SOME SOCIOECONOMIC COMPONENTS IN THE LIFE OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Socioekonomski faktori imaju značajnu ulogu u kvaliteti života oboljelih od reumatoidnog artritisa. Istraživanja je provedeno na uzorku od 77 oboljelih od reumatoidnog artritisa registriranih u Službi za fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju Medicinskog centra »Dr Dragomir Drakulić Puba«. Ispitan je bio obrazovni nivo, bračni status, utjecaj psihičkiih stresova na oboljenje, odlazak u mirovinu, uvjeti stanovanja. Ispitivanje je provedeno metodom anketnog upitnika, usmenim intervjuima i uvidom u medicinsku dokumentaciju. Utvrđeno je da su socioekonomski komponente života ispitanika kao; obrazovni nivo, radni status i uvjeti stanovanja nezadovoljavajući. Psihički stresovi značajnije djeluju na pogoršanje toka bolesti. Zaključuje se da je uz medicinsko liječenje potrebno provoditi edukaciju bolesnika, socijalnu i defektološku rehabilitaciju. U tim za liječenje oboljelih od reumatoidnog artritisa potrebno je uključiti i paramedicinske stručnjake.Socoeconomic factors play a significant role in the quality of life of the persons affected by rheumatoJd arthritis. In this study were included 77 patients on Lile at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service at the Medical Centre »Dr Dragomir Drakulić Puba«. Education rate, merita! status, influence of psychological stress of illness, number of patients retired on disablement pension, and housing condition were determined. The subjects answered a questionaire formely pretested and validated. The method of [ntervuing the patients has also been used. It has been found that :the educational background is markedly low. The patients are retired on a disablement pension ll years before the usual age limit. Only 21% worked full hours, 73% lived in inadequate, humid housing. Psychological stress is significant factor of worsened illness. In conclusion has been stressed that the medical treatment has to be expanded with psycho-social rehabilitation

Influence of Edge Effects on Laser-Induced Surface Displacement of Opaque Materials by Photothermal Interferometry

We demonstrate the influence of edge effects on the photothermal-induced phase shift measured by a homodyne quadrature laser interferometer and compare the experiments with rigorous theoretical descriptions of thermoelastic surface displacement of metals. The finite geometry of the samples is crucial in determining how the temperature is distributed across the material and how this affects the interferometer phase shift measurements. The optical path change due to the surface thermoelastic deformation and thermal lens in the surrounding air is decoded from the interferometric signal using analytical and numerical tools. The boundary/edge effects are found to be relevant to properly describe the interferometric signals. The tools developed in this study provide a framework for the study of finite size effects in heat transport in opaque materials and are applicable to describe not only the phase shift sensed by the interferometer but also to contribute to the photothermal-based technologies employing similar detection mechanisms

SOME SOCIOECONOMIC COMPONENTS IN THE LIFE OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Socioekonomski faktori imaju značajnu ulogu u kvaliteti života oboljelih od reumatoidnog artritisa. Istraživanja je provedeno na uzorku od 77 oboljelih od reumatoidnog artritisa registriranih u Službi za fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju Medicinskog centra »Dr Dragomir Drakulić Puba«. Ispitan je bio obrazovni nivo, bračni status, utjecaj psihičkiih stresova na oboljenje, odlazak u mirovinu, uvjeti stanovanja. Ispitivanje je provedeno metodom anketnog upitnika, usmenim intervjuima i uvidom u medicinsku dokumentaciju. Utvrđeno je da su socioekonomski komponente života ispitanika kao; obrazovni nivo, radni status i uvjeti stanovanja nezadovoljavajući. Psihički stresovi značajnije djeluju na pogoršanje toka bolesti. Zaključuje se da je uz medicinsko liječenje potrebno provoditi edukaciju bolesnika, socijalnu i defektološku rehabilitaciju. U tim za liječenje oboljelih od reumatoidnog artritisa potrebno je uključiti i paramedicinske stručnjake.Socoeconomic factors play a significant role in the quality of life of the persons affected by rheumatoJd arthritis. In this study were included 77 patients on Lile at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service at the Medical Centre »Dr Dragomir Drakulić Puba«. Education rate, merita! status, influence of psychological stress of illness, number of patients retired on disablement pension, and housing condition were determined. The subjects answered a questionaire formely pretested and validated. The method of [ntervuing the patients has also been used. It has been found that :the educational background is markedly low. The patients are retired on a disablement pension ll years before the usual age limit. Only 21% worked full hours, 73% lived in inadequate, humid housing. Psychological stress is significant factor of worsened illness. In conclusion has been stressed that the medical treatment has to be expanded with psycho-social rehabilitation

Isolated detection of elastic waves driven by the momentum of light

Electromagnetic momentum carried by light is observable through the mechanical effects radiation pressure exerts on illuminated objects. Momentum conversion from electromagnetic fields to elastic waves within a solid object proceeds through a string of electrodynamic and elastodynamic phenomena, collectively bound by momentum and energy continuity. The details of this conversion predicted by theory have yet to be validated by experiments, as it is difficult to distinguish displacements driven by momentum from those driven by heating due to light absorption. Here, we have measured temporal variations of the surface displacements induced by laser pulses reflected from a solid dielectric mirror. Ab initio modelling of momentum flow describes the transfer of momentum from the electromagnetic field to the dielectric mirror, with subsequent creation/propagation of multicomponent elastic waves. Complete consistency between predictions and absolute measurements of surface displacements offers compelling evidence of elastic transients driven predominantly by the momentum of light

Lasersko povzročen termoelastični pomik površine v trdnih snoveh zaznan hkrati s fototermalnim zrcalom in interferometrijo

We propose a combined pump-probe optical method to investigate heat diffusion properties of solids. We demonstrate single-shot simultaneous laser-induced thermoelastic surface displacement of metals detected by concurrent measurements using photothermal mirror and interferometry. Both methods probe the surface displacement by analyzing the wavefront distortions of the probe beams reflected from the surface of the sample. Thermoelastic properties are retrieved by transient analysis in combination with numerical description of the thermoelastic displacement and temperature rise in the sample and in the surrounding air. This technique presents a capability for material characterization that can be extended to experiments for quantitative surface mapping.Predlagamo združitev dveh optičnih metod za raziskavo toplotnih difuzijskih lastnosti trdnih snovi. Z uporabo fototermalnega zrcala in interferometrije lahko istočasno zaznamo lasersko induciran termoelastični pomik površine kovin. Obe metodi merita pomik površine preko analize spremembe valovne fronte sondirnega svetlobnega žarka odbitega s površine vzorca. Termoelastične lastnosti dobimo s primerjavo med meritvami in numeričnim opisom termoelastičnega pomika ter dviga temperature v vzorcu in v okoliškem zraku. To tehniko lahko uporabimo za karakterizacijo materialov in jo lahko nadgradimo za kvantitativno določanje reliefa površin