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Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies for Early Detection of Breast and Cervical Cancers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Authors: DiCarlo Jessica M. , Gopakumar Sricharan , Dhillon Preet K. , Krishnan Suneeta 
Published: April 2016

Purpose In response to the growing burden of breast and cervical cancers, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are beginning to implement national cancer prevention programs. We reviewed the literature on information and communication technology (ICT) applications in the prevention of breast and cervical cancers in LMICs to examine their potential to enhance cancer prevention efforts. Methods Ten databases of peer-reviewed and gray literature were searched using an automated strategy for English-language articles on the use of mobile health (mHealth) and telemedicine in breast and cervical cancer prevention (screening and early detection) published between 2005 and 2015. Articles that described the rationale for using these ICTs and/or implementation experiences (successes, challenges, and outcomes) were reviewed. Bibliographies of articles that matched the eligibility criteria were reviewed to identify additional relevant references. Results Of the initial 285 citations identified, eight met the inclusion criteria. Of these, four used primary data, two were overviews of ICT applications, and two were commentaries. Articles described the potential for mHealth and telemedicine to address both demand- and supply-side challenges to cancer prevention, such as awareness, access, and cost, in LMICs. However, there was a dearth of evidence to support these hypotheses. Conclusion This review indicates that there are few publications that reflect specifically on the role of mHealth and telemedicine in cancer prevention and even fewer that describe or evaluate interventions. Although articles suggest that mHealth and telemedicine can enhance the implementation and use of cancer prevention interventions, more evidence is needed.
Εθνικές προτεραιότητες και ευρωπαϊκές προκλήσεις στη μεταρρύθμιση του συστήματος κοινωνικής προστασίας και απασχόλησης στην Ελλάδα, 1980-2004
Authors: Σακελλαρόπουλος, Θεόδωρος , Οικονόμου, Χαράλαμπος 
Published: April 2016

<p>The reforms of social protection and employment policies that took place in Greece over the past three decades were dictated mainly by domestic priorities and needs. Contrary to international tendencies, social protection reforms in Greece obeyed mainly to the need for expansion of the welfare state in new areas, in order to fill the structural and historical social deficits. Policies and initiatives of European inspiration were succesfull only in so far as they pointed towards a direction of further strengthening of the welfare state</p>
Εργασιακές σχέσεις στην Ελλάδα: Μεταξύ “συγκεντρωτισμού” και “αποκέντρωσης”
Authors: Καρακιουλάφη Χριστίνα , Μοσχονάς Ανδρέας 
Published: April 2016

<p>In recent years, due to EU recommendations and restrictions, as well as to the predominance of a more consensus climate within the industrial relations field, one can observe the establishment of different types of social concertation, taking mainly the form of the so-called “Social Pacts”. In this article we will try to examine the case of Greece in order to understand whether we can talk about a new form of concertation or not, when taking into consideration the evolutions in the collective bargaining and social dialogue area, or in a broader sense the developments regarding workers participation in the elaboration of socioeconomic policy.</p>
Από την εκπαίδευση στην αμειβόμενη εργασία: Εμπειρική διερεύνηση της εργασιακής ένταξης των νέων στην Ελλάδα
Authors: Καραμεσίνη Μαρία 
Published: April 2016

<p>The paper empirically investigates the transition of youth from education to work in Greece by using a macroeconomic and dynamic approach. It examines in particular the labour market integration of young graduates of the year 1999<br />by educational attainment level and gender, as well as the difficulties they had in stabilizing in employment during 2000-2005. The paper also discusses the impact of the economic context at the moment of graduation and during the first years after labour market entry by comparing employment performance of the 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 cohorts, one, three and five years after graduation. The methodology used for the empirical analysis consists of the creation of pseudopanels and the estimation of a number of indicators of labour market integration for consecutive years.</p>
Social services of general interest: coordinating european, national and local actions for social inclusion. The EKKA network as a case-study
Authors: Tsantilas Petros 
Published: April 2016

<p>This paper contributes to the development of a broader framework for the identification of the key features of a functional system of social services and benefits. This should allow for the elaboration of a social services’ network ruled by common general principles and values. Related to this subject is the aim to determine –based on international experience and practices– the best way to deal with both local and national needs and vice versa. After introducing the framework of analysis used to interpret the experiences of social services providers across the European Union, we present the EKKA (National Centre for Social Solidarity) Network as an example of a coordination pole connecting the<br />European, the national as well as the local level. We conclude this paper by highlighting the civic added value of the activities of social services, and<br />voluntary social services in particular, with regard to the European Union and in the light of criteria such as their non-profit character, the special legal mandate given to them as civic actors, their mission within society, working with volunteers in particular, and their quality management system used to maintain adequate quality standards.</p>
New forms of employee involvement in european companies: implications for a peripheral industrial relations system
Authors: Koutroukis Theodore 
Published: April 2016

<p>Best practice examples in terms of worker participation are scarce in the Greek context. Over the past decade though the EU has given an impetus to worker participation; therefore, the introduction of participative structures and practices in European Company (EC) could be transferred in the Greek industrial relations system. The paper examines the extent at which the relevant EC Directive could<br />strengthen the dynamics of employee involvement, improve labour-management relations in Greece and disseminate participation in workplaces other than the subsidiaries of ECs. In addition, it examines the determining factors of such development</p>
Υγεία και ασφάλεια των εργαζομένων στην Ελλάδα, το ευρωπαϊκό ρυθμιστικό πλαίσιο και η εθνική εφαρμογή του
Authors: Μέκος Κωνσταντίνος Ζ. 
Published: April 2016

<p>This article examines the institutional framework regulating health and safety at work in Greece. The analysis reveals that the regulations oncerning occupational health and safety are mainly of European origin, since national legislation is<br />harmonized with the Community Directives. On the other hand, the enforcement mechanisms of the legislation between member-states hardly<br />converge, since the public administration of each country still operates with its own functions and procedures. The organizational structure and history of each enforcement mechanism are of great importance, while its independence from<br />the government is essential for its impartiality. The European Social Charter is also mentioned in the article, though its significance is deemed to be limited up to now.</p>
Η «κυβερνητική στρατηγική» για τη διά βίου εκπαίδευση στην Ευρώπη και την Ελλάδα
Authors: Πρόκου Ελένη 
Published: April 2016

<p>Since the early 1990s lifelong education in Greece has been formulated according to the “governmental strategy”; the lifelong learning system has been expanded and privatized to a significant extent, while responsibility for<br />participation in lifelong learning programmes facilitating entrance in the labor market has been passed on to the individual. The two basic goals for the establishment of the knowledge society relate to the enhancement of economic competitiveness and safeguarding social cohesion. Vocational training centers<br />(mainly private ones) acquired the biggest share of EU funds aimed at combating unemployment induced social exclusion. Focus was put on continuous vocational training with a parallel weakening of the general education provided to adults. The adopted strategy, by moving away from public educational policy<br />(through privatization and individualization) has ultimately hindered the attainment of social goals such as social inclusion and social cohesion.</p>
The effects of an editor serving as one of the reviewers during the peer-review process
Authors: Giordan Marco , Csikasz-Nagy Attila , Collings Andrew M. , Vaggi Federico 
Published: April 2016

BackgroundPublishing in scientific journals is one of the most important ways in which scientists disseminate research to their peers and to the wider public. Pre-publication peer review underpins this process, but peer review is subject to various criticisms and is under pressure from growth in the number of scientific publications.MethodsHere we examine an element of the editorial process ateLife, in which the Reviewing Editor usually serves as one of the referees, to see what effect this has on decision times, decision type, and the number of citations. We analysed a dataset of 8,905 research submissions toeLifesince June 2012, of which 2,750 were sent for peer review, using R and Python to perform the statistical analysis.ResultsThe Reviewing Editor serving as one of the peer reviewers results in faster decision times on average, with the time to final decision ten days faster for accepted submissions (n=1,405) and 5 days faster for papers that were rejected after peer review (n=1,099). There was no effect on whether submissions were accepted or rejected, and a very small (but significant) effect on citation rates for published articles where the Reviewing Editor served as one of the peer reviewers.ConclusionsAn important aspect ofeLife’s peer-review process is shown to be effective, given that decision times are faster when the Reviewing Editor serves as a reviewer. Other journals hoping to improve decision times could consider adopting a similar approach.
Improving infection prevention practice in traditional birth attendants in Chongwe District, Zambia
Authors: Chanda Dorothy O , Siziya Seter , Baboo Kumar Sridutt 
Published: April 2016

Background: Traditional birth attendants' (TBAs') practice is a source of public health concern due to high rates of infection among women and babies. This study was undertaken in Chongwe district, prompted by an earlier study that revealed poor infection prevention practices among community-based TBAs in Lusaka province. Aims: The study aimed to assess the impact of a modified Ministry of Health TBA training curriculum on the infection-prevention knowledge, practice and attitude of TBAs in Chongwe district. Methods: A six-phased quasi-experimental study design using a structured interview schedule was administered to 238 participants aged between 22–81 years during the needs assessment, and 207 during the intervention stage. Findings: Infection-prevention knowledge levels were generally low during the needs assessment compared to the post-course phase, which showed a statistically significant impact resulting in lower infant and maternal morbidity rates (P = 0.001). Conclusions: The study had three outputs: the training of 207 TBAs, the production of a modified TBA training curriculum, and the creation of a monitoring and evaluation tool with performance indicators to be used in documenting the impact of the varied role of TBAs. Further research is recommended in the form of a randomised controlled trial.
Service users' perspectives on free maternal health services in Malindi District, Kenya
Authors: Lang'at Evaline , Mwanri Lillian 
Published: April 2016

Background: Malindi District sub-county Kilifi County has some of the poorest social economic indicators in the country. It has a poverty rate of 72%, relatively low levels of literacy, high fertility rates, and a significant proportion of the population is exposed to health risk factors. Aims: To explore women's perspectives of elimination of the user fee for accessing maternal health services; and to investigate the facilitators and barriers experienced to using these services following the introduction of this policy. Methods: A qualitative inquiry was used to obtain the views of the maternal health service users of health service facilities in Malindi District, conducted in sub-county Kilifi County. Twenty-eight women, including those seeking prenatal and postnatal care services at the time of the study, participated in the study. Findings: The service users perceived the fee-free maternity services programme to present both opportunities and challenges. The programme was perceived to have lessened the financial burden of seeking skilled care and facilitated the access of skilled care to disadvantaged members of society. However, despite perceived positive outcomes, several participants believed there are challenges affecting the implementation of the programme, including delays in receiving antenatal care and perinatal services, improper cost associated with services in some facilities and lack of essential commodities in the facilities, which forced the users to purchase medicine and supplies to facilitate service provision. Conclusions: The fee-free maternal health service was perceived to improve access to skilled care during pregnancy and birth by the women, irrespective of their socioeconomic status. However, several challenges posed as potential barriers to the sustained perceived increase in service utilisation.
The population of spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus) and its habitat carrying capacity in Numfor Island, Papua, Indonesia
Authors: SINERY ANTON SILAS , FARIDA WARTIKA ROSA , WAI JACOB MANUSA 
Published: April 2016

Sinery AS, Farida WR, Manusawai J. 2016. The population of spotted cuscusÂ (Spilocuscus maculatus) and its habitat carrying capacity in Numfor Island, Papua, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 17: 315-321. The purpose of this research was to study the population of spotted cuscusÂ (Spilocuscus maculatus) and the carrying capacity of its habitat. The result showed that the cuscus population size in 105 ha research area was 17 individuals, with population density of 0.41 individuals/ha or each individual occupied 2.44 ha. Cuscus is the first consumer in a food chain system that consumes a variety of plants and plays an important role in the spread of plant seeds. Its birth rate is higher than its death rate despite its low reproduction rate. Fruit-bearing trees with diameter > 10 cm as source of food for cuscus consisted of 13 species of 10 families with a diversity index of 2.43 (categorized as moderate). TheÂ productivity of cuscus food was 0.75 kg/season/ ha which indicated the limitations of the carrying capacity of cuscusâ€™ habitat so that theÂ need of food was fulfilled from secondary forests and community gardens.
Molecular characterization and phylogeny of some mazocraeidean monogeneans from carangid fish
Authors: Tambireddy Neeraja , Gayatri Tripathi , Gireesh-Babu Pathakota , Pavan-Kumar Annam 
Published: April 2016

AbstractPolyopisthocotylean monogenean parasites of fishes are highly host specific and have been used as an appropriate model to study the host-parasite co-evolution. In the present study, eight monogeneans of the order Mazocraeidea were characterized by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and their phylogenetic relationship with other polyopisthocotylean species was investigated. Neighbour-joining, maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian Inference methods were used for phylogenetic reconstruction. The topology sustained by high bootstrap was: (((Hexabothriidae (Mazocraeidae (Discocotylidae (Diplozoidae (Diclidophoridae (Plectanocotylidae (Heteromicrocotylidae (Microcotylidae (Heteraxinidae), (Thoracocotylidae, Gotocotylidae (Gastrocoylidae (Allodiscocotylidae: Protomicrocotylidae))). In addition, we have also developed DNA barcodes (COI sequences) for six species and the barcodes clearly discriminated all the species. The polytomy within Protomicrocotylidae family is resolved in this study for the first time and it appears that within this family, Bilaterocotyloides species are basal compared to Neomicrocotyle and Lethacotyle species while the latter is the more derived.
Validation of the TrichinEasy® digestion system for the detection of Anisakidae larvae in fish products
Authors: Cammilleri Gaetano , Chetta Michele , Costa Antonella , Graci Stefania , Collura Rosaria , Buscemi Maria Drussilla , Cusimano Maria , Alongi Angelina , Principato Deborah , Giangrosso Giuseppe , Vella Antonio , Ferrantelli Vincenzo 
Published: April 2016

Abstractand other parasites belonging to the Anisakidae family are organisms of interest for human health, because of their high zoonotic potential. Parasites belonging to this family can cause Anisakiasis, a parasitological disease caused by the ingestion of raw, infested fish products. Furthermore, evidence from the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority;
Prevalence and genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in sika deer in Jilin province, Northeastern China
Authors: Zhang Xiao-Xuan , Cong Wei , Liu Guo-Hua , Ni Xiao-Ting , Ma Jian-Gang , Zheng Wen-Bin , Zhao Quan , Zhu Xing-Quan 
Published: April 2016

Abstractis one of the most important zoonotic pathogen that can infect almost all animals, including humans. However, little information is available regarding prevalence and genotypes of
First report of molecular identification of Cystoisospora suis in piglets with lethal diarrhea in Japan
Authors: Matsubayashi Makoto , Takayama Hideko , Kusumoto Masahiro , Murata Misato , Uchiyama Yuka , Kaji Masaya , Sasai Kazumi , Yamaguchi Ryosaku , Shibahara Tomoyuki 
Published: April 2016

Abstractis a pathogen that causes diarrhea in pigs and can lead to serious disease. Species identification, especially by histopathological examination, is often difficult because of morphologically similar parasites such as
Foot and ankle deformity in young acrobatic and artistic gymnasts
Authors: Sobera Anna , Sobera Małgorzata , Kleszyk Katarzyna 
Published: April 2016

PurposeThe aim of the paper was to determine the occurrence of feet and ankle deformities in trampoline and artistic gymnasts.MethodsTen acrobatic gymnasts (trampolinists) and 10 artistic gymnasts aged 6-14 years were recruited. The calcaneal-tibial (rearfoot) angle was determined as the angle of the upper calcaneal tendon and the longitudinal heel axis while Clarke angles were determined by podoscopy.ResultsThe trampolinists showed significantly greater medial angulation (calcaneal valgus) than the group of gymnasts. Right and left foot Clark’s angles in both the trampoline and artistic gymnasts were above 55°.ConclusionsTrampolinists exhibit significantly more pronounced calcaneal valgus than artistic gymnasts. The prevalence of foot and ankle deformities in both populations should be addressed by coaches in the gymnastics training of young children.
Plantar pressure and foot temperature responses to acute barefoot and shod running
Authors: Quesada Jose Ignacio Priego , Kunzler Marcos R. , Rocha Emmanuel S. da , Machado Álvaro S. , Carpes Felipe P. 
Published: April 2016

PurposeIncreased contact pressure and skin friction may lead to higher skin temperature. Here, we hypothesized a relationship between plantar pressure and foot temperature. To elicit different conditions of stress to the foot, participants performed running trials of barefoot and shod running.MethodsEighteen male recreational runners ran shod and barefoot at a self-selected speed for 15 min over different days. Before and immediately after running, plantar pressure during standing (via a pressure mapping system) and skin temperature (using thermography) were recorded.ResultsNo significant changes were found in plantar pressure after barefoot or shod conditions (<i>p</i> > 0.9). Shod running elicited higher temperatures in the forefoot (by 0.5-2.2°C or 0.1-1.2% compared with the whole foot, <i>p</i> < 0.01) and midfoot (by 0.9-2.4°C, <i>p</i> < 0.01). Barefoot running resulted in higher temperature variation in the rearfoot (0.1-10.4%, <i>p</i> = 0.04). Correlations between skin temperature and plantar pressure were not significant (<i>r</i> < 0.5 and <i>r</i> > -0.5, <i>p</i> > 0.05).ConclusionsThe increase in temperature after the shod condition was most likely the result of footwear insulation. However, variation of the temperature in the rearfoot was higher after barefoot running, possible due to a higher contact load. Changes in temperature could not predict changes in plantar pressure and vice-versa.
Effect of progressive muscle relaxation on pain threshold and effectiveness of footballers’ training
Authors: Jaworska Lilianna , Hawrylak Arletta , Burzyński Bartosz , Szczepańska-Gieracha Joanna 
Published: April 2016

PurposeRelaxing in the athlete’s training process is underutilized. Relaxation techniques, however, should be taught from the very beginning of the footballer’s training career. The main aim of this study was to present the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on pressure pain threshold levels and the effectiveness of the footballer’s training.MethodsA sample of 32 football players participated in the therapeutic program consisting of 8 PMR sessions. Before and after applying a pressure therapy, the pain threshold in the lumbar region was measured by a dolorimeter and the Cooper test was carried out to determine the footballers’ level of endurance.ResultsPMR training did not increase significantly the pain threshold level in the experimental group (<i>p</i> > 0.05), but it increased significantly the distance covered in the Cooper test (<i>p</i> = 0.04). Analysis of the Spearman rank correlation was also carried out (<i>p</i> = 0.81).ConclusionsPMR does not lower pain perception threshold. PMR therapy increases the distance measured by the Cooper test. In order to determine the role of PMR in injury prevention, further research is necessary.