Zdrowie – wymiary pedagogiczno-teologiczne. Zarys problematyki wychowania ku odpowiedzialności za zdrowie

Nowadays more and more often we can observe the worship of body (as well as the   worship of bodily health) called the worship of “golden calf”. The phenomenon relates to   wide promoting and adhering of various forms of human outside body (it is identified with   the American-style worship of body and it is experienced every day via media pictures).   That situation leads to a peculiar market of “body and health”, where they themselves   become merchandise for selling and buying (it is a style relating to economical and   ideological worship of corporality). Contemporarily observed tendencies depict extreme   individualism through granting absolute value and freedom to man (without reference to   corporeal and spiritual integrity) and they place that individualism in centre of reality, as   the only criterion for reference and assessment. This contribute to gathering as much as   possible earthly goods with various possible ways, what, in consequence, may lead to   a situation, in which man will be incapable to social solidarity and to living in community   (man will act according to materialistic convictions and he will become victim of artificial   corporeal and health needs). Simultaneously absolute freedom leads to disorganization in   corporeal and health sphere (drug addiction, prostitution, alcoholism, etc.).   Nowadays more and more often we can observe the worship of body (as well as the   worship of bodily health) called the worship of “golden calf”. The phenomenon relates to   wide promoting and adhering of various forms of human outside body (it is identified with   the American-style worship of body and it is experienced every day via media pictures).   That situation leads to a peculiar market of “body and health”, where they themselves   become merchandise for selling and buying (it is a style relating to economical and   ideological worship of corporality). Contemporarily observed tendencies depict extreme   individualism through granting absolute value and freedom to man (without reference to   corporeal and spiritual integrity) and they place that individualism in centre of reality, as   the only criterion for reference and assessment. This contribute to gathering as much as   possible earthly goods with various possible ways, what, in consequence, may lead to   a situation, in which man will be incapable to social solidarity and to living in community   (man will act according to materialistic convictions and he will become victim of artificial   corporeal and health needs). Simultaneously absolute freedom leads to disorganization in   corporeal and health sphere (drug addiction, prostitution, alcoholism, etc.).   

Our Kids: The American Dre-am in Crisis – Inequalities in Robert P. Putnam’s Concept of Social Capital (Educational Perspective)

This article examines the concept of inequality in Robert D. Putnam’s Our Kids. The article discusses the intersections of social inequality and social capital shown in the book. In particular, the issue of inequality in access to education between children from different backgrounds is outlined and critically discussed. The conclusion suggests a possible new way to look at the relationship between education and inequalities, providing a theoretical basis for educational research

Infekcyjne zapalenie wsierdzia u pacjenta z ubytkiem przegrody międzykomorowej

This article presents a case of infective endocarditis secondary to ventricular septal defect with an extention of a process to mitral and aortic valves

Characteristics of Polyaniline Cobalt Supported Catalysts for Epoxidation Reactions

A study of polyaniline (PANI) doping with various cobalt compounds, that is, cobalt(II) chloride, cobalt(II) acetate, and cobalt(II) salen, is presented. The catalysts were prepared by depositing cobalt compounds onto the polymer surface. PANI powders containing cobalt ions were obtained by one- or two-step method suspending PANI in the following acetonitrile/acetic acid solution or acetonitrile and then acetic acid solution. Moreover different ratios of Co(II) : PANI were studied. Catalysts obtained with both methods and at all ratios were investigated using various techniques including AAS and XPS spectroscopy. The optimum conditions for preparation of PANI/Co catalysts were established. Catalytic activity of polyaniline cobalt(II) supported catalysts was tested in dec-1-ene epoxidation with molecular oxygen at room temperature. The relationship between the amount of cobalt species, measured with both AAS and XPS techniques, and the activity of PANI-Co catalysts has been established

Long bone metastases as predictors of survival in patients with metastatic renal cancer

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of long bone metastases in renal cancer patients and to evaluate their utility as predictors of survival in this group. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 20 patients with metastatic renal cancer and bone metastases. The patients were referred for regular bone scintigraphy in order to assess disease spread in the skeleton. The patients were divided into two groups: those with 1) metastases in the skeleton (including long bones) and those with 2) metastases in the axial skeleton only. RESULTS: Bone scintigraphy imaging was performed regularly up to 81 months from the first positive bone scan. During that time 11 deaths (8 among patients with long bone lesions) were recorded. Kaplan-Meyer curves showed that patients with long bone metastases tend to have lower survival probability in comparison to the ones with metastases in other bones. CONCLUSIONS: Bone metastases localization seems to influence survival in patients with renal cancer. Long bone-involving spread of the disease is associated with worse survival probability than the spread to the other bones

The impact of pulmonary regurgitation on right ventricular size and function in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot and additional haemodynamic abnormalities

Purpose: Right ventricular (RV) outflow tract obstruction (RVOTO) was demonstrated to be protective against RV dilatation in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot and chronic pulmonary regurgitation (PR). We hypothesised that the presence of additional haemodynamic abnormalities (more than mild tricuspid regurgitation, residual ventricular septal defect) reduces this protective association. Accordingly, we aimed to assess the impact of PR on RV size and function in this population. Material and methods: Consecutive patients with additional haemodynamic abnormalities after tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair, who had undergone cardiovascular magnetic resonance, were included. Results: Out of 90 patients studied, 18 individuals (mean age 32.5 ± 10.7 years, 72.2% males) met the inclusion criteria. There were no differences in RV volumes and ejection fraction between patients with and without RVOTO. Neither PR fraction (PRF) nor PR volume (PRV) correlated with RV end-diastolic volume (r = 0.36; p = 0.15 and r = 0.37; p = 0.14, respectively, for PRF and PRV) or RV end-systolic volume (r = 0.2; p = 0.42 and r = 0.19; p = 0.45, respectively, for PRF and PRV). Similarly, no significant correlations were observed between PRF or PRV and RV ejection fraction (r = –0.04; p = 0.87 and r = –0.03; p = 0.9, respectively). Conclusions: Additional haemodynamic abnormalities are associated with the abolition of the protective effect of RVOTO on RV size. There was no significant relationship between measures of PR and RV volumes in patients after TOF repair with concomitant haemodynamic abnormalities. These abnormalities acted as confounding factors in the assessment of the impact of pulmonary regurgitation on RV size and function

Influence of percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation on exercise capacity: Which group of patients benefits most from the intervention?

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters in assessing exercise capacity improvement after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI). Additionally, it aimed to determine if there are any baseline characteristics influencing that change. Methods and results: The study comprised 32 patients (mean age 26 ± 9); 53% males; diagnosis: tetralogy of Fallot (n = 18), pulmonary atresia (n = 6), Ross procedure (n = 4), other (transposition of great arteries, pulmonary stenosis, double outlet right ventricle, common arterial trunk type II — n = 4) who underwent successful PPVI due to right ventricular out­flow tract dysfunction (predominant pulmonary regurgitation — n = 17, predominant pulmo­nary stenosis — n = 15). Treadmill CPET was performed before and a year after PPVI along with clinical evaluation, cardiac magnetic resonance and transthoracic echocardiography. Twelve months post successful PPVI (pulmonary valve competence restoration and pulmonary gradient reduction from 58.8 ± 47.1 to 26.6 ± 10.8 mm Hg) there was a significant decrease in the ventilatory equivalent for CO2 at peak exercise (EQCO2) (25.3 ± 3.3 to 24.3 ± 3.0, p = 0.04) and oxygen consumption at peak exercise (pVO2) (20.4 ± 5.0 to 22.6 ± 5.3 mL/kg/min, p = 0.04). Improved EQCO2 correlated with an increase in right and left ventricular ejection fraction (respectively R = –0.57, p = 0.002; R = –0.56, p = 0.002). In this study, no baseline factors that might affect improvement in exercise function were found. Conclusions: Successful PPVI leads to an improvement in exercise capacity and hemodynamic response to exercise. The correlation between the improvement in EQCO2 or peak VO2 and baseline characteristics was too weak to reliably identify the group of patients that will benefit from the procedur