bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Physiological persona differences based on stress and inflammation between meditators and healthy controls
Authors: Magan Dipti , Yadav Raj Kumar 
Published: December 2019

Abstract

Background
Nowadays, yoga is endorsed and advised routinely to stay fit and healthy, as well as control many chronic diseases including diabetes type 2, hypertension, coronary artery diseases, etc. Now, our assumption is that those who do regular yoga have different persona than who do not do yoga regularly. We planned to test our hypothesis scientifically, and therefore baseline physiological characteristics with stress and inflammation levels in long-term and short-term meditators and healthy novice controls were analyzed.

Methods
In this retrospective analysis, 97 male participants were included for their Baseline analysis. Fifteen apparently healthy subjects practicing preksha meditation (since >5 years, at least 5 days a week) were included as long-term meditators (LTMs); 58 subjects who attended one of our short-term yoga-based lifestyle intervention programs for 2 weeks were included as short-term meditators (STMs); 24 male novice subjects, who did not participate in any yogic intervention, were included as healthy controls. Here, we analyzed the Baseline plasma levels of stress and inflammatory markers, cortisol, β-endorphin, interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in long-term meditators vs. short-term meditators vs. healthy controls.

Outcome measures
The study parameters body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), plasma levels of stress and immune markers, cortisol, β-endorphin (β-Ed), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), were assessed in all the three groups at baseline.

Results
Significant (p<0.05) differences were observed at baseline for plasma levels of stress and inflammatory markers as well as body mass index and systolic blood pressure among LTM vs. STM vs. healthy controls.

Conclusions
Our observations suggest that the subjects who do regular yoga-meditation practice have better stress & inflammation status than comparable age matched healthy controls.
Kant the Naturalist
Authors: Louden Robert B. 
Published: December 2019

AbstractKant is widely admired – and sometimes also widely criticized – as the founding father of transcendental philosophy. But in much of my own writing, I have been concerned with a very different Kant: an impure rather than a pure Kant, ana posteriorirather than ana prioriKant, a naturalistic rather than a transcendental Kant. This other Kant has often been overlooked by professional philosophers, and when not overlooked, he is often regarded as shallow and unoriginal. My aim in this paper is to demonstrate not only the existence but also the importance and originality of Kant, the naturalist. Without Kant’s naturalism, we lack what he called the empirically-informed “eye of true philosophy” that gives its possessors a necessary “broadened way of thinking” and provides philosophy with “dignity, i. e., an absolute worth.”
İŞ SAĞLIĞI VE GÜVENLİĞİ UYGULAMALARININ GEÇERLİĞİNİN TEST EDİLMESİ VE ÇALIŞANLARIN ÇEŞİTLİ DEMOGRAFİK ÖZELLİKLERİNE GÖRE BENZERLİK YA DA FARKLILIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ
Authors: TEMEL Birol , EREN Özge 
Published: December 2019

Bu çalışmada İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği alanındaki çeşitli uygulamalarının ölçeklendirilmiş sorular ile elektrik ve elektronik sektöründe beyaz yakalı çalışanlar üzerinde önce geçerliliği daha sonra da güvenilirliği test edilmiştir. Altı temel başlıkta ölçülmeye çalışılan bu uygulamalar; Güvenlik Prosedürleri ve Risk Yönetimi(GPRY), Güvenlik ve Sağlık Kuralları (GSK), İlk Yardım Desteği ve Eğitim (İDE), İş Kazalarını Önleme (İKÖ), Örgütsel Güvenlik Desteği (ÖGD), Raporlama Kültürü (RK)’dür. Hem geçerlilik sonuçları hem de güvenirlilik sonuçları oldukça anlamlı ve kabul edilebilir seviyelerde çıkan bu çalışmada, ikinci aşama olarak elde edilen uygulama faktörlerinin kişilere ait çeşitli demografik özelliklere göre farklılık yaratıp yaratmadığı incelenmiştir. Elde edilen en temel bulgular; örgütsel güvenlik desteği alt boyut puanlarının katılımcıların işletmedeki pozisyonuna, güvenlik prosedürleri ve risk yönetimi alt boyut puanlarının katılımcıların toplam çalışma süresine; güvenlik ve sağlık kuralları ile raporlama kültürü alt boyut puanlarının katılımcıların haftalık çalışma saatine; örgütsel güvenlik desteği alt boyut puanlarının katılımcıların işe ulaşım şekline; güvenlik prosedürleri ve risk yönetimi ile güvenlik ve sağlık kuralları alt boyut puanlarının çalışma ortamının fiziksel sağlığa olumsuz etkisine; güvenlik prosedürleri ve risk yönetimi, güvenlik ve sağlık kuralları, iş kazalarını önleme alt boyut puanlarının çalışma ortamının ruhsal sağlığa olumsuz etkisine göre anlamlı farklılık gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir. Ancak bunların dışında kalan İş sağlığı ve güvenliği uygulamalarına ortalama puanlarının cinsiyet, medeni durum, yaş grupları, öğrenim düzeyi dahil diğer tüm demografik özelliklere göre anlamlı farklılık göstermediği (p>0,05) tespit edilmiştir.
BİREYLERİN KİŞİLİK TİPLERİ İLE ÖRGÜTLERDE YAŞANAN ÇATIŞMALARDA TERCİH EDİLEN ÇÖZÜM STRATEJİLERİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
Authors: MOÇ Turhan 
Published: December 2019

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, bir kamu kurumu olan T.C. Iğdır Üniversitesi meslek yüksekokullarında görev yapan akademik ve idari personellerin yaşadıkları çatışmalarda tercih ettikleri çatışma çözüm stratejileri ile iki boyuttan oluşan A ve B tipi kişilik özellikleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Bu amaçla, Iğdır Üniversitesi bünyesinde bulunan Meslek Yüksek Okullarında görev yapan 65 akademik ve idari personel üzerinde anket tekniği ile veri toplanmıştır. Anket verileri SPSS 20 paket programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Demografik özellikler ile çatışma çözüm stratejileri ve kişilik tipi değerlerinin karşılaştırılması amacıyla bağımsız örneklemler için t-testi ve ANOVA varyans analizleri, A ve B tipi kişilik özelliklerinin tercih edilen çatışma çözüm stratejileri ve alt boyutları üzerinde rolü olup olmadığını tespit etmek için korelasyon ve regresyon analizleri yapılmıştır. Araştırma bulguları bireylerin yaşadıkları çatışmalarda tercih ettikleri çatışma çözüm stratejileri ile kişilik tipleri arasında istatiksel açıdan anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Bu anlamlı ilişki, A tipi kişiliğe sahip bireylerde çatışma çözüm stratejilerinden hükmetme stratejisi boyutu ile ilişkisi olduğu tespit edilmiş, B tipi kişiliğe sahip bireylerde tespit edilememiştir. Diğer yandan bireylerin kurumdaki görevleri ile B tipi kişiliğe sahip idari personeller ile mesleki kıdem ile kaçınma çatışma çözüm stratejisi ve kurumdaki kıdem ile türleştirme çatışma çözüm stratejisi arasında anlamlı bir fark tespit edilmiştir.
EMLAK VERGİSİ DEĞERİ VE PİYASA DEĞERİ ARASINDAKİ FARKA BAĞLI VERGİ KAYIPLARI: GEBZE ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: KÜPELİ İrfan , SAYGIN Özgür 
Published: December 2019

Emlak Vergisi değerlerinin piyasa değerlerinden düşük olması, Emlak Vergisinde kayıplara neden olmaktadır. Ayrıca gayrimenkul sermaye iratlarının vergilendirilmesinde, Veraset ve İntikal Vergisinde, tapu harçlarında ve basit usule tabi mükelleflerin belirlenmesinde Emlak Vergisi değeri kullanılmaktadır. Emlak Vergisi değerinin piyasa değerlerini yansıtmaması bina satışlarında KDV ve Tapu harcı gelirlerinde de kayba neden olmaktadır. Buradan hareketle Kocaeli ili Gebze ilçesinden toplamda 100 adet gayrimenkul örnek alınarak Emlak Vergisi değerleri ile piyasa değerleri karşılaştırılmıştır. Piyasa değerleri binaların Emlak Vergisi değerlerinden 2,55 kat daha fazla çıkmıştır. Arsalarda ise piyasa değerleri Emlak Vergisi değerlerinden 9,70 kat fazla çıkmıştır. İncelemeye konu olan gayrimenkullerin Emlak Vergisi değerlerinin piyasa değerlerinden düşük olduğu ve buna bağlı olarak vergi kayıplarının ortaya çıktığı saptanmıştır.
Epicardial Transplantation of Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Sheets Promotes Epicardial Activation and Stimulates Angiogenesis in Myocardial Infarction (Experimental Study)
Authors: Dergilev Konstantin V. , Tsokolaeva Zoya I. , Beloglazova Irina B. , Komova Anastasia V. , Pavlova Sofia V. , Traktuev Dmitry O. , Parfyonova Yelena V. 
Published: December 2019

Aim: to evaluate the impact of tissue-engineered structures (TES) transplantation based on mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) sheets in myocardial infarction on the activation of the epicardial cell pool and vascularization of the damaged zone.Materials and methods. Mesenchymal stromal cells were obtained from samples of subcutaneous fat of Wistar rats and C57Bl/6 mice. Tissue engineering structures were obtained by culturing cell sheets on thermosensitive plates (Nunc Dishes with UpCell Surface). Transplantation of TESs was performed after myocardial infarction modeling in rats by ligation of the anterior descending coronary artery. Transplant cells and damaged zones were assessed using immunofluorescent staining of myocardial cryosections. The impact of MSC secretion products on the migration activity of epicardial cells in vitro was evaluated using the explant culture method.Results. MSCs in TESs after transplantation remain viable and induce activation of the epicardial cell pool and local increase of the damaged zone vascularization. The in vitro experiments showed that the conditioned environment of MSCs stimulates the migratory activity of epicardial cells and initiates the formation of activated Wt1/POD1 precursor cells.Conclusion. TES transplantation on the basis of MSC sheets seems to be a promising approach for effective delivery of viable cells into myocardium to activate the epicardial cellular niche and reparative angiogenesis.
COMT val158met Polymorphism and Spinal Analgesia Efficacy of Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer (a Pilot Study)
Authors: Potapov Alexander L. , Zemskova Daria V. , Ivanova Tatiana I. , Khorokhorina Vera A. , Shegay Peter V. , Ivanov Sergey A. , Kaprin Andrey D. 
Published: December 2019

The aim: To assess the effect of COMT G1947A genetic polymorphism (val158met) on the efficacy of spinal analgesia on day 1 after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer.Material and methods. In a pilot study involving 100 patients with colorectal cancer, operated through laparoscopic access, using spinal analgesia (10.0–12.5 mg of bupivacaine + 200 mcg of morphine), the frequency of COMT gene G1947A (val158met) polymorphism, the intensity of pain on day 1 after surgery, the frequency and severity of nausea, vomiting, skin itching, the need for additional analgesia have been assessed.Results. The frequency distribution of alleles val/val (25%), val/met (45%) and met/met (30%) was consisted with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (χ2=0.96; P>0.05) and was not significantly different from the healthy donor group. In the groups of patients with various COMT alleles of val158met polymorphism, the studied parameters also did not differ significantly.Conclusion. Study did not find significant link between spinal analgesia efficacy on day 1 after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer and COMT rs4680 G1947A (val158met) polymorphism. Further research to enhance the power of the study is warranted to reach the final conclusions.
Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis of Tissue Hypoxia (Review)
Authors: Babkina Anastasiya S. 
Published: December 2019

The aim of review is to discuss the results of studies on diagnosis of tissue hypoxia by laser-induced spectroscopy, as well as to identify promising trends and prospects of this technique for its further application in experimental and clinical medicine.The review presents the findings of studies of the fluorescence intensity of endogenous fluorophore molecules (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, oxidized flavin adenine dinucleotide) as markers of ischemic injury of internal organs (brain, heart, liver, kidneys, etc.). The principles of fluorescence laser-induced spectroscopy in vivo are discussed. The historical aspects of the subject are also covered. The results of the use of the technique in experimental and clinical studies of tissue hypoxia and ischemia are shown. Difficulties in interpreting the intensity values of autofluorescent signal of the studied molecules are revealed. It was noted that the tissue autofluorescence in a long-term anoxia remains unknown, and there are no structured ideas about the impact of exogenous and endogenous factors on autofluorescence intensity.In conclusion, the use of laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy to diagnose tissue ischemia is a promising area of experimental and clinical medicine, which still has various unresolved issues, despite a large number of studies in this domain.
Metabolism of Microbiota in Critical Illness (Review and Postulates)
Authors: Beloborodova Natalia V. 
Published: December 2019

This article discusses the importance of eliciting the mechanisms of action and the metabolism of microbiota in the critically ill patients, as well as the role of nutrition specialist in the management of these patients.In critically ill patients the impaired regulation of endogenous metabolic processes and protein-energy deficiency are aggravated by abnormal microbiota metabolic processes. There is growing awareness of the importance of studying microbial metabolism in the general metabolic process. Its implications for the improved efficacy of treatment in critical care and rehabilitation are obvious.Current international intensive care guidelines are being constantly revised in response to the new research data available on the mechanisms of critical illness. The course of the latter may significantly associate with the metabolic activity of human microbiota. Active management of metabolic processes is being sought through the subordination of bacterial metabolism to the interests of the host. Both antimicrobial and bioformulations (prebiotics, metabiotics) will be used in the long term in a targeted manner with the control of key microbial metabolites through available laboratory monitoring tools.Based on the literature data and the original research, the author formulates postulates of the microbiota metabolism in critical illness, introduces the concepts of «invisible organ dysfunction» and «signaling bacterial molecules», offers answers to the eternal «what is to be done?» question and suggests using a number of microbial aromatic amino acids metabolites as an integral indicator of a course of critical illness.
Bastnaesite and Fluorite Rocks of the Ulan-Ude Occurrence (Mineral Composition, Geochemical Characteristics, and Genesis Issues)
Authors: Ripp G.S. , Prokopyev I.R. , Izbrodin I.A. , Lastochkin E.I. , Rampilov M.O. , Doroshkevich A.G. , Redina A.A. , Posokhov V.F. , Savchenko A.A. , Khromova E.A. 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Within the city of Ulan-Ude, several sites of bastnaesite–fluorite rocks and calcite-containing rocks were found. They are confined to the exposures of Paleozoic schists and quartzites. The rocks have an age of 134.2 ± 2.6 Ma. They are brecciated lenticular and vein-like bodies cemented mainly with bastnaesite–fluorite aggregate. The content of fluorite in the rocks is several tens of percent, and the content of bastnaesite-(Ce) is 20–30%, often reaching 50%. Among the secondary minerals, there are monazite-(Ce), albite, and K-feldspar, and the accessory minerals are zircon, Nb-containing rutile, and manganilmenite. Light lanthanides are predominant among REE in the rocks. Bastnaesite and fluorite contain brine–melt fluid inclusions with homogenization temperatures of 490–520 °C. The salts of these inclusions are composed of predominant Na and Ca sulphates and subordinate Ca and REE carbonates, and the gas phase contains CO2. Gas inclusions and part of water–salt inclusions homogenized at 150–200, 290–350, and 430–450 °C. The salts of late fluids are composed of Ca and REE carbonates, K and/or Na chlorides, Ca, Mg, and Fe hydrosulphates, and Ca and Na hydrocarbonates, and the gas phase contains CO2 ± H2. The isotopic compositions of carbon (–5.9 to –8.3‰ δ13CV-PDB) and oxygen (4.3 to 8.3‰ δ18OV-SMOW) in bastnaesite and calcite fall in the PIC square specific to unaltered intrusive carbonatites. The primary strontium isotope ratios in fluorite and bastnaesite are equal to 0.70559–0.70568. The proximal location, close ages, and mineral and geochemical features indicate a genetic relationship of the studied rocks with the late Mesozoic carbonatites of southwestern Transbaikalia. The finding of this rock occurrence indicates a existence of one more carbonatite-bearing area and expands the distribution area of such rocks, which makes southwestern Transbaikalia promising for REE mineralization.
Quaternary Glaciotectonics of the Ural-Siberian North
Authors: Astakhov V.I. 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
This is a review of previous works on glaciotectonics and recent epeirogenesis of the northern West Siberian sedimentary basin and adjacent parts of the Urals and the Siberian Craton. It is supported by the addition of detailed structural profiles of the disharmonic dislocations around Malyi Atlym settlement on the Lower Ob’ never published before. The collected data highlight sources and results of neotectonic phenomena in the north of West Siberia and their impact on distribution of hydrocarbon deposits. The rugged topography of the northern Urals and Mid-Siberian Plateau, discordant with the regional tectonic structure, is generated by compensation uplifts along the margins of thick ice sheets in the West Siberian North. Ice load vacillations were an important factor of geographical separation of hydrocarbons liquid and gaseous phases. This is evident from the west–east zonation of petroleum deposits, discordant with the south–north strike of ancient structures but concordant with thickness zonation of ice sheets. The structure of the alpine-type dislocations penetrating up to 400 m into the sedimentary basin on the Lower Ob’ reveals that the variations of their tectonic style do not fit the mechanical properties of thawed Paleogene rocks. However, they are more understandable assuming their origin from deviatoric stress in pressurized perennially frozen Paleogene rocks. Such conditions are feasible at the base of a growing thick ice sheet. Ice sheets did significant work of glaciotectonic erosion of soft Paleogene rocks of the perennially frozen substrate soldered with glacial ice. This type of erosion is evident in the Ob’ catchment area where whole blocks of intact sand and clay were transported by glaciers over hundreds of kilometers. Glaciotectonic erosion of glacier substrate is sufficient for explaining the well-known stratigraphic hiatus between Quaternary and Upper Cretaceous formations of the Siberian Arctic instead of the popular but illogical tectonic inversion of the sedimentary basin.
The Turkish History of Special Education from the Ottoman Period to the Present Day
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Mehmet Emin 
Published: December 2019

Special education has a long history in Western and developing countries. However, literature rarely mentions special education in Turkey, therefore, there are questions about the historical milestones in the Turkish history of special education. The purpose of this paper is to educate the reader about how the treatment and education of people with disabilities in Turkey has evolved throughout history. This literature review will show that Turkey has a long history of providing adaptive education to people with disabilities and gifted and talented students. Innovative practices such as music therapy, herbal medicine, hospitals and Enderun Schools for gifted students were employed in Turkey. This paper specifically focuses on the history of special education in Turkey from the Ottoman period to the present day.
El control de fiscalización de la revisoría fiscal y su relación con la auditoría externa e interna, diferencias y similitudes
Authors: Montes Salazar Carlos Alberto , Sánchéz Mayorga Ximena , Rodríguez Rojas Gilberto Enrique 
Published: December 2019

La Revisoría Fiscal en Colombia, como institución de origen legal, facultada para dar fe pública y la cual tiene como propósito ejercer un control de fiscalización sobre las organizaciones objeto de su evaluación y de esta forma dar seguridad razonable de los usuarios de la información. Es por eso, que este artículo presenta de forma descriptiva el control de fiscalización que debe aplicar el Revisor Fiscal en el desarrollo de sus funciones y los elementos a tener en cuenta para la ejecución de las mismas. De igual forma, se expone la relación de la Revisoría Fiscal con la auditoría interna y externa, a modo de similitudes y diferencias; con la finalidad que permita dar claridad sobre el proceso de evaluación que debe llevar a cabo el contador público en ejercicio de la Revisoría.
Correlation of serum androgen and gonadotropin with anti-mullerian hormone in polycystic ovarian syndrome in Eastern Indian population
Authors: Raghuvanshi Somnath Singh , Sinha Anirban , Maiti Animesh , Chakraborty Partha Pratim , Basu Asish Kumar , Ghosh Sayan , Agrawal Saurav Shishir , Agrawal Chhavi 
Published: December 2019

Background: Ovarian steroidogenesis requires gonadotropin stimulation, Luteinizing Hormone (LH) is a key factor in the hyperandrogenaemia of the polycystic ovary syndrome. Progesterone is the primary regulator of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) pulse frequency; however, in the polycystic ovary syndrome, the GnRH pulse generator is relatively resistant to the negative feedback effects of progesterone. Study aims to evaluate the association of Anti-mullerian hormone with serum androgen and gonadotropin level in adolescents and young women of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).Methods: This was a single centre observational Cross-sectional study carried out in the department of Endocrinology and metabolism, Medical College, Kolkata from March 2017 to January 2019. Total number of study subjects were 207 out of which 138 were cases.Results: The AMH had strong positive correlation with serum testosterone in both case and control groups (r 0.542, p<0.001 and r 0.57, p<0.001) respectively .After the adjustment of age and BMI , the AMH moderately positive but extremely significant correlation with serum testosterone as compare to control.Conclusions: Hyperandrogenaemia and higher ratio of LH and FSH associated with higher serum AMH level is associated with the higher serum AMH in polycystic ovarian syndrome.