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The effects of a brief mindfulness intervention on basketball free-throw shooting performance under pressure

Abstract Brief mindfulness training can improve cognitive performance under pressure; however, no studies have examined the effects of mindfulness on athletic performance under pressure. Participants in the current study were 32 young-adult, male basketball players who shot free-throws in a low-pressure phase, then were pair-matched and randomly assigned to mindfulness (n = 16) or control (n = 16) conditions. Participants listened to a 15 min mindfulness or history recording before pressure was induced. Then, free-throws made and shot quality was recorded for 20 free-throws. A mixed ANOVA revealed that during the high-pressure phase, the mindfulness groups’ shooting average (M = 70.7%) was not statistically different from the control’s (M = 61.6%), nor was shot quality rating different between the mindfulness group (M = 73.44) and controls (M = 67.38). A chi-square indicated no statistically significant relationship between group assignment and number of free-throws made on the first attempt under pressure (mindfulness = 12, control = 7), though there was a medium effect size (χ 2 = 3.24, p = .07, φ = .32). During the pressure phase, mindfulness participants reported lower cognitive anxiety with a medium effect size (p = .048, d = .73) and lower somatic anxiety, with a large effect size, (p = .014, d = .94) than controls. Although the intervention did not have a statistically significant effect on performance, findings are discussed in terms of practical significance. Additionally, the treatment group’s lower anxiety indicates that brief mindfulness training influences athletes’ mental states under pressure. Lay Summary: A brief mindfulness training did not statistically improve free-throw percentage under pressure compared to controls; however, there were medium-sized effects in group differences in performance on the first free-throw under pressure. Mindfulness participants also reported lower anxiety than controls, suggesting that a brief mindfulness training influences mental states prior to athletic performance. Implications for Practice A 15 min mindfulness intervention appears to have some effects on participants’ first basketball free-throw shot and state anxiety when performing under pressure, though more research is needed before a clear recommendation can be made about the intervention.
HERDING BEHAVIOR IN THE INDONESIAN ISLAMIC STOCK MARKET

Indonesia Stock Exchange provides Islamic stocks for Muslim investors who want toinvest, with the first Islamic stock index in Indonesia being Jakarta Islamic Index or JIIthat consists of thirty of the most liquid Islamic stocks. The market capitalization of JIItends to increase every year. This paper examines the presence of herding behavior inemerging Islamic stock market of Indonesia using daily return of Indonesia CompositeIndex and JII from October 6, 2000 to October 5, 2018. Herding behavior could generallytrigger shifting market prices from equilibrium values. Herding behavior may beidentified from the relation between stock return dispersion and market return. Stockreturn dispersion is measured using Cross Sectional Absolute Deviation or CSAD.Generalized Auto Regressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity or GARCH method isused to detect herding behavior. GARCH does not see heteroskedasticity as a problem,instead uses it to make a model. The result indicates that herding behavior exist inIslamic stock market of Indonesia. Asymmetric herding occurs in Indonesia Islamicstock market where herding behavior exists during falling market condition only.
RNA-seq Analysis of Meristem Cells Identifies the FaFT3 Gene as a Common Floral Inducer in Japanese Cultivated Strawberry

In Arabidopsis thaliana , the FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene, acting as a floral promoter, is expressed and translated in leaves, and is then transported to the shoot apical meristem. In contrast, the expression pattern of the FaFT3 gene in the crown, which contains the shoot apical meristem, is coordinated with the initiation of the floral bud in the June-bearing type of cultivated strawberry ( Fragaria × ananassa ) ‘Nyoho’. However, whether the FaFT3 protein functions as a floral promoter and whether the expression pattern of FaFT3 in the crown observed in ‘Nyoho’ is conserved in other strawberry cultivars are not known. In this study, we investigated the floral inducer activity of the FaFT3 gene isolated from the cultivated strawberry ‘Tochiotome’ using FaFT3 -overexpressing transgenic Arabidopsis lines and performed expression analysis on the FaFT3 gene in the crown tip of ‘Tochiotome’. Transgenic plants overexpressing the FaFT3 gene exhibited an early-flowering phenotype under both long-day and short-day conditions. Conversely, induction of FaFT3 expression at the crown tip specifically under floral induction conditions was not observed. However, RNA-seq analysis of laser microdissected meristem cells before and after floral bud initiation clearly revealed that the FaFT3 gene is specifically expressed in floral meristem cells. These results suggest that the FaFT3 gene acts as a common floral promoter in June-bearing Japanese cultivated strawberries.
Formation of Double Tongues of Ionization During the 17 March 2013 Geomagnetic Storm

During geomagnetic disturbances, enhanced high‐latitude convection transports ionospheric F2‐region plasma from the dayside midlatitude region into the polar cap, leading to structures such as tongues of ionization (TOIs) and patches. In this study, we investigate the dynamic evolution of TOIs during the 17 March 2013 storm using a high‐resolution coupled thermosphere‐ionosphere‐electrodynamics model and Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite observations. Both model and observations show the occurrence of two TOIs simultaneously. One originates in the morning convection cell and the other one in the evening cell. DMSP observations also show similar signatures of two density peaks inside the polar cap. Further diagnostic analysis and control simulations show that the morning TOI is associated with auroral precipitation and is transported into the polar cap region by the convection electric field. This study reveals that the plasma transport in both the afternoon and morning sectors play critical roles in the dynamic evolution of polar ionospheric structures.
Towards the effective introduction of physical activity interventions in primary health care

Despite the promising findings related to the efficacy of primary health care-based physical activity interventions and recommendations for primary health care professionals to promote physical activity, the introduction of physical activity interventions in routine daily primary health care practice does not always happen as desired. Specifically, rates of physical activity promotion by primary health care professionals are far from optimal and physical activity interventions are not delivered as intended by the intervention developers. Knowledge of the factors that determine the success or failure of the introduction of innovations in health care is important for the development of strategies to improve the introduction process. As a first step towards the effective introduction of physical activity interventions in primary health care practice, the main aim of this thesis is to investigate what factors influence the introduction of physical activity interventions in primary health care.
Microdata analysis of the consequences of free trade port policy: the case of Iran free zones

ABSTRACT Creating free trade zones as a policy to motivate new investment and improve the local economic indicators might be of some benefits. Following of this policy in Iranian major port, however, resulted vice versa by aggravating the current account balance that is higher imports and the same horizon diminished export sums. We derive the micro data of trade for the Iranian major Imam port according to code arrangements of harmonic system (HS), which permits the clustering of different goods categories. Then we extracted the sums of survey data for the years before and after Imam port became free trade zone and applied fixed effect difference in difference (DID) method to capture the heterogeneity of unobserved variables. Our control port of analysis was Rajaee port the policy did not implemented. Results show that just as Imam free port’s Current Account Balance deteriorated by increasing import and dampening of export sums.
A Note on the Comparative Analysis Between Rectangular and Modified Duct Heat Exchanger

The plate fin heat exchangers usually have either rectangular or triangular shaped flow passage. In comparison to triangular flow passage, rectangular flow passage gives comparatively higher heat transfer at the cost of higher pumping power. In the present investigation, flow passage is modified by rounding the corner of triangular passage to investigate the heat and flow characteristics of air flowing through it. Comparison of performance between modified and rectangular flow passage has also been presented and discussed. The radius of curvature of the rounded corner has been kept constant with value of 0.49 times duct height (H). The dimple was also fabricated at the inner side of the flow passage and arranged in rectangular array. Distance between them was defined by two different dimensionless parameters, relative transverse width (x/h), and relative streamwise length (z/h), whereas, dimensionless height of the protrusion is defined by relative dimple height (h/D). Noticeable increment in both heat transfer and friction factor has been observed by modifying the duct corners and 2.98 times increment in Nusselt number resulted due to dimples in modified duct for h/D, x/h, and y/h value of 0.44, 10, and 10, respectively, in comparison to smooth duct at Reynolds number of 19,500. For similar combination of roughness parameters, highest frictional penalty was estimated with value of 4.46 times that of the smooth duct at Reynolds number of 4400. Additionally, the comparative assessment of heat transfer enhancement (Nuenh), frictional penalty (fpenalty), and thermohydraulic performance index (THPi) has also been carried out to understand the suitability of round cornered duct. In comparison to protruded rectangular duct, 28% higher THPi is obtained in modified duct under similar conditions.
A trial of thymoquinon loaded on gold nanoparticle as a therapy for induced squamous cell carcinoma in buccal pouch of hamster

Objectives: Combining the anti - tumor effect of thymoquinone (TQ) with the efficient penetration of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) into cells and nuclei as an attempt to treat the induced oral squamous cell carcinoma in buccal pouch of hamster. Materials and methods: This study was carried out on forty two male Syrian golden hamsters (n=42), its age ranged from 6 to 7 weeks, weighting 90-110 gm. Animals were housed with controlled temperature and were given pellets formed of seeds, grain, cracked corn and tap water ad libitum. The hamsters were divided into: Group A: (Control groups) n=24, Group A1: eighteen animals (n=18) were served as “negative control” . Sub-group A1a: Six animals were sacrificed at day zero. Sub-group A1b: Six animals were sacrificed at 14th week. Sub-group A1c: Six animals were sacrificed at 20th week. Group A2: Six animals (n=6) were considered as “positive control”. DMBA was painted to the left cheek pouches, three times /week for 14weeks. Group B: Eighteen animals (n=18) were painted with DMBA to left cheek pouches three times/week for 14weeks, and subdivided into: Sub-group B1: Six animals were injected intra-peritoneal with GNPs/3 times/week for six weeks. Sub-group B2: Six animals were injected intra-peritoneal with TQ/3 times/week for six weeks.Sub-group B3: Six animals were injected intra-peritoneal with GNPs-TQ/3 times/ week for six weeks. All pouches were extracted and prepared to examined through histological examination for any structural changes and immunohistological detection of COX2. Results: Improve superior anti-inflammatory role of TQ when loaded with GNPS in COX-2 retardation and tumor size regression. Conclusion: Thymoquinon loaded on nanogold particle showed protective role in the oral cancer.
Testing The Validity of The Phillips Curve for Turkey With Vector Autoregressive and Markov Switching Models on The Basis of Inflation and Unemployment

In this study, we tested the validity of the Phillips Curve for Turkey. We used Markov Switching Model for examine the relationship between two variables in different regime periods, Engle Granger Causality Test for detect the causality between two variables, Johansen Cointegration Test for observe the long term equilibrium relationship and The Impulse Response Analysis and Variance Decomposition Analysis for investigate the explanatory effect of two variables on each other. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that Inflation and Unemployment act together in the short and long term. Between 2010M01 and 2017M10, it was determined that the Phillips Curve is ineffective for Turkey.
Dormancy Breaking and the Influence of Gibberellic Acid on the Early Growth of Tamarindus indica Seedlings in Mubi, Nigeria

The purpose of this research was to determine the appropriate methods of breaking seed dormancy, level of water uptake, and the influence of gibberellic acid on the early growth of Tamarindus indica seedlings. The scarification methods used included: concentrated sulphuric acid (H2SO4), manual scarification, flaming, hot and cold water treatments. The experiments were conducted in the laboratory on Petri dishes and in potting media. GA3 was used to optimize the production of seedlings by spraying the solution on the foliage. The treatment for 10 minutes with concentrated H2SO4 gave the maximum germination percentage and water uptake (80.41%). GA3 enhances the growth of the seedlings by increasing the height, the number of leaves and stem girth at eight weeks after sowing. In conclusion, all the scarification treatments applied to the seeds of T. indica proved effective. The ten minutes treatment with concentrated H2SO4 was the best treatment for breaking seed dormancy of T. indica. And gibberellic acid enhanced early and fast seedling growth as it increase height, number of leaves and stem girth of T. indica.
The effect of birth weight percentile on adverse neonatal morbidity in term uncomplicated pregnancies

Aim: The goal of the present study was to evaluate the effect of birth weight percentile on adverse neonatal morbidity in term uncomplicated pregnancies. Material and Methods: This retrospective analysis comprised 7,817 pregnant women with uncomplicated pregnancies and single deliveries at term. The babies were divided into groups according to birth weight percentiles as follows: (1) Small for gestational age (SGA) (<10 percentile), (2) 10–25 percentile, and 26–90 percentile. The primary outcome was adverse neonatal morbidity (ANM), defined as any of the following: Apgar score <4 at 5 min; respiratory distress; mechanical ventilation; intraventricular hemorrhage, grade III or IV; necrotizing enterocolitis, stage 2 or 3; neonatal sepsis, stillbirth or neonatal death. Results: Demographic and obstetric characteristics of the mothers were similar among the groups. ANM rates were 10.7% in the SGA group, 6.8% in the 10–25 percentile group, and 2.1% in the 26–90 percentile group, a significant difference. ANM was 5-fold higher in the SGA group and 3.2-fold higher in the 10–25 percentile group than in the 26–90 percentile group. Delivery induction or augmentation, cesarean delivery for non-reassuring fetal heart rate or fetal distress, Apgar score <4 at 5 min, mechanical ventilation, neonatal sepsis, stillbirth, or neonatal death significantly increased in the 10–25 percentile group compared with those in the 26–90 percentile group. Conclusion: The present study indicated that in uncomplicated pregnancies, fetuses with birth weights within the 10–25 percentile had a significantly increased risk of ANM compared to those within the 26–90 percentile.
Myopia Progression in Low Birth Weight Infants: A Narrative Review

Results: The underlying cause of myopia is usually excessive growth of the eye, which is under the influence of early-life pressure on human growth. Children with low birth weight have significantly shallower anterior chamber depth and thicker lens. At the ages of 10-12 years, preterm children have an increased likelihood of all types of refractive errors. However, in low birth weight children, a 1 diopter of myopic change occurs over the first decade of life.
An Examination of Oral Argumentation Using Socioscientific Issues Among Secondary Students with Disabilities

AN EXAMINATION OF ORAL ARGUMENTATION USING SOCIOSCIENTIFIC ISSUES AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Mindy A. Gumpert Old Dominion University, 2019 Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Gable The recent science education reforms mandate that all students must receive adequate opportunities to access the science curriculum in order to gain a better understanding of how science and the world works (National Research Council, 2012). According to these reforms, engagement in argumentation is one science practice essential to today’s K-12 science education (Sampson & Clark, 2011). Engagement in argumentation promotes critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills, and has the potential to promote growth of cognitive and metacognitive reasoning (Venville & Dawson, 2010). Additionally, engagement in argumentation using socioscientific issues provides students with authentic links to contemporary real-world social issues with substantive ties to science. Science education research in argumentation using socioscientific issues examines how typically developing students engage in this practice. However, there is scant research that addresses how students with disabilities engage in this form of argumentation. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to examine critically the engagement of secondary students with disabilities in argumentation using socioscientific issues. A multiple probe design replicated across three secondary science classes was used to examine the effects of explicit instruction on group and individual engagement in argumentation using socioscientific issues. Visual analysis and two non-parametric overlap methods (i.e., percent of non-overlapping data and Tau-U) were employed to determine treatment effect. The results of this study were mixed. Several results were consistent with the way typically developing students engage in argumentation using socioscientific issues. Conversely, other results suggested that disability status, working memory, verbal comprehension, processing speed, and cognitive load may have impacted students’ engagement in argumentation. Conclusions drawn from the data include implications for future research and practice. Limitations of the study are also discussed.
Okul Müdürlerinin Kliniksel Denetime İlişkin Genel Algi ve Değerlendirmeleri The General Assessment and Perception of the School Principals Regarding Clinical Supervision

The purpose of the research is to identify the general attitude and assessment of school principals regarding clinical supervision. In the study, qualitative method was used. Easily attainable case sampling, one of the purposive sampling methods, was used in the study to collect data. 70 school principals who work in Antalya constituted the study group of the research. When the views and assessments of school principals concerning the clinical supervision approach are considered, analysis reveals that most of them have positive or very positive views. Most of the participants would prefer to adopt the application of clinical supervision instead of the current application. Most of the participants considered that the clinical supervision system could be applied with some minor changes. Furthermore, they suggested that some additional studies should be done so that the adoption of clinical supervision would be accepted by education partners. Communications should be improved and a positive climate created among educators. The number of supervisors should be raised and supervisors able to apply clinical supervision should exist in all schools and education areas. The knowledge, talent and adequacy of the supervisors should be increased in their areas, and
Mates in Construction Suicide Prevention Program: A Five Year Review

‘Mates in Construction’ (MATES) is a large-scale multi-component suicide prevention program for construction workers, initiated in Queensland in February 2008, and now disseminated to three additional Australian states. MATES uses on-site universal psychoeducation to encourage help-seeking and early intervention through ‘Connectors’ trained in suicide first aid and supported by outreach, case management, a 24-hour telephone response line, and online counseling. This review of the first five years in Queensland demonstrates broad program acceptability by workers, unions and construction companies. However, funding constraints and the size and geography of the State limited the overall reach to 35,761 workers from 476 building sites completing the first step in the program - General Awareness Training. Despite this, we compared suicide rates in Queensland male construction workers for the five years of the program (2008-2012) with the five years prior (2003-2007), in the context of general male suicide rates for Queensland and Australia for the two time periods. Against a relatively stable male suicide rate for Australia as a whole, the overall male suicide rate (ages 15-64) for Queensland rose during the five years 2008-2012. In contrast, the age-adjusted male suicide rate in the Queensland Construction Industry decreased 7.9% for the years 2008-2012 compared with 2003-2007. Despite small numbers, we attempted statistical analysis using Negative Binomial Regression. The apparent reduction was not statistically significant (95% CI [-0.4, 15.6]), (p=0.386 NS). The decrease for lesser skilled workers (machine operators/ labourers) was 22.5% (95% CI [-6.9, 43.8]), (p=0.121), relative risk 0.80 [CI 0.60, 1.08], again not statistically significant. For skilled trades, the relative risk was 1.04 [CI 0.81, 1.34, NS], a point increase in chance of suicide of 4.1% [CI -19.0, 33.7, NS]. The complexity of the program and our results are discussed.
THE PATTERN OF CONSUMPTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS IN PRIVATE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOUTH INDIA

A joint WHO/FAO expert consultation report on diet, nutrition and prevention of chronic heart diseases, diabetes and cancer sets population nutrient goals and recommends intake of minimum 400 gm of fruits and vegetable per day. The aim of this study was to (1) find out the pattern and amount of consumption of fruits and vegetables among medical students and to (2) indentify Knowledge about fruits and vegetables consumption. The study was conducted among 66 interns and 74 postgraduates by using questionnaire consisting of four sections i.e. demographic characteristics, knowledge and perception towards fruits intake, 24 hour food record form and food frequency questions. Data was analyzed by using SPSS and Binary logistic regression. The average daily consumption of fruits was 155 gm/day and vegetables 190gm/day. Mean consumption of fruits and vegetables was 345 gm/day which is less than 400 gm/day as recommended by WHO, 27.8% respondents consumed 400 gm or more of fruits and vegetables. It was observed that most frequently consumed fruits by the medical students were banana, orange, apple, & mangoes while the most popular vegetables were potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, & beans. Maximum Doctors have good nutritional knowledge i.e. interns 85% and PGs 91%. Logistic regression has shown that category of medical students, age and income have positive relationship with consumption of fruits and vegetables of 400 gm or more. The mean consumption of fruits and vegetables was 345 gm/day which included most commonly consumed fruits and vegetables.