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Exploring the Interplay Among a Health-Promoting Lifestyle, Wellbeing, and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study
No full textBackground: A health-promoting lifestyle is a concept that involves sociodemographic factors interacting with health-promoting lifestyle behaviors (HPLBs), such as exercise and nutrition, to promote health and wellbeing. Given the persistent socioeconomic disparities all over Italy, health interventions and outcomes may be less effective. Accordingly, this cross-sectional study examines the relationship among sociodemographics, HPLBs, and wellbeing in Italy, aiming to inform updated health campaigns. Methods: A Google-Form survey of twelve sociodemographic items and two validated questionnaires on HPLBs (HPLP II, twenty-six items) and wellbeing (WHO-5) was conducted. Three hundred two participants, aged 18 to 70, were recruited in Italy via social media. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05, considering effect sizes. Results: Women reported higher health responsibilities (p < 0.05) and lower BMIs than men (p < 0.001). An improved financial status was associated with the healthy cut-off points of the WHO-5, HPLP II total score, and spiritual growth and interpersonal relationship subscales (p < 0.001), the latter correlating also with university education (p < 0.05). Better nutrition was noted in older adults, those with chronic disease, and people from Northern Italy (p < 0.05). Residing with minors and adults related to health responsibility (p < 0.05). A significant correlation (p < 0.001) was found between following HPLBs and wellbeing and among all the HPLBs. Conclusions: This study underscores the interplay among sociodemographic factors, HPLBs, and wellbeing among Italian adults. The findings advocate for education-based, inclusive health promotion strategies tailored to specific macroregions, age classes, and sexes in Italy, intending to enhance overall health and wellbeing across the country
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
Energy Expenditure in Professional Dance Sport
No full textThe aim of the present study was to determine the intensity of each Standard and Latin-American dance in relation to the values of maximal oxygen uptake assessed by a dance-specific protocol. A total of 12 professional dancers (six couples: three Standard and three Latin-American; ranging in age from 18 to 29 years; six males and six females) were recruited from the Italian Dance Sport Federation. To measure energy expenditure, each couple performed progressively demanding routine dance sequences. Each sequence lasted for 1 minute and 30 seconds and was specific to each dance of the respective discipline (Standard and Latin-American) in terms of tempo and choreography. The energy consumption of the dancers was measured during the last 30 seconds of each dance and the total energy expenditure calculated. Recovery between dance sequences was reached when the oxygen consumption returned to near resting values. To assess the maximal oxygen uptake, an incremental dance-specific test was used. This test consisted of uninterrupted performance of the five dances specific to each dance of the respective discipline. Parametric techniques were used to detect significant differences in metabolic energy required between dances and genders. The alpha level of significance was set at p < 0.05. The metabolic energy required to perform the individual dances was maximal or greater than maximal in almost all specialties of DanceSport, except for male and female Standard in the English waltz and Latin-American females in the rumba. The energy expenditure measured during the last 30 seconds of each dance underestimated the metabolic energy requirement by 15% to 32% in Standard dances and 35% to 42% in Latin-American dances (p < 0.05)
Acute effects of whole-body vibrations on the fatigue induced by multiple repeated sprint ability test in soccer players
No full textBackground: We tested the hypothesis that Whole Body Vibration (WBV) positively affects the fatigue process ensuing from repeated bouts of maximal efforts, as induced by repeated sprints ability (RSA). Eleven male soccer players performed three sets of six repeated shuttle sprints (40 metres). Methods: Eleven male soccer players (age 23,6±4,5 years) were cross-randomized to perform WBW before RSA and during the recovery between sets (WBV-with) or to warm-up and passive recovery between sets (WBV-without). The effects of WBV were quantified by sprint time (ST) and blood lactate concentration (LA), collected up to 15th min after completion of tests. Results: ST during RSA showed a better maintenance of performance in the WBV-with compared to WBV-without condition in all three sets, reaching a statistical significance between-groups during the 2nd and 3rd set (P< 0.05). No significant differences in ST over the sets were detected in WBVwith, whereas a significant decrease was observed in the WBV-without condition (P<0.001). LA recovered significantly faster from the 9th to 15th minute of recovery in WBV-with as compared to WBV-without (P<0.05). Conclusions: These findings would indicate that WBV performed during recovery between RSA sets is capable of delaying the onset of muscle fatigue resulting in a better maintenance of sprint performance
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
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
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