The pectoralis minor muscle and shoulder movement-related impairments and pain: Rationale, assessment and management

The adaptive shortening or tightness of the pectoralis minor muscle (PMm) is one of the potential biomechanical mechanisms associated with altered scapular alignment at rest and scapular motion during arm elevation (scapular dyskinesis) in patients with shoulder complaints. This masterclass briefly reviews the role of the PMm in shoulder movement-related impairments and provides a critical overview of the assessment of PMm tightness and the conventional approaches to increase its resting length and extensibility. A rehabilitation approach focused on PMm stretching and simultaneous optimization of the kinematic chain of arm elevation is also discussed, hoping to improve the management of shoulder movement-related impairments and pain.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Intrarater Agreement of Elbow Extension Range of Motion in the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1 Using a Smartphone Application

To estimate the intrarater agreement of the Compass application of a smartphone in the assessment of elbow extension range of motion (EE-ROM) at pain onset and maximum tolerable point during the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1 (ULNT1).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Managing personal learning environments: the voice of the students

The main purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the kind of educational work to be done with higher education students (undergraduate) in order to encourage them to create and use personal learning environments (PLEs) as a strategy for learning (Attwell, 2007). Based on our current classroom work with students of the 2nd year of a degree in Education and mainly using the functionalities of the Ning system (Copyright © 2010 Ning, Inc.), as well as other tools available on the Internet, we tried to implement a strategy based not only on the presentation of content by the teacher, but also on the recognition of the importance of student’s leadership in the organisation and management of their own learning. Therefore, in addition to face-to-face lectures, we tried to extend the discussion outside the classroom walls using the different services offered by Ning, proposing to integrate the work done by students in their individual evaluation (50% of the final classification). At the end of the semester we observed evidence of a general difficulty felt by the students, particularly in terms of self-regulation and personal organisation. So we decided to try to understand the problem observed in depth. For the purpose of understanding the nature and the extent of these difficulties, we used a methodology focused on analysis of a questionnaire applied to the students about their perception of the difficulties in managing the learning process and about the strategies used for dealing with those difficulties. Although the students acknowledge that the development of the individual online portfolio in a PLE requires that, for the most part, largely they themselves have to get organised and manage of their own learning (Barrett, 2000; Attwell, 2007), one can see that they do not feel prepared for this, experiencing difficulties in personal organisation, time management and regular participation in the proposed activities. In strategic terms, they value the appraisals and/or suggestions given by the teachers, but do not adopt an attitude of reflection or interaction and sharing with others, as catered for by the platform and its functionalities

Copepod communities and secondary production in Portuguese coastal waters

The study of zooplankton communities and estimates of copepod secondary production are of great importance to infer about the global organic matter fluxes in aquatic ecosystems and species-specific responses of zooplankton to hydrologic variability. However, there is still no routine method to determine copepods secondary production to eliminate time consuming experimental analyses. This thesis aims at improving the knowledge on copepods reproduction, with special emphasis on estimations of secondary production, and its relationship with environmental factors. For this purpose, different approaches (experimental and field studies) and time scales were used to study: 1) the effects of temperature and food on the physiology and metabolism of the climate change indicator copepod species Centropages chierchiae; 2) the effect of abiotic and biotic parameters on the production of the ubiquitous copepod genus Acartia in an interannual temporal scale (Guadiana estuary and adjacent coastal waters), as well as during a short temporal scale (Ria Formosa lagoon); 3) the effect of the environmental conditions on the mesozooplanktonic community in Ria Formosa lagoon; and, 4) the relationship between the biochemical method “RNA:DNA ratio” and the egg production rates of the genus Acartia, to infer if this could be a good method to estimate secondary production. Results showed that temperature influenced the feeding, reproductive and respiration rates of the calanoid C. chierchiae, with an optimal temperature at 19ºC for feeding and reproduction, while respiration increased exponentially with temperature and was sex independent. Reproduction rates and hatching success were influenced by different type of algae, a diatom and a dinoflagellate, respectively, and increased with food concentration. Food intake was always higher than the metabolic demands, except for the highest temperature tested (24ºC). During the interannual study in Guadiana estuary, the egg production rate (EPR) of Acartia tonsa was positively related with chlorophyll a concentration, freshwater inflow and dinoflagellates biomass, while Acartia clausi was only related to dinoflagellates. In the intensive field study conducted in Ria Formosa lagoon during summer, EPR of A. clausi was influenced by salinity and ammonia concentration. Moreover, salinity was the main factor affecting the short-term variability of mesozooplankton community, followed by tidal phase, semilunar cycle, temperature and food type. Estimates of Acartia females’ secondary production of both ecosystems were comparable to values of total production obtained in previous studies for other regions, indicating them as high productive areas. The biochemical index RNA:DNA was positively related to EPR in both in situ studies, indicating that it is a good proxy to infer copepod production. In conclusion, simple methods such as the egg production rate and the RNA:DNA ratio should be considered to estimate copepods secondary production in future studies using different species, taking into account the environmental factors that might influence them

Vision and transmission of archaeology and historical heritage in the Press of Cordoba (1885-1891)

Esbozos sobre el Trabajo de Fin de Máster, del mismo nombre, basado en el vaciado de noticias relacionadas con la arqueología y el patrimonio histórico del Diario de Córdoba, entre los años 1885 y 1891, y su recepción entre la sociedad cordobesa del momento. Las noticias relacionadas se han dividido en varios apartados: “Arqueología”, “Estado de los monumentos: conservación y restauración”, “Historia”, “Monumentos de la Iglesia” y “Otras noticias”.MA dissertation on press articles about archaeology and historical heritage in Diario de Córdoba between 1885 and 1891. Press articles are used to see the importance of these topics outside scientific circles and their reception in the Cordovan society of the time. Articles have been found and divided into various sections: “Archaeology”, “The Condition of Monuments: Preservation and Restoration”, “History”, “Church Monuments” and “Other press articles”

European Respiratory Society International Congress best abstract preview from the allied respiratory professionals from assembly 9

The 28th European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress [2018] in Paris features interesting research findings within the allied respiratory professional assembly (assembly 9). Excellent and high ranked abstracts were selected for this year’s ERS International Congress preview of assembly 9 and are put in the spotlights. A summary of the best three abstracts of every group, i.e., lung function technologists, physiotherapists and nurses, within assembly 9 is presented. Session, timing and location of the presentation of the abstract at this year’s ERS International Congress is indicated in squared brackets following the authors’ name.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Overview of the new ERS Clinical Practice Guidelines Methodology Network

This article provides an overview of the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) Methodology Network and outlines the opportunities that may arise by participating in this network https://bit.ly/3Uzqjx4info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio