bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Myth or coverage: experience and expectation of policyholders from health insurance during COVID-19 in the NCR region of India
Authors: Singhal Nikita , Sultana Almas , Goyal Shikha
Published: August 2023

This study intends to determine whether and to what extent policyholders admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 treatment receive financial support from their health insurance. The researcher interviewed 67 health insurance claimants in the NCR region's several cities—some in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, and Rajasthan. They also interviewed various insurance system participants, including branch managers, agents, and hospital staff, to obtain an overview of policyholder experiences and insurer challenges. For analysis, qualitative research techniques have been used. This research is helpful in various situations when people are hospitalised for planned and unanticipated reasons by recommending what insurance companies should do to protect the interests of their customers. For the Indian insurance industry and regulator/supervisory authorities, the COVID-19 pandemic incidents can be a lesson about their strengths and weaknesses. According to this research, service-level agreement violations, procedural bottlenecks, and lack of clarity and awareness are the problems policyholders face when pursuing claims. The challenges insurers confront in serving their client's needs are maintaining operations in the face of financial stress and changing regulatory compliances, on the one hand, and helping policyholders by resolving their claims and raising awareness, on the other.
Factors influencing commercial bank profitability in Bangladesh: a panel data approach
Authors: Akther Taslima , Rahman Mushfiqur , Rahman Md. Mufidur
Published: August 2023

This research is one of the few studies that examine the association of bank-specific determinants and macroeconomic factors with profitability in the banking industry of a developing country. This paper evaluates how bank-specific factors and macroeconomic determinants affect the profitability of commercial banks in Bangladesh. This study demonstrates that bank-specific factors and macroeconomic determinants are crucial catalysts in ensuring financial institutions' continuity and stable performance. The paper uses return on assets (ROA) as a proxy of bank profitability. The study also employs a group of explanatory variables, such as bank-specific determinants, which include capital adequacy (CAD), bank branches, asset management, deposit (DEP), and assets quality. The paper also considers gross domestic product, inflation rate (IF), exchange rate (EXR), and stock traded as macroeconomic variables. Pooled, fixed, and random effects models and unit root tests are employed on panel data for 24 commercial banks listed in Dhaka stock exchange from 2014 to 2020. The study results indicate that all bank-specific factors except CAD and DEP affect ROA statistically significantly. The paper also shows that among the macroeconomic determinants, IF has a significant and positive effect on ROA, while EXRTE significantly negatively impacts bank profitability. The findings of this paper are limited to the banking industry in Bangladesh, and it will provide valuable insights for future studies.

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A decision-making system for large span bridge inspection intervals based on sliding window DFNN
Authors: Zhang Guo-Qing , Min Quan , Wang Bin
Published: August 2023

To avoid expert inspection, this study develops a decision-making system for large-span bridge inspection intervals based on dynamic fuzzy neural networks (DFNN), which can find knowledge from existing inspection data. A sliding window is introduced to enable the system to learn incrementally so that the system can update along with the bridge degradation. Tsing Ma Bridge is adopted as a prototype bridge while its rating system established based on the fuzzy-analytic hierarchical process (Fuzzy-AHP) method is employed to generate training and testing samples. The capability of the system in finding the relationship between the rating indexes and the rating scores as well as renewing itself with the bridge degradation is then verified. And the influence of the length of the window is investigated. The research shows that the method can make accurate decisions for bridge inspection intervals after being trained by existing data.
Bilateral living-related lobar lung transplantation avoiding bronchial stenosis associated with scoliosis by modified anastomosis: a case report
Authors: Takada Junichi , Sato Masaaki , Konoeda Chihiro , Kaneko Hiroyuki , Shimada Shogo , Hirata Yasutaka , Yuasa Erika , Oyanagi Takayuki , Fukushima Hiroyuki , Nakajima Jun
Published: August 2023

Background

Severe thoracic deformity caused by scoliosis often hampers lung transplantation (LTx) due to its underlying restrictive ventilatory dysfunction. Postoperative stenosis of the reconstructed bronchus due to spinal compression is also a complication after LTx in patients with scoliosis. Previous reports on LTx with scoliosis and its outcomes have not discussed the technical aspect of bronchial anastomosis. This report describes a case in which bronchial stenosis was avoided by modifying the angle of the right bronchial anastomosis.

Case presentation

A 26-year-old woman with atrial septal defect (ASD), pulmonary hypertension, Eisenmenger’s syndrome, and severe right scoliosis underwent bilateral living-related lobar LTx with her parents as donors followed by ASD closure. Left pneumonectomy and anastomosis preceded. On the right side, after pneumonectomy, the recipient’s right main bronchus was trimmed to rotate the bronchial anastomosis clockwise by 45°. This resulted in clockwise rotation of the graft (the lower lobe of the mother’s right lung), making axes of the graft and deformed vertebrae parallel. Postoperative bronchoscopy 2 months after surgery showed no evidence of compression or stenosis of the basal bronchial branch.

Conclusion

By obliquely trimming the recipient’s right main bronchus to make the angle of the pulmonary graft and deformed thorax parallel, postoperative bronchial stenosis owing to severe scoliosis was successfully avoided.
Surgical repair of a residual lesion of mixed-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection using a vertical vein as a free graft: a case report
Authors: Watabe Yoshinobu , Kato Nobuyasu , Niwano Haruki , Shingu Yasushige , Ooka Tomonori , Kato Hiroki , Abe Shinji , Wakasa Satoru
Published: August 2023

Background

Mixed-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare condition in which the pulmonary veins possess multiple drainage sites. In the treatment of multiple lesions, it is sometimes necessary to treat only the main lesion first and repair additional residual lesions during follow-up.

Case presentation

We report a case of additional repair of a remaining type Ia lesion in a 19-year-old woman with mixed-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection who had previously been treated for a type IIa lesion alone. The vertical vein was used as a free graft in the surgery, and the reconstruction was successful without turbulence or kinking.

Conclusions

Our results suggest that the use of the vertical vein as a free graft for the repair of residual type Ia lesions in adulthood allows reliable reconstruction regardless of the spatial relationship between the left atrial appendage and the left superior pulmonary vein.
State of Nature
Authors: Vause Erika
Published: August 2023

Scholars have argued for the importance of industrial accidents and urban precarity in laying the groundwork for the European welfare state in nineteenth-century France. Given the central role that farming played in French economic, political, and cultural life, however, agricultural insurance was among the first and most frequently debated aspects of nineteenth-century attempts to apply insurance to the “social question.” This article explores what François Ewald has termed the “insurantial imaginary” of agricultural insurance by examining debates about which threats could or should be insured and who should insure them. Despite widespread consensus on the virtues of expanding insurance into the countryside, there remained huge areas of disagreement: What counted as an insurable risk in agriculture? How should that risk be assessed? And whose responsibility was it to insure such risks—that of private individuals or the French state? This article argues that the repeated failures of the various proposals designed to protect peasants against the vagaries of nature had as much to do with practical impediments as they did with ideas about the “naturalness” of certain dangers. This perception of the “natural” would inform the construction of the French welfare state.
With and against the Grain
Authors: Chu Leo
Published: August 2023

This article studies the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC) in Taiwan. It begins with the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction (JCRR), a US-funded agency championing plant breeding and land reform. Capitalizing on Japanese colonial legacy, a technocratic Chinese nationalism, and Cold War geopolitics, the JCRR boosted the productivity of rice while diversifying the agricultural economy through vegetable cultivation. The AVRDC, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the US government, was created in 1971 to bring this vision to Southeast Asia. The expulsion of Taiwan from the United Nations nonetheless threatened the center's survival. To carve out its sphere of influence, the AVRDC combined vegetable breeding programs with experiments on home gardening and small-scale agriculture, inserting itself into a bourgeoning sustainability discourse in the 1980s. The article argues that the center's ambiguous position within the international agricultural research network prompted it to adopt a “modest narrative” that celebrated not heroic figures but the collaborative endeavor of scientists sympathetic to farmers. However, the marginalization of agriculture and shifting identity politics in Taiwan made the center's achievement increasingly less relevant to its host country, thus complicating the significance of the AVRDC to the agricultural history of Taiwan.
The Feast of the Nazarene of Caguach: Religious Identity, Geography, and Community in the Archipelago of Chiloé
Authors: Guzmán Fernando , Windus Astrid , Berg Lorenzo , Cárdenas Renato
Published: August 2023

Every 30 August in the archipelago of Chiloé, the small island of Caguach welcomes hundreds of pilgrim seafarers who participate in the feast of Jesus Christ the Nazarene. The life-size figure of Christ carrying the cross is the most important cult image of Chiloé, and its worship can be seen as a transcultural product of the contact between Europeans and the Indigenous population since colonial times. In order to understand the emergence and dynamics of the feast as well as its significance for Chiloé’s religious identity, this article makes use of an ethnohistorical approach that connects Indigenous cultural practices with the structural characteristics and material culture of the Jesuit circular mission and the narrative roots of the feast. In this regard, two aspects are highlighted as particularly significant: first, the social structures based on the principles of collectivity and reciprocity that both shaped Indigenous and Catholic practices, especially concerning the intimate relationship between the local population and the images involved in the cult; and second, the importance of the natural space and its elements, such as water, mountains, or rain, which in Indigenous mythology and religion represented powerful entities with which people interacted continuously. These transcultural practices came into conflict with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Catholic reform policies that aimed to “civilize” the local veneration of saints.
Negotiated Cartographies in the Relaciones Geográficas de Indias: The Descripción de la provincia de Yauyos Toda (1586)
Authors: Garavito Carla Hernández , Menéndez Gabriela Oré
Published: August 2023

In the sixteenth century, the Spanish Crown moved to compile a comprehensive knowledge of its European and American landholdings to materialize the idea of a unified and civilized empire. Peninsular officials sent questionnaires to the Americas, including a request for “paintings” of the urban and natural landscape, without much detail on the project’s guidelines. The varied responses sent back to Spain are known as the Relaciones Geográficas de Indias. This essay investigates the cultural negotiations and potential for Indigenous representations of “depth of place” embedded in one such painting from the Peruvian highland region of Yauyos and Huarochirí. By analyzing colonial-period sources and using spatial modeling, this research underscores the different portrayals of space coexisting on the map. By comparing the painting with contemporary colonial sources, this article examines ongoing negotiations of natural and urban landscapes and an emerging view that synthesized different readings of the same landscape in a period of colonial dislocation and reinvention.
Policing the Pueblo: Vagrancy and Indigenous Citizenship in Oaxaca, 1848–1876
Authors: Sánchez-López Luis
Published: August 2023

This article explores the politics of citizenship in Zapotec communities in nineteenth-century Oaxaca, Mexico. Several studies discuss how Indigenous peoples were incorporated into the Mexican nation-state during this period, but few have examined how state law and Indigenous customs meshed to produce modern Mexican citizenship. This study examines the construction of Mexican citizenship through Zapotec people’s experiences with vagrancy laws. For Indigenous peoples, two forms of citizenship existed: a republican citizenship that was reserved for all adult males and upheld by Mexican law, and an unwritten Indigenous citizenship that included both adult males and females. Based on close readings of criminal records, government reports, and correspondence between state officials and local Zapotec authorities in the Tlacolula Valley, this article demonstrates that, unlike Mexican citizenship, membership in Indigenous communities, which the author calls “Indigenous citizenship,” rested on members’ payment of state taxes and provision of financial and labor contributions for the pueblo (community). Those who refused to pay their state taxes or rejected the gendered customs of their pueblo were punished by the community: females were punished by the patriarchs of the family while males were punished through state institutions. As the state’s repressive institutions expanded throughout the course of the nineteenth century, Indigenous leaders found more recourse to punish males who failed to live “honorably” as members of Indigenous communities. Considering the interplay between Mexican and Indigenous citizenship, this article explores how Zapotec communities utilized vagrancy laws, in particular, to police and criminalize males who threatened Indigenous social life by behaving in dishonorable ways.
ILT4 reprograms glucose metabolism to promote tumor progression in triple-negative breast cancer
Authors: Zhang Haiqin , Gao Aiqin , Liu Qiaohong , Zhang Fang , Wang Shuyun , Chen Xiaozheng , Shi Wenjing , Zhang Ye , Liu Qian , Zheng Yan , Sun Yuping
Published: August 2023

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and poorly treated subtype of breast cancer. Identifying novel drivers and mechanisms for tumor progression is essential for precise targeted therapy of TNBC. Immunoglobulin-like transcript 4 (ILT4; also known as LILRB2) is a classic myeloid suppressor for their activation and immune response. Our recent results found that ILT4 is also highly expressed in lung cancer cells, where it has a role in promoting immune evasion and thus tumor formation. However, the expression and function of ILT4 in breast cancer remains elusive. Here, using our patient cohort and public database analysis, we found that TNBC displayed the most abundant ILT4 expression among all breast cancer subtypes. Functionally, enriched ILT4 promoted TNBC cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro, as well as tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. Further mechanistic analysis revealed that ILT4 reprogrammed aerobic glycolysis of tumor cells via AKT-mTOR signaling-mediated glucose transporter 3 (GLUT3; also known as SLC2A3) and pyruvate kinase muscle 2 (PKM2, an isoform encoded by PKM) overexpression. ILT4 inhibition in TNBC reduced tumor progression and GLUT3 and PKM2 expression in vivo. Our study identified a novel driver for TNBC progression and proposed a promising strategy to combat TNBC by targeting ILT4.
The Role of Exercise in Cancer Treatment: Bridging the Gap
Authors: Kimmel Gary T. , Haas Barbara K. , Hermanns Melinda
Published: August 2023

In recent years, there has been a burgeoning amount of evidence-based scientific data demonstrating the benefit of exercise during and following cancer treatment. This compelling evidence has resulted in major stakeholders in cancer management, including the American College of Sports Medicine, American Society of Clinical Oncology, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, American Cancer Society, Oncology Nursing Society, and the Commission on Cancer, advocating exercise as an integral component of cancer care. Despite the acknowledgment of exercise as an essential component, it remains virtually absent in routine cancer treatment. This article discusses the role of exercise in cancer treatment utilizing a community-based program. The rationale presented is that a scalable and replicable standard of care model is a plausible avenue to assimilate exercise into routine oncology practice.
An “Exercise Vital Sign” Is a Valid Proxy Measure of Physical Activity in COPD in Routine Clinical Care
Authors: Liu In-Lu Amy , Moy Marilyn , Estrada Erika , Rippberger Ellen J. , Nguyen Huong Q.
Published: August 2023

Measurement of physical activity (PA) during routine care is currently not performed in most health systems. An “exercise vital sign” (EVS) is routinely assessed and entered into the electronic medical records at Kaiser Permanente. The purpose of this article is to examine the construct validity of the EVS for measuring PA in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients with COPD who had a history of a COPD exacerbation requiring an admission, observational stay, or emergency department visit in the previous 12 months were included in the study. Baseline data of patients with COPD who were included in a pragmatic trial of a PA coaching intervention were used. Patients were classified as being inactive (0 min · wk−1 of moderate to vigorous PA), insufficiently active (1–149 min · wk−1), and active (150+ min · wk−1) using all available EVS data in the 12 months before identification for the study. The relationship between the EVS and standardized measures of COPD disease severity, functional performance, quality of life and symptoms were examined to establish construct validity. Because of the variable data collection scheme, data were available for 172 to 1834 patients. Patients with higher levels of PA, as categorized by the EVS, tended to have fewer comorbidities and less airway obstruction, used less supplemental oxygen, had higher 6-min walk test distance, and had more objectively measured PA, higher quality of life, and lower depressive symptoms compared with inactive and insufficiently active patients. In conclusion, the EVS provides a valid proxy measure of PA in patients with COPD and may be an efficient measure to assess PA during routine care compared with lengthy questionnaires or objectively measured PA.
Relationship between Outdoor and TV Viewing Time with Children's Movement in Early Care Settings
Authors: Smith Chelsea L. , Benear Alexandria , Anderson Michael P. , Soto Jill , Arnold Sandra , Sisson Susan B.
Published: August 2023

Childhood obesity may be prevented by decreasing sedentary behavior (SB) and increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in young children. Outdoor time and TV viewing time may contribute to SB and MVPA. Early childcare and education (ECE) settings are important environments for SB and MVPA. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between outdoor and TV viewing time with body mass index (BMI) percentile and movement in children attending ECE. An observational study at ECE centers and classrooms within those centers was conducted. Outdoor and TV viewing times were collected for 2 d using trained research assistants. Height and weight of children were objectively measured. Movement was measured for the entire school day using accelerometry. Dependent variables included BMI percentile, minutes of SB, light physical activity (LPA), MVPA, and steps. Hierarchical models adjusted for confounders and clustering of children in classrooms. In 34 classrooms (202 children), outdoor time was associated with BMI percentile (P < 0.03), SB (P < 0.01), LPA (P < 0.01), MVPA (P < 0.01), and steps (P < 0.01). On the classroom level, more outdoor time was associated with lower BMI percentile and higher MVPA, but outdoor time had different directions of association for SB and LPA on the classroom level. TV viewing time was associated with MVPA (P < 0.01). In TV viewing time, there were differing directions of association at the classroom level. Differing directions indicate that there was no consistent direction of association between classrooms. In conclusion, individual classrooms within centers had different relationships to outdoor time and TV viewing time to movement. Investigating the differences between classrooms may improve movement.
Remote Exercise for Adults with Down Syndrome
Authors: Ptomey Lauren T. , Szabo Amanda N. , Willis Erik A. , Greene J. Leon , Danon Jessica C. , Washburn Richard A. , Forsha Daniel E. , Donnelly Joseph E.
Published: August 2023

Adults with Down syndrome are less physically active than their typically developed peers. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of delivering moderate-to-vigorous exercise sessions, led by a trained health educator using real-time video conferencing, to groups of young adults with Down syndrome in their homes. Participants were randomized to 30-min group exercise sessions either one or two times a week delivered on an iPad mini tablet computer using the Zoom video conferencing application, and were asked to attend individual support/education sessions once a week using FaceTime® on the iPad, for 12 wk. Minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during all group sessions were assessed using a Fitbit Charge HR activity/heart rate monitor. Participants were also asked to complete weekly homework assignments involving MVPA. Twenty-seven participants (n = 14, one session per week; n = 13, two sessions per week) with a mean age of 27.9 ± 7.1 yr (~41% female) enrolled in and completed the 12-wk intervention. Attendance at group exercise and individual support/education sessions did not differ significantly between those randomized to one session per week (exercise sessions, 89.9% ± 8.8%; support/education sessions, 81.2% ± 18.7%) or two sessions per week (exercise sessions, 88.8% ± 7.7% (P = 0.79); support/education sessions, 86.0% ± 20.9% (P = 0.87)). Participants averaged 27.7 ± 5.7 min per session of MVPA with no significant difference between the one- (26.6 ± 3.0 min per session) and two-session-per-week groups (28.8 ± 7.7 min per session, P = 0.16). The completion rate for homework assignments did not differ significantly between the one- (21.4% ± 26.3%) and two-session-per-week groups (37.7% ± 21.7%, P = 0.28). Exercise delivered by group video conferencing may be a feasible and potentially effective approach for increasing MVPA in adults with Down syndrome.
How to Leverage Your State’s Land Grant Extension System: Partnering to Promote Physical Activity
Authors: Harden Samantha M. , Gunter Katherine B. , Lindsay Anne R.
Published: August 2023

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative Extension System (Extension) is available in every state and territory, with trained health professionals assigned to each county within the system. The mission of Extension is to translate research to practice in community settings. In 2014, the term “physical activity”, current physical activity behaviors of Americans, objectives for improved outcomes, was added to the Farm Bill, encouraging Extension professionals to affect physical activity participation for a large proportion of Americans. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe Extension and provide case studies on physical activity promotion within this setting. Three case studies are presented that reflected both direct and indirect physical activity promotion across different target audiences. Direct physical activity promotion through Extension was operationalized as interventions that included an in-person physical activity component or specific physical activity outcome. Indirect physical activity promotion included interventions that aimed to facilitate physical activity (e.g., policy, environmental changes, connecting community members with programs sponsored by different entities). One case study is based on an integrated research–practice partnership approach to improve the compatibility of an evidence-based intervention within the Extension system. A second case study indicates long-standing physical activity promotion efforts through direct education for older adults, a toolkit for integrating physical activity into elementary school settings, and an environmental assessment for physical activity within schools. The third case study reports on an overarching initiative to promote physical activity participation in early childhood through direct education, policy funding and support, and community campaigns. There are several ways to partner with the land grant system of Extension to promote programs, policies, and practice that support physical activity participation.
Effect of a Parental Modeling Intervention on Parent and 1- to 5-Year-Old Children’s Physical Activity
Authors: DuBose Katrina D. , Dlugonski Deirdre
Published: August 2023

This study examined the effect an 8-wk parental modeling physical activity (PA) intervention had on parent and child PA. Twenty-six parent and young child dyads (1–5 yr) were randomized into either a PA intervention (n = 19) or a waitlist control group (n = 7) for 8 wk. The intervention group received weekly phone calls with a coach to discuss strategies to increase parent and child PA. PA was assessed by an accelerometer before and after the intervention. Time spent in sedentary behavior, light, moderate, and vigorous PA was determined using age appropriate cut points. A series of 2 (group: control–intervention) × 2 (time: pre–post) ANCOVA was run to examine the effect of the intervention on PA levels in the parents and children adjusting for wear time. Among the parents, main and interaction effects were not significant for PA levels, regardless of intensity (P > 0.05). Effect size analysis indicated the intervention group had medium reductions in sedentary behavior (d = −0.57) and increases in vigorous PA (d = 0.65), whereas parents in the control group had a small increase in sedentary behavior (d = 0.14) and medium reductions in vigorous PA (d = −0.75). Regarding the children’s data, the PA levels were similar by group and time (P > 0.05), and interaction effects were not present. Small decreases in sedentary behavior (d = −0.24), light (d = −0.23), moderate (d = −0.13), and total (d = −0.21) PA were observed in the intervention children, whereas control children had small increases in sedentary behavior (d = 0.24) and large decreases in light (d = −0.92) and moderate (d = −0.90), and total (d = −1.02) PA. Although a parental modeling PA intervention may have positive effects on parent’s and children’s PA levels, additional research is needed using a larger sample to better understand the effect this type of intervention may have on improving PA levels.
Recommendations for a Culturally Salient Web-Based Physical Activity Program for African Americans
Authors: Kariuki Jacob K. , Gibbs Bethany B. , Davis Kelliann K. , Mecca Laurel P. , Hayman Laura L. , Burke Lora E.
Published: August 2023

Barriers to physical activity (PA) among African Americans (AA) have been extensively studied, yet there is limited research on innovative PA interventions designed to address them. In recent years, many studies have used the Internet to promote PA, but very few have included AA. In this study, we sought the input of AA focus groups to inform the development of a web-based Physical Activity for the Heart program for inactive AA. A qualitative design involving four focus groups stratified by sex and age was used to explore the needs and preferences for resources of AA to be included in the Physical Activity for the Heart program. We used an inductive approach to content analysis to analyze data using ATLAS.ti 7.5. Sixteen women and 10 men (age 30–65 yr) participated in the focus groups. Participants were obese (mean body mass index, 32.2 ± 5.4 kg·m−2) with below average confidence rating (mean 46.4% ± 19.1%) on the Barriers Self-Efficacy Scale. Three main themes emerged from the data: 1) need to see similar others engaging in PA (workout videos featuring models with relatable body size, age, and ethnicity), 2) flexible PA regimen (doable at any time/setting), and 3) age and sex differences in preferences for PA resources (religion, music, and intensity). These data suggest that specific intervention components, i.e., PA models who match participants’ profiles, flexibility, and tailoring to age/gender groups, could improve uptake of web-based PA programs designed for inactive AA. Therefore, a precision health approach needs to be used when designing interventions to promote PA among inactive AA.
Evaluation of an Exercise-Based Phase Program as Part of a Standard Care Model for Cancer Survivors
Authors: Brown Jessica Marlene , Shackelford Daniel Yoon Kee , Hipp Maria Lyn , Hayward Reid
Published: August 2023

Exercise is a well-established method of alleviating cancer-related toxicities both during and after treatment. However, specific exercise prescription recommendations for patients at varying points along the cancer continuum are not fully developed. The Phase Program of cancer rehabilitation was created to address this issue.

Purpose

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Phase Program on cardiorespiratory fitness (V˙O2peak), muscular strength (MS), and fatigue in cancer survivors during and after treatment.

Methods

A total of 183 cancer survivors were included in this study. The Phase Program consisted of four, 12-wk, sequential phases representing differing time points from diagnosis, and prescribed intensity, progression, and goals unique to each phase. Changes in V˙O2peak, leg press MS, chest press MS, and fatigue were measured during transitions from phase 1 to phase 2, phase 2 to phase 3, and phase 3 to phase 4.

Results

Eighty-one patients completed the entire program with entry into phase 4, with 71% retention. V˙O2peak, leg press MS, chest press MS, and fatigue significantly improved from phase 1 to phase 2 by 13%, 13%, 18%, and −25%, and from phase 2 to phase 3 by 14%, 19%, 26%, and −27%, respectively (P < 0.05). V˙O2peak and chest press MS significantly improved from phase 3 to phase 4 by 4% and 7%, respectively (P < 0.05).

Conclusion

Current exercise guidelines do not fully address the multifaceted needs of cancer survivors at different points along the cancer continuum, nor do most exercise programs properly adhere to the principles of exercise training necessary for a safe and effective intervention. The Phase Program expands on current exercise guidelines providing more precise exercise prescription. This study provides clear, reproducible, and empirical evidence of its effectiveness.
Exercise Professionals in the Cancer Center: Experiences, Recommendations, and Future Research
Authors: Cheema Birinder S. , Fairman Ciaran M. , Marthick Michael
Published: August 2023

In 2018, the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia published a landmark position statement calling for exercise to be integrated as standard practice in cancer care. Efforts to implement this directive in the years ahead will come with many practical challenges. We suggest that for the successful integration of exercise therapy to occur, exercise professionals and their services will have to become a respected, visible, and promoted part of the cancer treatment center itself (i.e., “part of the woodwork”). However, we are aware of no report in the literature documenting the role or experiences of an exercise professional working within a cancer center, or practical recommendations for the implementation and evaluation of exercise services in this setting. Therefore, we detail the experiences of an accredited exercise physiologist, to our knowledge, one of the first to be employed on a full-time basis within a cancer center in Australia (M.M.). On the basis of this case study, we provide practical recommendations for exercise professionals seeking to integrate exercise services within the cancer treatment setting. In addition, we present a model of care involving a key role for the exercise professional, which could be implemented to improve patient care and health outcomes throughout cancer treatment and beyond. Although our article is written from an Australian perspective, our recommendations may be relevant to and/or adapted for health care systems in other countries.
Effect of Improving Physical Conditions and Female Athlete Literacy Behaviors: Intervention Study
Authors: Aizawa Katsuji , Iwasaki Atsushi , Yanagisawa Kae , Arai Chiaki , Hayashi Koichiro , Nakamura Yuki , Tomikawa Masamitsu , Watanabe Eiji , Kukidome Takeshi
Published: August 2023

The female athlete triad is characterized by low energy availability, menstrual dysfunction, and low bone density. Female athletes are largely unaware of the triad and its consequences. Female athlete literacy is a new concept that refers to the ability to access, understand, and use sports science information relevant to female athletes. We constructed a female athlete conditioning program to disseminate knowledge about the triad; screen for physical conditions such as body composition, bone density, menstrual status, and energy balance; and improve female athlete literacy. The purpose of this study was to determine whether this program improves physical conditions and qualitative change of female athlete literacy behaviors among Japanese female soccer players. The program was evaluated during the intervention and 6 months later. Body composition, bone density, energy balance, and qualitative stage for female athlete literacy behaviors on topics such as self-conditioning, energy balance, body weight, and menstrual management were measured. The qualitative change in the stage for female athlete literacy behaviors, body weight, lean body mass, and bone density improved after the program; percent body fat significantly decreased. Energy intake significantly increased after the program, whereas exercise expenditure and energy availability did not change. This study demonstrated that a female athlete conditioning program improves body composition, energy intake, and bone density, as well as qualitative stage for female athlete literacy behaviors. These findings suggest that improving female athlete literacy may be useful for maintaining good health and improving physical conditioning among female athletes.
O poder monetário e suas repercussões no direito previdenciário e bancário
Authors: Wald Arnoldo
Published: August 2023

1 - A moeda e a depreciação monetária. 2 - Autonomia do direitobancário e do direito monetário. 3 - Conceito do poder monetário.4 - Os contratos em curso e a jurisprudência do Supremo Tribunal Federal. 5 - Conclusões.
Taxa - Capacidade tributária - Delegação
Authors: Veloso Carlos
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
ICM - Isenção - Revogação
Authors: Borja Célio
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Fundo Nacional de Telecomunicações - Sobretarifa - Inconsitucionalidade
Authors: Alves José Carlos Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Governador - Dispensa de licitação - Prevaricação
Authors: Souza Romildo Bueno de
Published: August 2023

Superior Tribunal de Justiça
Mandado de injunção - Deputado federal - Aumento de vagas
Authors: Alves José Carlos Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Mandado de injunção - Censores federais - Equiparação
Authors: Alves José Carlos Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Supremo Tribunal Federal - Competência - Interpretação em tese
Authors: Pertence José Paulo Sepúlveda
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Desapropriação - Justa indenização - Inflação
Authors: Sobral Geraldo
Published: August 2023

Superior Tribunal de Justiça
Correção monetária - Mútuo rural - Enriquecimento sem causa
Authors: Figueiredo Sálvio de
Published: August 2023

Superior Tribunal de Justiça
Universidade - Autonomia - Transferência
Authors: Cernicchiaro Vicente
Published: August 2023

Superior Tribunal de Justiça
Licença de construção - Alvará - Meio ambiente
Authors: Vieira Jacy Garcia
Published: August 2023

Superior Tribunal de Justiça
Município - Transferência de imposto - Intervenção do estado
Authors: Galiza Carlos
Published: August 2023

Presidência da República
Administração indireta - Admissão de pessoal - Concurso público
Authors: Branco Francisco de Salles Mourão
Published: August 2023

Tribunal de Contas da União
Poder executivo - Lei inconstitucional - Descumprimento
Authors: Barroso Luis Roberto
Published: August 2023

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Poder de polícia - Prostituição - Direito de locomoção
Authors: Miranda Decio
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Conselho de Contabilidade - Competência - Legitimidade processual
Authors: Leite Evandro Gueiros
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Serviço estadual de água - Tarifas - Competência federal
Authors: Celho Galvão
Published: August 2023

Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo
Funcionário público - Aposentadoria compulsória - Magistério
Authors: Aragão Newton Mendes de
Published: August 2023

Departamento Administrativo do Serviço Público
Aspectos jurídicos do uso solo urbano (Seminário sobre Desenvolvimento Urbano)
Authors: Desconhecido Autor
Published: August 2023

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Natureza jurídica do zoneamento - Efeitos
Authors: Mello Celso Antônio Bandeira de
Published: August 2023

1. Introdução. 2. Conceito de zoneamento. 3. Natureza juridica das normas de zoneamento. 4. Zoneamento e direito de propriedade. 5. Instrumentos das normas de zoneamento. 6. Problemas jurídicos propostos pelo zoneamento.
Funcionário público - Vencimentos - Equiparação
Authors: Munoz Soares
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Funcionário público - Acumulação - Médico militar
Authors: Leitão Lauro
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Acumulação - Médico militar
Authors: Leite Evandro Gueiros
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Poder de polícia - Liberdade de locomoção - Trottoir
Authors: Alves Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Sociedade civil - Sanção - Direito de defesa
Authors: Paz Firmino
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Responsabilidade civil do estado - Ação regressiva - Denunciação
Authors: Leite Evandro Gueiros
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Imposto de renda - Serviço público - Lucro real
Authors: Doniak Jimir S.
Published: August 2023

Ministério da Fazenda
Dívida ativa - Alteração da lei - Sugestões
Authors: Queiroz Cid Heráclito de
Published: August 2023

Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional
Desapropriação - Correção monetária - Precatório
Authors: Wald Arnoldo
Published: August 2023

- Legalidade e constitucionalidade de ordem judicial determinandoa atualização monetária do valor de condenação no ato de depósito em çumprimento do precatório.
IOF e princípio da anualidade dos tributos
Authors: Ataliba Geraldo , Giardino Cleber
Published: August 2023

1. Princípio da anualidade. 2. Princípio da anterioridade. 3. Perempçãodo direito anterior. 4. O ac6rdão do Tribunal Federal de Recursos. 5. Significação institucional da decisão do STF. 6. Conclusão.
Imposto territorial rural - Município - União
Authors: Patterson William
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Concurso - Isonomia
Authors: Ribeiro Justino
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Aposentadoria - Equiparação
Authors: Munoz Soares
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal FederalTribunal Federal de Recursos
Juiz - Vencimentos - Irredutibilidade
Authors: Silveira Néri da
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Juiz - Aposentadoria - Direito adquirido
Authors: Munoz Soares
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Militar - Perda de posto - Processo
Authors: Alves Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Sociedade de economia mista - Representante da união - Incorporador
Authors: Madeira Carlos
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Serviço de água - Débito - Corte de fornecimento
Authors: Alves Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Mandado de segurança - Ato judicial - Recurso próprio
Authors: Ribeiro Antônio da Pádua
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Desapropriação - Indenização - Correção monetária
Authors: Acioli Pedro da Rocha
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Desapropriação - Juros compensatórios - Juros moratórios
Authors: Alves Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Funcionário público - Gratificação - Tempo de serviço
Authors: Aragão Newton Mendes de
Published: August 2023

Departamento Administrativo do Serviço Público
Empresa estatal - Diretores - 13º salário
Authors: Pacini Mário
Published: August 2023

Tribunal de Contas da União
Uso do solo urbano - Utilização compulsória - Direito de superfície
Authors: Lira Ricardo Pereira
Published: August 2023

Análise do anteprojeto de lei sobre desenvolvimento urbano.
Imunidade tributária - Requisitos - Estabelecimento de educação
Authors: Guerra Cordeiro
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Isenção fiscal - Tratado do GATT - Lei complementar
Authors: Reis Sebastião Alves dos
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Pessoal celetista - Equiparação salarial
Authors: Patterson William
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Vantagem - Coisa julgada
Authors: Miranda Carlos
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Poder disciplinar - Direito de defesa
Authors: Leite Evandro Gueiros
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Tempo de serviço - Direito adquirido
Authors: Alves Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Acumulação - Empresa pública - Rescisão de contrato de trabalho
Authors: Leite Evandro Gueiros
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Concurso - Prazo de validade - Direito adquirido
Authors: Munoz Soares
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Vereador - Mandato - Extinção
Authors: Silveira Néri da
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Censura - Recurso - Competência
Authors: Gonçalves Wilson
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Código florestal - Competência da união - Corte de madeiras
Authors: Guerra Cordeiro
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Empresa pública - Distribuição de lucros - Correção monetária
Authors: Luz Ivan
Published: August 2023

Tribunal de Contas da União
Concorrência - Prova de quitação fiscal - Mandado de segurança
Authors: Oliveira Fernando Andrade de
Published: August 2023

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Isenção fiscal - Convênio - Revogação
Authors: Alves Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Funcionário público - Aposentadoria - Vantagem
Authors: Guerra Cordeiro
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Funcionário público - Aposentadoria - Aumento de proventos
Authors: Corrêa Oscar
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Funcionário público - Professor - Salário mínimo
Authors: Alves Moreira
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Processo legislativo - Veto - Mandado de segurança
Authors: Guerra Cordeiro
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Projeto de obras - Supervisão - Licitação
Authors: Luz Ivan
Published: August 2023

Tribunal de Contas da União
Concessão real de uso - Terras públicas - Autorização
Authors: Tácito Caio
Published: August 2023

- A concessão real de uso de terras públicas da União independe de prévia aprovação do Senado Federal, ou de discriminação.- E dispensável a licitação quando o concessionário for uma sociedade de economia mista.
Imposto sobre operações financeiras (IOF) - Princípio da anualidade - Constitucionalidade
Authors: Alves Moreira
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Preço público - Decreto executivo - Destinação da receita
Authors: Miranda Decio
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Funcionário público - Gratificação - Direito adquirido
Authors: Passarinho Aldir
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Magistrado - Tempo de serviço - Isonomia
Authors: Passarinho Aldir
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Deputado - Imunidade parlamentar - Crime contra honra
Authors: Passarinho Aldir
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Deputado - Calúnia - Queixa
Authors: Corrêa Oscar
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Município - Corrupção administrativa - Intervenção
Authors: Corrêa Oscar
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Conselho Federal de Engenharia - Registro de empresa - Atividade básica
Authors: Raymundo Adhemar
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Aposentadoria - Tempo de serviço
Authors: Aragão Newton Mendes de
Published: August 2023

Departamento Administraivo do Serviço Público
Nota da redação
Authors: Silva Carlos Medeiros
Published: August 2023

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Imposto - Princípio da anualidade - Vigência
Authors: Bacha Alfredo
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Funcionário público - Acumulação - Boa-fé
Authors: Madeira Carlos
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Funcionário público - Processo disciplinar - Demissão
Authors: Mayer Rafael
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Militar - Crime em serviço - Justiça militar
Authors: Passarinho Aldir
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Militar - Acumulação - Indenização
Authors: Munoz Soares
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Mandado de segurança - Autoridade coatora - Competência
Authors: Madeira Carlos
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Empresa pública - Distrito Federal - Foro trabalhista
Authors: Madeira Carlos
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Diretório acadêmico - Personalidade jurídica - Legitimidade processual
Authors: Madeira Carlos
Published: August 2023

Tribunal Federal de Recursos
Responsabilidade do estado - Denunciação da lide - Ação regressiva
Authors: Guerra Cordeiro
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Representação - Desistência - Revogação da lei
Authors: Falcão Djaci
Published: August 2023

Supremo Tribunal Federal
Funcionário público - Serviço técnico ou especializado - Limite de idade
Authors: Cataldo Paulo Cesar
Published: August 2023

Presidência da República
Sociedade de economia mista - Diretores - Remuneração
Authors: Gallotti Luiz Octávio
Published: August 2023

Tribunal de Contas da União
A estabilidade constitucional dos celetistas concursados das entidades de direto público
Authors: Távora Paulo
Published: August 2023

1. Pessoal civil da União: dualidade de regimes. 2. Princípios constitucionais. 3". Serviços temporários: conceito; regime juridico. 4. Concursados: garantias. 5. Conclusões.
O processo legislativo dos estados e municípios (especialmente à luz da jurisprudência do Supremo Tribunal Federal)
Authors: Ferreira Filho Manoel Gonçalves
Published: August 2023

1. O Estado brasileiro segundo a Constituição vigente. 2. O processolegislativo dos estados e municípios. 3. A elaboração de emenda constitucional. 4. Lei complementar. 5. Lei ordinária. 6. Lei delegada.7. Lei orçamentária. 8. Decreto legislativo. 9. Resolução. 10. Conclusão.