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Intra-Abdominal Pressure, a Prognostic Marker in the Evolution of Acute Pancreatitis
Authors: Bereanu Alina Simona , Vintilă Bogdan , Sava Mihai 
Published: December 2019

AbstractIn acute pancreatitis some prognostic scores have been suggested, based on clinical, laboratory and radiological criteria. The most popular are: Ranson score, APACHE II score and CT severity index (CTSI). The trend is to find a prognostic marker that is easy to use, cheap, and reproductible. Recently, the increase of the intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) has drawn attention. Material and Methods: From January 2012 to April 2014, a group of 64 patients, admitted to the Clinical Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and the Surgical Departments of the SCJU Sibiu, with the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, were included in this observational prospective study. The cut-off values, the specificity and sensitivity of the prognostic scores were calculated using the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis curves. Results: At a cut-off value of 12 mm Hg IAP max has a sensitivity of 0,75, similar to Ranson score at 48 h (0.72 at a cut-off value 3) and CTSI (0,73 at a cut-off value 4). Better results are just for APACHE II score at 24 h (0,88 at a cut-off value 8). IAP max has a specificity of 0,88, simillary to CTSI (0,83) and APACHE II score (0,82). Conclusions: In our study maximum IAP could be correlated with prognostic markers for severe evolution in acute pancreatitis.
Management and Prevention of Complications of Guided Bone Regeneration
Authors: Țânțar Cristian Alexandru 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Guided bone regeneration using titanium-reinforced expanded teflon non-absorbable membranes (e-PTFE) has proven, through rigorous studies on many occasions, that it is a safe and predictable method to achieve bone growth at mandible and maxilla level, both vertically and horizontally. However, the technique itself is one that requires special operative skills and is not without postoperative complications. The purpose of this paper is to review most of these postoperative complications, their management and the key operative elements that help preventing them. Complications are presented both from the perspective of the meta-analysis performed from the present literature and from the point of view of the author’s personal experience, personal casuistry being presented. This paper will discuss all this starting with the complications without negative impact on the bone regeneration such as, late exposure of the membrane and ending with the most serious ones, such as the suppuration of the augmented anatomical regions. All of these can be avoided or minimized by using a correct operating technique. In addition, once installed, we can minimize the negative effects on bone regeneration by a proper management applied at the right time.
Clinical and Epidemiological Study on Patients with Mandibular Fractures within the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Compartment in the Sibiu County Clinical Emergency Hospital between 2013-2018
Authors: Petraşcu Bogdan Ioan , Sabău Dan 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Traumatology from the oral and maxillofacial area represents a very important and frequent pathology within this specialty, the mandibular fractures occupying the first place in terms of location and frequency due to the anatomical prominent position of the mandible. The first three etiological factors are represented by aggressions, accidental falls and car accidents. This article, accomplished in collaboration with the statistical service of the Sibiu County Clinical Emergency Hospital, aims at analysing the distribution by sex, origin environments, levels of studies, presentation of patients, analysis which was broken down by days of the week, frequent symptoms of these types of pathologies, for a period of 5 years, between 2013-2018.
Summer Internship Training for Students in First Year from the Dental Technology Undergraduate Programme – Theoretical and Practical Aspects
Authors: Malița Mădălina , Dina Magdalena Natalia , Popoviciu Olivia , Voinescu Ioana , Beuran Irina Adriana , Burlibașa Mihai , Perieanu Viorel Ștefan , Babiuc Iuliana , Popescu Manuela , Ionescu Camelia , Tănase Gabriela , Mihai Augustin , Costea Raluca , Costea Radu , Stănescu Ruxandra 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
The summer internship was and is a mandatory learning stage for all students of medical specialties in Romania, including students of dental medicine and dental technology programs. Thus, we have made a very interesting study, strictly related to the summer internship for the students from the first year of this specialty, which operates in one of the universities with medical profile in Bucharest.
Assessing the Effects of Corporate Taxation on the Investment Policy of Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria
Authors: Akinleye Gideon T. , Olarewaju Odunayo M. , Fajuyagbe Samson B. 
Published: December 2019

Abstract

Research Background: The complexities of taxes in business have a tendency of endangering investment decisions at every point in time, if such complexities are not strategically managed.

Purpose: This study therefore assesses the effect of corporate taxation on the investment policy of quoted manufacturing firms in Nigeria.

Research Methodology: Secondary data sourced from annual reports of the selected firms were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Specifically, static panel least square regression techniques were used.

Result: The results of the study revealed that company income tax (CIT) is positively related to the investment decision of the quoted manufacturing firm (INV), and thus enhances the investment of the quoted manufacturing firm (INV) in Nigeria. The probability value revealed that company income tax (CIT) had a statistical significant correlation with the investment of the quoted manufacturing firm in Nigeria. This implies that higher corporate income taxes are associated with lower investment in manufacturing firms.

Novelty: This study digressed from examining the effects of corporate tax on financial performance as that was the major focused area in this context. However, this study assessed its effect on investment decisions. Hence, this study was able to recommend that the Nigerian government should encourage and enhance manufacturing investment decision by designing an appropriate corporate income tax policy. An investment decision that is fostered on new capital, encourages the implementation of new production techniques and thus should be engineered for the development of manufacturing firms.
The Impact of Public Expenditure on Economic Growth: A Review of International Literature
Authors: Nyasha Sheilla , Odhiambo Nicholas M. 
Published: December 2019

Abstract

Research background: Although a number of studies have been conducted on the relationship between public expenditure and economic growth, it is difficult to tell with certainty whether or not an increase in public expenditure is good for economic growth. This lack of consensus on the results of the previous empirical findings makes this study of paramount importance as we take stock of the available empirical evidence from the 1980s to date.

Purpose: In this paper, theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between government expenditure and economic growth has been reviewed in detail. Focus was placed on the review of literature that assessed the impact of government spending on economic growth.

Research Methodology: This study grouped studies on the impact of public expenditure on economic growth based on their results. Three groups emerged – positive impact, negative impact and no impact. This was followed by a review of each relevant study and an evaluation of which outcome was more prevalent among the existing studies on the subject.

Results: The literature reviewed has shown that the impact of government spending on economic growth is not clear cut. It varies from positive to negative; with some studies even finding no impact. Although the impact of government spending on economic growth was found to be inconclusive, the scale tilts towards a positive impact.

Novelty: The study provides an insight into the relationship between public expenditure and economic growth based on a comprehensive review of previous empirical evidence across various countries since the 1980s.
Assessment of the Development of the European Oecd Countries with the Application of Linear Ordering and Ensemble Clustering of Symbolic Data
Authors: Pełka Marcin 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
The research background of the paper covers the development of a country, that can be measured in various ways. Simple indicators, like GDP and also complex indicators such as HDI (human development index), can be used to measure country development. However, usually countries are divided into groups via setting some arbitrary levels of final measure. What is more, the composite (complex) indices have some problems and errors.

The main purpose of the paper is the assessment of the development of the selected European OECD countries with the application of the linear ordering and ensemble clustering of symbolic data as well as comparison of the ensemble clustering with a single model.

Research methodology covers linear ordering with the application of multidimensional scaling for a visualisation of results and ensemble clustering for symbolic data.

The results are compared according to adjusted Rand and silhouette indices. The obtained results show that ensemble clustering for symbolic data can be a useful tool in country development analysis and allows reaching better results than a single model.

The novelty of the proposed approach is to use a cluster analysis to obtain the clusters of countries with similar variables’ values (indicators of development) and the application of multidimensional scaling for symbolic data in order to visualise linear ordering results.
The Perspective of the Reform of the Constitution of Spain in View of the Institutional Status of Autonomous Communities
Authors: Dankowski Michał Zbigniew 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Spain according to the Constitution of 1978 is a unitary state, but its whole territory is divided into autonomous communities that have the widest rights from equivalent territorial units in other European countries. The Constitution restored the possibility of creating regional autonomies, which were abolished earlier during the Franco dictatorship. However, the basic law was adopted before the foundations of regional structures were fully developed, so norms concerning the issues of autonomy were dictated in a general way. Only later legal acts regulated the situation in detail, but often their content depended on the political situation and was not always homogeneous. The creators of the Constitution did not foresee the subsequent forming of autonomous communities in the entire state territory. For over four decades of validity of the Spanish constitution, differences in the way the individual autonomous communities were established and differences in the competences of different regions have emerged. Some autonomous governments have also begun to expand their rights at the expense of the central authorities. The above factors caused a lively discussion among lawyers and politicians over the necessity of constitutional reform in the scope of the territorial system of Spain.
The Constitution – Chosen Premises Justifying the Need to Introduce Amendments
Authors: Przybojewski Jacek 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Indication of conditions constituting necessity of modifications within the scope of the Constitution shall be considered while perceiving the leading role of the Constitution in Polish legal order. Constitutional regulations determine standards for the entire legal system of the Republic of Poland. It is also worth a while to consider the need for unambiguous determination of relations of constitutional norms, also with regard to the law of the European Union. Doubts appearing within the scope of systemic rules concern mainly regulations specifying the rule of division and balancing of powers. Actually, they consist in lacks with regard to organization of bodies of each of three powers. Another issue is improvement of solutions determining coexistence of government and local government administration within the broader scope of principles of uniformity of the state and decentralization of public power. The article presents an analysis related to the aforementioned issues.
Reverse Discrimination – How Fundamental Rights Might be Changed without Notice
Authors: Wojtyła Natalia 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
This article addresses the issue how meaning of fundamental rights might be amended by international treaties, based on example of non-discrimination principle, in particular context of putting own national in less favoured situation than non-national (reverse discrimination).
Two European Union (EU) member states, the United Kingdom (UK) and Poland, were then selected for testing the practice. The main reason for the choice of the UK and Poland lies on their opposite legislation tradition. Polish Constitution expressly prohibit any kind of discrimination, whereas in the UK there is no such an unified act.
Firstly, articles defined that the reverse discrimination is. Secondly, it seeks whether the possibility to offset losses from a subsidiary is treated equally to residents and non-residents. National provisions guarantee general rights and freedoms, but their scope and the meaning are continuously modified. Not only judgements of national courts, but also international treaties might define the true meaning of fundamental rights.
Determination of methylxanthines in tea samples by HPLC method
Authors: Jankech Timotej , Maliarová Mária , Martinka Nicholas 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Methylxanthines such as caffeine, theophylline, theobromine are significant and widespread psychoactive substances. We developed the isocratic method with optimum composition of the mobile phase 90 % water: 10 % acetonitrile and confirmed repeatability of retention times and peak areas. The developed HPLC method was applied to determine the content of methylxanthines in selected types of black and green teas available on the market. Of the black teas (tea bags), the highest concentration of theobromine was found in Ceylon tea (18.98 mg.L−1). The highest concentration of caffeine was in a cup of Earl Gray tea (254.09 mg.L−1). Among loose black teas, the highest content of both theobromine and caffeine was found in Pu Erh Superior tea, where the theobromine content was 24.62 mg.L−1 and the caffeine content was 520.67 mg.L−1. Of green powder teas, highest caffeine content (306.46 mg.L−1) was in Shizuoka Matcha Premium and the highest content of theobromine (8.45 mg.L−1) was found in GABA Midori. From the loose green tea, the highest concentration of theobromine (12.85 mg.L−1) was in Lung Ching West Lake. The highest caffeine content (484.85 mg.L−1) was in Gyokuro Shizuoka Premium Tea. In both types of teas the amount of theobromine and caffeine was quantified, but the presence of theophylline was not proven. Data on contents of these metabolites in tea products are highly informative for consumers.
Treatment and remediation by the stabilization/solidification process based on hydraulic binders of soil contaminated by heavy metals
Authors: Sahnoune Rachid , Moussaceb Karim 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Nature and the environment are affected by various human industrial and/or urban discharges. Remediation for this problem requires first and foremost an in-depth analysis and an overall characterization of the intrinsic properties of the pollution-receiving environments. Secondly it is necessary to predict in these environments the behavior of dangerous chemical species (here particularly heavy metals) in the long term. This study focuses mainly on a detailed characterization of 4 soil samples sampled in vicinity of wild dump-BOULIMAT located 15 km west of the city of Bejaia-Algeria. The samples were characterised by atomic absorption spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, Fluorescence X and Infrared spectroscopy. The data showed high concentrations of metallic elements especially Zn (2,651.8 mg.kg−1) and Ni (163.44 mg.kg−1) in the soil samples. For their remediation, the stabilization/solidification (S/S) process with hydraulic binders appeared promising in reducing the polluting power of metal. This approach has considerably reduced the content of pollutants; 98 % removal was obtained for Ni and 99 % for Zn. The XRD analysis technique revealed the occurrence or absence of metallic elements in the crystallized phases.
Effect of Soil Properties on the Spread of Heterobasidion Root Rot
Authors: Brūna Lauma , Kļaviņa Dārta , Korhonen Kari , Zaļuma Astra , Burņeviča Natālija , Gaitnieks Tālis 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
The literature review focuses on the effect of forest soil properties on infection of coniferous trees and stumps by Heterobasidion spores and further growth of mycelium from tree to tree. Spread of the fungus is greater in alkaline soil. Forest plantations on former agricultural lands have an increased risk of infection, due to lack of antagonistic soil microorganisms. In Latvia, severe infection of spruce stands by Heterobasidion root rot has been observed on peat soils.
Quality of Life in Pediatric Obesity in Latvia
Authors: Kurtiša Kristīne , Rudzāte Madara , Feierābende Sandra , Rinkuža Irēna , Rumba-Rozenfelde Ingrīda 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
The aim of the retrospective case-control study was to determine if the health-related quality of life of overweight and obese children is lower than for children with optimal weight, using the KIDSCREEN-52 survey of health-related quality of life. The study examined differences in health-related quality of life assessments between children with optimal weight, and obese and over-weight children, as well as evaluated parental assessments of the quality of life of their children. In total, 200 children aged 8 to 18 years and their parents participated in the study. The results of the study showed that the total quality of life of obese (p < 0.0001) and overweight (p = 0.008) children was lower than for children with optimum weight (p = 0.001). Also, the assessments of quality of life between parents of obese (p < 0.0001) and overweight (p = 0.001) children scored lower than those of parents whose children had optimal weight.
Diacrises and mixed emotions in the relationship between music and art cinema: teacher learning and training through multimodal experiences
Authors: Nuti Gianni 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
The study discusses the ability to develop metacognitive skills through experiences of contact with cinematic works that produce complex, multifaceted, emotional impacts understood by the body before they are understood by the mind. We investigate the relationship between music and images by identifying morphological profiles and the multimodal value of hybridized, dynamic and mutually changing phenomena [Zambaldi, 2016] in which we see ourselves [Gallese, Guerra, 2015]. We must emphasize that only by elaborating propositions, reordering reality according to grammatical codes and syntactic patterns, it is possible to circumscribe and amplify the power of communication and non-verbal relationships: the power of embodied cognition must not stop but foster the power of words
How to create meaningful learning experiences in an online environment: components from coding student reflections
Authors: Mardi Fatemeh H. 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
This paper examines the learning experiences using student reflections. Data collection was carried out by prompting undergraduate students to reflect on their worst and best experiences, accomplishments, and what they learned through online collaborative activities. The theoretical framework used to explore these experiences was the Community of Inquiry model, which claims the optimal learning experience is at the intersection of three presences (Garrison, Anderson, and Archer, 2000). How can we use these student perceptions of their experiences to create optimal learning experiences in an online environment? Specific teacher characteristics, sense of community, learner effort, sense of improvement and progress, student expectations of online classes, and the impact of feelings and emotion on other presences are some of the themes that surfaced through content qualitative analysis in this study. Students also responded to a validated survey (explicitly prompting the CoI presences) which revealed the impact of lack of student interest in course topics. These themes are valuable because they reveal significant components of students’ learning experiences which can be used to recreate optimal experiences in other settings. This paper builds on the theoretical framework by adding the student perspective and offering a codebook for qualitative content analysis of reflections.
Use of a social network class: an alternative to engage learners
Authors: Bebey Danielle M. 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
This document presents the modelling and engagement process that emerge from content creation on a social network device. The latter is used informally and collaboratively to provide a meaningful learning environment and to constitute the distant side of a blended learning. This device puts into perspective the use of social network that can be beneficial for training. It also shows a creative approach to a mediation initially designed for entertainment. This is an action research project conducted in the form of grounded theory in the context of a communication course. The results of this research make it possible to understand the stakes of distant social experience on training. They are useful to the trainer through the conceptual modelling of processes. They are also useful for research that addresses training issues such as engagement through information and communication technologies. We finally see that this device can serve as a springboard for more immersive technologies such as artificial intelligence.
Was it worth the effort? An exploratory study on the usefulness and acceptance of video annotation for in-service teachers training in VET sector
Authors: Boldrini Elena , Cattaneo Alberto , Evi-Colombo Alessia 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
In the field of teachers training of different levels (primary and secondary) and types (in-service and pre-service), exploiting video support for teaching practices analysis is a well-established training method to foster reflection on professional practices, self- and hetero-observation, and finally to improve teaching. While video has long been used to capture microteaching episodes, illustrate classroom cases and practices, and to review teaching practices, recent developments in video annotation tools may help to extend and augment the potentialities of video viewing. Various, although limited, numbers of studies have explored this field of research, especially with respect to in-service teachers training. However, this is less the case for Vocational Education and Training. The study presented here is a pilot experience in the field of in-service teachers training in the vocational sector. A two-year training programme using video annotation has been evaluated and analysed. The dimensions investigated are teachers’ perceptions on the usefulness, acceptance and sustainability of video annotation in teaching practices analysis. Results show a very good acceptance and usefulness of video annotation for reflecting on practice and to deliver feedbacks. Implications for the integration of a structural programme of analysis of practices based on video annotation are presented.