Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology)

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Peer-review monthly academic journal.

About

Human Ecology is a monthly peer-reviewed Open Access journal with the main focus on research and practice in the fields of human ecology and public health.

The journal publishes original articles, review papers, and educational materials on research methodology.

The primary audience of the journal includes health professionals, environmental specialists, biomedical researchers and post-graduate students.

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Publications

  • monthly issues
  • continuous publication in Online First (Ahead-of-Print)
  • immediate Open Access with CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
  • articles in Russian and English

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  • SCOPUS
  • Google Scholar
  • Ulrich's Periodicals directory
  • Russian Science Citation Index (Web of Sciences)
  • Norwegian National Center for Research Data
  • VINITY
  • Global Health
  • CAB Abstracts
  • ProQuest
  • InfoBase Index
  • EBSCO Publishing (EBSCOhost)
  • CyberLeninka

The journal is registered with the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media and  Federal Service for Monitoring Compliance with Cultural Heritage Protection Law PI № FS77 - 78166 from 20 March 2020


Announcements More Announcements...

 

The "Human ecology" journal starts to publish articles in Chinese

Posted: 02.08.2024

 

The 'Human ecology' journal has started publishing articles in Chinese. From the issue 1 (2024) each article will be published with necessary data in Chinese (title, abstract, keywords). In addition, the editors of the journal begin accepting manuscripts from authors in Chinese.


 

Open Access for Human Ecology journal

Posted: 10.07.2020

From 2020 Ekologiya Cheloveka (Human Ecology) grants open access to all articles on our web-site.

We also made available all issues of the journal from 2012 for your convenience.


 

Current Issue

Vol 31, No 9 (2024)

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REVIEWS

Mental ecology in the social challenges’ age: focus on the depressive and anxiety disorders’ comorbidity
Vasileva A.V., Karavaeva T.A., Radionov D.S., Starunskaya D.A., Andrianova A.E.
Abstract

This review presents a systematization of information on the clinical characteristics of comorbidity of depressive and anxiety disorders, including stress-associated disorders, taking into the framework of mental ecology’s paradigm. It explores the key issues of etiopathogenetic models and ways to optimize personalized therapy for this category of patients, aimed at reducing medical and social risks and strengthening mental health in the face of modern social challenges. The methodological basis for the work was the materials of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the open sources of the Scopus and Web of Science databases on the problems of comorbidity, depression and anxiety disorders. The analysis included studies with quantitative data, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Taking into account the growth of scientific activity, an analysis of both published articles and preprints in Russian and English was carried out. The search was carried out using combinations of keywords and a control vocabulary query covering the terms: mental ecology, comorbidity, depression, anxiety disorders, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, personalized treatment. To assess the medical and social risks, a search was also carried out on alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse, a common problem among this group of patients.

Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology). 2024;31(9):635-646
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ORIGINAL STUDY ARTICLES

The relation between heart rate variability and the atherogenicity coefficient in northern men
Averyanova I.V.
Abstract

Background: The autonomic nervous control of the cardiovascular system can be altered in individuals with dyslipidemia and lipid metabolism disorders.

Aim: This study aimed to comparatively analyse short-term cardio interval recordings in a sample of Northern men and to simultaneously assess main values of the lipid pictures according to the atherogenicity coefficient.

Materials and methods: One hundred and eighteen men aged 28–58 (mean age was 42.5±0.5 yrs) participated in the survey which was performed with photometric, immunochemiluminescent research methods, as well as standard methods for assessing heart rate variability and physical development.

Results: The data obtained in our study showed that 53% of the surveyed men exhibited atherogenic disorders in lipid metabolism, while 47% of subjective lipid pictures showed perfect values. We found significant differences in 17 of 22 indicators of physical development, biochemical profile, and heart rate variability. That suggested the increasing relative activity of the parasympathetic link of autonomic nervous regulation observed in subjects with perfect values of lipid metabolism while those with high values of the atherogenicity coefficient demonstrated autonomic imbalance which could be seen in relatively high sympathetic activity along with the reduced influence of parasympathetic activity in the autonomic control of the circulatory system with simultaneous association with overweight and accelerated proportion of the total body fat.

Conclusion: The impaired lipid profile proved to be closely related to the dominance of sympathetic activity that is assumed to be an unfavorable predictor of the risk for cardiovascular complications. In general, the results are intended to spread the use of the heart rate variability assessing method since it shows both autonomic and physiological aspects related, particularly, to the lipid profile and somatometric status, which undoubtedly emphasizes the potential of these indicators to obtain markers for the circulatory system proper functioning.

Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology). 2024;31(9):647-656
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Parents' preferences in organizing babies' sleep in the Republic of Karelia
Zaripova Y.R., Varlamova D.D., Korableva N.N.
Abstract

Background: Sudden infant death syndrome remains one of the leading causes of death in the first year of life. The prevalence of SIDS in the Russian Federation is 0.4 cases per 100,000 children under the age of one year of life. Currently, the most studied risk factors are environmental factors that can be influenced and reduce the risk of SIDS.

Aim: To study parents' preferences for infant sleep arrangements in the Republic of Karelia.

Materials and methods: 1) study design — a one-stage population-based study by selective individual questioning of mothers with children of the first year of life; 2) criteria for selecting research objects: selective individual questioning of mothers with children of the first year of life in medical institutions providing primary health care; 3) medical intervention was not carried out; 4) duration of the study: June 2022 — November 2022; 5) the primary endpoint is the assessment of sleep conditions for children under one year old in the Republic of Karelia; 6) Statistical data processing was performed using the Microsoft Office 2010 software package.

Results: The study showed that a significant proportion of parents do not follow the recommendations for safe infant sleep, which may increase the risk of SIDS. In particular, 40% of children sleep on their sides, while 12% sleep on their stomachs, and only 48% sleep on their backs. In addition, 62% of parents prefer to sleep together, despite the recommendations for separate sleep, which can also negatively affect the safety of the child.

Conclusion: Children of the first year of life in the Republic of Karelia have unfavorable sleep conditions, which can significantly increase the risk of SIDS. The results highlight the need to raise awareness among parents about safe infant care practices.

Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology). 2024;31(9):657-665
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Urban ecology through the prism of the obesity epidemic and the tempo of somatic growth
Fedotova T.K., Gorbachyova A.K., Permiakova E.Y.
Abstract

Background: The relevance of this study is dictated by a significant increase in the number of overweight and obese urban children and adolescents at the same time with recorded shifts in the pace of puberty.

Aim: The aim of the study was to find correlations and relationships between temporary fluctuations in growth rates and the epidemic of fat deposition on the materials of children in Moscow.

Materials and methods: The study analyzes an extensive group of samples of Moscow schoolchildren (7/8–17 years old) examined in the interval from the 1950s to the beginning of the XXI century. The work uses both literary data and the authors' own materials. To assess the intergroup differences, ethnoterritorial samples of both our country and the nearest abroad were involved. For each of the examined clusters, the age of the maximum rate of increase in body height in adolescence (a peak height velocity, PHV) was determined, and indicators of the amount of fat deposition were also used: the thickness of the skin-fat folds under the shoulder blade and on the triceps, body mass index.

Results: It is shown, that the growth in boys is a more interconnected complex of processes, as evidenced by the more pronounced secular dynamics of the PHV, and the dynamics of changes in the amount of fat deposition that are in strict antiphase with it, and statistically significant correlations between growth rates and the level of fat deposition in the interval 7/8–17 years, and reliable correlations of the PHV and BMI in 7–8 years old. At the same time, the frequency of correlations with the intensity (the level of growth in cm) of PHV is the same for girls and boys (6 reliable correlations each) and their sign, unlike the age of PHV, is positive — the longer the body height, the higher the intensity of PHV. The highest level of correlations of body height with the intensity of PHV is noted at 7 years old, with no alternative to gender, which allows us to speak cautiously about the non-accidental contribution of body height, approximately at the age of a half-growth leap, to the intensity of APHV.

Conclusion: According to the results of the study, it can be concluded that the growth rates of Moscow boys are associated with the absolute values of fat deposition, in particular, the thickness of the fat fold on the back and the body mass index. In girls, in turn, the parallelism of the secular dynamics of the age of maximum growth rate and the dynamics of changes in the thickness of fat folds is less clearly expressed. The leading component in the development of secondary sexual characteristics (development rates) for this group is low-fat body weight.

Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology). 2024;31(9):666-677
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Application of logistic regression in epidemiology: primary data, stratification and moving average
Varaksin A.N., Shalaumova Y.V., Maslakova T.A.
Abstract

Background: Logistic regression is the most commonly used method for establishing statistical relationships between quantitative predictors X and a dichotomous response Y (Y=0 or Y=1). Therefore, it is relevant to develop new approaches to the analysis of relationships between X and Y of this type.

Aim: To demonstrate the specific characteristics of the application of stratification, moving average and cumulative probability function methods in the construction and analysis of logistic regression models in the context of health risk assessment.

Materials and methods: The analysis of logistic regression models employs a range of statistical methods, including the stratification, moving average, cumulative probability function, goodness-of-fit tests, and proportion comparison tests.

Results: It is shown that the standard stratification methods are not sufficient for exploring the nature of the relationships between dichotomous Y and quantitative X. Additional methods, including moving average and cumulative likelihood function, facilitate the identification of features characterizing these relationships. The utility of graphical representations of logistic regression results in elucidating the statistical relationships between variables X and Y is demonstrated. The efficacy of the stratification, moving average and cumulative probability function methods is illustrated by examples from the field of epidemiology.

Conclusion: The combination of moving average and cumulative probability function methods with stratification enables the reliable identification of the nature of the relationship between dichotomous Y and quantitative X, as well as the potential for deviations from the conditions of applicability of logistic regression models.

Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology). 2024;31(9):678-691
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The contribution of weather factors to seasonal variations in oxygen partial density in different climatic zones
Ragozin O.N., Radysh I.V., Muthelo L., Shalamova E.Y., Gudkov A.B., Ragozinа E.R., Pogonysheva I.А.
Abstract

Background: Currently, there is growing concern about changes in the oxygen content in the surface air layer. There are weather classifications where the determining meteotropic effect affecting human health is the value of oxygen partial density, but among these types of weather, hyperoxia situations are not considered, although in a number of studies attention has been drawn to the negative impact on human health of high oxygen content in inhaled air. Taking into account the combination of periodic and aperiodic components of weather factors, it seems relevant to assess their intraannual variations in different climatic zones and determine their contribution to the formation of seasonal rhythms of partial oxygen density.

Aim: To assess the contribution of weather factors of the subarctic and subtropical climatic zones to the seasonal dynamics of the partial oxygen density in the atmospheric air.

Materials and methods: Wavelet analysis was used for mathematical analysis of weather changes. Signal analysis was performed in the plane of wavelet coefficients (scale–time–level). The statistical significance of rhythms was estimated by multiple (5000) random permutations of the levels of the original time series.

Results: In the Subarctic region, the annual rhythm of partial oxygen density is modulated by the insertion intra-annual rhythms of weather factors, in the subtropics, the rhythm of partial oxygen density is determined by constant low-amplitude rhythms of weather factors. The population of the North is exposed to hyperoxia during the five winter months and hypoxia in the summer. In the Limpopo province of South Africa, hypoxia occurs during the wet season (November to May), which, according to the medical weather classification, requires medical supervision.

Conclusion: Considering the presence of aperiodic components in the dynamics of weather factors, mathematical data processing requires the use of methods that evaluate changes in the spectral composition of a time series over time. We recommend supplementing medical weather classifications with such items as "hyperoxic day" and "hyperoxic" weather type.

Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology). 2024;31(9):692-700
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