Finger Length Ratio and Body Composition In Chuvashians
Coll Antropol. 2017 Mar;41(1):25-30.ABSTRACTVery few studies that evaluated the association between fi nger length ratio and body composition in adult population showed very diverse results. We carried out a radiographic study on a large population sample who had participated in a Chuvashian skeletal aging study investigating different aspects of skeletal aging. The aims of this study were to evaluate the association between 2D:4D ratio and various indices of body composition in Chuvashian males and females. The study sample included 802 males (mean age 46.98±17.10 years) and 783 females (mean age 48.65±16.62 years). Sin...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Leonid Kalichman Valery Batsevich Eugene Kobyliansky Source Type: research
Physical Fitness And Digit Ratio (2D:4D) In Male Students From Wroc ław, Poland
This study indicated towards possibility that an association between low 2D:4D and sport and athletic achievement and also physical performances were due to, at least in part, the action of prenatal testosterone. Further studies are required to investigate the relationship of fitness parameters with digit ratio and ultimately with prenatal testosterone exposure.PMID:29139646 (Source: Collegium Antropologicum)
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Slawomir Koziel Marek Kociuba Mail Raja Chakraborty Zofia Ignasiak Source Type: research
Is Increased Facial Asymmetry Associated With The Use Of Hormonal Contraceptive Among Polish Young Women In Wroclaw?
Coll Antropol. 2017 Mar;41(1):39-43.ABSTRACTFluctuating asymmetry (FA) is the small random deviations from a perfect bilateral symmetry in a morphological trait. It is considered as an indicator of biological quality and developmental stability of individual. Adverse environmental conditions and high levels of sex steroids may increase FA. Symmetry in women was found to be related with phases of the menstrual cycles (MC). This cross sectional study aimed to compare facial symmetry between women using and not using hormonal contraceptives with reference to the phases of their fertile and non-fertile phases of MC. Participan...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Slawomir Koziel Raja Chakraborty Dariusz Danel Krzysztof Borys ławski Source Type: research
Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Ornamental Traditions in the Eastern Adriatic Coast and Hinterland
Coll Antropol. 2017 Mar;41(1):45-59.ABSTRACTArchaeological finds of personal ornaments reveal not only behavioural patterns of the society they belong to, but also their forms of manifestations indicate connections, contacts and communication paths, exchange networks and movements of prehistoric populations. This paper advances the current knowledge regarding ornamental traditions in Eastern Adriatic area during Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods. Thirteen prehistoric sites from this area have yielded more than thousand finds of ornamental assemblage, making Eastern Adriatic coast and hinterland fruitful area f...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Barbara Cvitku šić Source Type: research
Construction of the Questionnaire on Foreign Language Learning Strategies in Specific Croatian Context
Coll Antropol. 2017 Mar;41(1):61-71.ABSTRACTLearning strategies are special thoughts or behaviours that individuals use to understand, learn or retain new information, according to the point of view of O’Malley & Chamot. The other view, promoted by Oxford, believes learning strategies are specific actions taken by the learner to make learning easier, faster, more enjoyable, and more transferrable to new situations of language learning and use. The use of appropriate strategies ensures greater success in language learning. The aim of the research was to establish metric characteristics of the Questionnaire on learning...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nikolina Bo žinović Jo ško Sindik Source Type: research
Metrically adjusted questionnaires can provide more information for scientists- an example from the tourism
Coll Antropol. 2017 Mar;41(1):73-9.ABSTRACTThe article deals with the issue of research methodology, illustrating the use of known research methods for new purposes. Questionnaires that originally do not have metric characteristics can be called »handy questionnaires«. In this article, the author is trying to consider the possibilities of their improved scientific usability, which can be primarily ensured by improving their metric characteristics, consequently using multivariate instead of univariate statistical methods. In order to establish the base for the application of multivariate statistical procedures, the main i...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jo ško Sindik Maja Miljanovi ć Source Type: research
The Risk for Fall and Functional Dependence in Polish Adults 60 –87 Years Old
Coll Antropol. 2017 Mar;41(1):81-7.ABSTRACTThe constantly rising percentage of the elderly (60+), who are particularly at risk of the dangerous consequence of falls, results not only in the loss of independence in daily life, but also in a serious threat to health and life. Therefore, many authors emphasize the necessity of conducting prophylaxis and prevention among senior citizens. The most important aspect of fall prophylaxis is care about the optimum level of agility. Exercise should focus on increasing muscular strength, balance and dexterity. The aim of the present study is to determine the relationship between funct...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jaroslaw Domaradzki Slawomir Koziel Zofia Ignasiak Teresa S ławińska Anna Skrzek Ma łgorzata Kołodziej Source Type: research
Liposarcoma of the Spermatic Cord –A Rare Pathological Entity
This report describes a case of liposarcoma of the spermatic cord which developed after radical prostatectomy and salvage radiotherapy for prostate cancer treatment. Four years following surgical treatment of the primary neoplasm and one year following radiotherapy, the 67 –year –old patient was referred to the urology clinic for the emergence of a mass in the right hemiscrotum region. Ultrasonography revealed a homogenous isodense mass measuring 4.5 cm in diameter, while positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-deoxy-2(18F) fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) indicated the presence of viable tumors cells. Radical orchiectomy was ...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nikola Radovi ć Arianna Bizatzki Rajka Turner Source Type: research
Self-perception of Physical Appearance in Adolescents: Gender, Age and Ethnic Aspects
Coll Antropol. 2016 Jun;40(2):73-81.ABSTRACTThe study used cross-sectional data of 462 girls and 372 boys of Russian ethnicity and 90 Kalmyk girls 12-17-year-olds. In both groups children were examined by the same researchers according to the same research protocol. All of the observations have been performed in agreement with bioethical procedures; protocols of consent were filled either by the subject (elder children) or by his/her parent(s). Standing height, weight, body circumferences and skinfolds thickness were taken on each individual according to the standard technique. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated. In Arkh...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Elena Godina Liudmila Zadorozhnaya Source Type: research
Are Patients Ready for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Family Physicians - A Croatian Study
Coll Antropol. 2016 Jun;40(2):83-90.ABSTRACTDiscrimination and harassment of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) physicians from their colleagues and superiors are known. However there is little knowledge about the patients’ attitudes and discrimination toward physicians. A cross sectional Internet survey was conducted in urban Croatian regions. The participants were asked to answer questions regarding their socio-demographic status, the Attitudes Towards Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (ATLG), and whether they would refuse to see a LGB physician and, if so, why. Of the 1004 participants, 8.8% said they would refuse a male GB phy...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Igor Grabovac Jadranka Mustajbegovi ć Milan Milo šević Source Type: research
Czech contributions to searching for starting points of transculturality
This study concerns with defining and classifying particular attempts to find outlines of transculturality in the Czech surroundings. It makes efforts especially to characterize the so called Hradec Králové school of transculturality, which it reduces into two dominating different streams: the socio-cultural and the metaphysical stream. The study divides the socio-cultural ways of transculturality into three central models: the nihilistic, the symbolical and the humanitarian-psychological model. The metaphysical stream is then divided into the biblically anthropological and the historically contextual model.PMID:29139281...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Frantisek Burda Source Type: research
Genetic Structure of an Isolated Rural Population in North Albania Evaluated Through Isonymic Method
Coll Antropol. 2016 Jun;40(2):99-103.ABSTRACTThe genetic structure of a rural isolated population living in Kukës District in northern part of Albania, was analyzed through the surnames distribution. The data suitable for this analysis were obtained from Electoral Register (2009) offered by Central Election Commission of Albania. In order to estimate the population diversity, the information from the populations of 10 administrative units (communes) for a total of 1768 surnames belonging to 39571 individuals was used. Indicators of genetic structure such as Fisher’s α, an estimate of surname diversity and coefficient o...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ilia Mikerezi Muhamir Shyqeri Source Type: research
Is sports choice and participation related to 2D:4D? A study among adult male students in Wroc ław, Poland
This study cross-sectional study investigated the relationship of 2D:4D with team based- or individual sports. The participants were 421 Polish male students with a mean (+SD) age of 19.78 (+0.79) years. Among them, 139 were engaged in sports and 282 were not. Mean 2D:4D in each hand of individual sporting group was significantly lower than the team sports- and no sports groups. Participants not involved in any sports had the highest mean 2D:4D value. However, the team sportsmen’s 2D:4D did not differ from the non sporting group. Prenatal testosterone exposure might have implication in sports choice and participation.PMI...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Slawomir Koziel Marek Kociuba Zofia Ignasiak Raja Chakraborty Source Type: research
Menstrual Changes in Body Composition of Female Athletes
Coll Antropol. 2016 Jun;40(2):111-22.ABSTRACTThe aim of the study was to determine whether the tendencies and scope of changes in body mass, body composition and body girths across the menstrual cycle were similar or different in women of different body build. Anthropometric examinations were carried out in a group of 40 naturally regularly menstruated females practicing team sports (aged 19-21, B-v 169.3+/-6.4 cm, body mass 59.6+/-7.0 kg), in the follicular, periovulatory and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle. The phases were determined on the basis of data from two consecutive menstrual cycles taking into account the ...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Aleksandra Jadwiga Stacho ń Source Type: research
Histopathological Changes in Tracheal Mucosa Following Total Laryngectomy
Coll Antropol. 2016 Jun;40(2):123-6.ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to determine the long term histopathologic changes in tracheal mucosa after a total laryngectomy , and to find out the relationship between the progression of histopathologic changes in tracheal mucosa and the duration of breathing through the tracheostomy. Tracheal mucosal biopsies were taken from a total of 35 patients, of both sexes, who underwent a total laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma at least one year prior. Histologic specimens of tracheal mucosa were stained with hematoxylin and eosin and examined under light microscopy. Almost all of the pa...
Source: Collegium Antropologicum - November 16, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Marinela Rosso Drago Prgomet Ksenija Marjanovi ć Silvija Pu šeljić Robert Ti ćac Ivan Mihaljevi ć Source Type: research
