Adaptive reuse through creative industry tools: case of Uralmash, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Uralmash, a cult neighbourhood of Yekaterinburg, Russia, is famous for its heavy industry, high furnaces, military equipment and the production of famous tanks, located within the purist modern architecture from the late 1930s. Today, however, the Uralmash district represents an interesting ground for young alternatives, which are attracted by the former purpose; stack up on the power of collectivization and the creative industry’s methods. The Biennale of Arts is housed, for example, in a former factory halls where visitors can look at works made by workers / secret artists - who instinctively depicted realistic landscapes on their storages-cabinets, to cheer up a little bit their “mornings of steel”. Significance of communion places, a dwelling where people can meet their co-workers or neighbours - set up by Le Corbusier on flat roofs of his “dwelling machine” residential house in Marseille a few decades later; here in Uralmash are visible as an original product. Women were gathering out here on purpose, from 1930s onwards: studying the household, creating art objects, and getting acquainted with women rights guidelines. The essence of these “utility hubs”, which we are aware today as globally missed in housing development, are born here; in the industrial pool of Ural district. Which method of creative industry we could possibly implement more in order to upgrade and gentrification this quarter with a lack of its primarily purpose will be a focus of this paper

A Risk Prediction Model for Mortality in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy

The aim of this study was to build a risk prediction model for 1-year mortality on the bases of clinical and functional indicators in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Materials and Methods: The study included 205 patients (aged from 16 to 61 years) with DCM and chronic heart failure in NYHA FC II-IV. The study included the collection of anamnestic data, physical examinations, clinical and biochemical laboratory methods, 12-lead ECG, echocardiography, and Holter ECG monitoring , 6-minute walk test. The duration of follow-up was 3 to 170 months (36.7±5.6). The study end-points were death (sudden death or progression of heart failure) and thromboembolic complications (pulmonary embolism, ischemic stroke, thromboembolism of the vessels of kidneys and lower extremities). Results: A sequential evaluation of clinical-anamnestic and instrumental data with analysis of the life expectancy and the subsequent construction of a risk prediction model for 1-year mortality by the method of multiple stepwise logistic regression was performed. In accordance with the results of multiple regression analysis, among the clinico-functional parameters, NYHA class III/IV, low blood pressure, a relatively young age, abnormal QRS complex, high-grade ventricular arrhythmias and an increase in LVESV/LVEDV ratio (>0.66) are the most influencing factors for a fatal outcome within 1 year of observation

TB STIGMA – MEASUREMENT GUIDANCE

TB is the most deadly infectious disease in the world, and stigma continues to play a significant role in worsening the epidemic. Stigma and discrimination not only stop people from seeking care but also make it more difficult for those on treatment to continue, both of which make the disease more difficult to treat in the long-term and mean those infected are more likely to transmit the disease to those around them. TB Stigma – Measurement Guidance is a manual to help generate enough information about stigma issues to design and monitor and evaluate efforts to reduce TB stigma. It can help in planning TB stigma baseline measurements and monitoring trends to capture the outcomes of TB stigma reduction efforts. This manual is designed for health workers, professional or management staff, people who advocate for those with TB, and all who need to understand and respond to TB stigma