Evaluation of Self-Perceived Changes in Gastrointestinal Symptoms During Ramadan Fasting

Little is known regarding the effects of Ramadan fasting on common gastrointestinal symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess the alterations of these symptoms in a healthy Iranian adult population during Ramadan. In a cross-sectional study, self-administered questionnaires were used to evaluate the alterations in seven groups of gastrointestinal symptoms (esophageal symptoms, dyspeptic symptoms, bloating and abdominal distension, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and nausea) after Ramadan. A total of 900 individuals participated in the study. Almost 87 % of participants reported to fast for at least 2 weeks during Ramadan. After adjusting for potential confounders, we found no relationship between alteration in frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms and Ramadan fasting, except for constipation which increased significantly after Ramadan fasting (odds ratio 1.99, 95 % confidence interval 1.05–3.80, P < 0.05). In addition, those who fasted for at least 2 weeks reported to experience severe or very severe constipation-related symptoms three times more in comparison with those who fasted for less than 2 weeks (P < 0.05). There was no relationship between severity of other gastrointestinal symptoms and Ramadan fasting. We found that Ramadan fasting does not increase frequency and severity of common gastrointestinal symptoms in the general population except for constipation that may be experienced more frequently and severely among those who fast for 2 weeks or more.     

Short-term and Mid-term Effects of Fasting and Downset Meal Pattern on Lipid Profile in Iranian Fasted Women

It is not clear that whether the effects of fasting and downset meal pattern on lipid profile are limited only to Ramadan or do they remain after that month. The cohort study was conducted on 49 women aged 20–45 who worked at Shahid Motahari hospital in Isfahan. They put on groups of 23 consuming downset meal and 26 non-consuming downset meal persons. Serum triglyceride, cholesterol, LDL, and HDL were measured on the 3 days before the beginning, 3 and 30 days after the end of Ramadan. Repeated measure test was used to determine the changes during times and the interaction effects between times and nocturnal eating pattern. This study showed that fasting causes some short-term and mid-term changes in triglyceride and HDL that is mostly attributable to changes in dietary habits during Ramadan, rather than downset meal pattern.     

The Documents of the Holy and Great Council on Marriage and Fasting

This article offers a critical response to the documents on marriage and on fasting of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, which took place in Crete in 2016. It suggests greater attention be given to the concept of oikonomia in contemporary Orthodoxy, both in the context of the issues raised in these two documents and with respect to other contentious issues. In contemporary Orthodoxy, the exercise of oikonomia is understood in different ways. One approach is the legalistic understanding of the term that is employed in the council documents; the second and more traditional approach is to understand oikonomia as discernment of what is true and authentic, even outside the canonical limits of Orthodoxy. The article asks whether such a perspective could characterize the church’s approach to other complex pastoral issues, such as those related to marriage and fasting.     

血糖水平与急性脑梗死入院时神经功能的关系

为了观察血糖水平与急性脑梗死患者入院时神经功能的关系,我们对192例资料完整的首次发生急性脑梗死的患者进行临床研究。记录：年龄、性别、腰臀比、体重指数、血压、脑CT或MRI、空腹血糖、糖化血红蛋白、血脂、纤维蛋白原、C-反应蛋白、尿酸,入院时进行神经功能损伤评分。我们用欧洲卒中量表（ESS）、Barthel指数来评价脑梗死患者的神经功能。我们将血糖与ESS评分、Barthel指数纳入一元、多元线性回归分析。同时进行糖尿病组与非糖尿病组的梗死类型与梗死部位的比较。结果显示血糖水平与ESS评分、Barthel指数进行一元及多元线性回归分析,线性回归方程不成立。两组梗死类型及部位无差异性。结论为血糖水平与入院时患者神经功能损伤的严重程度无关。     

甘精胰岛素注射时段对2型糖尿病患者空腹血糖的影响

比较甘精胰岛素在不同时段注射对2型糖尿病患者空腹血糖的影响。最终选择89例2型糖尿病患者随机分为两组接受甘精胰岛素早餐前（A组,n=46）和夜间睡前（B组,n=43）注射治疗,观察两组患者空腹血糖的变化。结果显示,所有患者使用甘精胰岛素治疗以后,空腹血糖水平较治疗前均有明显下降,具有统计学差异（P均〈0.001）。但B...     

FPG联合选择性OGTT模式在糖尿病筛查中的应用研究

探索空腹血糖(FPG)和选择性口服葡萄糖耐量试验(OGTT)相结合的糖尿病(DM)筛查模式。应用OGTT对无DM史人群行DM筛查,运用ROC曲线评价FPG对DM、IPH的诊断价值。FPG切点为7.0mmol/L时,诊断DM的敏感性为69%,特异性为100%;FPG切点为5.6mmol/L时,诊断IPH的敏感性为100%,特异性为83.3%。对FPG初筛在5.6mmol/L～6.9mmol/L者行OGTT,可在保证筛查准确性的基础上,最大程度节约成本。     

甘精胰岛素注射时段对2型糖尿病患者空腹血糖的影响

比较甘精胰岛素在不同时段注射对2型糖尿痛患者空腹血糖的影响.最终选择89例2型糖尿病患者随机分为两组接受甘精胰岛素早餐前(A组,n=46)和夜间睡前(B组,n=43)注射治疗,观察两组患者空腹血糖的变化.结果显示,所有患者使用甘精胰岛素治疗以后,空腹血糖水平较治疗前均有明显下降,具有统计学差异(P均<0.001).但B组的空腹血糖水平下降幅度更为明显,两者相比具有统计学差异(P<0.001).故在相同剂量的情况下,夜间睡前注射甘精胰岛素较晨间注射具有更强的降糖幅度,效果更好.     

慢性心力衰竭患者抑郁与空腹血糖、血脂水平的关系

了解慢性心力衰竭(CHF)患者抑郁发生现状并探讨其与空腹血糖、血脂水平的关系.采用Beck抑郁自评量表(BDI)对135例CHF患者进行调查,并测定其空腹血糖(FBS)、血总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)水平.抑郁组(BDI≥10分)FBS、TG水平高于非抑郁组(BDI ＜10分)(Z=-2.525,P＜0.05;Z=-2.588,P＜0.05),HDL-C的水平低于非抑郁组(Z=-1.967,P＜0.05);BDI总分与FBS水平呈正相关(r=0.323,P＜0.01),而与各项血脂指标无相关性.抑郁组与非抑郁组CHF患者FBS、TG、HDL-C水平存在显著性统计学差异,医护人员应加强对CHF患者的心理护理,预防和减轻抑郁情绪以调节空腹血糖、血脂水平.     

FPG联合选择性OGTT模式在糖尿病筛查中的应用研究

探索空腹血糖(FPG)和选择性口服葡萄糖耐量试验(OGTT)相结合的糖尿病(DM)筛查模式.应用OGTT对无DM史人群行DM筛查,运用ROC曲线评价FPG对DM、IPH的诊断价值.FPG切点为7.0mmol/L时,诊断DM的敏感性为69%,特异性为100%;FPG切点为5.6mmol/L时,诊断IPH的敏感性为100%,特异性为83.3%.对FPG初筛在5.6mmol/L～6.9mmol/L者行OGTT,可在保证筛查准确性的基础上,最大程度节约成本.     

难度与分值对高一学生选择停止、集中或分散学习的影响

选取50名高一学生,选用反义词对和人工词对两种学习材料,赋予学习材料不同的分值,探讨项目难度和分值对学习者集中学习或分散学习选择及其效果的影响,并通过问卷调查被试对不同学习方式的认识。结果发现:(1)只有44%的被试报告分散学习更有效,被试总体上也更多地选择了集中学习;(2)在困难项目上,分散学习比集中学习的效果更好;(3)被试对容易项目更多选择停止学习,对困难项目更少选择停止学习,特别是困难高分项目;对困难项目比对容易项目更多选择分散学习,而在困难与容易项目上,对集中学习的选择不存在显著差异。     

Development and Initial Validation of a General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African Context

This study aimed to develop and validate the General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African sample, based on the empirical overlap between hedonic and eudaimonic facets of well-being as found in previous research. The quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in three phases: secondary data analysis (n = 2005), pilot study (n = 296) and main study (n = 459). The pilot and main study included the GPWS as well as other psychological well-being measures for criterion-related validity. The pilot study yielded satisfactory psychometric properties. The main study yielded a high, reliable Cronbach alpha of.89 and evidence of construct validity. The GPWS appears to be a unidimensional scale suitable for research use with Setswana-speaking people.     

廖平的《左传》研究

随着今文经学的复兴,晚清学术在今古文学的激烈冲突中展开。在这一过程中,《左传》研究一直是核心的内容。晚清《左传》研究主要呈现出刘逢禄、康有为为代表的今文学与章太炎为代表的古文学两大学派争论的态势。廖平的《左传》研究,与两派的学术路径既有联系,有呈现出不同的学术特色,在晚清学术研究中独树一帜,值得关注。     

应当重视管理公正研究

管理公正是公正在管理领域的体现,是在管理过程中使组织权利与义务达到平衡的原则,也是管理过程中追求的使组织权利与义务达到平衡的伦理价值目标。管理公正是管理学与伦理学整合的支点,研究和实践管理公正对深化管理伦理学研究,实现伦理化的管理,均具有重要的意义和价值。     

Development and validation of the theory of planned behavior questionnaire in physical activity

The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is one of the main theoretical models in the study of the different variables, which influence in the practise of physical activity. The aim in this study was to develop a questionnaire based on TPB in physical activity context providing evidence for the validity of the obtained measures. The instrumental project included three independent studies. The first study entailed the construction and qualitative assessment of the items. In the second study, the analysis of factorial structure was performed by means of exploratory measures, and it showed that the reliability of measures was adequate. The third study provided evidence on the dimensionality of the scale. The confirmatory factorial analysis guaranteed the stability of factorial structure proposed by the TPB and provided evidence for the internal validity of the inventory. Moreover, this study provided evidence of its external validity.     

"Lost in a shopping mall" -- a breach of professional ethics

The "lost in a shopping mall" study has been cited to support claims that psychotherapists can implant memories of false autobiographical information of childhood trauma in their patients. The mall study originated in 1991 as 5 pilot experiments involving 3 children and 2 adult participants. The University of Washington Human Subjects Committee granted approval for the mall study on August 10, 1992. The preliminary results with the 5 pilot subjects were announced 4 days laters. An analysis of the mall study shows that beyond the external misrepresentions, internal scientific methodological errors cast doubt on the validity of the claims that have been attributed to the mall study within scholarly and legal arenas. The minimal involvement -- or, in some cases, negative impact -- of collegial consultation, acadmic supervision, and peer review throughout the evolution of the mall study are reviewed.     

学习时间在重复学习范式中的监测功能

通过让被试在自定步速的学习条件下完成重复学习任务,考察在重复学习范式中学习时间的监测功能。研究发现：在两次学习中,学习时间与学习判断等级和回忆成绩均有显著负相关;在第二次学习中,线索有效性不变,而随着线索利用率的提高,学习判断预测的准确性也显著提高。研究结果验证了学习时间的监测功能。     

Strategies adopted by Turkish adults for increasing happiness in daily life

The present study aims to focus on the strategies adopted by adults in seeking ways to increase happiness in their daily life and to determine whether or not significant differences exist between happiness levels in adults at the very beginning and the end of a four-month period. Sixty-eight adults who were found eligible were included in this study. The research method is of a mixed type. The distinguishing feature of this study is the experience sampling method employed. Positive–Negative Affect and Satisfaction with Life Scales, an experience sampling data form and a personal information form were used in the study. The study results show that adults adopt various strategies in order to get rid of their unhappiness and increase their happiness in three contexts. No statistical significance could be determined between the measurements achieved at the beginning and at the end of the study into the happiness of the participants.     

The use and evaluation of study guides with middle school students

Two experiments were conducted with 24 fifth-grade students participating. In the first experiment, quiz performance with study guides was compared to quiz performance without study guides. The group whose students received study guides always scored higher than the group who did not receive study guides. Experiment II assessed the feasibility of students scoring their own study guides. The reliability of student scoring was found to be 93% over all study guides and there were no significant differences between "self-scored" and "teacher-scored" groups on the weekly quizzes.