THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOME GREENERY VEGETABLES AT THE SOLARIUM CULTURE

In this paper, studies were carried out on spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.), rucola (Eruca sativa Mill.) and lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta L.) plants, sown at different times and harvested at different development stages. The studies were carried out in the locality of Aghireșu-Fabrici, Cluj county on an area of 50 m2. The crops were established in two different times, the autumn was sown on October 27, 2017 and harvested between 10-25 March, and the spring was sown on February 25 and harvested between 15-25 April in the case of spinach and rocket and April 22-May 5 at the lamb's lettuce. The best spinach production was obtained at the spring crop at the last harvest phase of April 25, 2018 of 3.95 kg/m2. At the rucola in the second harvest phase, from April 25 to the spring crop, there was a production of 2.19 kg/m2. In the third phase of harvest, from March 25 to the autumn sowing obtained 1.97 kg/m2. At the lamb's lettuce, the best results were obtained in the autumn crop, with a maximum production value at the third harvest phase of 1.54 kg/m2

Psychometric properties of the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers in 32 European countries – A bifactor ESEM representation

AimsTo measure the stigma of healthcare providers toward people suffering from mental illness, the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC) is a commonly applied instrument. However, this scale has not been thoroughly validated in many European countries, its psychometric properties are still unknown and data on practicing psychiatrists is lacking. Therefore, this multicenter study aimed to assess the psychometric characteristics of the 15-item OMS-HC in trainees and specialists in adult and child psychiatry in 32 countries across Europe.Materials and methodsThe OMS-HC was conducted as an anonymous online survey and sent via Email to European adult and child psychiatrists. Parallel analysis was used to estimate the number of OMS-HC dimensions. Separate for each country, the bifactor ESEM, a bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling approach, was applied to investigate the factor structure of the scale. Cross-cultural validation was done based on multigroup confirmatory factor analyses and reliability measures.ResultsA total of 4,245 practitioners were included, 2,826 (67%) female, 1,389 (33%) male. The majority (66%) of participants were specialists, with 78% working in adult psychiatry. When country data were analyzed separately, the bifactor model (higher-order factor solution with a general factor and three specific factors) showed the best model fit (for the total sample χ2/df = 9.760, RMSEA = 0.045 (0.042–0.049), CFI = 0.981; TLI = 0.960, WRMR = 1.200). The average proportion of variance explained by the general factor was high (ECV = 0.682). This suggests that the aspects of ‘attitude,’ ‘disclosure and help-seeking,’ and ‘social distance’ could be treated as a single dimension of stigma. Among the specific factors, the ‘disclosure and help-seeking’ factor explained a considerable unique proportion of variance in the observed scores.ConclusionThis international study has led to cross-cultural analysis of the OMS-HC on a large sample of practicing psychiatrists. The bifactor structure displayed the best overall model fit in each country. Rather than using the subscales, we recommend the total score to quantify the overall stigmatizing attitudes. Further studies are required to strengthen our findings in countries where the proposed model was found to be weak

INFLUENCE OF PASTEURIZATION ON DIFFERENT COMPOSTS USED FOR AGARICUS SSP. MUSHROOM CULTIVATION ON CHANGING THE AMMONIA CONCENTRATION AND THE pH LEVEL

The mushrooms provide important sources of protein extracted from materials with very low economic value, such as manure, waste from agriculture, forestry, timber industry. It is used with maximum efficiency the created nutrient substrate, which after a crop cycle of 3-5 months can be reused as fertilizer in agriculture (Agaricus mushrooms, Coprinus, Stropharia), or as animal feed or as fuel (oyster mushrooms). Ammonia is eliminated during composting and pasteurization and the nitrogen that will remain will become digestible nitrogen protein, which provide the food for the mushrooms mycelium. This paper presents the dynamic of the chemical transformation of compost for Agaricus ssp. mushroom growing during the pasteurization process

Human-driven geomorphological processes and soil degradation in Northwest Argentina: A geoarchaeological view

The study of human-driven processes is useful to gain a better understanding of the long-term evolution of land degradation, soil erosion, and geomorphology as well as resource availability for human settlement. The objective of this paper is to identify the long-term results of human impact on the vulnerable dryland ecosystems in Northwest Argentina, specifically to analyze the consequences of the spread and consolidation of the agricultural way of life on the landscape. To reach this objective, a multiproxy interdisciplinary geoarchaeological study was conducted to link an evolutionary geomorphological model with the soil development and degradation, peopling, and land use change during the Upper Holocene and integrate distinct areas of the Tafí Valley region, which is the most studied area, other neighbouring valleys, and the Puna. The analyses identified positive human-driven impacts that led to a general degradation of the landscape during the agricultural Prehispanic Period, dated between ca. 2000 and 500 bp. This degradation is manifested by accelerated morphogenesis, mainly fine-grained accumulated sediments, thick deposits, and the presence of human debris interbedded with the natural sediments. The success of the productive agricultural systems that expanded during the Formative Period led to a gradual increase in the demographic density, resulting in extensive environmental degradation due to overexploitation of the drylands of Northwest Argentina, in some cases increased by adverse climatic changes.Fil: Sampietro Vattuone, Maria Marta. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Laboratorio de Geoarqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán; ArgentinaFil: Peña Monne, José Luis. Universidad de Zaragoza; EspañaFil: Roldán, Jimena. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Hídricas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Maldonado, Mario Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Laboratorio de Geoarqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán; ArgentinaFil: Lefebvre, Maria Gisela. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Laboratorio de Geoarqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán; ArgentinaFil: Sampietro Vattuone, Maria Marta. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Laboratorio de Geoarqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán; Argentin

Associations between untreated depression and secondary health care utilization in patients with hypertension and/or diabetes

Purpose. We determined the prevalence of untreated depression in patients with hypertension (HT) and/or diabetes (DM) and estimated the extra health care use and expenditures associated with this comorbidity in a rural Hungarian adult population. We also assessed the potential workload of systematic screening for depression in this patient group.Methods. General health check database from a primary care programme containing survey data of 2027 patients with HT and/or DM was linked to the outpatient secondary care use database of National Institute of Health Insurance Fund Management. Depression was ascertained by Beck Depression Inventory score and antidepressant drug use. The association between untreated depression and secondary healthcare utilization indicated by number of visits and expenses was evaluated by multiple logistic regression analysis controlled for socioeconomic/lifestyle factors and comorbidity. The age-, sex- and education-specific observations were used to estimate the screening workload for an average general medical practice.Results. The frequency of untreated depression was 27.08%. The untreated severe depression (7.45%) was associated with increased number of visits (OR 1.60, 95% CI 1.11?2.31) and related expenses (OR 2.20, 95% CI 1.50?3.22) in a socioeconomic status-independent manner. To identify untreated depression cases among patients with HT and/or DM, an average GP has to screen 42 subjects a month.Conclusion. It seems to be reasonable and feasible to screen for depression in patients with HT and/or DM in the primary care, in order to detect cases without treatment (which may be associated with increase of secondary care visits and expenditures) and to initiate the adequate treatment of them