THE ROLE OF BASKETBALL ELEMENTS AND METHODS IN DEVELOPING THE PSYCHOMOTILE ABILITY

Premises. The impact which psychomotile development has on the athletes that practice basketball imposes as basis the attunement of the practice means as a defining factor in the development process of performance athletes, conditioning the health state and the instructive process towards high performance in basketball. The present paper proposes to experimentally demonstrate that practices, content and tactical and technical actions positively determine the psychomotile development and implicitly the competitional delivery in basketball. This study aims the diversion and improvement of the psychomotile innervation within specific basketball practices. In fulfilling this aim and for verifying certain possible innervation methods that can sustain the psychomotile development, we have emphasized the specific basketball elements and methods that can ensure and influence the psychomotile developmen

Thyroid hormones paradox, oxidative stress, and selenium

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in physiological processes, but - when being in excess - ROS cause oxidative damage to molecules. Under physiological conditions, the production and detoxification of ROS are more-or-less balanced. Also in the thyroid, ROS and free radicals participate in physiological and pathological processes in the gland. For example, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is crucial for thyroid hormone biosynthesis, acting at different steps of the process. Additionally, H2O2 is believed to participate in the Wolff-Chaikoff`s effect, undergoing in conditions of iodide excess in the thyroid. It is the purpose of this review to attempt a synthesis of what we currently know of thyroid hormones production and their relation to oxidative stress and selenium, a trace element.Biomedical Reviews 2009; 20: 17-29

Nou-născutul din mamă diabetică - o provocare în terapia intensivă neonatală

Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Tîrgu-Mureş, Centrul Regional de Terapie Intensivă Neonatală UGON Tîrgu- Mureş, Români

Videocapillaroscopy of the oral mucosa as an non-invasive tool for early detection of sepsis

Introduction. Due to the high incidence, morbidity, mortality and high costs for the health system, sepsis stands out, among other things, by the firm indication of hospitalization in an intensive care unit. Dysfunction of microcirculation plays a central role in the genesis and maintenance of septic syndrome, as it represents a pathophysiological milestone of this syndrome. Videocapillaroscopy opens up the possibility of detecting microvascular anomalies in the early stages, allowing for new diagnostic and research opportunities. Material and method. Our unrandomized, prospective, multicenter, analytical study analysed a group of 51 patients with various ethology of septic shock, a clinical condition that was diagnosed on the basis of standard clinical and biological criteria, hospitalized in three ICU clinical wards, over the course of 15 months (August 2019 - November 2020), where the parameters of the oral mucosa microcirculation were monitored with the help of a videocapillaroscope, the resulting prototype of an invention patent already implemented by the authors. Objectives. The main objective of our study was to validate, on a clinical level, the possibility of using videocapillaroscopy of the oral mucosa, as an efficient means of early detection of the changes that predict the early onset of septic shock in patients in ICU patients. Results. Videocapillaroscopy was performed with a prototype device, recording 357 images of the microcirculation of the oral mucosa in the patients that had already been confirmed, via classical clinical and paraclinical means, with the diagnosis of sepsis. Discussions. The statistical analysis of the essential 5 elements detected by videocapillaroscopy (capillary density, incidence in normal and parallel disposition, diameter and microhemorrhage) corroborated with the clinical and paraclinical elements of the sepsis state path clearly highlights the correlation power of these determinations. Conclusions. Given the completely non-invasive nature of this imaging method, the very low costs associated with the method, the ease in collecting and interpreting data as well as the results that bear strong statistical correlation, we can conclude that it can successfully be considered a method of prediction with high reliability and specificity in the early detection of sepsis, regardless of its etiology

Physico-Chemical Changes during Growth and Development of Three Plum Varieties

In order to determine the physico-chemical changes during growth and development of three plum varieties, three species were analyzed (Stanley, Vânăt de Italia and Tuleu Gras) by harvesting the fruits at six different phases of development from the interior and the periphery of the crown. The changes that occurred for the studied samples were the following:  the mass increased from 2.29 g to 37.16 g (Stanley 3.90 g / fruit →30.96 g / fruit, Vânăt de Italia variety 4.42 g / fruit →35.11 g / fruit, Tuleu Gras variety 2.81 g / fruit → 38.29 g / fruit), the diameter increased from 2.52 cm to 5.2 cm (Stanley 3.15 cm / fruit → 5.17 cm / fruit, Vânăt de Italia 3.00 cm  / fruit → 5.20 cm / fruit ,Tuleu Gras 2.63 cm  / fruit → 4.99 cm / fruit), the moisture ranged from 73.83-90.01% (Stanley 79.97% - 88.52% , Vânăt de Italia 75.84% - 87.80%, Tuleu Gras 79.85% - 90.02%), the acidity decreased from 0.48% - 0.07% (Stanley 1.27%→ 0.78%, Vânăt de Italia 1.28%→ 0.80%, Tuleu Gras 1.28%→0.75%), pH increased from 2.52 to 5.2 (Stanley 3.14 → 3.74, Vânăt de Italia 2.72 → 3.78, Tuleu Gras 2.97 → 3.94) and the total soluble solide (TSS) ranged from 6.4-23.95˚Brix (Stanley 6.4˚ → 21.3˚ Brix, Vânăt de Italia 7.05˚ → 23.35˚ Brix, Tuleu Gras 8.55˚ → 23.95˚Brix). The obtained results are helpful for the industry and consumers to choose the suitable plum fruits

Perinatal asphyxia: we can anticipate and ameliorate the effects?

Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie, Tîrgu-Mureş, Institutul de Boli Cardiovasculare şi Transplantm, Tîrgu-MureşIntroduction: Despite the progress in monitoring the fetus in utero and broadening knowledge of pathophysiology, asphyxia at birth remains a very topical issue due to the impact on the immediate and late outcome prognosis. Posthypoxic impairment of the brain is the most serious consequence of perinatal asphyxia, causing the clinical outline of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, resulting in cerebral palsy. Case presentation: authors expose the cases of two-term newborns who presented birth asphyxia, who have received a similar treatment, but had a different short-term outcome. The first case was a newborn of the diabetic and hypertensive mother which subsequently developed multicystic encephalomalacia. The second case, which suffered acute asphyxia due to maternal intrapartum hypotension had a favorable outcome, with a normal neurological examination at discharge. Conclusion: anticipating the effects of perinatal asphyxia is difficult, but the presence of seizures, early and persistent pathological changes on electroencephalogram, cerebral edema detected by ultrasounds, and abnormal neurological examination at discharge can be considered poor prognostic factors.Introducere: În ciuda progreselor făcute în monitorizarea fătului in utero şi a lărgirii orizontului cunoaşterii fiziopatologiei, asfixia la naştere continuă să rămână o problemă de mare actualitate datorită răsunetului asupra prognosticului imediat şi îndepărtat. Afectarea posthipoxică a creierului este consecinţa cea mai gravă a asfixiei perinatale, determinând conturarea tabloului clinic de encefalopatie hipoxic-ischemică, având ca urmare paralizia cerebrală. Prezentări de caz: autorii expun cazurile a doi nou-născuţi la termen care au prezentat asfixie la naştere, care au beneficiat de o atitudine terapeutică similară, dar care au avut o evoluţie precoce diferită. Primul caz este al unui nounăscut din mamă diabetică şi hipertensivă care a dezvoltat ulterior encefalomalacie multichistică. Al doilea caz, care a suferit o asfixie acută pe fondul hipotensiunii materne postanestezie a avut o evoluţie favorabilă, examenul neurologic fiind normal la externare. Concluzii: anticiparea efectelor asfixiei perinatale este dificilă, dar prezenţa convulsiilor, a modificărilor EEG precoce şi persistente, a edemului cerebral detectat prin ETF, precum şi examenul neurologic anormal la externare pot fi consideraţi factori de prognostic nefavorabil

Cementtel stabilizált talajminták teherbírása tengelyirányú nyújtóerő esetén

Stabilizált talajok alatt hidraulikus kötőanyagokkal (pl. cement, mész) kevert többnyire agyagos földtípusokat értünk. Stabilizációs eljárásokkal jelentősen fel lehet javítaní az illető talaj fizikai és mechanikai tulajdonságait. A közlekedésből származó terhelés összenyomást eredményez az útszerkezet felső részében, míg az alsóbb régiókban nyujtóerők lépnek fel. Csakhogy ezen szerkezetek esetében a nyujtóerő által generált teherbírást kiiktatják a számításokból azáltal hogy egy vastag (1,5 – 2,5 m) réteget használnak. A Kolozsvári Műszaki Egyetem laboratóriumában 40x40x160 [mm] méretű cementtel stabilizált talaj prizmákat teszteltünk tengelyirányú nyujtóerő hatására, hogy fel tudjuk mérni a nyujtóellenállás esetleges jelentőségét az útszerkezetek tervezésében

DERMATOCOSMETICS FACIAL MASKS FOR TOPICAL TREATMENT OF ACNE

Acne is one of the most common skin diseases affecting mostly adolescents, but can occur also into adulthood. Acne can have profound psychological and social effects, not only for high severity acne, but even in less severe cases. Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis) bacteria and Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) bacteria are considered to cause this disease. Over time they have used many treatments for acne especially antibiotics, metronidazole showing positive effects and long-lasting. Thus, the purpose of this study was to design and investigate some facial masks in form of membranes with collagen and metronidazole to reduce and prevent adverse effects of conventional treatments using for acne. Type I fibrillar collagen gel was the main component of all masks. Hydrogels based on collagen, metronidazole, starch and polyvinilpyrolidone showed a pseudoplastic behavior with yield stress facilitating their flow and allowing their good manipulation. The membranes were obtained by drying the hydrogels in controlled environment and characterized by water absorbtion and enzymatic degradation. The results relieves that the presence of polymers (starch and polyvinylpirolidone) influence the stability and integrity of the membranes obtain. Based on these results, we could conclude that the obtained masks are potentially usable as a favorable solution in acne disease