RSU ISC 2022 WINNERS!

RSU International Student Conference 2022 closing ceremony relieved our winners:

Grand prix

I place  “INVESTIGATING ENHANCED PERMEABILITY-RETENTION EFFECT IN CANCER WITH STEALTH NANOPARTICLES” Rinalds Seržants

II place “THE INCIDENCE OF RADIOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED LUNG DAMAGE IN VACCINATED AND NON-VACCINATED COVID-19 PATIENTS” Līva Marta Spīgule

III place “MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE MICROBIOME OF TONSILS AND PUS IN THE PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS PATIENTS” Merili Saar

Case Report Final

I place “ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF PEDIATRIC LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS: A CASE REPORT” Simone Oliver Senica

II place “SURGICAL – ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF UNERUPTED MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISOR: A CASE REPORT” Gustė Klimaitė

III place  “GENITAL AREA RECONSTRUCTION IN A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH A III-DEGREE CHEMICAL BURN” Darja Golubeva

Health sciences

ANAESTHESIOLOGY/ REANIMATOLOGY/ EMERGENCY MEDICINE session prize winners

I place “COMPARISON OF TIE TECHNIQUES FOR SECURING ENDOTRACHEAL TUBES” Matīss Briuks

II place “EFFECT OF CALCULATED COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE ON THE FREQUENCY OF NORADRENALINE USE AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY IN CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS” Edīte Voliņeca

III place “FREQUENCY OF HYPOALBUMINEMIA IN PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD FOR PATIENTS HAVING ELECTIVE OPEN-HEART SURGERY IN CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND FACTORS INFLUENCING IT” Toms Zauerhagens

SURGERY session prize winners

I place “THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPECIFIC CHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY SPECIFIC BACTERIAL MICROORGANISMS” Franziska Burkhardt

II place “ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULAS CREATED FOR HAEMODIALYSIS AND THE RISK FACTORS FOR FAILURE” Dārta Paula Šveisberga

III place “CHALLENGES IN THE TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED GALLSTONE DISEASE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, GROUP COMPARISON RESEARCH” Anna Svikša

INTERNAL MEDICINE Oral presentation session prize winners

I place “PECULIARITIES IN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL AND ICE HOCKEY JUNIOR ATHLETES” Loreta Briuka

II place “PCSK9 INHIBITORS IN PATIENTS WITH VERY HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK” Māris Lapšovs

III place “PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY AS AN IMPACT ON ARRHYTHMIA DEVELOPMENT” Larisa Ramoniene

INTERNAL MEDICINE Poster presentation session prizes for participation  

“ACUTE PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM IN YOUNG ADULTS” Elīna Rūsa

“COVID-19 PANDEMIC INFLUENCE OF HIGH-RISK ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS IN LATVIA” Oto Aleksis Zelčs

“ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, DYSLIPIDEMIAAND STATIN THERAPY’’ Alīna Anufrijeva

NEUROLOGY/ PSYCHIATRY/ PSYCHOTHERAPY/ PSYCHOSOMATICS Oral presentation session prize winners

I place “PREVALENCE OF LARGE AND SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHIES AMONG SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS PATIENTS, AND THEIR IMPACT ON PATIENTS’ DISABILITY AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS” Daniils Žukovs

II place “HEADACHE ASSOCIATED WITH HEAD AND FACE PROTECTIVE PERSONAL EQUIPMENT AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN LATVIA” Laura Gribuste

III place “PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS EPILEPSY IN GENERAL POPULATION OF LATVIA” Agnis Saulītis

NEUROLOGY/ PSYCHIATRY/ PSYCHOTHERAPY/ PSYCHOSOMATICS Poster presentation session prize winners

I place “COVID-19 LOCKDOWN AS AN ASSOCIATED FACTOR TO SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY IN RĪGA STRADIŅŠ UNIVERSITY STUDENTS” Laura Rudzika

II place “CORRELATION BETWEEN MOTHERS WEIGHT – TEASING AND DAUGHTERS BINGE EATING AND BMI” Elvita Penka

III place “SESONALITY AND IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON PREVALENCE OF PEDIATRIC HEADACHE IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT” Lauma Iesalniece

ONCOLOGY / HEMATOLOGY session prize winners

I place “BREAST CANCER RATE IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS: A SINGLE TERTIARY CENTRE PERSPECTIVE, IN 2020” Lelde Tiltiņa

II place “THE ASSOCIATION OF PRIMARY TUMOR SITE LATERALITY AND RACE ON BREAST CANCER PATIENTS’ SURVIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES DURING 1998-2016” Brenda Abreu Molnar

III place “DYSREGULATION OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX GENES EXPRESSION AS PROGNOSTIC MARKER OF PROSTATE CANCER COURSE” Tetiana Borikun

GYNAECOLOGY/ GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY/ OBSTETRICS/ PERINATOLOGY Oral session prize winners

I place “EXPERIENCE AND PATIENT PROFILE OF DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING WOMEN IN AN OB/GYN SETTING IN LATVIA” Arta Bērziņa

II place “EFFECTS OF INTRAOPERATIVE ROPIVACAINE INFILTRATION TO REDUCE POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AND ANALGESIC REQUIREMENT BY ASSESSING PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS” Laura Ivanova

III place “OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS IN OBESE PATIENTS WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS” Atėnė Simanauskaitė

BIOCHEMISTRY/ PHARMACOLOGY/ PHARMACY/ PHYSIOLOGY session prize winners

I place “INVESTIGATING ENHANCED PERMEABILITY-RETENTION EFFECT IN CANCER WITH STEALTH NANOPARTICLES” Rinalds Seržants

II place “THE POTENTIAL USE OF HERBAL FINGERPRINTS BY MEANS OF HPLC AND TLC FOR CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HERBAL EXTRACTS” Ance Bārzdiņa

III place “THE IMPACT OF WEARING A FACE MASK DURING EXERCISE ON OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN ADULTS” Sofija Aveniņa

OPHTALMOLOGY session prize winners

I place “VARIABILITY OF CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS – HEIDELBERG ANTERION, HEIDELBERG SPECTRALIS AND OPTOVUE ANGIOVUE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY” Sintija Kukaine

II place “EYELASH LENGTH CHANGES IN PATIENTS WHO USE PROSTAGLANDIN ANALOGS” Diāna Lavrinoviča

III place “AGE – RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION ASSOCIATION WITH SIRT1 RS3740051GENE POLYMORPHISM” Karolina Grikšaitė

PUBLIC & GLOBAL HEALTH/ OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE/ NUTRITION/ REHABILITOLOGY Oral session prize winners

I place “KNOWLEDGE OF NON-DENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS REGARDING TRAUMATIC DENTAL INJURY MANAGEMENT IN LATVIA” Laura Lāčauniece

II place “MOTIVATIONS AND ATTITUDE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN LATVIA TOWARDS PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH” Rebeka Baiba Jukāma

III place “THE PARENTS ROLE IN CHILDREN’S SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION” Ausma Elza Trumpika

PUBLIC & GLOBAL HEALTH/ OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE/ NUTRITION/ REHABILITOLOGY Poster session prize winners

I place “THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND SELF-REPORTED DIABETIC RETINOPATHY: AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS” Tyler Williams

II place “PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER INSERTION TRAINING: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING PERFORMANCE AFTER ONLINE INSTRUCTOR-LED TEACHING VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTOR-LED TEACHING” Larisa Ramoniene

III place “ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS TREATED WITH BRACES AND ALIGNERS: COMPARISON OF CHANGES IN THEIR DIETARY, ORAL HIGIENE AND SPORTS HABITS” Modesta Ralyte

INFECTIOUS DISEASES/ MICROBIOLOGY/ DERMATOLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY/ ALLERGOLOGY Oral session prize winners

I place “MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE MICROBIOME OF TONSILS AND PUS IN THE PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS PATIENTS” Merili Saar

II place “PRESENCE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP. AND GIARDIA SPP. IN HUMAN POPULATION IN LATVIA” Vladimirs Morozovs

III place “E.COLI BIOFILM FORMATION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE” Laura Agnese Pauliņa

INFECTIOUS DISEASES/ MICROBIOLOGY/ DERMATOLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY/ ALLERGOLOGY Poster session prize winners

I place “INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF GALLIC ACID ON STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS BIOFILM FORMATION AND ACIDOGENICITY” Modesta Ralyte

II place “PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION ANTIBODIES AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS OF PSYCHIATRY AND NARCOLOGY CENTERS OF LATVIA” Egīls Zaķis

III place “NGS-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR AN ANALYSIS OF THE ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT-ASSOCIATED PHARMACOGENES: GENE SELECTION AND AMPLIFICATION STEP” Linda Laizane

PSYCHOLOGY session prize winners

I place “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRAIN ATROPHY, MOTOR RESERVE AND GLOBAL COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS” Milena Keistere

II place “DEVELOPMENT OF LATVIAN SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRE: FIRST STAGE” Renārs Alksnītis

III place “DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING OF FIVE SCALES FOR COVID-19 RELATED MEASURES WITHIN HEALTH BELIEF MODEL” Valentina Krumina

BASIC & PRECLINICAL SCIENCE (MORPHOLOGY/ PATHOLOGY/ GENETICS) session prize winners

I place “TRACHEAL HYALINE CARTILAGE VARIATIONS IN HEALTHY HUMANS” Arina Deņisova

II place “EVALUATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE TUNICA ADVENTITIA OF THE ASCENDING AORTA IN ALTERED AORTIC VALVE PATIENT” Pēteris Grīnbergs

III place “EXPRESSION OF MYOEPITHELIAL IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL MARKERS IN DIFFERENT BREAST CANCER SUBTYPES” Līva Andersone

TRAUMATOLOGY/ORTHOPEDICS/ SPORTS MEDICINE/ RADIOLOGY/TRAUMA & ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY session prize winners

I place “THE INCIDENCE OF RADIOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED LUNG DAMAGE IN VACCINATED AND NON-VACCINATED COVID-19 PATIENTS” Līva Marta Spīgule

II place “EVALUTION OF RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF COVID-19 LUNG LESIONS IN LATVIA IN THE VIEW OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND RADIOLOGIST” Laura Keiša

III place “PERIVASCULAR SPACES ON BRAIN MRI IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL COGNITION, MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA” Arkādijs Nikolajevs

PEDIATRICS session prize winners

I place “CORRELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF HYPERTENSION WITH DISORDERS OF MICROCIRCULATION IN CHILDREN” Anna Teslenko

II place “POST-ACUTE COVID-19 SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN” Rebeka Baiba Jukāma

II place “A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN TO THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT” Eglė Gelšvartaitė

III place “ETIOLOGY AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS FROM CHILDREN’S CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: 5 YEAR’S DATA ANALYSIS” Diana Druse

CASE REPORT, Internal medicine I session prize winners

I place “THE VARIOUS FACES OF HISTIOCYTOSIS – THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE OF MYSTERIOUS DISEASE”  Anna Rekowska

II place “STRONG MUSCLES, WEAK HEART: CARDIOMYOPATHY INDUCED BY ANABOLIC-ANDROGENIC STEROIDS USE” Ieva Daniliauskaitė

III place “GLUTEAL ABSCESS DUE TO KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND SPONDYLODISCITIS” Klinta Bičevska

CASE REPORT, Internal medicine II session prize winners

I place “IGF II INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA IN PATIENT WITH SMALL ROUND CELL SARCOMA” Beāte Elizabete Daukšte

II place “WAS IT THE RIGHT DECISION? – A CASE REPORT OF THE WOMAN DISQUALIFIED FROM COVID-19 VACCINE” Aleksandra Jędrasek

III place “RESULTS OF A 5 YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE PATIENT WITH RADICAL TREATMENT AND EARLY DIAGNOSED GASTRIC CANCER WITH A MINIMALLY INVASIVE METHODS” Vita Trone

CASE REPORT, Pediatrics session prize winners

I place “METASTATIC OSTEOBLASTIC OSTEOSARCOMA: A CASE REPORT ON REPEATED BILATERAL THORACOTOMIES IN AN ADOLESCENT PATIENT” Lilija Banceviča

II place “ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF PEDIATRIC LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS: A CASE REPORT” Simone Oliver Senica

III place “PRE-SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT FOR A 17 DAY OLD INFANT WITH SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY” Tina Cupane

III place “REFRACTORY IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA WITH COMPLICATIONS. A CASE REPORT”
Santa Grinvalde

CASE REPORT, Surgery session prize winners

I place “SURGICAL – ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF UNERUPTED MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISOR: A CASE REPORT” Gustė Klimaitė

II place “KNEE JOINT ENDOPROSTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION FOR ADOLESCENT PATIENT WITH OSTEOBLASTIC OSTEOSARCOMA OF DISTAL FEMUR” Lilija Banceviča

III place “GENITAL AREA RECONSTRUCTION IN A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH A III-DEGREE CHEMICAL BURN” Darja Golubeva

Social sciences

COMMUNICATION SECTION Oral presentation session prize winners

I place “HYBRIDITY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND POETRY IN AN AUTOETHNOGRAPIC PHOTO STORY” Alise Tīdena

II place “PODCAST “ULTRASPĒKS” (“ULTRAPOWER”). ULTRAMARATHONIST EXPERIENCE STORIES”
Ieva Cepliša

III place “USE OF BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS PRINCIPLES IN ANTI DRUNK-DRIVING ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY DIRECTORATE SOCIAL CAMPAIGNS” Anna Zālīte

COMMUNICATION SECTION Poster presentation session prize winners

I place “ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENT AND LANGUAGE OF THE BROADCASTS OF THE “BRĪVVALSTS TV” PORTAL IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRAMING THEORY” Megija Neimane

II place “DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE MAGAZINE PUBLISHING HOUSE “ŽURNĀLS SANTA” AND ITS IMPACT ON JOURNALISM’’ Margarita Sēkliņa

III place “BROADCAST “READ LOUDER” ABOUT BOOK READING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE’’ Sandra Aleksandra Lode

ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND LAW section prizes for participation

“THE ASSESSMENT OF THE INTEGRATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONTENT IN THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN LATVIA” Katrīna Pelecka

“CHILD SUPPORT: ISSUES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LEGISLATION REPUBLIC OF LATVIA” Artūrs Kurbatovs

“MIGRATION AS SECURITY DISCOURSE: PLURALITY OF REALITIES AND THEIR DISCURSIVE REFLECTION” Anastasiia Yuzyk

“FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN LATVIA: BENEFITS AND OBSTACLES BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC (2015-2020)” Amanda Krūze

“EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMPETENCES” Aleksandra Palkova

Congratulations to all!