The difference in some aspects of sexsuality between visually impaired and sighted people

Spolnost je dio svih aspekata ljudskoga života i obuhvaća velik dio osobnosti čovjeka. U vezi je s emocionalnim, socijalnim, kulturalnim i tjelesnim rastom pojedinca. Spolnost je prirodan dio ljudskoga razvoja u svakoj životnoj fazi a oštećenje vida može na različite načine utjecati na spolni život osobe. Ono ne samo da utječe na doživljaj sebe već i na društvene i na spolne odnose. Cilj ovoga diplomskog rada jest ispitivanje nekih razlika u obilježjima spolnosti osoba oštećena vida i videćih osoba. Istraživanje je provedeno na ukupno 24 ispitanika/ce od kojih je dvanaest osoba oštećena vida i dvanaest videćih osoba. U skupini osoba oštećena vida bilo je šest muških i šest ženskih ispitanika/ica, kao i u skupini videćih ispitanika u kojoj je također bilo šest muških i šest ženskih ispitanika/ica. Za potrebe ovog istraživanja izabrani su ispitanici između osamnaeste i trideset i pete godine života. Podaci su se prikupljali pomoću anketnog upitnika Razlika u nekim obilježjima spolnosti između osoba oštećena vida i videćih osoba. Za kvantitativnu obradu podataka korišten je SPSS. Rezultati su pokazali da postoje razlike u nekim specifičnim obilježjima između populacija osoba oštećena vida i videćih osoba u sva tri područja istraživane teme. Također, uočena je razlika u sklapanju novih poznanstava i prijateljstava, partnerskim vezama, stabilnosti veza, seksualnoj orijentaciji, eksperimentiranju s istim spolom i edukacijama o spolnosti.Gender is part of all aspects of human life, and it encompasses a great deal of human personality. It is related to the emotional, social, cultural, and physical growth of an individual. Sexuality is a natural part of human development at every stage of life, and visual impairment can affect the sex life of a person in various ways. It not only has a bearing on one’s personal experiences, but also on one’s social and sexual relationships. The aim of this graduate thesis is to explore some of the characteristics of sexuality in the visually impaired compared to people with normal vision. A total of 24 examinees were surveyed, of whom twelve people had impaired vision, and twelve people had normal vision. In the group of people with impaired vision, there were six male and six female respondents. In the group of people with normal vision, there were also six male, and six female respondents. For the purposes of this study, respondents were selected between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire Differences in some characteristics of sexuality between visually impaired and normal vision persons. SPSS was used for quantitative data processing. The results show that there are some specific differences between the population of visually impaired compared to people with normal vision in all three areas of the research topic. There were also differences in making new acquaintances and friendships, partnerships, relationship stability, sexual orientation, experimentation with the same gender, and sexuality education

Presence of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in Croatia and Evaluation of Its Genotoxicity

The DDT was one of the most commonly used pesticide in mid 20th century and even though its use is banned it is detectible in water, soil, fish, meat and milk products. Using comet assay and micronucleus test we have managed to detect genotoxic properties of this pesticide on human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Results obtained in this research indicate the need for further environmental and food monitoring, and cytogenetic research using sensitive methods in detection of primary genome damage after exposure to DDT to establish the impact of such chemicals on human genome and health

Natural products counteracting cardiotoxicity during cancer chemotherapy: The special case of doxorubicin, a comprehensive review

Cardiotoxicity is a frequent undesirable phenomenon observed during oncological treatment that limits the therapeutic dose of antitumor drugs and thus may decrease the effectiveness of cancer eradication. Almost all antitumor drugs exhibit toxic properties towards cardiac muscle. One of the underlying causes of cardiotoxicity is the stimulation of oxidative stress by chemotherapy. This suggests that an appropriately designed diet or dietary supplements based on edible plants rich in antioxidants could decrease the toxicity of antitumor drugs and diminish the risk of cardiac failure. This comprehensive review compares the cardioprotective efficacy of edible plant extracts and foodborne phytochemicals whose beneficial activity was demonstrated in various models in vivo and in vitro. The studies selected for this review concentrated on a therapy frequently applied in cancer, anthracycline antibiotic—doxorubicin—as the oxidative stress- and cardiotoxicity-inducing agent

In vitro genotoxicity assessment of a monolacunary Wells-Dawson nanocluster as a promising contrast agent candidate

Tungsten-based nanoparticles possess high density and capability to attenuate X-rays and thus have been studied as interesting candidates for the development of new-generation contrast-enhancing staining agents (CESAs) for computed tomography (CT). Polyoxotungstates, as polyoxoanions containing tungsten in its high oxidation state (W6+) were reported as promising CESA candidates to visualize long bones and kidney tissues. However, some polyoxotungstates induced side effects in toxicity studies in vivo, which could limit their clinical application. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate genotoxic effects in vitro of monolacunary Wells-Dawson polyoxotungstate, α2-K10P2W17O61.20H2O (lacunary WD) that was found as a potential contrast agent for CT in our previous studies in situ and in vitro. Lacunary WD was synthesized by following the reported procedure. The genotoxicity evaluation was performed by using the standard procedure for the alkaline comet assay. Briefly, human whole blood samples were taken from healthy male and female donors and exposed to different lacunary WD concentrations within the range of 10-6-10-4 mol/L, for 4 and 24 h at 37 °C. Then, 5 μL of whole blood was embedded into an agarose matrix and subsequently lysed (2.5 M NaCl, 100 mM EDTANa2, 10 mM Tris, 1% sodium sarcosinate, 1% Triton X-100, 10% DMSO, pH 10) overnight at 4 °C. After the lysis, the slides were placed into an alkaline solution (300 mM NaOH, 1 mM EDTANa2, pH 13) for 20 min at 4 °C to allow DNA unwinding and subsequently electrophoresed for 20 min at 1 V/cm. Finally, the slides were neutralized in 0.4 M Tris buffer (pH 7.5) for 5 min 3 times, stained with ethidium bromide (10 μg/mL), and analyzed at 250× magnification using an epifluorescence microscope (Zeiss, Göttingen, Germany) connected through a camera to an image analysis system (Comet Assay II; Perceptive Instruments Ltd., Haverhill, Suffolk, UK). One hundred randomly captured comets from each slide were examined. Multiple comparisons between groups were done by means of ANOVA on log-transformed data. Post hoc analyses of the differences were done by the Scheffé test. The percentage of tail DNA was determined to evaluate the level of DNA damage and genotoxicity potential. The obtained results showed that lacunary WD did not induce a statistically significant relative increase of tail DNA compared to the corresponding control at all investigated concentrations, after both 4 and 24 h exposure. Accordingly, the investigated promising contrast agent candidate could be regarded in further studies as toxicologically safe for healthy human blood cells from a genotoxicity point of view.RAD 2023 : 11th International Conference on Radiation Natural Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Technology and Ecology (RAD 2023) 19–23.06.2023; Herceg Novi, Montenegr

The difference in some aspects of sexsuality between visually impaired and sighted people

Spolnost je dio svih aspekata ljudskoga života i obuhvaća velik dio osobnosti čovjeka. U vezi je s emocionalnim, socijalnim, kulturalnim i tjelesnim rastom pojedinca. Spolnost je prirodan dio ljudskoga razvoja u svakoj životnoj fazi a oštećenje vida može na različite načine utjecati na spolni život osobe. Ono ne samo da utječe na doživljaj sebe već i na društvene i na spolne odnose. Cilj ovoga diplomskog rada jest ispitivanje nekih razlika u obilježjima spolnosti osoba oštećena vida i videćih osoba. Istraživanje je provedeno na ukupno 24 ispitanika/ce od kojih je dvanaest osoba oštećena vida i dvanaest videćih osoba. U skupini osoba oštećena vida bilo je šest muških i šest ženskih ispitanika/ica, kao i u skupini videćih ispitanika u kojoj je također bilo šest muških i šest ženskih ispitanika/ica. Za potrebe ovog istraživanja izabrani su ispitanici između osamnaeste i trideset i pete godine života. Podaci su se prikupljali pomoću anketnog upitnika Razlika u nekim obilježjima spolnosti između osoba oštećena vida i videćih osoba. Za kvantitativnu obradu podataka korišten je SPSS. Rezultati su pokazali da postoje razlike u nekim specifičnim obilježjima između populacija osoba oštećena vida i videćih osoba u sva tri područja istraživane teme. Također, uočena je razlika u sklapanju novih poznanstava i prijateljstava, partnerskim vezama, stabilnosti veza, seksualnoj orijentaciji, eksperimentiranju s istim spolom i edukacijama o spolnosti.Gender is part of all aspects of human life, and it encompasses a great deal of human personality. It is related to the emotional, social, cultural, and physical growth of an individual. Sexuality is a natural part of human development at every stage of life, and visual impairment can affect the sex life of a person in various ways. It not only has a bearing on one’s personal experiences, but also on one’s social and sexual relationships. The aim of this graduate thesis is to explore some of the characteristics of sexuality in the visually impaired compared to people with normal vision. A total of 24 examinees were surveyed, of whom twelve people had impaired vision, and twelve people had normal vision. In the group of people with impaired vision, there were six male and six female respondents. In the group of people with normal vision, there were also six male, and six female respondents. For the purposes of this study, respondents were selected between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire Differences in some characteristics of sexuality between visually impaired and normal vision persons. SPSS was used for quantitative data processing. The results show that there are some specific differences between the population of visually impaired compared to people with normal vision in all three areas of the research topic. There were also differences in making new acquaintances and friendships, partnerships, relationship stability, sexual orientation, experimentation with the same gender, and sexuality education

Cytogenetic and oxidative status of individuals with thyroid gland illnesses

Biomonitoringom genomske cjelovitosti moguće je poboljšati prevenciju raka. Rak štitne žlijezde postao je jedan od najbrže rastućih tipova raka u svijetu. Usporedbom 100 ispitanika kontrolne skupine s ispitanicima s oboljenjima štitne žlijezde uočene su više razine oštećenja molekule DNA u limfocitima periferne krvi (1,24 puta veći broj izmjena sestrinskih kromatida, 1,47 puta veći ukupni broj kromosomskih aberacija, 1,84 veći intenzitet repa, i 2,32 puta veći ukupni broj mikronukleusa). Oksidacijski status ispitanika s oboljenjima štitne žlijezde također je narušen gdje je uočena 1,60 puta veća koncentracija malondialdehida te 32 % niža koncentracija glutationa. Nadalje, B-Raf i Ret proteini izraženi su u 97,89 % citoplazmi tkiva oboljelih ispitanika što sugerira kako bi se citogenetički biomarkeri mogli koristiti u prevenciji raka štitne žlijezde. Pritom bi se oksidacijski stres mogao smatrati jednim od mehanizama nastanka bolesti.Biomonitoring of genome integrity could be used for better cancer prevention. Thyroid cancer has become one of the fastest growing cancer types in the world. When compared to 100 matched controls, patients with thyroid illnesses showed higher basal DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes (1.24-fold increase in sister chromatid exchanges, 1.47-fold increase in total number of chromosomal aberrations, 1.84-fold increase in tail intensity, and 2.32-fold increase in total number of micronuclei). The oxidative status of thyroid patients was also altered showing 1.60-fold increase in concentration of malondialdehyde and 32 % decrease in concentration of glutathione. Finally, the observed B-Raf and Ret in 97.89 % of patient’s tissue cytoplasms suggest that cytogenetic biomarkers could be used in thyroid cancer prevention. Additionally, oxidative stress might be one of the mechanisms of thyroid disease initiation