Families with increased risk of alcohol and tobacco use by adolescents

BACKGROUND. Increasing number of incomplete families is considered a negative trend in the society because it results in deterioration of the family’s educative function, due to which children in such families are more likely to start and practice antisocial behaviors. Many sociological studies showed that children from single-parent and reconstructed families are at increased risk of early use of alcohol, drugs, and smoking. According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, 27,5% of families with children younger than 18 years in Ukraine are single-parent families, which is a substantial portion. Therefore, we aimed to identify levels of alcohol consumption by adolescents, based on the type of family in which they have been brought up. METHODS. The study group consisted of 28 000 Ukrainian youth aged 14-27 who were participants of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs conducted in different types of secondary schools in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. The outcome variable was alcohol consumption. Independent variables included accessibility of alcohol, economic status, parental control, smoking status, relationship with parents, and the type of family. RESULTS. The multivariate analysis revealed that higher alcohol consumption was associated with unsatisfactory relationship with a father, with being brought up in a single-parent family, with insufficient control by parents, and with smoking of an adolescent. CONCLUSIONS. The study documents the existence of social phenomenon which is related to families characterized by problematic relationship both between spouses and between generations, and alcohol and tobacco use by adolescents and possibly by their parents. The data do not give grounds to ascribe these families to a particular socio-economic stratum, but they definitely deserve public attention and care

COVID-19-induced coagulopathy: Experience, achievements, prospects

The presence of coagulopathy as part of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome is a characteristic feature of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Hematological changes (increased DD-dimer, prolonged activated partial thromboplastin clotting time [APTT] and prothrombin time [PT], high fibrinogen levels) have been observed in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, which characterize the risk of thrombotic events. Against the background of COVID-19 there is endothelial dysfunction, hypoxia and pulmonary congestion, mediated by thrombosis and microvascular occlusion. Up to 71.4% of patients who died from COVID-19 had disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome, compared with only 0.6% of survivors. The main manifestation of COVID-19-associated coagulopathy is a significant increase in DD without a decrease in platelet count or prolongation of APTT and PT, indicating increased thrombin formation and the development of local fibrinolysis. An increase in DD levels of more than 3–4 times was associated with higher in-hospital mortality. Therefore, COVID-19 requires assessment of the severity of the disease for further tactics of thromboprophylaxis. The need for continued thromboprophylaxis, or therapeutic anticoagulation, in patients after inpatient treatment for two weeks using imaging techniques to assess of thrombosis assessment

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON WIND POWER INTEGRATION INTO POWER SYSTEMS

Intermittence associated with the very nature of renewable energy sources determines a fundamentally new class of problems related to account for climatic and meteorological characteristics when planning the development of energy systems. That leads to a need for a detailed study of the temporal and spatial variability of the renewable energy climate factors. Particularly, the wind speed is known to be significantly influenced both by the climate change and the multidecadal natural variability while a gap in understanding details of these processes still exists for many regions around the world

The Stability of Sulfide Sorbents Based on Silica in Aqueous Media. Part I. SBA-15 Matrix

Физико-химическими методами исследована химическая и термическая устойчивость сорбентов на основе мезопористого мезоструктурированного силиката SBA-15 с привитыми сульфидными функциональными группами типа R-S-R’. Установлено, что обработка материала в кислой, нейтральной и щелочной средах при температурах кипения приводит к незначительным изменениям структурных, текстурных и сорбционных характеристик, демонстрируя суммарные потери сорбента около 20 % мас. Привитый функциональный слой сохраняется. Полученные сорбенты способны длительное время работать в различных технологических растворах и не уступают известным коммерческим сорбентам с функциональными группамиThe chemical and thermal stability of the sulfide-functionalized (R-S-R’ type) sorbents based on SBA- 15 mesoporous mesostructured silica have been investigated by physico-chemical methods. It has been found that the material treatment in acid, neutral and alkaline conditions at the boiling temperature result in insignificant changes in structural, textural and sorption characteristics, showing sorbent total losses about 20 % mass. The grafted functional layer is saved. The sorbents obtained are able to work over a long period of time in a variety of technological solutions and are not inferior to wellknown commercial sorbents with functional group

Kozlova J, Gryga I (2012) Job satisfaction among Bila Tserkva nurses.

<p>Kozlova J, Gryga I (2012) Job satisfaction among Bila Tserkva nurses. Tobacco Control and Public Health in Eastern Europe 2 (Supplement 1, 2nd conference 'Economics, sociology, theory and practice of public health'):s20</p

The Stability of Sulfide Sorbents Based on Silica in Aqueous Media. Part I. SBA-15 Matrix

Физико-химическими методами исследована химическая и термическая устойчивость сорбентов на основе мезопористого мезоструктурированного силиката SBA-15 с привитыми сульфидными функциональными группами типа R-S-R’. Установлено, что обработка материала в кислой, нейтральной и щелочной средах при температурах кипения приводит к незначительным изменениям структурных, текстурных и сорбционных характеристик, демонстрируя суммарные потери сорбента около 20 % мас. Привитый функциональный слой сохраняется. Полученные сорбенты способны длительное время работать в различных технологических растворах и не уступают известным коммерческим сорбентам с функциональными группамиThe chemical and thermal stability of the sulfide-functionalized (R-S-R’ type) sorbents based on SBA- 15 mesoporous mesostructured silica have been investigated by physico-chemical methods. It has been found that the material treatment in acid, neutral and alkaline conditions at the boiling temperature result in insignificant changes in structural, textural and sorption characteristics, showing sorbent total losses about 20 % mass. The grafted functional layer is saved. The sorbents obtained are able to work over a long period of time in a variety of technological solutions and are not inferior to wellknown commercial sorbents with functional group