Erratum to: 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine: Brussels, Belgium. 15-18 March 2016.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1208-6.]

Erratum to: 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1208-6.]

Polysemy of the Term "Information and Communication Culture"

The article discusses the content of the term "information and communication culture". A definition of the term is given from the viewpoint of cultural studies, pedagogy, sociology, computer science, psychology and medicine. Also it is proposed author’s definition of the term

Полисемия термина «информационно-коммуникационная культура»

The article discusses the content of the term "information and communication culture". A definition of the term is given from the viewpoint of cultural studies, pedagogy, sociology, computer science, psychology and medicine. Also it is proposed author’s definition of the term.В статье рассматривается содержание понятия «информационно-коммуникационная культура», дается определение данного термина с позиций культурологии, педагогики, социологии, информатики, психологии и медицины, предлагается авторское определение этого понятия. Педагоги, социологи, культурологи, философы и представители медицины предложили множество определений понятия «информационно-коммуникационная культура», исходя из специфики научных исследований. Различные подходы в интерпретации данного понятия можно найти в работах таких исследователей как Кладова И.С., Паршонок Е.В., Матвеева Ю.А., Неумоина Е.Г., Антонова С.Г., Волков А.Н. и других

Effects of thyroxine replacement on lipid profile and endothelial function after thyroidectomy

Background: Hypothyroidism is a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. This study investigated the effects of L-thyroxine replacement therapy on lipid profile and endothelial function after thyroidectomy in patients with overt transient non-autoimmune hypothyroidism

Effect of taurine on oxidative stress and apoptosis-related protein expression in trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-induced colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a multi-factorial inflammatory disease of the colon and rectum. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of taurine, an anti-oxidant amino acid, on oxidative stress and the expression of apoptosis-related proteins, pro-apoptotic Bax and anti-apoptotic B cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) in colon tissue in rats with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis. Rats received taurine (1.5% w/v) in drinking water for 15 days before and 15 days after administration of TNBS solution. Then, colonic myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH) levels, and Bax and Bcl-2 expression were measured. TNBS-induced colitis caused significantly increased MPO activity and MDA levels and decreased GSH levels in colon tissue compared to controls. Increase in Bax expression and decrease in Bcl-2 expression were detected in colon of rats with TNBS-induced colitis. Taurine treatment was associated with amelioration in macroscopic and microscopic colitis scores, decreased colonic MPO activity and MDA levels and increased GSH levels in TNBS-induced colitis. In addition, taurine reduced the expression of Bax and prevented the loss of Bcl-2 proteins in colon tissue of rats with TNBS-induced colitis. The results of this study show that taurine administration may exert beneficial effects in UC by decreasing inflammatory reactions, oxidative stress and apoptosis