bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Behavioral Patterns in Adolescents Born at 23 to 25 Weeks of Gestation
Authors: Samuelsson Maria , Holsti Antti , Adamsson Marie , Serenius Fredrik , Hägglöf Bruno , Farooqi Aijaz 
Published: June 2017

BACKGROUND:This study examined mental health outcomes in extremely preterm children (EPT) born at 23 to 25 weeks of gestation between 1992 and 1998 at 2 Swedish tertiary care centers that offered regional and active perinatal care to all live-born EPT infants.METHODS:We assessed 132 (98%) of the 134 EPT survivors at 10 to 15 years of age alongside term-born controls. Behavioral and emotional problems were evaluated by using Achenbach’s Child Behavior Checklist and Teacher Report Form and Conners’ Parent and Teacher scales for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.RESULTS:Parents and teachers reported significantly more problems with internalizing behaviors as well as attention, social, and thought problems in EPT children than in controls, even when those with major neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) were excluded. Multivariate analysis of covariance of the behavioral problems reported by parents and teachers revealed no interactions, but significant main effects emerged for group status (EPT versus control) and sex, with all effect sizes being medium to large and accounting for 8% to 14% of the variance. Compared with the controls, EPT children without NDDs had significantly increased rates of ≥90th percentile for total Conners’ attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder problem scores (parents: 40% vs 15%, odds ratio: 3.7, P &lt; .001) (teachers: 24% vs 9%, odds ratio: 3.3, P = .005). The corresponding rates were higher in the total population.CONCLUSIONS:EPT children with or without NDDs had behavioral problems characterized by a higher risk for anxiety and attention, social, and thought problems. These findings further strengthen the proposition that a preterm behavioral phenotype is recognizable in adolescents born EPT.
Antibacterial treatment of pregnant women colonized by streptococcus group B
Authors: Ohanyan Kristina A , Arzhanova Olga N , Paykacheva Julia M , Zatsiorsky Svetlana L 
Published: June 2017

Relevance. Streptococcus group B (GBS), Streptococcus agalactiae, are the causative agents of severe infections of the fetus and newborn child.
The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of antibacterial therapy with the use of amoxicillin with clavulanic acid and josamycin pregnant women with GBS, as well as the impact of antibiotic therapy on perinatal outcomes.
Materials and methods. For isolation and identification of Streptococcus and Ureaplasma used bacteriological method of research. The article presents the results of a survey of 99 pregnant women, the urogenital tract, which are colonized by streptococcus group B (GBS) and Ureaplasma, during their pregnancy, delivery and perinatal outcomes.
Results. All women were divided into three groups: I group — 29 (29.3%) women, with the presence of GBS in the urogenital tract and treated during pregnancy amoxicillin with clavulanic acid, group II — 24 (24,2%) women with the presence of GBS and Ureaplasma treated during pregnancy josamycin, group III — 46 (46.5%) of women with available GBS, which antibacterial therapy during pregnancy was not conducted. Our results confirmed the data of foreign authors about the high frequency of complications of pregnancy and delivery in women colonized by Streptococcus group B who did not receive antibiotic therapy. Thus it often happened GBS colonization of the skin and mucous membranes of infants, develop in utero infection in children born to these mothers.
Conclusion. Upon detection of GBS in the urogenital tract of pregnant women is necessary to carry out antibacterial therapy for the prevention of complications of pregnancy, delivery and intrauterine infection of the fetus. Moreover, in the simultaneous detection of Streptococcus group B and Ureaplasma effective to schedule josamycin (wilprafen), which acts on both of the microorganism.
Study of incidence and different aspects of cervical malignancy in tertiary centre of Jharkhand, India
Authors: Singh Bijeta , Nalini Neelam 
Published: June 2017

ackground: Among the various killers of women of developing world, cervical cancer remains high in the list. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide and the most common cancer in developing nations. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of cervical cancer in post-menopausal women in Jharkhand and to determine various risk factors.Methods: The study was conducted on post-menopausal females presenting in outpatient department, emergency and indoor patients admitted in the department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi from March 2015 to September 2016. All post-menopausal women patients with suspected or proved cervical malignancy were included in the study.Results: The incidence of cervical cancer in this study was 16%. Maximum number of cases with cervical malignancy was in the age of 51-60 (45.83%). 45.83% of cases belonged to Hindu community. Maximum number of cases belonged to low socio-economic group (66.66%). 45.83% of cases were para 5 or more Most of the patient had more than one complains. Post-menopausal bleeding was commonest complain present in 66.66%, 77.08% came in advance stage (stage IIb+ III+ IV).Conclusions: This study showed UA-S/D ratio and UA-RI>2SD are significant predictors of perinatal deaths and immediate neonatal resuscitation in preeclampsia. Acute fetal distress in labour or neonatal nursery admission could not be predicted.
Role of transvaginal sonography in various gynecological disorders
Authors: J. Mise Pooja , Mise Sangamesh J. , Mise Aditya , Siddappa Margol 
Published: June 2017

Background: Transvaginal sonography (TVS) is a new diagnostic technique used for the evaluation of the female pelvis. The objective of the present study was to study the role of TVS and to assess the diagnostic accuracy in gynecological disorders.Methods: Total number of 100 patients attending OPDs with various complaints was selected by random technique of the study. All the patients have informed consent and thorough clinical examination including general, systemic and pelvic examination was conducted after taking a detailed history then the patients underwent TVS followed by one of the procedures like fractional curettage, dilatation and curettage and abdominal hysterectomy (with or without conservation of ovaries) or conservative management with regular follow up.Results: The sensitivity of TVS in diagnosing dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) and pelvic inflammatory diseases (PID) was 100% and specificity was 85.1% and 95% respectively. For fibroids and ovarian mass diagnosis, sensitivity was 68.9% and 80.9% respectively and specificity was 100%. Diagnostic accuracy of clinical diagnosis was 70.0% whereas TVS had 94.0% of diagnostic accuracy in diagnosing various gynecological disorders.Conclusions: The final outcome is that TVS examination is an important non-invasive investigation, can be used as important diagnostic method in various gynecological disorders as it has got a high diagnostic accuracy.
Death due to sickle cell anemia: autopsy diagnosis
Authors: Dhawle Manjusha Shripad , Tangde Ashwini Radhakrishan , Rathod Santosh Govind , Bindu Rajan S. 
Published: June 2017

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is well known and is the commonest hereditary hematological disorder which is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. They are group of inherited haemoglobinopathies caused by the occurrence of hemoglobin S (Hbs) in homozygous or heterozygous form or in combinations of Hbs with another hemoglobin such as Hbsc or beta thalassaemia (Hbs-thal). Sickle cell syndromes are remarkable for their clinical heterogenecity including their presentations as sudden and unexpected death due to sickle cell crises. While doing autopsy in cases of deaths with no apparent cause and physical over activity medical officer must keep in mind the possibility of death due to vasoocclusive crisis in sickle cell disease. Aim of the study was to create awareness among the physicians and relatives / public and to minimize future unexpected death from complications or crisis from SCD.Methods: This is a retrospective study of 10 cases carried in the department of pathology, in tertiary care hospital and covers a period from January 2009 to December 2016. These cases were brought dead to the casualty with a history of sudden death. After post mortem examination, the specimens were sent for histopathological examination.Results: The record of 10 cases was reviewed. Out of our ten cases 7 were male and 3 were females. The youngest person was 17-year female and oldest was 65 years male. In clinical history 3 cases had complains of chest pain (30%), 3 others had complained of breathlessness (30%), 2 had history of unconsciousness (20%), one case had complained of abdominal pain (10%) and one case had a history of fall and injury (10%). Microscopic examination of each organ was carried out. Organs like lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart and brain showed wide spread congested vessels which were stuffed with RBC.Conclusions: We present this study to emphasize that sickle cell crisis is one of the cause of sudden unexplained death and highlight the importance of considering sickle cell disease as a cause of death in cases with no apparent cause.
Health status of primary school children: study from a rural health block of Lucknow
Authors: Abid Asghar Syed , Gupta Pratibha , Srivastava Mrinal R. , Srivastava J. P. , Zaidi Zeashan H. 
Published: June 2017

Background: School health is an important branch of community health. School health services is an economical and powerful means of raising community health. In school child is vulnerable to stress, tension and endangerment of group life because all children are not the same and comes from different socioeconomic and cultural background and with different immunity status. Child is quite vulnerable at this growing age and hence become easy victims of many non-communicable diseases such as dental caries, anaemia, visual and hearing defects. The objective of the study was to assess health status of primary school children in rural areas of Lucknow.Methods: The present school-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural area of Lucknow from February to July 2015. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select primary schools from 1st to 5th standard. All students who were present at the time of survey were included in the study. A pre-structured performa for each student was used to record information regarding anthropometric measurements, physical examination/ personal hygiene, clinical findings.Results: A total of 170 children were examined, among these 82 (48.23%) were boys and 88 (51.77%) were girls. Dental caries was the most common infirmity observed in 63 (37.05%) children with 95% CI (33.35- 40.75) and was statistically significant (p<0.05) with boys 29.27% and girls 44.31%. Anaemia were found in 65 (38.23%), boys were 32.92% and girls 43.18%. Ear discharge was seen in 17 (10%) children, boys were 6.10% and girls 13.63%.Conclusions: The common infirmity found were dental caries, anaemia and ear discharge. Effective strategy with good monitoring and evaluation is imperative in ensuring adequate and optimal implementation of school health services in primary schools in rural Lucknow.
The Regulatory Framework for Investment in India
Authors: Shekhawat Anamika 
Published: June 2017

<div><p><em>The economic reforms initiated in the late eighties and early nineties in India have improved the overall investment environment through market oriented policies. India’s regulatory framework has gradually become more enabling than restricting for investors. The once formidable administrative burden has been substantially reduced since the announcement of the New Industrial Policy in 1991. With the implementation of various reforms, India has certainly emerged as an attractive destination for private investment, both foreign as well as domestic. However, investment remains insufficient to meet India’s massive needs. Certain factors as bureaucratic delays in business approvals, multiplicity of procedures, policy and legal constraints, structural constraints, etc. still exist which prevent it from realizing its true potential. An investor still has to undergo a lot of time consuming and complex procedures that act as a disincentive for him.</em></p><p><em>The paper will make a comprehensive review of the regulations and procedures required for an investment in India and draw out the lacuna of the present system. It will also suggest steps for improving its performance in problematic areas such that the ease of doing business in India can be enhanced.</em></p></div>
The Application of Solar Cells in the Electrokinetic Remediation of Metal Contaminated Sediments
Authors: Varga Natasa S. , Dalmacija Bozo D. , Prica Miljana Dj. , Kerkez Djurdja V. , Becelic‐Tomin Milena Dj. , Spasojevic Jelena M. , Krcmar Dejan S. 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT: In this study, solar cells were used to generate an electric field for the electrokinetic remediation of metal contaminated sediment (Nickel, Cadmium, Zinc). For determination of metals mobility, bioavailability and potential toxicity, sequential extraction procedure, simultaneously extracted metals (SEM) and acid‐volatile sulphide ratios (AVS) were performed before, during and after treatment.After 21 days of treatment, 63% Ni, 82% Cd and 58% Zn was removed from the anode region. The application of the electric field changed the chemical composition of the sediments. The risk assessment analysis based on pseudo total metals content, the risk assessment code and the relationship between SEM and AVS, indicates that a simple singular approach for risk assessment analysis and evaluation of the quality of sediments is not enough.
A bruxa na Elegia I, 8 de Ovídio: representação do imaginário literário ou popular?
Authors: Costa Elisabete Da Silva 
Published: June 2017

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Na elegia I, 8, Ovídio apresenta a personagem da lena. A lena era uma figura que não só povoava o imaginário literário latino – temos exemplos dessa personagem nas elegias de Tibulo e Propércio – como também era uma figura real, fazendo parte do mundo da prostituição. Ela, geralmente, era uma velha, a qual algumas jovens, cortesãs de alto nível e que gozavam de luxo e certa considerações, consultavam. Ela costumava aconselhar essas moças para que arrumassem amantes ricos, ensinando-as a serem refinadas e a explorarem sabiamente os seus encantos e talentos. Elas sabiam essas coisas porque “eram, em geral, ex-cortesãs, cujos encantos foram levados pela idade e procuravam lucrar com os amores de suas protegidas”, afirma Pierre Grimal (1991: 146). </span></p></div></div></div>
Péricles e a peste: o corpo da pólis ou o corpo e a pólis
Authors: Santoro de Souza Amato Rosangela 
Published: June 2017

<div class="page" title="Page 127"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Este trabalho trata da Oração Fúnebre de Péricles, em que é feito um elogio a Atenas e aos atenienses, em contraposição ao relato da peste e os efeitos desta sobre as relações entre os indivíduos e a estrutura da pólis, ambos no livro II da Guerra do Peloponeso de Tucídides. </span></p><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span><strong>Pericles and the plague: the body of the polis or the body and the polis</strong> </span></p><p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p><span>This paper discusses Pericles’ Funeral Oration, in which there is an eulogy of At</span><span>hens and the Athenians, in opposition to the narration of the plague and its effects on the inter-individual relationships and the structure of the polis, both in the book II of Thucydides</span><span>’ </span><span>Peloponesian War. </span></p><p><span><strong>Keywords:</strong> Pericles, Thucydides, Funeral Oration, plague, Peloponesian War </span></p></div></div></div><p><span><br /></span></p></div></div></div>
OMENA, Luciane Munhoz de. Pequenos poderes na Roma Imperial: os setores subalternos na ótica de Sêneca. Vitória: Flor & Cultura, 2009.
Authors: Klain Belchior Ygor 
Published: June 2017

Resenha: <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>OMENA, Luciane Munhoz de. <em>Pequenos poderes na Roma Imperial: os setores subalternos na ótica de Sêneca</em>. Vitória: Flor &amp; Cultura, 2009. </span></p></div></div></div>
The Roles of Cycloxygenase and Endothelial Derived Hyperpolarizing Factors in Bradykinin-Induced Aortic Relaxation
Authors: Omar Ali Z. , Maulood Ismail M. 
Published: June 2017

The present study is designed to investigate the roles of cycloxygenase (COX) and endothelial derived hyperpolarizing factors (EDHF) pathways in bradykinin (BK)-induced aortic relaxation. Here, isolated aortic rings pre-incubated with different ion channel blockers which are; inward rectifier potassium channel blocker (barium chloride; BaCl2), calcium activated Potassium (KCa+2) channel blocker (tetraethylammonium; TEA), cytochrome P450 inhibitor, clotrimazole and cycloxygenase inhibitor and indomethacin. In BaCl2, Emax tended to decrease significantly with significant change of PIC50. TEA pre-incubation markedly shifted DRC of BK to the left side and it significantly reduced PIC50. Indomethacin significantly lowered the PIC50 of BK, but it shifted the DRC of BK to the left. The results suggested that BK relaxes aortic smooth muscle particularly via the enhancement of cycloxygenase and epoxygenase enzymes as well as through opening Kir and KCa+2channels.
Fenton Degradation of Fast Green Dye
Authors: Mohammad Salim Haydar A. , Omar Jaafar A. , Dirbas Amir T. 
Published: June 2017

The degradation of commercial textile dye named fast green (FG) was investigated by Fenton reagent under different operating conditions in an aqueous solution. The operating conditions were amount of hydrogen peroxide (0.05, 0.1 and 0.15 mL), pH (2-12) and concentration of ferrous ion (10, 20 and 30 mg). The initial rate of degradation was affected by the concentration of Fenton reagents [Fe(II) and H2O2 solution]. The rate of degradation enhanced as the concentration of ferrous ion increased. As the ferrous ion concentration increased from 10 to 30 mg, the removal percent was increased from 73% to 89%, respectively, at 25 min of reaction time. Also, the removal percent of FG increased from 74 % to 81 % as the amount of H2O2 increased from 0.05 to 0.15 mL, respectively, at 25 min of reaction time. It was also found that at pH 3 removal percent reach maximum value with 91.8%. The kinetic study of FG degradation was also studied in this work and the results indicated that the degradation kinetics of FG followed the first-order kinetic.
Prognostic significance of intraoperative change in the fractional anisotropy and the volume of the optic chiasma during resection of suprasellar tumors
Authors: Metwali Hussam , Giordano Mario , Kniese Katja , Fahlbusch Rudolf 
Published: June 2017

OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study was to test the prognostic significance of intraoperative changes in the fractional anisotropy (FA) and the volume of the optic chiasma and their correlation with visual outcome.METHODSTwenty-eight sequential patients with suprasellar tumors presenting with chiasma compression syndrome were surgically treated under intraoperative MRI control between March 2014 and July 2016. The FA and the volume of the optic chiasma were measured immediately before and immediately after tumor resection. The visual impairment score (VIS) was used to quantify the severity of the ophthalmological disturbances before surgery, 10–14 days after surgery, and again 3 months thereafter. The change in the FA and the volume of the optic chiasma was correlated to the improvement of vision. The correlation between other predictors such as the age of the patients and the duration of symptoms and the visual outcome was tested.RESULTSThe VIS improved significantly after surgery. The FA values of the optic chiasma decreased significantly after decompression, whereas the volume of the optic chiasma increased significantly after decompression. The early and delayed improvement of vision was strongly correlated to the decrease in the average FA and the increase of the volume of the optic chiasma. The duration of symptoms showed a significant negative correlation to the visual outcome. However, the decrease in the FA showed the strongest correlation to the improvement of the VIS, followed by the expansion of the optic chiasma, and then the duration of symptoms.CONCLUSIONSThe decrease in the FA and the expansion of the optic chiasma after its decompression are strong early predictors of the visual outcome. These parameters are also able to predict delayed improvement of vision.
La presencia gallega en la historia de la economía cubana
Authors: César Valdés Julio Cesar 
Published: June 2017

El trabajo aborda de forma sintética la participación e influencia del gallego en el ideario cubano. El objetivo planteado fue analizar desde una perspectiva histórica la influencia gallega en la economía cubana. La metodología empleada fue la realización de un análisis retrospectivo y transversal de la influencia gallega en la vida económica y social de Cuba. Tanto el objetivo planteado como la metodología, unida a otras técnicas de investigación nos permiten plantear como principales resultados, que la presencia gallega llegó a casi todo las ramas de la industria y los servicios de la vida social y económica cubana, con una participación destacada en los sectores tabacalero y servicios (pequeñas bodegas o abastos de venta a la población). Se muestran algunos de los exponentes del sector tabacalero y como muchos de ellos llegaron a transformar esta industria, de los bodegueros se especifica como supieron socializar con su carismático carácter en las zonas donde se radicaban. Se detalla como el gallego luego de obtener una fortuna se vio afectado por las medidas adoptadas por del gobierno revolucionario. Finalmente se concluye que resulta difícil escribir la historia económica, política y social de Cuba sin que en ella no se encuentre inmerso un gallego.