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Successful Powerlifting in a Unilateral, Transtibial Amputee: A Descriptive Case Series
Authors: Beausejour Jonathan P. , Guinto Goldshawn , Artrip Chloe , Corvalan Alejandra , Furtado Mesa Maxine , Lebron Modesto A. , Stock Matt S. 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Beausejour, JP, Guinto, G, Artrip, C, Corvalan, A, Mesa, MF, Lebron, MA, and Stock, MS. Successful powerlifting in a unilateral, transtibial amputee: A descriptive case series. J Strength Cond Res 38(5): e243–e252, 2024—There are no reports in the literature of powerlifting success after amputation. We had the unique opportunity to characterize functional outcomes, strength, muscle contractility and size, and corticospinal excitability in an accomplished, competitive powerlifter (best competition squat = 205.0 kg, deadlift = 262.7 kg) with a unilateral, transtibial amputation relative to amputee controls. Four men (age range = 23–49 years) with unilateral, lower-limb amputation (3 transtibial, 1 transfemoral) participated in 1 laboratory visit. We assessed 10-m gait speed, the timed up and go (TUG) test, 5-time sit-to-stand performance (5TSTS), contractile properties of the vastus lateralis (VL) and medial gastrocnemius by tensiomyography, and VL cross-sectional area (CSA) by ultrasonography. Unilateral assessments for the intact limb included isokinetic knee extension and flexion torque and power and transcranial magnetic stimulation derived corticospinal excitability. An interview with the powerlifter provided contextual perspective. Compared with the control subjects, the powerlifter performed the 5TSTS faster (6.8%), exhibited faster VL contraction times (intact limb = 12.2%; residual limb = 23.9%), and showed larger VL CSA for the intact limb (46.7%). The powerlifter exhibited greater knee extension and flexion peak torque and mean power, particularly at 180°·s−1, as well as greater corticospinal excitability for the intact VL (65.6%) and tibialis anterior (79.6%). By contrast, the control subjects were faster in the TUG (18.3%) and comfortable (13.0%) and fast (21.4%) in the 10-m walk test. The major themes of our interview included needing to modify lifting mechanics, persistence, and remarkable pain tolerance. Our findings highlight the impressive neuromuscular adaptations that are attainable after lower-limb amputation.
Paternal protein provisioning to embryos during male seahorse pregnancy
Authors: Skalkos Zoe M G , Van Dyke James U , Dowland Samson N , Whittington Camilla M 
Published: February 2024

In brief
Seahorses exhibit male pregnancy and are thus valuable comparative models for the study of the physiology and evolution of pregnancy. This study shows that protein is transported from fathers to developing embryos during gestation, and provides new knowledge about paternal contributions to embryonic development.

Abstract
Syngnathid embryos (seahorses, pipefishes and seadragons) develop on or in the male in a specialised brooding structure (brood pouch). Seahorse brood pouches supply nutrients, including lipids, to developing embryos (patrotrophy). We tested the hypothesis that proteins, vital for gene regulation and tissue growth during embryogenesis, are also transported from father to embryos, using the Australian pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. We used dry masses and total nitrogen content to estimate the total protein content of newly fertilised egg and neonate H. abdominalis. Neonates contained significantly greater protein mass than newly fertilised eggs. This result indicates that paternal protein transport to developing embryos occurs during H. abdominalis pregnancy. This study is the first to show paternal protein transport during pregnancy in seahorses, and furthers our understanding of paternal influence on embryonic development in male pregnant vertebrates.
Effectiveness of multimodal intervention on perception of geriatric clients regarding health promotional outcomes at a selected hospital, Kolar, Karnataka, India
Authors: Vani R  , Joseph Zeanath Cariena , Aranha Priya Reshma 
Published: February 2024

To understand the Perception of geriatric clients, that influence through Multimodal Intervention.Quantitative approach Quasi-Experimental interventional controlled study with pre-test post-test design and follow-up for two months, adopted by using purposive sampling technique among 120 geriatric clients who gave consent for participation in the study at two different settings of hospitals from July 2022 to January 2023, Kolar. After obtaining CEC, data was obtained using the validated perception questionnaire and the Multimodal Intervention package consisting of a Snake & Ladder Health promotion strategies game, Educational Video, and Informational pamphlet been distributed to the experimental group whereas routine care given to the Control group followed by Posttest on the 30 day & 60 day. Reinforcement was carried out by the investigator on fortnightly basis reminders through messages. Data were analyzed by using Descriptive & Inferential statistics such as RMANOVA, Independent ‘t’-test, Paired ‘t’-test, and Chi-square. A significant effect was demonstrated in the experimental group with enhanced mean, SD from pretest to posttest I and Posteest II found to be 35. ±7.9, 46.3 ±6.1 and 48.3 ±4.7 without any significant changes in the control group. Geriatric population was the biggest beneficiary, Multimodal Intervention was proven to be effective and can be implemented in hospitals, and community settings in improving the perception of geriatric clients to foster healthy aging.SDUAHER/KLR/Dept.R&I/89/2020-2021 (13/03/2021) CTRI/2021/07/034632 (16/07/2021)
Knowledge of caretakers regarding management of patients diagnosed with Type II diabetes mellitus admitted in selected hospital, Kolar
Authors: Rajendra Prasad SM , Zeenath C.J. , Vani R 
Published: February 2024

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease, involving inappropriately elevated blood glucose levels. Patients are discharged from hospitals and rehabilitation centers in the continuum of care than ever before. It’s been the vital role of home health care nurses is increasingly important as patients are discharged from hospitals and rehabilitation centers early in the course of illness and require more sophisticated nursing management at home. The study aimed to understand the Knowledge of Caretakers regarding the Management of patients Diagnosed with Type II Diabetes Mellitus by using a Structured Knowledge Questionnaire. A descriptive survey design was adopted among 70 caretakers at R.L. Jalappa hospital & Research center by using a purposive sampling technique. After obtaining the IEC clearance and permission from the concerned authorities followed by data collection carried out by using validated structured Knowledge questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 descriptive statistics & inferential statistics such as frequency, percentage and chi-square.The study results revealed that,90.4% of caretakers had inadequate knowledge and remaining with moderate knowledge with 9.6% and none of them found to have adequate knowledge. There was found no significant association between the knowledge and selected socio demographic variables. Therefore the study highlighted that, it’s a significant to emphasize the awareness regarding management of patients diagnosed with Type II Diabetes mellitus and to enhance the knowledge of caretakers.
The use of linguistic and cultural information in teaching a foreign language: current issues of modern methodology
Authors: Smolyaninov M. V. 
Published: February 2024

Importance. The realities of the modern world imply mandatory knowledge of a foreign language to ensure the successful professional activity of a competent specialist. In the methodology of teaching foreign languages, there are many issues related to the process of language teaching, one of which is the use of linguistic and cultural information in the classroom, which is considered in the study.Materials and Methods. The research material is the analysis of scientific and methodological literature concerning the aspect of linguistic and cultural information in teaching English, opinions and developments on this topic by well-known domestic and foreign methodologists, and the methods of research are the systematization of the data obtained on linguistic and cultural information, the definition of the concept of “linguistic and cultural information” and its characteristic features, consideration criteria for its selection and ways of presentation, as well as the formulation of relevant conclusions throughout the study.Results and Discussion. The most urgent problems concerning linguistic and cultural information are studied and analyzed, namely: a) the relevance of using linguistic and cultural information is presented; b) the definition of linguistic and cultural information is given; c) the system of criteria for choosing this information is considered; d) the ways of presenting linguistic and cultural information are described.Conclusion. The methodically competent use of linguistic and cultural information in teaching a foreign language makes it possible to effectively develop the communicative and socio-cultural competencies necessary for students, which ensure adequate and productive communication with representatives of the country of the language being studied.
Analysis of the verbal image of Russia and Russians in the process of teaching RFL
Authors: Goncharova E. I. 
Published: February 2024

Importance. The development of a positive attitude towards Russia and its inhabitants is a priority task for a teacher of Russian as a foreign language. It seems necessary to carry out purposeful work in creating a system of verbal images of Russia and Russians in the representation of foreign students. The purpose of the study is to explore the theoretical prerequisites for studying the verbal image and describing the components of the verbal image of Russia and Russians among foreign students.Materials and Methods. The results analysis of a survey conducted among international undergraduate students at the Institute of Russian as a Foreign Language of the Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University revealed the components of the verbal image of Russia. The data obtained are taken into account when teaching Russian as a foreign language to form a positive image of the country.Results and Discussion. The results analysis of the first survey of foreign students revealed negative associations in the minds of foreigners, which must be corrected, as they reduce motivation to master the Russian language. The results of the second survey of foreign students after training demonstrate the presence of positive verbal images in their minds, proving the effectiveness of the training.Conclusion. The results obtained in the course of the study have theoretical and practical significance, as they enable a teacher of Russian as a foreign language to predict possible negative verbal images of Russia among foreign students, take them into account when teaching Russian to foreigners and, thereby, make the process more effective.
Revival of trade in the Tambov province in the early 1920s
Authors: Petrishina I. D. 
Published: February 2024

Importance. The p roblem o f r estoring t rade i n a r ural p rovince a fter i ts p rohibition during the years of “war communism” is considered. Without a commodity-producing, well-organized trading network, it was impossible to develop industry, agriculture and minimal satisfaction of the needs of the population. The study of the process of trade revival in the early 1920s shows not only the practical experience of restoring exchange operations in the agricultural region of the country, but also the state of the economy of the Tambov province as a whole.Research methods. Published and unpublished sources are used. The historical and comparative method allows us to reveal the essence of the phenomena under study on the basis of available facts within the narrow time limits of the new economic policy.Results and Discussion. The problems of restoring trade in the Tambov province with a predominantly rural population are shown. The conditions of the trade’s revival are considered, the peculiarities of the state cooperative and private trade's organization are revealed, the trading enterprises’ specialization is shown. The transition difficulties to the elements of a market economy are presented against the background of the economic life of an agricultural region. The dynamics of trade development in the early 1920s has been determined.Conclusion. The trade restoration in the Tambov province was complicated by the economic crisis, devastation, falling productivity of peasant farms, and low purchasing power of the population. With the new course's announcement of economic policy, petty bazaar trade begins to revive. Public- cooperative organizations had difficulty competing in the market with private trade and central trusts. The largest retail department stores in Tambov city and the county towns belonged to state and cooperative trade organizations. In cities, large-scale indoor trade grew more systematically, while in rural areas the trading apparatus was revived much more slowly. Small-scale universal trade prevailed in rural areas. Since 1923, the Bolshevik state has sought to establish control over the movement of goods from producer to consumer.
Factors influencing the formation of adolescents’ personal readiness to resist the negative influences of Internet socialization
Authors: Khodaev A. S. 
Published: February 2024

Importance. The active use of modern technologies by schoolchildren in everyday life, providing access to the virtual space of the Internet, which contains a large number of threats to the normal development of minors, contributed to the emergence of interest in the scientific community in the problem of forming the adolescents’ personal readiness to resist the negative effects of Internet socialization, as well as the identification of factors influencing this process. The purpose of the study is to research the factors influencing the formation of adolescents’ personal readiness to resist the negative influences of Internet socialization.Research Methods. This study is carried out on the basis of integrative, axiological, personalactivity and environmental approaches. The following research methods are used: analysis of scientific literature on the research topic, comparison, generalization, systematization, structuring of information.Results and Discussion. It is proved that the formation of adolescents’ personal readiness to resist the negative effects of Internet socialization is influenced by a set of factors that can be conditionally divided into two groups: external (information technology environment, natural and sociocultural factors) and internal (biological and individual psychological characteristics).Conclusion. The practical application of the obtained results is possible for the development of technology for the formation of adolescents’ personal readiness to counteract the negative effects of Internet socialization.
Teaching international relations students intercultural commentary
Authors: Zykova A. V. , Sorokovykh G. V. 
Published: February 2024

Importance. The problem of mastering the skills of conducting intercultural commentary for international relations students is important and relevant. The purpose of the work is to show how, based on the study of fables from Russian and French literature, it is possible to develop the skills of intercultural analysis and intercultural commentary on the sociocultural characteristics of the country and peoples of their native and foreign languages.Research Methods. Based on a theoretical analysis of scientific literature, a refined concept of “intercultural commentary” is presented as a necessary skill for the professional activities of international relations students. The study proved that a prerequisite for the formation of intercultural communicative competence of future political scientists is familiarity with the national specifics of the culture, traditions and mentality of the people of the country of the language being studied.Comparative analysis of fables by I.A. Krylov and Lafontaine, questioning, and diagnostics made it possible to develop a step-by-step algorithm for training future political scientists and international law specialists in intercultural commentary.Results and Discussion. It is revealed and substantiated that through folklore and fables one can learn to recognize the typical characteristics and features of the Russian and French peoples, which arouses great interest in the didactic possibilities of its use in the system of intercultural teaching of the French language.Conclusion. The application of the research results can contribute to the development of new directions in linguodidactics and the design of an effective linguistic educational intercultural environment.
A multi-channel photoplethysmography array with contact-force regulation for tonoarteriographic imaging
Authors: Liu Zi-Jun , Xiang Ting , Zhou Ru-Shuang , Ji Nan , Zhang Yuan-Ting 
Published: February 2024

Aim: Photoplethysmography (PPG) has gained widespread popularity as a non-invasive method for potential cuff-less blood pressure (BP) measurement in smart devices. However, the accuracy of PPG-based devices is often hindered by motion artifacts, site variability, and inconsistent contact force (CF). This study aims to investigate the influence of CF variations on PPG signals.
Methods: To address these challenges, we present a novel approach involving a multi-channel PPG array integrated with CF regulation in the form of a wearable wristband. This platform enables the visualization of regional PPG/BP distribution while simultaneously monitoring CF. Moreover, our research explored the relationship between PPG waveform characteristics and CF during wrist extension.
Results: The results of this study reveal that the PPG amplitude (PPGA) and the b/a ratios, computed from the second derivative peaks of the PPG AC pulse wave, exhibit inconsistency in reaction to CF variations. Notably, a shape correlation coefficient of 0.65069 between normalized PPG and flipped CF sheds light on how changes in posture affect PPG measurements.
Conclusions: The proposed platform shows promise in mitigating the effects of CF and spatial positioning on PPG, thereby improving measurement precision and offering a novel approach to image tonoarteriographic (TAG) activities for continuous hypertension management.
Pelatihan Retorika untuk Guru Sekolah Dasar Menggunakan Strategi Podcast
Authors: Rahmawati Ika , Paksi Hendrik Pandu , Istianah Farida , Setiawan Ricky 
Published: February 2024

Berdasarkan hasil observasi dan wawancara terhadap beberapa guru Sekolah Dasar di Kabupaten Banyuwangi diperoleh data masih banyak guru yang mengeluh kesulitan dalam menyampaikan materi karena kurangnya keterampilan menjelaskan materi. Kebanyakan siswa generasi alpha mudah bosan apabila guru terlalu banyak ceramah. Dari analisis situasi yang dilakukan, permasalahan utama terdapat pada kurangnya kemampuan guru dalam beretorika sehingga apa yang disampaikan terkesan monoton dan menjenuhkan. Maka dari itu, Tim Pelaksana PKM Unesa tergerak untuk ikut memberikan solusi terhadap permasalahan tersebut dengan memberikan Pelatihan Retorika untuk Guru SD menggunakan Strategi Podcast. Podcast dalam arti yang sederhana adalah rekaman audio. Dengan podcast seorang guru dapat merekam terlebih dahulu penjelasan materi pelajaran dan kemudian bisa disajikan dalam berbagai platform yang dapat diakses siswa secara langsung dan tidak langsung. Seiring perkembangan teknologi digital, podcast berkembang dari yang dulu hanya sekedar rekaman audio menjadi audio visual dan bisa dilakukan secara live atau realtime. Pelatihan ini dilaksanakan pada tanggal 22 Juli 2023 tepatnya pada hari Sabtu di Kabupaten Banyuwangi dan berlokasi di SDN 4 Wringinpitu Tegaldlimo Kabupaten Banyuwangi dengan menggunakan metode ceramah, tanya jawab, praktik terbimbing dan bimbingan pasca pelatihan. Pelatihan ini menghasilkan output utamanya berupa peningkatan pengetahuan dan keterampilan guru dalam beretorika menggunakan strategi podcast dalam pembelajaran. According to the findings of observations and interviews with various elementary school teachers in Banyuwangi Regency, many teachers still complain about challenges in delivering the curriculum due to a lack of ability to explain the information. Most alpha-generation pupils become easily bored if the teacher teaches too much. According to the situation analysis, the fundamental issue is the teacher's lack of rhetorical talent, which causes what is given to appear monotonous and dull. As a result, we felt compelled to help solve this problem by providing Rhetoric Training for Elementary School Teachers through the Podcast Strategy. In the most basic sense, podcasts are audio recordings. A teacher can use podcasts to first record an explanation of the lesson topic before presenting it on multiple platforms that students can access directly or indirectly. Podcasts have evolved from only audio recordings to audiovisuals that may be done in life or real-time as digital technology has advanced. This training was held on Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Banyuwangi Regency and is located in SDN 4 Wringinpitu Tegaldlimo Banyuwangi Regency. The lecture method, question and answer, guided practice, and post-training guidance are used. The main output of this program is an increase in teachers' knowledge and skills in rhetoric through podcast tactics in learning.