MMSL, 2018 (vol. 87), issue 4
EDITORIAL 2018Announcement
Pavel Boštík
MMSL 2018, 87(4):146-147 
Dear readers and friends of MMSL, a year has gone by since my last greeting to you was published in the MMSL. As I predicted there, the year has been full of visible and less visible changes in the journal. Those, who only read our articles, may have missed the implementation of a new editorial system tailored specifically to the needs of the journal. The system that shows its features mainly to the authors submitting their articles has brought major advances to the editorial process. It is now fully comparable to systems used by the majority of foreign scientific journals. The path of the individual manuscripts is now fully traceable and the review...
ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED HEALTH MODERATORS WITHIN CONTEXT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITYOriginal article
Alena Vosečková, Zuzana Truhlářová
MMSL 2018, 87(4):148-157 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2018.035
Authors of the paper assess physical activities on selected salutoprotective factors, which have demonstrable relationship towards processes of health/disease (thus burnout syndrome). The research was implemented on students of 1st and 2nd year of social work field during the year 2016/2017. The monitored sample consisted of 46 students of social work at the age of 19 up to 22 years. The Wellness Inventory by authors Travis and Ryan (2004) (24) questionnaire was used for the purpose of this work, which depicts subjective assessment, approaches and motivation of the stated individual in terms of physical activities. There were...
HIGHLY TOXIC RIBOSOME-INACTIVATING PROTEINS AS CHEMICAL WARFARE OR TERRORIST AGENTSReview article
Jiří Patočka
MMSL 2018, 87(4):158-168 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2018.027
Biological weapons include infectious agents and toxins. Toxins are poisons produced by living organisms. An important group of toxins are ribosome inactivating proteins (RIPs) of plant or microbial origin that inhibit protein synthesis by inactivating ribosomes. RIPs have been of great scientific interest due to their importance in human health, as both pathogenic agents and therapeutics, but also due to their potential use in biological warfare and bioterrorism. RIPs relevant to bioterrorism include mainly ricin and abrin. Ricin is protein produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). Abrin is protein that has been isolated...
IS GLYPHOSATE REALLY HAZARDOUS FOR HUMAN HEALTH?Review article
Jiri Patocka
MMSL 2018, 87(4):169-183 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2018.030
Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine] is one the world's most widely used agricultural herbicide. It allows farmers to spray a planted field, generally before the crops have sprouted, killing weeds but not the crops that will grow there. GMO critics claim glyphosate is linked to autism, cancer, gluten allergies, ‘leaky gut’ syndrome and other disorders. Concerns about glyphosate’s possible health impacts increased in 2015 after the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a research arm of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic”. The ecological risk assessment indicates that...
THE DOUBLE ANNIVERSARY OF THE J. E. PURKINJE MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE IN HRADEC KRÁLOVÉLetter to the editor
František Dohnal, Leo Klein
MMSL 2018, 87(4):184-191
The J. E. Purkinje Military Medical Research and Training Institute, occurring between 1958 and 1988, holds an important position in the history of our military medical training- and educational system. On the occasion of this year´ double anniversary the authors briefly describe its character, activities and importance in preparation of military medical professionals for the military health service and the state defence capacity. Inspite of complicated, dynamically changing political conditions, the Institute reached top-level results in multiple fields of military medicine and prepared hundreds of military medical personnel.
INTRODUCTION OF CENTRE FOR TRANSFER OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIESLetter to the editor
Lucie Bartošová
MMSL 2018, 87(4):192-194
Centre for Transfer of Biomedical Technologies is located in the area of University Hospital Hradec Králové and is shared by University Hospital Hradec Králové, University of Hradec Králové and Faculty of Military Health Sciences.
18th CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF MILITARY PHYSICIANS, PHARMACISTS AND VETERINARIANS, CZECH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION J. E. PURKINJELetter to the editor
Jan M. Horáček
MMSL 2018, 87(4):195-196
The article deals with the Society of Military Physicians, Pharmacists and Veterinarians, Czech Medical Association J. E. Purkinje and reports on the 18th conference of this professional society that was held on 14th November 2018 at Faculty of Military Health Sciences UD in Hradec Kralove.