Monster as a Superhero: an Essay on Vampire Vogue in Contemporary Film Culture

The worldwide popular series Twilight is the mixed genre phenomenon in literature, media and cinema. After monstrous cinema interpretations of vampires, Edward Cullen becomes a vampire that women fall in love with. Narrative draws on the legend of vampires as well as on the fairy tales archetype of the love between The Lady and the Beast. Sexual connotation in the stories of vampires are not new, but the global identification of the audience with the main characters in the romantic-horror plot in this series needs to be analyzed through the evolution of the vampire genre and psychology related issues. The popularity of this series and blossoming hybrid genre is related to the artificial catharsis and fulfillment of the market demand. Contemporary audience demands “to be special” and these profitable narratives are the fulfilled promise to the audience

Selfie Culture: A View on Cyber Documentarism

The intention of this discussion is to question of documentary form and selfie phenomenon in the cultural implications emerged as a consequence of widespread new technologies and social networking, touchscreen and video. What is the feature of documentary film form in the culture of selfism and technology friendly recording devices? Culture as the inherent feature of a group and individual both is defined by a given space and time and is in constant changing mode. In new media defined by the Wi-Fi technology and communication gadgets the new conducts and behaviors are introduced into the traditional cultures. Taking the fast lane of connectivity but in the same time remaining in the slow lane of anonymity is not just a fad of anonymous networking of international culture, but the main communicating feature today. Recording video and taking pictures have lost their importance and elitism, gaining superficiality and HD quality. What happens to the content, cultural context and creative approaches in this process? What is the quality of new international culture in the virtual space and time defined by picture in motion language of visual communication (film grammar) and technology video devices? Does the culture based on this technology make the new stereotypes? What is the human language for communication in this international culture? Can English be the long lost Babylon dream fulfilled? Is documentarism benefiting from today’s culture – or is it dying

The Changing Soaps and Telenovela Genre: Turkish Series Impact

The focus of this work is to establish the inherent features of the genre of series and discuss their importance and impact on society, politics and everyday life. We usually tend to address everything related to TV and sequel featured as series and soaps. This common presumption is wrong on so many levels, because the genre of sequels has many subgenres and mixed genres and they are constantly changing in the light of the new technologies of filmmaking, TV broadcast and demands of the market. The societies in transition are subjected to various media contents among which the greatest popularity is bestowed to the melodramatic narrative of telenovelas. The promotion of cultures and deconstruction of cultural stereotypes inherent to the mass audience is one of the values of this media content. How much does the genre of telenovelas differ in the context of cultural nuances and what is the genesis of the human urgency in retelling the melodramatic and tragic narratives? Is this genre based on Turkish production now trespassing into the territory of ancient tragedy, thus returning to the roots of all the fiction? Is so, why is that happening to this genre? Enormous popularity deriving from these stories is reflected in the prime time broadcasting by Croatians, Serbian and Bosnian TV stations since 2010. The paper will explain the ontogenesis of the popularity, reflections and influences on societies and cultures, and features of this hybrid and changing genre of telenovelas produced in Turkey

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Bosnian Cinema

The artistic attempt to convey the reality or the author’s vision of the reality can be reduced to the simple communication process between the creator of the strategic artistic idea or message aimed at emotions of the recipient. Manipulation with the impact of the art work results in the stereotyped values on the matter presented in the art work. Such impact is vividly evident in the motion pictures. Ever since the beginning of the film exemplary influences of the film on its audience are enormous. It is the inherent feature of film to be convincing, because if it is not, the audience does not believe the interpreted reality or identify with the story, and thus the communication process is not working properly.Why are we watching movies? We do understand that the material before our eyes is not reality, but, nevertheless if it does not follow its own principles of reality that creates within, we do not believe it. As communication in the art of film is based on the stories, and stories need heroes and enemies, the different parties in the war reality play roles in the film reality. In this reality the perception of what happened in one period of history is represented and interpreted in the movies. This perception depends on authors believes but also political adequacy at the time, place and origin of the finances for the moviemaking. The features of cinematography (placing the camera for the point of view thus interpreting the reality and transgressing the author idea and or ideology) and storytelling (narrative on Enemies and Saviors), subjugated to the stereotypes along with the propaganda possibilities and impacts of film contents and contexts in reference to the war and after war reality are the main focuses of this essay. The reviewed and referenced Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian films are: No Man’s Land, Turneja, Nafaka, Djeca, Ostavljeni, Grbavica, Gori vatra, Parada, Srpski film, 10 minuta, Notre Musique, Savršeni krug, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Venuto al Mondo, Shot through the Heart, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Hunting Party, Krugovi, and Halimin put

Correlation of serum lipid profile and glycemic control parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus type 2 has become a global health-care problem of modern society due to a pronounced increase of prevalence to pandemic proportions and vascular complications. At present, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is widely accepted as a measure of glycemic control in established diabetes. The aim of this study was to analyze the lipid profile in serum of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2, and its relationship with HbA1c levels. Methods: The observational cross-sectional study included 60 diabetic patients, 30 men, and 30 women, age 32–94 years. Patients were assigned into two groups based on HbA1c values; Group 1: HbA1c ≤ 7% (good glycemic control) and Group 2: HbA1c > 7% (poor glycemic control). We analyzed the concentration of glucose, HbA1c, and lipid profile including total cholesterol levels, triglycerides (TAG), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), and high-density lipoproteins (HDL). Results: Significantly lower values of glucose concentration, TAG and the ratio TAG/HDLc were obtained in the group of patients with good glycemic control. (p 0.005) Our study revealed a significant positive correlation between HbA1c and triglyceride level (r = 0.375; p = 0.003) and HbA1c and ratio triglyceride/HDLc (r = 0.335; p = 0.009). Conclusion: HbA1c can also be used as a predictor of dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetics in addition to as a glycemic control parameter

Evaluation of hematological parameters and platelet yield in voluntary blood donors by plateletpheresis: a one-year study at the blood centre in a teaching hospital

Background: The present study was planned to compare of pre and post donation hematological parameters in healthy donors by plateletpheresis. Also to assess the platelet yield following plateletpheresis procedure with its correlation to pre donation platelet count. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study carried out in the Blood Centre of a tertiary care hospital in Haryana, India between January to December 2022. Plateletpheresis was done on Trima Accel Automated Collection System with ACD‐A as an anticoagulant. The data was collected from the hospital for hematological parameters (Hb, hematocrit, Total WBC count, total platelet count) pre and post donation. Categorical data is presented as frequency, percentage, mean±SD range. Correlation was established between the pre donation platelet count and the platelet yield. Results: A total of 125 donors were included in the study with majority of the donors 69 (55.2%) in the age group 21-30 years. Mean age of the donors included in the study was 31.58±7.5 years. The levels of hemoglobin dropped from 14.16±0.95 to 13.92±1.002 gm/dl, hematocrit dropped from 41.19±1.33 to 40.91±2.89%, total WBC count reduced from 7.64±1.38 to 7.61±1.36 103/ l and platelet count dropped from 279.5±62.96 to 259.9±58.38 lac/ l. There was a significant drop in the levels of platelet post donation by 7.01% compared to pre donation levels. majority of the donors (44%) had a mean platelet yield 2.49±0.33 with a platelet count between 1.5-2.5x1011/l. The maximum platelet yield was 4.93±0.34 in 6% donors with pre-donation platelet count of >4.5 5x1011/l. A linear significant relationship was established between the platelet count and the platelet yield (r=0.99). Conclusions: There were significant changes in the pre donation and post donation hematological parameters among the donors. It was concluded that donors with a high pre-donation platelet count can be considered for better platelet yield. Background: The present study was planned to compare of pre and post donation hematological parameters in healthy donors by plateletpheresis. Also to assess the platelet yield following plateletpheresis procedure with its correlation to pre donation platelet count. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study carried out in the Blood Centre of a tertiary care hospital in Haryana, India between January to December 2022. Plateletpheresis was done on Trima Accel Automated Collection System with ACD‐A as an anticoagulant. The data was collected from the hospital for hematological parameters (Hb, hematocrit, Total WBC count, total platelet count) pre and post donation. Categorical data is presented as frequency, percentage, mean±SD range. Correlation was established between the pre donation platelet count and the platelet yield. Results: A total of 125 donors were included in the study with majority of the donors 69 (55.2%) in the age group 21-30 years. Mean age of the donors included in the study was 31.58±7.5 years. The levels of hemoglobin dropped from 14.16±0.95 to 13.92±1.002 gm/dl, hematocrit dropped from 41.19±1.33 to 40.91±2.89%, total WBC count reduced from 7.64±1.38 to 7.61±1.36 103/ l and platelet count dropped from 279.5±62.96 to 259.9±58.38 lac/ l. There was a significant drop in the levels of platelet post donation by 7.01% compared to pre donation levels. majority of the donors (44%) had a mean platelet yield 2.49±0.33 with a platelet count between 1.5-2.5x1011/l. The maximum platelet yield was 4.93±0.34 in 6% donors with pre-donation platelet count of >4.5 5x1011/l. A linear significant relationship was established between the platelet count and the platelet yield (r=0.99). Conclusions: There were significant changes in the pre donation and post donation hematological parameters among the donors. It was concluded that donors with a high pre-donation platelet count can be considered for better platelet yield.

Histopathological pattern of endometrial biopsy in abnormal uterine bleeding

Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common complaint in most women of different ages that prompts seeking gynaecologic care. This study aimed to determine the type of endometrial patterns of the different age categories of women who presented as a case of abnormal uterine bleeding. Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted on 72 patients who were presented with abnormal uterine bleeding and had endometrial biopsy done in our hospital. The data on their age, presenting complaints, and comorbidities of all the women were collected. The patterns of endometrial changes were studied and classified in accordance to the FIGO classification. Results: Seventy-two women with abnormal uterine bleeding demonstrated a fluctuating pattern of ten endometrial pathologies distributed among five age groups in the range of 31 to 65 years. Maximum number of cases of AUB were noted in the age group of (36-50) years (56 cases, 77.7%). Most common observed histopathological pattern in this study was normal cyclical patterns including proliferative endometrium (29.16%) and secretory endometrium (22.22%). Conclusions: Histopathological examination of the endometrium shows a clear-cut differentiation between physiological and malignancy changes in the endometrium. Hence, endometrial sampling is considered the golden tool for accurate analysis of the endometrium.

Russell body cervicitis presenting as endocervical polyp: a case report

Russell body cervicitis has been rarely reported in the literature. Herein, we reported another case of this entity. A 42 years old female patient who presented with postcoital bleeding, a clinical diagnosis of cervical polyp was made which was subsequently biopsied. Histopathological diagnosis of Russell body cervicitis was given followed by positive immunoreactivity for CD138, Kappa and Lambda. Heightened awareness of the existence of this entity may result in reporting of similar cases, which may assist in concluding its pathogenesis and causative agent

Histo-pathological pattern of endometrial biopsy in females with abnormal uterine bleeding: a retrospective study in tertiary care hospital of Haryana

Background: This study aimed to know the various histo-pathological patterns of endometrial biopsy and their incidence in patients of AUB.Methods: Patients in the age group between 21-75 years who had presented with AUB and underwent endometrial biopsy from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2019 were included. The endometrial biopsy specimens which were already taken from patients with AUB were scrutinized for histopathological pattern. Various patterns of histo-pathology of endometrial biopsy were noted and studied.Results: Most common age group which was affected was between 36-40 years. The endometrial biopsies and curetting’s on histopathology revealed various patterns ranging from normal endometrium to malignancy. Patterns of normal cyclical endometrium (proliferative and secretory phases) were the most common patterns.Conclusions: Evaluation of women with AUB is important around the perimenopausal age group to detect any atypical and malignant changes and intervene early. Histopathological examination in correlation to radiological findings remain the standard procedures for diagnosis