pathogenic microflora of upper respiratory ways and skin under violation of ventilation regimen is demonstrated. The behavior of schoolchildren during period of epidemics of influenza and acute respiratory viral infection (self-treatment, refusal of vaccination, wearing of disposable mask, nonobservance of bed rest, etc.) testifies their inadequate sanitary literacy and promotes prevalence of mentioned above infections. The results of studies indicate necessity of sanitary epidemiological control of microflora of air in school classes of educational institution and development of new methodical approaches using modern techniques (sequence analysis, mass-spectrometry) in evaluation of air microbiocenoses in closed premises dictated by increasing effect of this factor of environment to population health, especially children and adolescents and conditioning reinforcement of focusing of preventive activities to decreasing of risks of development of diseases of respiratory system.
The characteristic of the tuberculosis of lungs detected for the first time in various periods of time in territory with low level of morbidity
Authors: Koretskaya Natalia M. , Grin E. N. , Narkevich A. N.
Published: September 2019

The article presents results of comparative evaluation of age-sex, social and clinical structure of patients with tuberculosis of lungs, primarily detected in Zheleznogorsk in 1993-2000 and 2008-2013. The average indicator of tuberculosis morbidity in these two periods amounted to 29.8 per 100 000 of population and indicator of mortality amounted to 1.8 and 4.7 per 100 000 of population correspondingly. It is established that despite significantly lower epidemiological indicators as compared with average national indicators, the manifestations of negative pathomorphosis were revealed: deterioration of structure of clinical forms and characteristics of specific process; manifestation of cases of tuberculosis combined with HIV-infection; increasing of epidemiological danger for ill patients against the background of deterioration of their social structure at the expense of persons having no family, no job, residing in unfavorable housing conditions, homeless, and persons with harmful habits and drug addicted. It is proposed to take into account established aggravating factors while organizing check-up fluorography of population for tuberculosis. The conclusion is made about necessity of increasing of quality of activities concerning active detection of tuberculosis in population, especially the categories whose significance increased in formation of indicator of morbidity. Also, it is necessary to implement effective preventive activities with persons in contact with patients with tuberculosis.
The role of vascular center in implementation of regional program of specialized medical care under acute coronary syndrome
Authors: Kireev Konstantin A. , Fokin A. A.
Published: September 2019

The study was carried out to improve results of treatment of patients with acute coronary pathology. The retrospective analysis was implemented concerning functioning of the regional vascular center «The road clinical hospital on the Chelyabinsk railway station» during 2012-2014. The three years experience of rendering of specialized medical care under myocardium infarction within the framework of regional program numbers 1192 cases that amounts to 51.4% of all patients admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndrome. The re-perfusion interventions were applied to 845 patients (70.9%). The emergency transcutaneous coronary interventions were applied to 776 patients (65.1%). The coefficient of involvement of «The road clinical hospital on the Chelyabinsk railway station» in diagnostic and treatment activities among regional vascular centers made up to 19.6 and 26.2% correspondingly. The three-years lethality (2012-2014) made up to 10.8% (2012 - 10,4%, 2013 - 12,5%, 2014 - 10,3%). The best indicators of lethality among patients with reperfusion therapy made up to 7.5% and the worst indicators made up to 18.5% among patients without re-perfusion therapy. The functioning of «The road clinical hospital on the Chelyabinsk railway station» in the field of rendering of specialized medical care to patients with acute coronary pathology is characterized by significant decreasing of lethality from 16% in 2007-2011 when endovascular technologies were not applied up to 10.8% during analyzed period 2012-2014.
The unsettled legal issues of transplantology
Authors: Maslyakov Vladimir V. , Portenko N. N.
Published: September 2019

The article presents main legal acts related to issues of transplantology in Russia. It is established that the state as represented by legislator can only establish ecological and sanitary standards related to burial but has no possibilities to determine moral side of any rite that is personal affair of any individual. Certainly, the proposed alterations can result in decreasing of number of operations related to transplantation of human organs and tissues. To increase number of operations of transplantation the integrated bank of donors is needed to be organized with the purpose of popularization of donorship and expansion of interaction with health authorities.
The new form of medical record of out-patient and its significance in expertise practice
Authors: Starovoytova I. M. , Sarkisov K. A. , Shumeyko Tatyana V.
Published: September 2019

The article considers medical documentation procedures being necessary to proceed with expertise practice of medical organization. Nowadays, the order of Ministry of health of Russia of December 15 2014 N 834n "On approval of unified forms of medical documentation applied in medical organizations providing medical care in ambulatory conditions and procedure of completion of them" is the basic document establishing medical documentation procedures. The presented material considers the new form № 025/u of medical record of out-patient. The sufficiently detailed recommendations concerning completion of this form are considered too. The increasing of quality of managing of medical documentation is to result in decreasing of claims of subjects of external departmental out-departmental control related to this section of functioning of medical organizations.