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Acute Physiological and Metabolic responses for 40-minutes of Samba Dance
Get PDFDance is an enjoyable health-promoting physical activity that many people worldwide incorporate into their lifestyles today. Therefore, dance improves your heart health, overall muscle strength, balance, and coordination, and reduces depression. We aim to gain insights into the effects of samba dance on the cardiorespiratory and metabolic response during an acute session of this dance style for 40-minutes. The study was carried out on 20 female samba dancers. All of them performed two procedures: (1) a cardiopulmonary exercise test on a treadmill for physical fitness aptitude verification and (2) a 40-minutes of samba dancing monitored by analysis of expired gases. The results were: At peak exercise: oxygen uptake (VO2) =32.7 mL.kg-1.min-1; heart rate (HR) =183 bpm; the pulse of oxygen (PO2) =10.9 mL.HR-1, energy expenditure (EE) = 9.9 kcal.min-1and metabolic equivalent (METs)=13.5.Overall, each session of the dance of 40-minutes was performed at a mean VO2 of 22.8 mL.kg-1.min-1 (70%VO2max), heart rate of 162 bpm (89%HRmax), energy expenditure (EE) of 6.5 kcal.min-1 (66%max), metabolic equivalent (METs) of 6.3 (62%max), and the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) of 11.8/20. In conclusion: The findings of the current investigation might suggest that the moderate and vigorous-intensity of the exercise verified in an acute samba dance session is enough to induce a chronic training effect recommended by the criteria established by the American College of Sports Medicine for improving cardiorespiratory fitness. This information may lead to a better understanding of the energy expenditure of samba dance and add to the compendium of physical activity.
Absenteeism as a mechanism of repression of demand in the Brazilian public sector: accounting reflex in federal education public institutions
Get PDFAbsenteeism is seen as a critical problem in public organizations, since the factors that generate it negatively impact the productivity of organizations. In this sense, considering that Federal Institutions of Higher Education represent almost half of the entire workforce existing in the Federal Executive Branch, this article aims to identify absenteeism, as well as its typification, in addition to measuring its accounting reflex. The methodology adopted was panel data analysis, through the analysis of the absenteeism index with time series from 2008 to 2018. The research findings reinforce that absenteeism is more representative when it is due to a stricto sensu graduate program and medical licenses. Furthermore, it was found that the absenteeism rate doubles every 5 years
The Middleman Effect: The ethical consequences of paying others to act on one's behalf
Get PDFIn a time where we are increasingly made aware of unsustainable and unethical corporations, it is important to ask why consumers continue to purchase their products? Why aren't more people 'voting' with their dollar and demanding higher environmental and ethical standards? Is it simply a lack of awareness or are there also underlying factors that increase our tolerance to unethical conduct? This paper reveals a phenomenon that shares similarities to the bystander effect: the middleman effect. The results of Experiment 1 reveal that participants are more likely to purchase unethical products if there are more middlemen involved in the manufacturing process.
Experiment 2 reveals that while maintaining the same number of middlemen in a given situation, it is significant when the unethical conduct takes place in a series of linear events; as the unethical conduct gets closer to the point of purchase, the tolerance of unethical behaviour decreases. The middleman effect may be an important part of the puzzle which facilitates those around the world striving for an ethical and sustainable future
The Gilgamesh Effect: The ethical consequences of disconnection
Get PDFA number of recent experiments have revealed that the mere thought of human connection can increase ethical-decision making whereas the thought of human disconnection can decrease ethical decision-making. This paper provides an appropriate name for the phenomenon, reviews the evidence, and highlights its relevance
Auditory stimulation with Mozart sonata k-448 and heavy metal music improves short-term memory in rats
Get PDFOBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the effect of both classical and heavy metal music on short-term and long-term memory.METHODS: Male rats were separated into three groups: Mozart (n=14), rats were exposed to Mozart´s K-448 piano sonata; Heavy Metal (n=15), rats were exposed to Psychosocial (band: Slipknot), and Control (n=12), rats were exposed to ambient sounds in an acoustically isolated room. The animals were exposed to the music for 8 hours per day, between 10:00 pm to 06:00 am, with an intensity of 50-75 dB, for 61 consecutive days. Twenty-four hours after the final day of adjustment to the enclosure the animals were individually exposed for 5 minutes in the enclosure to explore two identical objects. Ninety minutes after the object recognition training session, the animals were submitted to the short-term memory test and twenty-eight days after the object recognition training session, the animals were submitted to a long-term memory test.RESULTS: There was no modification amongst the three groups during the object recognition training. Regarding the short-term memory test both Mozart (U=33.00, p=0.016, FDR-corrected) and Heavy Metal (U=44.00, p=0.033, FDR-corrected) groups revealed a higher percentage value of significance compared to the control group. In contrast, there was no significant change in relation to the long-term memory test.CONCLUSION: Mozart Sonata K-448 and heavy metal music achieved beneficial effects on the short-term memory in rats
Lexicon connection priming and ethics: As our sense of human connection decreases, so too does our ethical decision-making
Get PDFIn an era increasingly surrounded by images, it is all too easy to overlook the power of the humble word. Recent studies have shown that images depicting human disconnection can weaken our morals. This paper reveals three new experiments that demonstrate that words can replicate this phenomenon. The results of experiments 1 and 2 show that an increase of unethical decision-making can be triggered via lexicon primes that convey the idea of human disconnection. Experiment 3 suggests that while priming the idea of human disconnection can loosen our morals, priming the idea of human connection can increase ethical decision-making. The three experiments also indicate that the primes are more effective when they are indirect (such as via the use of metaphors), and when they are created to seemingly appear to come from the participants themselves (such as asking participants to list evidence for a given statement)
A Diameter Distribution Yield Prediction for Teak Stands in Taungoo District, Bago Region of Myanmar
Get PDFA parameter recovery procedure was applied to characterize the parameters for the Weibull distribution function based on four percentile methods and two hybrid methods which were the combination of diameter percentiles and moment methods. The procedure was used to develop a diameter distribution yield prediction for teak stands in Taungoo District of Myanmar. All the methods were evaluated by using independent observed data and calculating error indices. Among them, method 1 which involved the 31st and 63rd diameter percentiles produced the lowest error index. Therefore, method 1 was considered to predict yield based on diameter distribution and selected to construct a yield table for the study area. An example was also provided to show users how to apply this kind of yield prediction
Graphical connection priming and ethics: As our sense of human connection decreases, so too does our ethical decision-making.
Get PDFFrom road rage to youtube comments, there are indications all around us that when there is some form of human disconnect, we are far from the best versions of ourselves. A recent paper revealed that the mere thought of human disconnection can weaken our morals. This paper reveals three new experiments that further explore this phenomenon. The results of experiments 1 and 2 show that an increase of unethical decision-making can be triggered via simple imagery of stickmen separated from one another. Experiment 3 suggests that the phenomenon might also be triggered with simple geometric imagery depicting the disconnection of 2D shapes
Analysis of the accounting scientific production applied to businesses and economy of scopus
Get PDFDue to the proliferation of scientific production, bibliometric science is used as a tool for the quantification, grouping and evolutionary evaluation of all documented information of a study group. The purpose of this research is to give a detail of the composition of the Scopus platform during the 2012-2016 period regarding accounting issues. The descriptive aspects of the articles applied to Business and Economy are quantitatively visible. The results show a decrease in the amount of publications over the years of the study. The United Kingdom is exhibited as the country with the highest number of articles, presenting theoretical and bibliographic analysis and accounting perceptions as its main approaches. Journals stipulate different approaches in their studies; however, General Accounting leads these approaches
The effectiveness of nutrition education for care takers at Al-Sabah children hospital in patient therapeutic feeding center, Juba South Sudan.
Get PDF AbstractBackgroundA key part of treating and preventing malnutrition is the provision of effective nutrition education to the clients and caretakers so that they can self-manage their nutrition needs even after discharge from the hospital. For effective nutrition education, three factors are paramount; The successful transfer of knowledge and skills, client motivation to act on the acquired skills and knowledge and ensuring that the patient is able to understand and put to practice the educational messages given.MethodsThe study used cross sectional design with mixed method of data collection that involved 83 caretakers of admitted SAM children at Al-Sabah children hospital ITC, Sample size was determined using Cochran 1975, interviewer administered questionnaires and focus group discussion guide were the tools used in collecting data.Data set was generated using EPI info and analyzed using SPSS version 21, the analyzed descriptive data was triangulated with the qualitative data collected using FGD.Results The majority of the caretakers were female 78 (94%) of which 68 (81.9%) were mothers to the children that were admitted. Only 8 (9.6%) of the respondents were found to have attained effective nutrition education and majority of the respondents were found not to be recalling the information they were given during the education session.ConclusionAs per the guidelines adapted by the ministry of health republic of South Sudan, the nutrition education sessions conducted was found not be effective as most of the clients could not even recall the information given.