Relation between emotional intelligence and the physical-sportive activity in the extracurricular schedule

La finalidad del presente trabajo es analizar las relaciones existentes entre la práctica y no practica de actividades físicas y deportes en horario extraescolar con la inteligencia emocional en estudiantes de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria. Así mismo, también vamos a analizar si en función del tipo de deporte practicado (individual, adversario y colectivo) existen diferencias entre ellos. En el estudio participaron un total de 126 estudiantes del primer y segundo ciclo de la ESO. El instrumento utilizado fue el cuestionario BarOn EQ-i: YV (S) (2002), y la realización de una pregunta para conocer si practicaban actividad física o deporte y, en caso afirmativo, que indicaran que deporte practicaban. Las técnicas de análisis de datos incluyen una prueba t para muestras independientes y un análisis univariado de covarianza o ANOVA. Los resultados obtenidos indicaron que la práctica de actividades deportivas está asociada a mayores niveles de inteligencia emocional.The purpose of the present paper is to analyse the current connections between the practice and not practice of physical activities or sports in extracurricular schedule with the emotional intelligence in students of Secondary Obligatory Education. Likewise, we also propose to analyse if the type of sports (individual sport, adversary sport, team sport) has influence between them. The participants in our study were 126 students of the first and second cycle of Secondary Obligatory Education. The tools that we have used were the test BarOn EQ-i: YV (S) (2002) and one question to know if the students practice sports or not and if the answer was positive, write what sport they practice. The analysis of information’s techniques include a student’s t-test for independents samples and an analysis of variance or ANOVA. The obtained results indicate that practice physical activities or sports is associated with high levels of emotional intelligence

RHEA v1.0: Enabling fully coupled simulations with hydro-geomechanical heterogeneity

Realistic modelling of tightly coupled hydro-geomechanical processes is relevant for the assessment of many hydrological and geotechnical applications. Such processes occur in geologic formations and are influenced by natural heterogeneity. Current numerical libraries offer capabilities and physics couplings that have proven to be valuable in many geotechnical fields like gas storage, rock fracturing and Earth resources extraction. However, implementation and verification of the full heterogeneity of subsurface properties using high-resolution field data in coupled simulations has not been done before. We develop, verify and document RHEA (Real HEterogeneity App), an open-source, fully coupled, finite-element application capable of including element-resolution hydro-geomechanical properties in coupled simulations. To extend current modelling capabilities of the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE), we added new code that handles spatially distributed data of all hydro-geomechanical properties. We further propose a simple yet powerful workflow to facilitate the incorporation of such data to MOOSE. We then verify RHEA with analytical solutions in one and two dimensions and propose a benchmark semi-analytical problem to verify heterogeneous systems with sharp gradients. Finally, we demonstrate RHEA\u27s capabilities with a comprehensive example including realistic properties. With this we demonstrate that RHEA is a verified open-source application able to include complex geology to perform scalable, fully coupled, hydro-geomechanical simulations. Our work is a valuable tool to assess challenging real-world hydro-geomechanical systems that may include different levels of complexity like heterogeneous geology and sharp gradients produced by contrasting subsurface properties

Host adaption to the bacteriophage carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni

The carrier state of the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni represents an alternative life cycle whereby virulent bacteriophage can persistent in association with host bacteria without commitment to lysogeny. Host bacteria exhibit significant phenotypic changes that improve their ability to survive extra-intestinal environments but exhibit growth phase dependent impairment in motility. We demonstrate that early-exponential phase cultures become synchronised with respect to the non-motile phenotype, which corresponds with a reduction in their ability adhere and invade intestinal epithelial cells. Comparative transcriptome analyses (RNA-seq) identify changes in gene expression that account for the observed phenotypes: down regulation of stress response genes hrcA, hspR and perR; and down regulation of the major flagellin flaA with the chemotactic response signalling genes cheV, cheA and cheW. These changes present mechanisms by which the host and bacteriophage can remain associated without lysis, and the cultures survive extra-intestinal transit. These data provide a basis for understanding a critical link in the ecology of Campylobacter bacteriophage

Historical Regimes of Normativity: Part 3

In this four part series, colleagues from the department discuss the reasons for the new department name as well as the definition and status of the concept

Technique tip: EDL-to-EHL double loop transfer for extensor hallucis longus reconstruction

© 2017 European Foot and Ankle SocietyBackground: Extensor hallucis longus (EHL) tendon injuries often occur in the setting of lacerations to the dorsum of the foot. End-to-end repair is advocated in acute lacerations, or in chronic cases when the tendon edges are suitable for tension free repair. Reconstruction with allograft or autograft is advocated for cases not amenable to a primary direct repair. This is often seen in cases with tendon retraction and more commonly in the chronic setting. In many countries the use of allograft is very limited or unavailable making reconstruction with autograft and tendon transfers the primary choice of treatment. Tendon diameter mismatch and diminished resistance are common issues in other previously described tendon transfers. Methods: We present the results of a new technique for reconstruction of non-reparable EHL lacerations in three patients using a dynamic double loop transfer of the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) of the second toe that ad

PRECISION FRUIT GROWING: HOW TO COLLECT AND INTERPRET DATA ON SEASONAL VARIATION IN APPLE ORCHARDS

Very little has been published to date on seasonal spatial variability of produc-tion in fruit crops, and most papers refer to data collected post harvest. This work analysed field information recorded within-season (fruit growth rate) and at harvest (crop load, fruit size, fruit ripening) in 2008 in two commercial apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) orchards in the Ferrara province, Italy. In high-quality apple production systems, manual refinement of chemical thinning is a must, but growers lack a methodology for assessing the efficacy of thinning treatments and to assist further management decisions, such as irrigation levels, for example. The within-season data were used to provide assistance in management decisions taken by growers and/or consultants throughout the season. The goal was to assist in improving the efficacy of management to ensure high production while maintaining as high yields as possible. The relationships between the within-season and harvest measurements were analyzed using both traditional and spatial statistical techniques. Maps of crop production/ quality parameters and fruit growth were generated by punctual kriging with a global variogram on a common grid. Within-season monitoring provided more robust estimations of the fruit load per tree than traditional methods, which underestimated fruit load, leading to more appropriate thinning. Monitoring fruit growth rates also provided good estimations of fruit size distribution at harvest and permitted better satisfaction of the target market. Useful information could be obtained by interpretation at the block (orchard) scale, however, a spatial analysis at a sub-block level appeared to offer the opportunity for differential management. The work presented is intended as a proof of concept of this methodology, the satisfactory results from which signal that it may be not far from large-scale adoption

Plant species, nitrogen status and endophytes are drivers of soil microbial communities in grasslands

Context: There is concern that the introduction of ‘novel’ plant germplasm/traits could outpace our capacity to measure and so assess their impacts on soil microbial communities and function.Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effects of plant species/functional traits, nitrogen (N) fertilisation and endophyte infection on grassland soil microbial communities within a short time span of 2 years.Methods: Two field experiments with monoculture plots were conducted in a common soil. Experiment 1 compared grasses and legumes, using two cultivars of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) that varied in fructan content, along with the legumes white clover (Trifolium repens) and bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) that varied in tannin content. Grass treatments received high and low N application levels. Experiment 2 compared the presence/absence of Epichloë strains in ryegrass, tall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix) and meadow fescue (Schedonorus pratensis). Soil microbial communities were analysed by using high-throughput sequencing of DNA isolated from bulk soil cores.Key results: Higher abundance of ligninolytic fungi was found in grass soils and pectinolytic fungi in legume soils. Levels of N fertilisation and fructan in ryegrass had only minor effects on soil fungal communities. By contrast, N fertilisation or fixation had a strong effect on bacterial communities, with higher abundance of nitrifiers and denitrifiers in high-N grass soils and in legume soils than in low-N grass soils. Epichloë affected soil microbiota by reducing the abundance of certain fungal phytopathogens, increasing mycorrhizal fungi and reducing N-fixing bacteria.Conclusions: Chemical composition of plant cell walls, which differs between grasses and legumes, and presence of Epichloë in grasses were the main drivers of shifts in soil microbial communities.Implications: Impacts of farming practices such as mono- or poly-culture, N fertilisation and presence of Epichloë in grasses on soil microbial communities should be considered in pasture management.</p