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Stress and Social Media: Can Using Facebook Impact the Anticipatory Stress Response in Athletes?
Get PDFThe proportion of young adults on social media sites has grown in recent years. While some young adults find enjoyment in these sites, they cause stress and anxiety in others. Additionally, although many athletes experience stress prior to competition, it is unclear if social media use could modulate this stress. The aim of the present study is to determine if Facebook use influences the anticipatory stress response demonstrated in athletes before the start of a competition. In this study, undergraduate students competing in club sports spent time before each of two competitions either engaging in their normal pre-game routine or on their Facebook account, and submitted a saliva sample before and after that time period to assess for salivary cortisol concentration. Athletes demonstrated a significant increase in cortisol concentration before competition (p=0.001) and Facebook use modulated the stress-induced increase in cortisol in females, as there was a significant decrease in cortisol concentration in the female athlete that did not use Facebook (p=0.0325). This suggests that social media use prior to an athletic competition might have differential impacts on stress levels in some users. Because anticipatory stress is a widespread phenomenon and can be found outside of the context of athletics, this study provides evidence that staying away from Facebook during the anticipatory period could be a simple and effective way to reduce stress, especially in the female undergraduate athlete population
An Infinite Capacity for Co-consulting: Gender Constructions and Mentorship on CBS\u27s Elementary
Get PDFThe author argues that the mentorships portrayed on Elementary are a continuation of recent crime dramas’ project to portray gender equality; however, the small victory of Kitty Winter’s empowerment is overshadowed by the show’s unsuccessful bid at overturning sexist mentorship tropes in detective narratives
Experiences of Providers in Caring for the Obese Hispanic Population
Get PDFThe national obesity rate continues to rise along with numerous correlating health disparities in Colorado. According to Andolf and Fisichella (2018), obesity currently affects 78.6 million people in the United States. Obesity is without a doubt a major health concern. Obesity in children and adolescents is a growing concern in the United States, where one fifth of the entire population from age two to nineteen in 2011-2014 was obese (Obesity, Diet and Mortality Trends, 2016). The objective of this project was to examine experiences of healthcare providers caring for the obese Hispanic population. Determining the experiences in providing care for these patients will ideally determine ways to improve their health outcomes. Nearly 1/3 of the adult US population is now estimated to be obese (Flegal, Graubard, Williamson, & Gail 2016). Furthermore, initiating change in practice may occur based on outcomes of this project. Delivering equality healthcare for the underserved may help reduce the ill effects of social determinates of health and can improve correlating health impacts that directly relate to obesity. Illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, healthcare access and affordability directly impact the underserved and equality in healthcare can bridge the gap with the underserved population. Exploring provider experiences may identify ways to allow healthcare to be proactive verses reactive in terms of obesity. The nurse researcher conducted 15-20-minute voluntary face-to-face interviews that were audio-recorded, transcribed and coded for themes. Methodology used for this project was a phenomenological qualitative study that looked at lived experiences of providers. Three broad themes were identified, with subcategories. The three main themes include, nursing barriers to caring for obesity, factors contributing to client obesity, and proposed changes to care
Case for the specialised sports physical therapist to be an essential part of professional athlete care: Letter from America no. 1
No full textImproving advanced pharmacy practice experiences with an intention/reflection practice
No full textBackground and purpose: Experiential learning in pharmacy has the potential to offer transformative experiences for students. Advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) can be improved if students are encouraged and able to (1) identify and track individual learning gains and interests, and (2) develop self-awareness and intrinsic motivation. Educational activity and setting: The intention/reflection (I/R) practice was developed to address these educational concepts and help facilitate meaningful experiences during APPEs. The I/R tool is a simple, nontechnical, resource-light activity consisting of a set of three to five questions at the beginning, midpoint, and end of an APPE. The questions were designed to help students identify how they can attain meaningful gains from each APPE. Preceptors across three universities designed, implemented, and evaluated the impact of an I/R practice within the context of a variety of APPEs. The APPEs varied between 4, 5, 6, and 10 weeks and were focused on patient care and academia. Findings: Three of the I/R questions were selected for thematic analysis, one at each point of the rotation. These questions were strategically selected because they demonstrate the value resulting from the progressive nature of the I/R tool. The answers to the three questions were descriptively coded to capture the main thought(s) of each student\u27s response. A quarter of students indicated I/R helped them achieve their goals. A retrospective pre-post survey demonstrated statistically significant improvements in all survey items, including (1) ability to identify learning outcomes, (2) focus and motivation, and (3) self-awareness and metacognition
Variability Modeling for Smart City Reference Architectures
No full textWith the convergence of information and telecommunication technologies, the vision of the \u27Smart City\u27 is fast becoming a reality. City governments in a growing number of countries are capitalizing on these advances to ease the lives of their citizens and to increase efficiency and sustainability. In our previous research, we have proposed a new approach for designing such ultra large and ultra-heterogeneous ecosystems. The approach is manifested as a reference architecture (smartCityRA) that can be used as the starting point, i.e. blue print, for smart city projects. In this paper, we elaborate on the reference architecture by enabling smartCityRA with variability mechanisms to accommodate the instantiations of different smart city software architectures. We do this by using variability modeling and model-driven architecture techniques. The result is smartCityML, a domain specific language (DSL) for modeling smart city systems. We first develop the abstract syntax of the language. Then, we outline the constituent constructs of the language, i.e.The concrete syntax. Finally, we propose tooling ideas for the new language and suggest evaluation criteria and plans
Sex Trafficking as a News Story: Evolving Structure and Reporting Strategies
No full textThis quantitative content analysis uses sex trafficking as a case study to understand how news reporting techniques evolve as a social problem emerges on the public agenda. Results indicate that as news organizations became more experienced in covering trafficking and the public made more aware of trafficking as a social issue, journalists moved from routines that favored official perspectives and frames that concentrated on individuals, to the sociocultural level, in which knowledgeable sources attempted to explain why trafficking occurs, and to an institutional level, in which strategies for intervention were proposed and debated. In this way, the newsworthiness of trafficking is sustained