Estimation of typological delineation of emotional-dynamic pattern in practically healthy ukrainian women without and taking into account somatotype

Annotation. The level of subjective control may vary in different regions depending on social and economic living conditions, moral attitudes and level of education of the population. Circumstances such as age, gender and constitutional variability in the locus of control cannot be ruled out (although there is very little research on this issue). The purpose of the study is to conduct a comparative study of the typological delineation of the emotional-dynamic pattern in practically healthy Ukrainian women without and taking into account the somatotype. Primary anthropo-somatotypological and personality indicators of practically healthy Ukrainian women aged 21 to 35 of different somatotypes were selected from the database of materials of the research center of National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya. Determination of the components of internality by J. Rotter in the modification of E. F. Bazhin, S. O. Golinkina and O. M. Etkind included the definition (sten): indicator of the scale of general internality of the level of subjective control, indicators of the level of subjective control in the industry achievements, failures, family relationships, educational (professional) relationships, interpersonal relationships, health and disease. Statistical processing of the results was performed in the license package “Statistica 5.5” using non-parametric evaluation methods. The reliability of the difference between the values between the independent quantitative values was determined using the U-Mann-Whitney test. There was a lower level of general internality and subjective control in the field of achievement in mesomorphic women compared to women without taking into account somatotype and women of other somatotypes. According to the scale of internality in the field of failures in women without taking into account somatotype, endo-mesomorphs and representatives of the middle intermediate somatotype, the most developed sense of control over negative situations and the tendency to blame themselves for trouble compared to mesomorphic women. It is characteristic that in the sphere of family relations this image emerges especially clearly in mesomorphic women; they consider their partner, not themselves, to be more responsible for the events of family life. Women of intermediate somatotype compared to women without somatotype and women mesomorphs and ectomorphs have a higher level of internality in the field of interpersonal relationships. The level of subjective health and disease control in endo-mesomorphic women is significantly lower than in ectomorphic women. Thus, the level and various parameters of subjective control can be used as personal markers of the studied somatotype, which will create optimal and most individualized recommendations for psychological support, adaptation and coping strategies.

Disrupted dynamic pattern of regional neural activity in early-stage cognitively normal Parkinson's disease

Background Neuroimaging studies on Parkinson's disease (PD) mainly focus on static neural activity. However, the dynamic pattern of regional brain activity in early-stage cognitively normal PD has rarely been elucidated. Purpose To identify altered dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (dALFF) in PD before the onset of cognitive impairment and verify its differentiating ability between patients with PD and healthy controls (HC). Material and Methods dALFF and static ALFF (sALFF) derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging data of 51 patients with PD and 50 matched HCs were analyzed. The correlations between aberrant regions and clinical performance were investigated using Spearman correlation analysis. Multivariate pattern analysis was conducted to detect the differentiating ability of both ALFF features. Results Compared with HCs, patients with PD demonstrated reduced dALFF variance in bilateral lingual gyrus, left middle occipital gyrus, left postcentral gyrus (PcG), and right supplementary motor area (SMA); and increased dALFF variability in bilateral parahippocampal gyrus. Besides overlapping with these distributions of altered dALFF, the aberrant regions of sALFF were more extensive with decreased sALFF in the right middle temporal gyrus and right PcG, and increased sALFF in the left inferior temporal gyrus and left thalamus were observed in patients with PD. dALFF values in right SMA and left PcG were correlated with UPDRS-III scores ( ρ = −0.29, P = 0.041; ρ = −0.33, P = 0.018, respectively). Conclusion This study provides novel insights into the neural basis underlying PD as well as the potential role of dynamic neural activity in the diagnosis and prediction of the disease.

Sectoral Heterogeneity, Income Inequality and Productivity Dynamics

An intricate dynamic pattern has been commonly observed in many developed countries during the past decades. This pattern contains a simultaneous rise in the following economic variables: (i) total factor productivity, (ii) educated labor supply, (iii) wage-gap between high- and low-skilled workers, and (iv) income inequality. Typical explanations for the different elements of this pattern assume a skill-biased technical change (SBTC) or capital-skill complementarity. In this study we offer a complementing explanation for these phenomena, which is based on sectoral heterogeneity and endogenous factor mobility, rather than on an SBTC. We show that sectoral heterogeneity can amplify the effects of a technical change, whether skill-biased or general, in a manner that generates the four elements of the above described dynamic pattern. Furthermore, inequality can perform also a Kuznets-curve pattern, as was observed in several countries, in contrast to the inequality dynamics in typical SBTC models.

Vista conoscenza, parola: lo “Schema del contenitore” applicato a un caso di polisemia indoeuropea

"View, Knowledge, Word: The Container Image-Schema Applied to a Case of Proto-Indo-European Polysemy. The present discussion aims at reconsidering the theoretical process of knowledge in some ancient Indo-European languages in the light of the prerequisites offered by cognitive linguistics and prototype theory. Thanks to the dynamic pattern of the Container Image-Schema – which is a primitive mental structure – some historical outcomes of a polysemic Indo-European root will be discussed in order to place them within the continuum of the semantic space in which the container is located. Keywords: Conceptual metaphor; polysemy; Image-Schema; Indo-European; semantics. "

Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosis of Small Renal Mass: A Medical Center Experience In Taiwan

PurposeMany studies have shown that multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be helpful for differentiating malignant renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) from benign lesions. However, the key image characteristics between malignancy and benign tumors still require further discussion. MethodsWe gathered 60 adult patients diagnosed with 72 small renal masses (SRMs) who had received preoperative MRI from 2014 to 2019 at a hospital in Taiwan. The MRI features included conventional MRI parameter, diffusion weighted image (DWI), and dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) pattern, which are documented and compared among the four common subtype groups: clear cell RCC(ccRCC), papillary RCC(pRCC), angiomyolipoma(AML) and other type RCC. An apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value of high and low grade RCCs was also analyzed. ResultsThe results show that ccRCC had higher T2 weighted signal intensity than the other three subgroups, higher arterial wash-in index (AWI) and ADC value than AML and pRCC, and also manifested a plateau (n=9, 25%) or washout (n=27, 75%) dynamic pattern. AMLs exhibited more intravoxel fat than the other three subtypes groups and half of AMLs (6 in 12) contained bulk fat. The pRCC demonstrated a more progressive (n=3, 60%) dynamic pattern than other three subgroups. The ADC value of high-grade RCCs was significantly lower than the low-grade RCCs.ConclusionThis may indicate that multiparametric MRI is useful in differentiating those four common pathological types of SRMs and the ADC value may be helpful in evaluation of the histological grade of malignancy.

Comparative Analyses of Full-Length Transcriptomes Reveal Gnetum luofuense Stem Developmental Dynamics

Genus Gnetum, of which the majority species are pantropical liana, have broad industrial uses including for string, nets, and paper production. Although numerous studies have investigated anatomical structures during stem development, the underlying molecular mechanisms that regulate this developmental trajectory in Gnetum species remain poorly understood. A total of 12 full-length transcriptomes were generated from four stem developmental stages of an arborescent representative of this genus, Gnetum luofuense, using Oxford Nanopore Technologies. The results of this analysis reveal a total of 24,151 alternative splicing (AS) and 134,391 alternative polyadenylation events. A remarkably dynamic pattern of AS events, especially in the case of intron retentions, was found across the four developmental stages while no dynamic pattern was found among transcript numbers with varied poly(A) sites. A total of 728 long non-coding RNAs were also detected; the number of cis-regulated target genes dramatically increased while no changes were found among trans-regulated target genes. In addition, a K-means clustering analysis of all full-length transcripts revealed that primary growth is associated with carbohydrate metabolism and fungi defense, while secondary growth is closely linked with photosynthesis, nitrogen transportation, and leaf ontogenesis. The use of weighted gene co-expression network analysis as well as differentially expressed transcripts reveals that bHLH, GRF, and MYB-related transcription factors are involved in primary growth, while AP2/ERF, MYB, NAC, PLAZ, and bZIP participate in G. luofuense stem secondary growth. The results of this study provide further evidence that Nanopore sequencing technology provides a cost-effective method for generating full-length transcriptome data as well as for investigating seed plant organ development.

Spatially Explicit Evaluation and Driving Factor Identification of Land Use Conflict in Yangtze River Economic Belt

Regional land use transitions driven by the adaptive reconciliation of existing land use conflict with socioeconomic development can lead to positive economic effects as well as new land use conflict. Although research on land use transition has progressed considerably, limited studies have explored the spatiotemporal dynamic pattern of land use conflict during the land use transition period. Previous evaluation approaches on land use conflict that mainly focus on status or potential conflict lack conflict intensity evaluation during the land use transition process. A new spatially explicit evaluation framework of land use conflict that directly examines three aspects of conflict, namely, ecological and agricultural (EAC), agricultural and construction (ACC), and ecological and construction (ECC) land conflicts based on ecological quality and agricultural suitability, is proposed in this study. The spatiotemporal dynamic pattern and driving factors of land use conflict in the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China in the period of 2000–2018 are evaluated. The results indicated that comprehensive land use conflict (CLUC) intensity slightly decreased by 9.91% and its barycenter showed a trend toward the west during 2000–2018. ACC is the most drastic conflict among the three aspects of conflict. The mean intensity of ACC reduced remarkably by 38.26%, while EAC increased by 33.15% and ECC increased by 28.28% during the research periods. The barycenter of EAC moved toward the east while the barycenter of ACC and ECC moved toward the west. The changes in the intensity and spreading pattern of land use conflict indices demonstrated the changes in the pattern of territorial space development. Total population, population density, per capita GDP, number of mobile phone users, and road density were strong drivers that influenced the land use conflict of territorial space. Multiple policy recommendations including improving territorial space planning and governance ability, and improving land use efficiency, were proposed to manage and resolve the land use conflict of territorial space. The results and conclusions of this study will help improve future regional land use policies and reduce land use conflict.