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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the pancreatic head – a case report of a 6 months old child and review of the literature
Authors: Tomazic Ales , Gvardijancic Diana , Maucec Joze , Homan Matjaz 
Published: May 2014

Abstract

Background. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are rare in the pediatric population. Most common localizations were reported in the lungs. A localization in the pancreas needs differentiation from other tumors and chronic pancreatitis. Treatment is surgical resection, although there are reports of treatment with oral steroids and radiation therapy.

Case report. A 6-month-old child was treated due to a tumor in the head of the pancreas. On admission he was jaundiced with pruritus. US and MRI confirmed pancreatic tumor. Preoperative biopsy wasn’t conclusive regarding the nature of the tumor. Duodenopancreatectomy was performed. Postoperative course was uneventful. Histologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. On follow up, he remained with no evidence of recurrence.

Conclusions. A literature review revealed 10 cases of pancreatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors in the pediatric age group. Our patient is the youngest reported. Despite major resection, there were no complications. However, management of this child might be possible with steroids, but conservative treatment might be insufficient, especially in aggressive forms of tumors.
Labor Pain Control Among Women Physically Active and Inactive During Pregnancy
Authors: Dudziak Diana , Guszkowska Monika 
Published: May 2014

StreszczenieWstęp: Ból porodowy jest zjawiskiem fizjologicznym i świadczy o postępowaniu akcji porodowej. Odczuwanie bólu, także bólu porodowego, jest silnie zindywidualizowanym doświadczeniem wewnętrznym. Niektóre rodzące ból porodowy znoszą bez potrzeby wsparcia farmakologicznego, dla innych ból porodowy jest tak silny, że wymaga interwencji medycznej. Ludzie różnią się także pod względem przekonań dotyczących możliwości kontrolowania bólu. Przekonania te wpływają na ich nastawienie wobec doznań bólowych i oczekiwania interwencji medycznych ukierunkowanych na uśmierzenie bólu.Celem pracy było określenie, czy regularna aktywność fizyczna w czasie ciąży różnicuje przekonania dotyczące kontroli nad bólem porodowym oraz ustalenie czynników warunkujących te przekonania i ich korelatów.Materiał i metody: Badaniami objęto 100 kobiet ciężarnych w wieku 19-38 lat, w tym 50 kobiet, które regularnie uprawiały ćwiczenia fizyczne w czasie ciąży i 50 ciężarnych nieaktywnych fizycznie. W badaniach zastosowano zmodyfikowaną wersję Kwestionariusza na Temat Kontroli Bólu (BPCQ) Skevington, zawierającą 11 stwierdzeń na temat możliwości kontrolowania bólu porodowego osobiście, poprzez wpływ personelu medycznego oraz jego zależności od czynników losowych, ankietę dotyczącą historii położniczej i sytuacji osobistej oraz Inwentarz Stanu i Cechy Lęku Spielbergera i współautorów.Wyniki: Wyniki wskazują, że kobiety nieaktywne ruchowo są silniej przekonane niż kobiety podejmujące aktywność ruchową w czasie ciąży, że nasilenie bólu porodowego zależy od czynników zewnętrznych (pomoc personelu medycznego, czynniki losowe). Predykatorami przekonań dotyczących kontroli nad bólem porodowym są: cecha lęku, sytuacja materialna, wcześniejsze poronienia oraz aktywność ruchowa.Wnioski: Ciężarne aktywne ruchowo w okresie ciąży ujawniają silniejsze przekonania dotyczące możliwości osobistego kontrolowania nasilenia bólu porodowego, co świadczy o bardziej wewnętrznej lokalizacji kontroli. Można oczekiwać, że podczas porodu prezentować będą bardziej aktywną postawę, współpracując z personelem medycznym, w mniejszym stopniu oczekując podejmowania różnych interwencji, w tym ukierunkowanych na uśmierzenie bólu czy przyspieszenie akcji porodowej.
Strength Training in the Elderly People
Authors: Trzaskoma Zbigniew , Trzaskoma Łukasz , Krzesicka Anna 
Published: May 2014

Streszczenie
Proces starzenia się człowieka charakteryzuje się licznymi zmianami, które dotyczą struktur na poziomie molekularnym, komórkowym, narządowym oraz całego organizmu. Jednym ze skutków zmniejszającej się aktywności fizycznej oraz postępujących procesów starzenia się organizmu człowieka jest systematyczne obniżanie się siły mięśniowej, któremu towarzyszy pogorszenie sprawności w podstawowych czynnościach codziennych. Ćwiczenia fizyczne, w tym ćwiczenia ukierunkowane na zwiększenie siły mięśniowej, wykonywane przez osoby starsze spowalniają proces starzenia się i zapobiegają występowaniu wielu chorób. Jakkolwiek nawet stała i regularna aktywność fizyczna nie może zapobiec spadkowi siły wraz z wiekiem, to zmiany adaptacyjne w centralnym układzie nerwowym i mięśniowym wywołane stosowaniem ćwiczeń siłowych w dużym stopniu mogą rekompensować ten proces.
Ćwiczenia ukierunkowane na zwiększenie siły i masy mięśniowej, nazywane ćwiczeniami siłowymi, są na świecie powszechnie znane i stosowane przez ludzi w podeszłym wieku. W Polsce model usprawniania fizycznego osób starszych bazuje prawie wyłącznie na ćwiczeniach wytrzymałościowych i rozciągających, a stosowanie klasycznych ćwiczeń siłowych często wywołuje obawy.
Celem pracy jest uzasadnienie potrzeby stosowania ćwiczeń ukierunkowanych na zwiększenie siły mięśniowej w usprawnianiu osób starszych i przedstawienie efektów ich zastosowania.
A New Way Of Investing On The Agricultural Real Estate Market In Poland
Authors: Szreder Jarosław , Walentynowicz Piotr 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
When compared to other segments of the market, the agricultural real estate market is a completely different world. While there have been possibilities to observe price corrections over the recent years of the economic crisis, e.g., on the housing market in big cities, on the market of holiday apartments or building plots, the agricultural real estate market remains stable in relation to prices. The average transactional prices of agricultural real properties are gradually growing, and the number of purchase transactions is continuously increasing. Based to the above mentioned trends, the author of the present paper put forward the thesis that investing in agricultural real properties is economically justified during times of economic crisis. One of the best forms of capital investment is that of a limited joint-stock company (S.K.A.).
Identification And Systematization Of Regeneration Investment Project Management Determinants
Authors: Wojewnik-Filipkowska Anna 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
The research subjects are regeneration investments, initiated and/or carried out by the public sector. Regeneration investments are an integral part of modern city management and the urban renewal process. This process should respect the changing needs of local communities and the individuals who constitute them. However, the main aim of regeneration investments is to restore former functions to degraded space or switch to new ones, respecting the principles of sustainable development. The management of regeneration investments depends on many factors. These include the external and internal environment. The diversity of these factors may mean that the same factor is beneficial for one participant, and unfavourable for another. An understanding of their diverse strength and direction of impact is very important for stakeholders. The study attempts to identify and systematize the determinants of investment management in the regeneration process, especially in the context of new challenges and socio-economic phenomena. The research thesis states that identification and systematization of regeneration investment management determinants is essential for making rational investment decisions. Hence, the study results may prove useful to decision-makers. The innovativeness of the study lies in approaching regeneration investments from the perspective of particular groups of stakeholders. Research methodology requires the application of a method of document analysis, a method of analysis and logical design.
Significance Of Residual Value In Asset Valuation
Authors: Żelazowski Konrad 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
The construction of residual value is a key element of income methods in asset valuation. Its main task is to include asset value at the end of the forecasted cash flow period. Although it is common to apply simplified models of residual value in valuation practice, its meaning in shaping the final outcome is substantial. The aim of the article is to emphasize the role of using an appropriate formula in determining residual value in the valuation process. Moreover, alternative methods of estimating residual value will be presented together with scenarios of applying them.
Price Bubble In The Real Estate Market - Behavioral Aspects
Authors: Brzezicka Justyna , Wisniewski Radosław 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
The article pertains to the topic of speculative price bubbles which arise in the real estate market. The individual parts of the article deal with the connection between the price bubble in the American real estate market and the global economic crisis, defining the concept of a price bubble with regard to the behaviors of market participants, providing a description of the environment generating price bubbles, and systematizing the reasons behind the formation of price bubbles. The analysis of behavioral aspects accompanying the existence of a price bubble is a key issue. The assumed considerations indicate that the housing price bubble could not exist in the real estate market (REM) if its formation was not accompanied by behavioral aspects. These aspects include, among others, giving in to temptations and emotions, limited rationalism, herd behavior, and seeking to make profits in a short amount of time at the expense of long-term negative consequences. The nature of these deliberations is theoretical.
The Thingness of the Thing: The Role of Everyday Objects in Becket Miracle Windows
Authors: Vasiliu Dana 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
In “The Waning of the Middle Ages”, J. Huizinga has pointed out that “all things would be absurd if their meaning would be exhausted by their function and their place in the phenomenal world, if by their essence they did not reach into a world beyond this.” (1924:201) Starting from this assumption, I purport to analyze the role/roles played by everyday/ordinary objects in the miracle stories depicted in the Trinity Chapel glazing and argue that their individuation/haecceity is subject to practices of ritualistic and artistic encodings
Training future teachers from the standpoint of implementation of modular-activity programs: international experience
Authors: Desiatov Tymofiy 
Published: May 2014

ABSTRACT
The new approach to the higher education modernization based on the realization of competency-building modular programs has been considered. This approach closely supports competency-building approach to professional training of modern specialists within the context of current theoretical and methodological principles. The European dimension of competency-building approach and its basic concepts as well as its implementations in educational process have been characterized. It has been stressed that competency-building approach shifts the focus from teaching to acquiring competencies within the educational process. It has been defined that labor market growing demands, rapid technological change, globalization, increased academic and labor mobility require the use of the competency-building approach to future teachers’ aptitude to improve their professional level, which is a pre-requisite and priority in higher pedagogical education modernization. The connection of the competency-building approach with individually-oriented and active approach to learning has been considered, as it concerns student’s individuality and can be implemented and tested only when an individual student carries out a certain set of actions. The approach requires the transformation of the educational content, its conversion from the objective model that exists for “all” the students, to subjective outcomes of each student, which can be measured.
Formation of foreign communicative competence of adult immigrants in the USA
Authors: Sadovets Olesya 
Published: May 2014

ABSTRACT
The necessity of forming foreign communicative competence of adult immigrants has been substantiated. The topicality of this issue for Ukraine has been defined. The experience of Global Talent Bridge, an initiative of World Education Services that is dedicated to helping skilled immigrants fully utilize their talents and education in the United States, concerning formation of adult immigrants’ communicative competence has been analyzed. It has been defined that their research concerning organization and realization of contextualized education of adult immigrants aimed at the formation of communicative competence in the process of learning English as a second language has positive results and can be used as a basis for formation of communicative competence of Ukrainian emigrants. Principles of communicative approach to learning a language and the essence of learning for specific purposes have been defined. It has been determined that the education of adult immigrants aimed at the formation of communicative competence is sure to presuppose the availability of contextualized curriculum. The definition of contextualized curriculum has been given. It has been stated that in the process of its elaboration it is necessary to take into consideration the aim of immigrants’ language learning, the priority of fluency and proficiency of language, principles of learning a foreign language by adults, communicative aspect of learning a language, the necessity of forming skills of Basic Interpersonal Communication and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency; usage of special tests for checking skills of communicative competence, different types of lessons for proficient knowledge of everyday English as a second language.
The local help network to the homeless: case study of the city of koper, Slovenia
Authors: Geršak Blaž Matija , Praprotnik Klara , Krek Milan 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Aim: To present the work of professionals and volunteers of the local help network that revolves around trying to help the homeless and to stimulate readers to critically assess the possible methods aimed towards the successful integration of those people into society.

Methods: In the city of Koper, we visited five governmental (GOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs): Red Cross Koper, Daybreak Association, Center for Social Work Koper, Diocesan Caritas Koper and Koper Prison; and interviewed 3-10 staff members at each organisation.

Results: For each organisation, we described its duties and activities, including its interconnection with other organisations, methods of integrating the homeless into the society and the personal thoughts of its staff members.

Conclusions: Both GOs and NGOs are necessary for providing effective assistance to people in need. NGOs excel at quickly responding to immediate needs. Their programs are usually implemented only as short-term resolutions. GOs on the other hand require a longer time to implement their concepts. Nonetheless, in contrast to NGO projects, they provide long-term stability. Even though people from remote parts of the society usually cooperate, the efforts of those who work with them are nothing short of exerting. They strive to achieve a general social acceptance of their ward population, which is the one thing those people need the most. Since only the society is truly capable of offering them a firm stepping stone towards escaping from the vicious circle in which they stray.
Estimation of sodium availability in food in Slovenia: results from household food purchase data from 2000 to 2009
Authors: Ribič Cirila Hlastan , Zakotnik Jožica Maučec , Seljak Barbara Koroušić , Poličnik Rok , Blaznik Urška , Mis Nataša Fidler , Eržen Ivan , Ji Chen , Cappucio Francesco P. 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Introduction: The main aim of the study was to estimate average daily sodium availability of Slovenian consumers based on the food purchase data for the period 2000-2009. The secondary aim was to look for food group contributors to sodium availability.

Methods: Food purchase records (Household Budget Survey) as well as country-specific reference values and food composition information were used to estimate mean sodium availability of purchased foods (grams of sodium/person/ day - g Na/p/day) as well as food groups and foods with the largest contribution to the total sodium availability.

Discussion and results: The mean sodium availability of purchased foods decreased in the period 2000-2009 and was on average 2,104±132 mg Na/p/day, not accounting for ready-made meals, most semi-prepared foods and adding salt during cooking and at the table. The key food group contributors of sodium in Slovenia were breads and bakery products (35.0%), meat products (27.9%), processed vegetables (6.6%) and cheeses (5.3%).

Conclusions: Notwithstanding the smaller purchased quantities of higher-sodium foods (e.g. sausages, prosciutto, dry meat, pickled cucumbers) in comparison to larger purchased quantities of the medium-sodium foods (e.g. white bread, mixed bread, brown bread, milk, rolls), both food groups contribute significant amounts of sodium in the diets of Slovenians.
Conceptions of Speech Acts in the Theory and Practice of Argumentation: A Case Study of a Debate About Advocating
Authors: Goodwin Jean 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Far from being of interest only to argumentation theorists, conceptions of speech acts play an important role in practitioners’ self-reflection on their own activities. After a brief review of work by Houtlosser, Jackson and Kauffeld on the ways that speech acts provide normative frameworks for argumentative interactions, this essay examines an ongoing debate among scientists in natural resource fields as to the appropriateness of the speech act of advocating in policy settings. Scientists’ reflections on advocacy align well with current scholarship, and the scholarship in turn can provide a deeper understanding of how to manage the communication challenges scientists face.
Argumentative Polylogues: Beyond Dialectical Understanding of Fallacies
Authors: Lewiński Marcin 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Dialectical fallacies are typically defined as breaches of the rules of a regulated discussion between two participants (di-logue). What if discussions become more complex and involve multiple parties with distinct positions to argue for (poly-logues)? Are there distinct argumentation norms of polylogues? If so, can their violations be conceptualized as polylogical fallacies? I will argue for such an approach and analyze two candidates for argumentative breaches of multi-party rationality: false dilemma and collateral straw man.
The Assessment of a Selective Inhibition of Potassium Channels and Guanylate Cyclase in the Relaxation Induced by Exogenous Nitric Oxide in the Human Nonpregnant Myometrium
Authors: Modzelewska Beata , Kostrzewska Anna 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
To evaluate the involvement K+ channels in the relaxation induced by exogenous nitric oxide, after preincubation with L-arginine analogue L-NA in the human nonpregnant myometrium. The activity of myometrial strips, obtained from 60 premenopausal hysterectomised women, mounted in an organ bath was recorded under isometric conditions using force transducers with digital output. Concentration-response curves to DEA/NO after inhibition of endogenous NO were constructed in the absence and presence of soluble granulate cyclase and K+ channels’ blockers. The responses were quantified by calculating the area under the curve, the amplitude and frequency of the contractions. The inhibition of NOS results in slight but significant attenuation of the myometrium strips response to DEA/NO. Pre-treatment with both sGC inhibitors after preincubation with L-NA did not counteract the DEA-NOinduced relaxation of the spontaneous contractions of the myometrial strips. Application of blockers of different types of K+ channels to the myometrial strips significantly attenuated relaxing effect of cumulative DEA/NO administration in all cases. The present data indicate that even when endogenous production of NO is inhibited, the DEA/NO induced relaxation of human non-pregnant myometrium without involving the cGMP pathway.
Evaluation of wimax admission control algorithms in mobile voip scenarios with batch arrivals and nbldpc fec
Authors: Flizikowski Adam , Przybyszewski Marcin , Hołubowicz Witold 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
This paper presents results of assessing quality of VoIP conversations in WiMAX networks using the nbLDPC (non-binary Low- Density Parity-Check) FEC in mobility scenarios that are based on the real world terrain charactristics around simulated BS. System under test (SUT) is instrumented with three Call Admission Control (CAC) mechanisms (namely EMAC, ARAC and nsc-ARAC). These algorithms are evaluated against controlling the VBR traffic that comes with burst arrivals. The first algorithm relies on calculating simple exponential weighted moving average (EWMA) of the overall resource consumption whereas the other two ARAC algorithms perform calculations discerning between the new, the ongoing and the finishing connections thus providing more accurate resource estimations (but the ARAC tracks the history of requests as well). In order to evaluate their performance authors rely on a cell-level based simulation environment that relies on the cooperative use of well known simulators - ns2 and Matlab. Previous work in the field is enhanced by improving the fidelity of proposed IEEE 802.16 simulator. Authors demonstrate the influence of increasing number of arrivals per one batch as well as testing the "zero hour" scenario (system saturation). In order to include nbLDPC codes in SUT’s mobile channels, a method called Link-To-System interface (L2S) has been implemented.
Uncertainty-tolerant scheduling strategies for grid computing: knowledge-based techniques with bio-inspired learning
Authors: García-Galán Sebastián , Pérez de Prado Rocío , Munoz Expósito Jose Enrique 
Published: May 2014

Abstract
Nowadays, diverse areas in science as high energy physics, astronomy or climate research are increasingly relying on experimental studies addressed with hard computing simulations that cannot be faced with traditional distributed systems. In this context, grid computing has emerged as the new generation computing platform based on the large-scale cooperation of resources. Furthermore, the use of grid computing has also been extended to several technology, engineering or economy areas such as financial services and construction engineering that demand high computer capabilities. Nevertheless, a major issue in the sharing of resources is the scheduling problem in a high-dynamic and uncertain environment where resources may become available, inactive or reserved over time according to local policies or systems failures. In this paper, a review of scheduling strategies dealing with uncertainty in systems information by the application of techniques such as fuzzy logic, neural networks or evolutionary algorithms is presented. Furthermore, this work is centered on the study of scheduling strategies based on fuzzy rulebased systems given their flexibility and ability to adapt to changes in grid systems. These knowledge-based strategies are founded on a fuzzy characterization of the system state and the application of the scheduler knowledge in the form of fuzzy rules to cope with the imprecise environment. Obtaining good rules also arises as a challenging problem. Hence, the main learning methods that allow the improvement and adaptation of the expert schedulers are introduced.