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Does a seasonal developmental rhythm exist in tropical living populations?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The main aim of this work concerns the answer a question whether the general regularity of seasonal differences in changes of height, weight and body components during ontogeny exist. If so, whether this phenomenon depends on cyclic changes in nature or this rather is an adjustment to local conditions and mode of life. To answer this question the studies took place in the tropical climate of Yucatan and included 49 boys and 47 girls aged 11-12 years and being of the Maya, Mestizo and Creole origin. The youths were attending two schools which were located in rather poor districts of Merida (capital city of the Yucatan S...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Siniarska A, Rojas A, Valentin G, Wolanski N Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve estimation of low birth weight based on maternal early third trimester weight among Bengalee women of Kolkata, India.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, the cut-off point of maternal early third trimester weight < or = 48.0 kg could be used for nutritional intervention programs in order to combat LBW among this population. PMID: 19860095 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Collegium Antropologicum)
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bisai S, Datta N, Bose K, Mahalanabis D, Sen A Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Anthropometric growth pattern in Ethiopian infants and children: an evaluation based on different international growth references.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At the population level international growth references have been widely used as useful tools to assess a number of situations, i.e.: to predict local and general emergencies related to food and nutrition; to assess the equity of distribution of economic resources within and between communities; to evaluate the suitability of weaning practices and to screen and following at-risk groups. Nevertheless, recently several concerns were raised regarding the adequacy of currently existing growth references involving study design, population sample, time validity, and evaluation of infant and children well-being in terms of fo...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: De Stefano GF, De Angelis F Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Exclusive breastfeeding and growth in Croatian infants--comparison to the WHO child growth standards and to the NCHS growth references.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to compare the growth of exclusively breastfed infants and formula fed infants in eastern Croatia. Additionally, we compared growth patterns and estimated overweight based on the World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standards and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) references. The growth of 88 Croatian infants in two feeding groups (44 breastfed and 44 formula fed) has been researched and presented. The feeding mode was obtained by the 24-hour dietary recall method. Anthropometric measurements were performed at birth and at 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 and 12 months of age. There we...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hanicar B, Mandić Z, Pavić R Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) monitoring in environmental diseases.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The prevalence of environmental diseases is increasing worldwide and these diseases are an onerous burden both to the individual and to the public health. Urban air pollution is a grave problem in majority of metropolises, which contain high levels of traffic congestion generating great amounts of genotoxic substances. The contribution of such environmental exposure to increase prevalence of many allergic, environmental diseases and multiple chemical sensitivity or other related syndromes, as a result of an abnormal immune response based on environmental damage of lymphocyte subsets, is marked. Benzene is one of the mo...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Mićović V, Vojniković B, Bulog A, Coklo M, Malatestinić D, Mrakovcić-Sutić I Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Sun exposure and visual field damage among children on the Adriatic Island Rab--possible initial risk factor in development of age-related macular degeneration.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Adriatic Island Rab, situated in the northern part of the Croatian sea, is more strongly exposed to sunlight (especially from May to October) than the other parts of Croatia and most of the European countries. As consequences of higher solar radiation, significant percentage of Pseudoexfoliation of lens capsula occurs in 15% and fundus picture of AMD (Age-Related Macular Degeneration) in 18% of agriculturalists and fishermen (45-70 years old). We previously presented the first clinical study showing that in AMD the peripheral visual field is also damaged. In this clinical study we examined 68 children (8-15 years o...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Vojniković B, Micović V, Coklo M, Vojniković D Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Effects of obesity reduction on cardiovascular risk factors: comparison of individual and group treatment--substudy of the Croatian Healthy Weight Loss Programme.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Prevention of obesity may help reduce the morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases. In Croatia, over half of adult population is overweight. Aldo the basic medical principles of healthy weight-loss programmes are well known, it is believed that mainly because of the leak of successful therapeutic approach obesity remains the most challenging changeable cardiovascular risk factor in nowadays clinical practice. Objective of this Croatian Healthy Weight Loss Programme substudy was to determine effects and differences between the intensive group and intensive individual weight-loss program on weight loss and ca...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jovanović Z, Crncević-Orlić Z, Stimac D, Kokić S, Persić V, Ruzić T, Goll-Barić S Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

The early prevention of metabolic syndrome by physical exercise.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The article deals with physical exercise in the early prevention of metabolic syndrome, which is one of the most frequent diseases today. Sedentary life style of modern man, surrounded by sophisticated technological achievements, supersedes the time spent in motion in all age groups, from the earliest childhood. The growing number of well substantiated studies has yielded results connecting such kind of life with greater incidence of many chronic diseases and low functional capability of an organism. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a complex process and one of the most important groups of diseases, presenting a major health...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Misigoj-Duraković M, Duraković Z Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Body composition and somatotype of the elite of Polish fencers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to determine body composition and somatotype of the male fencers who were grouped by different fencing weapons. Analysis of body composition, with untrained men as background, will update the data necessary for the somatic profiles of fencers. Thirty contestants were examined during the Polish Fencing Championships in 2004. They took part in epée (n = 10), foil (n = 10) and sabre (n = 10). They were aged 23.3 +/- 2.9; their length of training was 12.6 +/- 2.5 years, with the frequency of training 15.9 +/- 3.1 hours per week. In each weapon style there were champions and vice-champions...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sterkowicz-Przybycień K Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Relations between morphological and cognitive dimensions of persons with above-average motor abilities.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The set of 33 anthropometric measures and the battery KOG3 to estimate the perceptive, serial and parallel processors were applied on the sample of 217 students of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Novi Sad (Serbia). By means of factor analysis with the oblimin rotation, the following morphological dimensions were obtained and analyzed: 1) longitudinal skeletal dimensionality, 2) transversal skeletal dimensionality, 3) volumen and body mass, 4) subcutaneous fat and 5) head voluminosity. After the transformation of the results from linear model of the relations into the non-monotonous spline function of the...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bala G Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Position specific morphological characteristics of elite water polo players.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the study was to determine morphological characteristics of elite water polo players. In a sample of 121 water polo players, the structure of a set of 23 morphological space variables was determined by use of factor analysis, followed by determination of differences between all pairs of playing positions in the manifest morphological space by use of Post Hoc analysis. Factor structure indicated the presence of four basic superior latent dimensions responsible for directly measurable manifestations of morphological parameters: first component acting as a general mechanism of growth and development; second com...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lozovina M, Durović N, Katić R Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Mechanical ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, noninvasive vs. invasive method (randomized prospective study).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Acute respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents an increasing problem throughout the world. The aim of this study was to compare invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) for patients with COPD. A prospective, randomized trial was performed in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit for the period of 36 months and included 156 patients with COPD. MV procedure was performed using standard methods, and was applied as either invasive MV (IMV) or noninvasive MV (NIMV). Patients were randomized in two groups for application of MV using closed, nontransparent envelops. Compa...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jurjević M, Matić I, Sakić-Zdravcević K, Sakić S, Danić D, Buković D Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

One year efficacy and safety of oral sildenafil treatment in severe pulmonary hypertension.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Severe pulmonary hypertension is a progressive disease which leads to limitations of functional status and poor survival. We evaluated efficacy and safety of a short (3 months) and a long term (12 months) sildenafil treatment in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension. We treated 12 patients with pulmonary hypertension with oral sildenafil. Patients were followed at three time points, at baseline, and after 3 and 12 months of treatment. Primary end point was improvement in functional exercise capacity assesed by 6-minute walk test, and secondary end points were changes in right ventricle hemodynamics. We found sign...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Samarzija M, Zuljević E, Jakopović M, Sever B, Knezević A, Dumija Z, Vidjak V, Samija M Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Sonographic evaluation of pleural fluid in a large group of adult healthy individuals--end trial results.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This partly prospective, partly retrospective trial was performed in adult healthy volunteers to confirm the prevalence of sonographically visible physiological pleural and to establish possible individual variations of the presence and amount of pleural fluid over time as well as to asses relations in between pleural fluid and individual characteristics like age, sex, body mass index, smoking history and hormone therapy (in woman). A reliable threshold between normal and pathological pleural fluid findings was determined. Prospective chest sonography of both pleural spaces was performed with 3-12 MHz transducer in 71 ...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Kocijancic KV, Vidmar G, Kocijancic I Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Comparative analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma in men and dogs.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Concerning the important differences in the ethiopathology of hepatocelular carcinomas (HCC) in humans and dogs, our work describes the expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr), cytokeratine 19 (CK19), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and transforming growth factor beta receptor (TGFbeta-r) in tumors arising in both species. Investigation included 25 cases of human and 8 cases of dog tumors. All human cases were noted in cirrhotic livers, while in dogs the tissue adjacent to tumor was not changed. In humans in two cases hepatitis B virus (HBV) and in one case hepatitis C virus (HCV) were determine...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Grabarević Z, Corić M, Seiwerth S, Dzaja P, Artuković B, Kurilj AG, Beck A, Hohsteter M, Sostarić-Zuckermann IC, Brcić L, Hrstić I Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Persistent accumulation of 4-hydroxynonenal-protein adducts in gastric mucosa after Helicobacter pylori eradication.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recent studies indicate that oxidative stress caused by Helicobacter pylori and insufficient host antioxidant defense could play important role in pathogenesis of gastrointestinal ulcerations. By specific monoclonal antibodies we have detected weak presence of the major lipid peroxidation bioactive marker 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) in healthy human gastric mucosa, which strongly increased in case of H. pylori-associated peptic ulcer. Considering physiological presence of HNE on one hand, and high prevalence of H. pylori associated disorders on the other, evaluation of oxidative stress after treatment is important. Therefor...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Cherkas A, Yelisyeyeva O, Semen K, Zarković K, Kaminskyy D, Gasparović AC, Jaganjac M, Lutsyk A, Waeg G, Zarkovic N Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

PhysioSoft--an approach in applying computer technology in biofeedback procedures.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The paper presents description of original biofeedback computer program called PhysioSoft. It has been designed on the basis of the experience in development of biofeedback techniques of interdisciplinary team of experts of the Department of Health Psychology of the University of Applied Health Studies, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, and "Mens Sana", Private Biofeedback Practice in Zagreb. The interest in the possibility of producing direct and voluntary effects on autonomic body functions has gradually proportionately increased with the dynamics of abandoning the Cartesian model...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Havelka M, Havelka J, Delimar M Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Correlation of APACHE II and SOFA scores with length of stay in various surgical intensive care units.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of using Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score as the predictors of length of stay (LOS) in various surgical intensive care units (ICUs) and to test the hypothesis that the significance of scoring for predicting LOS is greater in specialized surgical ICUs. We scored patients in a non-specialized general surgical ICU (n = 328) and in a specialized cardiosurgical ICU (n = 158) consecutively on admission (APACHE II-1st day; SOFA-1st day) and on third day of stay (APACHE II-3rd day; SOFA-3rd ...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Milić M, Goranović T, Holjevac JK Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Health related quality of life regarding to gender in sarcoidosis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Evaluation of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with respiratory diseases has been increasingly included into regular clinical studies, and HRQL in sarcoidosis has been evaluated since not a long ago. The aim of the study was to evaluate HRQoL in patients with sarcoidosis regarding gender differences, pre and after therapy. We investigated 202 pathohistologically verified sarcoidosis patients (154 female and 48 male) without comorbidities. HRQL was assessed by the disease-specific Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire (SHQ), which contains 29 items, and cover three domains: everyday functioning, physica...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Dudvarski-Ilić A, Mihailović-Vucinić V, Gvozdenović B, Zugić V, Milenković B, Ilić V Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

The Croatian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile Questionnaire.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Purpose of this study was to develop a Croatian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire (OHIP--CRO49), following the accepted cross-cultural adaptation technique guidelines. The original version was translated by using a forward-backward translation method. The psychometric properties of the OHIP-CRO49 were tested. To test the construct validity 163 randomly selected subjects and 26 prosthodontic patients participated. The construct validity was supported by the association between the OHIP-CRO49 sum-scores and the self-reported oral health and five oral disorders. The test-retest reliability was tested...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Petricević N, Celebić A, Papić M, Rener-Sitar K Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Optoelectronic pantography diagnostics of temporomandibular disorders in patients with bruxism.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study showed the possibility of applying optoelectronic pantography in TMD diagnostics and compares history, clinical and condylographic parameters in TMD patients with and without bruxism. Optoelectronic pantography enables us, by using relatively easy methods, to determine a more accurate diagnosis, highly important when choosing therapeutic methods and control of the aforementioned disorders. PMID: 19860114 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Collegium Antropologicum)
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Mehulić K, Gospić RK, Dundjer A, Skrinjarić T, Stefancić S, Vojvodić D, Perinić M Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Localization of mental and mandibular foramens on the conventional and digital panoramic images.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of conventional and digital panoramic images for localization of mental and mandibular foramens. Six dry edentulous human mandibles were used in the study. Conventional and digital panoramic images were obtained and the vertical and horizontal measurements were performed for localization of mental and mandibular foramens on the images. The correlations between radiographic (conventional and digital) and direct measurements were compared. A measurement error between the radiographic and direct measurements was determined at the level of 1 mm. The measurement errors...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Peker I, Gungor K, Semiz M, Tekdemir I Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Influence of chronic stress and oclusal interference on masseter muscle pain in rat.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to investigate the individual effects of chronic stress and occlusal interference, as well as their combined influence on masseter muscle pain. Experiments were performed on 28 male Wistar rats. Animals were submitted to chronic stress procedure, exposed to occlusal interference, or exposed to both mantioned procedures. At the end of the procedure animals were submitted to orofacial formalin test, and nociceptive behavioral response was evaluated. Statisticaly significant difference of nociceptive behavioral response in chronicaly stressed rats and in the animals with occlusal interference in comparation t...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Simonić-Kocijan S, Uhac I, Braut V, Kovac Z, Pavicić DK, Fugosić V, Urek MM Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Salivation quantum--stomatopyrosis--autogenic training.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stomatopyrosis of 'burning mouth' syndrome, in a narrower sense of definition, is a condition characterized by sensation of burning and heating in mouth, despite its normal mucosa. This research has been directed towards treatment of stomatopyrosis, putting emphasis on the implementation of psychopharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. The research was conducted on altogether 120 respondents suffering from stomatopyrosis. The respondents were divided into two equal groups: each one comprising 60 members. All the respondents were treated by means of a standard topical therapy. All the patients were assessed clinically and by...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Pokupec JS, Gruden V, Biocina-Lukenda D Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Biological aspects of the development and self-concept in adolescents living in single-parent families.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study we investigate whether there are differences between adolescents who grow up in single-parent families and those who grow up in nucleus families. We have decided that there are no differences in the physical development between the adolescents who are growing up in single parent families and those growing up in nucleus families. There is no difference in the self-concept between these two groups, except in the ethical and moral self-image of adolescents living with one parent. Adolescents living in single-parent families have a weaker moral self-image. It can thus be concluded that physical development and po...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Vecek A, Vidović V, Milicić J, Spoljar-Vrzina S, Vecek N, Arch-Vecek B Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Aggression in group psychoanalytic psychotherapy: questionnaire development (GA-AG).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study is developing of a questionnaire that observes aggression in group psychoanalytic psychotherapy and examines its factor structure. The questionnaire comprised of 160 statements in five-point Likert-type scale was developed through analysis of the content of aggressive communication among patients during group sessions. The questionnaire was applied on 253 patients that attended 40 small therapy groups in 9 cities in Croatia. All 20 group analysts are trained in the Institute for Group Analysis Zagreb. The patients were selected based on indications for group analysis. Two parallel questionnaire fo...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Pavlović S, Vlastelica M Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Psoriasis, mental disorders and stress.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Etiology of psoriasis is still not known and comprises a range of assumptions and very complex etiological and pathogenetic mechanisms. Along with genetical predisposition, mental disorders and stresses might have a key role in the occurrence of this disease. Total number of 70 patients suffering from psoriasis were included in the investigation. Generally accepted structured clinical interview (SCID - The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV) was applied in diagnostics of mental disorders. Various mental disorders were found in as many as 90% of patients suffering from psoriasis. The most frequent mental disorders...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Biljan D, Laufer D, Filaković P, Situm M, Brataljenović T Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Forensic aspects of alcohol abuse and homicide.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Numerous investigations indicate a close link between violent behavior, homicide (murder) and alcohol intoxication. With increased frequency of drinking and the chronic consummation of alcohol, the risk of the fatal outcome or homicide and victimization caused by violence is more likely to occur. Studies conducted on convicted murderers suggested that about half of them were under the heavy influence of alcohol at the time of perpetration of murder. The sample in this survey consisted of 177 male offenders which committed criminal act of murder in Croatia from the year of 1990 until 2007 (capital murder and attempted m...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Palijan TZ, Kovacević D, Radeljak S, Kovac M, Mustapić J Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Anterior neurodecompression of kyphotic spondylogenic myelopathy Ranawat grade III and posterior decompression of lordotic spine improve walking ability.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cervical spondylosis is common condition rarely associated with radiculomyelopathy which surgical treatment, according to meta-analysis, is not better than nonsurgical. Our hypothesis was that neurodecompression which type is chosen according to spinal alignment should result in better functional improvement comparing with nonsurgical treatment. Between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2007 a total of 77 patients with spondylogenic myelopathy were selected for the study. The inclusion criteria were symptoms and signs of myelopathy Ranawat grade III. Exclusion criteria were amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multip...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Margetić P, Elabjer E, Milosević M, Skoro I, Milanov B, Stancić M Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Arthroscopic removal of metal foreign bodies from the knee joint after explosive war injuries.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The results of arthroscopic removal of metallic fragments from knee joint due to explosive war injuries are presented. In period from 1991-1995 during war in Croatia we have operated 25 knee joints. Indications for arthroscopy were based on radiographic and clinical findings. The foreign bodies in the joint were found in 19 patients while additional 6 had foreign bodies in the periarticular soft tissues. Arthroscopies were performed on average one month after wounding. The foreign bodies were placed in different parts of the joint with no prediction sites. In 8 knees foreign bodies were freely mobile, and in 11 were an...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Gulan G, Jurdana H, Legović D, Santić V, Sestan B, Ravlić-Gulan J, Rapan S, Jovanović S Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fracture.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The patients with intensive pain caused by the vertebra body fracture were treated by application of bone cement under local or general anesthesia, by means of diascopy through unilateral transpedicular approach. The intensity of pain was followed-up on the VAS scale before surgery, 24 hours after surgery and three months after surgery. The cement was applied in 55 patients (43 women, 12 men). The average age of the tests was 68.43 years (38 to 82 years). Fifty five procedures were implemented on 85 vertebrae, i.e. 32 metastatic fractures and 23 osteoporotic fractures. The procedures were applied on 28 thoracal and 57 ...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Rapan S, Jovanović S, Gulan G Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Microincision aponeurotic ptosis surgery of upper lid.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The paper is a prospective study of 23 lids of 20 patients with upper lid aponeurotic ptosis operated using microincision technique in period 2005-2008. There were 7 males and 13 females. Age of the patients was 28-83 years (y), average 61 +/- 17 y, for female 63 +/- 13.4 y and for male 61 +/- 19 y. Inclusion criteria were: aponeurotic upper lid ptosis more than 2 mm, no other lid abnormalities, minimal dermatochalasis, no previous or concomitant lid surgery. The procedure was performed in local anesthesia through 10 mm cut. Aponeurosis was fixated to the tarsal plate with two sutures. Success was considered if operate...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Elabjer BK, Busić M, Elabjer E, Bosnar D, Sekelj S, Krstonijević EK Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Comparison of proliferation and differentiation of calvarial osteoblast cultures derived from Msx2 deficient and wild type mice.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We analyzed proliferation and differentiation of calvarial osteoblasts derived from Msx2 deficient in comparison with wild type mice. Calvarial osteoblast cultures from five to eight days old Msx2 deficient, heterozygous and wild type mice were studied for difference in proliferation and differentiation. Proliferation rate was assessed by counting cell number, BrdU and Calcein AM labeling. Differentiation was assessed by Von Kossa and alkaline phosphatase staining, northern blot hybridization with bone differentiation markers, infection of cell cultures with retrovirus expressing GFP under the control of type I collage...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Marijanović I, Kronenberg MS, Ivkosić IE, Lichtler AC Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Comparison of digito-palmar dermatoglyphic traits in children with cerebral palsy and their close family members.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cerebral palsy is one of the main causes of severe disability in children. Sixty children (30 boys and 30 girls) were included in the study. Quantitative digito-palmar dermatoglyphic traits were analyzed. Prints of digito-palmar dermatoglyphs obtained from the children's parents (60 mothers and 60 fathers) and from 400 phenotypically healthy adults from the Zagreb ware used as control groups. Analysis of quantitative dermatoglyphic traits of the digito-palmar complex revealed statistically significant differences in a number of variables between the fathers and their children suffering from cerebral palsy (TRC 180.3 &g...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Polovina-Proloscić T, Milicić J, Cvjeticanin M, Polovina A, Polovina S Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Interactions of MinK and e-NOS gene polymorphisms appear to be inconsistent predictors of atrial fibrillation propensity, but long alleles of ESR1 promoter TA repeat may be a promising marker.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Interactions of MinK and e-NOS Gene Polymorphisms Appear to Be Inconsistent Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation Propensity, but Long Alleles of ESR1 Promoter TA Repeat May Be a Promising Marker. We analyzed minK, e-NOS and ESR1 gene polymorphisms in 40 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) without major structural heart disease compared to 35 healthy controls. A missense polymorphism in the minK gene with A/G substitution at nucleotide 112 causing serine (S) to glycine (G) change, 786 T/C polymorphism in the 5' flanking region of e-NOS gene and TA polymorphism in the regulatory region of estrogen receptor ESR1 gene with...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Smalcelj A, Sertić J, Golubić K, Jurcić L, Banfić L, Brida M Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Occupational medicine in taking over work injuries from family practice--a one-year follow-up.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Occupational medicine has taken over from Family practice the treatment of work injuries and occupational diseases in the Republic of Croatia since January 1, 2008. The reason was too many long-lasting sick leaves which general practitioners were unable to curb adequately. The research objective was to show the results of the one-year follow-up of the carried out reform, i.e. the efficiency of Occupational medicine in the new function. The methods of data comparison and McNemar statistics were used of one-year follow-up in an Occupational medicine surgery that cares for 5800 employees in Littoral-Mountainous County. Fr...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lalić H Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Ammonia intoxication on workplace--case report and a review of literature.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective is to warn of the danger of ammonia and of the need to improve preventive programs of occupational medicine. The method of comparing the two injured workers, i.e. their spirometric values, was used. The results showed progressive diminishing of patients' respiratory abilities, in the patient with lungs transplanted VC 32%, FVC 33%, FEV1 16% and FEF75% = 6% in 2006, the year when he died. In the patient that survived, the values in 2008 were VC 43.5%, FVC 27.2%, FEV1% 56.7% and FEF75% = 6%. The patients' CT showed diffused fibrosing and bronchiectasiae. Obliterating bronchiolitis developed in both patients. Th...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lalić H, Djindjić-Pavicić M, Kukuljan M Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Painless Acanthamoeba keratitis in a soft contact lens wearer--case report.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, even in a lack of typical symptom for Acanthamoeba keratitis such as pain, this amoeba should be ruled out especially in a soft contact lens wearer. PMID: 19860131 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Collegium Antropologicum)
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Elabjer BK, Busić M, Sviben M, Elabjer E, Predović J Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Keller's arthroplasty with proximal metatarsal opening wedge osteotomy in treating severe Hallux valgus deformity--surgical techniques and case report.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The paper presents an operative technique proposed for treating severe Hallux Valgus deformity with arthrosis of the first metatarsal joint in elderly people. The procedure consists of the Keller's arthroplasty in combination with basal osteotomy of the first metatarsal bone, whereby the head of the metatarsal is displaced laterally and plantarward. The osteotomy is fixed with a reconstructive plate. The results show a significant improvement in the hallux valgus angle, the first metatarsal angle, as well as in the plantar pressure distribution. PMID: 19860132 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Collegium Antropologicum)
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jurdana H, Gulan G, Sestan B, Legović D, Santić V, Ravlić-Gulan J, Roth S Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

"Alea Iacta Est" (a case series report of problem and pathological gambling).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Gambling or gaming is a common term for a group of various games, activities and behavior that involve wagering money on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money, i.e., a player risks and hopes to get back what he/she had gambled, or to win more. When the player is unable to resist impulses to gamble, and gambling behavior harmfully affects him or the others, then he/she is suffering from the so called "pathological gambling", which is one of six categories of the "Impulse control disorders" in the International Classification of Diseases. Since, at present, there is no sta...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Koić E, Filaković P, Djordjević V, Nadj S Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

After 40 years gossypiboma caused spleen abscess.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We report a case of spleen abscess cased by foreign body (gossypiboma) after 40 years. After physical examination, laboratory, ultrasonography and CT findings with diagnosis of acute abdomen, 73 years old woman had undergone laparatomy. Operation revealed intraabdominal spleen abscess. Capsulotomy and drainage of the collection was performed before splenectomy. Histological examination showed foreign body material surrounded by chronic inflammation, foreign body-type multinucleated giant cells, extravasated red blood cells and fibroblastic proliferation. From anamnesis we found that woman was operated only once during a li...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ivica M, Ledinsky M, Radić B, Savić A, Tomas D, Vidović D, Tomljenović M, Zovak M, Matejcić A, Nevajda B Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Women and stroke: how much do women and men differ? A review--diagnostics, clinical differences, therapy and outcome.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this article, the authors have gathered data from epidemiological, observational, case-control and cohort studies to evaluate the differences between men and women in terms of ischemic events, mainly stroke. The authors are highlighting the differences that exist between men and women and play a role in terms of social diversities, and the pathophysiological differences that may be responsible at least in part for ischemic events. Studies show that male stroke patients are more likely to have a history of ischemic heart disease, smoking and alcohol consumption, whereas female stroke patients suffer from ischemic eve...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - September 1, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Vuković V, Galinović I, Lovrencić-Huzjan A, Budisić M, Demarin V Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Body mass index and triceps skinfold thickness in prepubertal children in Slovenia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The main aim of this study was to analyze overweight and obesity in children on the basis of body mass index (BMI) and triceps skinfold thickness (TSF). The sample included 5613 children, aged 6 to12 years (X = 9.23; SD = 1.69) from Slovenia. Children were classified as non-overweight, overweight and obese according to age and sex specific BMI cut-off points. The results show that 18.3% of boys and 18.5% of girls are overweight and 6.5% of boys and 6.7% of girls are obese. The correlation between BMI and TSF in boys (r = 0.785) and girls (r = 0.783) are almost equal. Body weight has a lower correlation with TSF in boys...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - May 31, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Planinsec J, Fosnaric S Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

The comparison of anthropometrical parameters of the four-year-old children in the urban and rural Slavonia, Croatia, 1985 and 2005.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the study is to identify the secular trends in the anthropometrical parameters of the 4-year-old children in Slavonski Brod, Slavonia, Croatia, and the nearby rural area by comparing data of height, weight, and mid-arm circumferences from 2005 with the historical control data published in 1985. The cross-sectional study of 342 children, aged 4 years, from Slavonski Brod and the nearby villages was taken in 2005. The body height, weight, and mid-arm circumferences were measured and compared with the historical control data from the study performed in 1985 in the same area using the same methods. The data were...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - May 31, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Aberle N, Blekić M, Ivanis A, Pavlović I Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Hypothetical model in testing integrated development of preschool children.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper provides systematic presentation of the issues related to methodology, and offers some possible solutions for analysis of different aspects of child development, especially preschool age. These issues are related to the definition, acceptance and preparation of the existing theories on development, which include analysis of the whole child's self his/her surroundings, and his/her activities. In addition, this analysis also includes some methodological problems related to sexual dimorphism, heritage-bound and surroundings-bound development, definition of the model of constructs affecting the selection of vari...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - May 31, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bala G, Katić R Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Development management model of elite athletes in team sports games.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The scientific and expert approach to defining a model of managing the development of top-level athletes in team sports games is oriented toward the challenging values that mark a certain position and role in a team sports game. A hypothetical dynamic model of development management of top-level athletes in team sports games, which explicitly shows the order of procedures in the process of multidimensional development of athletes using the concepts of the dynamic systems theory has been suggested. The hypothetical model of management shows that the athlete's development is primarily under the influence of genetic poten...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - May 31, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Trninić M, Trninić S, Papić V Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Trend of relations between morphological characteristics and motor abilities in preschool children.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Measurements of eight anthropometric characteristics and a battery of seven motor tests were applied in a large sample of 1170 children, 565 boys and 605 girls aged 4 to 7.5 decimal years from preschool institutions in three towns in Vojvodina (Novi Sad, Sombor, and Bacha Palanka). Children were selected according to 0.5 decimal years in the mentioned age range. The status of boys and girls according to seven age categories, age-related differences between boys and girls, as well as the relations between anthropometric characteristics and motor abilities were analyzed by use of intercorrelation matrices and canonical c...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - May 31, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bala G, Jalsić D, Katić R Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Physical exercise and cardiac death due to pneumonia in male teenagers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From 1998 to 2008 we noticed 3 cardiac deaths in male teenagers aged 18-19 during or after physical exercise. The first was working at the site recreatively, the second was engaged in soccer recreatively and the third was professional soccer player. One felt general tiredness and was exhausted of a heavily physical effort, the other after physical exercise became septic and the third was without symptoms. One died suddenly during physical exercise at the field and two died in the hospital. At the forensic autopsy the first had bilateral bacterial pneumonia, possible high-altitude non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema and cer...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - May 31, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Duraković Z, Duraković MM, Skavić J, Duraković L Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Estimating DXA total body fat percentage by lipometer subcutaneous adipose tissue thicknesses.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DXA is an accepted reference method to estimate body composition. However several difficulties in the applicability exist. The equipment is rather expensive, not portable, impractical for measurement of big study populations and it provides a minimal amount of ionizing radiation exposure. The optical device Lipometer (EU Pat.No. 0516251) provides non-invasive, quick, precise and safe measurements of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) layer thicknesses at any site of the human body. Compared to DXA there are some advantages in the Lipometer approach, because this device is portable, quick, not expensive and no radiation ...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - May 31, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Tafeit E, Greilberger J, Cvirn G, Lipp RW, Schnedl WJ, Jürimäe T, Jürimäe J, Wallner-Liebmann SJ Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals

Spectrum of phenomena of multiple myocardial contractions during each single cardiac cycle.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The phenomenon of multiple myocardial contractions during each single cardiac cycle, triggered by a single sinus node impulse, is the most intriguing echocardiographical topic among detectible modalities of irregular kinetics of interventricular septum. Tissue Doppler imaging based methods gave proofs of active contractions in cases presented herein. Broad spectrum of this phenomenon, which can be found both in healthy subjects and in patients is presented. Forms of multiple myocardial contractions during the same cardiac cycle presented in this analysis are: secondary systolic contraction, postsystolic and late postsy...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - May 31, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Gavranović Z, Milicević G Tags: Coll Antropol Source Type: journals