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Correlation of Core Stability with Dynamic Balance and Upper Limb Stability in Volleyball Players
No full textBackground: Volleyball is a highly challenging sport, which demands numerous actions from players that need muscular strength, endurance, balance, flexibility, and quickness. The trunk provides dynamic stability which contributes to direct the distal segment activities and loading forces through synchronize and trunk muscles inclusion. These players also need a skill like serving, blocking, and spiking quicker and more forceful overhead arm motion which can promote to increase load on the line position as forearm in extension, fingers in extension, and shoulder in flexion. These skilful functional tasks need muscular coordination.Aim: The main aim of the study was to observe correlation of core stability with dynamic balance and upper limb stability in recreational volleyball players. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study design was conducted on 84 recreational volleyball players by using purposive sampling and were included according to inclusion criteria i.e. participants were male, aged 18-30 years, playing at least for 5 years and playing at least four times a week. The players performed Mcgill test to determine their core stability. Players concurrently perform the upper quadrant Y balance test for upper limb stability and the lower quadrant Y balance test for dynamic balance. Results: To determine the correlation between the variables, for data analysis the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was applied. The result indicates there were positive correlation between flexion test and left side bridge test of core stability with upper quadrant Y balance test, as other variables showed negative correlation with core stability tests. There was no significant found between the variables.Conclusion: The study concluded that there was no significant correlation between core stability, dynamic balance, and upper limb stability in recreational volleyball players.Keywords: Core stability, Dynamic Balance, Recreational players, upper limb stability, volleyball
A randomised prospective study of split skin graft donor site dressings: AWBAT-D(TM) vs. Duoderm (R)
No full textAbstract not availableN.S. Solanki, I.P. Mackie, J.E. Greenwoo
Wplyw rodzaju solanki i czasu solenia na biodostepnosc skladnikow mineralnych serow dojrzewajacych
No full textThe bioavailabilities of potassium, sodium and calcium from two types of cheeses, Jeziorański and Tilsit, salted in a 20% NaCl solution or NaCl/KCl, 1:1, solution for a standard salting time (SST) or 25% of SST, were studied. The bioavailability was determined by the classical balance method based on the element intake and its excretion with faeces and urine using growing Wistar rats. The ability to assimilate the mineral elements was expressed by apparent absorption (A) and retention (R) coefficients. The type of brine did not affect significantly the intakes of sodium (25% SST) and calcium (100% SST) by rats fed the cheeses. The intake of potassium from both types of cheeses was significantly dependent on the type of brine. The salting time of Jeziorański cheese significantly influenced the intakes of sodium, potassium and calcium independent of the type of brine. The type of brine and time of salting significantly affected the apparent absorption and retention of minerals for the diets selected for statistical analysis.Badaniom poddano próby serów dojrzewających: jeziorańskiego i tylżyckiego, wyprodukowane w Zakładach Mleczarskich w Iławie i Biskupcu. Sery solono w 20% roztworach NaCl oraz w mieszaninie NaCl i KCl (1:1). Stosowano ponadto różny czas solenia wynoszący 25% i 100% czasu normatywnego. Biodostępność sodu, potasu i wapnia określano metodą bilansową na rosnących szczurach szczepu Wistar w oparciu o spożycie danego pierwiastka i jego wydalanie z kalem i moczem. Przyswajalność badanych składników mineralnych wyrażano wskaźnikami absorpcji (A) i retencji (R) pozornej. Wykazano, że rodzaj stosowanej solanki nie miał istotnego wpływu na spożycie Na (25%) i Ca (100% czasu normatywnego) przez szczury żywione badanymi serami (tab.1). Stwierdzono, że wielkość spożycia potasu dla obu gatunków serów zależała istotnie od rodzaju solanki (tab. 1). Zanotowano istotny wpływ czasu nasolenia sera jeziorańskiego na spożycie Na, K i Ca niezależnie od rodzaju solanki (tab. 1). Rodzaj solanki i czas solenia serów wpływał istotnie na absorpcję i retencję pozorną badanych składników mineralnych z wybranych do analizy statystycznej diet doświadczalnych (tab. 2)
Quiet Sun magnetic fields observed by Hinode: Support for a local dynamo
No full textContext. The Hinode mission has revealed copious amounts of horizontal flux covering the quiet Sun. Local dynamo action has been proposed to explain the presence of this flux. Aims. We sought to test whether the quiet Sun flux detected by Hinode is due to a local or the global dynamo by studying long-term variations in the polarisation signals detectable at the disc centre of the quiet Sun between November 2006 and May 2012, with particular emphasis on weak signals in the internetwork. Methods. The investigation focusses on line-integrated circular polarisation Vtot and linear polarisation LPtot profiles obtained from the Fe I 6302.5 Å absorption line in Hinode SOT/SP. Results. Both circular and linear polarisation signals show no overall variation in the fraction of selected pixels from 2006 until 2012. There is also no variation in the magnetic flux in this interval of time. The probability density functions (PDF) of the line-of-sight magnetic flux can be fitted with a power law from 1.17 × 1017 Mx to 8.53 × 1018 Mx with index α = −1.82 ± 0.02 in 2007. The variation of α’s across all years does not exceed a significance of 1σ. Linearly polarised features are also fitted with a power law, with index α = −2.60 ± 0.06 in 2007. Indices derived from linear polarisation PDFs of other years also show no significant variation. Conclusions. Our results show that the ubiquitous horizontal polarisation on the edges of bright granules seen by Hinode are invariant during the minimum of cycle 23. This supports the notion that the weak circular and linear polarisation is primarily caused by a
MeSH term explosion and author rank improve expert recommendations
No full textInformation overload is an often-cited phenomenon that reduces the productivity, efficiency and efficacy of scientists. One challenge for scientists is to find appropriate collaborators in their research. The literature describes various solutions to the problem of expertise location, but most current approaches do not appear to be very suitable for expert recommendations in biomedical research. In this study, we present the development and initial evaluation of a vector space model-based algorithm to calculate researcher similarity using four inputs: 1) MeSH terms of publications; 2) MeSH terms and author rank; 3) exploded MeSH terms; and 4) exploded MeSH terms and author rank. We developed and evaluated the algorithm using a data set of 17,525 authors and their 22,542 papers. On average, our algorithms correctly predicted 2.5 of the top 5/10 coauthors of individual scientists. Exploded MeSH and author rank outperformed all other algorithms in accuracy, followed closely by MeSH and author rank. Our results show that the accuracy of MeSH term-based matching can be enhanced with other metadata such as author rank
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Vitamin D deficiency in burn patients
No full textVitamin D deficiency has been reported in pediatric burn patients; however, no formal studies have been conducted in adult burn populations. The available literature on vitamin D status in burn patients has been reviewed. A literature search was conducted using Medline™, the Cochrane central register of controlled trials, and EMBASE to identify any trials of vitamin D deficiency in burn patients. Six published studies regarding vitamin D status in burn patients were found; however, five of these were in pediatric populations and several did not assess vitamin D levels as a major endpoint. Vitamin D deficiency has been demonstrated to result in itching, muscle weakness, and neuropathy, all of which are common postburn sequelae. The major source of vitamin D is synthesis in the skin with a small amount being absorbed through dietary intake. Population groups are at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency if they have inadequate exposure to UV light or reduced biosynthetic capability due to skin damage. Burn patients fall into both risk groups and also suffer common complaints that overlap with those reported by patients with vitamin D deficiency. Further research in adult burn patients is needed to determine the prevalence of deficiency in this population and whether vitamin D deficiency might influence postburn injury symptoms reported by patients.Adelaide D. Schumann, Rebecca L. Paxton, Nicholas S. Solanki, Rochelle J. Kurmis, Ian P. Mackie, Alexander H.R. Varey and John Edward Greenwoo
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
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