Preventive counseling on weight loss in patients with bronchial asthma according to population-based study

Background: asthma and obesity have a close relationship: obesity is a risk factor for asthma, the link of its pathogenesis, a predictor of heavier flow and the worst control. One of the priorities of non-drug therapy of asthma is the fight against overweight. Preventive counseling allows doctors to teach patients the principles of a healthy lifestyle, including controlling body weight. There is no domestic population-based research reflects the coverage of overweighted persons with asthma of the counseling on weight loss in various socio-demographic groups. Thus our study is actual. Aims: Determine socio-demographic groups among overweighted patients with asthma that doesnt receive a counseling on weight loss. Materials and methods: This study based on cross-section population-based study "Know Your Heart" (2015-2018, Arkhangelsk, Novosibirsk, n=4504). For this research we selected overweighted patients with asthma (n=167). We applied the decision tree to identify socio-demographic groups that havent received a counseling on weight loss. Results: The probability of obtaining a counseling on weight loss increased by 1.39 times among obesity and pension status in women compared with the coverage level of counseling in the studied sample as a whole (61.7%). Among the men, the probability of obtaining a counseling on weight loss increased 1.27 times in the presence of obesity. Reducing the likelihood of getting counseling both among women (1.39 times compared with the general indicator) and among men (2.2 times compared with the general indicator) was noted if their weight corresponded to the category of excess body. Conclusion: 61.7% of the overweighted urban population of Russia with asthma received a counseling on weight loss. Groups of overweighted patients with asthma, which are statistically significantly less often obtaining counseling on weight loss: persons with BMI=25.0-29.9, regardless of gender, and non-retired women with BMI30.0. The decision tree developed by us will allow allergists-immunologists and other doctors to be wary of patients from the population groups identified in the study who are not covered by counseling. In turn, this will increase the coverage of patients from risk groups with counseling and, as a result, will contribute to improving asthma control.

Experimental study of the influence of family structure on the development of creativity of children of preschool age

The article presents theoretical substantiation and empirical research of the problem of the influence of the family structure on the development of creativity of children of preschool age. The relationship between creativity and family type, number of children in the family, birth order, and intervals between births is analyzed. Peculiarities of influence of family structure (by the number of children) for the development of creativity of children of preschool age are researched. The absence of significant differences in partial (productivity, flexibility, originality) and a general indicator of verbal creativity of children with one child, small and large families has been experimentally established. Research of figurative creativity allowed to identify significant differences in partial indicators of productivity and originality, and the general indicator of figurative creativity: the highest arithmetic mean values are determined in the group of children from small families, and the lowest - in the group of children from large families. In children brought up in single children families, the highest arithmetic mean value is revealed by the partial indicator of the name, and the lowest - in children from large families. In children of preschool age from single, small, and large families no significant differences by partial indicators of the development and resistance to the closure were found. The heterogeneity of verbal and figurative creativity structure is determined in children of preschool age in all types of families. Significant differences were found in the general indicators of creativity: the highest arithmetic mean value was determined in the group of children from small families, and the lowest - in children from large families. Conclusions are made that children from small families are the most creative, and children from large families - the least.

Peculiarities of the correlation between professional well-being and organizational commitment of information technology specialists

The article analyzes the problem of the correlation between professional well-being and organizational commitment of specialists in the field of IT in Ukraine. The concept of "professional well-being" is defined as the psychological state of the employee associated with the efficiency and productivity of his work; the concept of "organizational commitment" as an emotional attachment, identification with the norms and values of the organization, acceptance of goals, excessive work in the interests of the company. The professional well-being was studied according to the method of "Professional well-being" K. Ruth (indicators: autonomy in professional activity, competence, professional growth, positive relations in the team, professional goals, acceptance of oneself as a professional, general indicator); and organizational commitment according to the method of "Professional demand for personality" O. Kharitonova (indicators: satisfaction with the realization of professional potential, belonging to the professional community, experiencing professional demand, professional competence, professional authority, evaluation of professional results, attitude to others, self- esteem and general indicator of personal demand in the professional plan) and the Questionnaire of J. Meyer and N. Allen "Scale of organizational commitment" (indicators: affective loyalty, normative loyalty, continuance loyalty). The correlation between professional well-being and organizational commitment has been empirically identified by correlation analysis. Loyalty scales have been found to be negatively correlated with professional well-being scales, suggesting that the more competent an IT professional considers himself, the less likely he is to become loyal to an organization. It is concluded that the structure of professional well-being and commitment to the company of IT employees has its own characteristics and requires more detailed further research.

Features of life-meaning orientations among convicts sentenced for different types of crimes

The article is devoted to the relationship between the type of crime for which the convicted person is serving a sentence, the level of education, the presence of socially useful connections, the age of the convicted person and the level of his life orientation, which includes such indicators as: the general indicator of the meaningfulness of life, goals in life, the process of life, the effectiveness of life, the locus of control – I, the locus of control – life. The attitude of convicts to such vital components as: health, family, future, self-realization in work was also studied. The study used the "Test of life-meaning orientations" by D. Crambo, A. Maholik in the adaptation of D. A. Leont'ev, and the color test of relations by A. M. Etkind. In order to study life-meaning orientations and preferences in different spheres of life, 93 convicts serving sentences for various crimes were examined. The results of the study of convicts’ personality characteristics can be used by correctional officers to identify problematic aspects in the development of convicts’ personality, develop programs aimed at solving these problems and develop the strengths of convicts’ personality.

DAMPAK PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM TERHADAP PEMBENTUKAN KEPRIBADIAN ANAK

Islamic education is physical and spiritual guidance based on Islamic laws to form main personality according to Islamic standards. In other words, the main personality is the Muslim personality, that is the personality who has Islamic religious values, chooses and decides and acts based on Islamic norms, and is responsible in accordance with Islamic values. The general indicator of an ideal personality of a child is to always pay attention to his/her behavior in worship, traditional behavior, destructive behavior, and constructive behavior. Behavior in worship, for example carrying out prayers perfectly, both in terms of pillars and conditions, doing remembrance and praise of Allah (dhikr) and wirid after prayer, as well as completing the sunnah rawatib prayers. Traditional behavior, for example in ethics of eating, is preceded by praying, eat with the right hand, social and friendly etiquette, travel etiquette, and so on. Destructive behavior, for example avoiding the dangers of lust, the dangers of wealth and being stingy, disdainful and showing off, being arrogant, boasting, cheating, and so on. The constructive behavior, for instance always do self-reflection and self-introspection, tafakkur,etc.

THE INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE REFORM IN CHINA—A STUDY ON PROVINCIAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION

Electricity consumption is a good general indicator of industrial advancement and wealth. Electricity consumption is closely associated with industrial structure. The proportion of industrial electricity consumption manifests the process of the industrial transformation. The more optimized of the industrial structure, the higher the efficiency of the electricity consumption.

E. coli Is a Poor End-Product Criterion for Assessing the General Microbial Risk Posed From Consuming Norovirus Contaminated Shellfish

The fecal indicator organism (FIO) Escherichia coli is frequently used as a general indicator of sewage contamination and for evaluating the success of shellfish cleaning (depuration) processes. To evaluate the robustness of this approach, the accumulation, retention, and depuration of non-pathogenic E. coli, pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 and norovirus GII (NoV GII) RNA were evaluated using a combination of culture-based (E. coli) and molecular methods (E. coli, NoV GII) after exposure of mussels (Mytilus edulis) to water contaminated with human feces. We simulated water contamination after a point-source release from a combined sewer overflow (CSO) where untreated wastewater is released directly into the coastal zone. All three microbiological indicators accumulated rapidly in the mussels, reaching close to maximum concentration within 3 h of exposure, demonstrating that short CSO discharges pose an immediate threat to shellfish harvesting areas. Depuration (72 h) in clean water proved partially successful at removing both pathogenic and non-pathogenic E. coli from shellfish tissue, but failed to eradicate NoV GII RNA. We conclude that current EU standards for evaluating microbiological risk in shellfish are inadequate for protecting consumers against exposure to human norovirus GII found in polluted marine waters.

DEVELOPMENT, APPROBATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF “SCALE OF INCESTUOUS PERSONALITY” QUESTIONNAIRE

Taking into account the current needs of modern national psychodiagnostics, and having discovered that Ukraine lacks valid tools that investigate and check the likelihood of sexual abuse by one person of another’s personal boundaries, the article authors have developed, tested and standardized the author’s questionnaire: “Scale of incestuous personality” (Glushchenko N. A., Dushkevich M.M.). The study was carried out from February 2019 to December 2020, included a pilot study with people who had experienced incest trauma and a further step-by-step study of the psychometric characteristics of the newly created questionnaire. The main sample consisted of 267 Ukrainians, with the age ranged from 18 to 62 years old, who lived in 19 regions of Ukraine, belonged to heterogeneous professional groups and had different educational levels. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was determined using the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient, which was a = 0.90, which indicated excellent reliability of the proposed method. This psychological diagnostic instrumentation showed good retest reliability (Pearson's coefficient r = 895, p ≤ 0.01). The authors proposed a theoretical model for the questionnaire structure, which described the internal validity, identified the main categories determining an individual’s manifestations of incestuousness: violation of psychological and physical boundaries, violations of physical body perception; violations of sexual and personal identity; rejection of intimacy and sexual arousal; confusion of the concepts of sex and love; depressive moods; signs of oversexualization; sexual dysfunction; transfer of control; emotional deprivation; having secrets; difficulties in building interpersonal relationships; defectiveness and shame; social alienation and so on. The established expert commission found that the methodology has a mutually consistent and homogeneous inclusion of emotional, cognitive, motivational and behavioral components of the examined phenomenon of incestuousness. The constructive validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by its factorial structure, which consists of 5 scales: “Psycho-emotional distrust”, “Sexualized identification”, “Emotional-anxious identification”, “Openly controlling intimacy” and “General indicator of incestuousness”. All scales are compared with the theoretical model and interpreted. The presence of significant correlations between the "Scale of incestuous personality" (Glushchenko N.A., Dushkevich M.M.) and methods studying the internal organization of a personality, maladaptive schemes, attitudes towards sex, intimate life, personal boundaries and existing traumatic experience indicates the convergent validity of the developed questionnaire. Statistical differences by gender were revealed for the general indicator of incestuousness; all other indicators of the scale did not depend on the respondents’ age and / or place of residence. Using the definition of stans, test norms for men and women were calculated, and levels of incestuousness were determined and interpreted.

Assessment of effectiveness of the on-site tax control based on the optimal system of quality indicators

The study of different methods for assessment the effectiveness of tax control shows that the same quantitative indicators characterizing the results of tax audits are used. However, the authors group them into a system in different ways and give them definitions and interpretation with some degree of variability. Some of them pay attention to the development of general indicator, while others offer systematic approach. Therefore, the question of creating an optimal system of indicators remains. In this article, the author proposes and justifies a system of indicators that will allow quickly determine the effectiveness of both the on-site control of the tax inspectorate and the control activities in general.