123 research outputs found

    The Nature and Meaning of Insulin Pump Use in Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

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    Emerging adults (ages 18-25) with type 1 diabetes are a vulnerable population as they transition from the family home and their pediatric healthcare providers and deal with multiple competing demands. There is very little literature addressing those in this developmental group who use insulin pump technology for diabetes self-management. Listening to the voices of emerging adults who use insulin pump technology will increase our understanding of their experience and will give health care providers the opportunity to develop evidence based practice based on their lived experiences. The qualitative research, using the hermeneutic phenomenological approach described by Max van Manen, provides a deeper understanding of the day-to-day journey of the emerging adult. Four themes represent the essences that were ultimately viewed as strategies used by emerging adults as they crossed from adolescence to adulthood with type 1 diabetes and an insulin pump. This journey is presented metaphorically as learning to walk a tightrope

    Healthy You

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    The effects of exercise training interventions on the health profile of inactive premenopausal women

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    A physically inactive lifestyle is associated with increased morbidity of non-communicable diseases, with such diseases representing the leading cause of death worldwide. It is well documented that regular participation in physical activity is associated with an improvement in a number of established health markers. However, it has been reported that 34-39 % of UK women aged 25-54 y fail to meet the minimum physical activity recommendations and many conventional exercise training interventions and initiatives are failing to meaningfully increase physical activity levels and adherence in previously inactive premenopausal women. A common barrier preventing premenopausal women from initiating and maintaining increased habitual physical activity is a ‘lack of time’. Physical activity initiation and maintenance can also be affected by the exercise environment with some individuals preferring to exercise alone while others prefer to exercise within a supervised or group environment. Increasing evidence suggests that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) performed independently, under supervision or within a group environment can provide a time-efficient alternative for improving several health markers in different populations. However, limited research has examined the effects of HIIT on health markers in inactive women and the effects of different methods of HIIT on overall health status. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to identify how alternative and smaller volumes of higher-intensity exercise influence enjoyment, adherence rates and health markers in previously inactive premenopausal women following 12-16 wks of training. Chapter 4 examined the effects of 16 wks of short duration small-sided football training and whole-body vibration (WBV) training on body composition, aerobic fitness and muscle oxidative capacity of previously inactive premenopausal women. Results from this study demonstrated that short duration small-sided football elicited superior health benefits, which included a reduction in body fat percentage and submaximal exercise heart rate (HR) as well as a decrease in PCr depletion for a given work rate during one-legged knee-extension exercise, compared to WBV training. Chapter 5 demonstrated that 15 wks of high-intensity swim training was an effective and time-efficient alternative exercise modality for the improvement of insulin sensitivity, glucose control and plasma soluble intracellular and vascular cell adhesion molecules compared to prolonged continuous swim training for previously inactive premenopausal women. Chapter 6 revealed that 12 wks of self-paced high-intensity interval and prolonged continuous cycling training both increased cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive function and reduced resting HR in previously inactive premenopausal women. On the other hand, reductions in resting blood pressure (BP), submaximal HR and body mass and increases in mental well-being were training-type-specific. Finally, Chapter 7 identified that a novel 12 wk home-based DVD-directed exercise programme for previously inactive premenopausal women, encompassing movements commonly found within football training, was beneficial for the improvement of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration and mental well-being when carried out at a moderate- to high-intensity. The exercise training interventions were well tolerated and adhered to by participants and resulted in improvements to some established health markers. However, the improved health profile of premenopausal women after the various training interventions was not uniform, with several training specific adaptations being manifest. Collectively, the combined training studies (n=175 participants) provide some support for shorter-duration, higher-intensity physical exercise training, including football, swimming, cycling and home-based DVD-directed exercise training, but not whole-body vibration training, to improve key health markers in previously inactive premenopausal women. The findings presented in this thesis demonstrate that several HIIT exercise modalities appear to be effective and feasible alternatives to prolonged continuous exercise training for improving health markers in previously inactive premenopausal women.FIFA-Medical Assessments and Research Centre (F-Marc

    Applying and evaluating 3D bodyscanning technology and landmarking within the clothing product development process to improve garment fit for mature women aged 55+

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    Women aged 55+ are recognised to have non-standard body morphologies and may present with further functional considerations. Existing practice bases clothing development on younger bodies, exasperating misfit issues that exist already. This research therefore focuses on the assessment and provision of garment fit for mature women aged 55+. It applies and critically analyses the application of 3D bodyscanning technology and landmarking practice for the clothing product development process for mature women. Compared to traditional methods in anthropometric body measurement, 3D bodyscanning procedures have perceived benefits in speed, privacy and accuracy. It is therefore ideal in capturing the measurement of mature women aged 55+. However, bodyscanning may deal less well with non-standard bodies, which may complicate further pattern creation. Whilst bodyscanning has recognisable benefits (speed, convenience, consistency), the technology is not readily accessible to practitioners and necessitates its study and testing. A pragmatic, mixed method approach was developed to gather and analyse qualitative and quantitative data related to body scanning and pattern applications. A theoretical framework was established from the knowledge base informing six propositions, a null and alternative of hypothesis. This research applied a mixed methods approach, allowing the exploration of the technology, the application of the data in pattern practice and the testing of its success with a suitable 55+ population. The research developed novel approaches to understand the data and ensure its validity. Processes found that landmarking errors were not confined to 55+ demographic. Landmark errors concerning armscye, bust and crotch points were common; but the t-test revealed that older age was the variable most likely to impact on landmarking accuracy concerning bust and crotch points. Scan analysis added time to the scanning process which made the technology less time conserving as widely perceived. The study discovered that non-contact landmarking methods allowed errors that were not easily detectable without a reliable system in place; hence established a system for validation. Body measurements from the pattern guidance and body scan data measurements did not have comparable landmark definitions; therefore scanner landmark definitions needed to be modified for pattern construction, adding time to the process. Comparison of patterns constructed from unmodified and modified scan data revealed that landmark error had a substantial impact on key areas of pattern geometry. Changes in pattern shape translated into poor fit of the bodice, where armholes were either too tight/loose and the shoulder seam too short for the body. The bodice fit trials confirmed that participants favoured the fit of the bodice that had undergone landmark modification and had used their self-selected waist position. Methods are necessary to ensure scan data is suitable for the application of pattern construction, this study provides clear approaches that allow this

    ROLE OF REGIONAL HEAD IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY MOVEMENT HEALTH LIVING ON ADOLESCENT

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    he Movement of Health Living Community (GERMAS) is a systematic and planned action undertaken jointly by all components of the nation with awareness, willingness and ability to behave healthy to improve the quality of life. The implementation of GERMAS should start from family, because family is the smallest part of society that makes up the personality. Sleman Regency has just received an award of migrant worker. Teenagers are expected to always take part in GERMAS. Sleman has declared GERMAS with: (1)Utilization of green environment and environment to support active life; (2)Utilization of yard to plant fruits and vegetables; (3) Non-smoking area; (4) Anemia Prevention in adolescent (counseling and education of anemia in schools, iron tablet, healthy diet, Hb examination after iron tablet program, PKPR-Peduli Remaja-with psychologists as well, reproductive health, health screening, HIV education, smoking education, drug counseling, etc). Sleman is a 40% food buffer from Yogyakarta. Development of environments that support physical activity are: (1) Prepare a safe sidewalk; (2)Prepare the field for physical activity; (3) Preparing paved road facilities to remote areas; (4)Healthy Regency; (5)Seven orders that support Germas; (6)Utilization of yard (Family Medical Plant);(7) Non-smoking regency (with regent regulation); (8)GERMAS intervention (with 3 main points: exercise, physical activity, eat vegetables and fruit, health check every month)

    The great divide? Occupational limbo and permanent liminality amongst ‘teaching only’ staff in higher education

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    In this paper, we contribute new theoretical perspectives and empirical findings to the conceptualisation of occupational liminality, specifically in relation to so-called ‘teaching-only’ staff at UK universities. Here, we posit ‘occupational limbo’ as a state distinct from both transitional and permanent liminality; an important analytic distinction in better understanding occupational experiences. In its anthropological sense, liminality refers to a state of being betwixt and between; it is temporary and transitional. Permanent liminality refers to a state of being neither-this-nor-that, or both-this-and-that. We extend this framework in proposing a conceptualisation of occupational limbo as always-this-and-never-that. Based on interviews with 51 teaching-only staff at 20 research-intensive ‘Russell Group’ universities in the United Kingdom, findings revealed participants’ highly challenging occupational experiences. Interviewees reported feeling ‘locked-in’ to an uncomfortable state by a set of structural and social barriers often perceived as insurmountable. These staff felt negatively ‘marked’ (Allen-Collinson, 2009), subject to identity contestation as academics, and were found to engage in negative, often self-deprecatory identity talk that highlighted a felt inability to cross the līmen to the elevated status of ‘proper academics’ (Bamber et al., 2017). The findings and the new conceptual framework provide sociological insights with wider application to other occupational spheres

    ATHENA Research Book, Volume 2

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    ATHENA European University is an association of nine higher education institutions with the mission of promoting excellence in research and innovation by enabling international cooperation. The acronym ATHENA stands for Association of Advanced Technologies in Higher Education. Partner institutions are from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal and Slovenia: University of Orléans, University of Siegen, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Niccolò Cusano University, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and University of Maribor. In 2022, two institutions joined the alliance: the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University from Poland and the University of Vigo from Spain. Also in 2022, an institution from Austria joined the alliance as an associate member: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences. This research book presents a selection of the research activities of ATHENA University's partners. It contains an overview of the research activities of individual members, a selection of the most important bibliographic works of members, peer-reviewed student theses, a descriptive list of ATHENA lectures and reports from individual working sections of the ATHENA project. The ATHENA Research Book provides a platform that encourages collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects by advanced and early career researchers
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