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PREVALENCE IN OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HABITS IN CHILDREN
No full textAim: To evaluate the prevalence in overweight/obesity children attended the primary school [2007-08, (T1) in Ferrara,
Italy] and the variation in prevalence by sex and lifestyle.
Materials and Methods: 2.151 children [1.133 males (M), 1.018 females (F)] were measured height, weight, Body Mass
Index (BMI). Eating and physical activity habits were evaluated by the compilation of a questionnaire. To evaluate the
trend of BMI we compared this study with a previous one performed in 2003-04 (T0).
Results: 22% were overweight and 9% were obesity. 74% engaged in regular physical activity. Children’s parents: 56%
both were sedentary, 29% only one was active, 15% both were active.
10 years old children were allocated into 2 groups: active and not active. The mean BMI was lower* in active group, M
(T0: 19, T1: 18.8) and F (T0: 18.8, T1: 18.1). The prevalence of overweight and obesity is lower* in active population (M:
28.9% vs 39.1%; F: 26.6% vs 31.9%). The prevalence of active children is higher* even if the parents were active (91%
vs 73%). We found a lower BMI, M: from (T0) 18.9 to (T1) 18.5, F: form (T0) 18.7 to (T1) 17.1.
Even the prevalence of overweight and obesity detected in the T1 study was lower*, M: 38.3% (T0) vs 30.8% (T1), F:
38.1% (T0) vs 28% (T1).
(*T-test, P<0.05)
Conclusion: An active lifestyle has positive effect on body mass composition in primary school children and the parents
lifestyle influence children’s one, consequently one of the prior educational effort should start from school
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
DIFFERENCE IN AEROBIC CAPACTY IN RUGBY PLAYERS
No full textAim:To evaluate the difference in aerobic capacity of rugby player (backs and forward).
Subjects and methods: 18 professional rugby players (6 backs, 12 forwards). Each subject performed a maximal
incremental treadmill test with gas exchange measurements for the evaluation of VO2max and anaerobic threshold (AT).
Results: Mean age, weight, height, Body Mass Index ± standard deviation (SD) were respectively: 25±3.2, 101±12.2 kg,
185±7.1 cm, 29±2.9 kg/m2.
Mean ± SD values of AT speed (ATS), speed max, AT heart rate (HR) and HRmax were respectively: 13.3±0.8
(range12.2-14.7km/h), 21.9±2 km/h (range17.5-24.3 km/h), 177.7±7.7 bpm (range 166-193 bpm), 188.1±7.12bpm (range
176-205 bpm).
The ATS was significantly greater in backs (13.8±0,4vs 13.1±0.7 km/h; T-test, P<0.05) instead forward.The VO2max was
significantly greater in forwards (5.7±0,6vs 4.6±0,5 L/min,; T-test, P<0,05).The mean value of VO2max/kg for backs was
54.2ml/kg/min and 52.5ml/kg/min for forwards (T-test, P>0,05).
Conclusion: In rugby, different roles may require different levels of aerobic capacity that are more important for backs
because they had cover greater total distances walking and running during the match; on the opposite the forwards had
more strength and muscle power for the static steps (maul, ruck, scrum, touche and tackling).
VO2max was significant higher in forwards while there are no significant differences in VO2max/kg. These results could
be due to the two groups different body structure indeed the forwards have a higher percentage body fat
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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