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Objective Obesity is highly prevalent among ethnic minorities and acceptance of larger body sizes may put these ethnic minorities at risk of obesity. This study aimed to examine body size ideals and body satisfaction in relation to body weight, in two Sub-Saharan African (SSA)-origin groups in the Netherlands compared to the Dutch. Additionally, in the two SSA-origin groups, this study assessed the mediating role of acculturation in the relation between ethnicity and body size ideals and body satisfaction. Methods Dutch, African Surinamese and Ghanaians living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, participated in the observational HELIUS study (n = 10,854). Body size ideals were assessed using a validated nine figure scale. Body satisfaction was calculated as the concordance of current with ideal figure. Acculturation was only assessed among SSA-origin participants and acculturation proxies included age of migration, residence duration, ethnic identity and social network. Weight and height were measured using standardised protocols. Results SSA-origin women and Ghanaian men had larger body size ideals compared to the Dutch; e.g. Surinamese and Ghanaian women had 0.37 (95%CI 0.32; 0.43) and 0.70 (95%CI 0.63; 0.78) larger body size ideals compared to Dutch women. SSA-origin participants were more often satisfied with their weight compared to the Dutch. Similarly, SSA-origin participants had more than twice the odds of being satisfied/preferring a larger figure compared to the Dutch (e.g. BSurinamese men 2.44, 95%CI 1.99; 2.99). Within the two SSA-origin groups, most acculturation proxies mediated the relation between ethnicity and body size ideals in women. Limited evidence of mediation was found for the outcome body satisfaction. Conclusion Public health strategies promoting a healthy weight may need to be differentiated according to sex and ethnic differences in body weight perception. Factors other than acculturation may underlie the ethnic differences between African Sur

In this article the quantitative analysis of constructions of switches is done, the indices of operating reliability of work of switches are determined and the accrued operating times of switches by the different criteria are analyzed., В данной статье сделан количественный анализ конструкций стрелочных переводов, определены показатели эксплуатационной надежности работы стрелочных переводов и проанализированы средние наработки стрелочных переводов по разным критериям., В даній статті зроблено кількісний аналіз конструкцій стрілочних переводів, визначено показники експлуатаційної надійності роботи стрілочних переводів та проаналізовано середні напрацювання стрілочних переводів за різними критеріями.

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Papers workshops This study focuses on Mortgage, which has been engaging the agenda of the housing-construction sector as a type of housing finance in our country particularly since the 2000s. Within the scope of the study, initially the house itself as the subject of the study and the solutions produced so far in reply to the house need in our country are dwelled upon. Later on, the 2001 crisis and the appearance of mortgage on the agenda as an important instrument of the post-crisis restructuring process are described. Following this, the content of the mortgage system, the practice of its occurrence in Turkey and its development process are dealt with. Finally, evaluations are made considering the field of planning within this framework.

Papers workshops This study focuses on Mortgage, which has been engaging the agenda of the housing-construction sector as a type of housing finance in our country particularly since the 2000s. Within the scope of the study, initially the house itself as the subject of the study and the solutions produced so far in reply to the house need in our country are dwelled upon. Later on, the 2001 crisis and the appearance of mortgage on the agenda as an important instrument of the post-crisis restructuring process are described. Following this, the content of the mortgage system, the practice of its occurrence in Turkey and its development process are dealt with. Finally, evaluations are made considering the field of planning within this framework.

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In 109 out of 479 patients who were referred for cardiac transplantation it was considered to be too early to put them on the waiting list for a donor heart. The clinical course of these 109 patients was analysed in order to verify whether this decision had been right. The mean age of the patients was 43 years, half of them suffered from ischaemic heart disease. The systolic left ventricular function of the patients was severely depressed (mean left ventricular ejection fraction 21%) and the left ventricular cavity was markedly dilated (mean echocardiographic end diastolic dimension 73 mm). Functional capacity, measured by bicycle ergometry, was low: mean maximal workload 62% of the expected load for gender, height and age. The median follow-up duration was 31 months. The survival rate of the patients was better than that of 175 patients who were accepted for transplantation after referral, 92%, 87%, 81%, 71% and 73%, 73%, 71%, 68% after 1, 2, 3 and 4 years respectively. Re-assessment was necessary in 29% of the patients within 1 year and in 52% within 3 years. Twenty patients died: 12 patients died before re-assessment had been in