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Sports injuries in Brazilian elite of the athletics: study based on referred morbidity

The sports injuries (SI) quantification and association processes to their possible causal factors are important for a better understanding on the subject. The objective of the present study was the observation of SI in athletes of the Brazilian elite of the athletics, associating them to their installation mechanisms and characteristics of the modality. Eighty-six athletes were interviewed (47 men and 39 women) summoned to represent Brazil during the season of 2003. A previously validated inquiry of referred morbidity was used for the attainment of data regarding the athletes and their injuries. For the analysis of the results the test of Goodman was adopted for contrasts among and within binomial proportions, being all of the conclusions discussed for 5% of statistical significance. The results showed that there is a higher rate of injuries for athlete (I/a), in the combined events (3.5 I/a), followed by events of intensity (2.6 I/a), resistance (1.9 I/a) and jumps (1.9 I/a), respectively. The main causal mechanism is the high intensity, attacking preferentially sprinters and endurance runners. Another strong association was observed between muscular injuries and intensity events, that also present preference for injury occurrence in the thigh’s region. The mechanism of high intensity was the main responsible for muscular injury while bone or joint injuries and tendinopathies occur in high training volume. It is concluded, based on those findings, there are associations between types of injuries and causal factors, as among events and injuries, injuries mechanisms and anatomical place.
Predicting and explaining pre-service teachers’ social networking technology adoption

This research study examined pre-service teachers’ (N=250) intentions to adopt Twitter for professional development. The study used the Technology Acceptance Model to test research hypotheses grounded in the literature. The data were collected with a survey questionnaire and analyzed with Structural Equation Modelling. Findings indicated that ease of use, subjective norms, and perceived connectedness explained the variability in intentions to use Twitter. Perceived mobility, mediated through perceived behavioral control, explained participant differences in the perceived ease of use. Implications for stakeholders include highlighting the role subjective norms and mobile applications play in facilitating the ease of use and connectedness because both variables appear to positively impact behavioral intentions to use Twitter for professional development. Supporting pre-service teachers with self-efficacy, resources, and positive social media subjective norms will positively influence Twitter adoption for cross-cultural collaboration and professional learning. Technology adoption mediates global collaboration among educators in heralding innovation and creativity.
T Research Trend in Personality-based Recommender System

- At the beginning of its appearance, recommender system made use of content-based filtering method where recommendation was based on similarity between keywords in item description and in user profile. The unability to differentiate item quality in this method was overcome by collaborative filtering method by facilitating users to rate items they consumed. However, this rating-based collaborative filtering suffered from cold-start problem. This problem was in turn solved by the use of personality traits due to its advantages. Initially, personality was predicted explicitly by means of questionnaire. Since this technique was regarded burdensome and time consuming, this led to the application of implicit personality elicitation technique. The commonly used techniques is Personality Elicitation from Text (PET) which predicts personality from what someone write in his/her social media account. When applied to a personality-based recommender system, the obligation to have social media account and to write status with certain length are the weaknesses of PET. In order to cope with such drawbacks, personality prediction based on demographic data is proposed.
Two Essays on Antecedents and Effects of Award-Winning CEOS

TWO ESSAYS ON ANTECEDENTS AND EFFECTS OF AWARD-WINNING CEOS Veronika Ciarleglio Old Dominion University, 2022 Director: Dr. Anil Nair A vibrant stream of research in strategic management examines CEO reputation, status, media coverage, and awards on firm outcomes. This dissertation examines antecedents that impact the likelihood of CEOs gaining higher visible status —such as winning awards — and the impact of such status on firm behavior. The dissertation addresses these issues in two essays. In the first essay, we use signaling theory to frame the impact of industry characteristics, firm level strategic initiatives, and demographic factors on the likelihood of CEOs winning awards. Specifically, in this essay we examine how industry structure, corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, business strategies, and CEO gender impact the likelihood of CEOs winning awards. We tested our hypotheses using S&P 500 firms and found that firm CSR initiatives were positively associated with the likelihood of CEOs winning awards; but industry structure, firms’ focus on advertising and R&D, and CEO gender had no impact. In the second essay, we use prospect theory (PT) and behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF) to examine whether CEOs who win awards engage in risk-taking behavior and are likely to initiate substantive strategic change, or such CEOs become complacent and committed to status-quo. We used S&P 500 data to test our hypotheses and found that award-winning CEOs were less likely to engage in strategic change; further, performance below or above firm aspirations had no impact on subsequent strategic behavior. Thus, the results help resolve the contradictory assertions in the CEO award literature. The theoretical contributions to the literatures on CEO awards, firm strategic change, and BTOF are discussed.
Improving Time-Dependent Contraction Hierarchies

Computing time-optimal shortest paths, in road networks, is one of the most popular applications of Artificial Intelligence. This problem is tricky to solve because road congestion affects travel times. The state-of-the-art in this area is an algorithm called Time-dependent Contraction Hierarchies (TCH). Although fast and optimal, TCH still suffers from two main drawbacks: (1) the usual query process uses bi-directional Dijkstra search to find the shortest path, which can be time-consuming; and (2) the TCH is constructed w.r. t. the entire time domain T, which complicates the search process for queries q that start and finish in a smaller time period Tq ⊂ T. In this work, we improve TCH by making use of time-independent heuristics, which speed up optimal search, and by computing TCHs for different subsets of the time domain, which further reduces the size of the search space. We give a full description of these methods and discuss their optimality-preserving characteristics. We report significant query time improvements against a baseline implementation of TCH.
MANAJEMEN PARIWISATA HALAL

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan memetakan penelitian terkait pengembangan riset Manajemen Pariwisata Halal. Analisis difokuskan pada menggambarkan karakteristik dan tren kata kunci, penulis, dan jurnal. Data yang dianalisis adalah 191 publikasi penelitian dengan menggunakan metode statistik deskriptif dan analisis bibliometrik menggunakan VOSviewer. Penelitian dengan tema Manajemen Pariwisata Halal telah meningkat setiap tahun. institusi paling terkenal adalah Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship University of Canterbury, dan penulis terbanyak yaitu Al-ansi A, dan Prayag G. Negara Indonesia menerbitkan makalah bertema Manajemen wisata halal terbanyak dibandingkan dengan negara lain. Sementara itu, kata kunci yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sering muncul lebih dulu, yaitu "Halal Tourism". Kemudian di tempat kedua, ada "Halal" dan kata ketiga adalah "Tourism". Penelitian ini memberikan informasi bagi peneliti yang berfokus pada penelitian di bidang Pariwisata Halal. Pada akhirnya, topik ini memiliki potensi untuk berkembang. Kata Kunci: Pariwisata Halal; Manajemen; Bibliometrik; VOSviewer Abstract: This research aims to find out and map research related to the development of Halal Tourism Management research. The analysis focused on describing the characteristics and trends of the keywords, authors, and journals. The data analyzed were 191 research publications using descriptive statistical methods and bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer. Research on the theme of Halal Tourism Management has increased every year. The most famous institutions are the Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship of the University of Canterbury, and the most prominent authors are Al-ansi A, and Prayag G. Negara Indonesia publishes papers themed on Halal tourism management the most compared to other countries. Meanwhile, the keywords used in this study often appear first, namely "Halal Tourism". Then in the second place, there is "Halal" and the third word is "Tourism". This research provides information for researchers who focus on research in the field of Halal Tourism. In the end, this topic has the potential to develop. Keywords: Halal Tourism; Manajemen; Bibliometrik; VOSviewer
Who Constitutes Un/Authorized Co-Owners? Staff’s Privacy Management at an Anti-Violence Nonprofit

ABSTRACT People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) experience higher rates of sexual violence and face unique challenges as they disclose their traumatic experiences to nonprofit organizations. Although there is little empirical research, it is important that nonprofit staff understand how to negotiate the privacy of clients who are living with IDDs. Drawing on 12-months of ethnographic data, this study investigates communication challenges that staff experienced as they managed the privacy of their clients with IDDs. Guided by Communication Privacy Management theory, interpretations reveal three challenges that staff experience: 1) difficulties identifying private information ownership, 2) conceptualizing private information control, and 3) managing turbulence. The study concludes with theoretical and practical implications for privacy management and nonprofits serving clients with IDDs.
Study on the Management of the Health Status of Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treated with Double Bronchodilator

Objective To investigate the patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to understand the use of double bronchodilator therapy and influencing factors. Methods The patients with stable COPD who used double bronchodilators were continuously enrolled in our hospital. The information of demographic characteristics, medical history, physical examination, drug use, and correct treatment methods after using inhaled drugs were collected by standardized questionnaire. Measurement data between groups were compared by using the independent sample t-test, and counting data between groups were compared by using the chi-square test. Results A total of 102 patients were included in the analysis. The proportion of patients with stable COPD who correctly used dual bronchodilators was 59.8% (61 patients). In the GOLD classification, the correct use rate of C-level patients was 69.8%, which was significantly higher than the used correct rate of D-level patients (49.0%) (P=0.032). In the age group, the correct use rate of patients <65 years old was 72.1%, which was significantly higher than that of patients ≥65 years old (50.8%) (P=0.031). In addition, education level, duration of drug use, and drug type may also affect the correct use of drugs, but no significant statistical significance was found between the groups of these three factors (P > 0.05). Conclusion There is still a gap between the treatment of dual bronchodilators in patients with stable COPD and the guidelines, so the management of COPD should be strengthened. Besides, the correct use rate could be affected by the GOLD classification and age.
Estimating statistical characteristics under interval uncertainty and constraints: Mean, variance, covariance, and correlation

In many practical situations, we have a sample of objects of a given type. When we measure the values of a certain quantity x for these objects, we get a sequence of values x1, . , xn. When the sample is large enough, then the arithmetic mean E of the values xi is a good approximation for the average value of this quantity for all the objects from this class. Other expressions provide a good approximation to statistical characteristics such as variance, covariance, and correlation. The values xi come from measurements, and measurement is never absolutely accurate. Often, the only information that we have about the measurement error is the upper bound ∆i on this error. In this case, once we have the measurement result x̃i, the condition |x̃i − xi| ≤ ∆i implies that the actual (unknown) value xi belongs to the interval xi def = [x̃i−∆i, x̃i+ ∆i]. Different values xi ∈ xi from the corresponding intervals lead, in general, to different values of sample mean, sample variance, etc. It is therefore desirable to find the range of possible values of these characteristics when xi ∈ xi. It is known that evaluating such ranges is, in general, NP-hard (see, e.g., [2]). The main objective of this thesis is to design feasible (i.e., polynomial-time) algorithms for practically important situations. Several such algorithms are described and proved to be correct.
A model of the overall satisfaction of children escorts using public playgrounds

ABSTRACT The current study aimed to conceptualize the elements influencing children escorts' overall satisfaction using public playgrounds in Greece. Three hundred and four children escorts (n = 304), using playgrounds located in the cities of Central Greece, and one on the island of Lesbos, were questioned. The means of data collection was the questionnaire “Children escorts’ satisfaction from using public playgrounds” (Zaharioudaki & Afthinos [2014]. Ικανοποίηση των συνοδών των παιδιών που ϵπισκέπτονται τις παιδικές χαρές της Κρήτης [Satisfaction of children escorts who visit public playgrounds in Crete]. In 15th HSASMR Conference (pp. 108–110). HSASMR. https://www.elleda. gr/sites/default/files/15o_synedrio_-_2014_0. pdf). The data factor analysis resulted in a model of playground service elements influencing children escorts' overall satisfaction, including “safety”, “maintenance”, “environment stimulating social interaction”, “use of the installation”, “apparatus” and “accessibility”. Furthermore, these identified service elements fitted Tsuji et al. ([2007]. Consumer satisfaction with an action sports event. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 16, 199–208) conceptualization as core and peripheral. Specifically, there was evidence that, for the children escorts to express an overall positive satisfaction attitude toward a public playground, they should first express a positive satisfaction attitude to core service elements such as “maintenance” as well as “apparatus”, and secondarily to the other peripheral service elements.
What’s Next? Artists’ Music after Grammy Awards

Do the cultural works artists produce after receiving major awards change in character? As awards lessen the constraints artists typically face, we argue that award winners receive more opportunities, gain more autonomy, and are more likely to pursue unique creative paths. Empirically, we analyze the consequences of winning a major Grammy award, a high-profile (often status-shifting) honor in the popular music industry. Using a neural learning approach, we examine the subsequent artistic differentiation of albums of award winners from albums of other artists. We analyze whether the music styles and sonic content of post-Grammy albums of winners change, and whether they become more or less similar to the combined corpus of albums of other artists. In panel regression estimates, we find that after winning a Grammy, artists tend to release albums that stand out more stylistically from other artists. Surprisingly, artists who were nominated but did not win a Grammy became more similar to other artists than they were before the nomination. The findings suggest symbolic awards can regularly induce change and affect the heterogeneity of cultural products.
Intentional Self-Regulation and Executive Functions: Overlap and Uniqueness in Predicting Positive Development Among Youth in Iceland

This study examined relations between intentional self-regulation (ISR) and executive functions (EFs) among 84 Icelandic youth in Grade 6 (mean age 11.7 years; 51% girls) and their contributions to healthy and problematic outcomes a year later. ISR was indicated by the Selection, Optimization and Compensation model (SOC) and Self-Regulated Learning (SRL). EF was indicated by attention shifting, inhibition, and working memory (WM). Only WM was related to ISR. Furthermore, ISR tended to uniquely predict Grade 6 outcomes, but the inverse was less true. In Grade 7, EF but not ISR uniquely predicted national test scores, and symptoms of depression and anxiety, whereas ISR remained a stronger predictor of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and risk behavior. These findings suggest a limited relation between ISR and EF, and that ISR is important to the general well-being of youth, whereas EFs may play a role in the development of problems and academic achievement.
Influence of processing on the quality of pomaceas juice ( Pyrus communis and Malus domestica ) - doi: 10.4025/actasciagron.v35i1.15360

Pear ( Pyrus communis ), which is intensively cultivated in subtropical and temperate climates, has recently attained the 3 rd position in the world fruit ranking, just after apple and peach. This fruit exhibits certain similarities to apple with respect to the pulp, but pear is used as a raw material only when apple is no longer available, which suggests that the same technology line may be utilized. Both fruits do have processing compatibilities, and it is permissible to add pear juice to apple juice at levels defined by law. Quality indicators, such as pH, total acidity, total phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity were used. The simple sugar analysis clearly defines fructose as the main component in pear juice, and lower figures were found when enzymatic processing was used. Color intensity measured instrumentally was much greater in pear juice with all processing methods and in apple juice when an enzymatic method was used. The results clearly indicate proper ways of processing pear and apple, aiming to have better products, as the grinding and extraction processing steps surely affect the fruit juice quality.
Starting fear is a stronger predictor of long-term fear than rate of change in fear in human fear conditioning

In rodent studies, faster extinction rate has been shown to predict less long-term fear. However, this has scarcely been studied in humans. The present report investigated the association between extinction rate and long-term fear in humans. We secondarily evaluated specificity of extinction rate by including other fear conditioning values as predictors, including acquisition intercept, acquisition rate, and extinction intercept. Lastly, we investigated whether trait measures of behavioral approach, behavioral inhibition, anxiety, and depression predicted long-term fear. Results show that slower extinction rate predicted less long-term fear when tested alone in the model. However, when including other fear conditioning variables, extinction rate no longer predicted long-term fear. Instead, greater fear at the beginning of acquisition was the most robust predictor of greater long-term fear (all three measures of fear), followed by greater fear at the beginning of extinction (unconditional stimulus expectancy only). These effects occurred for both the danger signal (i.e., conditional stimulus; CS+) and safety signal (i.e., CS−). The results suggest that fear at the start of acquisition and, secondarily, extinction are predictors of long-term fear. Lastly, there were no effects of trait behavioral approach, behavioral inhibition, anxiety, or depression. This report has relevance for improving our understanding and treatment of anxiety disorders.
Clinical Significance of Inflammatory Factors, Osteocalcin, and Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 in Gingival Crevicular Fluid in Drug Treatment of Severe Periodontitis

Whether gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) indexes in patients with severe periodontitis affect the efficacy of drug treatment was a new direction of recent research. At present, there were few studies on the effects of inflammatory indicators, BGP, and MMP-8 levels in GCF on the efficacy of drug treatment in such patients. So the purpose of this study was to observe the changes in osteocalcin (BGP), matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8), and inflammatory indexes levels in GCF of patients with severe periodontitis. The correlation between the above indexes and the effect of drug treatment in the patients was analyzed, in order to provide guidance for improving the clinical curative effect of severe periodontitis. A retrospective analysis was conducted to collect the baseline data of patients with severe periodontitis who were treated with Minocycline Hydrochloride Ointment in our hospital. The inflammatory indicators, BGP, and MMP-8 levels in GCF were analyzed before drug treatment, and the treatment effect on the patients was counted. Logistic regression was used to analyze the correlation between BGP, MMP-8, and inflammatory indicators levels in GCF and the drug treatment effect on the patients. After statistical analysis, we found that the response rate was 69% and the inefficiency was 31%. There were no significant differences in C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels between the inefficacy group and efficacy group (P > 0.05). Compared with the efficacy group, the levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-8 (IL-8), BGP, and MMP-8 were increased in the inefficacy group. High levels of IL-6, IL-1β, IL-8, BGP, and MMP-8 were associated with ineffective drug treatment in patients with severe periodontitis (all OR >1 and P < 0.05). Levels of IL-6, IL-1β, IL-8, BGP, and MMP-8 predicted that the AUCs of drug treatment failure in patients with severe periodontitis were all greater than 0.7, which were 1.398, 1.458, 1.244, 1.012, and 1.012, respectively. From this, we can conclude that increased levels of BGP, MMP-8, and inflammatory indicators such as IL-6, IL-1β, and IL-8 in GCF would increase the risk of ineffective drug treatment in patients with severe periodontitis. The clinical treatment plan could be adjusted according to the levels of the above indicators in GCF to improve the effectiveness of drug treatment in patients.