LIVING CONDITIONS OF FEMALE FARMERS IN AUSTRIA

Understanding living conditions is critical to the understanding of female farmers’way of life. They are fundamental to people’s lives and vary from person to person.Normatively speaking, a good life cannot be achieved without having good livingconditions. The term living conditions, either as a target of different politicalinterests, agendas and priorities or closely related to private spheres of life, refersto the circumstances surrounding an individual’s life. This paper: (I) aims to definethe multidimensional concept of living conditions, (II) considers the importance ofthe concept and its application, and (III) offers statistically proven insights into theliving conditions of female farmers in Austria. The analysis is based on select datafrom the female farmers’ surveys in Austria. All in all, the results reveal thedevelopment from 2006 to 2016. The areas examined (education, financialindependence, civic engagement, work-life balance, social network and jobsatisfaction) show a positive development but there is also room for improvement –especially in the cases of financial inclusion and work life balance. Moreover, thereis clearly a need to learn more about the living conditions of female farmers –especially in connection with their lifestyle, and other concepts such as quality oflife, social inclusion and standard of living. Finally this paper tries to elaborate onthe need for further research and future perspectives.

Quality of family life in the north of Kosovo and Metohija

This paper provides an analysis of family and everyday life of twonuclear Serbian families living in the territory of the municipalityof Severna Kosovska Mitrovica. The families in question belong tothe working class and low-middle class respectively, the former beingurban, the latter rural. The paper aims at viewing, by means ofthe method of qualitative analysis – case study and problem-centredinterview, mutual interdependence between the quality offamily relations, living space standard, and the overall quality oflife in the area concerned.

Uterus Transplantation: An Update and Preparations for Introduction in India

ABSTRACT The clinical field of composite tissue transplantation now also includes uterus transplantation (UTx), a new type of quality-oflife enhancing and in this case also life-giving transplantation. The purpose of UTx is to enable live birth from a woman who lacks uterus or in a woman who has a defective uterus. How to cite this article Rao KA, Dahm-Kähler P, Brännström M. Uterus Transplantation: An Update and Preparations for Introduction in India. Int J Infertil Fetal Med 2016;7(2):61-67.

Perception of female nursing professors about their quality of life

Objective: to describe the perception of female nursing professors about their quality of life. Methods: descriptiveexploratory study with a qualitative approach, performed at a public university, with 24 nursing professors, using semistructuredinterviews to obtain the data. Speeches were recorded, transcribed and analyzed by Minayo’s categorical analysis,with the categories: defining quality of life by female nursing professors and checking the existence of quality of life. Results:perceptions were related to balance in life, good conditions of life and stress reduction. It proved the existence of quality oflife for most of them, and for those who did not have it or had it partially one mentioned problems related to the environmentor to the working hours. Quality of life was related to well-being and to a sense of life satisfaction. Conclusion: qualityof life of female nursing professors both in the workplace and in their personal lives stem from several factors, involvingenvironment and interpersonal relationships.

KOMUNITAS RERESIK SAMPAH VISUAL: MEMBANGUN KESADARAN BARU TATA VISUAL IKLAN MEDIA LUAR GRIYA DI YOGYAKARTA

The subject of this research is the Reresik Sampah Visual (RSV) community, its efforts andactivities in building new awareness of Yogyakarta people about the importance of a visual managementshould be applied to the out of home (OOH) advertising in Yogyakarta. New awareness will result in a newculture; a culture that is more environmentally friendly. It is hoped that this culture will finally restore theaesthetic and visual management of the OOH advertising that is more comfortable for the public.A qualitative method of research is employed to descriptively analyze the data gathered from observations,interviews, documentations and library study.To gain its objective, the RSV community incessantly campaigns its opinions based on the Five Percepts ofRSV. The opinions are buzzed by raiding the OOH ads placed on streets, forming community via socialmedia networking, writing on the mass media, and undertaking discussion forums. The RSV activity is alocal movement that is similar to the New Social Movement fighting for the improvement of the quality oflife and focuses on the non economy redistribution and non violence issues.Keywords: Community, Reresik Sampah Visual, Visual management, New awareness, Out of homeAdvertising.

Quality of life in adolescents with primary headaches

Background Headaches are common problems in adults,adolescents, and children. Headaches impact a child's life, theirfamily life, and even society. An assessment of quality of life inadolescents with primary headaches may help to determine actionsnecessary to improve the quality of life of these patients.Objective To assess the quality oflife of adolescents with primaryheadach es compared to healthy adolescents.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study in December2009 on adolescents aged 13 to 18 years. The headache groupconsisted of children with primary headaches according to theInternational Classification of Headache Disarders and the controlgroup consisted of healthy adolescents. Subjects were selected byconsecutive sampling, with 75 subjects in each group. Subjectsfilled the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventary version 4.0 (PedsQL4.0) questionnaire.Results The mean PedsQL total score was significantly lowerin the headache group than in the contra 1 group [ l 7 5. 7 vs.392.2, respectively, (95%CI of differences -28.l to -219.3, P =0.001)]. However, out of23 items in the questionnaire, 9 werenot significantly different between the headache and controlgroups.Conclusions Primary headaches in adolescents is associatedwith lower quality of life. Most quality of life domains scoresare significantly lower in adolescents with primary headachescompared to those without primary headaches.

Effect of lansoprazole on quality of life in adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain

Background Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) is one of the mostcommon complaints in adolescents. Treatment for RAP dependson the etiology. Lansoprazole has been shown to be effective ongastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), but further study isneeded to assess the effects of lansoprazole on RAP.Objective To assess quality of life (QoL) of RAP patients whoreceived lansoprazole compared to placebo treatment.Methods This randomized, clinical trial was conducted in theSecanggang District, Lan gkat Regency, North Sumatera, fromAugust to October 2009. Patients who met the Apley criteria forRAP diagnosis were enrolled in the study. Subj ects were dividedinto two groups: those who received 30 mg lansoprazole daily andthose who received placebo, for 14 days. Quality oflife was assessedusing the Pediatrics Quality of Life (PedsQL) version 4.0 beforeadministration oflansoprazole/placebo and reassessed 30 days aftertreatment. Efficacy of treatment was assessed by comparing theQoL before and after treatment in the two groups.Results A total of 98 adolescents, aged 12 - 18 years, wereenrolled in the study and divided into two groups: lansoprazoleand placebo. There was no significant difference QoL in physicalhealth (mean differences 95%CI -109.19 to 1.02; P=0.054),emotional health (mean differences 95%CI -29.26 to 45.48;P=0.666), social functioning (mean differences 95%CI -42.91to 31.69; P=0.766), and sch ool functioning (mean differences95%CI -56.97 to 24.32; P= 0.430), before and after treatmentin the two groups.Conclusion There is no significant difference in QoL between thetwo groups of adolescents with RAP before and after lansoprazoletreatment.