bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Environmental perceptions and its associations with physical fitness and body composition in adolescents: longitudinal results from the LabMed Physical Activity Study
Authors: Oliveira André , Lopes Luis , Abreu Sandra , Moreira Carla , Silva Pedro , Agostinis-Sobrinho César , Oliveira-Santos José , Mota Jorge , Santos Rute 
Published: April 2018

Abstract

Background
The environmental correlates have been extensively studied in the last years, but most associations with physical fitness (PF) and body composition have been cross-sectional in nature.

Objective
This study aimed to determine if adolescents’ environmental perceptions associated with PF and body composition in a 2-year follow-up.

Subjects
Participants were 583 adolescents aged 12–18 years (299 girls) from the LabMed Physical Activity Study.

Methods
PF and body composition were assessed with the protocols of the ALPHA health-related fitness battery and environmental perceptions with the ALPHA environmental questionnaire. Linear regression models were used to determine the associations between environmental perceptions at baseline and PF and anthropometric measures at follow-up.

Results
Results showed that perceptions of distant facilities at baseline were associated with lower fitness at follow-up in boys. Also, boys’ lower study environment perceptions at baseline were associated with higher body composition at follow-up. Positive perceptions of a pleasant environment at baseline were associated with better fitness at follow-up in boys. Additionally, girls’ positive bike lanes availability and esthetics perceptions at baseline were associated with better body composition at follow-up.

Conclusion
Positive environmental perceptions at baseline are associated with better PF and body composition at follow-up.
The Disciplines of Geography: Constructing Space in the Ancient World
Authors: Konstantopoulos Gina 
Published: April 2018

AbstractThis article serves as introduction to a special double issue of the journal, comprised of seven articles that center on the theme of space and place in the ancient world. The essays examine the ways in which borders, frontiers, and the lands beyond them were created, defined, and maintained in the ancient world. They consider such themes within the context of the Old Assyrian period, the Hittite empire, and the Neo-Assyrian empire, as well as within the broader scope of Biblical texts and the Graeco-Roman world. As we only see evidence of a documented, physical, and thus fixed map in the later stages of Mesopotamian history, the ancient world primarily conceived of space through mental maps rather than physical ones. Thus, while the societies of the ancient Near East integrated knowledge gained by actual contact with distant lands into their world view, it was also informed by the literary conceptions of those same spaces. These mental maps were unsurprisingly prone to shifting over time, changing as the social conceptions of the world itself, its border and frontiers, the lands that lay beyond them and how those places might be defined, also changed. These papers question the intersection of concrete and fantastical, or real and imagined, that existed in both the ancient and pre-modern world, where distant locations become elaborately embroidered by fantastical constructions, despite the concrete connections of travel, trade, and even military enterprise.
Anti-inflammatory and insulin secretory activity in experimental type-2 diabetic rats treated orally with magnesium
Authors: Ige Abayomi Oluwatosin , Ajayi Olanrewaju Amos , Adewoye Eunice Olufunke 
Published: April 2018

Abstract

Background
Diabetes mellitus causes low-grade chronic inflammation which leads to the development of long-term complications. Oral magnesium (Mg) intake amongst other effects was reported to reduce the levels of inflammatory markers. This study investigated the anti-inflammatory and insulin secretory activities in experimental type-2 diabetic rats (n=32) orally treated with Mg.

Methods
Experimental type-2 diabetic rats were induced with high fat diet and alloxan (50 mg/kg, single i.p.) for over 10 weeks prior to the experimental procedures. Male Wistar rats were divided into 4 equal groups: control, untreated experimental diabetics, and experimental diabetics treated orally with either metformin (Met) (250 mg/kg), or Mg (250 mg/kg), respectively, for 14 days. The blood glucose (BG) levels were monitored before experimental induction of diabetes and thereafter on days 1, 7, 10, and 14, respectively. Serum insulin, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and lipid profile were assessed using laboratory kits while pancreatic beta cell function (BCF) and insulin resistance were estimated using homeostasis model assessment equations.

Results
Significant increase in the BG level was observed in all experimental diabetic groups on day 1 compared to controls. On day 14, BG, BCF, triglyceride, cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein levels were increased while the high-density lipoprotein level was reduced in untreated diabetics compared to other groups. Insulin and insulin resistance were increased in all groups compared to control. Serum insulin and IL-6 were reduced while CRP was elevated in diabetic treated groups (Met and Mg) compared to untreated diabetics.

Conclusions
This study shows a hypoglycemic, lipid regulatory, insulin stimulatory, and anti-inflammatory effect of oral Mg treatment in experimental type-2 diabetic rats.
Comparative hypoglycemic potentials and phytochemical profiles of 12 common leafy culinary vegetables consumed in Nsukka, Southeastern Nigeria
Authors: Aba Patrick Emeka , Udechukwu Ifeanyi Ronald 
Published: April 2018

Abstract

Background
Metabolic disease like diabetes mellitus is on the increase in developing countries due to lack of access to orthodox medicine owing to its high cost. Health benefits of culinary vegetables cannot be overemphasized. This study therefore aims to profile the hypoglycaemic potentials of 12 common leafy vegetables consumed in Nsukka, Southeastern Nigeria and advise diabetic patients accordingly.

Methods
A total of 75 albino Wistar rats assigned to 15 groups of five rats per group were used for the study. Diabetes was induced in groups 1–14 rats by intraperitoneal injection of alloxan monohydrate (160 mg/kg), and rats in group 15 were not made diabetic. Groups 1–12 rats were treated with aqueous extracts of the vegetables (200 mg/kg), and group 13 rats received glibenclamide at 2 mg/kg and served as standard control. Rats in groups 14 and 15 received distilled water (10 mL/kg) to serve as negative and normal controls, respectively. The fasting blood glucose (FBG) values of the rats were determined 3, 6 and 24 h post-treatment. Phytochemical studies on the vegetables were also carried out.

Results
Results revealed that the hypoglycaemic activities of Gongronema latifolium, Pterocarpus santalinoides, Ocimum gratissimum, Pterocarpus mildbraedii and Vernonia amygdalina were comparable (p>0.05) to that obtained for glibenclamide (standard anti-diabetic drug) while Gnetum africanum and Piper guineense did not show significant hypoglycaemic activities. Phytochemicals such as flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, saponins, glycosides, and terpenes were present in the vegetables.

Conclusions
It was concluded that the vegetables possess hypoglycaemic activities at different capacities with G. latifolium being the most potent.
Autonomic responses during acute myocardial infarction in the rat model: implications for arrhythmogenesis
Authors: Kolettis Theofilos M. , Kontonika Marianthi , Lekkas Panagiotis , Vlahos Antonios P. , Baltogiannis Giannis G. , Gatzoulis Konstantinos A. , Chrousos George P. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract

Background
Autonomic responses participate in the pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction, but their precise time course remains unclear. Here, we investigated the autonomic activity and ventricular tachyarrhythmias in conscious, unrestrained rats post-infarction.

Methods
The left coronary artery was ligated in 12 Wistar rats, and six rats were sham operated, followed by 24-h electrocardiographic recording via implanted telemetry transmitters. Sympathetic activity was assessed by detrended fluctuation analysis and vagal activity by time- and frequency-domain analysis of heart rate variability. The duration of the ventricular tachyarrhythmias was measured, and voluntary motion served as a marker of heart failure.

Results
In sham-operated rats, heart rate and sympathetic activity remained low, whereas vagal activity rose progressively after the fourth hour. Post-ligation, medium-sized antero-septal necrosis was observed, reaching ~20% of the left ventricular volume; tachyarrhythmias were frequent, displaying a bimodal curve, and motion counts were low. Vagal activity decreased early post-ligation, coinciding with a high incidence of tachyarrhythmias, but tended to rise subsequently in rats with higher motion counts. Sympathetic activity increased after the third hour, along with a second tachyarrhythmia peak, and remained elevated throughout the 24-h period.

Conclusions
Vagal withdrawal, followed by gradual sympathetic activation, may participate in arrhythmogenesis during acute myocardial infarction.
Neurobehavioral Outcomes 11 Years After Neonatal Caffeine Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity
Authors: Mürner-Lavanchy Ines M. , Doyle Lex W. , Schmidt Barbara , Roberts Robin S. , Asztalos Elizabeth V. , Costantini Lorrie , Davis Peter G. , Dewey Deborah , D’Ilario Judy , Grunau Ruth E. , Moddemann Diane , Nelson Harvey , Ohlsson Arne , Solimano Alfonso , Tin Win , Anderson Peter J. ,   for the Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP) Trial Group
Published: April 2018

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
Caffeine is effective in the treatment of apnea of prematurity. Although caffeine therapy has a benefit on gross motor skills in school-aged children, effects on neurobehavioral outcomes are not fully understood. We aimed to investigate effects of neonatal caffeine therapy in very low birth weight (500–1250 g) infants on neurobehavioral outcomes in 11-year-old participants of the Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity trial.

METHODS:
Thirteen academic hospitals in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and Sweden participated in this part of the 11-year follow-up of the double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Measures of general intelligence, attention, executive function, visuomotor integration and perception, and behavior were obtained in up to 870 children. The effects of caffeine therapy were assessed by using regression models.

RESULTS:
Neurobehavioral outcomes were generally similar for both the caffeine and placebo group. The caffeine group performed better than the placebo group in fine motor coordination (mean difference [MD] = 2.9; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.7 to 5.1; P = .01), visuomotor integration (MD = 1.8; 95% CI: 0.0 to 3.7; P &lt; .05), visual perception (MD = 2.0; 95% CI: 0.3 to 3.8; P = .02), and visuospatial organization (MD = 1.2; 95% CI: 0.4 to 2.0; P = .003).

CONCLUSIONS:
Neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity improved visuomotor, visuoperceptual, and visuospatial abilities at age 11 years. General intelligence, attention, and behavior were not adversely affected by caffeine, which highlights the long-term safety of caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity in very low birth weight neonates.
Hemşirelerin Yaşam Kaliteleri İle Tükenmişlik Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesine Yönelik Bir Araştırma
Authors: DURMUŞ Mustafa , GERÇEK Abdullah , ÇİFTCİ Necmettin 
Published: April 2018

Bu çalışma,
hemşirelerin yaşam kalitesi ile tükenmişlik düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin
incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırma, Muş devlet hastanesinde
yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Muş ilinde çalışan 151 hemşire çalışanı
oluşturmuştur. Veri toplamada “Hemşirelerin sosyo- demografik özelliklerine ait
sorular”, “Maslach Tükenmişlik Ölçeği” ve “WHOQOL-BREF(TR) Yaşam Kalitesi
Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirmesinde frekans ve yüzdelik
hesaplama, verilerin dağılımı, bağımsız gruplarda t testi, spearman koreleasyon
analizi, tek yönlü varyans analizi testi kullanılmıştır. WHOQOL-BREF-TR ile MTÖ
arasında güçlü negatif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmıştır (p&lt;0.001). Bu
çalışmada, hemşirelerin tükenmişlik ve yaşam kalitesinin düşük olduğu, bazı değişkenlerin yaşam kalitesini olumsuz
yönde etkilediği belirlenmiştir.
Kamu Sektöründe Çalışan Kadınların Çalışma Hayatlarının Aile Üzerindeki Etkileri
Authors: Palabıyık Adem 
Published: April 2018

Bu
araştırmanın konusu, kamu sektöründe çalışan kadının çalışma hayatının aile
üzerindeki etkilerinden oluşmaktadır. Öncelikle aileyi tanımlayıp özellikleri ve
fonksiyonlarını belirterek, değişen aile yapısı tanımlanmıştır. Aile yapısının
değişimini etkileyen faktörleri ve bunların ortaya çıkardığı sonuçlarla beraber
ailenin görevlerindeki değişim irdelenmiştir. Kadının değişen konumunu ve iş
hayatına girişinin tarihçesini açıklayarak çalışmanın bel kemiği olan kamu
sektöründe kadının çalışmasına işaret ederek, kadının bu çalışma hayatında
karşılaştığı sorunlara ve çalışma yaşamındaki kadının aile içinde üstlendiği
görevlere yer verilmiştir. Ayrıca
iş-aile yaşamı arasında rol çatışması yaşayan kadının iş-aile hayatının
uyumlaştırması konusuna yer verilmiş ve buna yönelik çözüm önerileri
belirlenmiştir. Böylece kamu sektöründe çalışan kadının çalışma hayatının aile
üzerindeki etkilerini belirlemeye yönelik hazırlanmış 33 sorudan oluşan anketin
SPSS.17 veri analizi yöntemi ile bulunan sonuçlar tablolar halinde
gösterilerek, değerlendirilmiş ve yorumlanmıştır.
Perceived Health Beliefs of Fertile Age Women Upon Early Breast Examination
Authors: Rahmatari Aida 
Published: April 2018

ABSTRACTBreast cancer remains a problem in Indonesia because 68.6% of patients see a doctor at an advanced stage, while in the early stages are only 22.4%. One of precaution can be done by early detection of breast cancer with breast examination. This study was conducted to analyze the relationship between perceived health beliefs of fertile age women with practice of early breast examination. This study is an observational analytic study using a case-control design. Samples were taken from the population by simple random sampling. Total sample are 24 case groups and 24 control groups. The independent variables were perceived threat, perceived benefits, perceived barriers. The dependent variables were practice of early breast examination. The results of the study were analyzed by using Chi Square test. The results of bivariat analyze are known that the variables are related to the practice of early breast examination are perceived threat (p = 0,013), and perceived barriers (p = 0,021). Variables that are not related to the practice of early breast examination are perceived benefit (p = 0,348). The conclusion is perceived threat, and perceived barriers in fertile age women are significantly related to practice of early breast examination. Advised for women to be able to be a savior for himself and the booster and motivator to the other women in the neighborhood for the early detection of breast cancer.Keywords: breast cancer, breast examination, early detection, fertile age woman, perceived
The Risk Factors of Pneumonia Disesase at Babies Under Five Years Old Based on Measles Imune Status and Breast Freeding Exclusive Status
Authors: Puspitasari Dian Eka , Syahrul Fariani 
Published: April 2018

The amount of pneumonia case toward children under five years old tends to increase in Surabaya city every years. It is one of the big ten disease attacked to children in ganesa room Bhakti Dharma Husada hospital during 2011–2013. The purpose of this research to analyze the risk factors of those children based on measles imune status and breast freeding exclusive status. This kind of research is analytical observational within case control designed. The sample of this research consist of 20 case sample (the injuries children of pneumonia) and was taken from totally population and 40 control sample (not injuries children of pneumonia) was derived from random sampling. The independent variable are measles imune status and breast freeding exclusive status, even though the dependent variable is pneumonia disease at children under five years old. The data analysis by calculating odds ratio and using statcalc in the level 95% confidence interval. The result of this research showed that the most injuries children of pneumonia are male of 1–<2 years old. Those the children who didn’t get measles imune can be attacked pneumonia disease for 10,23 higher than children get measles imune; 95% CI (1,60–107,95) and the last the children who didn’t get breast freeding exclusive can be attacked pneumonia disease for 7,00 higher than children that get breast freeding exclusive; 95% (1,82–29,49). The importance of raising the awareness of parents regarding measles immunization and exclusive breastfeeding can prevent occurrence pneumunia in infants..Keywords: pneumonia disease at babies under five years old, measles imune status, and Breast Freeding exclusive status
The Relationship Between Characteristic of Tuberculosis Patient with Compliance in Check a Sputum During Treatment
Authors: Ruditya Dea Nurma 
Published: April 2018

Pulmonary TB disease in Indonesia is one of the national priority for disease control programs. The success of the TB eradication program known through achieving TB control indicators. Cure rate and treatment success in the Puskesmas Tanah Kalikedinding still not reached the target. This research aims to determine the factors associated with patient compliance in examined sputum for TB treatment at the Puskesmas Tanah Kalikedinding Surabaya. This research using an observational analytic cross sectional design. Data obtained on 38 respondents BTA positive pulmonary TB (category 1) aged 15–65 years who have completed treatment for 6 months from January 2012 to June 2013. Sampling used simple random sampling techniques. Questionnaires are used to identify the characteristics, knowledge levels, PMO support and compliance in check a sputum during treatment. Data were analyzed using chi square test and bifilar logistic regression with a significance level (α) of 5%. Age (p = 0,699), gender (p = 0,446), education level (p = 0,712), employment status (p = 1,00), income level (p = 0,48), support the PMO (p = 0,65) and the affordability range of health services (p = 0,65) do not relate to compliance in check a sputum during treatment. Home visit by health staff need to be done for noncompliance patient of sputum checking and make further research in health service factor.Keywords: compliance, sputum examination, characteristic, Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Using Flipped Classroom to Place Sport Students Learning at Centre Stage: Insights and Food for Thought
Authors: Hayman Rick James 
Published: April 2018

‘Flipped learning’ introduces learners to new material outside formal timetabled settings, requiring completion of pre-assigned activities before attendance at class-based sessions (Reddan, McNally and Chipperfield, 2016). This pedagogic approach supports students to learn independent of academic staff and take greater ownership of their studies (Roach, 2014). The past decade has witnessed rapid growth of flipped learning across diverse contexts and disciplines, with an emerging evidence base supporting the approach’s positive appeal in promoting student participation, attendance, engagement, achievement and deeper levels of learning (Seery, 2015). However, sports-specific research remains under-represented within the literature. In partnership with an academic staff member, this project placed students as collaborative partners, co-creators and co-constructors to explore expectations, experiences and reflections of flipped learning. On three separate occasions, eight final-year undergraduate sports students completed personalised audio blogs over the duration of a twelve-week talent identification and high-performance coaching module. Data revealed that timetabled sessions were transformed, from places where students were historically disengaged, attended intermittently and underachieved to situations characterised by dynamic engagement – with consequent improvements in attendance, interaction and achievement. This paper shares the implications for future curriculum reform, design and delivery, together with the re-tooling and professional development needs of academic and support staff.
The paradox of student engagement and policy-led measures of teaching excellence
Authors: Pickup Ian 
Published: April 2018

The level of student engagement is often seen as an indicator of quality in discourses concerning the higher-education student experience. This opinion piece explores the inherent tensions in promoting and facilitating student engagement within the evolving Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) landscape. Many institutions expend energy - and in some cases significant resource - upon the development of student-engagement projects, whether through ‘partnership’, ‘change agent’ or ‘producer’ models. But what happens when the level of student engagement is high, yet runs in direct opposition to the form of student engagement best suited to blunt measures of ‘quality’ within prevailing policy frameworks? The TEF, with its reliance on National Student Survey (NSS) data, assumes that engaged students will comply with requirements to complete a survey without critiquing the principles on which the survey and its central link to the TEF-based judgement of teaching quality are founded. The present National Union of Students boycott of the NSS is provided as an example of student engagement that runs counter to the intentions of national policy and to some institutional necessities. In the face of such challenges, institutions could decide to eschew their commitment to student engagement. However, a strengthening of commitment to student engagement is called for, in keeping with constructivist approaches to teaching and learning and in valuing the worth of reflexive deliberations of all those involved – including those who express dissatisfaction.
Student and Lecturer Partnership: Using visual research to change and address a practice problem
Authors: Ridgway Vicky , Cooper Elizabeth , Parkes Elanor 
Published: April 2018

This case study provides a narrative of a student and lecturer partnership during a research project. The project emerged owing to a practice problem: student nurses did not value placements in nursing home environments. The research set out to explore undergraduate student nurses’ perceptions of nursing-home placements, using an innovative research method - visual research methods (the use of drawings and photo elicitation). A third-year undergraduate student was recruited to work in partnership with two university lecturers as a co-researcher. The paper outlines and reflects on the student’s journey as a novice researcher in designing, collecting and analysing data, then in formulating results and conclusions and, finally, in making a presentation at an international conference. Lecturer narratives will reflect on the personal journey of working with a student as a partner, subsequent learning and the evaluation of the project. The paper concludes with recommendations for future practice.