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Change of the State of the Natural Antioxidant Barrier of a Body and Psychological Parameters in Patients Aged above 60

Background The goal of this study is to assess the natural antioxidant barrier of the organism and selected psychological aspects of the aging process in patients above 60 years old. Methods The study included a total of 52 patients aged above 60 (mean age 67 ± 3.4) and 32 healthy subjects (mean age 22 ± 3.4) as a control group. All patients underwent psychological assessment using Test of Attentional Performance version 2.3 (TAP 2.3, four subtests: alertness, cross-modal integration, neglect with central task, and working memory) and biochemical analysis of venous blood concerning values of the selected parameters of oxidative stress (HT, GSH, GPXOS, GPXRBC, GRRBC1, SODRBC1, MDARBC1, NO2−/NO3−, and CP). Results Disorders of attention were observed mainly in elderly people, but an assumption that elderly people have developed more efficient ways of working memory use than younger people may be true. Results showed the reduced effectiveness of the bodys natural antioxidant barrier in elderly people. Moderate positive and negative correlations among parameters of oxidative stress and psychological parameters were observed in the control group. Discussion Intensification of the attention deficits and oxidative stress may be observed as one of the pathogenic factors of age-dependent diseases.

Use of antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Abstract Introduction: The presence of background HCV infection cannot be overestimated in view of the prevalence of chronic hepatitis C and the risk of adverse outcomes of this disease. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the combined use of antiviral therapy (Roferon + Vero-Ribavirin) and resort factors in patients with chronic hepatitis C in the phase of replication. Material and methods: We observed 48 patients with chronic hepatitis C; the minimum level of activity of the process defined the phase of replication. Markers of HCV infection were determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (a-HCV and HCV-Ig M). HCV RNA was determined twice by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Genotyping of hepatitis C virus was performed. Biochemical blood analysis and the study of HCV infection markers were carried out four times. Results of therapy were assessed immediately after the end of the resort (spa) treatment, then at 3, 6 and 12 months after starting treatment. At 12 months after starting treatment, all the observed patients had persistent clinical and biochemical remission. Elimination of the virus from the blood was noted in 56% of the control group and 74% of patients in the study group. Conclusions: For patients with moderately active HCV, the replication phase was characterized by asthenic-vegetative syndrome (100% of patients) with severe depression (22.92%), pain (77.08%) and dyspeptic syndrome (33.33%), moderate hypertransferaseemia (100%), slightly pronounced cholestasis (33% of patients), and signs of mesenchymal- inflammatory response.

Reasons Behind Choosing a Field of Study, Satisfaction with Studies and Career Plans of Students of Tourism and Recreation at The Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz

Chec zdobycia wyzszego wyksztalcenia jest przejawem postawy przedsiebiorczej. Pytanie o motywy studiowania nieodlącznie wiąze sie z odpowiedzią dotyczącą wartości wyksztalcenia we wspolczesnych realiach. Celem podjetych badan bylo poznanie motywow wyboru studiow, satysfakcji z nich oraz planow zawodowych studiujących turystyke i rekreacje w Uniwersytecie Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy. Celowym doborem objeto 136 respondentow (69% kobiet i 31% mezczyzn). Zastosowano metode sondazu diagnostycznego z wykorzystaniem technik: ankiety (kwestionariusz wlasnego autorstwa), wywiadu i obserwacji. We wnioskowaniu statystycznym posluzono sie frekwencją cech oraz testem niezalezności chi-kwadrat. Stwierdzono, ze najcześciej wskazywanymi motywami wyboru studiow turystyka i rekreacja w Uniwersytecie Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy byly: zamilowanie do podrozowania i chec poznawania świata, perspektywa ciekawej pracy, mozliwośc zatrudnienia w jednostce turystycznej oraz zainteresowanie rekreacją fizyczną. Wiekszośc studentow byla zadowolona z wybranego kierunku studiow, zwlaszcza kierujący sie motywami sportowymi, uprawianiem turystyki kwalifikowanej oraz motywami prozawodowymi i autotelicznymi. Swoją przyszlośc zawodową w jednostce turystycznej planowalo ponad dwukrotnie wiecej kobiet niz mezczyzn. Mezczyźni cześciej w porownaniu z kobietami chcieliby pracowac w innym zawodzie związanym z kulturą fizyczną.

Assessment of the cognitive functions in kayakers of the national team after a training cycle combined with whole body cryotherapy

Introduction. Using the Quick Mind Testing method, the efficiency of cognitive functions in kayakers after physical training combined with whole body cryotherapy was assessed. Material and methods. The athletes (n = 17) performed the Quick Mind Testing on the first day and at the end of a 2-month training cycle, as well as before and after whole body cryotherapy conducted between the 5th and the 15th day of the cycle. Cryotherapy was administered twice a day, before and after training (20 sessions altogether). One cryotherapy session lasted 3 mins with the temperature gradually decreased from the initial -120 o C to the final -145 o C. Results. After the training period, the kayakers committed approx. 2 times less incorrect Go and NoGo reactions, and approx. 12% more correct NoGo (p < .004) reactions, as well as gave more correct answers in the ATTENTION test (p < .004) than on the first day of training. After cryotherapy, as compared with the results obtained before the cryochamber stimulation, the kayakers gave more correct answers in the ATTENTION test. Conclusions. Physical training combined with whole body cryotherapy increases the mental efficiency of kayakers, which may affect the efficiency of physical exercise.

Doping i suplementy stosowane w bydgoskich siłowniach = Doping and supplementation applied in Bydgoszcz gyms

Celem pracy jest określenie jakich środkow dopingujących oraz jakich su-plementow diety uzywają osoby cwiczące na silowniach w Bydgoszczy. Badania zostaly przeprowadzone wśrod osob trenujących na silowniach w Bydgoszczy. Metodą, ktora zostala zastosowana byl sondaz diagnostyczny. Na podstawie badan mozna stwierdzic, ze sterydy anaboliczno-androgenne są najcześciej stosowanym środkiem dopingującym. Badania wykazaly rowniez, ze znaczna cześc badanych stosuje kreatyne w celu poprawienia wyglądu sylwetki, co wplywa na jakośc ich treningow. Prawie wszyscy ankietowani natomiast twierdzą, ze suplementacja jest zjawiskiem powszechnie wystepującym. Slowa kluczowe: doping, suplementy, silownia, Bydgoszcz