An Exploration of Team Cohesion in Collegiate Esports Contexts

As the esports industry approaches adolescence, research on esports environments is only beginning. Despite the plethora of work done on team cohesion and coaching in traditional sports (e.g. Carron et al., 1985; Gardner et al., 1996, Pescosolido & Saavedra, 2012), current esports coaches are ill-equipped to lead and mentor a team of young adults. The present study aims to lay the groundwork for exploring team dynamics in esports through a team cohesion lens. A qualitative approach featuring semi-structured interviews from individual collegiate esports players across a variety of university-affiliated teams was adopted to explore players’ perceptions regarding their team environment experiences. Common themes found included the perceived importance of in-person social interaction, an individual mentality stemming from players’ experiences in ranked solo queue, a great deal of team autonomy, the importance of a shared level of effort across the team, and several other external factors. The study verifies the plausible validity of applying the existing team cohesion model for traditional sports (e.g. Carron et al. 1985) to esports contexts, despite differences to traditional sports and the breadth of experiences possible given the current state of collegiate esports

(Dis)organization of Palliative Care as a Potential Quality-of-Life Issue in the Senior Population – Croatian Experiences

This paper analyses the current situation in the Croatian health-care system, with special emphasis on the (dis)organization of palliative care within the public health, more precisely gerontology context. Namely, population world-wide is getting older, that is both a statistical and an everyday-medical fact. Today we consider citizens after the age of 65 as the elderly, with a tendency to move the age-limit to 75 years. Croatia on the matter swiftly follows global trends, while literature points to the fact that an increase in the elderly population dictates the need for an organized system of palliative care and hospice building. Although we can not ignore the fact that children can become palliative care patients, we can conclude that these are predominantly elderly patients. In fact, aproximately half of patients - users of palliative care - have some type of oncological diagnosis, a significant number of patients suffers from dementia, stroke or heart failure. As for the Primorsko-goranska county and the City of Rijeka, they show similar trend, as can be illustrated with data from the 2011 census, when the share of citizens over 65 years in the population of Primorsko-goranska county reached 18,91%, and in the population of the City of Rijeka 19,74%. Thus, one of the main quality-of-life issues in the Croatian senior population is the (dis)function of the palliative medicine/care system. Practice, namely, shows that there has still been no implementation. In particular, palliative medicine is not yet recognized as a speciality or sub-speciality, standards and norms for this activity are not set, palliative care is still not included in the system of obligatory health insurance, and as far as the national strategy of health policy for the area of palliative care, Croatian Government at its meeting held on 27th December 2013 finally adopted the "Strategic Plan for Palliative Care of the Republic of Croatia for the Period 2014-2016". Exactly because we are a decade behind European standards (Reccommendation Rec (2003) 24 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the organization of palliative care), it is more than legitimate to place this subject at the centre of the current Croatian gerontology interest

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Young Adults: Treatment of Substance Use Disorders as a Priority Component of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries

Young adults comprise roughly one-quarter of the global population and are at the developmental stage where personal life goals are formulated and personal independence is obtained. It is also the time of sexual debut and exposure to illicit drug and alcohol use. Thus, young adulthood is a time of high-risk for HIV transmission due to drug and alcohol use in the context of sexual activity. Social-networking, gender norms, economic, educational, familial, personal identity and development factors, among others, play a role in illicit drug and alcohol use and HIV infection in young adults. It is estimated that young adults account for 42% of new HIV infections globally, and that 4 million young adults living with HIV reside in sub-Saharan Africa. In Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the United States key populations are important subpopulations of young adults at high-risk for living with HIV. Subpopulations of young adults, particularly key populations, consume illicit drugs and alcohol with high-risk sexual and injection activity, thereby establishing connections between substance use/injection drug use/substance use disorders and HIV infection. Globally, interventions that comprise evidence-based prevention, care and treatment of substance use disorders targeting young adults and prioritizing treatment of substance use disorders as part of HIV care and treatment are vital to reduce the transmission of HIV infection and promote good clinical outcomes for young adults at-risk for and living with HIV

Biblijski korijeni hagiologije i hagiodulije

Articulus sub titulo »De radicibus biblicis hagiologiae et hagioduliae« conceptum sanctitatis eiusque evolutionem in religione veterotestamentaria et in primaeva communitate christiana seu in ecclesia apostolica summatim pertractat. Illustrat quomodo conceptus a rebus sacris: templo, institutionibus, ritibus et cultu pedetentim ad Deum, atque ad populum electum et singutos homines transierit. Deus est solus Sanctus et Spiritu suo sanctificator aliorum. Summum opus sanctificationis Spiritus Dei Jesus est qui inde ab exaltatione sua, Sptritus vivificans effectus, Spiritum suum effundit in corda sanctorum — qui verum templum Dei constituunt. In altera parte articulus agit de sanctorum veneratione. Sancti patres, prophetae et martyres revera coluntur, sed veneratione quae cultus sensu stricto nondum appellari potest. Cultus ecclesiasticus motiva solida e praxi \u27biblica\u27 traxit, elementa tamen sua concreta non in Scripturis sed in christianismo elaborantur. Demum quaeritur utrum relatio quaedam exsistat inter cultum paganum herois praestitum et cultum a christianis martyribus tributum

Muscle loss in aging population

Sarcopenia is a generic term for the loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality and performance associated with normal aging that can lead to frailty in the elderly. It cannot be considered a disease or a condition that has a clear diagnostic marker. However, the clearly is a decline in the average muscle mass and performance associated with senescence. Because of the great increase in the proportion of the population living long enough that frailty becomes a significant problem, there is much interest in achieving a better scientific understanding of sarcopenia. The ageing of the European population is a major public health problem for most of the industrialized western countries, and represents both a social and an economic burden for the European population