scholarly journals Meteoropathy and meteorosensitive persons

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milorad Zikic ◽  
Tamara Rabi-Zikic

Introduction. The authors are dealing with the questions often asked by their patients: how weather changes, oscillations in humidity, air pressure and other climate factors affect functioning of the human body. Meteorology and Biometeorology. Definitions of meteorology and biometeorology are given, describing some of the most important characteristics, such as the types of disorders and the reasons for their occurrence, frequency, gender and age factors, etc. with particular reference to disorders related to the mental and nervous functions. Discussion. The possibilities of prevention, the importance of monitoring biometeorology forecasts and the questionable need for drug use during the seasonal shifts, which cause fatigue, irritability, poor concentration and apathy, hypersensitivity to pain, headache, dizziness, anxiety, head buzzing, etc. are discussed.

Author(s):  
Rohit Rastogi ◽  
Mamta Saxena ◽  
Mayank Gupta ◽  
Akshit Rajan Rastogi ◽  
Pradeep Kumar ◽  
...  

From ancient times, humans are striving for being healthy and to live with mental peace with family and society. In the previous centuries also, some manmade and mostly natural disasters have disturbed the pace of human life. There have been times when the whole human race has been in terror, danger, and utmost worry. The electrical gadgets also have made the human life comfortable, but also machines have dominated its consciousness. The stress, aggression, depression, and many more issues are also showing presence in all our lives. The chapter is a trial to establish the effect of yagna and mantra science over human calmness and its effect on human health irrespective to gender and age. The article also elaborates the effect of Sanskrit sound and mantra chanting on emission of radiations from electronic gadgets. It also presents the effect of spiritual practices on the human body and soul after the terror, stress, grief created due to COVID-19.


2003 ◽  
pp. 140-155
Author(s):  
Andrew Stein

University students require considerable computer literacy to enter and then succeed at their studies. Many courses, whether technology focused or not, are using advanced Web technology to deliver digital content via e-learning. This chapter explores the changing nature of information and communication technology (ICT) literacy of university students and explores whether gender and age factors affect student’s ICT literacy and Web usage. The primary focus of this chapter is to ascertain if transition or freshman students are prepared for the e-learning regimes they will encounter in higher education. Main findings show that there is a significant difference in how females and males use the Web and first-year (transition) students come to university with advanced ICT and Web literacy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Tatiana Litvinova ◽  
Olga Vershinina ◽  
Gennady Moskvitin

The purpose of the article is to study the socio-political attitudes of Moscow students, which determine their life strategies in the public sphere. An empirical basis for the study was the sociological survey of students of three universities in Moscow (n = 768). The questionnaire was partially based on Milton Rokeach’s terminal personal values indicators and the methodology of studying political culture of Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, adapted to a Russian context. The survey data operationalization let us represent a structural model of socio-political attitudes of Moscow students, which consists of indicators of four levels: value, emotional, cognitive, and strategic. The results showed that students in Moscow share the values and patriotic feelings of the elder generations. The influence of gender and age factors was most pronounced on the level of personal values. Despite of the field of their study, students in Moscow can be described as quite energetic and optimistic young citizens, equally family and career oriented with not a high interest in politics and weak political activity. Authors discussed their main findings with the results of previously obtained all-Russian and regional youth studies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranran Xu ◽  
Fei Huang ◽  
Yiru Wang ◽  
Qingquan Liu ◽  
Yongman Lv ◽  
...  

Abstract The primary goals of this study were to evaluate the gender- and age-related differences in homocysteine concentration in the general population of China and possible influencing factors. A total of 7872 subjects, divided into male and female groups, participated in this retrospective study. The average homocysteine level, prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia, and independent factors affecting homocysteine concentration were analyzed. The homocysteine level was significantly higher in males than in females in each age range (aged 20–30, aged 30–40, aged 40–50, aged 50–60, aged 60–80, aged over 80) (P < 0.0001), and the trend did not abate with age. The homocysteine concentration first decreased and then increased, being lowest at 30–50 years of age and significantly increased after 50 years of age. Factors associated with homocysteine concentration in males were smoking status (current smokers versus ex-smokers: β: 0.112), estimated glomerular filtration rate (β =  − 0.192), blood urea nitrogen (β =  − 0.14), diastolic blood pressure (β =  − 0.113), free triiodothyronine (β =  − 0.091), serum potassium (β =  − 0.107) and cystatin C (β = 0.173). In females, independent factors associated with homocysteine concentration were cystatin C (β = 0.319), albumin (β = 0.227), free thyroxine (β = 0.179), age (β = 0.148), free triiodothyronine (β =  − 0.217) and serum potassium (β =  − 0.153). The homocysteine level was significantly higher in males than in females and increased markedly after 50 years of age in both groups. The independent factors associated with increased homocysteine concentration differed between males and females.


Author(s):  
T. Pimonenko ◽  
Yu. Toptun ◽  
Ya. Us

The paper focused on the analysis of the gender factors under the developing of a marketing program to promote green goods. With the purpose to identify the scientific schools on this theme, the bibliometric analysis was conducted. In 2013 year and 2019 year, there was a significant increase in the number of publications which focused on the investigation on green marketing issues. Such trends could be explained by the growing level of interest of the world community in environmental issues. The findings allowed concluding that green marketing is considered by scientists in linking with such scientific areas as health economics, social development, economic development. The scientific community studied the gender and age parameters as key factors in the effective implementation of green marketing. In order to determine the role of gender and age factors in decision-making on the purchase of environmental goods, the survey of 176 students from Sumy State University (Ukraine) was conducted. The findings confirmed that women were more aware of environmental products than men, and 84.1% of women prefer to buy environmental products. It was determined that the most popular eco bags are shoppers – 54.5% among respondents, in second place – garbage sorting (49.4% among respondents), in third place – the rejection of plastic (48.3% among respondents). It was found that 77.8% of respondents are looking for eco-products in the category of food. Male respondents of all age are most looking for eco-goods in the category of household goods (55 respondents). Male respondents do not follow modern eco-trends and do not pay much attention to environmental labelling. Women, on the other hand, are more aware of environmental issues and often support eco-trends. The generalized results showed that one of the factors that reduce the effectiveness of green marketing was the low level of awareness of students on the nature and importance of eco-products. It was found that gender should be considered during the selection of communications channels with students and green marketing tools for the promotion of environmental products.


2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (6) ◽  
pp. e36.2-e36
Author(s):  
I Naim ◽  
F Tubach ◽  
S Guillo ◽  
A Ajrouche ◽  
Y De Rycke ◽  
...  

BackgroundUse of antiasthmatic medications has increased over the years worldwide. The aim of this study was to describe the use of antiasthmatic drugs in children in France.MethodsData were retrieved from the permanent sample (1/97th) of the French national healthcare database - the Système National des Données de Santé (SNDS) for all individuals aged from 5 to 18 years old (n=143,909) from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2017. Prevalence and incidence rate of antiasthmatic dispensing were calculated. All analyses were stratified by calendar year, age (5–11, 12–18 years) and gender. Users were classified as occasional if they had only one dispensing of antiasthmatic drugs over the year, moderate and high if they had antiasthmatic drug dispensing at two distinct occasions or at three or more occasions, respectively.ResultsThe annual prevalence of antiasthmatic drug use varied between 12 (2011) and 11 (2017) per 100 persons and incidence varied between 4.3 (2013) and 3.8 (2017) per 100 PYs. Prevalence and incidence of use were higher in children aged between 5–11 years compared to adolescents and in boys compared to girls. Most users were occasional (52%) and only one third redeemed prescriptions on a regular basis (high users: 30%). No trend was observed regarding these percentages over time or with gender and age group.ConclusionsUse of antiasthmatic drugs in France is higher than previously described in other European countries. Prevalence of use is also higher than the prevalence of asthma as assessed in epidemiological national studies suggesting that these drugs are over-prescribed.Disclosure(s)Nothing to disclose


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Gatambuki Gathigia ◽  
Ruiming Wang ◽  
Manqiong Shen ◽  
Carlos Tirado ◽  
Oksana Tsaregorodtseva ◽  
...  

Abstract The avoidance of directly addressing human mortality indicates fear of death. This fear elicits psychological, social and religious interdictions in language such that people resort to the use of metaphors to avoid confronting death. Under the premise that metaphor is a conceptual mapping from a concrete source to an abstract target domain, this study aims to identify and categorize euphemistic metaphors of death in six languages: Chinese, Farsi, Gĩkũyũ, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Those metaphors are interpreted via the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). In doing so, 40 speakers in each of the languages were asked to complete a short questionnaire. Various metaphors of death were identified in each language and categorized into four conceptual metaphors: death is a journey; death is the end; death is a rest; and death is a summons. The key finding is that the most common metaphor of death is death is a journey. This holds across linguistic groups regardless of gender and age factors. This study also discusses the role of embodied cognition theories in accounting for how metaphors of death are created and their role within cognition in general.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-179
Author(s):  
V. S. Sobkin ◽  
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T. A. Lykova ◽  
A. V. Sobkina ◽  
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...  

The article considers three components that characterize socio-psychological features of the students' life position: emotional assessment of the success of their life prospects, specifics of life plans and nature of value orientations. Taken together, these components allow to determine the social well-being of students, depending on their health state and the type of professional education they receive. The article is based on the results of the questionnaire survey conducted among RGSAI students. The study involved 167 participants, of whom 98 were those with preserved health and 69 — with disabilities. The survey was conducted in all courses (first to sixth) and faculties (theater, music, fine arts). The materials obtained are analyzed in relation to the influence of gender and age factors. Special attention is paid to the comparison of the life attitudes of students with preserved health and students with disabilities studying at different faculties. Significant differences were found between students with preserved health and students with disabilities in their assessment of the success of their life prospects, the certainty of plans for their future and value preferences. Using factor analysis, the structural correlations between various components of the life attitude were identified, and its content features depending on the health status of the respondents and the nature of the profession obtained were characterized.


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