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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4233
2008-06-03
journal:92
The Physique of Young Males in East Africa from the Biosocial Point of View
Ewa Rebacz
body mass index; Rohrer’s index; skelic index; morphological structure; East Africa
The aim of this study is to show the correlation between the physique of Africans from Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan and the conditions of their biosocial environment. All the young men examined were from Kenya (N=423), Tanzania (N=153) and Sudan (N=154) aged 18 to 30. Based on the taken measurements (height, weight, sitting height, physiognomic leg length and chest, waist, hip, left thigh and left arm circumferences) the following indices were calculated: Body Mass ndex (BMI), Rohrer’s index and skelic index. The birth date, the number of children per ménage (in family), and the birth sequence of the examined subject were inquired. The measurement results were elaborated (worked out) statistically in accordance with commonly accepted standards. All the information contained in the collected material within the analysed countries was compared. On the basis of the measured traits and calculated indices it was found that the morphological constitution of the men from Sudan differed. Typical for this group are the largest stature length and the lowest weight and waist measurements. Kenyans are similar to Tanzanians, although the latter have higher weight, hip and thigh measurements and lower chest circumference. The characteristics of the examined Africans’ morphological structure were analysed in comparison with the data available in literature and relating to the number of children in family, population density, illiteracy and the growth of income and of the HIV/AIDS problem.
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4234
2008-06-03
journal:92
Effects of Socio-Economic and Behavioural Characteristics in Explaining Central Obesity – A Study on Adult Asian Indians in Calcutta, India
Arnab Gosh
central obesity; socio-economic factors; behaviours; physical activity; Asians; India
The present cross-sectional study on adult Asian Indians in Calcutta, India was undertaken to look into the effects of socio-economic and behavioural characteristics in explaining waist-hip ratio (WHR). A total of 500 apparently healthy individuals (300 men and 200 women) were subjects in the study. A random sampling procedure using local voter’s registration list was followed to select the subjects. Only one adult (_30 years) from each household was considered as participant. A total of 24 items, 14 socio-economic and 10 behavioural characters were considered. For socio-economic characters, a number of items namely employment status, types of occupation, education status, nature of housing and marital status were taken into consideration. Smoking status, physical exercise by means of outdoor activity, drinking habits and diets on the other hand were considered as behavioural characters. Information on socio-economic and behavioural characteristics was collected using an open-ended schedule specifically designed in this regard. Anthropometric measures namely height, weight and circumference of waist and hip were obtained from participants using standard techniques. The median WHR for men and women was 0.94 and 0.90 respectively. Analysis of variance revealed significant sex difference for all anthropometric measures. It was observed that more women were leading sedentary (outdoor activity not housework was considered) life than men (85.4% vs. 75.4%). Furthermore, women were predominantly nonsmokers (98.8%) whereas 40.2% men were smokers as against 51.4% ex-smokers (those who have quitted smoking during past two years). Multiple regression analysis (adjusted for age and sex) of WHR by socio-economic and behavioural characters revealed that occupation, housing, marital status, smoking condition, physical exercise, drinking habits and diets pattern cumulatively explains 75% (R2=0.75) of total variation of WHR in the study population
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4235
2008-06-03
journal:92
Contact Allergy and Sociodemographic Characteristics
Sandra Marinović-Kulišić
Jasna Lipozenčić
Zrinjka Paštar
contact sensitivity; epidemiology; patch testing
The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of positive patch test reaction to different contact allergens according to patients age, sex, occupation and clinical features. Between 1999 and 2003, patch testing was performed in 3,293 patients with respective clinical diagnoses. Patch testing was done by the standard technique proposed by the International Contact Dermatitis Research Group (ICDRG). Study results showed statistically significant differences in patch test response according to sex and age for three allergens (cobalt chloride, nickel sulphate and thiomersal); according to occupation for nine allergens (cobalt chloride, nickel sulphate, balsam of Peru, fragrance mix, thiuram mix, wood tars, neomycin sulphate, thiomersal and detergents), and clinical diagnosis for two allergens (nickel sulphate, and wood tars). The most common and relevant allergens were: nickel sulphate, cobalt chloride and carba mix. They were found in all examinees regardless of age, sex, occupation and diagnoses. The increased awareness of allergens and their potential sources may help to limit the usage of these chemicals in manufacture of consumer products
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4238
2008-06-03
journal:92
Physical Fitness, Menstrual Cycle Disorders and Smoking Habit in Croatian National Ballet and National Folk Dance Ensembles
Goran Oreb
Lana Ružić
Branka Matković
Marjeta Mišigoj-Duraković
Jadranka Vlašić
Dubravka Ciliga
folk dance; ballet dance; physical fitness; aerobic capacity
The study investigated differences in morphological, motor and functional abilities between folk and ballet dancers. The sample comprised 51 female subjects: Croatian National Ballet (N=30) and Croatian National Folk Ensemble »LADO« (N=21). The data regarding menstrual cycle, menarche, number of births and smoking habit were collected and the morphological, motor and functional abilities measured. Significant correlations between the amount of fat tissue and number of births were found in both groups. Folk dancers were as tall as ballet dancers but weighted more and had a larger body frame (p<0.001). Ballet dancers were more flexible but there were no differences in absolute maximal oxygen uptake (2.65 vs. 2.35 L/min, p=0.101). Still, as the ballet dancers weighted less, their relative maximal oxygen uptake was significantly higher (37.62 vs. 50.22 mL/kg/min, p<0.001). Also, a high number of 45% of smokers among professional ballet and professional folk dancers was found
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4239
2008-06-03
journal:92
Attractiveness of Men’s Faces in Relation to Women’s Phase of Menstrual Cycle
Dariusz Danel
Boguslaw Pawlowski
women’s preferences; menstrual cycle; eye-mouth-eye angle; face masculinity; face attractiveness
In between-subjects studies on two groups of women of the same age, we show that women assess male’s facial attractiveness differently in the follicular (F) and luteal (L) phases. In the high conception risk phase (F), women tended to give higher scores to male faces than when they were in the luteal phase. During the five first days of the cycle, i.e. when the estrogen level is still low, women assessed men’s facial attractiveness relatively highly. We suggest that it is progesterone in the luteal phase that is responsible for lower attractiveness assigned then to male faces. We also tested which anthropometric facial traits or indices influence male attractiveness. We found that assessments of attractiveness were correlated only with mouth height (positively) and the angle between the middle of the mouth and the middle of the eyes (negatively). The results are compared with those from other studies and discussed in the light of evolutionary biology
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4240
2008-06-03
journal:92
Parent-Child Correlation for Various Indices of Adiposity in an Endogamous Indian Population
Rashmi Sinha
Satwanti Kapoor
adolescents; parents; fat measures; correlations; family study
The study was conducted on 1,042 Punjabi adults and adolescent boys and girls (11–17 years) belonging to middle class families residing in Delhi, India. To study the relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on various fat measures, a set of 7 body measurements namely weight, stature and skinfold thickness at biceps, triceps, subscapular, suprailiac and medial calf measurements was taken on each subject. There was a redistribution of fat away from extremity towards the trunk, a rapid occurring process in males than in females. Increase in body mass index (BMI) with age was more pronounced in females than in males, both at adolescence and adult stage. There was an increase in grand mean thickness (GMT) calculated as mean of all five skinfold thicknesses, in adolescent girls where as in adolescent boys it fluctuated with age. The trunk/extremity ratios reflected a trend in favor of increase in trunk fat, more marked in boys than in girls. The correlations were of low magnitude, however, some skin folds displayed relatively higher value of correlation indicating that these could be determinant of adult obesity.
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4242
2008-06-03
journal:92
The Effect of Body Mass on Physiological Indicators in the Performance of Forestry Workers
Ivan Martinić
Ksenija Šegotić
Stjepan Risović
Vlado Goglia
forestry; forest workers; body mass; heart rate; physical capability
The paper presents the results of research into the effects of body mass (BM) on basic physiological indicators of work capability among forestry workers. The indicators included the maximum theoretical heart rate, the maximum heart rate in exertion tests, and the basal energy expenditure. The effects of the deviation of the actual from the ideal BM values were analysed on a sample of 8 workers. The variables included age, body height and mass. These were used to determine the maximum theoretical heart rate. The maximum heart rate was determined in an ergonomic laboratory in a programmed exertion test on a treadmill. Using standard formulae in work physiology, values of work capability indicators were calculated for the actual and ideal BM of each worker. The results, embracing individual and summary values and their absolute and relative ratios, showed that workers exceeded their ideal BM by an average of 9.9 kg. In all workers, the maximum theoretical heart rate was higher than that achieved in the exertion test. It was also found that even significant deviations of the ideal from the actual BM (the actual BM was more than 20% higher than the ideal BM) did not have any considerable effects on the maximum theoretical heart rate. The analysis of oxygen consumption showed that in relation to physical capability of the ideal BM and the maximal theoretical heart rate, physical capability of each worker was lower by an average of 11.5%. The highest reduction of physical capability was found in those workers with the least favourable ratio between the theoretical and the maximal tested heart rate. It was concluded that on average, the basal energy expenditure in each worker was higher by 7.45% due to the deviation of the actual from the ideal BM. At constant values of other factors, this means an equivalently lower capacity for daily physical performance.
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4243
2008-06-03
journal:92
Relevant Sonographic Parameters of a Painful Shoulder in Symptomatic Dialyzed Patients versus Asymptomatic Dialyzed and Healthy Volunteers
Igor Barišić
Dragan Ljutić
Stipan Janković
Tonko Vlak
Snježana Tomić
Slaven Kokić
Marinko Erceg
sonographic parameters; painful shoulder; dialysis
The aim of this study is to find dialysis relevant sonographic parameters of painful shoulder of the symptomatic dialyzed patients comparing them with parameters in asymptomatic dialyzed patients and healthy volunteers. Significant difference in all metric parameters (thickness of supraspinatus tendon, diameter of biceps tendon sheet and capsula-bone distance) were noticed between all groups and the symptomatic had the highest values. Asymptomatic had the higher values then volunteers. Inhomogenicity of the tendon and biceps tendon sheet effusion in the symptomatic patients were the most often occurred. Subdeltoid effusion, deposits and tendon rupture were found only in symptomatic patients. No difference in presence of calcifications between symptomatic and asymptomatic was found. Metric parameters are relevant and associated with dialysis, as well as biceps tendon effusion tendon inhomogenicity, deposits and subdeltoid effusion. Tendon ruptures are relatively rare and nonspecific.
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4244
2008-06-03
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The Relationships between Burn Pain, Anxiety and Depression
Zoran Lončar
Marijana Braš
Vlatko Mičković
burns; pain; anxiety; depression; multidisciplinary approach
This study examined the interrelationships between anxiety, depression and pain in burn injured patients. Seventy patients with severe burns were interviewed within two weeks of their burn trauma. The short form of McGill Pain Questionnaire and a visual analog scale were employed to measure the pain experienced at rest. Anxiety and depression levels were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory. The results showed that significant number of patients had suffered from depressive and anxious symptomatology. Higher levels of anxiety and depression were associated with higher pain scores. Percent of total body surface burned was associated with increased pain scores, anxiety and depression. The authors emphasises the need for accurate multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of pain and psychological disorders in burn injured patients which needs to be highly individualized and frequently adjusted according to the patients specific needs.
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4245
2008-07-19
journal:92
The Effect of Motor Abilities on Karate Performance
Stipe Blažević
Ratko Katić
Dragan Popović
elite karateka; motor parameters; fighting efficiency
The aim of the study was to identify the motor structures that determine achievement of top results in karate. The study included a sample of 85 karateka aged 18–29 years, competing as senior category athletes of the Croatian Karate Society. Fourteen motor tests (9 basic motor tests and 5 specific motor tests) were used to assess technical efficiency; fighting efficiency was estimated on the basis of results achieved at a number of contests. Factorial analysis of the basic set of motor variables indicated the presence of three major factors of coordination, explosive strength, and movement frequency. Factorial analysis of pooled basic and specific motor variables also pointed to three major factors of speed (basic and specific), controlled power (explosive strength and specific agility), and basic coordination. Regression analysis showed the isolated basic factors to significantly determine both technical and fighting efficiency of the karateka, with the major role of the factor of explosive strength (power). Regression analysis of pooled basic and specific factors revealed the factors of controlled speed and controlled power to predominantly determine the karateka fighting and technical efficiency. In the set of tests used to assess specific motor abilities in karate, the speed of blockade, the speed of moving in multiple directions, and frequency of foot kicking were found to be the best predictors of technical efficiency, whereas the speed of moving in multiple directions, the speed of blockade, and frequency of foot kicking were the best predictors of fighting efficiency.
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4246
2008-07-19
journal:92
Motor Abilities in Dance Structure Performance in Female Students
Ljerka Srhoj
Ratko Katić
Andreja Kaliterna
female students; motor abilities; folk and social dances; relations
The aim of the study was to analyze the relation between motor abilities and performance in folk dances originating from the island of Hvar and modern social dances. Two groups of variables were used in a sample of 78 female students of the Teacher Training College from Split: 7 motor variables as a battery of predictors, and performance evaluation of 4 dances (2 folk dances, i.e. ciciliona and pašavijen, and 2 social dances, i.e. cha-cha-cha and rock-'n'-roll) as criterion variables. Canonical correlation analysis between the groups of variables yielded two canonical correlations of 0.94 and 0.73, with a level of significance of p<0.001. The first canonical correlation was based on marked determination of coordination and ciciliona dance, and the second one on explosive strength of the running type with below-average coordination and the cha-cha-cha, rock-'n'-roll and pašavijen dances. Regression analysis indicated the battery of motor variables used to be a good predictor of performance in all study dances, with multiple correlation of 0.93 in ciciliona, 0.84 in pašavijen, 0.75 in rock-'n'-roll and 0.73 in cha-cha-cha. In ciciliona and pašavijen, the latent dance structure is predominantly explained by coordination, in rock-'n'-roll by explosive strength, and in cha-cha-cha by explosive strength and speed. Discriminative analysis revealed the general dance performance to mostly depend on coordination, then on explosive strength, and to a lesser extent on speed (movement frequency). Dance is an irreplaceable educational tool in kinesiologic education of female students, among others for its considerable contribution to the development and maintenance of basic motor abilities.
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4247
2008-07-19
journal:92
The Effect of Propofol and Fentanyl as Compared with Sevoflurane on Postoperative Vomiting in Children after Adenotonsillectomy
Tatjana Šimurina
Simon Mikulandra
Boris Mraović
Zdenko Sonicki
Marijan Kovačić
Boris Dželalija
Milan Rudić
postoperative vomiting; adenotosillectomy; anesthetic technique; propofol; fentanyl; sevoflurane
Postoperative vomiting (PV) after adenotonsillectomy in children is a common problem with an incidence as high as 40–80%. Only few studies in the recent literature compared the effect of different anesthetic techniques concerning PV in children. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of PV in two groups of children who underwent two different general anesthesia techniques in order to determine what type of anesthetic technique is more related to less PV. The clinical trial included 50 children (physical status ASA I, 3–12 years old) divided into 2 groups and monitored for PV 24 hours following the surgery. Group one (G1) consisted of 25 children who underwent general anesthesia with gas mixture 60% nitrous oxide and 40% oxygen and anesthetic propofol, opioid fentanyl and muscle relaxant vecuronium intravenously and group two (G2) included 25 children to whom volatile anesthesia with sevoflurane in the same gas mixture was given. Demographic characteristics (gender, age, weight, history of motion sickness and earlier PV) as well as surgical data (length of surgery and anesthesia, intraoperative blood loss) were recorded. There were no significant differences considering demographic characteristics and surgical data between the investigated groups. The incidence of PV was relatively low 3 children (12%) in G1 group and 5 children (20%) in G2 group. Statistically there was no significant difference between the groups regarding the incidence of PV and both anesthetic techniques can be used equally safe regarded to PV.
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2006
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2008-06-03
journal:92
The Significance of Ultrasonography in Diagnosing and Follow-up of Cystic Cystitis in Children
Kristina Vrljičak
Danko Milošević
Danica Batinić
Hrvoje Kniewald
Ljiljana Nižić
cystic cystitis; children; cystoscopy; ultrasonography
Cystic cystitis is a separate form of urinary bladder inflammation, detected by cystoscopy in children with recurrent urinary infections. Cystoscopy is an invasive method, so the aim of this investigation was to determine the ultrasonographic characteristics of cystic cystitis and to assess the reliability of ultrasound in relation to cystoscopy in diagnosing cystic cystitis. The study included 115 girls with repeated urinary infections. Cystoscopy and ultrasonography was performed in all. According to the cystoscopic finding the subjects were divided into 4 groups. Lateral and posterior urinary bladder wall thickness was measured during ultrasonography. A statistically significant difference was found between all 4 groups, the method demonstrated a high degree of sensitivity (0.97) and specificity (0.91). Percentile calculations were determined for wall thickness. Ultrasonography can replace endoscopy in diagnosis and follow-up of cystic cystitis in children, with at least 50% fullness of the urinary bladder as a prerequisite.
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2006
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2008-07-19
journal:92
The Notochordal Sheath in Amphioxus – An Ultrastructural and Histochemical Study
Ivana Bočina
Mirna Saraga-Babić
amphioxus; notochord; notochordal sheath; electron microscopy
The notochord and notochordal sheath of 10 adult amphioxus were investigated ultrastructurally and histochemically. The notochord in amphioxus consists of parallel notochordal cells (plates) and each plate consists of parallel thicker and thinner fibrils and numerous profiles of smooth endoplasmic reticulum situated just beneath the cell membrane. Histochemical staining shows that the notochordal plates resemble neither the connective tissue notochordal sheath nor the typical muscular structure myotomes. The notochordal sheath has a complex three-layered organization with the outer, middle and inner layer. The outer and middle layer are composed of collagen fibers of different thickness and course, that correspond to collagen type I and collagen type III in vertebrates, respectively, and the inner layer is amorphous, resembles basal lamina, and is closely attached to the notochord by hemidesmosome junctions. These results confirm the presence of collagen fibers and absence of elastic fibers in amphioxus.
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2006
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Do Parathyroid Glands from Individuals of Different Age and Gender Contain Lymph Vessels?
Ružica Pezerović-Panijan
Đurđica Grbeša
Petra Međeral
Davor Ježek
Anamarija Čavčić
Irma Goršić
human parathyroid glands; lymph vessels
Whereas lymph vessels in some endocrine glands have been thoroughly investigated, data on these vessels in human parathyroid glands are often contradictory and deficient in available literature. Therefore, the aim of this study was to histomorphologically investigate whether lymph vessels could be found in human parathyroid glands postnatally and, if so, whether their presence was age- and gender-dependent. A total of 44 parathyroid glands from subjects of both genders, aged 4–90 years, were studied. The glands were divided into three groups. Those from the 1st and the 2nd age group demonstrated similar morphological structure of parenchyma with predominant chief cells with pale-staining cytoplasm, while the frequency of lymph vessels was lower in the 2nd group. Unlike in these groups, chief cells with dark- staining cytoplasm predominated in the glandular parenchyma of the 3rd age group where lymph vessels were not found in any of the examined glands. The frequency of lymph vessels in parathyroid glands was almost the same for both genders. Histomorphologic occurrence of lymph vessels coincided with the presence of endocrine cells with pale-staining cytoplasm, which allowed the assumption that lymph vessels were also one of the signs of functional activity of human parathyroid glands.
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Transient Cellular Structures in Developing Corpus Callosum of the Human Brain
N. Jovanov-Milošević
Vesna Benjak
Ivica Kostović
human; development; commissural pathways; subcallosal zone
The corpus callosum connects two cerebral hemispheres as the most voluminous fiber system in the human brain. The developing callosal fibers originate from immature pyramidal neurons, grow through complex pathways and cross the midline using different substrates in transient fetal structures. We analyzed cellular structures in the human corpus callosum on postmortem brains from the age of 18 weeks post conception to adult, using glial fibrillary acidic protein, neuron- specific nuclear protein, and chondroitin sulphate immunocytochemistry. We found the presence of transient cellular structures, callosal septa, which divide major fiber bundles and ventrally merge with subcallosal zone forming grooves for callosal axons. The callosal septa are composed of glial fibrillary acidic protein reactive meshwork, neurones and the chondroitin sulphate immunoreactive extracellular matrix. The developmental window of prominence of the callosal septa is between 18-34 weeks post conception which corresponds to the period of most intensive growth of callosal axons in human. During the early postnatal period the callosal septa become thinner and shorter, lose their neuronal and chondroitin sulphate content. In conclusion, transient expression of neuronal, glial and extracellular, growing substrate in the callosal septa, as septa itself, indicates their role in guidance during intensive growth of callosal fibers in the human brain. These findings shed some light on the complex morphogenetic events during the growth of the corpus callosum and represent normative parameters necessary for studies of structural plasticity after perinatal lesions.
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2006
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2008-06-03
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Surnames as Markers of Pathologies – Two Statistical Techniques and Their Applications
Marco B. L. Rocchi
screening; surnames; congenital hypothyroidism
The objective of this research is to propose and to validate two different statistical techniques to test the hypothesis of an association between surnames and pathologies, in a population participating in a screening procedure for a given pathology. We propose two statistical methods: a first technique is based on the rarefaction method, and second one is based on the principle of resampling, and it can be considered a special case of a randomisation test. Both the techniques are applied to a data set of babies screened for congenital hypothyroidism (CH), and they gave similar results. The large overlapping of the results seems to suggest a substantial validity of the proposed techniques.
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2006
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2008-06-03
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Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism in Relation to Plasma Lipid Levels and Other Risk Factors of Atherosclerosis in Two Ethnic Groups from Slovakia
Daniela Siváková
Mária Zacharová
Juraj Gašparovič
Katarína Rašlová
Ladislava Wsólová
Zuzana Bašistová
Pavel Blažíček
ApoE; lipids; risk factors; atherosclerosis; Slovakia
The influence of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotypes on plasma lipid levels and interaction with other environmental factors was determined in two Slovakian population samples; 146 Romany and 351 Slovak individuals. The two samples differ significantly in the distribution of E3/3 genotypes (p_0.014) and E3/2 (p_0.035). Analysis of variance did not reveal any significant effect of the ApoE genotypes on any of the plasma lipid levels in the Romany individuals. In the Slovak sample the variation in plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels was significantly associated with the ApoE genotypes (p=0.012). We detected decreased LDL-C concentrations in males with E2 genotype when compared with E3 and E4 carriers (p=0.008). Further, the E2 genotype was found to be associated with high triglycerides levels (p=0.009). The ethnic samples differ significantly in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and in the case of males of diabetes. Both the Romany and the Slovak males can be considered as having a more atherogenic profile compared with the females
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2006
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2008-06-03
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Neopterin Kinetics after Cardiac Surgery with or without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Kristina Brkić
Daniel Unić
Željko Sutlić
Bojan Biočina
Igor Rudež
Davor Barić
Ivan Krešimir Lukić
cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass; neopterin; systemic inflammatory response
Cardiac surgery (CS) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) induces systemic inflammatory response by activating plasma proteins and blood cells. Activated monocytes/macrophages produce inflammatory marker neopterin (NP). The aim was to explore the NP kinetics in first 24 hours after CS according to the CPB use. Significant difference between groups was found for NP levels 12 and 24 hrs after CS, being higher in on-pump group. Strong association was found between NP levels 12 hrs after CS and the length of ICU stay for on-pump group (r=0.744, p<0.001). Strong association was found between preoperative NP levels and the length of ICU stay for those on-pump patients with elevated preoperative NP (r=0.855, p=0.001; linear regression equation y=0.50x – 5.14, p<0.001). Preoperative NP levels higher than 10 nmol/L in on-pump group could predict prolonged ICU stay and outpoint patients at higher risk for developing postoperative complications and, therefore, help to determine the necessary therapeutic interventions.
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2006
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Analysis of Internal Deletions of a Rat Col1a1 Promoter Fragment in Transfected ROS17/2.8 Cells
Ante Ivkošić
Mark S. Kronenberg
Alexander C. Lichtler
Barbara E. Kream
Col1a1 promoter; osteoblast; Runx2; transfection
The aim of this paper is identification of regulatory sequences downstream of –1683 base pairs (bp) in the rat Col1a1 promoter important for expression in osteoblasts. Previous findings suggest that a rat Col1a1 gene fragment extending from –1719 to +115 bp linked to the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter gene (ColCAT1719) is highly and selectively expressed in osteoblasts. Three internal deletions within the ColCAT1719 construct were generated and stably transfected into ROS 17/2.8 cells. CAT activity was measured in cell extracts. An internal deletion of ColCAT1719 from –1637 to –504 bp caused an almost complete loss of CAT activity, whereas deletions of –1284 to –905 bp and –1284 to –451 bp had little effect on CAT activity. We hypothesized that removal of a Runx2/Cbfa1 consensus site at –1376 bp may have caused the loss of activity produced by the –1637 to –504 bp deletion. To test this hypothesis, we produced a more restricted internal deletion of ColCAT1719 from –1418 to –1284 bp, which removes this site. This deletion did not affect promoter activity. Our results suggest that the Runx2 site at –1376 bp by itself does not influence Col1719 promoter activity. Future studies will focus on the region between –1637 to 1418 bp, which contains several potentially interesting transcription factor binding sites.
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2006
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Therapeutic Efficacy of 5% NaCl Hypertonic Solution in Patients with Bullous Keratopathy
Igor Knezović
Iva Dekaris
Nikica Gabrić
Jasenka Cerovski
Ante Barišić
Damir Bosnar
Petar Raštegorac
Anđelko Parać
hypertonic solution; 5% NaCl; bullous keratopathy
A clinical trial was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of hypertonic solution (5% NaCl) in patients who have bullous keratopathy (BK). The aim of the study was to define the stage of the disease and the thickness of cornea in micrometers, which would be the threshold for therapeutic approach. This was a prospective study on 70 eyes of 55 patients. Patients were divided in two groups at the beginning of the study.The first group (n=33 eyes) included patients with initial stage of BK: only stromal component of corneal oedema was present. The second group (n=37 eyes) included patients with advanced stage of BK: the epithelial component of the disease with bullae on the corneal surface had already developed. Visual acuity, central and peripheral thickness of cornea and morphology of the disease was recorded before therapy, 7 days and 4 weeks after administration of hypertonic solution. Our results shown that the efficacy of hypertonic solution correlates with the severity of clinical picture in patients with BK. When 5% NaCl hypertonic solution was applied in the early stage of the disease, when only stromal component of corneal oedema was presented, visual acuity and pachymetry readings were significantly improved. The threshold pachymerty measurement of corneal thickness justifying the application of hypertonic solution was 613–694 _m(in the central corneal area), and 633–728 _m(at corneal periphery). It seems reasonable to apply hypertonic solution to the patients who have BK and whose pachymetric values are below mentioned range. In terminal stages of BK, when superficial bullae (epithelial component) had already developed, treatment with NaCl was not effective and patients had to be submitted to penetrating keratoplasty.
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2006
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2008-06-03
journal:92
The Cancellous Bone Multiscale Morphology-Elasticity Relationship
Ante Agić
Vasilije Nikolić
Budimir Mijović
cancellous bone; effective properties; microstructure
The cancellous bone effective properties relations are analysed on multiscale across two aspects; properties of representative volume element on micro scale and statistical measure of trabecular trajectory orientation on mesoscale. Anisotropy of the microstructure is described across fabric tensor measure with trajectory orientation tensor as bridging scale connection. The scatter measured data (elastic modulus, trajectory orientation, apparent density) from compression test are fitted by stochastic interpolation procedure. The engineering constants of the elasticity tensor are estimated by last square fitt procedure in multidimensional space by Nelder-Mead simplex. The multiaxial failure surface in strain space is constructed and interpolated by modified super-ellipsoid.
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2006
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4259
2008-06-03
journal:92
Sex Determination Using the Scapula in Medieval Skeletons from East Anatolia
Ismail Özer
Kazumichi Katayama
Mehmet Sahgir
Erksin Güleç
scapula; sex determination; medieval; Anatolia
Sex determination from skeletal human remains by discriminant function analysis is one of the methods utilized in the forensic and osteoarcheological sciences. The purpose of the present study is to establish metric standards for sex determination for medieval Anatolian populations using scapular measurements. The database for this research consisted of 93 adult skeletal remains (47 males and 46 females) from the Dilkaya medieval collection. Four measurements were taken: maximum scapular height, maximum scapular breadth, glenoid cavity height, glenoid cavity breadth, and subjected to discriminant function analysis. All measurements demonstrated some degree of sexual dimorphism, with the highest accuracy of sex determination (94.8%) obtained using maximum scapular breadth. Overall accuracies of the functions ranged from 82.9% to 95.0%, with a higher accuracy rate obtained for female skeletons than for males. Population specific discriminant formulas were developed using combinations of measurements, which can be used in ancient Anatolian populations.
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2006
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2008-06-03
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Carabelli's Trait in Contemporary Slovenes and Inhabitants of a Medieval Settlement (Središče by the Drava River)
Iztok Štamfelj
Marija Štefančič
Dominik Gašperšič
Erika Cvetko
Carabelli’s trait; dental morphology; morphological asymmetry; Middle Ages; contemporary Slovenes
Department of Dental Diseases and Normal Dental Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 3 Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia A B S T R A C T The objectives of this study were to determine the total frequency, expression and asymmetry of Carabelli’s trait in permanent dentitions of contemporary Slovenes and a medieval skeletal population from northeastern Slovenia. A total of 254 dental casts from contemporary Slovene children were examined. The population of a medieval settlement (10th– 15th centuries), was represented by 94 skeletons. A modification of the method of Alvesalo and associates was used to classify Carabelli’s trait on a five-grade scale. The trait was expressed on the upper first molars of 79.7% of the contemporary subjects and 75.8% of the medieval sample. Positive expressions of the trait were found in 10.1% of the contemporary subjects and 15.2% of the medieval sample. While the observed total frequency of the trait in both samples is characteristic of Europeans, the rates of positive expressions are surprisingly low but consistent with data from a recently published worldwide literature survey. Both populations showed a low rate of left-right fluctuating asymmetry of the trait. This finding might reflect a pronounced ability of individuals in the medieval population to buffer unfavourable influences from the environment and a relatively low level of environmental stress in the contemporary population.
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2006
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2008-06-03
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paper Comparative Analysis of Plant Finds from Early Roman Graves in Ilok (Cuccium) and Šćitarjevo (Andautonia), Croatia – A Contribution to Understanding Burial Rites in Southern Pannonia
Renata Šoštarić
Marko Dizdar
Dora Kušan
Vladimir Hršak
Sara Mareković
plant remains; incineration graves; burial rites; Roman times; Ilok; Šćitarjevo; Croatia
A comparative archaeobotanical analysis of the plant remains from the Early Roman incineration graves in Ilok and Šćitarjevo shows the existence of a complex burial ritual, but at the same time enables a better understanding of the agriculture and trade of the 1st/early 2nd century AD in southern Pannonia. Most of the cereals found (Hordeum vulgare, Panicum miliaceum, Triticum monococcum, T. dicoccon, T. aestivum i T. cf. spelta), the legumes (Lens culinaris, Vicia ervilia) and the fruit contributions (Cucumis melo/sativus, Malus/Pyrus sp., the Prunus avium group, P. domestica, Vitis vinifera) were probably grown in the vicinity of the investigated localities, but they might at the same time have been trade goods. Trade was undoubtedly well developed at that period, as shown by the remains of the fig (Ficus carica) and olive (Olea europaea), typically Mediterranean crops, in the finds. All the species of cereals, except millet (Panicum miliaceum) in Šćitarjevo, and of bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia) found in the Ilok grave were carbonised and were probably placed on the funeral pyre with the departed. The lentil (Lens culinaris) and the other fruit remains were non-carbonised and mineralised, which means that they were placed in the grave in fresh, dried or cooked form as food for the deceased (belief in an immortal soul), as remains of the funerary feast, or as a sacrifice to the goods
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2008-06-03
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Infanticide in Eastern Croatia
Mladen Marcikić
Boris Dumenčić
Elizabeta Matuzalem
Ksenija Marjanović
Ivan Požgain
Mladen Ugljarević
infanticide; neonatacide; forensic pathology; psychiatry
For the layperson no crime is more difficult to comprehend than the killing of a child by his or her own parents. This is a retrospective study of neonaticide and infanticide in Eastern Croatia from 1980 to 2004. Judicial records of infanticide cases stored in Regional and County Courts were analyzed for the circumstances surrounding the offense. Twentyfour babies were discovered in various places during investigating period of time. The victims were almost equally divided between boys (12) and girls (11). The gender of one baby was unknown. The mean weight of babies was 2.7 SD= 0.66 kg. The perpetrators preferred rubbish-heaps (33.4%), burying in soil (16.7%), various premises in or around the house (16.7%) and garbage cans (12.5%) as places for hiding the dead babies. The most dominant cause of death in sixteen cases of live birth was asphyxia (37%) with equal distribution of smothering, stuffing the mouth with rags and strangulation. Other frequent causes of death were placing the child in a plastic bag and abandonment (25%), brain injury (25%) and wounding using a sharp weapon (12.5%). The cause of death for six babies remained unknown due to advanced decomposition. Two babies were stillborn. The age of accused mothers varied from 16 to 33, mean 24 SD=5.2 years. Most of them were unmarried (60%) and had limited formal education. They usually kept the pregnancy a secret (73%) and gave birth (93%) without public welfare assistance. The mother lived in the terror of shame and with the guilt that accompany conception without marriage. Fear seemed to be a pronounced motivating factor for committing infanticide. The data on court proceedings were available in fifteen cases. The mothers were officially indicted in all cases for infanticide under the Croatian Criminal Code. The perpetrator remained unidentified in nine suspicious crimes. The court convicted ten mothers of the crime of infanticide. Often juries were unwilling to punish the mother, citing the mother’s lifelong guilt of having killed her child as enough punishment.
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2008-06-03
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A Case of Canine Hypodontia in an Early Croatian Cemetery Stranče – Gorica
Tomislav Ćabov
Klaudija Tomljenović
Asja Legović
Zoran Kovač
Berislav Perić
Davor Jokić
dental anthropology; canine hypodontia; dental paleopathology; Croatia
In the old Croatian cemetery Stranče – Gorica in the Vinodol region, dating from the 9th to 11th century, osteological parts of the upper and the lower jaws with teeth were found, besides some other archeological finds. Data processing in dentistry regarding a possible presence of hypodontia was carried out on archeological finds (skeletal remains) on 27 persons available for the research. Only one case of canine hypodontia was found and described. In the remaining 26 persons no case of hypodontia was found on the relicts of the upper and lower jaws nor in other teeth groups. The frequency of hypodontia in the old Croatian cemetery Stranče – Gorica was 3.7, which corresponds to the frequency of this anomaly in the 20th century population of Croatia.
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2006
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2008-06-03
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Intact Radial and Median Nerve after Open Third Degree Distal Fracture of the Humerus
Borislav Has
Slavica Kvolik
Jozo Kristek
Dubravko Habek
radial nerve; median nerve; humerus; open and closed fractures; biomechanics
A 54 year old man sustained a third degree open fracture at the distal part of the right humerus with massive soft tissue defect involving most of the upper arm. The radial and median nerves were completely bared and exposed by 6 cm for radial and 3 cm for median nerve. The nerves were in continuity, but there was complete rupture of surrounding muscles: biceps, triceps and brachialis. The fracture was stabilized by external fixation method – reinforced by wires. Preoperative and postoperative sensorimotor status of the right hand was good. One year later sensory and motoric status of right hand showed no deficiencies, but flexion and extension in elbow were limited to 100 and 180 degrees respectively. Pronosupination was restricted. This case report is consistent with results of biomechanical studies in vitro confirming high tolerance of radial and median nerve to stretching injury.
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2008-06-03
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Impact Analysis of a Regional Scientific Journal (1980–2000): Supporting Promising Local Researchers Pays the Greatest Dividends
Pavao Rudan
Anita Sujoldžić
Tatjana Škarić-Jurić
Ivana Kolčić
Ozren Polašek
Igor Rudan
scientific journal; editorial policy; citation analysis
During the past 28 years, the journal »Collegium Antropologicum« has continuously served as one of the main disseminators of anthropological scientific production in Central and Eastern Europe. The journal was committed to its role of a multidisciplinary platform for presenting wide range of research topics relevant to anthropology, from investigations within social and cultural anthropology and archaeology to those covering contemporary population genetics, human evolution and biomedical issues. Two key strategies aimed at sustaining and increasing the impact of this journal were oriented towards: i) identification of promising local groups of researchers who were at disadvantageby many aspects (e.g. educational curricula, financial supports, language barriers etc.) when trying to publish their research internationally, and ii) invitation and encouragement of already established international scientists to make contributions for »Collegium Antropologicum«. From 1980–2000, 89 articles (or 6.3% of all published papers duringthat period) were cited 6 or more times, contributing disproportionately to journal’s impact (nearly a third of all citations received). In an attempt to identify such papers more readily among the submissions to the journal in the future, we analyzed research topics and affiliations of the authors among the 89 papers receiving most citations in comparison to all papers published. Among the papers most frequently cited, we found greater-than-expected prevalence of Croatian researchers (especially when publishing in collaboration with international scientists) and studies of special populations. Several papers received more than 25 citations or had overall citation intensity greater than 2 per year.This implies that an interesting article from a local group of researchers can still resonate with international audience although published in a regional journal. Present analysis supports current editorial strategy that with a help of the international .consulting editorial board continuously improves international recognition of this journal. The results imply that a balanced encouragement to promising local groups of researchers and to contributions of already established international scientists is a strategy superior to others in maintaining and increasing the impact of this regional journal.
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2008-06-03
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History of Endemic Goiter in Croatia: From Severe Iodine Deficiency to Iodine Sufficiency
Zvonko Kusić
Tomislav Jukić
iodine deficiency disorders (IDD); endemic goiter; prevention; salt iodination; IDD status; Croatia; urinary iodine excretion; thyroid volume; schoolchildren
At the time after the Second World War, endemic goiter was present in most parts of Croatia with a prevalence of more than 50% and presence of cretinism. In the village of Rude near Zagreb, goiter was detected in 85% of school children with 2.3% of cretins in the village population. In 1953 the first regulation on obligatory salt iodination, requiring 10 mg of potassium iodide (KI) per kg of salt was established in former Yugoslavia. A three-fold reduction of goiter prevalence, together with disappearance of cretinism was recorded ten years later. In 1992, the National Committee for Eradication of Goiter was founded. The survey performed during 1991–1993 exhibited prevalence of goiter among school children between 8% and 35% and urinary iodine excretion under 10 _g/dL in most of the children from continental parts of the country. The new obligatory regulation, requiring 25 mg of KI/kg of salt, was proposed by the National Comittee and finally established in 1996. In 2002 thyroid volumes and medians of urinary iodine excretion were normal according to the ICCIDD criteria. Overall median of urinary iodine excretion for schoolchildren in Croatia was 14 ug/dL. Croatia crossed a path from severe iodine deficiency detected in the 1950’, to the period of mild to moderate iodine deficiency during the 1990’, and finally, nowadays, iodine sufficiency has been achieved
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2008-06-03
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Evolution of the Human Peopling in Italy – Paleobiology, Behavior, Subsistence Strategies A Research Program Financed by the MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research)
Fiorenzo Facchini
Maria Giovanna Belcastro
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2008-06-03
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Paleoenvironmental Analysis
Daniele Arobba
Paolo Boscato
Giovanni Boschian
Christophe Falgueres
Leone Fasani
Carlo PerettoBenedetto
Sala Ursula
Thun Hohenstein
Carlo Tozzi
palaeoenvironment; Middle Pleistocene; Bronze Age; Italy
New analysis has been carried out concerning the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of some Italian sites dating from the Middle Pleistocene to the Bronze Age. Different aspects have been investigated on each site considering the data collected. The following sites have been analyzed: Isernia La Pineta (Molise); Visogliano and Caverna degli Orsi (Trieste); Toirano Caves (Liguria); Grotta Paglicci (Gargano); Riparo del Molare (Salerno); Grotta del Cavallo (Lecce); Castellaro Lagusello (Monzambano, Mantova).
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4885
2008-06-03
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Animal Resources and Subsistence Strategies
Francesca Alhaique
Michelangelo Bisconti
Elisabetta Castiglioni
Cristina Cilli
Leone Fasani
Giacomo Giacobini
Renata Grifoni
Antonio Guerreschi
Andrea Iacopini
Giancarla Malerba
Carlo Peretto
Alexandra Recchi
Antonio Rocci Ris
Annamaria Ronchitelli
Mauro Rottoli
Ursula ThunHohenstein
Carlo Tozz
Paola Visentini
Barbara Wilkens
archeozoology; subsistence strategies; taphonomy; Italy
Several faunal assemblages excavated in deposits of different antiquity (from Lower Paleolithic to Bronze Age), located in Northern, Central and Southern Italy, were studied from the archeozoological and taphonomic point of view. Data obtained by different Authors allow reconstruction of subsistence strategies adopted by prehistoric humans in these areas and through time, in particular as far as the exploitation of animal resources is concerned. The following assemblages were considered: Isernia La Pineta (Molise; Lower Paleolithic), Grotta Breuil (Latium; Middle Paleolithic), Grotta della Ghiacciaia (Verona; Middle Paleolithic), Riparo di Fumane and Riparo Tagliente (Verona; Middle and Upper Paleolithic), Riparo Mochi (Liguria; Upper Paleolithic), Grotta della Continenza (L’Aquila; Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic), Grotta dell’Edera (Trieste; Mesolithic and Neolithic), Grotta della Cala at Marina di Camerota (Salerno; Eneolithic), Contraguda (Sassari; Neolithic), Castellaro Lagusello (Mantova; Bronze Age). Exploitation of the vegetal resources has been analyzed in the Neolithic sites of Colle Santo Stefano (Fucino), Settefonti (L’Aquila) and Catignano (Pescara).
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2004
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4886
2008-06-03
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Inorganic Raw Materials Economy and Provenance of Chipped Industry in Some Stone Age Sites of Northern and Central Italy
Amilcare Bietti
Giovanni Boschian
Gino Mirocle Crisci
Ermanno Danese
Anna Maria De Francesco
Mario Dini
Federica Fontana
Alessandra Giampietri
Renata Grifoni
Antonio Guerreschi
Jérémie Liagre
Fabio Negrino
Giovanna Radi
Carlo Tozzi
Robert Tykot
raw material procurement and economy; Paleolithic; Italy
An opportunistic and local choice of raw materials is typically attested in the Lower and Middle Paleolithic industries throughout Italy. The quality of the raw material usually affected the flaking technology and quality of the products. In the Upper Paleolithic and the Mesolithic, raw material procurement strategies were more complex. Flint was exploited both locally, in areas where abundant outcrops of raw materials were available (such as the Lessini mountains), and in distant localities, after which it was transported or exchanged over medium/long distances. Different routes of exchange were thus followed in the various periods; good reconstruction of these routes have been provided by a study of the Garfagnana sites in Northern Tuscany, and the Mesolithic deposit of Mondeval de Sora (Dolomites). An interesting example of a Late Upper Paleolithic flint quarry and workshop were found in Abruzzo, in the San Bartolomeo shelter. The extended trade of obsidian from Lipari, Palmarola and Sardinia to the Italian Peninsula is attested in the Neolithic, with some differences concerning the age and different areas.
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2004
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Typological and Technological Study of Prehistoric Implements in Animal Hard Tissues
Alberto Broglio
Cristina Cilli
Giacomo Giacobini
Antonio Guerreschi
Giancarla Malerba
Giuliano Villa
Paleolithic; animal hard tissue; implements; typology; retouchers
Several series of prehistoric implements in animal hard tissues, either from ancient and recent excavations, were studied by the typological and technological points of views. Their morpho-typological description was in many cases associated to microscopic study of surface modifications, often allowing identification of traces related to manufacture. This technological information in some cases could be integrated by the observations of use-wear, thus providing functional indications. Implements came from sites of different antiquity and different geographic areas (from Liguria to Calabria). Implements considered by the research program included tools, pendants and other ornamental objects, as well as unfinished implements and manufacture left-overs often identified during revision of faunal remains. Middle Paleolithic bone fragments bearing traces of non-alimentary anthropic actions were limited to the so-called »retouchers«. However, during Upper Paleolithic, implements in animal hard tissues were relatively frequent in most Italian sites, even if those industries were not so rich, elaborated and typologically differentiated as in other European areas
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2008-06-03
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Living-Floors and Structures From the Lower Paleolithic to the Bronze Age in Italy
Carlo Peretto
Paolo Biagi
Giovanni Boschian
Alberto Broglio
living-floors; structures; prehistory; protohistory; Italy
New researches have been performed on the analysis of some Italian dwelling structures dating from the Lower Paleolithic to Bronze Age. Different methods have been applied to each study according to the extensions of the areas explored. The following sites have been analyzed: Isernia La Pineta (Molise), Visogliano (Trieste) – Lower Paleolithic; Grotta del Cavallo (Lecce), Grotta Grande and Riparo del Molare (Salerno) – Middle Paleolithic; Grotta di Fumane (Verona), Riparo Tagliente (Verona), Grotta Continenza (Fucino L’Aquila), San Bartolomeo (Maiella Mountain, Abruzzo) – Upper Paleolithic; Mondeval de Sora (Belluno), Alpe Veglia (Verbania) and Grotta Edera (Aurisina, Trieste) Mesolithic; Cala Giovanna Piano (Pianosa Island, Livorno), Contraguda (Perfugas, Sassari), Colle Santo Stefano (Fucino, L’Aquila), Catignano (Pescara), Settefonti (L’Aquila) – Neolithic; Castellaro Lagusello (Monzambano, Mantua) – Bronze Age.
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2008-06-03
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Age Determination on Long Bones in a Skeletal Subadults Sample (b-12 Years)
Fiorenzo Facchini
Silvia Veschi
skeletal age; growth; long bones
The skeletal age on the basis of the diaphyseal length of long bones was assessed. To this aim a sample of subadults skeleton, dated to last century, coming from the cemetery of Bologna was studied. The sample is composed by 79 males and 70 females between 0 and 12 years, whose chronological age and sex are known. Some information can be obtained by the means, standard deviation and graphs of the specimens grouped in age classes. The comparison with other studies confirms the interest of using standards based on direct measurements on long bones of known age and similar to the skeletal populations under study.
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2008-06-03
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Midsagittal Cranial Shape Variation in the Genus Homo by Geometric Morphometrics
Emiliano Bruner
Barbara Saracino
Francesca Ricci
Maryanne Tafuri
Pietro Passarello
Giorgio Manzi
cranial shape; geometric morphometry; genus Homo
Midsagittal profiles of crania referred to different taxa of the genus Homo have been analyzed by geometric morphometric techniques. Comparisons between single specimens using the thin-plate-spline function suggest a generalized reduction of the lower face, associated with antero-posterior development of the braincase occurring (possibly in parallel evolution) along distinct human lineages. Furthermore, Neandertals display a projection of the midface, and modern humans show a derived globularity of the vault associated with midsagittal parietal bulging. Principal Component Analysis demonstrates a bimodal pattern of variation, which describes an »archaic« pole (rather heterogeneous in terms of taxonomy) clearly distinguishable from the modern one. The first two principal components – that explain together 80% of the total variance in shape – involve respectively fronto-parietal expansion and midfacial prognathism. These results contribute to identify different structural patterns in human evolution, supporting discontinuity rather than continuity of cranial shape among different taxa of the genus Homo, especially when considering the differences between Neandertals and early modern humans.
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2008-06-03
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Three-Dimensional Topographic Survey of the Human Remains in Lamalunga Cave (Altamura, Bari, Southern Italy)
Eligio Vacca
Vittorio Pesce Delfino
Altamura remains; 3D survey; Neanderthal
The aim of the Research Unit, in the framework of the »Programma Nazionale di Ricerca – MURST (Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica) 1998–2000«, was to study human fossil remains and sites of paleoanthropological interest; the observations regard sites and remains found principally in Apulia, amongst which, the Lamalunga Cave – Altamura. The results of the survey phases of the cave and the three-dimensional topographic distribution of the human remains are reported. Three-dimensional spatial coordinates describing the collocation of the skeleton were sampled. These points were used as reference points for the spatial positioning of numerical models reproducing elements of an adult male skeleton. The survey allows the interactive observation of the remains and their relationship with the site, so that the remains can be observed from points of view actually impossible. On the basis of such views, it was possible to better deduce the relationship between the skeletal elements, confirming the hypothesis that the skeletonization phenomenon occurred in the actual site where the remains are now found.
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Shape Analysis of the Mid-Sagittal Craniogram in Some European Middle and Upper-Paleolithic Adult and Subadult Crania
Eligio Vacca
Rosalia Ciraci
Vittorio Pesce Delfino
paleoanthropology; subadult Neanderthals; analytic morphometry
In order to evaluate the lateral shape contour of the Neanderthal cranium, the midsagittal profiles (glabella-opisthocranion) in adult and subadult Neanderthal remains were examined and compared with those of other specimens of fossil Homo. Size normalized boundaries were digitally acquired as ordered series of coordinates; the series of the distances from the glabella opisthocranion axis, was decomposed in Fourier polynomials; the extracted amplitudes and phase angles were used as variables to carry out multivariate discriminant analysis (PCA). The first and the second components accounted for 70% of the total variance. Neanderthal and European Upper Paleolithic subadults differ from adults of their respective groups: the subadult Homo sapiens are more similar to the adult, as the element characterizing the group is constituted by a steep craniogram with a noticeable equilibrium between the anterior and posterior district. In Neanderthal subadults, the adult model seems partially delineated and the mature cranial architecture is reached trough a phase of local allometric differentiation.
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2008-06-03
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Human Activity Patterns and Skeletal Metric Indicators in the Upper Limb
Emanuela Gualdi-Russo
Livia Galletti
skeletal markers; functional stress; long bones; anthropometric traits
This study investigates skeletal metric traits of long bones of upper limb and the relationship between these traits and human activity in males of a recent, well-documented skeletal sample of Italian population from the Frassetto collection (Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna). The study analyzes the impact of some human activities on the skeleton, taking into account the possibility of an assessment of functional stresses caused by these activities on the basis of metric characteristics. The data consist of measurements of linear and angular bone traits, obtained by traditional and new instruments. With the purpose to find out the best indicators of occupational stress among the measured traits and indices, univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were carried out. Then the results obtained previously were used to analyze a sample with unknown occupation. The efficacy of metric stress indicators is discussed.
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2008-06-03
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Enthesopathies – Proposal of a Standardized Scoring Method and Applications
Valentina Mariotti
Fiorenzo Facchini
Maria Giovanna Belcastro
enthesopathies; scoring method; occupation
Enthesopathies are alterations that could be present at entheses. Two types of enthesopathies have been defined: osteophytic (OF) and osteolytic (OL). In the present paper, we propose a standardized method to score the degree of development of each form of enthesopathy. With this method, the intra- and interobserver errors are less than 5%. The standard was used to study a sample (113 individuals) deriving from osteological collections from the late XIX-early XX century. Information about the age, sex and occupation of the individuals is available. This study demonstrated an effect of age on the form and the degree of development of enthesopathies. The influence of factors related to sex and occupation cannot be excluded. Therefore, functional interpretations of data on enthesopathies in osteoarchaeological series must take account of the estimated age and sex of the specimens and the distribution of the lesions within a single skeleton.
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2008-06-03
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Proposal of a Data Collection Form to Record Dento-Alveolar Features –Application to Two Roman Skeletal Samples from Italy
Maria Giovanna
Belcastro Valentina
Mariotti Fiorenzo Facchini
Benedetta Bonfiglioli
dento-alveolar features; dental data collecting form; human teeth
Bones and teeth are an important source of information about the lifestyle, health status and dietary habits of past populations. Modifications and lesions of the periodontal tissues also provide information about the health status and behavior of an individual or of an ancient population. In this paper a method to record some dento-alveolar features of both deciduous and permanent teeth is described. The forms that we propose make it easy to record the data in a Microsoft® Excel sheet. The form for adults has been applied to two Roman Imperial age skeletal samples from northern Italy – Casalecchio di Reno (II–V c. AD, Bologna) and Emilia Romagna, and central Italy – Quadrella (I–IV c. AD, Isernia, Molise).
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2008-06-03
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Traumatic Events and Life-Style in Ancient Italian Populations
Patricia Brasili
Enrica Bianchi
Angela Raffaella Ventrella
skeletal material; traumatic lesions; life-style; ancient populations
Traumatic lesions are commonly found in archaeological skeletal samples and provide useful information about various behavioral and cultural aspects of the populations. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between the distribution and types of skeletal traumatic lesions and the different life-styles of past populations. We examined three necropolises in central Italy. Pozzilli (VI–IV century BC) and Quadrella (I–IV century AD) are from the same geographical area (Molise) but belong to different periods; Novilara (IX–VI century BC) is located in Marche but belongs to the Iron Age like Pozzilli. The lesions observed at Pozzilli seem not to be accidental, whereas the traumas observed at Quadrella can be attributed to occasional, unintentional events. Cranial injuries observed at Novilara strengthen the hypothesis that the population was composed, at least in part, of warriors. Our results suggest the presence of a relationship between skeletal traumatic lesions and life-styles of populations.
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2008-06-03
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Frequencies of mtDNA Haplogroups in Southeastern Europe - Croatians, Bosnians and Herzegovinians, Serbians, Macedonians and Macedonian Romani
Svjetlana Cvjetan
Helle-Viivi Tolk
Lovorka Barać Lauc
Ivanka Čolak
Dobrivoje Đorđević
Ljudmila Efremovska
Branka Janićijević
Ante Kvesić
Irena Martinović Klarić
Ene Metspalu
Marijana Peričić
Jüri Parik
Dan Popović
Ana Šijački
Rifet Terzić
Richard Villems
Pavao Rudan
mtDNA; haplogroups; southeastern Europe
Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms were analyzed in of 1,610 randomly chosen adult men from 11 different regions from southeastern Europe (Croatians, Bosnians and Herzegovinians, Serbians, Macedonians and Macedonian Romani). MtDNA HVS-I region together with RFLP sites diagnostic for main Euroasian and African mtDNA haplogroups were typed to determine haplogroup frequency distribution. The most frequent haplogroup in studied populations was H with the exception of Macedonian Romani among whom the most frequent were South Asian (Indian) specific variants of haplogroup M. The multidimensional scaling plot showed two clusters of populations and two outliers (Macedonian Romani and the most distant from mainland Croatian island of Korčula). The first cluster was formed by populations from three Croatian islands (Hvar, Krk and Brač) and the second cluster was formed by Macedonians, Serbians, Croatians from mainland and coast, Herzegovinians, Bosnians, Slovenians, Poles and Russians. The present analysis does not address a precise evaluation of phylogenetic relations of studied populations although some conclusions about historical migrations could be noticed. More extended conclusions will be possible after deeper phylogenetic and statistical analyses.
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2008-06-03
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ApoE Genotyping and Response to Galanthamine in Alzheimer’s Disease - A Real Life Retrospective Study
Tomislav Babić
Darija Mahović
Lakušić Jadranka Sertić
Mladen Petrovečki
Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina
This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of galanthamine, a new cholinesterase inhibitor on cognitive performances in 84 patients with various apoE genotype and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) during the six-month treatment. The diagnosis of AD was made on the basis of NINCDS/ADRDN criteria. ApoE4 genotype was determined by PCR procedure. The cognitive performance was assessed MMSE at baseline and six months later. The difference among the groups was statistically analyzed by ANOVA model and Pearson’s x2-test. The MMSE at baseline in all completes was 18.0 +/- 3.73, whereas the mean value of MMSE after 6 months was 16.4 +/- 5.61 indicating significant deterioration (p < 0.01). Of the 84 patients, 14 (16%) were apoE4 homozygous, 41 (49%) were heterozygous, whereas 29 (35%) were apoE4 negative. The significant number of responders was observed among apoE4 homozygous patients (71%; x2 = 6.89; p = 0.032). The subgroup of apoE4 homozygous patients with AD in its mild to moderate stage may be considered as responders to galanthamine.
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2008-06-03
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Performance of WHO Angina Questionnaire in Measuring Burden of Coronary Heart Disease in Human Isolate Populations
Zrinka Biloglav
Davor Ivanković
Harry Campbell
Igor Rudan
humans; isolate populations; burden of disease; prevalence; coronary heart disease; WHO Rose angina questionnaire; screening; validity
Isolated human populations represent good candidates for studying genetic and environmental causes of common complex diseases because of their decreased genetic and environmental diversity. The possibility of inexpensive and reliable detection of disease prevalence in such populations is therefore of considerable importance, as comprehensive routine health data and disease registries are rarely available in these populations. In this study, we validated the performance of the WHO Rose Angina Questionnaire (RQ) in measuring the burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) in 9 settlements in these Croatian Adriatic islands. CHD was defined as myocardial infarction (MI) diagnosed by a specialist in the local general hospital, or angina pectoris (AP) by a local general practitioner (GP). The »true« prevalence of CHD in 1,001 adult persons was 10.5%. The results of the RQ screening based on the first 3, 5 and 6 questions were compared with medical record of CHD. Increasing the number of RQ questions from 3 to 6 resulted in decreasing test sensitivity (from 59.0% to 30.5%) and increasing test specificity (from 86.3% to 93.0%) in the prediction of true CHD status. CHD prevalence was overestimated by 76% when subset of the first 3 questions of RQ was used and by 25% when the first 5 questions were used. However, it was underestimated by 10% when the first 6 questions were used. We conclude that RQ is a useful screening method for measuring burden of CHD in isolate human populations, and that the result based on the first 6 questions is a good approximation of the true CHD prevalence in the population, although it should be considered a slight underestimate.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2004
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2008-06-03
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Croatian Experience with Sibutramine in the Treatment of Obesity – Multicenter Prospective Study
Davor Štimac
Alen Ružić
Sanja Klobučar Majanović
obesity; sibutramine; treatment; Croatia
Obesity is a chronic disease with a marked impact on health and the prevalence of obesity in Croatia is rapidly rising. Since obesity plays a significant role in the etiology of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus type 2 and of some cancers, it is an obvious target of public health activities. Weight-reducing drugs, like sibutramine, in combination with diet, exercise and behavioral changes have a role in the management of obesity. Sibutramine acts centrally as a serotonergic and noradrenergic reuptake inhibitor. It reduces body weight by enhancing satiety and stimulating thermogenesis. The aim of this multicenter prospective study was to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability and safety profile of sibutramine in the treatment of overweight patients in Croatia. Patients received 10 mg of sibutramine daily for 12 weeks. The main outcome measures were changes in body weight, BMI, waist and hip circumferences, laboratory assessments (serum triglicerida, cholesterol, glucose, HbA1c), blood pressure and heart rate profile. Of 461 patients included (mean BMI = 35.81+/-6.48 kg/m2, mean age = 43.65+/-10.90 years), 392 completed the study. Three months of sibutramine treatment lead to a significant reduction in body weight, BMI, waist and hip circumferences and improvement in metabolic parameters. Loss of over 5% of their initial body weight was found in 359 patients (91.58%), while 179 patients (45.66%) achieved weight loss over 10%. A decrease of both systolic (–3.39%) and diastolic (–3.75%) blood pressure was noted, while the pulse rate rose slightly (+0.13%). Adverse events were reported by 124 (26.90%) patients, but they precipitated only 17 (3.69%) withdrawals. Results of our study confirmed that sibutramine is an effective and safe weight-reducing drug.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2004
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2008-06-03
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Fitness Level of Adult Economically Active Population in the Republic of Croatia Estimated by EUROFIT System
Stjepan Heimer
Marjeta Mišigoj-Duraković
Lana Ružić
Branka Matković
Ivan Prskalo
Snježana Beri
Milica Tonković-Lojović
Croatia; Eurofit; physical fitness; aerobic capacity
The study presents the results of the EUROFIT CROATIA project that was conducted according to the instructions of Council of Europe. The aim of the study was evaluation of fitness level of the employed Croatian population. The measurements comprised EUROFIT battery of tests as well as Baecke’s questionnaire for evaluation of habitual physical activity. The sample was comprised of 1628 active inhabitants, 18–60 years of age, all of who were employed and living in Croatia. The obtained results of functional, motor and morphological characteristics were presented according to the sex and age. The results shower poor aerobic capacity, high obesity indicators and low motor performance in both sexes, which pointed to the increased risk for developing many cardiovascular or musculo-skeletal diseases. The overall fitness level of Croatian population showed to be unsatisfactory and it should be improved by engagement in sports-recreational activities.
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2004
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2008-06-03
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The Effect of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Postnatal Support on Breastfeeding Rates – Croatian Experience
Anita Pavičić Bošnjak
Maja Batinica
Marija Hegeduš-Jungvirth
Josip Grgurić
Jadranka Božikov
breastfeeding; BFHI; postnatal support; breastfeeding support groups; Croatia
The effects of implementation WHO/UNICEF Breastfeeding Hospital Initiative (BFHI) and community postnatal support on breastfeeding rates were examined during and after the breastfeeding promotion campaign in one county of Croatia. Comparison with a control group indicated increase of breastfeeding prevalence in a period of BFHI implementation (1994–1998) – 68% vs. 87% at infant age 1 mo., 30% vs. 54% at 3 mo., 11.5% vs. 28% at 6 mo., and 2% vs. 3.5% at infant age 11–12 mo. (chi-square test, p < 0.05). More considerable increase has been noticed in period 1999–2000 which is characterized by breastfeeding support groups activity: 68% vs. 87% at infant age 1 mo., 30% vs. 66% at 3 mo., 11.5% vs. 49% at 6 mo., and 2% vs. 23% at infant age 11–12 mo. (chi-square test, p < 0.05). Our conclusion is that activities aiming to promote breastfeeding in maternity hospitals have had limited success. They have resulted in satisfactory increase of breastfeeding prevalence in early infant’s period, but for far-reaching effect postnatal support is also required.
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2004
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4903
2008-06-03
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Relations Between Some Exogenous Factors and Anthropometric Factors of Growth and Development of Male Children and Youngsters in the Tuzla Region, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jasminka Hadžihalilović
Rifat Hadžiselimović
Rifet Terzić
Edhem Hasković
Adisa Ahmić
Amir H. Halilović
Munevera Osmić
Šaćira Mešalić
Hajrija Hamidović
growth and development; exogenous factors; growth dynamics
Dynamics of growth of male children and youths from the Region of Tuzla influenced by some exogenous factors was researched by a corresponding analysis of the sample which included 751 tested individuals, aged from 11 to 17 years. The analysis performed is primarily based on the scientific elaboration of the registered state in two timepoints (1996 and 1999) in the tested part of broader population. This research involved the period of four-year aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina, taking into consideration the fact that the tested persons spent one period of their growth and development in extremely bad wartime living conditions. By quasicanonic correlative analysis it was established that the next factors participated in connection of variables of both sets (initial and final measurements): mother’s standard, total mother’s and father’s standard of living, mother’s age and sequence of births participated to some less extent in connection of both sets of variables. Anthropometric variables that had most significant impact of both sets of variables are: length parameters, body mass, width parameters, circumferences had somewhat less impact, while indexes of head and sitting height had the least impact on this connection.
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2004
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2008-06-03
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The Mechanisms of Morphological-Motor Functioning in Elementary School Female First- to Fourth-Graders
Ratko Katić
Aleksandra Pejčić
Nataša Viskić-Štalec
morphological-motor structures; girls; development; regulatory mechanisms
Four morphological and 7 motor variables were assessed in a sample of 2,235 female children (subdivided into 4 groups) aged 7–11 years, elementary school first- to fourthgraders from the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Republic of Croatia. The study objective was to analyze the morphological-motor structures according to age. Factor analysis was done for each of the four subject groups. Results clearly showed the morphological-motor functioning of the girls to change with age. Developmental processes lead to the formation of a general morphological factor defined as ectomesomorph and two general mechanisms responsible for motor efficiency in the form of strength regulation and speed regulation. The results obtained were found to be consistent with the existing relevant models related to the morphological, motor, functional and cognitive systems. The more so, these results allow for a supramodel to design, which will integrate relevant elements of all these models to define the function of the body as a whole.
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2004
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Acute Cardiovascular Complications Due to Physical Exercise in Male Teenagers
Zijad Duraković
Marjeta Mišigoj-Duraković
Ilkka Vuori
Naima Čorović
Slobodan Kuvalja
Dubravka Kuvalja
Josip Škavić
Marija Definis-Gojanović
teenagers; physical exercise; sudden death
Five sudden cardiac deaths in male adolescents (age 14–18 years) were detected in a 5-year period in Croatia. Two of them had been engaged in physical exercise at school, one as a professional soccer player, one in recreational swimming, and the fifth had just finished secondary school and was working at the site. All of them were autopsied and in three congenital cardiovascular diseases was found. Two had hypoplastic coronary arteries. The third had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with interventricular wall of 40 mm. The fourth had normal heart findings including coronaries, but had bilateral pneumonia with a possible altitude (non-cardiogenic) pulmonary edema. The fifth had a chronic myopericarditis with an aneurysm of the left ventricle. All of them had not reported definite symptoms at exertion. According to this data, the death rate in adolescent males in Croatia during or after recreational physical exercise was 1/100,000 per year or 5/500,000 in five years. Thorough preparticipation medical examination including indicated laboratory tests and avoidance of heavy exertion at the time of respiratory infection might have helped to avoid some of the lethal events.
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2004
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Trigger Factors in Childhood Psoriasis and Vitiligo
Vladimira Barišić-Druško
Ivana Ručević
psoriasis; vitiligo; childhood; triggers; familial distribution
Psoriasis and vitiligo are very common skin disorders that may have a profound impact upon the affected individuals; the etiology of both diseases includes genetic factors and triggers, which could be endogenous or exogenous. Two groups of children population consisting of 153 patients suffering from skin disorder (65 with vitiligo and 88 with psoriasis) have been examined at the Department of Dermatovenerology, University Hospital Osijek, during three years period. Basic methods of data collection were: questionnaire, clinically examination and histological proven diagnosis. The aim of this investigation were to determine the most common triggers, which play a role at onset of disease among young patients with vitiligo and psoriasis, and to establish familial distribution among both groups of patients. The results of investigations showed that the onset of vitiligo was mostly connected with psychological factors (56.9%), but the most frequently trigger in childhood psoriasis was inflammatory focus (38.6%). According to morphologic patterns the authors separated two groups of patients among psoriatics: group I with plaque psoriasis, which pointed the inflammatory focus and physical trauma as trigger before onset of disease (each 25.0%) and group II with psoriasis guttata and inflammatory focus as trigger at even 62.5% cases. Familial distribution among psoriatic children was 55.6%, and among children with vitiligo only 16.9%. Ours children patients showed significantly disparity in structure of triggers according diagnosis and gender distributions and about familial occurrence. Also some difference has been established according to age of onset between psoriasis and vitiligo at early childhood.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2004
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Ultrasonographic Measurement of the Thyroid Volume
Gordana Ivanac
Berislav Rožman
Franjo Škreb
Boris Brkljačić
Ladislav Pavić
iodine deficiency; thyroid volume; goiter; ultrasonography
According to the published data, endemic goiter was until recently, still present in some regions in Croatia. In this study the thyroid volume in grown-up, student population was measured. It was also analyzed which of the several traditional physiological attributes (body weight, body height, and body surface area (BSA)) were best correlated with the thyroid volume. Fifty one randomly selected female students from University of Zagreb Medical School were studied. Mean age of our subjects was 22 (range 20–38). All of them were healthy and with normal thyroid hormonal status. The mean thyroid volume was 10.68+/-2.83 mL (range 5.71–17.09 mL). The results show that thyroid volume was best correlated with body height (r=0.37; p=0.001), followed with body surface area (r=0.28; p=0.017). The thyroid volume was found normal in all our subjects.
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2004
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4908
2008-06-03
journal:92
Influence of Cytology Development on Frequency of Pre-Cancerous Lesions and Cervical Cancer in East Croatia, 1978–2001
Miodrag Milojković
Marija Pajtler
cytology; cervix; carcinoma cervices; pre-cancerous; incidence; Croatia
A B S T R A C T
We analyzed the influence of cytology development to frequency of precancerosa (Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 – CIN 3) and cervical cancer. The number of examined Pap smears increased significantly in the analyzed period. The calculated linear trend shows an average four-year increase of 17,283.35 smears. The number of detected CIN 3 increased accordingly. The calculated linear trend shows an average four-year increase by 45.03 and decrease of the rate of 0.07. A slight increase in cervical cancer was also noticed. The calculated linear trend shows an average four-year increase in cancer by 1.6 and decrease in the rate of 0.51. Analyses of cervical cancer by stages showed an increase in number of stage I and decrease of other stages. The calculated linear trend shows an average four-year increase of stage I by 4.94 or decrease in other stages of cervical cancer of 3.29 respectively. The rate of cervical cancer stage I decreased by 0.11 and of other stages by 0.39. Further analyses of the stage I showed that the linear trend of IA stage had an average four-year increase by 5.40 and decrease in stage IB of 0.48. The rate of the cervical cancer stage IA increased by 0.02, whereas the rate of IB decreased by 0.13. Cytology development in our country has resulted in detection of higher number of CIN 3 and the earliest stage (IA) of cervical cancer whereas the number of other stages (IB, II, III, IV) has decreased. However, a total number of cervical cancers haven’t changed over the whole period. Thus, it is obvious that opportunistic program of detection, which has been using in Croatia, could not decrease frequency of cervical cancer. In order to achieve it, well-organized national program of detection is needed.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2004
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Comparison of Glycosylation Patterns of Placental Proteins Between Normal Pregnancy and Missed Abortion
Ljiljana Šerman
Alan Šerman
Gordan Lauc
Astrid Milić
Višnja Latin
Anastazija Aleksandrova
Draško Šerman
glycoproteins; lectins; placenta; missed abortion
Contemporary understanding of missed abortion, as the case of spontaneous abortion where embryo is retained in uterus for four weeks or more after its death, is very poor. Aiming to improve the level of knowledge about this process, we have compared glycosylation patterns of placental proteins in normal pregnancy and missed abortion. Oligosaccharide branches were detected by Western-blot using SNA, DBA and PHA-E lectins. The comparison of samples of the same gestational age enabled identification of changes in protein glycosylation between normal and pathological placentas. Lectin DBA detects in normal placenta the glycoprotein GP 105 during the eleventh week, which is absent in missed abortion. PHA-E identifies GP 71 during fourteenth week only in normal placenta. However GP 25 recognized by SNA in missed abortion was not found in normal pregnancy at tenth week. These results indicate that abnormal placental development is associated with changes in glycoprotein structures, and that glycoconjugates might have an important role in placental development.
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2004
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Klatskin Tumor – Results of Surgical Therapy
Mario Zovak
Marko Doko
Elizabet Glavan
Hrvoje Hochstädter
Goran Roić
Neven Ljubičić
Klatskin tumor; cholangiocarcinoma; ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography)
Between January 1st 1990 and December 31st 1999, 24 patients affected by Klatskin tumor underwent operation in our department of surgery. According to Bismuth’s classification, there were 0 (0%) type I, 5 (21%) type II, 6 (25%) type IIIa, 4 (17%) type IIIb and 9 (37%) type IV tumors. Five patients (21%) were treated by curative resection (group I) while in 14 patients (58%) palliative surgical procedure was performed (group II). In 5 cases (21%) the extension of malignancy did not allowed any procedure (group III). Curative resection for malignant tumors of the hepatic duct bifurcation included wide tumor excision and bile duct resection at the liver hilum (with »wedge« hepatic resection in one patient) and creation of biliary-enteric anastomosis. Palliative surgical procedure included stent insertion. Jaundice was completely relieved in all patients undergoing resection, since 3 patients (21%) after stenting hadn’t satisfactory biliary drainage. There was 1 (20%) perioperative death in the group 1, while in group 2, 5 patients (36%) died postoperatively. In this series, the mean postoperative survival of all patients was 16 months. The mean postoperative survival of patients undergoing localized tumor resection with curative intent was 38 months, in contrast to 10 months for those undergoing operative stent insertion. In addition, only 1 patient from group III, in whom only exploratory surgery were performed survived 7 months, while other 4 patients died in the hospital. This retrospective review suggests that aggressive surgical treatment could improve survival and quality of life in patients suffering from Klatskin tumor.
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2004
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Common Bile Duct Obstruction Caused by the Hydatid Daughter Cysts
Željko Bušić
Enio Amić
Dražen Servis
Mladen Predrijevac
Igor Stipančić
Dubravka Bušić
hydatid cysts; echinococcosis; biliary obstruction; case report
Echinococcosis is a human parasitary disease. In 2002, 29 new cases of liver echinococcosis were recorded in Croatia. Liver is the most common site of hydatid cysts. Nine patients with echinoccocal liver disease were operated in our department in 2002. Here we present a case where a patient with verified hydatid cyst in the left liver lobe developed high fever, jaundice, nausea, vomiting and pain in the upper abdomen. The symptoms were initially ascribed to the acute cholangitis. After unsuccessful antibiotic treatment, computerized tomography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) were performed, demonstrating daughter cysts in the common bile duct. During ERCP, papilotomy was made and daughter cysts were extracted. Hydatid cyst was surgically removed, and a communication between the cyst and left hepatic duct was noted during surgery. Pericystectomy, choledochotomy, removal of remaining daughter cysts from the common bile duct, and sutures of left hepatic duct were performed. The patient recovered fully after the surgery. One of the possible complications of the liver hydatid cysts is the communication between cyst and the biliary tree. Such communications are usually asymptomatic, but symptoms can also mimic acute cholangitis and jaundice, which may lead to the misdiagnosis of the patient’s condition.
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4913
2008-06-03
journal:92
Efficiency of Polylactide/Polyglycolide Copolymers Bone Replacements in Bone Defects Healing Measured by Densitometry
Davor Katanec
Božidar Pavelić
Zoran Ivasović
bone defect; Fisiograft; densitometry
Healing of bone defects is the most frequent cause of failure in surgical treatments of an odontogenic ostitic processes. The aim of this study was to determine successfulness in healing of bone defects after implantation of alloplastic co-polymer-polyglycol bone implant. A group of 45 cases with periradicular ostitic processes were examined. The densitometric measurements were taken from radiovisiographic dental x-ray images. Patients were observed throughout a period of one year. The results obtained were analyzed and presented graphically. Thirty-eight patients (84%) were treated successfully, and seven patients (16%) showed unsuccessful healing of the bone defects. The results obtained indicate that polyglycol copolymer bone implants can be successfully used in a treatment of odontogenically caused bone defects. Their fundamental advantage is a slow biodegradation, which ensures a more suitable area for the apposition of a new bone in the defect, simple application in clinical work and the possibility of a mutual combination of all three available forms.
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2008-06-03
journal:92
Metatarsal Metastasis from Transitional Cell Cancer of the Urinary Bladder
Marija Petković
Damir Muhvić
Gordana Zamolo
Nives Jonjić
Elvira Mustać
Ines Mrakovćić-Šutić
Irena Seili-Bekafigo
bladder cancer; transitional cell cancer; urinary bladder; metatarsal metastasis
Urinary bladder cancers can be grouped into three general categories: superficial, invasive and metastatic. Approximately 90% of malignant tumors of the urinary bladder are of epithelial origin and the majority of them are transitional cell carcinomas (TCC). Metastatic spread of urinary bladder cancers usually includes regional lymph nodes, the lung, the liver and the bones. The presence of metastasis tends to correlate with muscular wall invasion as often demonstrated at the initial diagnosis; consequently clinical bladder cancer represents a late phase of the disease. Although skeletal metastases of bladder cancers are rather common, they have been rarely described to occur in distal bones. For that reason, we report metatarsal metastasis from transitional cell cancer of the urinary bladder in a 59-year-old woman.
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2008-06-03
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The Incidence of Optic Neuritis in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Lovro Bojić
Milan Ivanišević
Alen Siničić
Mladen Lešin
Veljko Rogošić
Zdravko Mandić
Branimir Cerovski
optic neuritis; incidence; Croatia
The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of monosymptomatic optic neuritis (MON) in residents of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The 127 cases (83 female, aged 26.2+/-9.9 and 44 male aged 26.9 +/-11.2) with MON presented between January 1985 and December 2001 were analyzed from hospital data. The annual incidence was 1.6 per 100,000 (95% CI, 0–3). The incidence among females was 2.2 (95% CI, 0–4.6) cases / 100,000 per year and 1.1 (95% CI, 0–3) among males. The difference in incidence rates for women vs. men was not significant (x2=0.41; p=0.52), although it is more likely that a true difference exists. The peak incidence in both sexes observed in the group 20–29 years of age was 4.2 (95% CI, 0–10). The highest incidence of MON was found in spring (46 cases). In summary, the incidence of MON in Split-Dalmatia County during the 17 years period is relatively low.
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2008-06-03
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Long-Term Results of Frontal Lobe Suspension in Children with Congenital Dystrophic Ptosis
Neda Stiglmayer
Miljenka Tojagić
Jelena Juri
congenital dystrophic ptosis; frontal/corrugator muscle lobe
Long-term results achieved by our own operative technique in children with congenital dystrophic ptosis, with frontal muscle lobe shaping with or without shaping of corrugator muscle lobe attached to the tarsal plate, are presented. Data on 146 patients with congenital dystrophic ptosis operated on during the 1984–1998 period at Zagreb University Hospital Center were retrospectively analyzed. Postoperative success was defined as a situation with eyes open in which 1) upper eyelid covers the cornea at 12 o’clock position by 1–2 mm; 2) there is a good contour of the eyelid margin; 3) there is no lagophthalmos; and 4) there is symmetry with the other eye. Immediate re-operation due to undercorrection was required in 26 of 146 (18%) patients. Upon re-operation, 133 (91%) patients met the criteria for successful outcome at 6 months, 124 (85%) at one year, and 121 (83%) at 5 years. Correction of congenital dystrophic ptosis using a shaped frontal/ corrugator lobe is an efficient and safe procedure ensuring long-lasting success.
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2004
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2008-06-03
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Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst – Gorlin’s Cyst – Report of Two Cases
Goran Knežević
Klara Sokler
Pavel Kobler
Spomenka Manojlović
calcifying odontogenic cyst; Gorlin’s cyst; keratinizing epithelial odontogenic cyst; calcifying ghost cell odontogenic tumor; epithelial odontogenic ghost cell tumor
The authors present two cases of calcifying odontogenic cysts, which were confirmed by histological examination. In the first case the radiographic findings and clinical status did not indicate the presence of a calcifying odontogenic cyst. In the second case, differential diagnosis included COC. The histopathological findings showed that what appeared to be simple cases of bone translucencies was in fact an unusual odontogenic lesion. The two cases point out the possibility of incorrect assessment of deceptively banal cases in daily specialist practice.
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2004
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2008-06-03
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Experience of Time with Mental Disorder
Mirna Peršić-Brida
Lovorka Brajković
anxiety; schizophrenia; psychoanalysis; psychiatry
The aim of research was to examine subjective experience of time with examinees with diagnosed schizophrenia and examinees with diagnosed neurotic disorder. Differences inside those two diagnostic categories of mental disorders, and differences u compare to examinees without diagnosed mental disorder were explored. For needs of research questionnaire was constructed accordingly to available data from literature. In research participated examinees from 30–50 of age, which were equaled by age and gender. Research was performed on three groups, first group was mad of examinees with diagnosed schizophrenic disorder (n=43), second group was made of examinees with diagnosed neurotic disorder (n=40), and third group consisted of examines without mental disorder (n=39). Results of examination have showed significant statistical differences between certain groups considering particles of poll requester. Differences in subjective experience of time were presented according to items from questionnaire. Mutual for both groups of examinees with mental disorder is existence of pathological deviation in anticipating future. This was manifested in different ways and levels, depending of mental disorder. Given results confirm assumption that capability of anticipating future is important fact of mature and healthy individual.
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2008-06-03
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War, Mental Disorder and Suicide
Časlav Lončar
Marija Definis-Gojanović
Goran Dodig
Miro Jakovljević
Tomislav Franić
Darko Marčinko
Mate Mihanović
war; mental disorder; suicide
War as a human disaster of major significance has led to an increase in the number of suicides committed by people suffering from mental disorders. Considering the results of similar research, we were particularly interested in the effect that war has on the incidence of suicide among of people with mental disorders. The research included 16,362 patients with mental disorders, treated at the Clinic for Psychiatry at the Clinical Hospital Split during the nine-year timeframe which were divided into pre-war (April 6th 1988 – April 7th 1991), wartime (April 6th 1991 – April 7th 1994) and post-war (April 6th 1997 – April 7th 2000) periods. We studied the effects of how wartime events upon people with mental disorders in terms of their suicide rates, taking into account gender, age group, and the diagnosis under which they were treated. In our research, we found a statistically significant difference in suicide incidence between three observed periods (prewar April 6th 1988 – April 7th 1991; wartime April 6th 1991 – April 7th 1994; and postwar April 6th 1997 – April 7th 2000) with the incidence being the highest during the wartime period (x2=9.98: p=0.007). Out of 16,362 patients treated at the clinic during the observed timeframe, a total of 78 people committed suicide. Twenty-two patients committed suicide during the first three year pre-war period; 36, during the three year wartime period; and 20, during the third three year post-war period. With this research we intended to offer a better understanding of the complexity of the suicide problem of mental patients as a phenomenon.
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2004
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2008-06-03
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Involuntary Hospitalizations in the Psychiatric Hospital »Jankomir« Before and Following the Alterations and Amendments Made to ZZODS
Mate Mihanović
Branka Restek-Petrović
Goran Babić
Ivica Šain
Siniša Telarović
Jadranka Žilić-Džeba
involuntary hospitalization; legislation and jurisprudence; mental disorders; psychiatric hospital
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders as well as the delirium caused by abstinence from alcohol and accute state of drunkenness appear at the very top of the list of factors, which are positively correlated with involuntary hospitalization of patients. This is at the same time a confirmation of the data found in literature considering psychosis an essential factor of involuntary hospitalization; the same referring to the male sex was not, however, confirmed by the results obtained in the first and second research period. Regarding the positive correlation between schizophrenia and other psychotic disturbances, dementia, delirium and other cognitive impairments including the delirium caused by abstinence from alcohol and an accute state of drunkenness on the one side and the high rate of involuntary hospitalization on the other, there is no statistically significant difference between the period preceding and the period following the alterations and amendments to the Law on the protection of patients with mental disorders.
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2008-06-03
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Comparison of Self-Reported and Parent-Reported Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Adolescents from Croatia
Ivan Begovac
Vlasta Rudan
Milena Skočić
Oleg Filipović
Lajos Szirovicza
CBCL; TRF; adolescents; emotional and behavioral problems; Croatia; cross-cultural comparison
The first goal of this study was to obtain, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Youth Self-Report (YSR) problem-scales data for youths in Croatia, and compare them to the original American sample. The second goal of this study was to compare boys -girls problem scales data and CBCL-YSR differences. The instruments were administered to school adolescents aged between 12–18 comprising a non-referred sample (n=611) drawn from the whole country. Youths, compared to their parents, rated higher scores in all scales in both sexes (p<0.001). According to parents’ reports boys had higher scores in more scales (five out of eleven). According to adolescents’ self-reports girls had higher scores in more scales (seven out of eleven). Consistent with other studies, Croatian sample confirmed a larger number of serious behavioral and emotional problems reported by adolescents. Adolescents were confirmed as the most reliable informants on their problems.
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2008-06-03
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Lost in Transition – The Island of Susak (1951–2001)
Igor Rudan
Ranko Stevanović
Veronique Vitart
Gorka Vuletić
Lorna Sibbett
Silvije Vuletić
Davor Ivanković
Lajos Szirovicza
Arsen Stanić
Caroline Hayward
Harry Campbell
Branko Cvjetanović
island of Susak; Croatia; bottleneck effect; anthropology; migrant study; inbreeding; quantitative traits; quality of life; SF-36 questionnaire
The isolated population of the Island of Susak was thoroughly studied by a multidisciplinary team of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in early 1950’s. Recently, a team of scientists revisited the island. This paper describes the main characteristics of the transition process during which a massive exodus occurred with 90% of the island’s population migrating to New Jersey, USA. We summarise the differences in lifestyle, economy, social structure and sense of identity between the historic (1950’s) and contemporary (2001) Susak population. We applied contemporary methods (analysis of microsatellite DNA polymorphisms) to investigate local myths about extreme levels of inbreeding and genetic homogeneity among the Susak islanders. Analysis of short-tandemrepeat (STR) loci showed that Susak displayed characteristics of a small homogeneous breeding isolate. The average heterozygosity was found to be low compared to outbred populations. The signature of a recent severe bottleneck could be detected. Analysis of 8 markers located on Xq13–21 in 71 individuals suggested extensive level of linkage disequilibrium (LD). A migrant study was designed to investigate the effects of large environmental changes (Susak vs. USA) and inbreeding (Susak vs. Croatian general population) on some biologically important quantitative traits, such as blood pressure and serum lipids. The results confirmed the positive correlation between inbreeding level and blood pressure that has been reported in the literature on several occasions. The last remnants of this traditional island community will soon be lost forever.
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2008-06-03
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Prevalence of Hospitalized Patients with Sarcoidosis in Croatia
Marija Alilović
Tatjana Peroš-Golubičić
Jasna Tekavec-Trkanjec
Antonija Ivičević
sarcoidosis; prevalence; hospitalization; age; gender
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hospitalized patients of sarcoidosis in the Republic of Croatia, its distribution in relation to sex and age as well as its geographical distribution. The data on sarcoidosis patients hospitalized in Croatia in the last six years, from 1997 to 2002, were analyzed retrospectively. The prevalence of sarcoidosis patients hospitalised in the Republic of Croatia is 4.1/100,000. The prevalence among women is 4.7 and among men 3.5 per 100,000 persons, with a ratio of 1.4:1. The disease more frequently occurs in the regions with a continental climate than in the Mediterranean zone. The ratio of sarcoidosis patients in the continental zone to the Mediterranean zone is 1.5:1. It occurs predominantly among the adults. Over the investigated period, in our country we have not registered any case of sarcoidosis among children. It occurs more frequently at a younger age and therefore 44.5% of the patients with sarcoidosis were between 20 and 39 years of age, 40.1% were between 40 and 59 years of age and 15.3% were more than 60 years old.
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2008-06-03
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Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Analysis of Our First 100 Consecutive Cases
Nado Vodopija
Marko Zupančič
Ljubo Koršič
Franc Kramer
Ivan Parać
prostate; laparoscopy; prostate cancer; operative technique
The aim of this study was retrospective study of our first 100 consecutive cases of prostatic cancer, operated by laparoscopic approach and comparison with 100 cases of open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) at our department, focusing on operative data and morbidity. From June 1999 to August 2003 we have performed first consecutive 100 laparoscopic radical prostatectomies (LRP), all according to Montsouris technique. In this study we have compared the results with 100 patients who underwent from May 1997 to August 2003 open RRP. Mean operative time was shorter after RRP (155 vs. 234 min, p = 0.018). Mean blood loss was significantly lower in LRP group (446 vs. 710 ml, p < 0.001). Mean catheter duration time (6.4 vs. 10 days, p < 0.001) and hospital stay (8.6 vs. 11 days, p < 0.001) were significantly shorter in LRP group. There was no statistically significant difference in complication rate in both groups (p = 0.139). Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is a safe procedure for the patient and complications do not appear more often than in the open operation. In LRP we detected shorter mean catheter duration time, shorter hospital stay and less blood loss. This procedure demands perfect knowledge of the laparoscopic operative technique and due to long-term learning curve, the procedure could be done only in particular centers, where exist suitable equipment and also experienced operators in laparoscopic technique.
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2008-06-03
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Caries and Oral Hygiene in Children in Postwar Novi Travnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Zabok (Croatia)
Bernard Janković
Ivana Ciglar
Alena Knežević
Hrvoje Jurić
Dino Buković
Tonči Staničić
war; DMF index; OHI-S index
The study was performed in 1997 and involved school children between the age of 6 and 12 in Novi Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (n = 203) and Zabok, Croatia (n = 132). OHI-S (Simplified Oral Hygiene Index by Green-Vermillion) and DMF (Decayed, Missing, Filled) index were used as main outcome measures. Prewar data were taken from the respective literature. The value of the DMF/dmf (PERMANENT/deciduous teeth) for six-year-olds in Novi Travnik of the period before the war was: d = 5.6, m = 0.4, f = 0.6 and D = 0.3, F = 0.1 and the average DMF index of twelve-year-olds for the same period were 6.5. The DMF/dmf index in 1997 in Novi Travnik was: d = 9.4+/-4.4; m = 0.7 +/-1.1; D = 1.9+/-1.2 and average DMF index of twelve-year-olds was 9.0+/-4.16. The DMF index of twelve-year-olds in Zabok in 1990 was 3.4 and 4.1+/-2.1 in 1997. Total DMF index for all the examined ages in 1997 for Zabok was 6.1+/-3.7 and for the examinees in Novi Travnik 10.5+/-4.1 (p<0.001). Similarly, the OHI-S in 1997 for Zabok was 1.0+/-0.7 whereas 1.7+/-0.7 (p<0.001) in Novi Travnik. In comparison to prewar data, DMF index in 1997 was considerably higher. Increase of DMF index was higher in Novi Travnik than in Zabok, which can be attributed to the war and wartime conditions.
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2008-06-03
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Tissue Expression of Proliferative Antigens (PCNA and Ki-67) in Oral Lichen Ruber Related to Clinical Status
Ahmed Pirkić
Dolores Biočina-Lukenda
Ana Cekić-Arambašin
Dino Buković
Mario Habek
Iva Hojsak
oral lichen ruber planus; proliferating cell nuclear antigens; PCNA; Ki-67; immunohistochemistry
The aim of this study was to determine the expression intensity of PCNA and Ki-67 tissue antigens related to pathologically modified oral mucosa in OLR lesions, and to determine the reaction intensity of these antigens in individual clinical forms, i.e. lichen ruber planus (LRP) and lichen ruber erosivus (LRE) comparing the reaction intensity with the inflammation grade and the degree of hyperkeratosis in lesions of 30 patients. Control group included patients (n = 15) with oral leukoplakia simplex. Tissue antigens were observed by immunohistochemical analysis using APAAP and LSAB methods. The reaction on tested tissue antigens was focal positive and of mosaic type. The reaction of the PCNA antigen was intensely high in OLR lesions regardless on the clinical form of the lesion. The reaction intensity positively correlated with the inflammation grade and the degree of hyperkeratosis in lesions. The reaction on Ki-67 tissue antigen ranged from low to moderately high intensity. Intensely high reaction was observed in lesions of lichen ruber erosivus. The reaction positively correlated with the inflammation grade and the degree of hyperkeratosis in lesions. Observed modified reaction of analyzed tissue antigens related with individual clinical forms of OLR might be the indicator of transformed nature of these lesions.
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2004
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2008-06-03
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Changes in the Tissue Expression of the C-erbB-2 Oncogen in the Oral Lichen Ruber
Ahmed Pirkić
Dolores Biočina-Lukenda
Ana Cekić-Arambašin
Dino Buković
Ljubomir Pavelić
Šime Šakić
c-erb-B2; oral lichen ruber; hyperkeratosis; malignanat transformation
The aim of this study was to determine the expression intensity of c-erbB-2 antigen in oral lichen planus and erosive form of oral lichen in 30 patients, and to compare the obtained results with the inflammation intensity i.e. hyperkeratosis. The examination of expression intensity of c-erbB-2 antigen was conducted through immunohistochemical analysis by APAAP method. Obtained reaction of examined tissue antigen was positive in individual or in group cells of spinous epithelium layer and mosaically expressed. The reaction was negative in basal cell epithelium layer. Strong intensity reaction was observed in intercellular bridges of spinous cells layer. In control group, the reaction was of uniform strong intensity in all epithelium layers. The reaction was not dependent on the inflammation intensity in lesions but it was positively correlated with their degree of hyperkeratosis. Changed expression of c-erbB-2 antigen in OLR lesions reveals the possibility of potential malignant transformation of these lesions.
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2008-06-03
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Influence of the Beehive Type on the Quality of Honey
Zvonimir Tucak
Marin Periškić
Drago Bešlo
Ivana Tucak
beehive; honey; ecological factors; disease
Agricultural producers apply numerous technological procedures, and enlarging efforts to produce the high-quality products. This initiative is present in the beekeeping, too. The quality of the honey produced by the honey bee colonies depends of various factors, but prevailing are the ecological conditions and the floristic composition of the honeyfull plants. The aim of our research was to discover the influence of the beehive type on the quality of honey, which is produced at apiaries under the similar environmental conditions. The whole studied honey bee colonies belong to the European race, Apis mellifera carnica, and they used the same honeyfull plants pastures. The results indicate that different beehive type used at apiaries influenced on the quality of honey.
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2008-06-03
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What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee - Apes, People and Their Genes (By Jonathan Marks, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 2002)
Elena Godina
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2008-06-03
journal:92
IN MEMORIAM: Jens Ó. P. Pálsson ; IN MEMORIAM: The Precise Colour of the Sky Obituary to Professor Branko Cvjetanović
Friedrich W. Rösing
Igor Rudan
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2004
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2008-06-03
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1. ANTHROPOLOGY AND HEALTH, 2. 30th SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Linda Bennett
Pavao Rudan
Croatian Anthropological Society
2004
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2008-06-03
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The Child Behavior Checklist, Teacher Report Form and Youth Self Report Problem Scales in a Normative Sample of Croatian Children and Adolescents Aged 7–18
Vlasta Rudan
Ivan Begovac
Lajos Szirovicza
Oleg Filipović
Milena Skočić
standardization; CBCL; TRF; YSR; school age; Croatia
The main goal of this study was to standardize the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Teacher Report Form (TRF) and Youth Self Report (YSR) questionnaire problem scales on a normative random sample of children and adolescents (N=3309) aged 7 to 18 throughout Croatia. The second goal was to compare boys-girls problem scales data and CBCLTRF- YSR differences in our sample. The mean value of CBCL scores for the Total Problems scale for different groups (children/adolescents; boys/girls) ranged from 17.07 to 20.71. Overall instruments’ internal consistency ranged from 0.83 to 0.86. In almost all the scales parents reported higher scores than teachers (p<0.01). In all the scales adolescents reported significantly higher scores than their parents and teachers (p<0.01). This study standardized the questionnaires for our specific socio-cultural circle, which satisfy complex psychopathology study criteria. Problem scales results in our sample suggest similarity to previous European researches.
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2008-06-03
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Association of Stress and Delinquency in Children and Adolescents
Ina Stašević
Darko Ropac
Oskar Lučev
stress; delinquency; children; adolescents
The aim of investigation was to assess the impact of subjective stress exposure on delinquent behaviour in children and adolescents. The study included 174 young male delinquents, selected by the method of stratified systematic (random) sample and divided into three age groups of <14, 14–17, and 18–21 years. General data, data on the type of criminal offence, and data on the type of deviant behaviour were collected. A standardised scale of subjective stress was used to allow for comparison of the results obtained in the study with those reported elsewhere. Analysis of variance, x2-test and factor analysis were used on data processing. A majority of study subjects (55.2%) committed one criminal offence. The criminal offence structure was predominated by proprietary violation (66.7%). Common forms of deviant behaviour included shirking school duties (55.2%), and aggressive behaviour at school (31.0%), in public (29.5%) and in the family (23.6). Parental distrust and punishment (abuse) of the child were identified as the major sources of subjective stress. Youngest subjects significantly differed from other age groups according to their experience of subjective stress described as punishment (abuse) (F=22.1389, p<0.001). They were considerably more vulnerable to this type of stress than older age groups. These sources of stress were found to positively correlate with the number of criminal offences committed. Among the sources of stress, parents’ distrust of the child significantly correlated with commitment of one criminal offence (F=2.8618, p<0.05), and child’s punishment (abuse) with a higher number of criminal offences (F=3.1539, p<0.05). Criminal activity of children and adolescents is significantly associated with their history of stress exposureover the last two years of life. The higher the stress severity, the greater the rate of delinquency.
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2008-06-03
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A Study on Cormic Index among Semi-Urban Bengalee Boys of West Bengal, India
Jyoti Ratan Ghosh
Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay
anthropometry; Bengalee boys; cormic index; sitting height; subischial leg length
Since stature is an additive measurement, it would be useful to examine the pattern of its constituent segments in terms of sitting height and subischial leg length for the evaluation and insight of various growth related issues as well. The aim of the present study was to understand the growth patterns with respect to height (HT), sitting height (SH), subischial leg length (SLL), Cormic Index (CRI) and their relationship with age. The present cross-sectional study includes 162 Bengalee boys aged 6–12 years. Age effect displayed significant positive correlation with HT (r=0.734), SLL (r=0.731) and SH (r=0.637). However, CRI revealed significant negative correlation (r=–0.433) with age. This may be due to the fact that in these ages tempo of growth in SLL was higher than SH. Age-wise correlation between SH and SLL changes dramatically and varies from 0.474 to 0.750 due to the variation in the tempo of growth.
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2008-06-03
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Body Structure and Respiratory Efficiency among High Altitude Himalayan Populations
Satwanti Kapoor
Anup Kumar Kapoor
hypobaric hypoxia; adaptation; permanent and temporary residents
To understand the morphological and physiological variations among the temporary and permanent residents of high altitude, this study was undertaken at Leh, Ladakh. It is situated at 3500 m (11500 feet) above sea level, the mean barometric pressure was 500 tors and air temperature varied from 2 °C to 20 °C. The highland Tibetans showed broadest chest and most developed musculature closely followed by Ladakhi Bods. These high altude natives also displayed significantly higher value of vital capacity, forced vital capacity, and inspiratory capacity. The better respiratory efficiency observed among high altitude residents indicates higher degree of adaptation to high altitude hypoxia. Temporary residents were observed to be tallest and fattest with lower trunk fat predominance of all the four groups and showed narrowest chest and lower respiratory efficiency as compared to high altitude natives. The duration of stay at high altitude has clearly brought about a perceptible difference in body dimensions and respiratory functions of various groups of adult males studied at same altitude.
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2008-06-03
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Anthropometry of Male and Female Children in Crèches in Turkey
Önder Barli
Derya Elmali
Reyhan Midilli
Erkan Aydintan
Serpil Üstün
Ayse Sagsöz
Süleyman Özgen
Tarik Gedik
anthropometry; children; crèches; Turkey
This paper presents the results of an anthropometrical survey conducted on male and female children aged 3, 4 and 5 years in Turkey. A set of 18 body dimensions was taken from 154 males and 132 females. It is considered that the 18 parameters are necessary for the design of school furniture, fittings and equipment in order to minimize musculoskeletal, visual and circulatory problems resulting from badly designed elements. This study identified significant gender differences in a set of 18 anthropometrical measures in this subject group.
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2008-06-03
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among the Affluent Adolescent School Children of Amritsar, Punjab
Sharda Sidhu
Gauri Marwah
Prabhjot
obesity; overweight; body mass index; school children; Punjab
In the present study, an attempt has been made to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescent children (between 10–15 years of age) of the affluent families of Amritsar district of Punjab, a state in rapid economic and epidemiological transition. A total of 640 children (323 boys and 317 girls) were measured for height and weight. Overweight and obesity were assessed using age and sex-specific body mass index (BMI) cut-off points. 9.91% boys and 11.99% girls were overweight, and 4.95% boys and 6.31% girls were obese. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among the affluent children in Amritsar was as high or higher as in some industrialized countries.
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2008-06-03
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Limb Lengths of Primary School Children in a City From Western Region of Turkey
Sacide Karakas
Pinar Okyay
Filiz Abacigil Ergin
Ozlem Onen
Erdal Beser
anthropometry; limb length; students; growth
Anthropometry has been used for the assessment of growth at different ages. Among the anthropometric measurements, weight, height, arm circumference, and lower and upper limb lengths are of the most important criteria showing the development of children in school age. The aim of the present study was to measure the lengths of upper (arm, forearm, hand) and lower (thigh, leg, foot) limbs of children studying in primary schools of Aydin, a city in the western region of Turkey, and to assess the differences according to the gender (female, male) and living areas (urban, rural). In different age groups, many differences were observed when compared for gender and area. Differences were also seen when compared with the other studies done in different part of Turkey. The data was the first one for the region and it might be useful for further regional studies or for national comparisons. More studies designed with bigger sample sizes that cover many cities belonging to the same region of the country are needed. In addition to cross-sectional studies, Longitudinal studies may give more useful knowledge for understanding the growth of children.
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2008-06-03
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Aging of Human Skeletal Muscles
Marina Nikolić
Snježana Bajek
Dragica Bobinac
Tamara Šoić Vranić
Romana Jerković
aging; muscle; skeletal
Normal aging in humans is associated with progressive decrease in skeletal muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia) which contributes to frailty and falls. The age associated changes in body composition result from lower levels of anabolic hormones, oxidative damage, neuromuscular alterations and a general decrease in muscle protein turnover. In this review we discuss the potential mechanisms and physical activity as prevention and treatment of sarcopenia.
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2008-06-03
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Anthropometry and the Comparison of Garment Size Systems in Some European Countries
Darko Ujević
Lajos Szirovicza
Isak Karabegović
anthropometry; body sizes; garments; garment size systems; quality; European countries
This work points to the relevance of regional and state systems of garment sizes. High quality, garment size systems, garment design and economy are currently the focal points, which belie the outdated strategy of competitiveness based on product cost. The average body dimensions have considerably changed in the last decades. We have investigated these differences in a number of European countries and compared the garment size systems. A concrete example is provided by the hind part of women’s trousers and comparisons have been made. The conclusion is that most countries still possess their own official garment size systems, which differ in many aspects from the others. In addition, larger firms in some countries use their internal standards, which vary to some extent. The conclusion based on research is that they depend on the function and purpose of the garment, on trends in fashion, on the design and on the economy of production.
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2008-06-03
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Morphological Structures of Elite Karateka and Their Impact on Technical and Fighting Efficiency
Ratko Katić
Stipe Blažević
Saša Krstulović
Rosanda Mulić
senior karate athletes; morphological parameters; fighting efficiency
The aim of the study was to identify the morphological structures that determine achievement of top results in karate. The study included a sample of 85 karateka competing as senior category athletes within the Croatian Karate Society, aged 18–29 years. Sixteen morphological parameters were used; technical efficiency was assessed using 8 variables, i.e. evaluation of particular karate techniques, whereas fighting efficiency was estimated on the basis of results achieved at a number of contests. Factorial analysis of morphological space revealed the presence of four major factors: factor of muscle mass, followed by skeleton transverse dimensionality, factor of skeleton longitudinal dimensionality, factor of subcutaneous adipose tissue, and factor of shoulder width determining optimal trunk proportions (athlete type) in karateka. Regression analysis showed the isolated group of morphological factors to significantly determine both technical and fighting efficiency of karate athletes. Generally, skeleton longitudinality and muscle mass, followed by skeleton transverse dimensionality were found to exert favorable effects, and adipose tissue unfavorable effects according to both criteria. Also, each individual morphological factor influenced the performance of every karate technique applied. Adipose tissue had greatest unfavorable impact, whereas shoulder width and muscle mass had favorable impact on the performance of arm techniques (kicking). Considering performance of leg techniques, skeleton longitudinality had highest favorable impact, and adipose tissue greatest unfavorable impact. Of the techniques applied, combined karate kicks, i.e. jaku zuki-mawashi geri and kizame zuki-jaku zuki were found to be the best predictors of fighting efficiency.
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2008-06-03
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Morphological Status of Cadets and Pilots of the Croatian Air Force
Nataša Kalebota
Mirko Drenovac
Lajos Szirovicza
Miroslav Živičnjak
morphological status; cadets; pilots; conscripts; discriminant analysis
Results of the analysis of morphological status of cadets and pilots of the Croatian Air Force are presented, in relation to the morphological status of a sample of conscripts of the Croatian Army. The results of the morphological status of body built of the flier potential of the Croatian Air Force, i.e., the potential (cadets) and active fliers (pilots), suggest a process of spontaneous (or possibly systematic) selection of flier candidates based on anthropometric criteria. Based on the obtained anthropometric data, it may be concluded that persons who choose to candidate for and are selected to join the Croatian Air Force as pilots, are of specific personal appearance and body built.
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2008-06-03
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Fitness Profile of Elite Croatian Female Taekwondo Athletes
Goran Marković
Marjeta Mišigoj-Duraković
Slavko Trninić
fitness; taekwondo; women; physiology
The aim of the study was to assess fitness profile of elite Croatian female taekwondo athletes and to determine which physical, physiological and motor characteristics differentiate mostly the successful from the less successful fighters. Thirteen national taekwondo champions were divided into two groups according to their senior international competitive achievements. Physiological characteristics, including maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), were assessed during a continuous progressive treadmill test. The measured motor abilities included explosive and elastic leg strength, maximal strength, muscular endurance, anaerobic alactic power, agility and flexibility. Differences between the successful and less successful athletes were determined using independent t-test. Even though the differences were not statistically significant, the successful athletes had somewhat less fat (2.3%) and were taller by 5.8 cm. The successful athletes achieved significantly higher maximum running speed (15.8 ± 0.5 versus 14.9 ± 0.7 km h–1; p<0.05), their ventilatory anaerobic threshold was significantly higher (41.4 ± 4.1 versus 37.6 ± 2.0 ml kg–1 min–1; p<0.05) at a significantly lower heart rate (166.8 ± 6.8 versus 171.0 ± 8.2 beats min–1; p<0.05) than in the less successful athletes. Significant differences were also found in three tests of explosive power (p<0.05), anaerobic alactic power (p<0.01), and lateral agility (p<0.05). The performance of taekwondo female athletes primarily depends on the anaerobic alactic power, explosive power expressed in the stretch-shortening cycle movements, agility and aerobic power.
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2008-06-03
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The Impact of Anthropometric Parameters on the Incidence of Low Back Pain
Dušan Čelan
Zmago Turk
low back pain; anthropometric parameters; body mass index
Endogenic factors as one of possible reasons for low back pain were investigated and discussed in this study. The study included 122 male bus drivers, average age 44.2 years, average period of active service 24.4 years. The following anthropometric indexes have been calculated: Quetelet’s index, percentage of body fat, relative body weight, Olivier’s typologic index, Lorenz’s constitution index and muscle index. According to inquiry form regarding history of low back pain the subjects were divided in two groups: 36 had no low back pain history and 76 had a history of recurrent low back pain. The results showed statistically nonsignificant differences in the anthropometric parameters and the calculated indexes between these two groups of subjects. The chosen subject sample showed that nutritional status, body build, constitution and muscular development are not associated with the incidence of low back pain.
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2008-06-03
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A 3-Year Experience of a Minimally Invasive Technique for Correction of Pectus Excavatum in Croatia
Mirko Žganjer
Irenej Cigit
Ante Čizmić
Anto Pajić
pectum excavatum; minimally invasive surgery; children
The aim of this study was to assess the early results of a three-year experience with the minimally invasive correction of pectum excavatum, which reguires no cartilage incision or excision, and no sternal osteotomy. Since 2001 we have performed 35 minimally invasive pectus excavatum procedures at our hospital. A convex steel bar is inserted under the sternum through small bilateral incisions, and removed after 2 years when permanent remolding had occurs, the bar is removed. Complications were pneumothorax in 5 patients (only 1 required a thoracostomy tube, the other 4 resolved spontaneously), pneumonia in 3 patients, and bar displacement in 1 patient. The mean follow-up was 3 months to 3 years. Initial excellent results were maintained in 28 patients (normal postoperative chest), good results in 5 patients (mild residual pectus) and poor in 2 patients (severe recurrence requiring further treatment). Poor results occurred because the steel bar was too soft in 1 patient, and the sternum too soft in 1 patient with Marfan’s syndrome. Our early results with the minimally invesive technique without cartilage incision and resection or sternal osteotomy showed that the procedure is effective with excellent preliminary results.
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2008-06-03
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Counties Selecting Public Health Priorities –a »Bottom-up« Approach (Croatian Experience)
Selma Šogorić
Tea Vukušić Rukavina
Ognjen Brborović
Andro Vlahušić
Nino Žganec
Stjepan Orešković
public health; health policy development; decentralization; community health planning; Croatia
The subject of this paper is how to incorporate a multi-disciplinary and inter-sectored approach into development of public health policy and plans at the local (county) level in Croatia by educational program. Method used was the public health capacity building program »Health – Plan for it«, which was developed with the aim to assist the counties to overcome recognized weaknesses and introduce more effective and efficient local public health practices. Two main instruments were used: Local Public Health Practice Performance Measures Instrument, and Basic Priority Rating System. This program has helped counties to asses population health needs in a participatory manner, to plan for health and, ultimately, assure provision of the right kind and quality of services (better tailored to population health needs). This program’s benefits are going beyond and above the county level. It provides support for the Healthy Cities project locally, and facilitates changes in national policymaking body’s mindset that a »one-size-fits-all« approach is sufficient.
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Epidemiological Study on Removable Denture Deliveries in Different Districts of Croatia, 1996–2001 and 2002
Renata Poljak-Guberina
Asja Čelebić
Adnan Ćatović
Ognjen Živković
Croatia; removable dentures; population
Aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of removable denture (complete and partial) deliveries through Croatian Public Health Service (covered by insurance) in different districts of Croatia and to compare the two periods: 1996 to 2001 and 2002. Number of dentures delivered was obtained from Croatian Institute for Health Insurance for the district of Zagreb, Rijeka, Split and Karlovac. Information of the population living in the same districts was obtained from the National Institute for Statistics. The percentage of fully edentulous inhabitants varied from more than 13% to more than 20%, dependent on the district, while the percentage of partial edentulism reconstructed with removable partial dentures varied from more than 13% to more than 30%. The highest percentage (average for living population) of complete and removable partial dentures was delivered in Zagreb in the both observed periods. In all districts, the number of complete denture wearers increased in 2002, except in Split. The percentage of removable partial denture deliveries increased significantly in all examined districts. Partial and complete denture deliveries increased in higher percentage in population younger than 70 years than in older population. The percentage of metal framework removable partial dentures increased significantly in all districts. The prevalence of removable denture deliveries increased, especially in patients younger than 70 years. This was attributed not only to the consequences of the 1991–1995 war, the migrations from rural to urban areas, decrease of economic status, but also to the new rules of the Croatian Insurance System.
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2008-06-03
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Analysis of Scores in Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in Women
Matija Horžić
Antun Šalamon
Mario Kopljar
Maja Skupnjak
Kristijan Ćupurdija
Đana Vanjak
acute appendicitis; women; diagnosis; appendectomy
Acute appendicitis is a common surgical condition that requires prompt diagnosis. Besides modern imaging techniques, scoring systems, based on clinical signs and symptoms and routine laboratory assessments, have been used as a diagnostic aid. However, differences in sensitivities and specificities were observed if the scores were applied to various populations and clinical settings. The purpose of this paper is to assess validity of three scores (modified Alvarado score, Ohmann score and Eskelinen score) for diagnosis of acute appendicitis in women. 126 female patients admitted for suspicion of acute appendicitis in a tertiary hospital emergency department were analyzed prospectively. Modified Alvarado score, Ohmann score and Eskelinen score were calculated at admission and compared to final diagnosis. All patients with modified Alvarado score 7 or more had acute appendicitis (100% specificity) and it can be used to determine the need for immediate appendectomy. Values of Ohmann score greater than 6 resulted in 0.9% rate of overlooked appendicitis. Besides obvious educational role, scores may help to determine the group of patients who require immediate appendectomy, therefore expediting treatment and avoid unnecessary observation or more lengthy diagnostic procedures that require highly educated and skilled senior staff. No single score may be used alone to dictate or decline surgery. Different cut-off points may also be considered for different subpopulations.
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ISSN 1848-9486 (Online)
Volume 29
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4959
2008-06-03
journal:92
The Results of Helicobacter Pylori Eradication on Repeated Bleeding in Patients with Stomach Ulcer
Darko Horvat
Aleksandar Včev
Ivan Soldo˛
Jasna Timarac
Branko Dmitrović
Tonči Mišević
Zdravko Ivezić
Nikola Kraljika
Helicobacter pylori; bleeding; stomach ulcer
The triple therapy of Helicobacter pylori eradication prevents repeated bleeding from stomach ulcer. The aim of this one-way blind prospective study was to evaluate the efficiency of the two-week triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication in preventing renewed bleeding in patients with stomach ulcer within one year. This research included 60 hospitalized patients with bleeding stomach ulcer and positive Helicobacter pylori infection, 34 men and 26 women (average age 59.7 years). The patients were given therapeutic scheme of omeprazol – amoxicilin – metrodinazol (OAM) eradication for 14 days. Eradication of H. pylori infection was defined as lack of proof of the infection one month or several months after therapy suspension. By applying triple OAM therapy within two weeks the eradication was successful in 72%. In the group of 17 H. pylori positive patients there were 8 patients (47.6%) with repeated stomach ulcer and 3 patients (18%) with bleeding. Within the group of 43 H. pylori negative patients there were only 2 patients (4.65%) with repeated stomach ulcer and 1 patient (2%) with bleeding, during the observed period of 12 months. This research confirms the hypothesis about the necessity of eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with bleeding stomach ulcer as prevention of repeated bleeding.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2005
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Collegium antropologicum
ISSN 0350-6134 (Print)
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4960
2008-06-03
journal:92
Cost-Efficiency of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Prescribing in Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Vukušić
Danijela Štimac
Josip Čulig
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; drug utilization; cost-efficiency
The utilization and prescribing quality of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in Zagreb were assessed by calculating the number of defined daily doses (DDDs) from the number and size of packages of each prescription NSAID dispensed at 31 and 32 pharmacies during the years 2001 and 2002. NSAIDs accounting for 95% of overall NSAID utilization (DU95% segment) were analyzed. The proportion of NSAIDs associated with high (piroxicam), medium (diclofenac, naproxen, indometacin and ketoprofen) and low (ibuprofen) risk of gastrointestinal side effects, cost for each NSAID in DU95% segment, and cost per DDD were calculated. Four NSAIDs fell within DU95% segment: ibuprofen, diclofenac, ketoprofen and piroxicam. The cost for NSAIDs per DDD was by half lower within than beyond DU95% segment. Piroxicam was most expensive, and diclofenac and ketoprofen least expensive NSAIDs within DU95% in 2001 and 2002, respectively. The NSAID prescribing pattern was found to be in discrepancy with their relative gastrointestinal toxicity.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2005
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Collegium antropologicum
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ISSN 1848-9486 (Online)
Volume 29
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4961
2008-06-03
journal:92
Deletion/Deletion Genotype of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Gene is not Associated with Coronary Artery Disease in Caucasians with Type 2 Diabetes
Ruda Zorc-Pleskovič
Nataša Teran
Aleš Pleskovič
Rifet Terzić
Aleksandra Milutinović
angiotensin-I converting enzyme; coronary artery disease; diabetes type 2
In this study we analyzed the contribution of genetic variability of the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) gene to the predisposition for coronary artery disease (CAD) in a group of patients with type 2 diabetes. The I/D ACE gene polymorphism was tested in 366 Caucasians with type 2 diabetes: 148 cases with CAD and 218 subjects with no history of CAD. We failed to demonstrate that the ACE DD genotype was a risk factor for CAD in Caucasians with type 2 diabetes (OR 2.0, 95 % CI 0.9–4.7; p=0.1). In conclusion, we provide evidence that the ACE deletion/deletion genotype is not a risk factor for CAD in Caucasians with type 2 diabetes.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2005
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Collegium antropologicum
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4962
2008-06-03
journal:92
Are There Differences in Serum Cholesterol and Cortisol Concentrations between Violent and Non-Violent Schizophrenic Male Suicide Attempters?
Darko Marčinko
Marko Martinac
Dalibor Karlović
Igor Filipčić
Časlav Lončar
Nela Pivac
Miro Jakovljević
suicide attempt; schizophrenia; serum cholesterol; serum cortisol
Previous studies have shown an association between low concentration of serum cholesterol, as well as high concentration of serum cortisol, in suicide behavior. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether men after a violent suicide attempts have different serum cholesterol and cortisol concentrations than those who attempted suicide by non-violent methods. Venous blood samples were collected within 24 hours of admission, to study concentrations of serum cholesterol and cortisol. The sample consisted of 31 male subjects suffering from schizophrenia, admitted in a general hospital after suicide attempt, and was compared with 15 schizophrenic nonsuicidal male controls. Patients with a violent suicidal attempt were found to have significantly lower cholesterol levels and significantly higher cortisol level than patients with non-violent attempts and the control subjects. Our findings suggest that suicide attempts should not be considered a homogenous group. The hypothesis of an association of violent suicidal attempts and peripheral biological markers (cholesterol and cortisol) was supported by our findings.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2005
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Collegium antropologicum
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oai:hrcak.srce.hr:4963
2008-06-03
journal:92
Right Atrial Pacemaker Lead Thrombosis Incidentally Detected by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Damir Fabijanić
Lovel Giunio
Marija Vujičić
Ivica Vuković
Ratko Ermacora
Nebojša Knežević
pacemaker, stroke; thrombosis; transesophageal echocardiography
In a 62-year-old man with permanent atrial fibrillation and recurrent stroke, a large right atrial thrombus attached to a permanent pacemaker lead was incidentally identified by transesophageal echocardiography. Surgical treatment, recommended because of the large dimensions of the mass, was refused by the patient, and thrombus was successfully dissolved by anticoagulant treatment. Pathogenesis of pacemaker lead thrombosis, clinical implications, diagnostic and therapeutic options are discussed.
Croatian Anthropological Society
2005
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Collegium antropologicum
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