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Physical activity patterns of European 50+ populations

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Myck M.

Advances in Rehabilitation

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2010

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vol. 3

6-13

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Introduction: Despite well-documented positive effects of physical activity on physical and mental health, the levels of activity in many countries remain very low. Activity has been shown to be related to age, education and other individual characteristics, but it is unclear if differences in distributions of these characteristics across countries are enough to explain the observed cross-country differences.Aim: The paper examines the extent to which differences in the level of physical activity among European 50+ populations can be explained by differences in observed individual characteristics, and to which the differences between countries relate to unobserved factors and could thus be referred to as resulting from "activity habits".Material and Methods: The analysis is based on the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for 13 countries of continental Europe. The sample includes 12,652 men and 15,007 aged 50 years and older. Linear probability models are used to correct for differences in the distribution of observable characteristics.Results: From among the 13 analysed European populations aged 50+, the level of physical activity is highest in Switzerland among men and in the Netherlands among women, with the Polish population turning out to be the least active. Only 38% of Polish men and 29% of women declare ‘vigorous physical activity’ at least once a week compared to 68% of Swiss men and 67% of Dutch women. Cross-country differences become smaller once a number of individual characteristics are controlled for, but they cannot be explained without referring to country-specific "activity habits".Conclusion: There are significant differences in the level of physical activity among European 50+ populations and their large proportion cannot be explained by differences in observed individual characteristics.

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Are children meeting any of the suggested daily step recommendations?

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Brusseau T. A., Tudor-Locke C., Kulinna P. H.

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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2013

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vol. 5

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issue 1

11-16

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Study aim: Over the past decade there have been numerous efforts to identify how many steps/day children should accumulate. Recommendations range from 10,000 to 16,500 steps/day. The purpose of this article was to examine the percentage of elementary school aged children meeting nine different sets of steps/day recommendations. Material and methods: 786 Southwestern US children (410 girls, BMI 19.3±4.2) wore the Yamax Digiwalker SW-200 pedometer and recorded their steps/day for 7 consecutive days. Mean steps/day was calculated and the percent-age of students meeting each of the various steps/day recommendations was determined. Results: Children averaged 11,113±3,666 steps/day. Sixty-one percent of all children met a minimum of 10,000 steps/day. Thirty-six percent met the most widely used recommendation of 11,000 and 13,000 steps/day for boys and girls, respectively. Using BMI referenced recommendations, between 10-52% of children met various guidelines. Conclusions: Southwestern US children in the current sample are not getting enough daily activity to meet the ma-jority of step recommendations. Findings suggest that less than 33% of children are active for 60 minutes of physical activity (inferred from one of the guidelines) a day and only 36% would qualify for the Presidential Active Life-styles Award. Additional school and home-based physical activity programming is clearly needed.

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The role of Galactose in human health and disease

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Manwar Hussain M., Hassan M., Shaik N., Iqbal Z.

Open Medicine

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2012

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vol. 7

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issue 4

409-419

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According to the universal biological findings, cellular bodies are covered with an intense coating of glycans. Diversity of glycan chains, linked to lipids and proteins is due to isomeric and conformational modifications of various sugar residues, giving rise to unique carbohydrate structures with a wide range of sequences and anomeric configurations. Proteins and lipids, carrying specific sugar residues (like Galactose) with particular stereochemical properties (sequence, anomery and linkages) are involved in broad spectrums of biological processes, including intercellular and intracellular interactions, microbial adhesion and cellular signaling. By studying the role of specific seterochemical features of galactose (Gal), we have improved our understanding about the normal physiology and diseases in human bodies.

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Increasing pupil physical activity: a comprehensive professional development effort

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Kulinna P.

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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2012

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vol. 4

6-11

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Study aim: To determine if pupil physical activity and Body Mass Index classifications maintained or improved after a one-year professional development program involving both classroom and physical education teachers. Guskey's model of teacher change guided this study.Material and methods: Indigenous children from ten schools (N = 320) in grades 3-12 from one community participated in this year-long comprehensive school change effort. Classroom (n = 31) and physical education teachers (n = 7) participated in this study as intervention (n = 27) or comparison (n = 11) teachers. Intervention teachers participated in a year-long professional development program to increase physical activity and healthy behaviour knowledge of pupils.Results: ANOVA results for pupil physical activity (measured using pedometry) indicated that both groups of pupils (intervention and comparison) became significantly more active over time. The intervention groups' behaviour was less stable (α = 0.71) over time versus the comparison group (α = 0.86), suggesting positive behaviour changes. No significant Body Mass Index changes were found.Conclusions: Although the intervention resulted in physical activity increases for both intervention and comparison pupils at the schools, change takes time and these initial findings show progress in increasing physical activity behaviours at school in an understudied and disadvantaged population of indigenous USA youth.

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Perceived constraints on exercise in the group of the elderly: a pilot study

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Baceviciene M., Alisauskas J.

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EN

The aim of this study was to evaluate psychometric properties of the perceived constraints on the physical exercise scale and to indicate the most important perceived constraints that restrict the elderly from exercise.160 persons (aged 60–89) living in Lithuania, Kaunas city were interviewed in 2011. Physical activity was assessed using a short version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Constraints on physical exercise were determined according to a structured list of statements consisting of five domains: poor health, fear and negative experiences, lack of knowledge, lack of time and interest, and unsuitable environment. Perceived constraints on the exercise scale demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency and good construct validity: Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of internal reliability were above the standard (≥0.7) with the exception of lack of knowledge domain. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a fivefactor solution that accounted for 67.4% of the variance. Fear and negative experience during exercise increased the odds of insufficient physical activity by 3.3 (1.16–9.59) times whereas lack of time and interest - by 7.2 (2.98–17.31) times. Perceived constraints on the exercise scale is a suitable measure for the elderly investigations. Perceived constraints that most restrict elderly people from exercise were lack of time, interest, fear of falling and injuries.

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Seasonal variation of American Indian children’s school-day physical activity

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Brusseau T. A., Kulinna P. H., Kloeppel T., Ferry M.

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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2012

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vol. 4

82-87

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Study aim: To examine the pedometer steps taken during the school-day by American Indian children during all four seasons.Material and methods: Participants included third-sixth grade children (n = 157) aged 9.6±1.07 (boys) and 9.7±1.2 (girls) attending school from one Southwestern US American Indian community. Children had a mean BMI of 23.9±7.7 with 70% being classified as overweight or obese. Children wore a pedometer (Yamax Digiwalker SW-200) for 20 days (5 days per season).Results: Children accumulated 4762±1544 (boys) and 4408±1194 (girls) steps/day across the four seasons with the highest totals occurring during the Fall (4899, males; 4796, females) and the lowest totals during the Winter (4463, males; 4043, females). Repeated measures ANOVA showed no significant differences in daily school-day steps across seasons. Children classified as normal weight averaged 5146±1688 steps/day, overweight children averaged 5020±1333 steps/day, and obese children accumulated 4275±1123 steps/day.Conclusions: PA stayed relatively consistent across seasons in this sample of children. However, children were the least active during Winter months. With 70% of the current sample being classified as overweight and with American Indian children at greater risk for numerous hypokinetic diseases there is a clear need for additional school-day PA opportunities.

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Application of Assessment Models for Health Risk and Pollution from Surface Water from Okumpi River in Nwangele, Imo State, Nigeria

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Chukwuemeka I. S., Obinna N. V., Chizoruo I. F.

World News of Natural Sciences

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2021

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vol. 38

20-36

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The mean and standard deviation of pH value in the present study during the wet and dry seasons varied from 6.21±0.22 - 5.75±0.41. The mean and standard deviation of EC in the current study ranges between 219.15±12.20 - 193.30±14.81 μS/cm for wet and dry seasons which are found to be in line with the WHO standard used. The mean and standard deviation of DO for this study during the wet and dry seasons were found to be 10.03±0.58 - 6.47±0.41 (mg/L). TDS for wet and dry seasons ranges from 374.79 ±5.33 - 121.65 ±6.33 mg/L. The nitrate [9.05 ±1.08 - 8.09 ±1.57], sulphate [3.91 ±0.51 – 3.73 ±0.46] and phosphate [82.78 ±3.86 - 81.76±3.32] in this present study for wet and dry season were all found to be below the standard. The Hazard quotient via ingestion and Hazard quotient via dermal has a reduction in the order of lead > nickel > iron > manganese > copper > zinc and lead > zinc > nickel > copper > iron > manganese > cadmium, in cooperation in children and adults in wet season, correspondingly. The Hazard quotient via ingestion and Hazard quotient via dermal has a decrease in the following order of nickel > lead > manganese > copper > iron > zinc and lead >zinc > nickel > copper > manganese > iron > for both children and adults in dry season, respectively. Lead possess carcinogenic risk for the inhabitants of this area due to the value of the carcinogenic risk n wet season of 4.05E-4 in adult and 1.55E-3 in children, in dry season of 2.57E-4 in adult and 9.88E-4 in children, against the standard set by the USEPA of 10-6 – 10-4. The surface water is not suitable for drinking as seen by the high water quality index of > 300. Lead possess carcinogenic risk for the inhabitants.

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Aflatoxin species: their health effects and determination methods in different foodstuffs

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Bakırdere S., Bora S., Bakırdere E., Aydın F., Arslan Y., Komesli O., Aydın I., Yıldırım E.

Open Chemistry

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2012

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vol. 10

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issue 3

675-685

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Carcinogenic and mutagenic properties of aflatoxin species are known in literature. Their intake over a long time period might be health-dangerous for human even at trace levels. It is well known that different foodstuffs can be contaminated by aflatoxin species through growing and storage. Due to the serious health effects, sensitive determination of aflatoxin species in any matrices related with the human being is very crucial at trace levels. In literature, there are sensitive techniques to analyze the different samples for the contents of their aflatoxin species. Each technique has some advantages and disadvantages over the other techniques. This review aims to summarize the different health effects of aflatoxin species, development of analytical techniques and applications of developed techniques in a variety of matrices. [...]

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Urban morbidity in summer: ambulance dispatch data, periodicity and weather

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Petralli M., Morabito M., Cecchi L., Crisci A., Orlandini S.

Open Medicine

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2012

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vol. 7

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issue 6

775-782

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Over recent years the impact of weather on human health has become more severe, especially for people living in urban areas. Even though many studies have analysed the impact of weather on human mortality, few have quantified the impact of heat on morbidity, including ambulance response calls. In this study, 13,354 calls collected in the city of Florence (Italy) during summer were analyzed by month, day of the week, hour, and time slot of the day. An objective air mass classification was used to classify days and time slots with similar weather characteristics and a multiple variable analysis was applied to evaluate the relationship between emergency calls and weather. A positive trend was observed in the morning and a negative one during the night for all emergency calls, but only for food poisoning and alcoholic diseases. Calls for cardiovascular events increased in the morning and on hot days. Calls for psychiatric disorders rose significantly with temperature during the afternoon. The total number of calls and those for alcoholic diseases rose during the hottest nights. Our results, which show a clear relationship between ambulance response calls, periodicity, and weather, could contribute to an understanding the impact of weather on morbidity.

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Determination and correlation of physicochemical properties of aqueous extracts from edible portions of common tropical fruits

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Ejiako E. J., Ngozi V. E., Ebele M. S., Wirnkor V. A., Ehirim F.

World News of Natural Sciences

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2023

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vol. 47

104-114

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The quantity and quality of these constituent may not usually be the same under certain conditions, so fruits sold in Owerri where heavy pollutant abound were analysed, three samples of each water melon, Pawpaw, pineapple and orange fruits were bought from Owerri commercial centre and their juices extracted and stored in screw cap bottles prior to analysis. The physiochemical parameters revealed that fruits were of good quality but showed positive and negative significant relationship correlation ships such as pH-FW (0.958), pH-SG (-0.025), TS-MC (-0.999), TA-FW (-0.987). Vitamin C content ranged from 13.14 ± 0.39 mg/100g to 75.46 ±1.72 mg/100g for water melon and orange respectively. In conclusion, fruits studied showed good quality and a good source of vitamin C and mineral content. Such analysis needs to be carried out periodically to ensure quality and create awareness to the public.

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Quality Evaluation of Different Branded Tea Sold in Nigeria

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Onyeneke E. N.

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vol. 39

61-75

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In this study, the proximate, mineral, anti-nutrient content and sensory evaluation of the tea brands sold in Nigeria were evaluated. Fours brands including Lipton tea (LPT), Anti Malaria Tea (AMT), Green Tea (GRT) and Eternal slimming tea (SLM) and lemon grass tea (LEM) as control were studied. The official methods of Analysis of Association of Analytical Chemists were adopted for the analysis. Results for proximate showed that GRT showed significant difference (P>0.05) Moisture content (5.99 %) while SLM had significant low value p≤0.05 (4.85 %) compared to LEM (control) (5.12). The Protein content of the tea samples was discovered in traces having SLM as the highest (0.46 %). The crude fat as ether extract of the samples ranged between LPT (3.18) as the highest (3.18 %). SLM appeared to have high (6.08) value in Ash and GRT lowest value. LEM (control) had a high (88.58 %) value in Carbohydrate compared to the other tea brands with LPT as the lowest (86.03 %) value. The results of the mineral analysis showed that LEM has the highest (28.31 mg/kg, 85.96 mg/kg and 18.31 mg/kg) for calcium and potassium content respectively SLM had the highest (7.35 mg/kg) value for Magnesium. Antinutrient results showed that all teas brands had traces of alkaloid at various values ranging from GRT (0.15 mg/kg) to SLM (0.01 mg/kg). Phytate and oxalate was not detected at all in GRT and was discovered in traces the other tea brands. The average taste scores of tea samples ranged from 6.60-5.30 with highest (6.75) taste scores assigned to sample LPT while lowest (4.95) taste scores were observed in sample AMT. The four tea brands evaluated in this study are nutritionally valuable, including the natural extract of lemon grass which contains zinc, which helps boost the immune system and acts as an antioxidant that protects the body. The content of this tea brands and lemon grass are also safe.

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Assessment instruments and the ICF in rehabilitation and physiotherapy

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Heerkens Y., Hendriks E., Oostendorp R.

Medical Rehabilitation

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2006

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vol. 10(3)

11-20

PL

W niniejszym artykule opisano zastosowanie Międzynarodowej Klasyfikacji Funkcjonowania, Niepełnosprawności i Zdrowia (ang. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, ICF) w rehabilitacji i fizjoterapii oraz sposób, w jaki można wykorzystać ICF jako narzędzie wspomagające w wyborze właściwych narzędzi oceny stanu pacjentów podczas rehabilitacji. ICF jest klasyfikacją opracowaną przez WHO (Światową Organizację Zdrowia) dla opisania możliwości funkcjonalnych danej osoby. ICF może być uŜywany do klasyfikowania danych dotyczących procesu i wyników rehabilitacji i fizjoterapii, takich jak spostrzeżenia pacjenta, spostrzeżenia terapeuty, diagnoza funkcjonalna (czyli wynik procesu diagnostycznego), cele oraz wyniki postępowania. Narzędzia oceny są narzędziami pomiaru tych charakterystycznych cech danej osoby lub środowiska, które są istotne w codziennej praktyce w rehabilitacji lub fizjoterapii. Narzędziami tymi mogą być testy, sposoby obserwacji oraz kwestionariusze; można je wykorzystywać w roli testów diagnostycznych i prognostycznych oraz jako miary wyniku i narzędzia oceny. Dla wybrania dla danego pacjenta jednego lub więcej narzędzi oceny należy podjąć następujące kroki: (1) znać cel(e) zastosowania narzędzia oceny; (2) wybrać zmienne kliniczne będące w zainteresowaniu; (3) znaleźć narzędzia oceny mierzące wybrane zmienne; (4) określić warunki stosowania, dostępność i możliwość zastosowania danego narzędzia; (5) poznać psychometryczne charakterystyki branych pod uwagę narzędzi oceny; (6) wybrać najbardziej odpowiednie narzędzia oceny; oraz (7) zastosować i ocenić dane narzędzia. W pracy opisane są powyższe działania.

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This article describes the use of the ICF, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, in rehabilitation and physiotherapy and the way the ICF can help to select proper assessment instruments for patients during the rehabilitation process. The ICF is a classification developed by the WHO to describe the functioning of a client. The ICF can be used to classify very relevant data in the process and outcome of rehabilitation care and physical therapy, such as the findings of the patient, the findings of the therapist, the functional diagnosis (the outcome of the diagnostic process), the treatment goals and the treatment results. Assessment instruments are tools to measure characteristics of the person or the environment, which are relevant in the process of rehabilitation or physiotherapy practice. These assessments can be tests, observation instruments and questionnaires and can be used as diagnostic and prognostic test and as outcome and evaluation measurements. In the selection of one or more instruments for an individual patient, there are several steps the professional has to take: 1) know the purpose(s) of using an instrument; 2) select the clinical variables you are interested in; 3) find the instruments that measure the chosen clinical variables; 4) determine the applicability, availability and feasibility of the instrument; 5) know the psychometric characteristics of the chosen instruments; 6) select the instruments that seem adequate; and 7) implement, use and evaluate the instruments. These steps are described.

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Physical activity patterns of European 50+ populations

Are children meeting any of the suggested daily step recommendations?

The role of Galactose in human health and disease

Increasing pupil physical activity: a comprehensive professional development effort

Perceived constraints on exercise in the group of the elderly: a pilot study

Seasonal variation of American Indian children’s school-day physical activity

Application of Assessment Models for Health Risk and Pollution from Surface Water from Okumpi River in Nwangele, Imo State, Nigeria

Aflatoxin species: their health effects and determination methods in different foodstuffs

Urban morbidity in summer: ambulance dispatch data, periodicity and weather

Determination and correlation of physicochemical properties of aqueous extracts from edible portions of common tropical fruits

Quality Evaluation of Different Branded Tea Sold in Nigeria

Assessment instruments and the ICF in rehabilitation and physiotherapy