RSU International Student Conference 2023 closing ceremony revieled our winners:

Grand prix

I place – Trifon Popov

“MONTMORILLONITE-CYTOCHROME C COMPOSITE NANOPARTICLES WITH SELECTIVE ANTICANCER EFFECT FOR TREATMENT OF NEOPLASMS WITH SUPERFICIAL LOCATION”

II place – Marina Audrupe

“IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA DURING VEGAN PREGNANCY – HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM?”

III place – Anna Paula Laizāne

“INTERNET-DELIVERED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER IN FINNISH ROUTINE CARE: EFFECTIVENESS STUDY”

Case Report Final

I place – Kristīne Lapšova

“SALT-LOSING TUBULOPATHY: A GITELMAN SYNDROME CASE REPORT”

II place – Natalia Kwiatkowska

“SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS AS AN EARLY PRESENTATION OF DIGEORGE SYNDROME”

III place – Alicija Kaminska

“RARE PLEURAL TUMOR MISTAKEN FOR POST-COVID-19 SYNDROME”

Health sciences

INTERNAL MEDICINE I SECTION – CASE REPORT

I place – Aiste Meskelaite

“IMPACT OF CANNABIS USE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT’’

II place – Augustė Railaitė

“CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF A HALLUCINOGENIC AGENT (PSILOCYBIN) – PRESENTATION OF A CLINICAL CASE”

III place – Ugnė Stulpinaitė

“IMPLANTATION OF A LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IN END-STAGE HEART FAILURE COMPLICATED BY VENTRICULAR’’

INTERNAL MEDICINE II SECTION – CASE REPORT

I place – Diāna Stūrīte

“A RARE CASE OF FAMILIAL PSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM TYPE 1B’’

II place – Kristīne Lapšova

SALT-LOSING TUBULOPATHY: A GITELMAN SYNDROME CASE REPORT’’

III place – Simona Galnaitytė

“LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS OF CUSHING’S SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT’’

NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY SECTION – CASE REPORT

I place – Andris Zaguzovs

“CASE REPORT: MOYAMOYA SYNDROME’’

II place – Gabija Baldauskaitė

“COVID-19 PANDEMIC INFLUENCE ON PERICARDITIS PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL OF LUHS KAUNAS CLINICS’’

III place – Jorė Rinkevičiūtė

“MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT OF GIANT PROLACTINOMA IN YOUNG ADULT’’

ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY SECTION – CASE REPORT

I place – Alicja Kaminska

“RARE PLEURAL TUMOR MISTAKEN FOR POST-COVID-19 SYNDROME’’

II place – Elina Nadzina

“HEREDITARY OVARIAN CANCER – APPROACH TO THERAPY AND PREVENTION’’

III place – Baiba Vebruāle

“A REAR CASE OF ADVANCED ALVEOLAR SOFT-PART SARCOMA OF THE RIGHT GLUTEAL REGION IN A PREGNANT 23 YEAR-OLD FEMALE’’

PEDIATRICS SECTION – CASE REPORT

I place – Natalia Kwiatkowska

“SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS AS AN EARLY PRESENTATION OF DIGEORGE SYNDROME’’

II place – Estere Moorlata

MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN (MIS-C) WITH INVOLVEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY AND GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: A CASE REPORT’’

III place – Aija Tumova

“BILATERAL FIBULA GROWTH PLATE TRANSFER TO RECONSTRUCT RADIAL LONGITUDINAL DEFICIENCY TYPE 4’’

SURGERY SECTION – CASE REPORT

I place – Sabīne Lūkina

“GIANT UTERINE LEIOMYOMA WITH ONE FIBROID : A CHALLENGING CASE USING PFANNENSTIEL INCISION’’

II place – Julia Grymuza

“GIANT ECTOPIC PARATHYROID ADENOMA. CASE REPORT”

III place – Krišs Andersons

“TREATMENT METHOD FOR A COMMINUTED FRACTURE OF THE LEFT SCAPULA AND A FRACTURE OF THE STERNAL END OF THE CLAVICLE’’

ANAESTHESIOLOGY, REANIMATOLOGY AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE SECTION – ORAL

I place – Luīze Līva Strīķe

“ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT COMPARING INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS PATIENTS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY TO PREDICT OUTCOME’’

II place – Katrīna Jekaterina Moskaļenko

“EFFICACY OF ACUTE PAIN TREATMENT AFTER SHOULDER JOINT REPLACEMENT MEASURING ANALGESIA NOCICEPTION INDEX (ANI) USING N. SUPRASCAPULARIS STIMULATING CATHETER OR LOCAL ANESTHETIC INJECTIONS’’

III place – Pihla Suominen

“COMPARISON OF ARTERIAL AND VENOUS BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS IN NEUROSURGERY PATIENTS’’

ANAESTHESIOLOGY, REANIMATOLOGY AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE SECTION – POSTER

I place – Egija Junusova

“SUSTAINABILITY IN ANAESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE IN LATVIA: SURVEY’’

II place – Klaudija Aišpure

“FREQUENCY OF POSTOPERATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT AND HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY’

III place – Jekaterina Manuhina

“MECHANICAL ASPHYXIA IN CONDITIONS OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION. A CASE REPORT’’

BASIC & PRECLINICAL SCIENCE SECTION – ORAL

I place – Arina Deņisova

“ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES AND INTERLEUKINS IN CLEFT PALATE’’

II place – Daniela Čapķeviča

“COULD ALCOHOL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE NUMBER OF GLIAL CELLS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN?’’

III place – Anita Ilze Gulbe

“MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NIGRAL NEURONS IN CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM CONDITIONS’’

BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY, PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY SECTION – ORAL

I place – Anna Novosada

“THE ROLE OF SIGMA-1 RECEPTOR IN NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS AND HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY’’

II place – Austris Mazurs

“SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL AMPHIPHILIC CATIONIC 1,4-DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVES’’

III place – Paula Augule

“IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ELDERBERRY EXTRACTS USING CHROMATOGRAPHIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC FINGERPRINTING METHOD’’

BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY, PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY SECTION – POSTER

I place – Reinis Putrālis

“New Styrylpyridinium Dyes – Synthesis, Evaluation Of The Physico-Chemical, Self-Assembling And Biological Properties”

II place – Ksenija Stojane

“Phytochemical screening and determination of antibacterial activity of vaccinium myrtillus and vaccinium corymbosum extracts”

III place – Ieva Bērziņa

“Sodium alginate- A promising matrix for the delivery of medicinal plants extracts’’

GENERAL PRACTICE & FAMILY MEDICINE, PRIMARY AND PALLIATIVE CARE SECTION – ORAL

I place – Mariana Audrupe

“Iron deficiency anemia during vegan pregnancy – How big of a problem?’’

II place – Sindija Kezika

“SEXUAL HEALTH IN FAMILY MEDICINE – SCOPE, POTENTIAL AND BARRIERS’’

III place – Krista Šēniņa

“KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIVENESS OF MEN REGARDING EARLY PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING IN THE PRACTICE OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS’’

III place – Artjoms Homenko

“FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LATVIAN GENERAL PRACTITIONERS’ DECISION TO ADOPT PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DRUGS IN THEIR PRACTICE’’

GYNAECOLOGY, GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY, OBSTETRICS, PERINATOLOGY SECTION – ORAL

I place – Frederika Bērziņa

“Perinatal outcome of term breech singleton deliveries in Riga Maternity hospital from 2017 to 2019’’

II place – Darja Mihailova

“Could individual care birth contract improve satisfaction with childbirth?’’

III place – Anna Ilva Miķelsone

“Challenges in monitoring infertility and medical assisted reproduction in Latvia’’ Anna Ilva Miķelsone

GYNAECOLOGY, GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY, OBSTETRICS, PERINATOLOGY SECTION – POSTER

I place – Una Pētersone

“The correlation between cervical excision depth and transformation zone type’’

II place – Elvita Penka

“Family doctors’ self-reported competence in the management of sexual health issues”

III place – Laima Unzule

“Pharmacological method versus combined method for labour induction’’

INFECTIOUS DISEASES, DERMATOVENEROLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, ALLERGOLOGY SECTION – ORAL

I place – Sandis Mauriņš

“Storage of bacteriophages: Does refrigeration affect the stability of phage stocks?’’

II place – Katrīna Elīna Bērziņa

“Short- term outcome of patients with multi- system inflammatory syndrome children’’

III place – Karol Zmudka

“Neutrophil gelatinase- associated lipocalin as a biomarker in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome’’

INTERNAL MEDICINE I- ORAL

I place – Dārta Jakovicka

“THE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES ON BLOOD PRESSURE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AMONG COMPETITIVE-LEVEL MASTERS BASKETBALL PLAYERS”

II place – Nikola Serģe

“TRENDS OF COMPACTED VERSUS NONCOMPACTED MYOCARDIAL LAYER IN PATIENTS WITH NONCOMPACTION CARDIOMYOPATHY’’

III place – Augustas Skaudickas

“Ultrasonic action of human blood circulatory system’’

INTERNAL MEDICINE II – ORAL

I place – Gatis Saknītis

“Outcomes of AB0 blood group compatible and incompatible living donor kidney transplantions’’

II place – Valērija Ševčuka

“Coronary artery disease evaluation for the potential kidney transplant recipient before renal transplantation’’

III place – Maksims Jakovenko

“Univariate analysis of dietary factors associated with lower serologic gastric mucosa atrophy rates’’

III place – Matīss Šņukuts

“Association of clinally significant systemic inflammation with liver cirrhosis progression in the Riga East university hospital patient population with chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection’’

Neurology/ Psychiatry/Psychotherapy/Psychosomatics – ORAL

I place – Anna Paula Laizāne

“INTERNET-DELIVERED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER IN FINNISH ROUTINE CARE: EFFECTIVENESS STUDY”

II place – Nils Pöhlmann

“THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON PRIMARY HEADACHE DISORDERS WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON MIGRAINE DISORDERS”

III place – Arta Grosmane

“PLASMA NEUROFILAMENT LIGHT CHAIN LEVEL AND CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE PROGRESSION: 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY”

Neurology/ Psychiatry/Psychotherapy/Psychosomatics – POSTER

I place – Zanda Birģele

“ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN CHILDREN’S CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL”

II place – Elizabete Veignere

“EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STROKE RISK AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN LATVIAN POPULATION”

III place – Vladimirs Krutovs

“POLYNEUROPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN LATVIA”

OPTHALMOLOGY – ORAL

I place – Elīna Pašuna

‘’LONG TERM OUTCOMES IN CHOROIDAL MELANOMA AFTER RUTHENIUM APPLICATOR BRACHYTHERAPY’’

II place – Sandra Bleidele

‘’SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY (SLT) AS ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH GLAUCOMA’’

III place – Mārtiņš Brūveris

“EFFECT OF OCULAR DIGITAL MASSAGE ON INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AFTER SINUS TRABECULECTOMY”

ONCOLOGY – ORAL

I place – Trifon Popov

“MONTMORILLONITE-CYTOCHROME C COMPOSITE NANOPARTICLES WITH SELECTIVE ANTICANCER EFFECT FOR TREATMENT OF NEOPLASMS WITH SUPERFICIAL LOCATION’’

II place – Anna Głowacka

“KNOCKOUT OF LNCRNA‐CCAT1 WITH THE USE OF CRISPR-CAS9 SYSTEM AND G7 PAMAM DENDRIMERS INFLUENCES APOPTOSIS AND PROLIFERATIONS OF NSCLC CELLS’’

III place – Nadiia Kasianchuk

“MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTION OF GENES INVOLVED IN THE OUTCOME OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS’’

Orthopaedics / Traumatology / Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery / Sports medicine / Radiology ORAL

I place – Arkādijs Nikolajevs

“SPINAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA- RADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS, CLINICAL FINDINGS AND ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT”

II place – Arnis Birze

“FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF PATIENTS AT MID-TERM FOLLOWING TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES”

III place – Alberts Broders

“THE DEVELOPMENT IN MANAGEMENT OF PILON FRACTURES”

Otorhinolaryngology / Otorhinolaryngologic surgery / Dentistry / Maxillofacial surgery – ORAL

I place – Dāniels Beļajevs

“RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY FACTORS AND COOPERATION LEVEL OF ADULT PATIENTS DURING INVISALIGN TREATMENT. A PILOT STUDY”

II place – Alise Smirnova

“REPRODUCIBILITY AND ACCURACY OF FACIAL SOFT TISSUE LANDMARKS IN ANGLE CLASS II PATIENTS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY”

III place – Laura Krumpāne

“EFFECTS OF REDUCED BONE MINERAL DENSITY ON EDENTULOUS MANDIBULAR CORTICAL BONE”

Paediatrics – ORAL

I place – Krista Bērze-Bērziņa

“ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EXISTING RISK FACTORS AND HOSPITAL BED DAYS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE COVID – 19 INFECTION IN PAEDITRIC POPULATION”

II place – Marta Daina

“MICROBIOLOGICAL FINDINGS, INFECTION RISK FACTORS AND COMPLICATIONS AMONG CHILDREN AFTER TRACHEOSTOMY”

III place – Santa Grinvalde

“PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS ASSOCIATION WITH INFECTION”

Psychology – ORAL

I place – Sofija Solveiga Saulīte

“ADAPTATION OF THE REVISED VERSION OF THE KENNY MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANXIETY INVENTORY (K-MPAI-R) INTO LATVIAN LANGUAGE”

II place – Natālija Hodaseviča

“THE EFFECT OF HIPPOCAMPAL SUBSTRUCTURES- CA1, CA3, CA4 ON WORKING MEMORY IN PEOPLE AGED 65-85 YEARS”

III place – Diana Kraveca

“ADAPTATION OF THE LATVIAN VERSION OF THE BIG THREE PERFECTIONISM SCALE”

Public Health / Occupational Medicine / Nutritional Science / Rehabilitology – ORAL

I place – Rūta Kauce

“ETRENDS OF SITTING BEHAVIOUR AT WORK”

II place – Elīza Paeglīte

“THE AVAILABILITY OF DOSAGE FORMS IN LATVIA APPROPRIATE FOR PEOPLE WITH DYSPHAGIA’’

II place – Ieva Siksaliete

“MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCT ACCESSIBILITY TO ADOLESCENTS IN THE EAST REGION OF LATVIA”

III place – Anna Ilva Mikelsone

“CHALLENGES IN MONITORING INFERTILITY AND MEDICAL ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN LATVIA”

Public Health / Occupational Medicine / Nutritional Science / Rehabilitology – POSTER

SURGERY

I place – Sindija Kezika

“TRENDS IN THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN LATVIA, 2011-2021”

II place – Mareks Kramēns

“WHICH IS THE LEADING ASPECT OF BURNOUT SYNDROME IN LATVIAN EMERGENCY MEDICINE WORKERS”

III place – Anatlii Miahkokhlib

“DEPRESSION AND CHANGES IN QUALITY OF LIFE DURING THE WAR AMONG UKRAINIAN STUDENTS”

SURGERY 

I place – Gunars Davis Bahs

“ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION IN PATIENTS WITH AORTIC ECTASIA PRIOR TO THE EVENT: SHOULD WE RECONSIDER THE CURRENT GUIDELINES?”

II place – Diāna Žogota

“CORRELATION OF PREOPERATIVE SERUM CALCITONIN WITH LYMPH NODE METASTASIS AND TUMOR SIZE IN MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA”

III place – Anastasija Solodjankina

“ENDOVASCULAR THROMBECTOMY IN PATIENTS AGED 80 YEARS OR OLDER WITH ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE (AIS) – TECHNICAL AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES”

SURGERY – CASE REPORTS

I place – Klinta Luīze Sprūdža

“RECONSTRUCTION OF MULTIPLE LOCATION BEDSORES”

II place – Kārlis Vītiņš

“GIRDLESTONE PROCEDURE AFTER LEFT HIP ARTHROPLASTY”

III place – Janete Mikitiņeca

“SEPTIC PYLEPHLEBITIS DUE TO PERFORATED RETROCECAL APPENDICITIS”

Social sciences

COMMUNICATION SECTION – ORAL

I place – Marta Holste

“Making a virtual Youtuber model and utilizing it for livestreaming on the platform Twitch’’

II place – Agnese Dimdiņa

“Journalistic roles in materials created from Ukraine by Latvian televisions’ and perception in audience’’

III place – Nikola Geste

“Usage and habits of video streaming platforms in families’’

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS SECTION – ORAL

I place – Laura Undīne Šulce

“MANAGING A PORTFOLIO OF SECURITIES IN VARIOUS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS’’

LAW SECTION – ORAL

I place – Diāna Kamiševa

“PUBLICITY VS. DATA PROTECTION: LEGITIMACY OF DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON BENEFICIAL OWNERS’’

POLITICAL SCIENCE SECTION – ORAL

I place – Anastasija Smirnova

“TURKEY’S FRAMING IN RUSSIA’S FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICY (2014-2022)’’

Congratulations to all!