cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Association between the perceived neighbourhood environmental walkability and self-reported physical activity in South African adolescents
Creators: name: Odunitan-Wayas, Feyisayo
name: Musera, Damaris
name: Africa, Ayanda
name: West, Sacha
name: Venter, Tenielle
name: Shung-King, Maylene
name: Oni, Tolu
name: King, Abby
name: Lambert, Estelle
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Globally, policy and environmental interventions have been endorsed to reduce physical inactivity for improved wellbeing, especially in adolescents. Purpose: Understanding the physical activity (PA) levels of urban South African (SA) adolescents and their association with perceived neighbourhood walkability could lead to age-specific interventions to increase PA. Methods: Adolescents (90 girls; 42 boys; mean age 14.95) from 3 high schools were recruited to represent 3 categories of learners from: low-income households schooling in low-income neighbourhoods (L-L); low-income households schooling in middle-high-income neighbourhoods (L-MH); and middle-high income households schooling in middle-high-income neighbourhoods (MH-MH). A locally-validated adolescent PA questionnaire and the Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS)-Africa were administered. Data were analysed using descriptive analyses, independent t-tests and Spearman’s correlations. Results: L-L adolescents reported less vigorous PA in school sports ( p=0.001), and more active transport ( p=0.017) and chores ( p=0.009) PA compared to other categories. Vigorous leisure PA was positively associated with land-use mix access (r=0.3; p=0.03) and negatively correlated (r=-0.04; p=0.02) with traffic safety in L-MH adolescents. In L-L adolescents, Traffic, crime, lack of personal safety and worse infrastructure for cycling/walking were associated with less active transport PA, while better aesthetics was associated with more light-PA(r=-0.3; p=0.03). Lack of personal safety was correlated with less PA outside school (p<0.05) for all 3 categories. Conclusions: Perceived lack of safety is a major barrier to PA in South African adolescents, and the built environment may negatively influence the PA levels of L-L adolescents in particular. This study adds to the limited available evidence on environmental constraints to physical activity in young persons from lower- and middle-income countries. Funding: NIHR (16/137/34), NIH FIC D43TW010540 and OBSSR
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
The Fe XXII I(11.92 A)/I(11.77 A) Density Diagnostic Applied to the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrum of EX Hydrae
Creators: name: Mauche, Christopher W.
name: Liedahl, Duane A.
name: Fournier, Kevin B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Livermore X-ray Spectral Synthesizer, which calculates spectral models of highly charged ions based primarily on HULLAC atomic data, we investigate the temperature, density, and photoexcitation dependence of the I(11.92 A)/I(11.77 A) line ratio of Fe XXII. We find that this line ratio has a critical density n_c \approx 5x10^13 cm^-3, is approximately 0.3 at low densities and 1.5 at high densities, and is very insensitive to temperature and photoexcitation, so is a useful density diagnostic for sources like magnetic cataclysmic variables in which the plasma densities are high and the efficacy of the He-like ion density diagnostic is compromised by the presence of a bright ultraviolet continuum. Applying this diagnostic to the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating spectrum of the intermediate polar EX Hya, we find that the electron density of its T_e \approx 12 MK plasma is n_e = 1.0^{+2.0}_{-0.5} x 10^14 cm^-3, orders of magnitude greater than that typically observed in the Sun or other late-type stars.
description: 11 pages including 3 encapsulated postscript figures; LaTeX format, uses aastex.cls; accepted on 2003 April 3 for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
ProSpect: Generating Spectral Energy Distributions with Complex Star Formation and Metallicity Histories
Creators: name: Robotham, A. S. G.
name: Bellstedt, S.
name: Lagos, C. del P.
name: Thorne, J. E.
name: Davies, L. J.
name: Driver, S. P.
name: Bravo, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce ProSpect, a generative galaxy spectral energy distribution (SED) package that encapsulates the best practices for SED methodologies in a number of astrophysical domains. ProSpect comes with two popular families of stellar population libraries (BC03 and EMILES), and a large variety of methods to construct star formation and metallicity histories. It models dust through the use of a Charlot & Fall attenuation model, with re-emission using Dale far-infrared templates. It also has the ability to model AGN through the inclusion of a simple AGN and hot torus model. Finally, it makes use of MAPPINGS-III photoionisation tables to produce line emission features. We test the generative and inversion utility of ProSpect through application to the Shark galaxy formation semi-analytic code, and informed by these results produce fits to the final ultraviolet to far-infrared photometric catalogues produces by the Galaxy and Mass Assembly Survey (GAMA). As part of the testing of ProSpect, we also produce a range of simple photometric stellar mass approximations covering a range of filters for both observed frame and rest frame photometry.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 29 Pages, 38 Figures, 8 Tables. In this version we remove the bold high-lighting that showed post referee changes
A study of the civil service system in Iraq
Creators: name: Tawfiq, Nouri
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration

description: Iraq has stepped forward not only in the field of economy and politics, but in adopting a civil service system in which the career and merit systems work together. All the Iraqi governments have avoided the spoils system. The present system, which is the subject of this thesis, is not ideal or even one of the best systems. But considering the country's circumstances and its youth, the said system is regarded as a big step forward to a better future.
Eliminating the wave function singularity for ultracold atoms by similarity transformation
Creators: name: Jeszenszki, Péter
name: Ebling, Ulrich
name: Luo, Hongjun
name: Alavi, Ali
name: Brand, Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A hyperbolic singularity in the wave-function of $s$-wave interacting atoms is the root problem for any accurate numerical simulation. Here we apply the transcorrelated method, whereby the wave-function singularity is explicitly described by a two-body Jastrow factor, and then folded into the Hamiltonian via a similarity transformation. The resulting non-singular eigenfunctions are approximated by stochastic Fock-space diagonalisation with energy errors scaling with $1/M$ in the number $M$ of single-particle basis functions. The performance of the transcorrelated method is demonstrated on the example of strongly correlated fermions with unitary interactions. The current method provides the most accurate ground state energies so far for three and four fermions in a rectangular box with periodic boundary conditions.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures; revised after referee comments
The Promotion of Indoor Drinking Water Fountains at UBC
Creators: name: Sané, Salomé
name: Tran, Amanda
name: Bebek, Angela
name: Yu, Evan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: The University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver campus has been working hard to improve public access to drinking water, reduce the use of bottled water, and encourage healthy beverage consumption habits through their SEEDS (Social Ecological Economic Development Studies) program and their Water Action Plan (Cheng, 2014). For our research group we have partnered with SEEDS in the Siting Indoor Drinking Fountain Signage project to assist with their objectives. In this project, we address the difficulties of locating drinking fountains at UBC and the issues surrounding water consumption, to come up with a list of recommended locations where signage could be installed and be most useful. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Effects of active and active structured play on physical activity in preschool children – A systematic review
Creators: name: Nigg, Carina
name: Dekanovic, Mirnes
name: Endes, Simon
name: Nigg, Claudio
name: Schmidt, Mirko
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: While it is well known that active play is an essential behavior in preschool children, less is known how its structure, specifically active free and structured play, impacts physical activity. Purpose: To systematically review the literature on active free and structured play. Methods: We searched six major databases for relevant literature. To be included, studies were required to 1) report on an active structured or free play intervention, 2) include children ≤7 years, and 3) investigate effects on physical activity or sedentary behavior. Results: Of 9,768 search results obtained, 45 publications were included. Most studies were conducted in preschools and investigated active free play interventions which mainly consisted of environmental changes (e.g., equipment provision) and additional play time. Active structured play interventions consisted of physically active games and play-based motor skill activities. Compared to treatment-as-usual, most studies showed that free play was effective in increasing device-based moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and decreasing sedentary behavior. Most studies indicated that free play was not effective in improving motor skills. Structured play results for physical activity and sedentary behavior were heterogenous. Conclusions: Active free play can be useful to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and decrease sedentary behavior. For motor skill improvement, other physical activity types should be implemented. Future research should expand research on active structured play. For both active free and structured play, the scope should be expanded beyond physical activity and motor skill outcomes. Funding: Health Promotion Switzerland
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Where are tweens active in school playgrounds? A hot-spot analysis using GPS, accelerometer, and GIS data
Creators: name: Amholt, Thea
name: Schipperijn, Jasper
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Children’s physical activity (PA) decreases with age and declines rapidly during tween years (9 and 12 years). Despite the known potential of school playgrounds for facilitating physical activity (PA), little is known about school playground use of tweens. Purpose: To map PA hot and cold spots of tweens on school playgrounds. Methods: The sample included four school playgrounds, 376 tweens, and 1056 valid days of playground use. Children were monitored using GPS and accelerometry during five school days. The children wore the devices in an elastic belt around the waist and were instructed to go about their day as usual. Results: Several types of school playground areas and play equipment were used by tweens. Soccer fields and remote areas were hot spots for both boys and girls and hot spots on climbing equipment were found for girls. Combinations of a hot spot for one gender and a cold spot for the other gender were found on all four playgrounds indicating areas where one gender was active and the other was onlooker. Conclusions: We concluded that school playgrounds are used by tweens and thereby have potential for enhancing PA for this age group. Popular playground areas included soccer fields and remote areas as well as equipment for girls. These findings contribute with important knowledge on what to build to attract tweens to more PA on school playgrounds. Funding: This work was supported by the Innovation Fund, Denmark [0153-00012B].
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
X-ray He-like ions diagnostics: New Computations for Photoionized Plasmas: I. preliminary considerations
Creators: name: Coupé, Séverine
name: Godet, Olivier
name: Dumont, A. -M.
name: Collin, Suzy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the new version of the photoionization code Titan designed for plane-parallel photoionized thick hot media, which is unprecedented from the point of view of line transfer, we have undertaken a study of the influence of different parameters on the He-like and H-like emission of a medium photoionized by an X-ray source. We explain why in modelling the emitting medium it is important to solve in a self-consistent way the thermal and ionization equilibria and to take into account the interconnection between the different ions. We give the equivalent widths of the sum of the He-like triplets and the triplet intensity ratios $G$ and $R$, for the most important He-like ions, for a range of density, column density, and ionization parameter, in the case of constant density media. We show that the line intensities from a given ion can be accounted for, either by small values of both the column density and of the ionization parameter, or by large values of both quantities, and it is necessary to take into account several ions to disentangle these possibilities. We show also that a "pure recombination spectrum" almost never exists in a photoionized medium: either it is thin, and resonance lines are formed by radiative excitation, or it is thick, and free-bound absorption destroys the resonance photons as they undergo resonant diffusion.
description: 19 pages, 14 figures, accepted in A & A
Norma ERG BR 1003 - Padrões para a Acreditação de Programas de Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu (Especializações) em Ergonomia
Creators: name: ABERGO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: ABERGO
SisCEB
Certificação de Ergonomistas
Certificação de Cursos de Ergonomia

description: Norma ERG BR 1003 - Padrões para a Acreditação de Programas de Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu [Especializações] em Ergonomia
 Elaborado pelo Grupo Técnico Certificação de Ergonomistas, coordenado pelo Prof. Mario César Vidal [versão 2.1].
 Aprovada na Assembléia Geral Ordinária da ABERGO [4 de setembro de 2002 | Recife, Pernambuco].
 1ª. Revisão realizada no 1º. Fórum de Certificação do Ergonomista Brasileiro [24 de outubro de 2003 | Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais].
 2ª. Revisão realizada na 1ª. Reunião da Câmara Técnica de Certificação [17 e 18 de dezembro de 2003 | Rio de Janeiro].
 3ª. Revisão realizada na 2ª. Reunião da Câmara Técnica de Certificação [04 e 05 de março de 2004 | Rio de Janeiro].
 4ª. Revisão realizada na 5ª. Reunião da Câmara Técnica de Certificação [14 de outubro de 2004 | São Paulo].
 5ª. Revisão realizada na 7ª. Reunião da Câmara Técnica de Certificação [30 de outubro de 2006 | Curitiba].
AVALIAÇÃO DA INTEGRIDADE ESTRUTURAL DO CHASSI DE UM UTILITÁRIO ESPORTIVO
Creators: name: Lacerda, Pedro Henrique Melato De
name: Almeida, Artur Cardoso De
name: Pereira, Walter Paschoal
name: Anflor, Carla
name: Betancur, Adrian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90202 Automotive Engineering Materials
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: 90201 Automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels)
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering
subject: 91302 Automation and Control Engineering
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: Mechanical Engineering

description: This project seeks to computationally analyze the stresses and deformations of an off-road vehicle chassis and rear suspension. In this case, will be analyzed a ladder-type chassis, constantly used in SUVs. The component will be modeled using CATIA and analyzed in ANSYS Workbench. Initially, simple versions of the component will be modeled, and adjustments will be made throughout project, seeking to optimize the effects caused by the loads to which the model is being submitted. Firstly, the chassis will be modeled by finites elements method (FEM), optimizing the mesh to made statics, modal and fatigue analysis of the system. The same process will be applied in a leaf spring, part of the rear
suspension used on an SUV.
A study of the civil service system in Iraq
Creators: name: Tawfiq, Nouri
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Iraq has stepped forward not only in the field of economy and politics, but in adopting a civil service system in which the career and merit systems work together. All the Iraqi governments have avoided the spoils system. The present system, which is the subject of this thesis, is not ideal or even one of the best systems. But considering the country's circumstances and its youth, the said system is regarded as a big step forward to a better future.
"When You Move You Have Fun". Perceived barriers, and facilitators of physical activity from a child's perspective
Creators: name: Nally, Sarah
name: Ridgers, Nicola
name: Carlin, Angela
name: Gallagher, Alison
name: Salmon, Jo
name: Murphy, Marie
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: In Northern Ireland (NI), many children do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity (PA). To reduce the prevalence of physical inactivity and associated conditions, it is important that the influences on children’s PA are better understood. Purpose: To examine the current views, barriers, facilitators, experiences, and perceptions of children in relation to PA in the classroom, school, and home environment. Methods: Focus groups (n=10) and write and draw tasks were conducted with 7- to 9-year-old children (n=50) in six primary schools across NI. Groups were semi-structured using photo-based activities to initiate discussion. All were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed thematically. Mixed-method analysis was used using pen profiles and the use of verbatim quotations. Pen profiles were constructed from the transcripts in a deductive manner and represent key emergent themes. Results: Results indicated that children’s perception of PA was mainly structured and sport-based, several referred to fun, play and health. Children focused on the activity and sport they like as to why they like activity. Barriers included peer influence, limited space, lack of time, and school policies. Facilitators identified were incentives, structured activities, technology, and teacher influence. Conclusions: Findings contribute to a more detailed understanding of children’s perceptions of context specific physical activity, the participation barriers they face, in addition to factors that support them to lead a physically active lifestyle may inform future PA promotion strategies. Funding: This work was funded by Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke, Belfast, UK.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Effetti antropologici del COVID19: strategie pedagogiche per promuovere la resilienza in emergenza
Creators: name: D'Oria, Marika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160104 Social and Cultural Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 160805 Social Change
subject: 170113 Social and Community Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 220208 History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management)
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Opinion Letter
Anisotropy of the incommensurate fluctuations in Sr2RuO4: a study with polarized neutrons
Creators: name: Braden, M.
name: Steffens, P.
name: Sidis, Y.
name: Kulda, J.
name: Hayden, S.
name: Kikugawa, N.
name: Maeno, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The anisotropy of the magnetic incommensurate fluctuations in Sr2RuO4 has been studied by inelastic neutron scattering with polarized neutrons. We find a sizeable enhancement of the out of plane component by a factor of two for intermediate energy transfer which appears to decrease for higher energies. Our results qualitatively confirm calculations of the spin-orbit coupling, but the experimental anisotropy and its energy dependence are weaker than predicted.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Physical activity patterns of young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Amekran, Youssra
name: Damoun, Narjisse
name: El Hangouche, Abdelkader
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic led many countries to implement restrictive measures, including lockdowns, in order to reduce the spread of the infection. Hence, populations worldwide are at high risk of physical inactivity. Purpose: We aimed to study the patterns of physical activity (PA) among young adults during COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: This cross-sectional study comprised 560 Moroccan young adults recruited during COVID-19 lockdown. PA was measured using the French version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). Results: The mean age of respondents was 21.9 ± 3.6 years and 66.1 % were women. 40.9 % showed high level of PA, 25 % and 34.1 % showed moderate level and low level of PA, respectively. The median time (median [Q1 – Q3]) of total PA was 38.57 [12.86 – 110.89] min/day. As for amounts of PA by domains, the median time of work related PA was 0.00 [0 – 18.75] min/day, and 10.71 [0.00 – 28.93] and 12.86 [0.00 – 38.57] of work- and recreation related PA, respectively. The time spent in sitting was 8.00 [6.00 – 12.00] hours/day. A significant gender difference was observed with women having lower physical activity (p = 0.006). Conclusions: This study provides information about physical activity levels and patterns of young adults during the COVID-19 outbreak. Reporting this information is important during stressful periods like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to evaluate population’s behaviors in times of crises, and importantly to help establish and develop recommendations promoting physical activity.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Electromagnetic transition form factors, $E2/M1$ and $C2/M1$ ratios of the baryon decuplet
Creators: name: Kim, June-Young
name: Kim, Hyun-Chul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the electromagnetic transition form factors of the baryon decuplet to the baryon octet, based on the self-consistent SU(3) chiral quark-soliton model, taking into account the effects of explicit breaking of flavor SU(3) symmetry. We emphasize the $Q^2$ dependence of the electromagnetic $N\to Δ$ transition form factors and the ratios of $E2/M1$ and $C2/M1$ in comparison with the experimental and empirical data. In order to compare the present results of the electromagnetic transition form factors of the $N\to Δ$ with those from lattice QCD, we evaluate the form factors with the pion mass deviated from its physical value. The results of the $E2/M1$ and $C2/M1$ ratios are in good agreement with the lattice data. We also present the results of the electromagnetic transition form factors for the decuplet to the octet transitions.
description: 25 pages and 11 figures. The text has been reorganized
Effects of COVID-19 in physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Catalan adults
Creators: name: Reisloh, Lena
name: Gonzalez-Viana, Angelina
name: Castell, Conxa
name: Jané-Llopis, Eva
name: Colom, Joan
name: Cabezas, Carmen
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and the social measures have had an enormous impact on people’s lifestyles. Health services have oriented their agendas to COVID-19 to tackle it. Purpose: To study the impact of lockdown on PA levels. Methods: The ad hoc questionnaire "Health during coronavirus lockdown" was designed (130 questions) and sent through social networks between April 21st and May 20th. PA and sedentary behaviour were registered with the IPAQ – International Physical Activity Questionnaire – and compared with pre-lockdown data of the Catalan Health Survey (CHS). Results: 37,810 Catalan residents, older than 15 years, participated: 74.1% women, 57.3% of which had a university degree, and 60.9% were actively working. During the lockdown period, 50.2% of the population had been sitting for more than 6 hours a day, which means a significant increase in sedentary lifestyle compared to 35.3% before lockdown. During lockdown 34.8% of people reported having a low level of PA compared to 17.9% observed in the 2018 CHS. 19.4% of Catalans performed intense PA during lockdown vs. 26.5% before the pandemic. Moderate levels of PA decreased to 45.7% during lockdown in comparison to the previous of 55.7%. Trends are similar for men and women, and among different age groups. Conclusions: Lockdown is related to a deterioration of healthy lifestyles. It is significantly associated with sedentarism and physical inactivity. It should be important to reinforce physical activity programmes through health resources. Funding: This study is funded by the Public Health Agency of the Ministry of Health of the Government of Catalonia together with IDIAP Jordi Gol and ESADE
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Universal adiabatic dynamics across a quantum critical point
Creators: name: Polkovnikov, Anatoli
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study temporal behavior of a quantum system under a slow external perturbation, which drives the system across a second order quantum phase transition. It is shown that despite the conventional adiabaticity conditions are always violated near the critical point, the number of created excitations still goes to zero in the limit of infinitesimally slow variation of the tuning parameter. It scales with the adiabaticity parameter as a power related to the critical exponents $z$ and $ν$ characterizing the phase transition. We support general arguments by direct calculations for the Boson Hubbard and the transverse field Ising models.
description: Final version
When mind-body-spirit is built in: Holistic Movement Practices as an emerging category of physical activity
Creators: name: Vergeer, Ineke
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The landscape of physical activities in Western countries increasingly includes physical practices that are embedded in holistic philosophies of well-being. As such, they go beyond what is typically offered in physical activity contexts to deliberately include mental, social and/or spiritual elements. Yoga, t'ai chi and qigong are prime examples; however, there also exist a range of other, lesser known, practices that would fit this description (e.g., 5Rhythms®, Biodanza). Such holistic movement practices (HMPs) are complex and multicomponent practices whose position within the field of physical activity has thus far received limited research attention, in particular with respect to their potential contributions to mind-body-spirit well-being. Purpose: To introduce the notion of HMPs as a category of practices that deserve attention in the field of physical activity and health. Methods: A conceptualization of HMPs as a category of physical activity will be presented, along with considerations for research and policy. Results: Considerations include potential additional effects due to the holistic components, the challenge of the multicomponent nature of these practices for outcome research, the difficulty of capturing the smaller HMPs in surveillance research, issues around teacher training, accreditation and consequences for provision and spread, possible genderedness of these practices, and relationship with healthcare systems. Conclusions: Because of their deliberate inclusion of holistic elements beyond the physical, HMPs may play unique roles in addressing mind-body-spirit well-being. They deserve increased attention in the field of physical activity research and policy. Funding: n/a
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Norma ERG BR 1004 - Cargas Horárias dos Cursos de Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu (Especialização) em Ergonomia
Creators: name: ABERGO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: ABERGO
SisCEB
Certificação de Ergonomistas
Certificação de Cursos de Ergonomia

description: Norma ERG BR 1004 - Cargas Horárias dos Cursos de Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu [Especialização] em Ergonomia
 Aprovada no 1º. Fórum de Certificação do Ergonomista Brasileiro [24 de outubro de 2003 | Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais].
 1ª. Revisão realizada na Reunião da Câmara Técnica de Certificação [17 e 18 de dezembro de 2003 | Rio de Janeiro].
title: Managerial Problem-Solving Methods and Outline Specification for a Computer-Based Managerial Job-Management System
Creators: name: McDonald, Bruce Beresford
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1995

description: This thesis examines problem-solving theory and practice by managers and proposes a structure for computer-based job and problem management. Two principal models are advanced. The Problem-centred model reflects existing perceptions of the problem-solver analysing a specific issue but with further definition given of the main model components. The Role-centred model broadens the perspective to reflect the manager dealing with the totality of his current work units (tasks) amongst which problems form a sub-set. Whilst a work unit may not be 'problematic' it is linked with other issues both in terms of competition for resources and the causal relationships engendered by any resulting actions. The thesis describes a number of designed methods that have emerged in the last few decades including rational sequential approaches as well as self-contained methods which focus on a particular facet. Whilst the varied nature of most managerial problems precludes the adoption of a rigid phased approach, the individual phase components of the former and the specific foci of the latter may be relevant to some amongst the population of problems. Some of the failures in acceptance of the methods by practitioners can be attributed to an assumption that these are comprehensive rather than selectively relevant. Fieldwork provides additional insights into processes adopted in real-world problem-solving, main findings being fragmentation of a problem into sub-problems, the distinction between processes to solve problems and processes to administer the problem-solving process and the network of relationships between different problems. The desk-top PC is identified as currently the main tool for managers offering the most significant potential in terms of medium for methods design and delivery. The recently-emerging PIMs systems can provide the basis for job management but the functionality requires substantial expansion to include the problem-centred activities resulting in broad categories termed Search, Input, Output, Holding, Data and Relating. Executive Information Systems and Expert Systems provide increasingly relevant support within this overall framework, along with other tools and techniques. The main implication of the role-centred model is the requirement that problem-solving methods be embedded within a wider, holistic structure which reflects the manager addressing the totality of his current activities which are prioritised but also interrelated. Within this structure many existing methods, tools and techniques can be assimilated on a non-prescriptive basis as they can be viewed as selectively relevant to types of problem or individual activities within problem-solving processes.
Understanding the experience of initiating community-based group physical activity by people with serious mental illness: A systematic review using a meta-ethnographic approach
Creators: name: Quirk, Helen
name: Hock, Emma
name: Harrop, Deborah
name: Crank, Helen
name: Peckham, Emily
name: Traviss-Turner, Gemma
name: Machaczek, Katarzyna
name: Stubbs, Brendon
name: Horspool, Michelle
name: Weich, Scott
name: Copeland, Robert
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Regular physical activity (PA) may bring symptomatic improvements and enhance wellbeing among people living with serious mental illness (SMI), especially when undertaken in community-based group settings. Initiating PA can be difficult for people with SMI and so PA engagement is commonly low. Purpose: To use a meta-ethnography approach to review qualitative studies exploring the experience of PA initiation in community, group settings among adults with SMI. Methods: Eligible studies used qualitative methodology; involved adults (≥18 years) with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, major depressive disorder, or psychosis; reported community-based group PA; and captured the experience of PA initiation. Study selection and quality assessment were performed by four reviewers. Results: Sixteen qualitative studies were included for review. We identified a ‘journey' of PA initiation, including thought processes, expectations, barriers and support needs. Support from a trusted source was particularly important for getting people to the activity, both physically and emotionally. Conclusions: The journey illustrated that initiation of PA for people with SMI is a long complex transition. This complex process needs to be understood before ongoing participation in PA can be addressed. We provide recommendations for the design and delivery of supportive PA programmes for people with SMI. Funding: This review was funded by Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Dust Embedded Sources at the Galactic Center. 2 to 4$μ$m imaging and spectroscopy in the central parsec
Creators: name: Moultaka, J.
name: Eckart, A.
name: Viehmann, T.
name: Mouawad, N.
name: Straubmeier, C.
name: Ott, T.
name: Schödel, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first L-band spectroscopic observations for a dozen stellar sources in the central 0.5 pc of the GC stellar cluster that are bright in the 2-4 micron wavelength domain. With the aid of additional K-band spectroscopic data, we derive optical depth spectra of the sources after fitting their continuum emission with a single reddened blackbody continuum. We also derive intrinsic source spectra by correcting the line of sight extinction via the optical depth spectrum of a late type star that is most likely not affected by local dust emission or extinction at the Galactic Center. The good agreement between the two approaches shows that the overall variation of the line-of-sight extinction across the central 0.5 pc is $ΔA_{\mathrm{K}}\leq0.5$ mag. The extinction corrected spectra of the hot He-stars are in good agreement with pure Rayleigh Jeans continuum spectra. The intrinsic spectra of all other sources are in agreement with continuum emission and absorption features due to the dust in which they are embedded. We interprete both facts as evidence that a significant amount of the absorption takes place within the central parsec of the Galactic Center and is most likely associated with the individual sources there. We find absorption features at 3.0 micron, 3.4 micron, and 3.48 micron wavelength. Correlations between all three features show that they are very likely to arise in the ISM of the central 0.5 pc. Spectroscopy of high MIR-excess sources 0.5'' north of the IRS 13 complex is largely consistent with them being YSOs. However, a bow-shock nature of these sources cannot be excluded.
description: 19 pages. 19 figures. 6 tables. Accepted in A&A
Device-measured physical activity and mental disorders: A UK Biobank prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Ho, Frederick
name: Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
name: Parra-Soto, Solange
name: Boonpor, Jirapitcha
name: Gray, Stuart
name: Pell, Jill
name: Celis-Morales, Carlos
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Evidence on associations of device-based physical activity (PA) with mental disorders is limited. Purpose: This study aims to investigate the association between device-measured PA and mental disorders. Methods: 43,043 participants from UK Biobank were included in this prospective cohort study. Wrist-worn accelerometers were used to measure total, moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA), moderate (MPA), and vigorous (VPA) PA. Associations between PA domains and mental disorders (including depression and anxiety) were analysed using penalised splines in Cox proportional hazard models. Analyses were adjusted for sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Sensitivity analyses were conducted adjusting for body-mass index and longstanding illnesses as well as excluding events in the first two years of follow-up. Population attributable fractions for insufficient MPA and VPA were estimated. Results: After a median follow-up of 6.1 years, 1,672 (4.2%) individuals were diagnosed with mental disorders. Compared with participants who had no MVPA at all, those who performed 150-300 minutes of MPA/week (HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.50-0.67) and 75-150 minutes of VPA/week (HR 0.66, 95% CI 0.53-0.83) were at lower risk of overall mental disorders after mutual adjustment. However, owing to the high prevalence of sufficient MPA, only 1.93% of mental disorders was attributed to MPA <150 minutes/week, while 18.88% was attributed to VPA <75 minutes/week, assuming causality. Results were consistent in sensitivity analyses. Conclusions: Device-measured PA was associated with lower risk of mental disorders. A significant proportion of mental health burden may be avoidable through increased VPA. Funding: None.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
HAWC: A Next Generation All-Sky VHE Gamma-Ray Telescope
Creators: name: Sinnis, G.
name: Smith, A.
name: McEnery, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The study of the universe at energies above 100 GeV is a relatively new and exciting field. The current generation of pointed instruments have detected TeV gamma rays from at least 10 sources and the next generation of detectors promises a large increase in sensitivity. We have also seen the development of a new type of all-sky monitor in this energy regime based on water Cherenkov technology (Milagro). To fully understand the universe at these extreme energies requires a highly sensitive detector capable of continuously monitoring the entire overhead sky. Such an instrument could observe prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts and probe the limits of Lorentz invariance at high energies. With sufficient sensitivity it could detect short transients ($\sim$15 minutes) from active galaxies and study the time structure of flares at energies unattainable to space-based instruments. Unlike pointed instruments a wide-field instrument can make an unbiased study of all active galaxies and enable many multi-wavelength campaigns to study these objects. This paper describes the design and performance of a next generation water Cherenkov detector. To attain a low energy threshold and have high sensitivity the detector should be located at high altitude ($>$ 4km) and have a large area ($\sim$40,000 m$^2$). Such an instrument could detect gamma ray bursts out to a redshift of 1, observe flares from active galaxies as short as 15 minutes in duration, and survey the overhead sky at a level of 50 mCrab in one year.
description: 15 pages, 16 figures, Tenth Marcel Grossman Conference
Cardiometabolic risk factors and mental health status among truck drivers: A systematic review
Creators: name: Guest, Amber
name: Chen, Yu-Ling
name: Pearson, Natalie
name: King, James
name: Paine, Nicola
name: Clemes, Stacy
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The poor health status of truck drivers is of public concern given the links between poor health and risk of a collision. Purpose: This study aimed to systematically review and summarise the literature on cardiometabolic risk factors, lifestyle-health behaviours and mental health status of truck drivers globally to ascertain the scale of these health concerns. Methods: A systematic review was performed between January 2019-January 2020. Papers were included if they were 1) in English, 2) reported data on truck drivers, 3) included outcomes related to cardiometabolic markers of health, mental health and/or health behaviours and 4) published in a peer-reviewed journal. Methodological quality was assessed. Due to heterogeneity of the outcomes, results were narratively presented. Results: Seventy-three studies met the inclusion criteria. Strong evidence was observed globally for truck drivers to exhibit high levels of cardiometabolic risk factors such as high BMI, hypertension, adverse blood profiles, mental ill-health and smoking status. However, insufficient evidence related truck driving to disease status. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that the health of truck drivers is of global concern. Truck driving is associated with enforced sedentarism, long and irregular working hours, lack of healthy foods, social isolation and chronic time pressures. Improving truck driver health is vital for the longevity of the trucking industry, and for the safety of all road users. The workplace plays a vital role in truck driver health; policies, regulations and procedures are required to change to address this health crisis. Funding: None.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
title: Новгородский крест
Creators: name: Петров, Михаил
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: На основе архивных материалов исследована политика советского государства по отношению к Русской православной церкви и её древнейшей Новгородской епархии. Политика определяется одним термином — уничтожение. Её направления включали преследования духовенства, ликвидацию монастырей,
изъятие церковных ценностей, закрытие и разорение храмов. В синодик включено более 4 тысяч имён страстотерпцев, священнослужителей и воцерквлённых мирян, ставших жертвами политических репрессий, с биографическими данными и указанием местонахождения следственно-судебных дел.
Книга иллюстрирована архивными и авторскими фотографиями.
Depressive and anxiety symptoms differ based on doses of physical activity and screen-time among adolescents
Creators: name: Forte, Chloe
name: O'Sullivan, Darragh
name: McDowell, Cillian
name: MacDonncha, Ciaran
name: Herring, Matthew
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Higher levels of screen-time (ST) and physical activity (PA) are associated with better and worse mental health outcomes in adolescents, respectively. The concurrent dose-response relationship between ST and PA with mental health is not yet known. Purpose: This study examined associations of ST and PA with depressive and anxiety symptoms among 1756 adolescents (15.2±1.6y; 995 female) in Ireland. Methods: Participants completed the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and self-reported weekly ST and PA level (low, moderate and high; TV, computer and phone use). One-way ANOVA examined differences in anxiety and depressive symptoms between dose categories of each ST mode, PA level and their interactions. Results: Depressive symptoms were significantly higher for high levels of TV, computer and phone use compared to lower levels (all p<0.05, d=0.17 to 0.84), the same was observed for anxiety in phone and computer use (all p<0.05, d=0.22 to 0.61). Depressive and anxiety symptoms were significantly lower for higher PA levels (all p<0.001, d=-0.86 to -0.21). When considered together, significant differences in depressive and anxiety symptoms were observed across ST, PA interaction categories for ST modalities (all p<0.001 d=-2.01 to 1.53). Conclusions: As PA dose increases in all ST categories, mental health outcomes were progressively better. The opposite was observed for ST, illustrating a bidirectional, dose-response relationship. These findings show the dose-response relationship between ST and PA levels with mental health, separately and concurrently, and demonstrate the importance of considering movements jointly in adolescents. Funding: N/A.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress