The Role of Family and Psychoticism in Poly-toxicomania

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
R. Sapic ◽  
Z. Krivokapic
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Schizotypal Personality ◽  
One Year ◽  
High Level ◽  
Family Functionality ◽  
Functional Examination ◽  
Significant Factors

Abuse of psychoactive substances, according to its spreading shows epidemic character. Drug addicts are mainly young adults, between 15 and 25 years old, have a predisposition to all kind of addiction, acting in public, without hiding their addiction and very often acting in crime way.The aim of this research is to examine the stage of addict delinquency, his family functionality and the level of psychoticism as person disintegration phenomenon. Three groups were examined: poly toxicoman, psychotic patients and health control group, with use of General questionnaire, GRADIR scale for family functional examination and DELTA scale for grading the grade of psychoticism, as a person disintegration phenomenon.The results showed high level of delinquency among addicts and addict family showed dysfunction. The results showed high level of delinquency among drug addicts and their families are dysfunctional. They are not so defect in emotional exchange as in structure, which is disorder amplification factor leading to addiction. It could be that, if family was more structured and organized, they would not end up as drug addicts.Psychoticism has components of autism, apathy, aggressiveness, asociality. This disorder in cognitive processing, confirmed by DELTA test, showed higher psychoticism dimensions: general executive functions (GEI), schizotypal personality disorder (SHD), paranoia (P) and depression (D), as significant factors for addict development and for the longtime stabile abstinence, which is hard to gain.Pilot study abstinent retesting, one year after the treatment, confirmed their behavior altered (improved results on DELTA scale of psychoticism).

The Role of Chess in the Intellectual Development of Childrens from Primary School

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
Vlad Stegariu ◽  
Simona Andreea Popușoi ◽  
Beatrice Abălașei ◽  
Nicolae Lucian Voinea ◽  
Ioan Stelescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Resources Allocation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Resources ◽  
One Year ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Chess Playing

Chess playing has a significant role in participants’ resources allocation, both at a psychological level, but mostly concerning the cognitive resources. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of chess playing on the intellectual development of primary-class students. 67 children were tested using the Raven Standard Progressive Matrices and were distributed in three different groups according to their experience with chess, namely: the control group (formed by students with no experience with chess playing), the beginners group (students with less than one year in chess playing training) and the advanced group (children with more than two years experience with chess). Results indicated that chess playing had a significant effect on the SPM performance, indicating that those in the advanced group performed significantly better than those in the control or in the beginners group. Conclusions of this study tap into the benefits of playing chess with a focus on the children’s’ cognitive development.

scholarly journals Changes in the mobility of obese people under the influence of a physical therapy program

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.G. Aravitska
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Functional Movement Screen ◽  
Obese Patients ◽  
Functional Movement ◽  
Therapy Program ◽  
Physical Therapy Program ◽  
One Year ◽  
High Level

<p><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the effectiveness of a physical therapy program for patients with obesity by the indicators of Functional Movement Screen test exercises.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods</strong>. A total of 114 people of the second adulthood with alimentary-constitutional obesity of the I-III degrees were examined. They were divided according to the level of compliance into two groups. The comparison group consisted of individuals with a low level of compliance; they did not go through a rehabilitation program, but were informed about the risks of obesity; acquainted with the basic principles of hypocaloric nutrition and physical activity. The main group consisted of individuals with a high level of compliance; they underwent a developed program for correcting body weight using measures to maintain a high level of compliance, nutrition modification, increased physical activity, lymphatic drainage procedures, and elements of behavioral psychocorrection. The control group consisted of 60 people with no signs of obesity. A survey of the test exercises Functional Movement Screen was conducted in dynamics before and after the one-year period of implementation of the rehabilitation program.</p><p><strong>Results.</strong> During the initial examination in obese patients, all the obtained parameters of the Functional Movement Screen exercises were statistically significantly worse than in individuals with normal body weight (p &lt;0.05). Re-examination of patients with low compliance showed that no statistically significant positive changes occurred in any test test (p&gt; 0.05). When analyzing the results of test exercises of patients with a high level of compliance under the influence of a physical therapy program, a statistically significant improvement was achieved in all studied parameters relative to the initial level (p &lt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Diagnostics of mobility based on test exercises Functional Movement Screen in physical therapy programs for obese patients is a modern, simple and affordable method of rehabilitation examination. To achieve the target level of the control group for the studied parameters by patients of II-III degree of obesity, the rehabilitation program should be long for one year.</p>

Sophistication of Chinese Mutual Funds and the Mispricing of Accruals

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajia Fu
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
Institutional Holdings ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
High Level ◽  
Price Responsiveness

ABSTRACT This study examines the role of mutual funds in the pricing of accruals in China's stock market to evaluate the sophistication of Chinese mutual funds. Using a sample of A-share stocks in China from 2003 to 2011, I find that the mispricing of accruals is concentrated in firms with large mutual fund holdings. This result differs from a number of U.S. studies documenting a positive relation between institutional holdings and stock price efficiency. In an effort to explain this result, I provide evidence that mutual funds in China fixate on earnings and fail to understand the one-year-ahead earnings implication of accruals. Specifically, I find that the persistence of accruals is overpriced in stocks with a high level of mutual fund ownership. The mispricing of accruals in these stocks is largely driven by discretionary accruals and is related to their high stock price responsiveness to earnings. JEL Classifications: M41; G12.

scholarly journals Effect of HSV-2 Suppressive Therapy on Genital Tract HIV-1 RNA Shedding among Women on HAART: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
A. E. Nijhawan ◽  
A. K. DeLong ◽  
S. Chapman ◽  
A. Rana ◽  
J. Kurpewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Genital Tract ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Sexual Transmission ◽  
Suppressive Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
One Year ◽  
Hiv 1

Background. The role of suppressive HSV therapy in women coinfected with HSV-2 and HIV-1 taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is unclear.Methods. 60 women with HIV-1/HSV-2 coinfection on HAART with plasma HIV-1 viral load (PVL) ≤75 copies/mL were randomized to receive acyclovir (N=30) or no acyclovir (N=30). PVL, genital tract (GT) HIV-1, and GT HSV were measured every 4 weeks for one year.Results. Detection of GT HIV-1 was not significantly different in the two arms (OR 1.23,P=0.67), although this pilot study was underpowered to detect this difference. When PVL was undetectable, the odds of detecting GT HIV were 0.4 times smaller in the acyclovir arm than in the control arm, though this was not statistically significant (P=0.07). The odds of detecting GT HSV DNA in women receiving acyclovir were significantly lower than in women in the control group, OR 0.38,P<0.05.Conclusions. Chronic suppressive therapy with acyclovir in HIV-1/HSV-2-positive women on HAART significantly reduces asymptomatic GT HSV shedding, though not GT HIV shedding or PVL. PVL was strongly associated with GT HIV shedding, reinforcing the importance of HAART in decreasing HIV sexual transmission.

scholarly journals Forensic implications of rape

2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 567-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Novakovic
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Young Males ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Behavior

Introduction. Rape is a sexual act of violence in which physical strength is used. Criminal law imposes strict punishments for such crimes as rape. Psycho-pathologically, rape is among the gravest of crimes, often associated with extremely deviated behavior. This article deals with the forensic aspects of sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from 2000-2004. We report about sexual assaults, personality of delinquents, motives and consequences of rape. Material and Methods. Two groups of violent offenders were compared in the study: perpetrators of rape (N=90), and perpetrators of other criminal offences (N=90-recidivists). The control group included young males (N=90). Results. The results of the study show a high level of violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The rape rate equals the level of homicide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Rape offenders are mostly people with personal disorders (70%), but they also present with other illnesses and behavior disorders. Conclusion. The significance of rape as a violent crime has not been sufficiently studied. High incidence of violence and rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina is extremely disturbing. The most disturbing aspect is the increase of violence and failure to take certain measures. The role of psychiatry is to provide penal education, treatment and programs for elimination of consequences of rape. .

The long-term effect of explicit instruction on learners’ knowledge on English articles

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Umeda ◽  
Neal Snape ◽  
Noriaki Yusa ◽  
John Wiltshier
Keyword(s):  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Instruction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Instruction Group ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
One Year ◽  
English Articles ◽  
Generic Sentences

This study examines the role of explicit instruction in article semantics to L2 learners of English. Two types of generic sentences, expressed by different articles, were tested over time. An instruction group ( n = 21), a control group ( n = 16) and a native English speaker control group ( n = 9) participated in the study. The instruction group received nine 60-minute lessons across 9 weeks. A pre-test was administered to both groups before instruction began and four post-tests were given to both groups. The results from delayed post-tests show that the instruction group improved, but after one year little knowledge was retained. The findings suggest that explicit knowledge of articles is unlikely to be retained unless ongoing instruction is achieved.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENT’S MATHEMATICAL REASONING AND SELF CONCEPT BY USING RECIPROCAL TEACHING

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Dani Agung Prasetio ◽  
Utari Sumarmo ◽  
Asep Ikin Sugandi
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Reasoning ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Reciprocal Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Experiment Control ◽  
High Level

This study is a pretest-postest experiment control group design having a goal to analyze the role of Previous Mathematical Ability and Reciprocal Teaching in mathematics (RTM) on students’ mathematical reasoning ability (MRA) and self concept in mathematics (SCM). The study involves 66 seventh grade students, a PMA test,  a MRA test, and a SCM scale, and student’s perception on RTM. The study revealed that RTM took better role than PMA on obtaining MRA and SCM. For entirely students and of students with high PMA in both teaching approaches and the grades of MRA and SCM were at high level. Besides that, study found there were no association between MRA and SCM and there were no interaction between PMA and teaching approaches toward RMA and SCM. Like  that, students expressed positive opinion on RTM, even if, student still realized few difficulties in solving MRA,

scholarly journals CLIL and Productive Vocabulary Acquisition in the Czech Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Barbora Reynaert
Keyword(s):  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Vocabulary Development ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Control Group ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Education Improvement ◽  
One Year ◽  
Experimental Group

This paper sheds light on productive vocabulary development in classes of CLIL (content and language integrated learning). Participants in the study were pupils of lower-secondary school (aged 11-15) in the Czech Republic having experienced CLIL instruction in History or Civics. The investigation was aimed at measuring vocabulary acquisition gained during a year of CLIL. Half of the pupils in the experimental group already had one year of CLIL experience prior to the experiment; the second half of the pupils started with CLIL at the time of the experiment. Both of these groups were compared to one another as well as to a control group with no CLIL instruction. Data collection instruments were created on the basis of standardized Laufer & Nation’s vocabulary levels tests (Laufer & Nation, 1999). As it turned out, previous experience with CLIL as well as the role of the teacher were significant factors. The study points out differences in productive vocabulary development in CLIL in terms of a one-to-two-year time frame. The role of the teacher appeared to have an undeniable importance as well. These factors are discussed in terms of language education improvement.

scholarly journals Role of metformin pregravid preparation patients with prediabetes impaired glucose toletance

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Evgeniy Konstantinovich Komarov ◽  
Tamara Aleksandrovna Pluzhnikova
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Free Testosterone ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Perinatal Complications ◽  
Insulin Resistence ◽  
Group I ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Level

Tasks of investigation were concluded the characterization of insulin resistence (IR) and hormonal features in patients with prediabetes and influence of diet or metformin on the course of pregnancy and perinatal complications. There were examined 61 womans. The OGTT, definition of insulin levels in plasma and index IR were performed in all patiens. OGTT and index IR were normal in 14 womans (control group I). OGTT was normal but index IR was impared in 33 womans (group IR - II). From this group 22 womans were treated with diet (II A group) and 11 womans treated with metformin (IIB group). OGTT and index IR were abnormal in 14 womans (impared OGTT - III group), they were treated with metformin. Dose of metformin was 1500 mg/d, threatment was continueted for 3-4 manths. Conclusion: Used indexes IR basal and two hour after glucose load were significant in definition of normal and decreased insulin sensitivity (IR). Presence of IR is accompanied by high level of free testosterone in blood without impared secretion of ovarian and suprarenal androgens. There was impared sensitivity of endometrium of secretory stage. The frequency of obstetric and perinatal complications in patients receiving diet not differ from patients treated with metformin. There was only a tendercy to low frequency of threatening miscarriages befor 12 weeks of gestations in paitiens receiving metformin. Development of GDM was observed in 13,1 % of patiens only with presence of IR. The use of metformin in pregravidal stage preserved the development of macrosomia in offsprings of patients with prediabetes.

The role of genetic factors in the formation of dependence on opiates

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Viktor Vasil’evich Vostrikov ◽  
Natal'ya Olegovna Selizarova ◽  
Anastasiya Yur’evna Grigor’eva ◽  
Sergei Nikolaevich Proshin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
High Level ◽  
Genetically Determined

Sociological surveys show that the average age of drug users in recent years has drastically decreased from 18 years to 13 years. Among children of aged from 5 to 7 years the episodes of drug use have been reported. At the same time their parents addicts contribute to this. Statistics show that more than 60 % of drug addicts are young people aged from 17 to 35 years. More than 20 % are children, students, and only 15 % are people older than 35 years. The use by mother during pregnancy psychoactive substances (PAS) is one of the major risk factor for congenital addiction. The most important risk factors for drug abuse are genetic ones. There are two main genetically dependent factors. The first factor is genetically determined high level of the dopamine which encourage a person on a constant search for new sensations, dissatisfaction peace, and search risky situations. The second one is a low level of the hormone serotonin which results in depression in stressful situations. The stressful situations become very deep. Certain factors increase the risk of addictive behavior of offspring may appear at birth. Many people who started the abuse at early age consciously preferred drug to alcohol. That is the adoption of alcohol caused them to aversion to alcohol because of the memories of his father-alcoholic. However based on the biological characteristics while it is not so easy to predict the likelihood of addiction and clearly define in advance the tendency or, on the contrary, human resistance to drug intoxication and dependence.

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