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Multidisciplinary, biopsychosocial factors contributing to return to running and running related stress urinary incontinence in postpartum women
Get PDFObjectives To examine contributory factors behind postpartum return-to-running and return to pre-pregnancy running level, in addition to risk factors for postpartum running-related stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
Methods 881 postpartum women completed an online questionnaire. Clinically and empirically derived questions were created relating to running experiences and multidisciplinary, biopsychosocial contributory factors. Logistic regression was used to determine predictors for return-to-running, returning to pre-pregnancy level of running and running-related SUI.
Results Median time to first postpartum run was 12 weeks. Running during pregnancy (OR: 2.81 (1.90 to 4.15)), a high weekly running volume (OR: 1.79 (1.22 to 2.63)), lower fear of movement (OR: 0.53 (0.43 to 0.64)) and not suffering vaginal heaviness (OR: 0.52 (0.35–0.76)) increased the odds of return-to-running. Factors that increased the odds of returning to pre-pregnancy running level were a low weekly running volume (OR: 0.38 (0.26 to 0.56)), having more than one child (OR: 2.09 (1.43 to 3.05)), lower fear of movement (OR: 0.78 (0.65 to 0.94)), being younger (OR: 0.79 (0.65 to 0.96)) and shorter time to running after childbirth (OR: 0.74 (0.60 to 0.90)). Risk factors for running-related SUI were having returned to running (OR: 2.70 (1.51 to 4.76)) and suffering running-related SUI pre-pregnancy (OR: 4.01 (2.05 to 7.82)) and during pregnancy (OR: 4.49 (2.86 to 7.06)); having a caesarean delivery decreased the odds (OR: 0.39 (0.23 to 0.65)).
Conclusion Running during pregnancy may assist women safely return-to-running postpartum. Fear of movement, the sensation of vaginal heaviness and running-related SUI before or during pregnancy should be addressed early by healthcare providers
Systematic analysis of the methodological structure of the lean literature
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to analyse and evaluate the methodological structure of the Lean literature so that its characteristics and influence among academics and practitioners might be better understood. We define ‘methodological structure’ to be comprised of six categorical components: publication category, degree of methodological disclosure, research strategies, data collection instruments, type of data collected & analysed, and type of research informants.
This study is a systematic bibliometric analysis of the Lean literature. It has a two-stage research design. The first stage involves the identification of the top fifty most highly cited publications on ‘Lean’, with the resultant reference details being entered into a Focal Population Set (FPS) spreadsheet. The second stage involves coding and adding the six component fields of the methodological structure for each of the FPS entries. Both citation analysis and publication counting are then used to analyse patterns in these six components of methodological structure.
The top fifty publications in the FPS represent over 52,700 citations. All are either journal papers or books, but books are the most influential. Based upon this FPS sample, the Lean literature is found to be both largely atheoretical in nature and also methodologically weak. Over half of the FPS publications are Viewpoint-type publications and 46% have no methodological disclosure. The Lean literature is predominantly qualitative in nature. Where disclosed, the most common research strategy is the case study and the most common data collection instrument is the interview. High and mid-level managers are the most frequently encountered research informants, whilst shop floor workers are infrequently utilised.
This paper starts with the most extensive known systematic review of systematic reviews of the Lean literature; the result of which is the characterisation of a number of gaps in this body of knowledge. One of these gaps is the lack of any previous citation analysis (CA). The paper then proceeds to address this gap by providing the first CA within the Lean literature. This is also the most comprehensive known CA within the field of Operations and Supply Chain Management more generally. As a consequence of this analysis, previously unknown patterns and insights into the methodological structure of the Lean literature are revealed
Dating Violence Victimization among Adolescents in Europe: Baseline Results from the Lights4Violence Project
Get PDFDating violence (DV) among adolescents is a public health issue because of its negative health consequences. In this study, we aimed to analyse the prevalence and the psychosocial and socioeconomic risk and protective factors associated DV among male and female adolescents in Europe. It was performed a cross-sectional study based on a non-probabilistic sample of 1555 students aged 13–16 years (2018–2019). The global prevalence of DV victimization was significantly greater among girls than boys (girls: 34.1%, boys: 26.7%; p = 0.012). The prevalence of DV in both girls and boys was greater for those over age 15 (girls: 48.5% p < 0.001; boys: 35.9%; p = 0.019). There was an increased likelihood of DV victimization among girls whose fathers did not have paid employment (p = 0.024), who suffered abuse in childhood, and reported higher Benevolent Sexism [PR (CI 95%): 1.01 (1.00–1.03)] and machismo [1.02 (1.00–1.05)]. In the case of boys, the likelihood of DV increased with abuse in childhood (p = 0.018), lower parental support [0.97 (0.96–0.99)], high hostile sexism scores (p = 0.019), lower acceptance of violence (p = 0.009) and high machismo (p < 0.001). Abuse in childhood was shown to be the main factor associated with being a victim of DV in both population groups, as well as sexism and machismo attitudes. These results may contribute to future DV prevention school programs for both, teenagers and children of elementary school age
India’s New Education Policy: A Case of Indigenous Ingenuity Contributing to the Global Knowledge Economy?
Get PDFIn this paper, we analyze India's New Education Policy and discuss how it might impact education an employment in India and the neighborhood.
We believe that the NEP (2020) is likely to change to alter the educational landscape of India and make education accessible to all sections of society. In addition, the impact of this bill will be felt in the Indian workplace -- a new type of employable graduate will become the norm – one who understands the Indian ethos, the Indian culture and the Indian workplace.
We would urge the policy makers, educationists and corporate leaders to conduct research on the benefits of the NEP in two phases. In the short run, they could study the implementation -- in the long run, all 3 stakeholders should track the changes in the quality of graduates being produced as a result of the new policy.
This is the first known critique of the NEP (2020) written by 5 Indian-origin academics and practitioners, offering insight into the policy for scholars and practitioners
"Hang the flesh off the bones": Cultivating an "ideal body" in Taijiquan and Neigong
Get PDFIn a globalized, media-driven society, people are being exposed to different cultural and
philosophical ideas. In Europe, the School of Internal Arts (pseudonym) follows key principles of
the ancient Chinese text The Yijinjing (The Muscle-Tendon Change Classic) “Skeleton up, flesh
down”, in its online and offline pedagogy. This article draws on an ongoing ethnographic,
netnographic and cross-cultural investigation of the transmission of knowledge in this atypical association that combines Taijiquan with a range of practices such as Qigong, body loosening exercises and meditation. Exploring the ideal body cultivated by the students, we describe and illustrate key
(and often overlooked) body areas—namely the spine, scapula, Kua and feet, which are continually
worked on in the School of Internal Arts’ exercise-based pedagogy. We argue that Neigong and
Taijiquan, rather than being forms of physical education, are vehicles for adult physical re-education. This re-education offers space in which mind-body tension built over the life course are systematically released through specific forms of attentive, meditative exercise to lay the foundations for a strong, powerful body for martial artistry and health
The effects of coaches’ emotional expressions on players’ performance: Experimental evidence in a football context
No full textObjectives
Across two experiments, we examined the effects of coaches' nonverbal expressions of pride, shame, and happiness on players' emotions and performance.
Design
Both experiments employed a between (emotional expression manipulation) within (pre- and post-manipulation) subjects design.
Method
An expert male football coach was scripted to deliver performance feedback randomly displaying a specified emotion to skilled players who had just performed a passing test. In Experiment 1 (n = 28), players' actual coach displayed pride or shame. In Experiment 2 (n = 60), a confederate displayed pride, shame, happiness, or a neutral expression. Players then performed the passing test for a second time. In both experiments, players reported their emotions and perceptions of the coach.
Results
The results showed that coaches' emotional expressions influenced players' emotions especially when players held a close relationship with the coach. Regardless, coaches' display of pride and happiness benefitted players' performance while the display of shame did not.
Conclusion
These findings provide the first experimental evidence for the effects of coaches' emotional expressions on players' emotions and performance. These findings have important practical implications and advance the literature on how coaches' emotional expressions may influence players' emotions and performance
Role of adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles in vascular inflammation
No full textExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanometre-sized vesicles released from most cells, including adipocytes. Relatively little is known about adipocyte-derived EVs (ADEVs) in comparison to other EV subtypes, though interest in ADEVs as potential paracrine and endocrine communicators of adipose tissue in obesity is building. Current evidence indicates that ADEVs contribute to the development of adipose tissue dysfunction; a key feature of obese adipose tissue that it is associated with obesity-related comorbidities including cardiovascular disease (CVD). This review summarises our current knowledge of ADEVs in the development of adipose tissue dysfunction and the potential of ADEVs to disrupt redox signalling and exert vascular effects that may exacerbate CVD in obesity
Coworking in homes – mitigating the tensions of the freelance economy
No full textCoworking has increased in popularity in the digital knowledge economy with the rise of independent professional workers who often work from home and lack the social relations that provide feedback, referrals or social support. Rather than studying coworking as a new spatial, social and economic way of working in designated coworking spaces, this study explores coworking in residential homes – the earliest self-organised form of coworking that has received little attention although dedicated home-based coworking networks have developed since. Based on intensive fieldwork material from coworking groups of freelancers across Europe who meet in each other’s homes, we explore why people meet to cowork in homes – when at the same time coworking is driven by the social isolation of working alone in the ‘home office’ as emphasised in previous research on coworking spaces. Our findings highlight the need of freelance workers to learn how to be productive and maintain productivity. The shared experience of homeworking and awareness of the challenges of personalised professional work create cognitive proximity in home-based coworking. Coworkers commit to the production of an affective atmosphere which is facilitated by digital platforms, the role of hosts and the home environment. We discuss the implications of our findings for understanding coworking more generally
Reliability, validity, and maturation-related differences of frontal and sagittal plane landing kinematic measures during drop jump and tuck jump screening tests in male youth soccer players
Get PDFObjectives: To determine the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of frontal and sagittal plane landing kinematic measures during drop jump (DVJ) and tuck jump (TJA) tasks in male youth soccer players, to assess the concurrent validity between DVJ and TJA tests, and to evaluate the ability of both tasks to detect differences between players’ stage of maturation.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Participants: 223 male youth soccer players.
Main outcome measures: Frontal plane knee projection angles (FPPA) , and hip (HF), knee (KF) and ankle (AF) flexion angles at initial contact (IC) and peak flexion (PF) (i.e., the deepest landing position) in the sagittal plane were assessed.
Results: Good-to-excellent inter- and intra-rater reliability (ICC>0.75; TEMST 10; error0.6) were only identified for the TJA. Pre-PHV group reported higher FPPA, HF-IC, HF-PF, and KF-IC values, as well as lower AF-IC than post-PHV. Pre-PHV also displayed greater HF-IC and KF-IC than circa-PHV group.
Conclusions: Although both tests are reliable, the TJA might be viewed as a more informative tool given it shows greater FPPA and can also detect differences by maturity status
"A punch has no paternity!": Techniques, belonging and the Mexicanidad of Xilam
Get PDFThis article combines ethnographic and netnographic data to explore the relationships between body techniques and a sense of belonging through the contemporary Mexican martial art of Xilam. This art, founded by a female Mexican martial arts veteran, is slowly developing as a hand-to-hand sport, and has attracted critics for its supposed use of East Asian fighting techniques. Netnographic data reveal online debates on the origins and ‘true belonging’ of specific techniques while ethnographic fieldwork in a Xilam school demonstrates how the art is made ‘Mexican’ through specific accompanying practices and philosophy surrounding the movements. The movements of sitting, punching and standing are selected as key examples as understood through Mauss’s classic thesis. I conclude that Xilam follows a philosophical pedagogy that associates these techniques with a sense of Mexicanness – Mexicanidad