bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Smoking Habits of Children Institutionalized in Family Care Homes in Mures and Harghita County
Authors: Lorand Ferencz , Hajnal Finta , Lorand Schmidt , Iosif Balint , Valentin Nadasan , Zoltan Abram 
Published: November 2015

Abstract

Background: Smoking is a problem of the modern world and annually produces more victims, and due to ignorance and lack of health education in our country the disease diagnosis is made at an advanced stage. Many studies show that, young people aged between 10 and 18 are smokers and start smoking at an increasingly early age.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the smoking habits of institutionalized children in family care homes from Harghita and Mures county.

Methods: The method chosen was a sociological survey based on questionnaires. Our study included 254 children institutionalized in family care homes in Mures county and 254 children from Harghita county. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences.

Results: A statistically significant difference was obtained analyzing the number of smokers from the group of children under 12 years in Mures compared to the Harghita county. More than half of children smoked their first cigarette after they entered in family care homes in both counties and the most common setting in which the children were smoking was when being together with their friends.

Conclusions: In Mures county the number of smokers under the age of 12 was significantly higher than in Harghita county. Despite the educational classes and institutional regulations of smoking, more than half of children smoke. The decisive role in testing of smoking are the friends. Due to the very high number of underage smokers, the prevention and education hours have an unquestionable importance.
Knee Arthroplasty: With or Without Patellar Component?
Authors: Árpád Sólyom , Ildikó Király , Csaba Benedek , Csongor Fülöp , Örs Nagy , Tiberiu Băţagă 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Arthroplasty is used when there is irreversible damage to the articular cartilage of the knee. It involves implanting a bicompartimental (femoral and tibial components) or a tricompartimental (femoral, tibial and patellar components) prosthesis. It is a very invasive and costly operation, so our objective was to evaluate the necessity of the patellar component.

Material and methods: During our study we’ve included 39 patients: in 27 cases we used tricompartimental prosthesis, while the other 12 received only the bicompartimental components. Patients were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively using the International Knee Documentation Comitee score. We’ve also compared our results with the results of other published authors.

Results: We’ve found that there is little to no difference between the two groups regarding mobility and complication, however patients with bicompartimentalarthroplasty complained of less pain.

Conclusion: We’ve found that bicompartimentalarthroplasty – being a less invasive procedure – is better not only in terms of pain management, but there is also less hemorrhaging, shorter intraoperative time is considered, revision is easier and also has financially advantages, both for the patient and for the medical facility.
Is There a Risk Factor More Responsible for Disaster?
Authors: Cosmin Carasca , Adrian Muresan Vasile , Ioan Tilea , Annamaria Magdas , Emilian Carasca , Alexandru Incze 
Published: November 2015

Abstract

Background: Risk factors for peripheral arterial disease are generally the same as those responsible for the ischemic heart disease and in both cases are overlapping risk factors involved in the etiology of atherosclerosis, such as smoking, dyslipidemia, diabetes and hypertension.

Case report: We present a case of a 61 years old male, whose ischemic peripheral symptoms began in 2003, at the age of 49, presenting as a Leriche syndrome. The patient was subjected to first revascularization procedure consisting in aortic-bifemoral grafting in the same year. General examination revealed no risk factors except smoking. Only a year after, he returns with critical right lower limb ischemia due to bypass thrombosis, therefore two thrombectomies were performed followed by a right side femoro-popliteal bypassing with Dacron prosthesis. The patient’s condition was good until 2008 when a femoro-popliteal bypass using inverted autologus saphenous vein was imposed due to occlusion of the previous graft. In 2013 the patient was readmitted to hospital with left lower limb critical ischemia. A femoro-popliteal bypass was performed, followed by two thrombectomies and the amputation of the left thigh. Up to this date, the patient kept smoking.
Discussions: Although our patient has a low/medium risk level of atherosclerosis by Framingham score and a minimum Prevent III score, all the surgical revascularization procedures were not able to avoid the amputation.

Conclusions: There are enough reasons to believe that smoking as a single risk factor can strongly influence the unfavorable progression to amputation in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
Clinical and Psychological Correlations between Job Loss and Depressive Experience
Authors: Melinda Ferencz , Elena-Ramona Irimia , Elena Buicu Gabriela , Theodor Moica , Cristian Gabos Grecu , Claudia Sabău Daniela , Iosif Gabos Grecu 
Published: November 2015

Abstract

Introduction: Stressful life events have a negative effect on mental health. Job loss is an event with a psychotraumatic character. Identification of the main sources of stress faced by the individual is essential in the management of depression.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the main risk factors that play a role in the onset and maintenance of depression.

Material and methods: we made a prosepctive study including 68 outpatients aged over 18, recently diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), without psychotic features, with initiated antidepressant treatment, being in evidence of First Clinic of Psychiatry Tirgu-Mures, between 01.01.2013-31.12.2013. To assess the severity of depression and to measure the antidepressant treatment efficacy we used Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D17) at study onset, respectively at endpoint. The parameters followed were: HAM-D17 score, response to treatment, the mean number of hospitalizations in a year.

Results: The group included 82.35% women and 17.65% men, mostly from urban areas, aged between 35 and 68, with a HAM-D17 score between 24 and 27. The major stressful life events inventory shows that 20.58 % of the patients were unemployed. The observed effects were more extensive in men.

Conclusions: How stressful life events exert their influence on mood is complex. The onset of depression often seems to coincide with a stressful event, although sometimes the event is only the revelator of an episode ready to trigger. The findings indicate the need of prevention politics for relapse of the disease, which is a disadvantage regarding the re-employment.
Arylsulfatase A: An Important Metabolic Factor in Pathophysiology of Different Diseases
Authors: Zsolt Kovacs , Robert Tripon , Eniko Nemes Nagy , Victor Balogh Samarghitan , Mariana Tilinca , Orsolya Martha , Zita Fazakas 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Arylsulfatase A (ARSA) is a lysosomal enzyme that plays an important role in catalysis of degradation of cerebrosidesulphate. The deficiency of this lysosomal enzyme causes an autosomal recessive disorder, called metachromatic leucodystrophy. However, a low ARSA activity can be observed in clinically healthy people, called ARSA pseudodeficiency. In our study we investigated the possible linkage between ARSA activity and sulfatide deficiency causing characteristic aspects of degenerative diseases, such as end stage kidney disease, type 2 Diabetes mellitus, Parkinson syndrome, prostate cancer and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection. We used a spectrophotometric method to determine the activity of ARSA. This method of enzyme dosage is based on a 4 hour long hydrolysis of the ARSA enzyme on 4-nitrocatechol sulfate (p-NCS) substrate. The unit of this measurement is nmol/ml/4h. Our findings show significant values in type 2 diabetes, Parkinson syndrome and chronic kidney disease. The importance of sulfatide in these diseases is well-known, thus presumably the variation of the ARSA’s activity might play an important role in the pathophysiology of these diseases, involving a vicious cycle between sulfatide degradation andthese diseases.
Is NAFLD a Risk Factor for Colorectal Polyps? An Analysis of Single Romanian Centre
Authors: Bela Kozma , Crina Pop , Madalina Petrut , Silvia Drasovean , Daniela Dobru 
Published: November 2015

Abstract

Background and Aim: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered to be the most common of all liver disorders, and its prevalence is almost certainly increasing. Because of the presence of NAFLD in metabolic syndrome and of latter’s role in the appearance of colorectal polyps, many studies have tried to find a link between the liver disease and colorectal polyps. The aim of the study was to determine whether NAFLD is a risk factor for colorectal polyps.

Material and Methods: We examined 560 patients diagnosed with NAFLD who underwent colonoscopy at Mures County Hospital, between January 2011 and June 2014. Fatty liver disease was assessed by abdominal ultrasound, with NAFLD defined as fatty liver disease in the absence of alcohol use of > 40 g/week or other secondary causes. We divided the 560 patients into two groups, according to the presence or absence of polyps. Data were collected from patient’s history, physical exam, laboratory tests and abdominal ultrasound.

Results: The prevalence of colorectal polyps was 16.6% (93) in the NAFLD patients. 51 (54.8%) of them were female, and the Chi2 test identified a statistically significant association between the female gender and the appearance of polyps (p=0.028; OR=1.652; CI= 1.052-2.596). No statistical association was found between the smoking status and the development of colorectal polyps (p=0.245) and only 18 of 93 patients were smokers. Of 93 patients with polyps, 68 (73.1%) have associated diabetes mellitus, but without statistical correlation (p=0.214). According to family history of colorectal polyps none of the patients have data about a possible polyposis pathology.

Conclusions: Our study demonstrates a relationship between some characteristics of NAFLD and the development of colorectal polyps. Further studies are required to confirm whether NAFLD is a risk factor for the appearance of polyps.
First Study of the Prosthesis Indication Deafnesses in Mureș County
Authors: Gabriel Lostun , Alexandra Lostun , Klara Brînzaniuc 
Published: November 2015

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to asses the frequency of the deafness pathology in the Ear, Nose and Throath Clinic of the Emergency County Hospital in Tîrgu Mureș and two other private institutions that have an ear linked profile, with a special interest on those with indication for prosthesis. This is a pilot study, being conceived as a part of a larger one used to measure the number of possible cochlear implant recipients nationwide.

Methods: We gathered data from the interval 2011-2013, including in the study all the patients for which an audiometry testing was performed in this time interval. This was followed by a process of selection/exclusion applied to the original group in order to obtain significant statistical data.

Results: The most important part of the study was to quantify the different types of hypoaccusia and the relative number of candidates for various prosthesys available these days.

Conclusions: This study quantifies the rising need for hearing prosthesis and triggers a signal.
Identification of Unbalanced Aberrations in the Genome of Equine Sarcoid Cells Using CGH Technique
Authors: Bugno-Poniewierska Monika , Staroń Beata , Potocki Leszek , Gurgul Artur , Wnuk Maciej 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Sarcoid is the most common skin cancer in horses. The etiology of the tumor is associated with BPV infection (BPV-1, -2, -13), which is an inducer of malignant transformation. The comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) technique identifying the unbalanced chromosome aberrations was used to analyze the genome of equine sarcoid cells and to diagnose the chromosome rearrangements involving large deletions or amplification. The results were based on the analysis of 100 metaphases and their karyograms as well as the diagram showing the average ratio of the intensity of the green to red fluorescence, using MetaSystems software (Isis). Based on a comparison of the fluorescence intensity ratios we found duplication in the subtelomeric regions of chromosome pairs 1, 4, 7, 8 and 23. Duplicated region of chromosome pair 1 also included the coding region of the rDNA. In the chromosome 23 next to the duplication occurring in the centromeric region of q arm (23q11) we also found the presence of deletions involving 23q18-23q19 region. For the chromosome pairs 25 to 31 and the X chromosome the software failed to generate CGH diagram, but on the individual karyograms we were able to observe fluorescence signals characteristic of duplication (red), in rDNA regions of chromosome pairs 28 and 31. The study showed that duplications of DNA present in the sarcoid cells are found mainly in the telomeric and rDNA regions. The presence of the duplication of telomeric regions is associated with increased activity of the telomerase enzyme, which is a hallmark of cancer cells, affecting the immortality of these cells. Accordingly, duplications of rDNA coding regions increase activity of nucleolar organizer region which is a tumor marker.
Muranów als Ruine: Zeitschichten der Erinnerung im Nachkriegs-Warschau
Authors: Meng Michael 
Published: November 2015

AbstractIn 1945, Warsaw’s prewar Jewish district, Muranów, lay in ruins. Almost no physical sites of Warsaw’s once rich Jewish history remained standing after the Holocaust. How have the residents of Warsaw – mostly non-Jews – dealt with the memories of this obliterated and ruined space? This article discusses from 1945 to the present several important attempts among largely non-Jewish Poles to remember and reflect upon the history of Warsaw’s Jewish past in the district of Muranów. Even though the tendency has in general been to forget, efforts to remember the Nazi past have surfaced during the last decades. The essay therefore suggests that the postwar history of memory in Warsaw may be thought of not in linear terms but rather in terms of multiple layers of memories that interact in complex ways over time.
The Home-Spun Memorial: Contemporary Commemorative Practices in the Netherlands
Authors: van Pelt Robert Jan 
Published: November 2015

AbstractIn den letzten Jahren haben sich in den Niederlanden neue Praktiken des Holocaust-Gedenkens etabliert. Dies gilt sowohl für die analoge als auch für die digitale Welt. Ein frühes derartiges Projekt war etwa das digitale »Denkmal der jüdischen Gemeinden in den Niederlanden«. Dabei handelt es sich um eine umfang reiche Datenbank mit Informationen zu Namen, den letzten Wohnorten sowie Daten der Verhaftung und Deportation der niederländischen Holocaust-Opfer. Um den Verlust sichtbar zu machen, wird am 4. Mai, dem jährlichen Gedenktag für die Toten des Zweiten Weltkrieges, an Häusern und Wohnungen mit Plakaten an die einstigen jüdischen Bewohner erinnert. In einigen Häusern finden Veranstaltungen statt, so berichten etwa Überlebende über das jüdische Leben von vor, während und nach dem Holocaust. Dieses Projekt wird als Ausdruck einer sich wandelnden Erinnerungskultur untersucht.
On the occurrence of three red algal species new to the Mediterranean Sea in Al-Hoceima National Park (Morocco)
Authors: Moussa Hanaa , Wynne Michael J. , Hassoun Mustapha , Salhi Ghizlane , Zbakh Hanaa , Kazzaz Mohamed , Riadi Hassane 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
The occurrence in Morocco of three species of red algae new to the Mediterranean Sea is reported: Polysiphonia havanensis sensu Børgesen (Ceramiales, Rhodomelaceae), Diplothamnion jolyi (Ceramiales, Wrangeliaceae), and Champia compressa (Rhodymeniales, Champiaceae). All were collected in Al-Hoceima National Park, a protected area of the Mediterranean coast of Morocco.
Going beyond motion events typology: The case of Basque as a verb-framed language
Authors: Ibarretxe-Antuñano Iraide 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThe concept of motion is present in all the world’s languages. However, the ways in which speakers of different languages codify motion do not seem to be so universal. Languages offer different types of structures to express motion, and speakers pay attention to different elements within the motion event. The goal of this paper is to examine in great detail how motion events are described and expressed in Basque oral and written narratives. This study focuses on three main areas: motion verbs, elaboration of Manner and elaboration of Path. Although Basque can be classified in Talmy’s terms as a verb-framed language, it is argued that it is not a prototypical example of this group with respect to the lexicalisation of Path. Unlike other verb-framed languages, the description of Path in Basque motion events is very frequent and detailed, not only in situations when it adds new information, but also in pleonastic cases. This characteristic seems to be related to Basque’s rich lexical resources for motion and space, as well as to its high tolerance for verb omission. On the basis of these data, the scope of Talmy’s binary typology is questioned. It is suggested that the verb- and satellite-framed language typology should be revised in order to account for these intra-typological differences.
The interaction of vowel quality and pharyngeals in Sephardic Modern Hebrew
Authors: Pariente Itsik 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThis paper examines the complex interactions between pharyngeals and vowel quality in Sephardic Modern Hebrew. Phonetically similar to low vowels, gutturals in general and pharyngeals in particular tend to trigger vowel lowering and epenthesis of low vowels. Sephardic Modern Hebrew exhibits multiple strategies in order to avoid the proximity of non-low vowels to pharyngeals. The language processes take into account several factors, including the syllabic position of the pharyngeal (onset or coda), prosody (stress) and lexical category (nouns vs. verbs).
Germanic goblins and the Indo-European fireplace
Authors: Kerkhof Peter Alexander 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
In this article the etymology of the Modern German word Kobold ‘house spirit’ and its cognates is revised. It is argued that the Germanic root *kub- meaning ‘hut, small chamber’ which consitutes the first element of Modern German Kobold, is a loan from the Latin/Romance group of words deriving from Lat. cubīle, cubīculum. This Romance element may have replaced an earlier PGm. *gub- meaning ‘fire’, attested in Old Norse gufa ‘vapour, steam’, which goes back to the PIE root *ghu̯obh-. This theory is supported by French gobelin where the initial *g- is easily explained from Germanic *g-. The second element of the compound should be identified with the source of Finnish haltija ‘house spirit’ which derives from Gm. *haldija-. The compound was therefore Gm. *gub-haldija- and referred to the house spirit as the keeper of the fire, a concept well-known from Northern European folklore.
Strengthening emotional and social competence: undergraduate health professions students / Stärkung emotionaler und sozialer Kompetenzen bei Bachelorstudierenden in Gesundheitsberufen
Authors: Waite Roberta , McKinney Nicole , Sahl Michelle , Nguyen Phi , Fox Alecia Schneider 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Emotional and social competencies are important skills to cultivate in developing leaders. This study examined pre-post findings from the Hay Group Emotional and Social Competence Inventory among 18 undergraduate students enrolled in a leadership programme while they concurrently completed their traditional academic courses. Correlations and paired t-tests were conducted using Statistical Package of Social Sciences 20.0 for data analysis. Statistical significance was found in students’ self-assessed functional behaviour in a number of competencies - emotional self-awareness, positive outlook, empathy, organisational awareness, coach and mentor, systems thinking, and pattern recognition. Pedagogical strategies that intentionally focus on development of emotional and social competencies aid in students’ abilities to understand, internalise, and make use of skills essential to a variety of leadership roles, specifically, how they are able to relate effectively with others. Graduating students who are better prepared to serve in leadership roles - on teams and in the community are an investment in the future of healthcare.
Manipulation in Spanish and American pre-election political debates: The Rajoy–Rubalcaba vs. Obama–McCain debates
Authors: Cabrejas-Peñuelas Ana B. 
Published: November 2015

AbstractIn this paper, we make a comparative analysis of two pre-electoral debates belonging to two different traditions – the 2011 Rajoy–Rubalcaba debate and the first 2008 Obama–McCain debate – in terms of the manipulative processes used. For that purpose, we compare the similarities and differences in the use of the genre contributing to manipulation in the two debate traditions. Also, we identify the manipulative devices employed following
The Role of Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardias in the Treatment of Patients with Electrical Storm
Authors: Hendriks Astrid , Szili-Török Tamás 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Electrical storm due to the development of repetitive sustained ventricular tachycardias (VT) is a potentially life-threatening clinical entity. Acute catheter ablation can be lifesaving. Electrical storm (ES) can be characterized as a period of severe cardiac electrical instability manifested by recurrent ventricular arrhythmias. ES adversely affects short and long term prognosis. The highest mortality risk is in the first 3 months after the occurrence of the index event as shown by the AVID trial. The appearance of a ventricular tachycardia (VT) storm is associated with a rather high mortality despite the presence of an internal cardioverter defibrillator. Catheter ablation (CA) in VT storm is evolving as a standard of care therapy. The increased utilization of CA is partly driven by data suggesting that ICD shocks may be associated with increased mortality, partly due to the limited possibilities and adverse events of medical therapy. The aim of this review is to summarize recent advances in CA of VTs in emergency setting.