scholarly journals Radiological Classification of Glenoid Deformity in Rheumatoid Arthritis

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Miyoshi ◽  
Naoki Suenaga ◽  
Kou Katayama ◽  
Naomi Oizumi ◽  
Hiroshi Yamaguchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Humeral Head ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Left Shoulder ◽  
Glenoid Fossa ◽  
Upward Migration ◽  
Radiological Classification ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship

We report a classification system based on the changes in shape of the glenoid fossa and on an evaluation of the upward migration of the humeral head, because a simple classification based on X-ray evaluation would be of great assistance to physicians dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of RA. We evaluated 150 shoulders of 118 RA patients who showed changes in the glenoid fossa after radiological examinations. The morphology of the glenoid fossa of the RA shoulder was classified into 3 types and we were able to classify a total of six types of deformities by adding the problem of upward migration of the humeral head. An additional investigation on the difference in the type of deformity between the right and left shoulder, the changes in type during the course of the study, and the relationship between this particular classification and certain patient characteristics was also included.

Prevalence and classification of asymmetric forms of sensorineural hearing loss in older age group

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
T. Yu. Vladimirova ◽  
◽  
A. B. Martynova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Hearing Threshold ◽  
Older Age ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right

The significance of asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss (ASNHL) is due to a special approach to diagnosis, followed by the process of hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation. Currently, there is no standard audiometric criterion for determining the forms of asymmetry, which significantly affects the assessment of the prevalence of ASNHL. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and classification of ASNHL forms in the older age group using two methods of calculation: 1) the difference in the average hearing threshold at speech frequencies (in the range of 0,5–4 kHz) ≥15 dB was detected in 14,14% of cases; 2) the different degree of hearing loss, according to the International classification, in the right and left ear was 35,98%. In most cases, asymmetry was manifested by bilateral sensorineural hearing loss of varying severity, prevailing in the group of long-livers – 82,6%. Given the potentially high prevalence of asymmetry depending on the audiological criterion, the results of the work are a reason for further research in the development of a unified method for verifying a clinically significant form of ASNHL.

Speech Situation and Immanent Poetics

2020 ◽  
pp. 449-466
Author(s):  
Hans Blumenberg
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Information ◽  
Normative Theory ◽  
Poetic Language ◽  
Language And Thought ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Speech Situation

This chapter looks at Hans Blumenberg's “Speech Situation and Immanent Poetics” (1966), which focuses on poetic language. The three basic ideas of the relationship between language and thought should help one gain a certain orientation to determine the function of poetic language. After all, an immanent poetics will by necessity depend on examining the function of a work's language. The explication of the immanent poetics of a work will therefore depend on asking the “right” questions with regard to this work's language. Of course, hints can be derived from the author's exogenous poetics, from his self-testimony and self-observation, if this is indeed what they are and not simply the “offshoot” of a normative theory of art. This methodical preliminary question deserves not to be passed over. Already the classification of a text by its author as “self-observation” during the process of aesthetic production expresses a certain aesthetic position. This position permits experience to provide relevant information about the process of a work's emergence.

Alterations in post-movement beta event related synchronization throughout the migraine cycle: A controlled, longitudinal study

Cephalalgia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 718-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Syvertsen Mykland ◽  
Marte Helene Bjørk ◽  
Marit Stjern ◽  
Trond Sand
Keyword(s):  
Sensorimotor Cortex ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Cortical Excitability ◽  
T Test ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Right ◽  
Cyclic Changes ◽  
Student’S T Test

Background The migraine brain is believed to have altered cortical excitability compared to controls and between migraine cycle phases. Our aim was to evaluate post-activation excitability through post-movement beta event related synchronization (PMBS) in sensorimotor cortices with and without sensory discrimination. Subjects and methods We recorded EEG of 41 migraine patients and 31 healthy controls on three different days with classification of days in relation to migraine phases. During each recording, subjects performed one motor and one sensorimotor task with the right wrist. Controls and migraine patients in the interictal phase were compared with repeated measures (R-) ANOVA and two sample Student’s t-test. Migraine phases were compared to the interictal phase with R-ANOVA and paired Student’s t-test. Results The difference between PMBS at the contralateral and ipsilateral sensorimotor cortex was altered throughout the migraine cycle. Compared to the interictal phase, we found decreased PMBS at the ipsilateral sensorimotor cortex in the ictal phase and increased PMBS in the preictal phase. Lower ictal PMBS was found in bilateral sensorimotor cortices in patients with right side headache predominance. Conclusion The cyclic changes of PMBS in migraine patients may indicate that a dysfunction in deactivation and interhemispheric inhibition of the sensorimotor cortex is involved in the migraine attack cascade.

scholarly journals Heritability of 2D:4D finger length ratio

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Leonid Kalichman ◽  
◽  
Valery A. Batsevich ◽  
Eugene Kobyliansky ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Familial Aggregation ◽  
Population Based ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Biological Mechanisms ◽  
Visual Classification ◽  
Sibling Correlations ◽  
Significant Heritability ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship

A Chuvashian population-based sample included 802 males and 738 females (mean age 46.98±17.10 and 48.65±16.62 years, correspondingly). Age, basic demographics, anthropometric data, reproductive indices, and x-rays of both hands were collected. Results and discussion. Familial correlations of FLR traits showed no significant correlation for spouses, however, parent-offspring (0.15-0.28, p<0.001) and sibling correlations (0.13-0.38, p<0.009) were found significant. Heritability (H2) of visual classification of FLR was 0.36 for the left and 0.28 for the right hand; finger ratio was 0.55 and 0.66, respectively; the ray ratio was 0.49 and 0.59, respectively, thus indicating the existence of a clear familial aggregation of FLR variation in the Chuvashian pedigrees, which cannot be explained by pure common environmental effects. Conclusion. Results of our study suggest the familial aggregations of finger ratio variation (for all traits) in Chuvashian pedigrees. Further research should focus on the biological mechanisms of the relationship between FLR and aging.

scholarly journals Dental Calculus Is Associated with Death from Heart Infarction

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitta Söder ◽  
Jukka H. Meurman ◽  
Per-Östen Söder
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Death ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Dental Calculus ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Heart Infarction ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives. We studied whether the amount of dental calculus is associated with death from heart infarction in the dental infection—atherosclerosis paradigm.Materials. Participants were 1676 healthy young Swedes followed up from 1985 to 2011. At the beginning of the study all subjects underwent oral clinical examination including dental calculus registration scored with calculus index (CI). Outcome measure was cause of death classified according to WHO International Classification of Diseases. Unpairedt-test, Chi-square tests, and multiple logistic regressions were used.Results. Of the 1676 participants, 2.8% had died during follow-up. Women died at a mean age of 61.5 years and men at 61.7 years. The difference in the CI index score between the survivors versus deceased patients was significant by the year 2009 (P<0.01). In multiple regression analysis of the relationship between death from heart infarction as a dependent variable and CI as independent variable with controlling for age, gender, dental visits, dental plaque, periodontal pockets, education, income, socioeconomic status, and pack-years of smoking, CI score appeared to be associated with 2.3 times the odds ratio for cardiac death.Conclusions. The results confirmed our study hypothesis by showing that dental calculus indeed associated statistically with cardiac death due to infarction.

Relationship between Test Results of the ACSIRO and ASTM C1202 Methods

2006 ◽  
Vol 302-303 ◽  
pp. 567-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wen Li ◽  
Fa Guang Leng ◽  
Xiong Zhou Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Test ◽  
Total Charge ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Additional Test ◽  
Simple Modification ◽  
Concrete Quality ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Astm C1202 ◽  
The Relationship

The ASTM C1202 method is observed that the total electric charge passed is not an ideal indicator for classification of concrete quality when different binders are considered. Considering the drawback of the ASTM 1202 method, a simple modification to the ASTM C1202 method is recommended. The modification involves an additional test using curing water as electrolyze solution. The difference in the total charge passed obtained between standard test and test performed in curing water is suggested as an indicator for concrete quality. The test results show that there exists a good correlation between the ACSIRO and the ASTM C1202 methods. The relationship can be formulated as a linear function.

scholarly journals A liberdade religiosa dos professores, na Alemanha - A proibição geral do uso do véu islâmico por professoras de escolas públicas, em especial

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cássia Juliana de Souza Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Court Case ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
German Constitutional Court ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship

In this study, we used as a basis the examination of the German Constitutional Court case law of January 27th, 2015, in which the right of two Muslim employees at public schools to use hijab in the workplace was discussed. We cover the protection of religious freedom in Germany, as defined in art. 4th of the German Basic Law; the relevance of abstract risk and concrete risk in the rationale for an eventual restriction on the fundamental right to religious freedom; the difference and the application of “weighting” and “proportionality”, within the scope of the constitutional interpretation principle of “practical agreement”, where the legal assets to be protected must be coordinated with each other, so that each of them, individually, gain reality, being applied in the relationship “positive religious freedom v. negative religious freedom”; and we highlight the importance of the concept of “neutrality” adopted by States, where some of them are based on secularity and others on secularism.

scholarly journals Approaches to solving the problem of search of scenarios of lessons on informatics for basic school in the Moscow E-School library

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Irina V Levchenko ◽  
Albina R Sadykova
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Library ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
Digital Resource ◽  
Basic School ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right

Problem and goal. The article deals with the problem of search of scenarios of lessons on informatics for basic school in the Moscow E-School (MESH) Library. The goal is to identify the features of the MESH search engine and possible approaches to improving the process of scenarios of informatics lessons for basic school. Methodology. In the process of research was used a set of methods: analysis of the resources of the MESH library and normative documents; reflection of the content of knowledge obtained; searching for approaches to improving the process of finding scenarios of informatics lessons for basic schools in the MESH library; local pedagogical experiment. Results. Revealed the difference of the classification of sections and themes of the school informatics course provided by the Approximate Basic Educational Program [16] (in accordance with General Educational Standards [20]) and the MESH library classification [3], as well as the presence of a large number of controlled elements of MESH library content, indicated by the creators of the scenarios of lessons on informatics for basic school, what determines the problem of finding the right resources. The results of the study allowed to find approaches to solving the identified problem. Conclusion. The approaches to solving the identified problem of search of scenarios of lessons on informatics for basic school in the MESH library are proposed, their implementation can have a positive impact on the ability to find the necessary digital resource and, as a result, increase the effectiveness of professional activity of basic school informatics teacher.

scholarly journals Justification and Classification of Evaluation Fused in Rating Methods of Multi-criteria Choice

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1131-1165
Author(s):  
Stanislav Mikoni ◽  
Dmitry Burakov
Keyword(s):  
Formal Model ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Target Value ◽  
Evaluation Functions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Deviation Functions ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Theory Of Value ◽  
The Relationship

The recommendations on the application of methods of multidimensional estimation (MDE) of objects, proposed in the paper Velasquez M., Hester P.T. «An Analysis of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods», are analyzed. The weak substantiation of these recommendations, resulting from the superficial systematization of MDE methods, is noted. The recommendations are focused not on the classes of MDE methods, but on various areas of activity. However, in each area of activity there is a wide range of tasks for evaluating objects of various nature. In this regard, the urgency of a more thorough systematization of MDE methods is recognized. Taking into account the diversity of MDE methods, it was decided to limit ourselves to the systematization of methods that use evaluation functions (EF), and on this basis to offer general recommendations for their application. The review of MDE methods from a unified position required clarification of the terminology used in them. On the basis of the formal model of the criterion, the relationship between the concepts of "preference", "criterion" and "indicator" is established. To highlight the methods that use evaluation functions, the concept of the target value of the indicator is introduced. Regarding its location on the indicator scale, the concepts of ideal and real goals are introduced. The criteria corresponding to these goals are divided into target and restrictive ones. Using the proposed terminology, a review of the most well-known MDE methods was carried out. Of these, a group of methods using evaluation functions is distinguished. Variants of evaluation functions created on the basis of the criterion and postulates of the theory of value and utility are considered. On the basis of the similarity of the domains of definition and the meanings of EFs, the relationship between them is established. Regarding the target value of the indicator, they are divided into the functions of achieving the goal and functions of deviation from the goal. The mutual complementarity of these functions is shown. A group of functions of deviation from the goal is highlighted, which allows us to order objects separately according to penalties and rewards in relation to achieving a real goal. The concept of norm is introduced for the correspondence relation. On the example of medical analyzes, the practical application of deviation functions from the norm is shown using both the minimax and the weighted average generalizing function to establish a rating on a set of objects. The similarities and differences of the EFs revealed in the course of the study form the basis for the classification of the MDE methods that use them. The difference in EFs in terms of the complexity of creation is reflected in the proposed methodology for their application.

scholarly journals Comparison of Subrogation With Cession and Regression

Law and World ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-29
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Insurance Law ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Given ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Legal Consequences

The purpose of this article is to present one of the most problematic issues in the Civil Code of Georgia, which is manifested in the confusion of the institution of subrogation in insurance law with such institutions as cession and the condition of regression. They are close in content to each other, and this fact makes it difficult to see differences between them. Seeing the difference in content between them has not only theoretical but also practical significance, as each institution is characterized by a different legal outcome, and in each specific case the proper qualification of the relationship is crucial. One of the most practical different legal consequences of the given institutions is revealed in the different terms of the statute of limitations. For example, until 2012, it was unknown to the Georgian court that the statute of limitation of a subrogation starts from the period when the insurer has the right to claim damages against the insurance underwriter. Before then, it was an unknown fact that, different from regression, only legal relationship is established with one obligation in subrogation. In this article, we have discussed the distinctive features of subrogation, cession, and the condition of regression, and the accompanying legal consequences. We have discussed the decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia, which discuss the differences in the content and results of the above-mentioned institutions. As a result, it was revealed that the practice of the Civil Court of Georgia before 2012 was unknown about the institution of subrogation, which is a really significant problem. It can be said that a uniform practice of the Supreme Court has been established at the Subrogation Institute and the problems that existed before have been solved.

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