bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Adiponectin and highly sensitive C-reactive protein levels in obese children aged 9 to 15 years
Authors: Regina Frecilia , Tirtamulia Kristellina , Warouw Sarah Maria 
Published: March 2017

Background Childhood obesity is a widespread and growing problem associated with health problems such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. A low􀁗grade chronic inflammatory state, reflected by decreased adiponectin and increased highly sensitive C􀁗reactive protein (hsCRP) levels, may play a role in metabolic syndrome associated with obesity.Objective To assess and compare adiponectin and hsCRP levels in obese and nonnal weight children.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, case􀁗controlled study in Manado from May to July 2010. Subjects were selected from obese, but otherwise healthy children aged 9-15 years. Control subjects were schoolmates 'With normal body mass index (BMI). We perfonned physical examinations, measured blood pressure, weight and height, and calculated BMI for all subjects. After an overnight fast, all subjects were tested for fasting blood glucose, adiponectin and hsCRP levels.Results The mean adiponectin level in the obese group was 3.6 μg/mL (SD 1.43), lower than that of the normoweight group, 4.8 μg/mL (SD 1.67) (P<0.0001). The mean hsCRP level in the obese group was 3.3 mg/L (SD 3.62) while that of the normoweight group was 0.8 mg/L (SD 1.39) (P<0.0001). There was no inverse correlation between adiponectin and hsCRP levels in obese group (r= 0.048; P= 0.362).Conclusions Lower adiponectin and higher hsCRP levels in the obese group is consistent 'With a low-grade chronic inflammatory state. Other factors that influence adiponecrin and hsCRP production or inflammatory pathways of other adipokines need further evaluation. Early intervention is needed to reduce body weight in obese children.
Correlation between hemoglobin level and left ventricular systolic functions and dimensions in children with chronic severe anemia
Authors: Napitupulu Erlina Masniari , Wahyuni Fera , Tobing Tina Christina L. , Ali Muhammad , Lubis Bidasari 
Published: March 2017

Background Chronic severe anemia is a connnon disease. Cardiac output may increase when the hemoglobin (Hb) level decreases to < 7 g/dL for 3 months or more. Alteration of left ventricular (LV) function occurs frequently in children 'With chronic severe anemia, in the {onn of concentric LV hypertrophy, LV dilatation with or v.ithout LV hypertrophy, or systolic dysfunction. Objective To examine the correlation between Hb level and alteration of LV systolic function in children with chronic severe anemia. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study in Adam Malik Hospital from October to December 2009. Subjects were chronic severely anemic children. Left ventricular systolic function (ejection fraction/EF, fractional shortening/FS) and dimensions (left ventricular end diastolic diameter/LVEDD and left ventricular end systolic diameter/LVESD) were measured using Hitachi EUB 5500 echocardiography unit. Univariate analysis and Pearson correlation were performed.Results Thirty children were enrolled in the study. The mean of age was 113.5 months (SD 53.24). Hb values ranged from 2.1 to 6.9 g/dL with mean value of 4.6 g/dL (SD 1.44). Mean duration of anemia was 3.9 months (SD 0.70). Chronic severe anemia was not associated \\lith decreased LV systolic function [EF 62.2% (SD 9.16), r =0.296, P=0.112; FS 33.8% (SD 7.26), r =0.115, P=0.545], nor LV dimension changes [LVEDD 40.2 mm (SD 6.85), r = -0.192, P=0.308; LVESD 26.2 mm (SD 4.98), r=-0.266, P=0.156]. Conclusion There was no correlation between Hb level in chronically anemic children and changes in LV systolic function or dimension.
Incidence and factors associated with mortality of neonatal sepsis
Authors: Kardana I Made 
Published: March 2017

Background Neonatal sepsis is one of the major causes of mortality and long term morbidity in neonates, particularly in premature and low birth weight infants. The incidence of neonatal sepsis varies from 1 to 4 in 1000 live births in developed countries and 10 to 50 in 1000 live births in developing countries. The mortality rate of neonatal sepsis remains high, especially in developing countries.Objective To describe the incidence, mortality rate, and factors associated 'With mortality in neonatal sepsis in Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar.Methods A retrospective, cohort study was conducted in the Perinatology Ward, Department of Child Health, Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Bali from January to December 2008. One hundred thirty􀁄eight patients 'With neonatal sepsis were enrolled in this study. Patients' characteristic data were collected including sex, mode of delivery (spontaneous, non􀁄spontaneous), condition at birth (vigorous, asphyxic), gestational age (premature, full tenn), birth weight «2500 grams, > 2500 grams), and sepsis classifica􀁄tion (early onset sepsis, late onset sepsis). Outcomes were grouped into alive and dead.Results A total of 138 cases of neonatal sepsis were reviewed, 59.4% of whom were boys, 63.0% spontaneously delivered,39.1 % asphyxic, 53.6% 'With low birth weight, 50.7% premature, and84.8% with early onset sepsis. The incidence of neonatal sepsis was 5% of babies admitted, 'With a mortality rate of 28.3%. Low birth weight and prematurity were significantly associated withmortality in neonatal sepsis (RR8.4, 95% CI 2.4 to 29.0, P = 0.001 and RR3.4, 95% ClI.O to 11.0, P 􀀂 0.042, respectively). Conclusion The incidence of neonatal sepsis in Sanglah Hospital was 5% of babies admitted, with a mortality rate of 28.3%. Low birth weight and prematurity were significantly associated with mortality in neonatal sepsis. 2011;51:144-8].
Ventricular function and dimensions in children with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Authors: Kuswiyanto Rahmat B. , Djer Mulyadi M. , Akib Arwin A. P. , Sastroasmoro Sudigdo 
Published: March 2017

Background Prevalence of cardiac complications in children 'With human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have increased, in association 'With the availability of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy and the decrease of opportunistic infections. However, studies on cardiac complications in HIV patients in the various HIV clinical and immunologic categories have been limited. Furthermore, cardiac complications in Indonesian HIVinfected children have never been reported.Objectives To detennine the prevalence of cardiac complications in HIVinfected children and to compare ventricular function and dimensions based on HIV clinical and immunologic categories. Methods A cross􀁍sectional study was done in the Department of Child Health, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta between October and December 2009 on 7 4 HIV􀁍infected children aged below 15 years. Children with severe chronic or acute systemic diseases were excluded. Investigations included physical examinations, 12􀁍lead electrocardiography and echocardiographyto assess left ventricular dimension and ventricular function. Cardiac findings among children in different clinical and immunological categories were compared.Results Five children showed left ventricular fractional shortening below 25% and 16 had right ventricular dysfunction. Mean cardiac function and dimension were in the normal range. No differences in cardiac function and dimension, among the clinical HIV category groups (p>0.05) or immunologic suppression status groups (p>0.05) were observed.Conclusion In children 'With HIV infection, the prevalence of left ventricular dysfunction and right ventricular dysfunction was 7% and 22%, respectively. No differences in cardiac function and dimension were found among the different HIV clinical and immunological categories.
The influence of intrauterine growth retardation on cardiac function, left ventricular mass and superior vena cava return in newborns
Authors: Soetadji Anindita , Advani Najib , Aminullah Asril , Sastroasmoro Sudigdo 
Published: March 2017

Background Low birth weight (LBW) in neonates is a problem leading to high morbidity and mortality. Barker hypothesized that fetal cardiac remodeling during hypoxic conditions or maternal under􀁏nutrition is a risk factor for coronary heart disease in theyoung. Early vascular changes may influence cardiac function and newborns' cerebral blood flow.Objective The aim of this study was to detennine the effects of being small for gestational age (SGA) on newborns' cardiac function, left ventricular (LV) mass and superior vena cava (SYC) return.Methods This cross􀁏sectional study was conducted in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital from February to June 2008. LBW and nonnal newborns who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were recruited as subjects. Maternal history, infant physical examination, and echocardiography were obtained Mthin 48 hours oflife to exclude those with congenital heart disease, and assess cardiac function and SYC flow.Results Subjects were 21 preterm appropriate for gestational age (AGA), 19 SGA and 19 normal newborns. SGA newborns showed lower LV mass, stroke volume and cardiac output than normal newborns. However, these SGA parameters were not different from preterm AGA babies. In additio n, LV mass index was sig nificantly different but no difference ofSVC return between the three groups.Conclusion SGA newborns' LV function was lower than that of nonnal newborns, as low as pretenn AGA newborns. N onnal SVC return was observed in the three groups. This finding may be due to a brain􀁏sparing effect to maintain sufficient cerebral blood flowin the fetus.
Migration as a Global Risk : The World Economic Forum and Neoliberal Discourse on Demography
Authors: Domingo Andreu 
Published: March 2017

Résumé
L’objectif principal de cet article est de rendre compte, du point de vue de la démographie, de la transformation du discours néolibéral sur l’immigration dans le contexte de la crise économique en Europe. Pour ce faire, l’article analyse, outre les sources secondaires pertinentes, les rapports annuels sur les risques globaux que le World Economic Forum a parrainé depuis 2006 jusqu’en 2015, afin de mesurer l’évolution d’un discours qui forge la perception des évolutions démographiques, et parmi elles la migration considérée comme un des risques majeurs à identifier, gérer et contrôler pour assurer une gouvernance mondiale. L’étude de ces rapports montre d’abord l’importance grandissante et dramatique que prend l’évo-lution démographique – à la fois en volume et en structure – au fur et à mesure de l’enfoncement dans la récession économique. Ensuite, la conception des migrations a connu un changement radical, présentées d’abord comme un problème puis comme une solution. Enfin, le discours néolibéral sur la gouvernance exprimée dans les mêmes termes que la gestion d’entreprise fait une nouvelle interprétation du concept de «résilience» et l’applique à des populations spécifiques.
Abstract
The chief aim of this article is to give an account, from the standpoint of demography, of the transformation of neoliberal discourse on immigration since the onset of the economic crisis in Europe. The Global Risks reports published by the World Economic Forum from 2006 through to 2015 are analysed here, together with pertinent secondary sources, in order to gauge changes in a type of discourse that has been shaping perceptions of the evolution of population and, among related phenomena, migration as a major risk to be identified, managed and monitored in order to ensure global governance. Study of the reports shows, first, a progressive emphasis on demographic evolution as problematic – in terms of both volume and structure – as the economic recession has worsened. Second, the conceptualisation of migration has simultaneously undergone radical change in which it went from being a problem to becoming a solution. Finally, neoliberal discourse on governability, expressed in terms of business management, has reinterpreted the concept of «resilience» and applied it to specific populations.
De la procréation «assistée par» autrui à la procréation «négociée avec» autrui : Dialogue autour de la place du tiers donneur dans le projet parental de mères lesbiennes au Québec
Authors: Côté Isabel , Lavoie Kévin 
Published: March 2017

Résumé
Cet article présente le cadre de négociation concernant la place des hommes qui participent au projet parental de mères lesbiennes en tant que donneurs connus au Québec. Trente-deux personnes ont été rencontrées, soit neuf couples de femmes et dix donneurs, de même que quatre partenaires de vie de ces hommes. Les résultats démontrent que le don s’inscrit dans une démarche négociée, à la jonction de trois considérations désignées comme des facteurs d’influence : les réflexions préalables des mères quant à leurs représentations de la paternité et de l’engagement désiré de la part du donneur, les attentes singulières qui motivent ces hommes à participer de façon consentante au projet parental d’autrui et, dans certains cas, la façon dont leur partenaire appréhende les impacts potentiels de ce don sur leur vie conjugale et familiale. Cette négociation à trois ou à quatre croise aussi les préoccupations qu’ont ces adultes à l’égard des besoins des enfants, formant ainsi une toile complexe de relations interpersonnelles. Le dialogue semble être le garant de la cohésion entre les personnes concernées et favorise l’émergence chez le donneur d’un rôle en regard de l’enfant qui soit conforme aux attentes de toutes les parties.
Abstract
This paper presents the negotiation framework concerning the place of men involved in lesbian mother’s parental project as known donors in Quebec. Thirty-two people were interviewed, nine women couples and ten donors, as well as four partners of these men. The results show that the donation is part of a negotiated approach, at the junction on three considerations identified as influencing factors: prior thoughts of mothers about their perceptions of fatherhood and the required commitment from the donor, singular expectations driving these men to participate in a consent­ed way to the parental project of others and, in some cases, how their partner grasps the potential impacts of this gift on family and conjugality life. This negotiation also crossed concerns expressed by these adults towards children’s needs, forming a complex web of relationships. The dialogue seems to be the guarantor of cohesion between the people involved, while facilitating the emergence in the donor’s role towards the child that meets the expectations of them all.
Nursery Product-Related Injuries Treated in United States Emergency Departments
Authors: Gaw Christopher E. , Chounthirath Thiphalak , Smith Gary A. 
Published: March 2017

OBJECTIVE:
The goal of this study was to determine the epidemiology of injuries associated with nursery products among young children treated in US emergency departments.

METHODS:
Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System were retrospectively analyzed for patients aged &lt;3 years who sustained an injury associated with a nursery product from 1991 through 2011.

RESULTS:
An estimated 1 391 844 (95% confidence interval, 1 169 489–1 614 199) nursery product–related injuries among children aged &lt;3 years were treated in US emergency departments during the 21-year study period, averaging 56.29 injuries per 10 000 children. The annual injury rate decreased significantly by 33.9% from 1991 to 2003, followed by a significant increase of 23.7% from 2003 to 2011. The decrease was driven by a significant decline in baby walker/jumper/exerciser-related injuries; the increase was driven by a significant increase in concussions and closed head injuries. Nursery product–related injuries were most commonly associated with baby carriers (19.5%), cribs/mattresses (18.6%), strollers/carriages (16.5%), or baby walkers/jumpers/exercisers (16.2%). The most common mechanism of injury was a self-precipitated fall (80.0%), and the most frequently injured body region was the head or neck (47.1%).

CONCLUSIONS:
Although successful injury prevention efforts with baby walkers led to a decline in nursery product–related injuries from 1991 to 2003, the number and rate of these injuries have been increasing since 2003. Greater efforts are warranted to prevent injuries associated with other nursery products, especially baby carriers, cribs, and strollers. Prevention of falls and concussions/closed head injuries associated with nursery products also deserves special attention.
Klasszikus vérnyomáscsökkentők: diuretikumok
Authors: Nagy Viktor László 
Published: March 2017

Abstract: The diuretics are essential medicaments of antihypertensive therapy. They reduce blood pressure and cardiovascular events optimally. With increasing doses of thiazides and thiazide analogs do not come further powerful effect of reducing blood pressure or cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, but clearly elevate the side effects. Because of it, the minimum effective dose level and the fixed-dose combination therapy should be preferred. The use these drugs leads to especially positive outcome in elder patients, isolated systolic hypertension, heart failure, after stroke and in black population. Loop diuretics as antihypertensive therapy can be used only by renal impairment. The use of aldosterone antagonists can have a good effect not only on heart failure but also on prevention of atrial fibrillation. Furthermore, using it in a combination therapy with thiazides, it reduces the risk of hypokalemia. Therefore, the diuretic treatment in hypertension is flourishing again. Orv. Hetil., 2017, 158(11), 403–408.
Characterizing CMN1308, a Novel Strain of <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i>, for Potential Biological Control Application
Authors: ZHANG Xuehua , LI Linling , CHENG Shuiyuan , CHENG Hua 
Published: March 2017

Fungal diseases of plants continue to contribute to heavy crop losses in spite of the best control efforts of plant pathologists. Breeding for disease-resistant varieties and the application of synthetic chemical fungicides are the most widely accepted approaches in plant disease management. CMN1308 strain of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens was isolated from healthy Chinese chestnut fruit, which has antibiosis and induced resistance to the prevention mechanism of pathogenic bacterium after picking. In order to evaluate the antibiosis mechanism, CMN1308 was fostered with the method of confrontÂ culture. The antimicrobial components were also isolated from the culture of CMN1308, and their stability and antimicrobial activity was tested under different treatments such as temperature, pH and UV. The results showed that CMN1308 displays advantages in regard to spatial competition against the major pathogens of chestnut, Rhizopus stolonifer, Fusarium solani, Stachybotrys chartarum, Cryphonectria parasitica, Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Penicillium expansum and Aspergillus niger. Among this, CMN1308 had the best antimicrobial activity against P. expansum, with the inhibitionÂ zoneÂ diameter ofÂ 27.1 mm. The antimicrobial material isolated from CMN1308 culture showed a strong inhibition to the growth of P. expansum hyphal and also had a good stability to high temperature, alkali media and UV, but was sensitive to acidic conditions. Furthermore, CMN1308 increased the peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase activity and reduced the MDA content in chestnuts after infecting by pathogenic fungi. Thus, producing antibiotic compounds and inducible resistance are the main factors that may explain the antibacterial mechanism of CMN1308 on chestnut pathogenic. The results of this study might help to optimize the practical use of CMN1308 in the biological control of chestnut rot or other fruit rot infected by pathogenic fungi.
Effect of Zinc and Bio Fertilizers on Antioxidant Enzymes Activity, Chlorophyll Content, Soluble Sugars and Proline in Triticale Under Salinity Condition
Authors: KHEIRIZADEH AROUGH Younes , SEYED SHARIFI Raouf , SEDGHI Mohammad , BARMAKI Morteza 
Published: March 2017

In order to study the effects of bio fertilizers and zinc fertilizer on antioxidant enzymes activity, chlorophyll content, soluble sugars and proline in triticale under salinity condition, a factorial experiment was conducted based on randomized complete block design with three replications under greenhouse condition. Experiment factors were included salinity in four levels [no-salt (control or S0), salinity 20 (S1), 40 (S2) and 60 (S3) mM NaCl) equivalent of 1.85, 3.7 and 5.55 dS mâˆ’1 respectively], four bio fertilizers levels (no bio fertilizer (F0), application of mycorrhiza (F1), PGPR (F2), both application PGPR and mycorrhiza (F3) and three nano zinc oxide levels (without nano zinc oxide as control (Zn0), application ofÂ 0.4 (Zn1) and 0.8 (Zn2) g lit-1). Results showed that salinity severe stress (60 mM) decreased chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, carotenoid and grain yield of triticale, whereas soluble sugars and proline content, the activities of Catalase (CAT), Peroxidase (POD) Polyphenol Oxidase (PPO) enzymes increased. Results showed that both application of bio fertilizer and 0.8 g lit-1 nano zinc oxide (F3Zn2) increased about 39% from grain yield in comparison with F0Zn0 under the highest salinity level. Based on the results, it was concluded that bio fertilizers and nano zinc oxide application can be recommended for profitable triticale production under salinity condition.