bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Methodic of girl students’ professionally significant coordination qualities’ perfection at physical education classes
Authors: Kolumbet A.N.
Published: September 2016

Purpose: implementation of new methodic of professionally significant coordination qualities’ training in higher educational establishments’ girl students at classes of physical education. Material: 204 girl students participated in the research. Results: in perfection of students’ professionally significant coordination qualities it is important to observe certain correlation of exercises in every block of methodic. When planning exercises it is necessary to observe the following correlations: exercises for orientation in space - 32%; exercises for perfection of quickness - 19%; exercises for accuracy of movements and differentiation of muscular efforts - 16%; exercises for balance - 9%. Conclusions: in trainings of professionally significant coordination qualities it is necessary to use different forms of trainings’ organization. In preparatory part it is desirable to apply frontal form; in main part - frontal and differentiated-group form.
Modification of Harvard step-test for assessment of students’ with health problems functional potentials
Authors: Kopeikina E.N. , Drogomeretsky V.V. , Kondakov V.L. , Kovaleva M.V. , Iermakov S.S.
Published: September 2016

Purpose: to substantiate, work out and experimentally prove modified test for assessment of students’ with health problems functional potentials. Material: in the research students and girl students of 18-20 years’ age (n=522) participated. According to the worked out modification of test during 30 seconds student ascended on bench (h=43 cm) and descended from it. Then pulse was measured three times. In total the test took 4 minutes. Results: For working out the scale for interpretation of the received results we assessed new 30 seconds’ modification of Harvard step-test for validity. First, for this purpose all students fulfilled modified step-test. Then after full restoration (after 20 minutes) they fulfilled its three minutes’ variant. Correlation analysis of the received results showed the presence of average correlation between two samples (r=0.64). Conclusions: application of this modified variant permits for pedagogues to completely assess functional potentials of students with heath problems.
Effects of high dose coffee intake on aerobic power in dragon female athletes
Authors: Ramin Shabani , Roya Rahmatian , Fatemeh Izaddoust
Published: September 2016

Background : There are few studies that consider the effect of high doses of caffeine on aerobic power (VO2max). Also, to date, no study examined the effect of coffee intake on dragon boat paddler specifically on women. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of espresso coffee on improvement of aerobic power of dragon boat paddler. Material : Twenty women athletes of Guilan dragon bout team members of Malavan club of port city of Anzali (mean ±SD age, 23.60± 3.49 years; BMI,23.77±1.88kg/m2; body fat, 30.32±4.65%) were recruited to this study, after they completed a primary test without consuming any coffee, they consumed 6mg/kg of coffee (espresso or decaffeinated) and following that they completed two experimental trials. A randomized, double-blind, repeated-measures, design was employed whereby paddlers complete a 2000m paddling dragon boat ergo-meter. Results : Coffee could improve VO2max (Without coffee =74.40± QUOTE 4.99, Espresso coffee =90.10± QUOTE 6.19, Decaffeinated coffee =91.00± QUOTE 5.67, P≤ QUOTE 0.05). VO2max amount after exercise were significantly higher for both espresso coffee and decaffeinated coffee, when compared with without coffee condition. No significant differences were observed between espresso coffee and decaffeinated coffee (P≤ QUOTE 0.05). Conclusion : The present study shows that both high doses of caffeine (espresso coffee) and decaffeinated coffee can enhance VO2max during aerobic exercise including 2000m dragon boat paddling. It seems that some compounds except caffeine in decaffeinated coffee can act improve VO2max. Further studies needed for considering the effect of high doses of coffee on endurance exercises. Also in other age ranges of women athletes and other sport athletes.
Microarchitecture and Biomechanical Evaluation of BoneCeramic Grafted Alveolar Defects during Tooth Movement in Rat
Authors: Ru Nan , Liu Sean Shih-Yao , Bai Yuxing , Li Song , Liu Yunfeng , Zhou Guanjun
Published: September 2016

Objective:

BoneCeramic can regenerate bone in alveolar defects, but it remains unknown whether it is feasible to move a tooth through BoneCeramic grafting sites. The objective of this study was to investigate three-dimensional real-time bone responses and micromechanical properties in the grafting sites during orthodontic tooth movement.

Methods:

Sixty 5-week-old rats were randomly assigned into three groups to receive BoneCeramic, natural bovine cancellous bone particles (Bio-Oss), and no graft, respectively, after the extraction of the left maxillary first molar. After 4 weeks, the maxillary left second molar was moved into the extraction for 28 days. Dynamic bone microstructures and root resorption were evaluated using in vivo micro-computed tomography and histology. Stress distribution of tooth roots and biomechanical properties of corresponding bone tissue were examined by finite element methods and nanoindentation. Mixed-model analysis of variance was performed to compare the difference among time points with Bonferroni post hoc tests at the significance level of P < .05.

Results:

The BoneCeramic group had the least amount of tooth movement and root resorption volume and craters, highest bone volume fraction, trabecular number, mean trabecular thickness, microhardness, and elastic modulus, followed by Bio-Oss and the control group. The highest stress accumulated in the cervical region of the mesial roots.

Conclusion:

BoneCeramic has better osteoconductive potential and biomechanical properties and induces less root resorption compared with Bio-Oss grafting and naturally recovered extraction site.
Learning in the Oil Futures Markets: Evidence and Macroeconomic Implications
Authors: Leduc Sylvain , Moran Kevin , Vigfusson Robert J.
Published: September 2016

We show that a model where investors learn about the persistence of oil-price movements accounts well for the fluctuations in oil-price futures since the late 1990s. Using a DSGE model, we then show that this learning process alters the impact of oil shocks, making it time-dependent and consistent with the muted impact oil-price changes had on macroeconomic outcomes during the early 2000s and again over the past two years. The Spring 2008 increase in oil prices had a larger impact because market participants considered that it was likely driven by permanent shocks.
Sobukwe and the psychosocial
Authors: Hook D
Published: September 2016

The political writings of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, like those of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede and Steve Bantu Biko, are shot through with psychological notions (ideas of consciousness, mental emancipation, psychological enslavement, self-realization, the African personality, etc.). The use of such terms is not psychological in a strict disciplinary sense, yet it is nevertheless of crucial psychosocial relevance for a number of reasons. Firstly, such a borrowing of terms necessarily breaks down the partitioning of the psychical and the political. Secondly, by being extracted from the discourse of psychology and subjected to a psychosocial application, these terms are rendered politically operative and put to immediate socio-political use as part of the struggle against white supremacy. Thirdly, the psychological vernacular historically deployed by Sobukwe, Lembede and Biko, effectively called attention to aspects of the struggle not adequately foregrounded by political vocabularies of the time. It was in this way that the aligned discourses of African Nationalism and Black Consciousness as realized in the writings of Sobukwe, Lembede and Biko, sought to overcome an otherwise flawed mode of political resistance - the gradualist, petitioning stance of the African National Congress in the 1950s - with something altogether more radical.
Principles of the JCEL Publication Agreement: Stakeholders, Copyright, and Policy Positions
Authors: Crews Kenneth D.
Published: September 2016

Every academic, scholarly, or professional journal should have a publication agreement for contributing authors to sign – but only if the agreement is good.  A well-considered agreement is a chance to create an improved relationship among authors, publishers, and readers.  By contrast, a bad agreement can do real damage.  The Editorial Board of the Journal of Copyright for Education and Librarianship (“JCEL”) deliberated thoroughly the details of the agreement it offers to contributing authors, with the quest of putting into practice our principles about the relationship of copyright and scholarly works, in service to our community of stakeholders.This article is intended to capture and document the Board’s reflections on the JCEL agreement with two leading objectives: To explain to contributing authors the meaning and significance of various provisions in the agreement, and to serve as a motivation and resource for editors of other journals as they engage in a fresh examination of their agreements.  This article offers a bit of explanatory background and a hint of some of the internal give and take that led to the final version.  Although our publication agreement should be regularly reexamined, with future changes to meet changing needs, the principles underlying the current draft should remain steady.
PLÁGIO EM PRODUÇÃO INTELECTUAL E DIRETRIZES
Authors: Feitosa Alina Coutinho Rodrigues
Published: September 2016

Acesso:
CRITÉRIOS PARA A CONSOLIDAÇÃO DE UM PERIÓDICO DE PESQUISA CIENTÍFICA EM FISIOTERAPIA
Authors: Nunes Sá Katia , Carvalho Costa Dias Cristiane Maria , Barreto Segundo João de Deus
Published: September 2016

Introdução: A fisioterapia apresenta elevada produção científica. Periódicos tradicionais não dão conta de publicar todos os relatos de pesquisas realizadas, o que exige a criação de novos periódicos com escopo voltado à produção científica em fisioterapia. Objetivo: Investigar fatores envolvidos com o desenvolvimento de um novo periódico científico brasileiro na área da fisioterapia - Revista Pesquisa em Fisioterapia (RPF). Metodologia: Estudo exploratório e documental. Coletados dados intrínsecos e extrínsecos. Foi utilizado o software Publish or Perish, o Alexa e o próprio portal de periódicos para a coleta de dados. Foram levantados dados dos programas brasileiros de pós-graduação stricto sensu na área de avaliação da CAPES de Educação Física e as revistas melhor classificadas pelo Webqualis na área de Medicina II para comparações. Resultados: A visibilidade da RPF internacionalmente é revelada por 10665 downloads e taxa de conversão de 125,4%. Publicou 137 artigos (2012 a 2016), média de 11,41 artigos por número publicado, 10,94% em inglês, 57,66% originais, média de 9,69 autores por artigo e uma proporção de doutores titulados entre os autores de 36,29%. Seu índice hé 3. Foram identificadas lacunas a serem preenchidas pela gestão: publicação bilíngue e inclusão do ORCID. Conclusão: A RPF é um periódico científico que apresenta características necessárias para um desenvolvimento orgânico compatível com a instituição tradicional a qual se vincula, segue todas as recomendações internacionais para a transparência e qualidade da pesquisa científica no campo da fisioterapia e, por este motivo, deve atingir indicadores necessários para indexação em bases internacionais em futuro não muito longínquo.
MANUAL THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY HEADACHES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Authors: Germano Facó Samara , Farias Raynara , Silva de Souza Nélio , Orsini Marco , Alvez de Souza Jano , De Melo Rocha Kaline , Martins Ana Carolina , Bastos Victor Hugo
Published: September 2016

Introdução: Cefaleia é listada uma das condições de dor mais prevalentes, com impacto socioeconômicosignificativo que afeta a qualidade de vida. Entre estes, destacam-se a cefaleia do tipo tensional (CTT) e enxaqueca. O tratamento varia de farmacoterapia para a fisioterapia, enfatizando a terapia manual. Objetivo: Destacar as principais conclusões e resultados de técnicas de terapia manual no tratamento de cefaleias primárias. Métodos: Uma revisão sistemática da literatura foi realizada por meio de pesquisas e estudos originais publicados em revistas indexadas na PLoS bases de dados electrónicas, MEDLINE via PubMed, Pedro, Lilacs e SciELO. Para avaliar a qualidade metodológica e descrição estatística, bem como o risco de viés dos estudos de fisioterapia selecionados, Pedro escala, bem como a lista PRISMA. Resultados: 1.205 artigos foram encontrados, dos quais foram selecionados nove. Estes, apesar da variedade de técnicas e duração da intervenção, indicaram uma diminuição na frequência, intensidade e uso de medicação analgésica, além de elevação no limiar de dor, resistência dos músculos flexores cervicais. Uma análise metodológicados ensaios estava disponível para 55,5% das pessoas e com a pontuação ≥5 (escala PEDro). Conclusões: A terapia manual se mostra uma alternativa eficaz no tratamento de cefaleia primária.
CONCORDÂNCIA ENTRE O ÍNDICE DE MASSA CORPORAL DE QUÉTELET E O DE TREFETHEN NA ESTIMATIVA DO ESTADO NUTRICIONAL DE ESCOLARES
Authors: Ferreira Cleberson , Robles Antonio Roberto , Mascarenhas Luis Paulo Gomes , Lima Valderi Abreu de , Souza Wallace Bruno de , Souza William Cordeiro de
Published: September 2016

Introdução: Constantemente diversos métodos antropométricos vêm sendo desenvolvidos com o intuito de avaliar o estado nutricional tanto de adultos, quanto de crianças e adolescentes. Objetivo: O presente estudo objetivou-se em verificar o nível de concordância entre o índice de massa corporal (IMC) de Quételet e o de Trefethen na estimativa do estado nutricional de escolares. Métodos: A amostra intencional foi constituída por 113 escolares (48 meninas e 65 meninos) com idades entre 10 e 15 anos, do município de Canoinhas/SC. Para avaliação antropométrica foram coletados os dados de massa corporal e estatura. Através desses foi calculado o IMC, proposto por Quételet (1870) e o IMC sugerido por Trefethen (2013). Para verificar a normalidade dos dados foi utilizado o teste de Kolmogorov-Smirnov. Após, realizou-se a estatística descritiva. O fator de correlação de Pearson (r) foi realizado para verificar as associações entre os métodos. Recorreu-se ao teste Qui-quadrado para verificar as diferenças entre as frequências percentuais. Para analisar o nível concordância entre os métodos foi realizado o método de Bland-Altman (1986). Resultados: Foi observada uma relação muito forte e significante entre as variáveis analisadas (r= 0,98; p= <0,001) com um intervalo de confiança de (IC 95% = 0,97-0,98) e através do método Bland-Altman (1986) pode-se perceber que as variáveisanalisadas apresentaram concordâncias entre si. Conclusão: Ao finalizar o estudo, foi verificado que o IMC de Quételet e o de Trefethen apresentam concordância na estimativa do estado nutricional de escolares.
ALTERAÇÕES FUNCIONAIS RESPIRATÓRIAS NA DOENÇA DE PARKINSON
Authors: Da Conceição Costa Henrique , Silva dos Santos Bárbara , Silva Oliveira Paula , Da Costa Barreto Nascimento Ioná , Nóbrega da Costa Ana Caline , Rosa Camelier Fernanda Warken
Published: September 2016

Introdução: Caracterizada como uma patologia crônica, neurodegenerativa e progressiva, a Doença de Parkinson (DP) está relacionada a disfunções monoaminérgicas múltiplas, incluindo déficits dos sistemas dopaminérgicos, colinérgicos, serotoninérgicos e noradrenérgicos. Sintomas motores clássicos como a rigidez, bradicinesia, tremor em repouso e instabilidade postural são presentes nesta condição. Derivada desta tétrade motora, as alterações posturais, a rigidez e a bradicinesia levam à redução da força muscular respiratória, modificam a biomecânica da caixa torácica causando déficits na expansão pulmonar, podendo ainda, repercutir nos volumes e capacidades pulmonares. Objetivo: Sistematizar o conhecimento acerca das alterações funcionais respiratórias presentes na doença de Parkinson. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo de Revisão de Literatura. As bases de dados pesquisadas foram Bireme, Scielo e PubMed, e foram incluídos artigos originais, publicados a partir do ano de 2000, que avaliaram a função pulmonar com medidas da manobra de capacidade vital forçada (espirometria), pico de fluxo de tosse, força muscular respiratória e a mobilidade torácica. Foram excluídos artigos que avaliaram a função pulmonar com outros desfechos e aqueles que não foram disponibilizados na íntegra. Resultados: Foram encontrados 45 artigos, e após a aplicação dos critérios de inclusão e exclusão, foram selecionados 16 estudos. Considerações Finais: Esta revisão de literatura sugere que pessoas com Parkinson apresentam redução da mobilidade torácica, do pico de fluxo de tosse, da força muscular respiratória e de volumes e capacidades pulmonares, implicando no comprometimento da funcionalidade destes indivíduos.
COMPARAÇÃO DA CAPACIDADE FUNCIONAL AUTO RELATADA ENTRE IDOSOS BRASILEIROS E JAPONESES INSTITUCIONALIZADOS
Authors: Vicentini de Oliveira Daniel , Andrade do Nascimento Júnior José Roberto , Lee Vianna Paulo Débora , Cavaglieri Cláudia Regina , De Aguiar Pereira Daniel , Gomes Faria Terezinha
Published: September 2016

Introdução: A satisfação auto relatada está incluída no contexto da avaliação subjetiva e é altamente influenciada pela capacidade funcional, além de diferenciar entre aspectos socioculturais. Objetivo: Comparar a capacidade funcional auto relatada entre idosos brasileiros e japoneses institucionalizados.Material e Método: A amostra, escolhida de forma intencional e por conveniência, foi composta por 70 idosos de ambos os sexos, institucionalizados, com média de idade de 75,5 (±8,8) anos, sendo 53 de nacionalidade brasileira e 17 japonesa. Para avaliação da capacidade funcional foi utilizada a Ficha de Auto Avaliação da Capacidade Funcional, proposta por Spirduso (1995). A análise dos dados foi feita por meio da estatística descritiva e inferencial, sendo adotada a significância de p < 0,05. Resultados: Os idosos japoneses realizam mais Atividades Diárias (AD) sozinhos e sem dificuldades. Já os idosos brasileiros realizam mais AD sozinhos, mas com dificuldades e mais AD sem capacidade de fazer sem ajuda. Foi encontrada associação significativa entre o tempo de institucionalização e a capacidade funcional. Conclusão: pode-se concluir que idosos japoneses institucionalizados possuem melhor capacidade funcional do que os brasileiros, segundo a auto percepção dos mesmos e que quanto maior o tempo de institucionalização, menor o índice de funcionalidade.
Activities Supporting the Development of Media Literacy in European and Slovak Context
Authors: Petranova Dana , Vrabec Norbert , Mazakova Slava
Published: September 2016

The development of media competence and critical thinking towards media is an integral part of the European policy in the sphere of education and professional training. The issues of media education and media literacy are reflected in several consecutive documents that decisively influenced the development of research in this area. The submitted study presents the analysis of the current European trends and the prospects of media literacy development. The possibilities of raising the media competencies in the process of life-long learning is considered. The Slovak dimension of education and research in the area of media education is presented. The main aim of the study is to analyze the current conditions, projects and possibilities for the media literacy development in the Slovak and European context.
Restorying the Self: Bending Toward Textual Justice
Authors: Thomas Ebony Elizabeth , Stornaiuolo Amy
Published: September 2016

In this essay, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas and Amy Stornaiuolo explore new trends in reader response for a digital age, particularly the phenomenon of bending texts using social media. They argue that bending is one form of restorying, a process by which people reshape narratives to represent a diversity of perspectives and experiences that are often missing or silenced in mainstream texts, media, and popular discourse. Building on Louise Rosenblatt's influential transactional theory of reading, the authors theorize restorying as a participatory textual practice in which young people use new media tools to inscribe themselves into existence. The authors build on theorists from Mikhail Bakthin to Noliwe Rooks in order to illustrate tensions between individualistic “ideological becoming” and critical reader response as a means of protest. After discussing six forms of restorying, they focus on bending as one way youth make manifest their embodied, lived realities and identities, providing examples from sites of fan communities where participants are producing racebent fanwork based on popular children's and young adult books, movies, comics, and other media. Situating these phenomena within a larger tradition of narrating the self into existence, the authors explore broader implications for literacy education.
Clinical Performance of Indirect Composite Onlays as Esthetic Alternative to Stainless Steel Crowns for Rehabilitation of a Large Carious Primary Molar
Authors: Mittal Hitesh Chander , Goyal Ashima , Gauba Krishan , Kapur Aditi
Published: September 2016

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical performance of indirect resin composite onlays (IRC onlay) compared to stainless steel crowns (SSCs), as an esthetic alternative for rehabilitation of extensively carious primary molars. Study design: Fifty pediatric patients each received either IRC onlay or SSC randomly on extensively carious endodontically treated primary molars. All the restorations were evaluated at baseline and then every 6 months till 36 months using ‘modified FDI criteria’ for retention, marginal integrity, occlusion, proximal contact, secondary caries and gingival health. The dental chair side treatment time and post-operative acceptability were also evaluated for both the groups. Results: The cumulative survival rate of IRC onlays was 82.9% compared to 90.7% for SSCs over a time period of 36 months. The difference between the two study groups at various time intervals in terms of retention, marginal integrity, secondary caries, proximal contact, occlusion and gingival health was not statistically significant (p>0.05). The IRC onlays required significantly less mean chair side treatment time and were preferred the most by parents and children as per VAS scores compared to SSCs. Conclusion: IRC onlays are an acceptable esthetic alternative to SSCs and may be considered for use in aesthetically conscious children/parents as per their preference.
Phenotypes of Enamel Hypomineralization and Molar Incisor Hypomineralization in Permanent Dentition: Identification, Quantification and Proposal for Classification
Authors: Mittal Neeti
Published: September 2016

Objectives: To report the extent, pattern, clinical presentation and phenotypes of enamel hypomineralization in permanent dentition Study Design: This cross sectional observational study recruited a random sample of 1726, 12–16 year olds. Enamel hypomineralization was scored on all teeth by a calibrated examiner using the EAPD 2003 criteria. Proportions of affected subjects (prevalence) with a minimum of one hypomineralization and Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH) were calculated. Proportions of following phenotypes were quantified i.e. MH (only FPM hypomineralization), M+IH (concomitantly affected FPMs and permanent incisors without affecting any other tooth in the arch), MIHO (hypomineralization affecting at least one of the canines, premolars or 2nd molars and simultaneously including at least one FPM), IH (only permanent incisor's hypomineralization) and NoFPM (hypomineralization affecting at least one of the canines, premolars and 2nd molars but not FPM; incisors can be affected concomitantly). A comparative evaluation of extent and severity of enamel hypomineralization was performed amongst various phenotypes. Statistical measures employed t-test, chi square tests and ANOVA. Results: Overall prevalence of affected subjects was 13.21% (228/1726) and 9.79% (169/1726) for enamel hypomineralization and MIH respectively. A total of 4.36±3.45 teeth/subject and 6.01±5.20 surfaces/subject were found to be affected with enamel hypomineralization. Most prevalent phenotype was M+IH while the least prevalent was IH. Maximum severity i.e. number of affected surfaces and surfaces with PEB were reported for MIHO (p<0.001). Conclusion: Enamel hypomineralization can manifest in any tooth in five phenotypic variations in permanent dentition with varying extent and severity.
Clinical Assessment of a New Caries Activity Test Using Dental Plaque Acidogenicity in Children under Three Years of Age
Authors: Lee Hyo-Seol , Lee Eun-Song , Kang Si-Mook , Lee Jae-Ho , Choi Hyung-Jun , Kim Baek-Il
Published: September 2016

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the validity of a new caries activity test that uses dental plaque acidogenicity in children with deciduous dentition. Study design: Ninety-two children under the age of three years old underwent clinical examination using the dft index and examinations with two caries activity tests. Plaque samples for the new Cariview® test and the saliva sample for the conventional Dentocult SM® test were collected, incubated, and scored according to each manufacturers' instruction. The data were analysed using ANOVA and Spearman correlation analyses to evaluate the relationships between the test results and the caries experience. Results: The mean dft index of all of the subjects was 4.73, and 17.4% of the subjects were caries-free. The levels of caries risk based on the new Cariview test score significantly increased with the caries experience (p < 0.01). The test results revealed a stronger correlation with caries indices (dft and dt index) than the conventional SM colony counting method (r = 0.43, r = 0.39, p < 0.01). Conclusions: The new caries activity test to analyse the acidogenic potential of whole microorganisms from dental plaques can be used to evaluate caries risk in children with deciduous teeth.
Updates on Immune Therapies in Type 1 Diabetes
Authors: Nambam Bimota ,   Division of Endocrinology, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, US, Haller Michael J ,   Division of Endocrinology, University of Florida, Gainesville, US
Published: September 2016

Multiple clinical trials investigating the efficacy and safety of immunotherapeutic interventions in new onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) have failed to yield long term clinical benefit. Lack of efficacy has frequently been attributed to an incomplete understanding of the pathways involved in T1D and the use of single immunotherapeutic agents. Recent mechanistic studies have improved our knowledge of the complex etiopathogenesis of T1D. This in turn has provided the framework for new and ongoing clinical trials in new onset T1D patients and at-risk subjects. Focus has also shifted towards the potential benefits of synergistic combinatorial approaches, both in terms of efficacy and the potential for reduced side effects. These efforts seek to develop intervention strategies that will preserve β-cell function, and ultimately prevent and reverse clinical disease.
Evaluación en Educación Física. Análisis comparativo entre la teoría oficial y la praxis cotidiana
Authors: Rodríguez-Negro Josune , Zulaika Isasti Dr. Luis Mari
Published: September 2016

El objetivo de este estudio es conocer las maneras de evaluar que emplea el profesorado de Educación Física (EF) en las etapas de Educación Primaria (EP) y Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) y conocer si el discurso actual sobre evaluación en EF se limita al ámbito teórico o realmente se da en la praxis cotidiana de los centros escolares.  Para cumplimentar los objetivos del estudio, se realizó un muestreo aleatorio y se realizó una encuesta a 84 docentes de EF (hombres=57, mujeres=27) de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco (CAPV).  Los resultados indican que los docentes han abandonado el método tradicional de evaluación y hay una evidencia de progreso hacia la evaluación alternativa, a pesar de que esta no se haya llegado a implementar totalmente en los centros educativos.  En línea con estos resultados, encontramos diferencias en los aspectos de evaluación que son susceptibles de mejora en la práctica cotidiana según la etapa educativa.  En lo que respecta a los docentes de la ESO, sería conveniente que incorporaran prácticas en las que sea el alumnado quien evalúe el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, la evaluación y a los docentes mismos.  Por otra parte, sería aconsejable que el profesorado de EF en la etapa de EP trabajara para entender la evaluación como un medio para diversos fines, y no principalmente como un método de calificación.  Además, es aconsejable que los docentes de ambas etapas educativas incluyan la autoevaluación y la coevaluación como un método habitual de evaluación
Effects of an Educational Psychomotor Intervention program in preschool children
Authors: Moreira Mariana Silva , Almeida Gabriela Neves , Marinho Susana Moreira
Published: September 2016

This research was intended to investigate (test) the effects of an Educational Psychomotor Therapy in children physical and peers relation self-perceived competence in pre-school, and analyze through the educator perception the relevance to include the Psychomotor Therapy in Preschool curriculum. The sample (N=9) consisted of 4 male and 5 female, between 48 and 72 months of age (M= 61.6; SD= 9.53), with normative neurodevelopment and belonging to the same preschool. An Educational Psychomotor Intervention program was created and conducted for 2 months, with one week session during 60 min. each, and applied to the group of children at the same time. Data analysis was performed with descriptive analysis and non-parametric statistics, using the Wilcoxon statistical test. The results from the data comparison in pre and post-intervention evaluation showed significant gains in physical self- perceived competence and non-significant gains in relation with peers’ self-perceived competence. The Kindergarten Teacher refers significant positive differences in children motor development and in learning motivation in classroom tasks. She sustained also the inclusion of Educational Psychomotor Intervention in preschool curriculum. In conclusion, this research provides interesting results that contribute to increase understanding about Educational Psychomotor therapy relevance in psychosocial and academic preschool child development, and warns to further research in this area.
Influencia de una unidad didáctica de fuerza en el rendimiento de lanzamiento de balón medicinal en alumnos de bachillerato
Authors: Castillo Alvira Daniel , Rodríguez Negro Josune , Yanci Yrigoyen Javier
Published: September 2016

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar el efecto de una unidad didáctica de fuerza en la capacidad de lanzamiento de balón medicinal (LBM) de alumnos de bachillerato. En este estudio participaron 132 alumnos (16,8 ± 0,7 años; 61,7 ± 11,1 kg; 1,68 ± 0,09 m; 21,9 ± 3,1 kg·m-2) pertenecientes al Primer curso de Bachillerato del Instituto Benjamín de Tudela, de los cuales 57 eran chicos y 75 eran chicas.  En una sesión previa al comienzo del estudio (T1), se realizó una prueba de valoración de la capacidad de lanzamiento de balón medicinal (LBM) de todos los participantes. Seguidamente se desarrollaron las 2 sesiones semanales de la unidad didáctica de fuerza durante 8 semanas. Tras finalizar la intervención (T2), se volvió a realizar el mismo test de valoración. Para determinar las diferencias entre los resultados obtenidos en el T1 y el T2 para el total de los participantes, y de forma independiente para el grupo de chicos y el de las chicas, se utilizó una prueba t de muestras relacionadas. Los resultados mostraron una mejora significativa (p < 0,01) en el LBM de todos los participantes (% = 6,28; d = -0,34), del grupo de los chicos (% = 7,41; d = -0,51) y del grupo de las chicas (% = 5,22; d = -0,28) después de las 8 semanas de intervención. La unidad didáctica de fuerza, que consistía en 16 sesiones con una duración de 60 minutos por sesión y que se realizaron en 8 semanas consecutivas, generó una mejora en la capacidad de LBM en los chicos y las chicas de primero de bachillerato.
Victimización en edad escolar desde la perspectiva de la actividad física
Authors: Espejo Garcés Tamara , Chacón Cuberos Ramón , Zurita Ortega Félix , Castro Sánchez Manuel
Published: September 2016

La agresión y  la violencia se encuentra manifiesta en muchos ámbitos, siendo en la escuela uno de los más alarmantes. En este sentido se plantea que la práctica de actividad física supone numerosos beneficios en cuanto a salud se refiere, contribuyendo a la mejora de la calidad de vida y bienestar personal, como herramienta para la disminución de estas conductas y asimismo, la victimización. En este estudio se plantean como principales objetivos,  determinar los niveles de victimización, actividad física, motivo de la práctica y frecuencia de la misma en escolares, así como establecer relaciones entre las conductas de victimización y los parámetros establecidos de actividad físico-deportivos. Se realizó un estudio de carácter descriptivo y de corte transversal sobre una muestra de 459 estudiantes de Educación Primaria de la provincia de Granada, con edades comprendidas entre los 8 y 13 años (M=10,74; DT=1,22). Los instrumentos utilizados fueron un cuestionario ad hoc para aspectos sociodemográficos y cuestiones relativas a la actividad física y la “Escala de victimización en la escuela”. Los resultados no señalaron datos significativos en la relación de la práctica de actividad fisca y la victimización en la escuela. Como conclusiones, se puede observar sobre la victimización escolar, que la de tipo verbal es más común que las de tipo relacional y física entre los escolares.
Análisis de la satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas básicas, motivación y disfrute en Educación Física en Primaria
Authors: Navarro-Patón Rubén , Rodríguez Fernández Jose Eugenio , Eirín Nemiña Raúl
Published: September 2016

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo estudiar el grado de satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas básicas, motivación y disfrute en las clases de Educación Física que poseen los escolares de Educación Primaria de 5º y 6º, analizando las relaciones entre ellas y en función de las variables de sexo y edad. Con una muestra de 183 participantes (77 niños y 106 niñas), se aplicaron tres cuestionarios: la Escala de Medición de las Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas (BPNES), la Escala del Locus Percibido de Causalidad en Educación Física (PLOC Scale) y la Escala de medida del disfrute en la actividad física (PACES). Los resultados reflejan que los participantes tienen altos niveles en relación a la satisfacción de sus Necesidades Psicológicas básicas, altos valores a nivel motivacional y del grado de disfrute en las clases de Educación Física, no apreciándose diferencias significativas en relación a la edad y sexo de los participantes. El papel que desempeña el docente es esencial, donde la propia formación, su implicación en el proceso educativo y la transmisión de valores asociados a la Educación Física y el deporte, motivarán al alumnado a una mayor participación, disfrute y adherencia a la práctica deportiva, incluso más allá del ámbito escolar.
El póster virtual, una nueva propuesta para la difusión del conocimiento en congresos
Authors: Arufe Giráldez Víctor , García Soidán José Luis , Barcala Furelos Roberto , Navarro Patón Rubén
Published: September 2016

Las nuevas tecnologías son una excelente oportunidad para la difusión del conocimiento. Los congresos y seminarios científicos de Ciencias del Deporte y Educación Física, se han centrado tradicionalmente en los profesionales que participan de forma presencial, pero pueden apostar por la participación a distancia, utilizando para ello las nuevas tecnologías y herramientas de comunicación sincrónicas. El objetivo de este trabajo es mejorar la difusión, del conocimiento generado en los congresos científicos, a través del póster virtual/e-póster/póster 2.0, una nueva modalidad de presentación de trabajos de investigación a distancia. Se ha realizado un estudio longitudinal a lo largo de 4 años (2011-2014), implantándose esta modalidad en la arquitectura de un congreso de Ciencias del Deporte realizado anualmente en Pontevedra. Se analizan datos relativos al número de participantes y número de trabajos presentados, así como datos genéricos del evento. Los resultados muestran un incremento del número de trabajos presentados mediante póster virtual, sin hallarse relación estadísticamente significativa. Se puede suprimir así una frontera para el conocimiento generado en el ámbito de los congresos. Impulsándose una nueva modalidad de presentación de trabajos más allá de la estructura tradicional de los congresos, consistente en ponencias, mesas redondas, talleres, comunicaciones y pósters. El póster virtual puede abrir las fronteras y estimular la participación de profesionales que no consigan participar de forma presencial. La distancia se convierte así, no en un impedimento, sino una oportunidad de interactuar con otros profesores e investigadores de diferentes zonas del planeta.
Programación didáctica: Primeros auxilios, un contenido incluido en la LOMCE
Authors: López-García Sergio , Martín-Villar María Inmaculada , Maneiro-Dios Rubén , Abelairas-Gómez Cristian , Barcala-Furelos Roberto
Published: September 2016

En el presente trabajo se expone el diseño y aplicación de una programación didáctica dirigida a alumnos de edades comprendidas entre 16 y 17 años de edad que se encuentran en 1º Bachillerato en la materia de Educación Física, rigiéndose por el Real Decreto del currículo básico de la LOMCE (RD 1105/2014, 26 de diciembre). La planificación abarca desde los elementos curriculares como son los contenidos, criterios de evaluación, estándares de aprendizaje evaluables y competencias clave, hasta la secuenciación y distribución de las unidades didácticas en sesiones que desarrollarán dichos elementos anteriores. Esta programación didáctica se encuentra dentro del área de Educación Física y tiene como objetivo primordial del docente a contribuir en el desarrollo integral del alumno, inculcando conocimientos y habilidades relacionadas con los primeros auxilios, contenido que se contempla en la ley actual y en los derechos fundamentales. El modo o método con el que el docente desarrolla los contenidos de primeros auxilios, se caracteriza por activo, participativo, inclusivo e integrador, como el método denominado “aprendizaje cooperativo”. Esta metodología didáctica, desataca por el desarrollo de autonomía, toma de decisiones y el trabajo en grupo del alumnado.
Comparison of surgical outcomes of tympanoplasty assisted by conventional microscopic method and endoscopic method
Authors: Shoeb Mohammed , Gite Vinod , Bhargava Samir , Mhashal Shashikant
Published: September 2016

Background: The introduction of the operating microscope has significantly enhanced the outcome of tympanoplasty by improving the accuracy of the technique. The operating microscopy provides a magnified image in straight line; hence the surgeon can’t visualize the deep recesses of the middle ear in single operating field. This is overcome by use of rigid endoscope for tympanoplasty. In rigid endoscopy view is better but surgeons 2 hands are not free so manipulation here is difficult.

Methods: 30 cases of safe CSOM from each group viz microscopic assisted (MES) & endoscopic assisted (EES) were selected operated by full cuff (superiorly based tympanomeatal flap technique) and compared for graft uptake, hearing improvement & complications.

Results: Graft uptake rate was 93.33% in both groups. In our study the pre operative mean air bone gap of the patients was 37.23+5.79 db after surgery at 6 months came down to 17.17+3.31 db hence after calculating the mean air bone gap closure it came down to be 20.4+4.85. Which showed a significant improvement in the hearing (p value 1.493E-23 which is less than 0.05). 6.67% cases from both groups showed failure of graft uptake.

Conclusions: The graft uptake, hearing improvement, Complications produced by each of the techniques in large, subtotal, and anterior moderate perforations by each technique is comparable i.e. both techniques have same results.
Psoriasis and metabolic syndrome: hospital based cross sectional study of prevalence and correlation in a rural south Indian population
Authors: Kathirvel Dhanalakshmi , Dhandapani Vaishnavi , R. Baskaran , H. Gladius Jennifer
Published: September 2016

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects 1-3% of the population. Recent studies have reported that psoriasis is associated with metabolic disorders, including obesity, dyslipidaemia and diabetes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in psoriasis and to evaluate the association with severity and duration of psoriasis

Methods: This was a hospital based cross sectional study that involved 60 patients with psoriasis evaluated for MS. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS version 16.0 software. Percentages, mean, standard deviation, correlation, chi-square test, t test were calculated at 5% level of significance.

Results: 20% of patients had MS which is comparable to the normal population. 60% of the patients in our study are obese which is directly correlating with MS. There is significant increase in MS as age (p =0.01), duration of psoriasis (p =0.03), BMI (p =0.0001), waist circumference (p =0.0001) increases.

Conclusions: There is 20% association of psoriasis with MS. There is no gender predisposition and no association between the severity of psoriasis and metabolic syndrome. There is minimal relationship between the duration of psoriasis and metabolic syndrome. Obesity is the commonest factor related to psoriasis, diabetes and MS which should be taken care of by diet, exercise and lifestyle modification. 
Development and Preliminary Assessment of Hemoperfusion Cartridge with Tannic Acid for Toxic Proteins’ Precipitation: An In Vitro Model
Authors: Miwa Hanai Yoshida Valquíria , Lima Cavalcante Roberta , Campanholi Jessica , Franco de Camargo Aranha Élvio , Estevan Oliveira Maximilian , Hideaki Yoshida Edson , Oshima-Franco Yoko ,   Biomaterials and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.,   Veterinary Medicine Course, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.,   Veterinary Medicine Course, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.,   Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.,   Post-Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.,   Post-Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.,   Veterinary Medicine Course, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.,   Post-Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.
Published: September 2016

Charcoal hemoperfusion (CHP) is one of the extracorporeal removal techniques that are used to remove toxins from the body. CHP generally is considered the preferred method for extracorporeal extraction of several toxins—toxins that are adsorbed by activated charcoal. Assessments of the tannic acid’s protective effects on ophidian poisoning are associated with the toxic proteins’ precipitation by tannic acid. The challenge in treating a snakebite lies in removing the injected poison with minimal damage to blood constituent proteins. An alternative is CHP, and this investigation proposed to develop a column for hemoperfuser cartridge, combining charcoal granules trapped between layers of polymeric material conjugated to tannic acid, using an in vitro model scaled to the Wistar rat, which can be tested in an animal model. The cartridge was evaluated using the 22full factorial design, in duplicate, as a method to study the effects of granulated-charcoal size and tannic acid concentration on the hematologic profile (platelet and leukocyte counts) and biochemical profile (total serum protein and albumin dosages) of sheep blood. The results demonstrate that charcoal in hemoperfuser cartridge: (1) decreases the serum in sheep blood volume, as consequence, (2) increases the serum proteins’ concentration, and (iii) exerts slight influence on albumin. The inclusion of tannic acid in hemoperfuser column precipitates some of serum proteins and albumin, decreasing their concentrations in the plasma serum. In conclusion, based on these effects we can suggest the use of 0.02 g tannic acid concentration and 8–20 mesh granulated charcoal in hemoperfuser cartridge for precipitating toxic proteins from snake venoms.
What If a State Required Civic Learning for All Students?
Authors: Reiff John D
Published: September 2016

his article tells the story of the first state in the U.S. to set the expectation that every undergraduate in public higher education would be involved in civic learning.  In 2012, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education made “Preparing Citizens” one of seven key outcomes of its Vision Project for public higher education.  In 2014, the Board passed a Policy on Civic Learning defining civic learning as “acquisition of the knowledge, the intellectual skills and the applied competencies that citizens need for informed and effective participation in civic and democratic life; it also means acquiring an understanding of the social values that underlie democratic structures and practices” (http://www.mass.edu/bhe/lib/documents/AAC14-48CivicLearningwithPolicy-RevisedFinalforBHE.pdf).  First steps toward achieving this goal include

designing a process to identify and designate on every campus under the Board’s oversight those courses with a substantial focus on civic learning—either with or without civic engagement built into them—and

developing a set of rubrics that can be used to assess student learning outcomes in these courses. 

The article presents the complex issues emerging through the first year’s work on these two steps, and sketches action steps to follow.
Urban-Serving Research Universities: Institutions for the Public Good
Authors: Zerquera Desiree D.
Published: September 2016

This manuscript seeks to situate access to higher education as part of the public good of universities, and connect that specifically to the mission of institutions that are charged with carrying this out more than others. One such institution—the Urban-Serving Research University (USRUs)—has a distinct mission that emphasizes not just location within the urban context, but being composed of the city they inhabit. A key and significant part of the USRU mission is to provide access to urban and historically marginalized students in their regions, populations typically underserved by higher education. Further, this manuscript highlights the tensions inherent in this ascribed mission and the threats posed within the higher education environment. Centered within a U.S. context, comparisons to international urban contexts will be drawn to situate these institutions within the global perspective as well and present takeaways that may inform the work of the global community in thinking how to better educate their diverse urban populations. Considerations for research, policy, and practice are posed to challenge the global community to consider ways to better uphold and preserve the significant role of USRUs in providing opportunity.