title: Sustaining Management of Indigenous-Owned Resources: rationale for multi-dimensional training in a multi-million dollar mahogany industry in Fiji

authors: Nabalarua, Eci K

subjects: Fiji economy

abstract: This paper contributes to an emerging discourse relating to new pathways towards engaging in holistic development measures among grassroots communities in the Pacific Islands by using the notion of critical mass as a viable option for sustaining real growth in small rural economies. It is argued here that the multi-dimensional training techniques applied in the case of a project involving capacity building among indigenous women in Tailevu Province in Fiji could be applied with equal validity to the multi-million dollar mahogany industry in Fiji. This insight into mahogany suggests by implication that multi-dimensional training has great potential for sustaining effective management of indigenous-based and indigenous-owned resources.

text: Sustaining Management of Indigenous-Owned Resources: rationale for multi-dimensional training in a multi-million dollar mahogany industry in Fiji This paper contributes to an emerging discourse relating to new pathways towards engaging in holistic development measures among grassroots communities in the Pacific Islands by using the notion of critical mass as a viable option for sustaining real growth in small rural economies. It is argued here that the multi-dimensional training techniques applied in the case of a project involving capacity building among indigenous women in Tailevu Province in Fiji could be applied with equal validity to the multi-million dollar mahogany industry in Fiji. This insight into mahogany suggests by implication that multi-dimensional training has great potential for sustaining effective management of indigenous-based and indigenous-owned resources.

year: 2002-07-22

title: Propensity for conscious control of movement is unrelated to asymptomatic hypermobility or injury-risk scores

authors: Hanzlíková, Ivana

abstract: The Movement Specific Reinvestment Scale (MSRS) measures the propensity for conscious monitoring and control of movement, which can inhibit automated movement processes, potentially causing movement disruption or injury. High injury risk individuals are more likely to make movement errors during jump-landing tasks, and hypermobile individuals present with poor movement control. The link between MSRS and these characteristics remains largely unexplored. Consequently, we examined propensity for movement specific reinvestment in high injury risk and asymptomatic hypermobile participants. Sixty volunteers (35 males, 25 females) were tested using the MSRS, Landing Error Scoring System (LESS), and Beighton hypermobility scale. Spearman rank correlation coefficients were computed between MSRS, LESS, and Beighton scores. Furthermore, MSRS scores were compared between low (LESS < 5 errors) and high (LESS ≥ 5 errors) injury risk, as well as non-hypermobile and hypermobile participants. MSRS scores were not significantly related to LESS (ρ = 0.06, p = 0.625) or Beighton (ρ = 0.09, p = 0.481) scores. MSRS scores of low and high injury risk (37.8 ± 7.8 vs 38.0 ± 8.6, p = 0.933), and non-hypermobile and hypermobile (37.5 ± 8.9 vs 39.0 ± 7.0, p = 0.524) participants were comparable. Based on our results, there is no evidence that movement specific reinvestment contributes to injury risk assessed by LESS, which might be due to the phylogenetic nature of the LESS jump-landing task and/or the low psychological pressure environment of laboratory testing. The propensity for movement specific reinvestment did not vary in asymptomatic hypermobile individuals compared to non-hypermobile individuals; however, examination of the MSRS in symptomatic hypermobile individuals and individuals with well-defined syndromes is needed to fully elucidate whether or not conscious monitoring and control of movement plays a role in injury risk or movement control across the hypermobility spectrum.

text: Propensity for conscious control of movement is unrelated to asymptomatic hypermobility or injury-risk scores The Movement Specific Reinvestment Scale (MSRS) measures the propensity for conscious monitoring and control of movement, which can inhibit automated movement processes, potentially causing movement disruption or injury. High injury risk individuals are more likely to make movement errors during jump-landing tasks, and hypermobile individuals present with poor movement control. The link between MSRS and these characteristics remains largely unexplored. Consequently, we examined propensity for movement specific reinvestment in high injury risk and asymptomatic hypermobile participants. Sixty volunteers (35 males, 25 females) were tested using the MSRS, Landing Error Scoring System (LESS), and Beighton hypermobility scale. Spearman rank correlation coefficients were computed between MSRS, LESS, and Beighton scores. Furthermore, MSRS scores were compared between low (LESS < 5 errors) and high (LESS ≥ 5 errors) injury risk, as well as non-hypermobile and hypermobile participants. MSRS scores were not significantly related to LESS (ρ = 0.06, p = 0.625) or Beighton (ρ = 0.09, p = 0.481) scores. MSRS scores of low and high injury risk (37.8 ± 7.8 vs 38.0 ± 8.6, p = 0.933), and non-hypermobile and hypermobile (37.5 ± 8.9 vs 39.0 ± 7.0, p = 0.524) participants were comparable. Based on our results, there is no evidence that movement specific reinvestment contributes to injury risk assessed by LESS, which might be due to the phylogenetic nature of the LESS jump-landing task and/or the low psychological pressure environment of laboratory testing. The propensity for movement specific reinvestment did not vary in asymptomatic hypermobile individuals compared to non-hypermobile individuals; however, examination of the MSRS in symptomatic hypermobile individuals and individuals with well-defined syndromes is needed to fully elucidate whether or not conscious monitoring and control of movement plays a role in injury risk or movement control across the hypermobility spectrum.

year: 2021

title: Te Hokinga ki te Pā Harakeke

authors: Hohepa, Margie Kahukura

abstract: 'Tiakina Te Pā Harakeke' investigates the collective values that nourish and enhances the well-being of tamariki Māori as taonga within our whānau, hapū and iwi. lt explores ways in which Māori values and tikanga are harnessed in contemporary whānau contexts to provide safe, vibrant and enriched childrearing. parenting and child-focussed strategies.

text: Te Hokinga ki te Pā Harakeke 'Tiakina Te Pā Harakeke' investigates the collective values that nourish and enhances the well-being of tamariki Māori as taonga within our whānau, hapū and iwi. lt explores ways in which Māori values and tikanga are harnessed in contemporary whānau contexts to provide safe, vibrant and enriched childrearing. parenting and child-focussed strategies.

year: 2014