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No full textAbstract RADOVANOVIC, R. S. and V. KATIC, 2009. Influence of lactic acid bacteria isolates on Staphylococcus aureus growth in skimmed milk. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., A total of 52 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolates was isolateded from acidcoagulating cheese samples one day old. The samples made from raw cows milk were collected from the houshold of an individual producer in Belgrade surroundings. Th
Uso delle resistenze specifiche per la stima della risposta al broncodilatatore in pazienti BPCO
No full textNei pazienti affetti da broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva (BPCO), i broncodilatatori migliorano la funzione polmonare e alleviano la sintomatologia respiratoria nella misura in cui riducono la resistenza delle vie aeree durante la respirazione tidalica, prevenendo o riducendo l’iperinflazione dinamica (Barnes et al., 1981). Inoltre, la riduzione del tono broncomotore a livello delle piccole vie aeree può ridurre il volume residuo (RV) e aumentare la capacità vitale (VC).
Secondo le linee guida ATS/ERS (Pellegrino et al., 2005), un paziente BPCO risponde a un broncodilatatore se, dopo somministrazione del farmaco, l’aumento del volume espirato forzatamente in un secondo (FEV1) e/o della capacità vitale forzata (FVC) è uguale o maggiore del 12% del valore di controllo, e comunque uguale o maggiore di 200 ml.
Tuttavia è noto che a) FEV1 riflette solo parzialmente le resistenze polmonari (Pride, 1971;Skinner and Palmer, 1974), b) la misurazione di FEV1 e di FVC è ottenuta con una manovra di per sè in grado di modificare il calibro delle vie aeree (Barnes et al., 1981), c) FEV1 e FVC sono altamente correlate (Schermer et al., 2007), e d) le variazioni di FEV1 e di FVC nei pazienti BPCO di grado severo possono essere molto piccole (Deesomchok et al., 2010).
E’ possibile che le variazioni delle resistenze specifiche pletismografiche (sRAW), un parametro che riflette accuratamente le resistenze delle vie aeree periferiche (Bassiri et al., 1997), possano evidenziare l’azione dei broncodilatatori nei pazienti BPCO meglio di quanto possano fare le variazioni di FEV1 o di FVC
Indogenous agricultural products and biodiversity for the development of regional areas. Italy calls Bosnia and Herzegovina
No full textIn 1992, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro considered "biological diversity" by introducing the term "agricultural biodiversity" or "agro-biodiversity", conceived as the set of varieties that each farmer recognizes and considers as part of the collective heritage of his land of origin. Italy holds a record of biodiversity for almost all the most important crops used for food, only partly due to physical and geographical factors. Apulia, in Southern Italy, is witnessed by numerous small details such as the countless units of land surface and quantity of agricultural products, the thousand dialects, habits and customs of the small towns. Apulia seems to be “a happy island” for biodiversity and needs to be protected with about 500 agricultural varieties between horticulture products and vegetables (“Polignano” carrots, onions from Acquaviva, and so on).
The Southern part of Bosnia and Hercegovina, region of Herzegovina, is administratively divided to Western and Eastern Hercegovina having Neretva river as natural border between two. Due to difficult post-conflict transitional period, disputable approaches undertaken in revitalization of the agriculture and ongoing political disagreements, the rich agro-biodiversity of the area has been partially lost. But regardless all difficulties, Herzegovina farmers, holding a strong cultural identity with food, helped saving from disappearance some of the oldest and most traditional products such as cheese in sack, kajmak (creamy cheese) in sack, “roga” green bean or “poljak” bean, all of them recognized by Slow Food movement to be “arc of taste” products.
The contribution, in addition to verifying the state of the art, intends to evaluate the different approaches regarding the subject outlined with regard to management and practices in Italy and in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sleep, executive functioning and behaviour in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
No full textAbstract not availableNicole C. Caruso, Branka Radovanovic, J. Declan Kennedy, Jennifer Couper, Mark Kohler, Phillip S. Kavanagh, A. James Martin, Kurt Lushingto
Prevalence and influence of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms on sleep apnea and sleepiness
No full textA safety, length of stay, and cost analysis of minimally invasive microsurgery for anterior circulation aneurysms
No full textObjectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of anterior circulation aneurysms versus standard surgery, and to calculate the impact of these techniques on health resources, length of stay, and treatment costs. Methods: A consecutive series of 24 patients with ruptured and 30 with unruptured anterior circulation aneurysms treated with minimally invasive microsurgery (MIM) by the same surgeon was compared with a matched series of standard microsurgeries (SM) conducted for 23 ruptured and 22 unruptured aneurysms. Complication rates, aneurysm obliteration, modified Rankin Scale (mRS) outcomes, length of stay, and treatment costs were assessed. Results: Surgical complications, aneurysm obliteration rates and mRS outcomes were comparable between MIM and SM groups in ruptured and unruptured aneurysm cohorts. MIM resulted in shorter operative times both in unruptured (102.7 ± 4.35 vs 194.7 ± 10.26 min, p < 0.0001) and ruptured aneurysms (124.3 ± 827 vs 209 ± 13.84 min, p < 0.0001). Length of stay was reduced in patients with MIM for unruptured aneurysms (1.55 ± 24 vs 4.28 ± 0.71 days, p < 0.000,1) but not in those with ruptured aneurysms. MIM reduced treatment costs of unruptured aneurysm patients, mainly through reduced utilization of inpatient resources (non-acute bed costs in CAD: 371.2 ± 80.99 vs 1440 ± 224.1, p < 0.0001), whereas costs were comparable in patients with ruptured aneurysms. Conclusion: Minimally invasive surgery is a safe and effective approach for the treatment of ruptured and unruptured aneurysms of the anterior circulation. In patients with unruptured aneurysms, reduced invasiveness and shorter operative times decreased length of stay, which reflects improved patient postoperative recovery. Overall, this translated into bed resource economy and cost reduction. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Wien
Tiotropium: what came after the UPLIFT study
No full textINTRODUCTION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by a progressive bronchial obstruction, and bronchodilators represent the maintenance therapeutic choice. Tiotropium is an anticholinergic drug that is proved to be safe, efficient and simple to handle; Respimat® technology was recently introduced as a new device for tiotropium administration. AREAS COVERED: This paper reviews clinical trials and meta-analyses, with tiotropium efficacy as a primary end point, found in MedLine, the Cochrane trials database and Embase. Only the literature published after the UPLIFT study has been considered. EXPERT OPINION: Data published after the UPLIFT study confirms the efficacy of tiotropium as maintenance COPD therapy and its capacity to reduce airflow obstruction, as well as lung hyperinflation. Nevertheless, there is a certain inhomogeneity in the definition and evaluation of COPD exacerbations, in lung functional parameters and quality-of-life assessment, and there has not always been a proper comparison between tiotropium and other long-acting bronchodilators. Respimat is comparable in efficacy to the HandiHaler®, using bioequivalent doses of tiotropium
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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