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Аналіз впливу місяця народження на розвиток розсіяного склерозу в аспекті коморбідності
Authors: Chupryna G.M. 
Published: July 2018

Актуальність. Викликають зацікавлення повідомлення про вплив місяця народження (МН) на розвиток і перебіг розсіяного склерозу (РС). Мета: проаналізувати анамнестичні дані хворих на РС залежно від МН, сезону й місяця дебюту РС; уточнити зв’язки між МН і розвитком дебюту РС в аспекті коморбідності. Матеріали та методи. Обстежено 216 хворих на РС із різними формами перебігу, які були розподілені на 2 групи: без супутніх захворювань (БСЗ, n = 109) і з наявністю супутніх захворювань (НСЗ, n = 107). Проаналізовано розподіл хворих залежно від МН та сезону й місяця дебюту РС. Результати. З’ясовано, що найчастіше хворі на РС народжувались у травні — 56 (25,9 %) хворих загальної вибірки, 31 (29,0 %) — групи НСЗ і 25 (23,0 %) — групи БСЗ. Щодо місяця дебюту РС: в обстежених хворих найчастіше це був квітень (14,7 % хворих групи БСЗ і 21,5 % — групи НСЗ). Висновки. Прогностично несприятливим місяцем народження хворих на РС є травень і квітень, а за частотою дебюту РС — квітень.
Комбінована методика ультразвукової діагностики при хронічному парапроктиті та обґрунтування обсягу хірургічного втручання
Authors: Feleshtynskyi Ya.P. , Born Ye.Ye. , Smishchuk V.V. 
Published: July 2018

Мета. Оцінити можливості комбінованої методики ультразвукового дослідження у хворих на хронічний парапроктит та обґрунтувати обсяг хірургічного втручання. Матеріали та методи. У цьому дослідженні брали участь 114 пацієнтів віком від 25 до 59 років, обох статей (66 чоловіків, 48 жінок), яким на підставі обстеження було встановлено діагноз «хронічний парапроктит». Комплексне обстеження проводили з використанням традиційно прийнятих методик. Додатково для визначення тактики подальшого оперативного лікування проводили комбіноване ультразвукове дослідження. Таку методику застосували за одну добу до оперативного втручання з використанням ультразвукового сканера SLE-101PC за подвійною (абдомінальною і трансректальною) методикою, з датчиками 3,5 і 5–7,5 МГц відповідно. Результати. Проведене нами доопераційне ультразвукове дослідження в усіх пацієнтів з хронічним парапроктитом дозволило об’єктивно засвідчити його високу інформативність щодо виявлення внутрішніх отворів нориць та їх розгалужень. Так, з усіх обстежених хворих (114 осіб) у 110 пацієнтів (96,49 %) об’єктивно встановлено наявність внутрішнього отвору нориці. При цьому додаткові розгалуження нориці було визначено у 95 пацієнтів (83,3 %). Висновки. 1. На доопераційному етапі у хворих на хронічний парапроктит показано використання комбінованого ультразвукового дослідження, що забезпечило чітке визначення локалізації вогнища запального процесу, прослідковування ходу нориці, виявлення її внутрішнього отвору. 2. У пацієнтів зі складними параректальними норицями при поєднанні інфільтративно-запального процесу в параректальній клітковині доцільним є додаткове використання контрастної методики ультразвукового дослідження. Виконання комбінованої ультразвукової та контрастної методики дозволило виявити внутрішній отвір нориці у 96,7 % пацієнтів, розгалуження та інфільтративно-запальні зміни в параректальній клітковині — у 83,3 %, що дозволило визначити адекватний обсяг хірургічного втручання.
Attitude Of Mothers After Childbirth Who Abstain From Eating In Ngebrak Village , Subdistrict Of Gampengrejo, Kediri Regency
Authors: Fadhillah Is 
Published: July 2018

After the childbirth process, a mother is in the period after childbirth in which all of the genetalia have not been recovered as they were before the pregnancy. It requires much high nutrious foods with enough calory protein, fluid and fruits as well. But several factors in which one of them is from cultural aspect has influenced the changing of their attitude to abstain from eating. Obviously, this phenomenon can influence their health and recovery period after the childbirth indirectly. The object of this study is to find out the attitude of those mothers after the childbirth who abstain from eating in Ngebrak village, Subdistrict of Ringinrejo, Kediri Regency. The reseach design includes the cross sectional. The population is all mothers after childbirth who abstain from eating in Ngebrak village, Subdistrict of Ringinrejo, Kediri Regency. It is done toward the total sampling. The data is processed by analyzing the percentage. As the result, it is found out most respondents have three reasons to abstain of eating. There are 12 respondents (60%) and almost half of them have three kinds of prohibited meals. There are 7 respondents (35%) from the total of 20 respondents. The conclusion is most of those mothers after childbirth who abstain from eating is they do that because of beauty reason, cultural heredetary, elder people’s advice as well as their own belief and knowledge about abstaining as far as they know. Most avoided meals are animal protein. What would be better to do on this matter is by giving them information continously about commiting abstain from eating since it is still found nowdays. And most of them have more than a single reason to do that. Keywords: attitude, mother after childbirth, abstain from eating.
Investors' Processing of Financial Communications: A Persuasion Perspective
Authors: Hamilton Erin L. , Winchel Jennifer 
Published: July 2018

ABSTRACT
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive summary of persuasion theories from a variety of fields (e.g., psychology, marketing, and economics) and describe how these theories can enhance our understanding of how investors process and respond to financial communications (e.g., firm disclosures and analyst research reports). We draw on dual-process theories of persuasion to describe the circumstances under which an investor's response to a financial disclosure is likely to represent the investor's intuition or reflect more deliberate and analytical processing of financial information. Examples from the financial accounting literature are used to illustrate how dual-process thinking and reasoning operate within a financial reporting domain. In addition, we offer broad suggestions on how financial accounting researchers can use the psychology of persuasion to understand and form empirical predictions about investor processing of and reaction to managers' and analysts' financial disclosures.
Workplace Mindfulness and its Effect on Staff Auditors' Audit Quality-Threatening Behavior
Authors: Herda David N. , Cannon Nathan H. , Young Randall F. 
Published: July 2018

ABSTRACT
This study investigates the effect of staff auditors' workplace mindfulness on premature sign-off—a serious audit quality-threatening behavior that can go undetected through the review process. We also examine whether supervisor coaching is an effective means to engender workplace mindfulness. Using a sample of 115 auditors, we predict and find that (1) auditors who are coached by supervisors to appreciate the importance of their work to external financial statement users are more likely to be mindful in their work setting, and (2) greater workplace mindfulness about financial statement user considerations is associated with a reduced likelihood of auditor sign-off on an audit procedure not completed. We also find that supervisor coaching has an indirect effect on premature sign-off through workplace mindfulness. The results underscore the importance of workplace mindfulness in reducing audit quality-threatening behavior and indicate that supervisor coaching may be an effective technique in eliciting mindfulness among staff-level auditors.
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Use of Vascular Assessments and Novel Biomarkers to Predict Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes: The SUMMIT VIP Study
Authors: Shore Angela C. , Colhoun Helen M. , Natali Andrea , Palombo Carlo , Khan Faisel , Östling Gerd , Aizawa Kunihiko , Kennbäck Cecilia , Casanova Francesco , Persson Margaretha , Gooding Kim , Gates Phillip E. , Looker Helen , Dove Fiona , Belch Jill , Pinnola Silvia , Venturi Elena , Kozakova Michaela , Goncalves Isabel , Kravic Jasmina , Björkbacka Harry , Nilsson Jan 
Published: July 2018

OBJECTIVE
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction represents an increasing clinical challenge in the treatment of diabetes. We used a panel of vascular imaging, functional assessments, and biomarkers reflecting different disease mechanisms to identify clinically useful markers of risk for cardiovascular (CV) events in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with or without manifest CVD.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
The study cohort consisted of 936 subjects with T2D recruited at four European centers. Carotid intima-media thickness and plaque area, ankle-brachial pressure index, arterial stiffness, endothelial function, and circulating biomarkers were analyzed at baseline, and CV events were monitored during a 3-year follow-up period.

RESULTS
The CV event rate in subjects with T2D was higher in those with (n = 440) than in those without (n = 496) manifest CVD at baseline (5.53 vs. 2.15/100 life-years, P &lt; 0.0001). New CV events in subjects with T2D with manifest CVD were associated with higher baseline levels of inflammatory biomarkers (interleukin 6, chemokine ligand 3, pentraxin 3, and hs-CRP) and endothelial mitogens (hepatocyte growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor A), whereas CV events in subjects with T2D without manifest CVD were associated with more severe baseline atherosclerosis (median carotid plaque area 30.4 mm2 [16.1–92.2] vs. 19.5 mm2 [9.5–40.5], P = 0.01). Conventional risk factors, as well as measurements of arterial stiffness and endothelial reactivity, were not associated with CV events.

CONCLUSIONS
Our observations demonstrate that markers of inflammation and endothelial stress reflect CV risk in subjects with T2D with manifest CVD, whereas the risk for CV events in subjects with T2D without manifest CVD is primarily related to the severity of atherosclerosis.
LDL Cholesterol Rises With BMI Only in Lean Individuals: Cross-sectional U.S. and Spanish Representative Data
Authors: Laclaustra Martin , Lopez-Garcia Esther , Civeira Fernando , Garcia-Esquinas Esther , Graciani Auxiliadora , Guallar-Castillon Pilar , Banegas Jose R. , Rodriguez-Artalejo Fernando 
Published: July 2018

OBJECTIVE
Elevated LDL cholesterol (LDLc) is not strongly associated with obesity or metabolic syndrome (MS), but this relationship repeatedly has been examined assuming a linear association. This study aimed to assess the dose-response relationship between body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) and LDLc and to evaluate its link to metabolic impairment.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Participants in the continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 1999–2010) (n = 12,383) and the Study on Nutrition and Cardiovascular Risk (ENRICA, 2008–2010) (n = 11,765), representative samples of U.S. and Spanish noninstitutionalized populations, were cross-sectionally investigated. LDLc was modeled with age- and sex-adjusted regressions, with BMI and/or WC as explanatory variables included in models as two-segment linear and natural cubic splines.

RESULTS
In NHANES and ENRICA, slopes of the BMI-LDLc association changed (P &lt; 0.001) at BMI 27.1 and 26.5 kg/m2, respectively, forming an inverted U shape. Below these BMI inflection points, LDLc rose 2.30 and 2.41 mg/dL per kg/m2 (both P &lt; 0.001). However, above said points, LDLc declined −0.37 and −0.38 mg/dL per kg/m2 (both P &lt; 0.001). The WC-LDLc relationship was similar to the BMI-LDLc relationship. Accumulation of MS traits was associated with a weakening of the positive BMI-LDLc association among lean participants (below the BMI inflection point). Aging shifted the inflection point of the BMI-LDLc relationship to lower BMI values.

CONCLUSIONS
The BMI- and WC-LDLc relationships have inverted U shapes. Diminishing associations between BMI and LDLc might indicate metabolic impairment as a result of aging or other metabolic diseases. In lean individuals, small weight losses might help to lower LDLc for cardiovascular prevention.
Estudio introductorio a Sobre la naturaleza del derecho y su relación con el deber de Antonio Rosmini
Authors: Buganza Torio Jacob 
Published: July 2018

<span id="docs-internal-guid-40f0e7c4-7dff-a590-3a23-ae6da428c202"><span><span>Este trabajo, que hemos intitulado “Sobre la naturaleza del derecho y su relación con el deber”, no es más que un extracto correspondiente a una obra mayor de Antonio Rosmini, a saber, la voluminosa<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em>Filosofia del Diritto</em><span>.</span><a href="#">1</a><span>De esta obra enorme hemos traducido, en primer lugar, en forma de opúsculo, el breve tratado de moral que ahí se encuentra. Tal opúsculo lo hemos rotulado en castellano “Sistema moral”, y se trata de un extracto que no es la primera vez que se separa de la obra mayor, pues en Italia ha sido efectuada esta extracción en más de una ocasión.</span> Este es un estudio introductorio a dicha obra. </span></span>
Treatment of congenital distal ureteral orifice stenosis by endoscopic laser ablation in dogs: 16 cases (2010–2014)
Authors: Meler Erika , Berent Allyson C. , Weisse Chick , Dunn Marilyn 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
OBJECTIVE To determine characteristics of and outcomes for dogs with congenital distal ureteral orifice stenosis (CDUOS) treated by cystoscopic-guided laser ablation (CLA).
DESIGN Retrospective case series.
ANIMALS 16 client-owned dogs with CDUOS treated by CLA at 2 veterinary hospitals between 2010 and 2014.
PROCEDURES Medical records were reviewed and data collected regarding clinical findings, imaging results, surgery characteristics, treatment, and outcome. Follow-up information was collected from dog owners and referring veterinarians via standardized interview.
RESULTS Dogs included 10 males and 6 females; median age was 11.5 months (range, 4 to 112 months). Labrador Retriever (n = 6; 3 males) was the most common breed. Intramural ectopic ureteral openings were identified at the site of stenosis in 15 dogs (18/20 stenotic ureteral openings). Treatment with CLA to enlarge and relocate the stenotic opening was successful in all dogs. Median duration of anesthesia and hospitalization was 105 minutes and 24 hours, respectively. No complications were noted. Fourteen dogs remained alive (2 lost to follow-up) during a median follow-up period of 14.5 months. Owners of 11 of 13 dogs reported improvement in their dog's quality of life after CLA. The treated ureteral orifice remained patent in the 2 dogs that were reimaged.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE CDUOS should be considered as a differential diagnosis for dogs with idiopathic distal ureteral obstruction, particularly young male Labrador Retrievers, and was most often associated with an intramural ectopic ureter in this study. Treatment with CLA was safe and effective for opening the ureteral orifice.
Carbon nanotubes with controlled length – preparation, characterization and their cytocompatibility effects
Authors: Cendrowski Krzysztof , Jedrzejczak-Silicka Magdalena 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have attracted huge attention due to their multifunctionality. Their unique properties allows for covalent and noncovalent modifications. The most simple method for functionalization of carbon nanotubes is their decoration with the oxygen containing moieties which can be further simultaneously functionalized for design of new class carriers for targeting and imaging. Here, we present methodology for chopping nanotubes, characterization of MWCNTs, the effect of size on the biocompatibility in culture of L929 mouse fibroblasts using WST-1, LDH and apoptosis assays. The analysis provides the optimal carbon nanotubes length and concentration which can be used for functionalization in order to minimize the effect of the secondary agglomeration when interacting with cells.
Synthesis, characterization of Hollandite Ag2Mn8O16 on TiO2 nanotubes and their photocatalytic properties for Rhodamine B degradation
Authors: Thabit Mohamed , Liu Huiling , Zhang Jian , Wang Bing 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
In this research Ag2Mn8O16 nanocrystals/TiO2 nanotubes, photoelectrodes were successfully prepared through anodization and annihilation steps, followed by electrodeposition of MnO2 and Ag in a three electrodes cell. The obtained photoelectrodes were dried, then annealed for crystallization, the morphology and structure of the fabricated electrodes were characterized via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The light absorption and harvesting properties were investigated through UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectrum (DRS), photocatalytic performances were evaluated by degradation of 50 mL of Rhodamine B (5 mg L−1) under Xenon light irradiation for 2 h. Results illustrated that the fabricated photoelectrodes show remarkable photo-degradation properties of organic pollutants in aqueous mediums.
Digital Strategies for Marketing Relationships with Customers
Authors: Yaneva Ralitsa 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
In the conditions of the new economy and in the spirit of the relationship marketing and corporate social responsibility, the digital strategies of building bonds with the consumer are a major area for competitiveness. The present report suggests a model of digital marketing strategies for bonds between a business entity and a client. Based on a study of 303 consumers and 78 companies, consumer opinions about the role of the instruments of the major strategies for mutual bonds—strategies for retention, attraction, and development of a bond—were analyzed. There is analysis of the digital communication tools and principles most used by the companies. The comparative analysis of the results of the research allows the formulation of recommendations for the business entities for the application of a package of digital tools for bonds with the consumers and the improvement of the results of these activities.
Decision-Making Process in Foreign Investment Choices
Authors: Qur’an Marwan Al 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
This exploratory investigation aims to develop a managerial decision model that assist international firms and investors in selecting the right valuable foreign country for their international operations. Two comparative and rich-information case studies were purposefully selected from among Arabian large firms. Additionally, six international investment decisions were investigated within these two cases and data were collected by in-depth interviews, follow-up interviews and questionnaire instrument. Within and cross-case analyses were undertaken in the current investigation. The findings demonstrated that a methodical and international experience-based strategic decision-making process was adopted to attain a profitable foreign country choice. The decision process comprised five critical managerial phases; that is, (1) analysis of internationalization drivers, (2) searching and development of location determinants and country alternatives, (3) obtaining adequate and related-information about potential countries, and, ultimately, assessment for these alternatives, (4) selection of a final beneficial foreign country choice, and, finally, (5) effective implementation of the selected country choice. The research findings provide theoretical and practical implications to the internationalization of firms as well as international investment. Further, it provides significant methodological contributions to international business research in relation to an effective multiple case study approach to capture elements of the international market selection process.
The Effect of Care Quality by Managing the Institute of Anatomy Pathology in Kosovo
Authors: Loxha Sadushe , Degjoni Rudina 
Published: July 2018

Abstract

Background: The management of the Institute of Pathological Anatomy in Kosovo is the only institution providing tertiary diagnostic services for the population of Kosovo. In the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the IPA, the priority is to manage the quality and accuracy of the diagnostic results. The IPA mission is to improve workflow management, reduce diagnostic errors, increase speed and diagnose quality.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of quality of care diagnostic services in IPA and to assess to the management of IPA to change the factors that have affected the management of the institution so far. These factors relate to centralization, lack of autonomy, lack of financial resources for facility maintenance, lack of modern diagnostic equipment, lack of clinical specialties, lack of medical reagents, lack of clinical protocols. Bureaucratic hacks designed by health policy makers in Kosovo have influenced the progress of the IPA, so slowly to date.

Method: With a random sampling, 250 patients with different health problems (tumors) were recruited into the IPA for the period January 2018. The average age of participating subjects (n=250) by random sampling was 56.6 ± 11.6 years, where age group the youngest of patients ranging from 20 to 35 years old, which accounts for 6, 40% of the total number of patients diagnosed, the age group 36-50 is 32.80%, the age group of 51-65 years old 42% and the age group> 65 years old represents 18.80% of the total number of patients diagnosed in IPA.

Results: The abstract concludes with a list of evidences facing the public IPA in Kosovo. IPA’s management role is a new approach, important to Kosovo and the health of its population. Increasing and timely provision of patient diagnosis is the achievement of institution management and the advancement of diagnostic quality of examinations in this institution. The evidence, that collaboration between IPA's internal and external clinicians and the use of advanced technology will significantly increase the patient's diagnostic activity. Finding outcomes will have a theoretical and practical impact on improving IPA work by recommending a research with some key findings for IPA management.