The study included 2300 healthy couples and their healthy newborns delivered vaginally from singleton, normal term (37–42 weeks) pregnancies in Šibenik, Zadar and Split (Croatia). Both fathers and ...mothers of male newborns were older and had a higher weight than those of female newborns (p<0.05). Gestational age and birth weight were higher in male than female newborns (p<0.001). Increasing maternal pregravid weight led to increasing birth weight of both male and female newborns (p<0.001). Furthermore, increasing maternal height and body mass index resulted in increasing birth weight of male and female newborns (p<0.001). Thus, the fathers and mothers of male infants were
older than those of female infants (p<0.05), and increasing pre-gravid body weight, body height and body mass index were associated with a higher birth weight in both male and female newborns.
Data on 550 healthy pregnant women, 550 healthy fathers and their healthy term neonates born from singleton pregnancies
(37+0 through 41+6 week) during a one-year period were reviewed. Maternal mean ...age was 27.79.37 years,
mean pregestational weight 64.09.50 kg, mean gestational weight gain 15.44.33 kg, mean height 169.75.81 cm, and
mean gestational age 40.10.95 weeks. Paternal mean age was 31.46.22 years, mean weight 84.610.35 kg, and mean
height 182.86.84 cm. Mean birth weight was 3,709.8500.48 g and 3,562.5443.02 g, and mean birth length 51.51.91
cm and 50.71.62 cm in male and female newborns, respectively, yielding a birth weight greater by 147.3 g and birth
length by 0.8 cm in the former. Study variables showed statistically significant correlations: maternal age contributed to
the significant correlation between maternal weight and parity, maternal pregestational weight, weight at delivery, gestational
weight gain and body height correlated significantly with neonatal birth weight and birth length, gestational
age correlated significantly with neonatal weight and length (p=0.01 all), parity had no major impact (p>0.05). Paternal
height and weight correlated significantly with neonatal birth weight and birth length (p=0.01). Study results pointed
to a significant correlation of maternal pregestational weight, gestational weight gain and body height, and of paternal
weight and height with the neonate birth weight and birth length.
POROD POSLIJE CARSKOG REZA Mikulandra, Frane; Miletić, Tomislav; Stoini, Eugenio ...
Gynaecologia et perinatologia,
09/2004, Volume:
13, Issue:
3
Paper
Open access
Cilj rada. Ispitati porode u trudnica-rodilja s prethodnim carskim rezom. Metode. Ispitanice su trudnice-ro¬dilje s obzirom na indikacije za carski rez, životnu dob, interval između poroda, ...gestacijsku dob, početak poroda i dovršenje poroda, zatim komplikacije u porodu i perinatalnu smrtnost. Obrađene su trudnoće od 23. tjedna i novorođenčad porodne težine 500 g i veće. Statistička obrada učinjena je 2-testom, 2×2 tablicama kontingencije. Razlika je značajna ako je p manji od 0,05. Rezultati. U razdoblju od 1. siječnja 1983. do 31. prosinca 2002. godine bilo je 20766 poroda s jednim plodom, od kojih je 1175 (5,66%) dovršeno carskim rezom. Od 1175 rodilja s carskim rezom 516 (43,8%) je ponovno rađalo. Od 516 trudnica-rodilja s prethodnim carskim rezom u 152 (29,5%) je učinjen elektivni carski rez, a u 142 (27,5%) carski rez u porodu. U 364 trudnice-rodilje pokušano je vaginalno rađanje: spontani početak (289 – 79,4%), programirani porod (53 – 14,6%) i inducirani porod (22 – 6,0%). Od 289 spontano započetih poroda carskim rezom je dovršen 121 (41,9%), od 53 programirana 6 (11,3%), a od 22 inducirana 15 (68,2%) (p<0,00l). U dvije rodilje poslije vaginalnog poroda nađena je ruptura uterusa i u jedne je ruptura uterusa utvrđena u porodu. Najmanje je komplikacija kod vaginalnog poroda (5,8%), zatim kod elektivnog carskog reza (12,5%), a najviše kod carskog reza u porodu (20,4%) (p<0,001). Kasna je fetalna smrtnost bila 1,16%, rana neonatalna u 1,74%, tako da je ukupna perinatalna smrtnost 2,91%. Smrtnosti u rodilja nema. Zaključak. U odabranih trudnica-rodilja s prethodnim carskim rezom treba pokušati vaginalno rađanje uz liberalan stav za dovršenje poroda carskim rezom.
Cilj rada. Ispitati odnos između porodne težine i duljine te težine, visine i BMI odrasle žene. Ispitanice i metode. U 735 zdravih žena određena je prosječna životna dob (godine), prosječna porodna ...težina (g) i duljina (cm), zatim prosječna težina (kg), visina (cm) i BMI kg/m2. BMI do 19,9 je nizak, od 20,0 do 24,9 je normalan (idealan), od 25,0 do 29,9 je visok (velika težina), a od 30,0 i veći je vrlo visok (pretilost). Statistička obrada učinjena je pomoću aritmetičke sredine (x), standardne devijacije (SD), 2-testa uporabom n X m tablica kontingencije s nul-hipotezom i analizom vari¬janci. Razlika je značajna ako je p manji od 0,05. Rezultati. Prosječna životna dob odraslih ispitanica iznosi 27,86±5,4 godine, porodna težina 3490,2±544,2 g, a duljina 51,4±3,76 cm. Prosječna težina odrasle žene je 64,03±9,32 kg, visina 169,9±11,9 cm i BMI 22,77±6,74 kg/m2. Povećanjem porodne težine i porodne duljine povećava se tjelesna težina, visina i BMI kg/m2 odrasle žene (p<0,009). Povećanjem porodne težine smanjuje se broj odraslih žena s niskim (do 19,9 kg/m2) BMI, a povećava s visokim (25,0 kg/m2 i veći) BMI (p<0,001). Povećanjem porodnih duljina ne povećava se učestalost odraslih žena s niskim, umjerenim, visokim i vrlo visokim BMI (p>0,05). Među ispitanicama je 19,4% s niskim, 64,0% s umjerenim, 15% s visokim i 1,4% s vrlo visokim BMI. Zaključak. Postoji dobra pozitivna povezanost između porodne težine i duljine te prosječne tjelesne težine, visine i BMI odrasle žene. Porodna duljina nema utjecaja na raspodjelu odraslih¬ žena prema skupinama BMI. Visoka je učestalost pretilih i ekstremno pretilih žena mlađe životne dobi.
Circulating immune complexes (CIC) and complement activation (plasma C3d levels) were monitored during a 2-week period in patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysms and also in patients with cerebral ...hematoma unrelated to saccular aneurysms. Thirteen of 18 aneurysm patients were found to have CIC on admission as compared to three of 21 healthy blood donors (p less than 0.001). The presence of CIC in aneurysm patients was associated with a poor prognosis. Eight of nine patients who developed angiographic vasospasm had CIC on admission compared with one of four without vasospasm. Patients with vasospasm showed a twofold increase in plasma C3d levels at the time when the spasm occurred, whereas no significant changes in the C3d concentration could be demonstrated in aneurysm patients without spasm or in patients with hematoma unrelated to aneurysm rupture. These findings suggest that immunological processes involving complement-activating immune complexes are involved in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm following rupture of saccular aneurysms.
Children with food allergies are at higher risk for severe anaphylactic reactions and for key nutrient deficiency. In order to address these concerns, enable early detection, and improve the ...monitoring of children with food allergies, an innovative IT platform will be developed by IT experts (IN2 Ltd. Zagreb, Croatia, part of Constellation Software Inc. (Toronto, ON, Canada)) and Srebrnjak Children’s Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia (SCH) for the effective implementation of personalized balanced nutrition in preschool institutions in Croatia. Additionally, the data obtained through this research, including epidemiological data on allergic diseases, clinical data (diagnostic allergy tests and others), anthropometry, and physical activity status, will be used to create a national Allergy registry. Other than being a tool for personalized and balanced nutrition for children, especially those with special dietary requirements (including food allergy and intolerance), the IT platform developed in this study will enable the continuous monitoring of these children as a part of their clinical management plan and earlier detection of food allergies, intolerance, and other conditions, even outside of the healthcare system. This research also aims at optimizing current and developing novel personalized therapeutic regimes, detecting novel early biomarkers in children with food allergies and intolerances, and involving all key stakeholders (caregivers, preschool institutions, etc.) in the shared-care approach in the management of food allergies in children.
In this study, high hydrostatic pressure extraction (HHPE) and ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) were used for the improvement of pectin and polyphenol recovery from tomato peel waste.
HHPE ...enhanced pectin recovery by 15% after 45 min of recycling, in comparison with the conventional extraction (CE) for 180 min. Similar mass fractions of anhydrouronic acid, total sugars and total phenols were obtained by using both methods. FTIR and 1H NMR data confirmed that chemical composition of pectin obtained by HHPE and CE is identical, therefore it was concluded that the faster HHPE method can be used for its further isolation.
Although depectinized residues subjected to UAE in 70% ethanol for 15 min contained two times lower values of total phenols (1625.7 mg/100 g) than pectinized samples (3643.9 mg/100 g), their quantities are not negligible, considering the fact that they are generated after HHPE. At the end of UAE, the residues were exploited as a source of fatty acids, among which lauric, palmitic and stearic acids are dominant.
In conclusion, by shortening the extraction time using HHPE and UAE, it is possible to efficiently produce two valuable functional ingredients, pectin and polyphenols, and at the same time to reduce peel waste from tomato canning industry, which presents an environmental problem.
Utilizing HHPE and UAE as novel and emerging technologies, and combining them with traditional ones (Soxhlet) is given the solution for sequential isolation of pectin, polyphenols and fatty acids from tomato peel waste, generated by canning factory.
Shortening of extraction time using HHPE and UAE, it is possible to replace the conventional techniques, and achieve efficient production of pectin and polyphenols.
Overall, the extraction methodology proposed in this work could provide two valuable benefits, i.e. the producers could find mode for decreasing of disposal costs of waste and consumer would take opportunity that isolated compounds could be reintroduced into food.
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•Tomato peel waste is utilized for sequential extraction of pectin and polyphenols.•Shortening of time using HHPE and UAE is achieved their efficient production.•HHPE enhanced pectin recovery by 15% after 45 min of recycling.•UAE of depectinized samples for 15 min yielded high quantities of phenols.•At the end of sonication, the residues are utilized as a source of fatty acids.
Air pollution is one of the major problems in today’s urban areas. With increasing development and the need for the transport of goods and people, it has become imperative to seek sustainable urban ...mobility solutions. The impact of restrictive COVID-19 pandemic measures provides a unique insight into the possible reductions in air pollution. This paper presents a case study on the city of Skopje, North Macedonia, and attempts to identify the effect of traffic emissions on air quality. Resultant correlation analysis and linear regression models show the impacts of multiple factors contributing to air pollution. Finally, a discussion on the impact of COVID-19 measures on air pollution is provided. The main findings of this research are the observed drop in air pollution levels during COVID-19 measures, the effects on air pollution models, and the identification of primary pollutants in the city of Skopje.
The bounds of votes of divisor electoral methods Marošević, Tomislav; Miletić, Josip; Miloloža Pandur, Marija
Central European journal of operations research,
12/2023, Volume:
31, Issue:
4
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
In proportional electoral systems, party vote counts must be converted to seat allocations within a parliament of fixed size. Divisor methods are the most common approach to this problem, but ...different divisor methods often give different seat allocations. To highlight these differences, the effects of various divisor methods on a party’s seat allocation are expressed as intervals of the party’s vote count within which the seat allocation is unchanged, assuming other parties’ votes are fixed. These bounds are applied to data from four recent European parliamentary elections, as well as one hypothetical dataset.
