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The "Chinese model" of organ donation and transplantation in China has gradually been praised by the world. However, the shortage of organ is still the biggest difficulty at present, so it is urgent to improve the organ donation rate among the public and the number of individual organ donations. Through combing and analyzing some important values in Chinese traditional culture, this paper tried to help today’s organ donation find an appropriate value guidance, in order to promote the development of organ donation and transplantation in China.
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Although voluntary blood donation may be hindered by traditional Chinese culture, Chinese traditional culture does not only have a negative effect on voluntary blood donation. Among them, the concepts of "self-restraint" and "benevolence" can help people devote themselves to voluntary blood donation, but the value pursuit of body integrity in traditional culture is still noteworthy. From the perspective of "sacrificing life for righteousness", the traditional culture’s emphasis on the inviolability of the body is not absolute. Under special circumstances, moderate and slight damage to the body for the public interest is permitted and supported by Confucian ethics. Voluntary blood donation obviously belongs to this special situation, and its legitimacy can be justified by the body ethics advocated by Mencius. "Self-restraint" and "benevolence" are ideological helps to guide people to practice voluntary blood donation.
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The organic integration of local excellent traditional culture and ideological and political education in medical colleges and universities is an important content of deeply studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourse of inheriting and enriching the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and promoting the comprehensive integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into college education. The integration of them is helpful to improve the effectiveness of ideological and political education, enhance the cultural confidence of medical students, and cultivate their professional spirit. Guided by Marxist theory and the methods of "creative transformation and innovative development", a group of typical ideological concepts, moral norms, and humanistic spirits such as patriotism, basic civic ethics, medical professional ethics, and global health concepts were selected, and then targeted integrate them into ideological and political education through specific paths such as basing on classroom teaching, enhancing campus culture, and strengthening social practice to cultivate medical talents with noble medical ethics and exquisite medical skills in the new era.
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The research on endophytes of medicinal plants mainly relies on the traditional culture and isolation methods. Because of their functions such as promoting host growth, improving stress resistance, promoting the accumulation of medicinal active ingredients or directly producing medicinal active ingredients, the endophytes of medicinal plants have gradually attracted wide attention. However, it was found that the strains isolated by traditional methods were not the true dominant endophytes of medicinal plants by comparing the results of traditional culture isolation with high-throughput sequencing. The blind and random nature of traditional methods leads to the lack of standards in terms of medium selection, culture time and interaction between species. On the contrary, high-throughput sequencing technology is an emerging molecular biology technology developed in recent decades. Due to its high resolution level and indepen-dent culture, it can be used for thorough analysis of the community structure and diversity of environmental microorganisms. Therefore, we proposed the strategy of using high-throughput sequencing technology to guide the traditional culture and isolation of endophytes from medicinal plants. Firstly, the endophytic structure and diversity of medicinal plants were completely clear by high-throughput sequencing technology, and the dominant endophytes of the host were unequivocal. Then according to the characteristics of each dominant endophytes design or query suitable medium for its growth to culture and isolation. Finally, the function of the isolates was studied. This method can prevent researchers from missing out on the important functional strains of the host, expand the research scope of endophytes of medicinal plants, and facilitate the in-depth excavation and utilization of endophytes of medicinal plants.
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Endophytes/genetics , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Plants, Medicinal , Research DesignABSTRACT
To study the cultural beliefs of medical students and its relationship with depression.A questionnaire survey was conducted among 977 medical students using the Chinese Traditional Culture Belief Scale (CTCBS) and Nine Item-Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).The total score of medical students' cultural belief was 48.34± 7.31, and 54.4% of them had clear cultural belief. Cultural belief did not differ significantly among the medical students with different genders, places of residence or economic status, but those with ideals and beliefs had significantly higher cultural belief than those without (48.87±7.40 47.09±6.95, < 0.001). Cultural belief was negatively correlated to depression among the medical students (=-0.215, < 0.001), and those with a high-level cultural belief had lower levels of depression (6.09±3.88 7.42 ± 3.82 9.00 ± 4.90, < 0.001). The total and all the dimensions scores of CTCBS of the students without depressive symptoms were significantly higher than those in students with depressive symptoms. The medical students with lower cultural beliefs had a higher positive rate for depression screening (37.8% 18.8% 12.2%).Medical students have a high level of cultural beliefs. Strong culture beliefs are beneficial to relieve depression symptoms and reduce the incidence rate of depression. Chinese traditional culture education should be strengthened in the quality education of medical students.
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Female , Humans , Male , Asian People , Depression , Students, Medical , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Introducción. El rápido aumento de la producción agrícola, las actividades extractivas y la expansión demográfica han originado degradación del suelo y la modificación del equilibrio dinámico propio de un ecosistema debido, entre otras cosas, a un cambio drástico en las formas tradicionales de agricultura como la disminución de periodos de descanso entre cultivos o barbecheo. Objetivo. Describir la dinámica de barbecho desde su origen, así como su influencia en el uso y transformación del suelo desde el punto de vista ambiental en un contexto histórico. Metodología. El método utilizado fue la consulta en bases de datos de revistas indizadas utilizando palabras claves como: barbecho, descanso, suelo, prácticas culturales andinas, prácticas agroculturales, agricultura tradicional y páramo; sin descartar artículos por fecha de publicación. Resultados. La evidencia encontrada en la literatura científica apunta que el barbecho es una práctica cultural tradicional que puede ser un modelo apropiado para el diseño de agroecosistemas, favoreciendo positivamente las condiciones ambientales y la sostenibilidad de ecosistemas estratégicos, como es el caso particular de los páramos cuya vocación primaria es la conservación.
Introduction: The rapid increase in agricultural production, extractive activities and demographic expansion have caused soil degradation and the modification of the dynamic equilibrium of an ecosystem due, among other things, to a drastic change in traditional forms of agriculture such as the decrease in rest periods between crop and fallow land. Objective: To describe the fallow land dynamics from its origin, as well as its influence on the use and transformation of the soil from the environmental point of view in a historical context. Methodology: The method used was the consultation in databases of indexed journals using keywords such as: fallow, rest, soil, Andean cultural practices, agricultural practices, traditional agriculture and paramo without discarding articles by publication date. Results: The evidence found in the scientific literature indicates that fallow is a traditional cultural practice that can be an appropriate model for the design of agroecosystems favoring positively environmental conditions and the sustainability of strategic ecosystems, as is the case of the paramos, whose primary vocation is conservation.
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Humans , Crops, Agricultural , Soil , Culture , Sustainable AgricultureABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to examine the characteristics of spirituality in Korean traditional culture and to apply these to the basic concepts of psychiatry. METHODS: The author interpreted books concerning traditional culture, including God-concept, death-concept, world-view of afterlife, Shamanistic thinking, traditional religion, as well as traditional culture in general, such as play, music, art, dance, literature, pottery, architecture, naming method, authentic recordings (Shillock), and Hangul. RESULTS: The common characteristic of spirituality reflected in the reviewed materials was ‘Gegensatzvereinigung’ which means the unification of opposing concepts. The unity of the Western and Eastern cultures, the old and the new, death and life, the rich and the poor, and the concrete and the abstract are examples of ‘Gegensatzvereinigung.’ CONCLUSION: The ultimate goal of psychiatric treatment is to maintain the harmonious interaction among thinking, affect and behavior. Furthermore, the most harmonious interaction is to unify into one. Thus, the spirituality of traditional culture can be applied to psychiatric treatment.
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Dancing , Methods , Music , Spirituality , ThinkingABSTRACT
" Filial piety" is China's traditional culture.It not only educates the offspring to be grateful and to repay good deeds,but more importantly guides people to take up social responsibilities and obligations.However,there are always contradiction dilemmas between loyalty and filial piety in reality.With the change of the times,this kind of contradiction is getting more prominent.Rethinking the choice of " raising the children but not provi-ding for the elderly" or choosing for helplessness,the causes of which include: the development of medical technol-ogy aggravates the contradiction between the ability and the cost of providing for the elderly,the contradiction be-tween the prolongation of the life of the elderly and the limitation of their children's ability to support them; Chi-na's one-child policy for more than 30 years has weakened the support capacity of the offspring; urban develop-ment leads to population migration and challenges family pension; the instability of family structure affects providing for the elderly; social pension is inadequately prepared and so on.To guarantee intergenerational equity and im-prove people's quality of life,it should advocate the scientific view of providing for the elderly,which must respect the elderly's autonomy,improve and promote the assessment and supervision of basic needs such as living will,hospice care,and medical abandonment.Through carrying out relevant research,it should establish a systematic project of good Chinese-style scientific pension and improve the social pension security system.
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Objective:To explore the spiritual needs of young patients with gastric cancer, and provide evidence for spiritual care. Methods:Using the qualitative research method, 13 patients with gastric cancer were selected to conduct interview in depth. Results:The spiritual needs of gastric cancer patients included four aspects:dignity maintenance, family harmony, realizing self -value and seeking spiritual sustenance. Conclusion: The spiritual needs of gastric cancer patients are diverse and have obvious characteristics of Chinese traditional culture. Personalized spiritual care is the core component of cancer care and should be run through the whole nursing process.
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Objective:To investigate and analyze the attitude and its influencing factors of traditional knowledge of Chinese medicine among students in a Traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM) college in Shaanxi Province, and provide scientific evidence for improving the relevant institution and policies. Method:A stratified cluster sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey of 1,162 students in a TCM college in Shaanxi Province. Rank sum test and multiple linear regression model were used to explore the factors affecting the attitude of students. Result:The score of attitudes towards TCM protection was(43. 09 ± 6. 50), while specialty, parental education, family members' attitudes towards TCM, evaluation of courses in TCM, had taken related courses or not, clinical practice or internship experience of TCM, and the score of correlative knowledge were the influencing factors of attitudes ( P<0 . 05 ) . Conclusion:Students of this school had a relatively positive attitude towards the protection of traditional knowledge of Chinese medicine. In order to cultivate the fresh troop for the development of TCM, it is suggested that the system of TCM courses and textbooks should be reformed so as to improve students' enthusiasm for protecting traditional knowledge of Chinese medicine and establishing a special institution.
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The legal dilemma of informed consent facing in our country does not mean that the Chinese tradi-tional culture and the western human rights thought exist incommensurable. The solution to the informed consent di-lemma still needs take Chinese traditional"ritual" and"law" culture as basis, achieve the integration of ritual and law, eliminate their adverse effects, build the better Chinese medical ethics culture and medical legal culture, and promote the medical ethics, patient' s ethics and construction of legal system return to rational, so as to guarantee the effective realization of the double normative effect of law and ethics of the right and obligation of informed con-sent.
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From the practical level,the paper firstly discussed the particularity that medical colleges and uni-versities combined with its moral education work and the cultivation paths of socialist core values through carrying forward the excellent traditional culture.Thereafter,it demonstrated its feasibility and combed the realistic predica-ment.Finally,it pointed out some suggestions from the aspects of the first class,second class and online class.
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Chinese traditional culture is the soil for the survival and development of traditional Chinese medi-cine,among them,the concept of A thing is valued if it is rare portal factions and master has influenced the development,communication and popularization of traditional Chinese medicine.But the spirit and thinking of harmony unity of heaven and man comparative state benevolence and self-cultivation and self-re-straint has played an active role in the development of traditional Chinese medicine.Thus this paper put forward the suggestions and opinions of strengthening the cultivation of humanistic spirit of higher traditional Chinese medi-cine talents:establishing a comprehensive evaluation standards of higher traditional Chinese medicine talents,es-tablishing scientific development concept to treat the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine cul-ture,perfecting the curriculum provision of relevant professions,creating the conducive environment for the trans-mission of traditional Chinese medicine culture,hoping to provide a reference for the explanation of the relationship between traditional culture and traditional Chinese medicine.
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Chinese traditional health concepts are rooted in traditional culture,absorb the essence of various health concepts from Confucianism,Buddhism,Daoism and other schools,and form the unique and rich connotation health concepts.These simple concepts of health are historical origin and precious wealth of modem health concepts.Through analyzing the health outlook in traditional books and quoting some thoughts about physical health,mental health,human and social harmony,and ethical health,this paper excavated the character and limitation of traditional health concepts,and explored the enlightenment to modern health ideas.
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It has been more than a decade since Charon put forward the definition of narrative medicine.During this period,narrative medicine has developed to a certain extent in other countries and has made some achievements.However,it is still in the stage of conceptual discussion especially in China,and its potential has not been fully excavated.This paper aimed to analyze the current situation of narrative medicine,to compare the differences of domestic and overseas narrative medicine,and thus to explore its training path in China.This paper mainly discussed from the following aspects:enriching the teaching material of narrative medical,digging narrative methods from traditional culture,establishing the training system of narrative medicine,integrating narrative medicine curriculum resources,and so on.It laid a foundation for the construction of Chinese characteristic narrative medical training mode.
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En los últimos años han aparecido problemáticas de salud nuevas y renovadas, cuya característica transversal es que no se les encuentra una causa orgánica en términos biopsicomédicos. Este artículo aborda algunas de éstas problemáticas asociadas al dolor crónico con diagnóstico de fibromialgia. De esta manera, el objetivo es analizar la forma en que personas con diagnóstico de fibromialgia y que participan en organizaciones de pacientes, transforman el malestar corporal en malestar psicosocial respecto a su enfermedad. Esto se ha hecho mediante el uso de métodos cualitativos, específicamente con grupos focales y análisis de contenido. Los principales resultados arrojan el mejoramiento de la calidad de vida en quienes logran hacer este tránsito, evidenciando al mismo tiempo la necesidad de incorporar las dimensiones de género, desigualdad social y relaciones de poder que cruzan el acceso a la salud pública en este nuevo conjunto de problemáticas sanitarias.
The research identifies the effects of sociodemographic variables and quality of life in the academic performance of 465 students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Magdalena. The methodology used for data collection consisted of the application of two instruments to students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Magdalena, the instrument of Martha Artunduaga on variables that influence the achievement of the University and the instrument SF 36 was the quality of life in health. We conclude that there is no relationship between quality of life, sociodemographic factors and academic performance in the subjects of this sample. While a significant and inverse relationship between age and academic performance as well as the social status and academic performance was observed, showing that the lower the social stratum have better academic performance among younger and better academic performance, are relates this phenomenon by the fact that students are faced with strength and persistence of the difficulties perceiving education as an opportunity to overcome poverty as the core of the theory of social mobility.
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Socioeconomic FactorsABSTRACT
Objetivo: O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar o conhecimento etnobotânico dos agricultores da região Cariri do Estado do Ceará, Brasil, no tratamento das dores na coluna e nos músculos provocadas pelo trabalho, considerando-se a cultura e a biodiversidade. Método: Os dados etnobotânicos foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, técnica de lista livre e bola de neve, sendo analisados pelos métodos do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo e do Valor de Uso da Espécie. Resultados: Foram encontradas 18 espécies, sendo que o Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart) e a Sucupira (Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth) foram as espécies mais citadas, apresentando valor de uso de 0,5 e 0,6, respectivamente. Constatou-se vasta riqueza de informações correlacionas à cultura das comunidades tradicionais estudadas. Conclusão: Conclui-se que compreender as atividades desenvolvidas na agricultura permite a fisioterapia e a terapia ocupacional trabalharem a promoção da saúde dos agricultores, melhorando assim a sua qualidade de vida.
Objective: The research aimed to evaluate the ethnobotanical knowledge of farmers from Cariri, Ceara, Brazil, in the treatment of occupational back and muscles pain, considering the local culture and biodiversity. Method: The ethnobotanical data were obtained through semi-structured interviews, free list technic and snowball, and analyzed by Collective Subject Discourse and species use value methods. Results: We found 18 species; Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart) and Sucupira (Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth) were the most cited species with use-value of 0.5 and 0.6, respectively. We found a vast wealth of information related to culture of traditional communities studied. Conclusion: Comprehension about the activities developed in agriculture allows occupational therapy to intervene and work to promote the health of farmers thereby improving their quality of life.
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La investigación permite identificar los efectos de variables sociodemográficas y la calidad de vida en el desempeño académico de 465 estudiantes de la Facultad Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad del Magdalena. La metodologia utilizada para la obtención de los datos consistió en la aplicación de dos instrumentos a estudiantes de la Facultad Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad del Magdalena. Un instrumento, de Martha Artunduaga, sobre Variables que influyen en el rendimiento académico de la Universidad y el otro instrumento fue el SF 36 sobre la calidad de vida en salud. Se concluye que no existe relacion entre calidad de vida, factores sociodemográficos y desempeño académico en los sujetos de esta muestra. A la vez, se observó una relacion significativa e inversamente proporcional entre la edad y el desempeño académico al igual que el estrato social y el desempeño académico, presentando que entre más bajo el estrato social mejor desempeño academico tiene y entre menor edad mejor desempeño académico; se relaciona este fenómeno por el hecho de que los estudiantes se enfrentan con fuerza y persistencia a las dificultades percibiendo la educación como una oportunidad de superación de pobreza como eje de la teoría de la movilidad social.
The research identifies the effects of sociodemographic variables and quality of life in the academic performance of 465 students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Magdalena. The methodology used for data collection consisted of the application of two instruments to students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Magdalena, the instrument of Martha Artunduaga on variables that influence the achievement of the University and the instrument SF 36 was the quality of life in health. We conclude that there is no relationship between quality of life, sociodemographic factors and academic performance in the subjects of this sample. While a significant and inverse relationship between age and academic performance as well as the social status and academic performance was observed, showing that the lower the social stratum have better academic performance among younger and better academic performance, are relates this phenomenon by the fact that students are faced with strength and persistence of the difficulties perceiving education as an opportunity to overcome poverty as the core of the theory of social mobility.
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Quality of LifeABSTRACT
Objective To guide new nurses to establish positive and correct occupational self-concept, enhance occupational identity and delay job burnout by adding traditional culture education in the standardized training for newly recruited nurses. Methods Randomly selected 56 new nurses of our hospital in recent years as research objects. 28 nurses enrolled in 2013 formed the experimental group and 28 nurses enrolled in 2014 formed the control group. The experimental group focused on nurses themselves. In the 10-month standardized training, 30 class-hour traditional culture education was added and more than 180 times of social practices were conducted; for the control group, only standardized training was carried out. Effects before and after, all subjects were examined occupational self-concept and desert jobs rate after work 2 years. Results The occupational self-concept of the experimental group tended to reach a positive level, which was (33.14±2.15) points, obviously higher than that of the control group, which was only (30.57 ± 3.03) points. Therefore, the difference was statistically significant(t=3.703 4,P0.05). Conclusions Adding traditional culture education in the standardized training for newly recruited nurses plays a positive role in promoting their occupational self-concept.
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[Objective]To study the meaning of“shengsheng”theory in traditional culture and its reflection in Huangdi Neijing, and elaborate its edification and importance of the life nurturing in modern life.[Methods]The literature retrieval, literature review and other research methods were used to sum up the connotation of“shengsheng”(natural growth). [Results]‘Shengsheng’has rich meanings, including change and variation, continuous reproduction in an endless succession, the unity of human and nature. The theory mainly reflects in Huangdi Neijing in the aspects as fol ows: take appropriate activities and exercises, nurture the life based on the individuals and the syndromes, consider people foremost, focus on the quality of life, conform to the laws of nature because of the correspondence between man and universe.[Conclusion]‘Shengsheng’theory has profound reflections on Huangdi Neijing’s life nurturing theory, and it has an important significance to the modern life nurturing science.