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RELATIONSHIP OF KINEMATIC VARIABLES WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF BASKETBALLPLAYERS IN LAY-UP SHOT

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between selected kinematic variables and performance of lay-up shots. Five (N=5) male basketball players who represented Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, were selected as subjects for the study. The help of digital photography was used to film the subjects in sagittal plane of lay-up shot. Joint point method was used in order to obtain the values of selected angular kinematic variables from developed stick figures. Height of center of Gravity was calculated by segmentation method. The performance in Lay –Up Shot was recorded by the scores in Lay –Up Shot, which was obtained by using a three point scale by the three judges. To determine the degree of relationship between selected kinematic variables with the performance in Layup Shot, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Method was used. The results have shown the insignificant values of coefficient of correlation incase of all the selected kinematic variables and significant relationship between the height of center of gravity at the moment of release with the performance of the subjects in lay-up shots.
Aboriginal professionals: Work, class and culture

This paper considers the increasing representation of Indigenous people in professional occupations. While the predominant focus in Australian scholarship remains contexts of Aboriginal disadvantage, there is a steadily increasing number of Indigenous professionals in Australia among whom many reside in urban locales. In 2006, Indigenous professionals totalled more than 14,000 people, equivalent to 13 per cent of the Indigenous workforce in Australia. Despite being largely overlooked, Aboriginal people themselves are aware of this trend with some debating its relation to emerging ideas of a new Aboriginal ‘middle class’. This paper begins by summarising data concerning Aboriginal professionals: their fields of work, education levels and location. It then considers Aboriginal discussion of the term ‘middle class’, reflecting on attitudes to this expression as a mode of self-description and/or ascription, and its implications within narratives of Aboriginal culture and identity. The paper suggests that greater research engagement with Aboriginal professionals is needed to enlarge understandings of occupational aspirations and social mobility as envisaged among Aboriginal people, in addition to contributing a more complete picture of Aboriginal engagements with work and a clearer appreciation of the diverse shapes of contemporary Aboriginal lives.
Parallel group comparison of the effects on skin condition of two antimicrobial hand wash products.

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the effects on skin condition of a hand cleansing protocol comprising repeated use of alcohol rub supplemented with one of two different antimicrobial hand washes, Dermol Wash (DW) and Hibiscrub (HS) when used for 5 consecutive days. Methodology: Forty females applied the alcoholic rub 24 times and used their allocated antimicrobial wash product 13 times on test days (Days 1, 3 and 5) and applied the alcoholic rub 12 times and used the antimicrobial wash 7 times on intervening days. On test centre visit days, an investigator made visual assessments of skin condition and performed corneometry and pH measurements. Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) was measured at baseline and day 5. Subjects also assessed how their skin felt compared to baseline. Results: Investigator visual assessments of skin dryness barely changed for DW but significantly deteriorated by the end of each test day for HS. Subjects' assessments of how their skin felt significantly deteriorated for HS, with five withdrawals. There was one withdrawal in the DW group. Corneometry measurements significantly improved for DW by 19% over the study, compared to a significant deterioration by 18% for HS. Apparent skin surface pH tended to increase for HS only. TEWL increased in both groups. Original Research Article British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 4(8):1628-1640, 2014 1629 Conclusion: The use of an appropriate hand wash product, such as DW, even in conjunction with ubiquitous alcohol rubs, can achieve significant benefitsassessed in terms of subjects’ own assessments of how their skin feels, investigator visual assessments of skin dryness and skin hydration measured by corneometry.
An Examination of the Implementation of Technology in Secondary School Bands

The purpose of this study was to examine how high school and middle school band directors in the state of North Carolina currently implement technology into their band programs. Selection of participants for this study involved identifying middle school and high school band directors in the state of North Carolina. The participants were selected based on their membership in the North Carolina Bandmasters Association and maintaining an active email address. Therefore a total of 489 band directors including 221 middle school and 268 high school directors were selected as potential participants. Out of the initial 489 band directors selected as potential participants for this study one hundred twenty-nine band directors (N = 129) completed the survey. Participants completed an online questionnaire that asked them to list types of technology that they currently use would like to use and how prepared they feel to integrate technology into their band rehearsals. "Proper Sound System Equipment " "Internet Resources " "Smart Board " "Audio Recording Devices " and "Play-Along Software" were the top five most frequently listed responses for what types of technology are currently being used in North Carolina band rehearsals. Directors were asked to list what types of technology resources they would like to be able to use given unlimited resources. The top five most frequently listed responses included "Play-Along Software " "Music Notation Software " "Tablet Computers or other smart devices " "Smart Board and Peripherals " and "Audio Recording Devices. " "Play-Along Software " "Audio Recording Devices " "Music Notation Software " and "Tuners and Metronomes" were listed among the most common and beneficial types of technology available for bands. Further the majority of band directors in North Carolina surveyed indicate they feel adequately prepared to teach using technology. Analysis of the data revealed some similarities among North Carolina band directors. Based on conclusions from the present study and previous research given (a) adequate funding (b) administrative leadership (c) time (d) support (e) access to resources and (f) applicable professional development the appropriate implementation of technology should be pursued in order to enhance the quality of music education for music students.
O Manejo das Caiçaras Indígenas: Uma prática agropecuária no Lavrado de Roraima, Amazônia brasileira.

Esse artigo tem o objetivo relatar aspectos da introdução da pecuária entre os povos indígenas que habitam a região do Lavrado no Estado de Roraima, Amazônia brasileira. Mais especificamente, a partir dos povos Macuxi e Wapixana da Comunidade Aningal, entre os quais situa o relato etnográfico analítico sobre suas atuais formas do manejo do gado, associadas à prática da Caiçara. A pecuária foi introduzida na região no século XVIII, levando muitos grupos indígenas a transformações estruturais em suas formas de organização social, estimulando jovens e adultos a trabalharem na pecuária, manejando o gado e “domesticando” à ocupação extensiva do Lavrado. As comunidades indígenas absorveram a pecuária e adaptaram à sua realidade, revelando um interessante processo de adaptação e controle das relações que os envolviam em contexto interétnico. Na comunidade Aningal, onde o presente estudo foi realizado, houve a criação de Retiros (fazendas) indígenas, construídas em ajuri (trabalhos coletivos), onde o gado é manejado por um “vaqueiro” designado em Assembleias. Os animais são mantidos livres ao longo do dia e confinados à noite em caiçaras, o esterco produzido e acumulado escoa para as partes mais baixas do terreno adubando o solo e possibilitando a utilização das áreas adjacentes às caiçaras onde são cultivadas diversas espécies, com destaque para banana. O manejo das caiçaras evidencia o conhecimento dos indígenas sobre os efeitos do esterco como fertilizante e a prática das caiçaras caracteriza um sistema agropastoril do tipo temporal.
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits in Baltimore City

Provides an in-depth analysis of ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) inpatient hospitalizations and emergency department visits among Baltimore City residents. ACS rates in Baltimore City are substantially higher than those in other Maryland counties, in Maryland as a whole, and in the District of Columbia. Evidence suggests that a key determinant of the higher rates is the availability of primary care.
Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck organs: contemporary management and perspectives

Some 5600 head and neck malignancies are diagnosed each year in Poland. Among them squamous cell carcinoma constitutes over 90%, and 40% are carcinomas of larynx. Risk factors are well-defined and contribute to relatively high incidence (0.015-0.05/year) of second independent malignancies in these patients. Pathological assessment should include malignancy grading (G1-G3) where G1 is well-differentiated and G3 non-differentiated tumor. It is one of strong prognostic factors along with regional lymph node status (N0-N3). Management of a vast majority of patients who present with an advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma should be carried out by a multidisciplinary team. Principles of management are relatively complex due to multiplicity of organs and localizations in head and neck region. More than half of patients present with an advanced disease. Decision has to be made whether management with curative intent, palliative antineoplastic treatment or symptomatic/supportive management is indicated. Recent advances in management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma include improved reconstruction of postresection defects with free microsurgical tissue transfer, improved precision of irradiation with intensity modulated radiation therapy, application of radiochemotherapy with cisplating and other chemotherapuetics, implementation of therapy acting through molecular targets. EGFR inhibitor cetuximab added to radiotherapy improved overall survival by 9%. These improvements brought an incremental improvement but early diagnosis still remains the best and the safest way to improve outcomes in patients with squamous cell carcinomas of head and neck.
Carotico clinoid foramen and interclinoid bars - A case report -

We have observed one skull with bilateral carotico clinoid foramen and interclinoid bars formed by fusion of carotico clinoid ligaments between the anterior, middle and posterior clinoid processes. The incidence of the complete type of bilateral carotico clinoid foramen in our study was 1 out of 20 human dry skulls (5%). The bilateral formation of interclinoid bars and carotico-clinoid foramen have high significance due to their rare occurrence. Carotico clinoid foramen may cause changes in the internal carotid artery in clinoid segment which may cause compression of cavernous sinus due to its medial position. Our study provides a guide to neurosurgeons in surgical approaches to prevent fatal complications while performing regional surgeries.
Hip Fracture Incidence and Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Sweden in Recent Decades

An increase in hip fracture incidence during the recent half-century has been reported worldwide and has been predicted to continue. Recent publications, however, have reported stable or even decreasing hip fracture incidence. No reports evaluate whether these changes in hip fracture incidence are associated with changes in bone mineral density (BMD), if they apply in both urban and rural settings, and few have tried to analyze whether they are attributable to cohort and/or period effects. In population-based samples of urban and rural women (n=437, age ≥50 years) and men (n=277, age ≥60 years) risk factors for hip fracture were evaluated in 1988/89 and 1998/99 as was BMD in Malmo women from 1970 to 1999 (n=459, age ≥50 years). The annual number of hip fractures in the respective region, gender and age group as well as nationwide in all individuals aged ≥50 years were obtained from central national inpatient data from 1987 to 2002 and in Malmo women from 1967 to 2001 by local records. Age-Period-Cohort (APC) effects were evaluated by log likelihood estimates in Poisson regression models. In all local cohorts the age-standardized hip fracture incidence was stable from 1987 to 2002 and from 1969 to 2001, and BMD and prevalence of osteoporosis were stable between 1974 and 1999 and between 1988/89 and 1998/99. In nationwide Swedish data hip fracture incidence was stable from 1987 to 1996, after which a decrease was evident. There were evident period+cohort effects in women, with a major reduction in hip fracture incidence by subsequent birth cohorts (estimated incidence rate ratio 2.2 comparing women born 1889–96 to women born 1945–52). This thesis infers that the hip fracture incidence has levelled off also in Sweden and has since the mid 1990s been replaced by a decreasing annual incidence. In women this appear to be the result of cohort+period effects, in that that those born more recently had a lower incidence than those born earlier. As no differences in BMD or prevalence of osteoporosis were apparent, the changes in hip fracture incidence seem attributable to other factors, probably linked to the major changes in society during the century-long lifespan of the examined individuals. The data presented in this thesis are important both for projecting future hip fracture burden and when planning for hip fracture resources in the future. (Less)
Organización del hipotálamo en la transición anamnio-amniota estudio genoarquitectónico y quimioarquitectónico

Numerosos estudios llevados a cabo en las ultimas decadas han revelado la existencia de un patron de organizacion comun en el prosencefal o de los vertebrados. Tras los estudios realizados en las regiones telencefalicas, es el turno de un analisis exhaustivo del territorio hipotalamico, principal regulador homeostatico del organismo y una de las regiones mas complejas del prosencefalo debido en parte a la gran cantidad de marcadores implicados en su especificacion. Por ello, en el presente estudio se ha analizado la organizacion del hipotalamo en anfibios y reptiles como representantes de la transicion entre anamnios y amniotas, d ada la importante posicion filogenetica de ambos grupos de vertebrados. En este sentido los anfibios representan el primer grupo de anamniotas tetrapodos, pudiendo encontrar en su organizacion cerebral caracteristicas conservadas ancestrales asi como peculiaridades tipicas de vertebrados mas evolucionados. Por otra parte, la posicion filogenetica de los reptiles, en especial de las tortugas, les confiere un gran interes en este estudio evolutivo ya que se ha propuesto que este grupo es el parien te mas cercano del grupo a partir del cual evolucionaron los mamiferos. Estas razones muestran el interes de ambos grupos en el estudio de la historia evolutiva del hipotalamo. Para el desarrollo de este estudio se realizaron tecnicas inmunohistoquim icas y de hibridacion in situ simples y combinadas para numerosos factores de transcripcion implicados en la regionalizacion hipotalamica. De esta forma, los resultados principales de este estudio han puesto de manifiesto la division del hipotalamo de anfibios y reptiles en una region alar, compuesta por los territorios supraquiasmatico y supraoptoparaventricular, y una region basal compuesta por el hipotalamo tuberal y mamilar, cada una de las cuales se encuentra subdividida en dos regiones r ostrocaudalmente diferenciadas por su patron de expresion genico. Los diferentes patrones de expresion de los marcadores utilizado han proporcionado un mapa genoarquitectonico y neuroquimico comparable al del resto de los tetrapodos, permitiendo el e stablecimiento de homologias entre grupos de vertebrados dentro de la region hipotalamica y revelando la existencia de un patron de organizacion hipotalamico comun entre tetrapodos.
Physical Therapy Clinical Educators' Perspectives on Students Achieving Entry‐Level Clinical Performance

Background and Purpose. The move to a doctorate in physical therapy education has led to changes in the expectations for entry‐level student performance. Members of the Iowa Clinical Education Consortium were interested in how clinical educators in their region would respond to this change in expectations. The purpose of this study was to explore the range of opinions among clinical educators regarding the educational implications of an enhanced definition of entry‐level physical therapist performance. Participants. Thirty‐four clinicians from the Midwest were invited to participate in regional focus groups. Methods. Each focus group was asked the same 3 questions considering a proposed entry‐level definition: what ideal clinical education would look like; what obstacles would need to be overcome; and what support would be needed to achieve ideal clinical education based on the definition. Results. A multi‐step process of thematic analysis was used to determine the core themes identified by the participants. These themes related to various academic and administrative issues that need to be addressed to implement the proposed definition in the clinical setting. These issues were diverse in nature and varied across and within practice settings. Discussion and Conclusion. This research contributes to the literature by identifying key concepts and concerns of clinical instructors in relation to implementation of the proposed definition of entry‐level performance. This research provides a foundation for further exploration of this issue in terms of clinical educators' expectations of what would be necessary to implement the new definition and the potential impact on their current practices.
Teacher's Attitudes towards Integrating Technology: Case Studies in Saudi Arabia and the United States

3 Dedication 4 Acknowledgments 5 CHAPTER I: INTRDOUCTION A. Statement of the Problem 8 B. Important 9 C. Background of the Problem 10 D. Research Questions 11 E. Design Data Collection and Analysis 11 F. Definition of Key Terms 13 G. Limitation of the Study 14 H. Organization of Thesis 14 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE A. Introduction 16 B. The Theory of Planned Behavior 17 C. Integrating Technology 18 D. Teachers Attitudes 19 E. Other Obstacles to Integrate Technology 22 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH DESIGN A. Introduction 24 B. Participants 25 C. Instrumentation 26 D. Data Collection 27 E. Data Analysis 29 CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALISIS
Comparison of pressor response to fiberoptic nasotracheal and direct laryngoscopic assisted orotracheal intubation in hypertensive patients

Background: The circulatory response to tracheal intubation was studied in 50 controlled hypertensive patients under general anaesthesia. Method: They were randomly assigned to receive either fiberoptic assisted nasotracheal (FOB) or direct laryngoscopy assisted (DLS) orotracheal intubation. Blood pressure and heart rate was recorded following induction of anaesthesia, at intubation and next 10 minutes. Result: Intubation time was significantly longer in the FOB group (P
Septic shock in humans

An oil burner system for a furnace comprises a plural-speed electrical motor, a fuel pump, an air blower driven by the motor, an air conduit leading from the air blower to the oil burner, a plurality of oil conduits leading from the fuel pump to fuel nozzles in the oil burner, a solenoid-actuated valve in each of the oil conduits, a temperature and/or pressure sensor for sensing the temperature in the furnace, and a relay controlled by the temperature sensor for reducing or increasing the speed of the motor and for closing or opening one of the valves, thereby to reduce or increase the quantity of air fuel supplied to the burner.
Cefalea en la infancia y adolescencia: clasificación etiopatogénica

La cefalea es uno de los motivos mas frecuentes de consulta en los servicios de Neuropediatria. Si bien en la mayoria de los casos el paciente no padece una enfermedad grave, este temor suele presentarse en los padres, e inclusive en el medico pediatra. La evaluacion de un paciente con cefalea requiere un detallado interrogatorio, asi como un cuidadoso examen cliniconeurologico. Basicamente, con estos elementos se pueden definir cuatro grandes grupos de cefalea: aguda, aguda recurrente, cronica no progresiva y cronica progresiva. Las cefaleas agudas son una emergencia, por lo que es importante contar con un protocolo que pueda utilizarse independientemente de la complejidad del medio asistencial donde se atiende al paciente. Muchas veces son necesarios estudios invasivos, como puncion lumbar o estudios neurorradiologicos. Para el diagnostico de los pacientes con cefaleas agudas recurrentes (migrana), los criterios de la Sociedad Internacional de Cefalea se han adaptado a la poblacion infantil. Las cefaleas cronicas no progresivas son un grupo cuya prevalencia aumenta con la edad, y son la forma mas frecuente de cefalea en el adolescente. Los factores emocionales y las situaciones de conflicto familiares o sociales, aislados o en combinacion, suelen ser predisponentes o desencadenantes de este tipo de cefalea. La cefalea cronica progresiva es consecuencia de una alteracion organica. En la busqueda y tratamiento de la causa de la cefalea no debemos olvidar calmar el dolor del paciente.
Parental perceptions of preschooler overweight and obesity: Implications for health providers

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in developed countries and is a serious public health issue in New Zealand. An increasing prevalence of young children identified as being overweight or obese has prompted a recent shift in research focus from older children to the pre-schooler population. Although the risk factors for young children becoming overweight or obese have been explored, there is little research that has focused solely on the perceptions of pre-schooler parents. The primary aim of this research was therefore to explore the perceptions of preschooler parents towards overweight and obesity in pre-schoolers. The secondary aim was to inform how health providers may effectively engage with pre-schooler parents and encourage them to participate in relevant interventions. Sixteen parents of pre-schoolers aged 3-5 years old who were concerned about their preschooler being overweight participated in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis identified five broad themes. Parents considered childhood overweight to be a serious health problem, although not necessarily in early childhood. Parents were apprehensive about the prospect of their pre-schooler being overweight when they were older and appeared more concerned about the psychosocial implications for their child than the physical health risks. They were conscious of being negatively evaluated by others, including their health provider. Barriers to a healthy lifestyle included the perceived high cost of healthy food options, time scarcity, and difficulty managing challenging behaviour, particularly around eating. Finally, specific cultural perceptions of childhood overweight were identified. The implications of these findings for health providers included the need to engage with pre-schooler parents in a sensitive and culturally responsive way when seeking to address overweight and obesity in the pre-schooler population.