A Qualitative Exploration and Analysis of Key Reasons Associated to Athletic Training Program Director Job Burnout and Role Strain

In Volume 3, Issue 1 of the JSMAHS you will find Professional research abstracts, as well as Under Graduate student research abstracts, case reports, and critically appraised topics. Thank you for viewing this 3rd Annual OATA Special Edition

Hoch vom Sofa: Dokumentation der Jahresabschlussveranstaltung von Hoch vom Sofa! am 19. September 2020 in Dresden

Das, was sehr viele Jugendgruppen in den ländlichen Räumen beschäftigt, das, wofür sie sich einsetzen, sich mit Anträgen beschäftigen, handwerklich tätig werden, und was sie sich am dringlichsten wünschen, sind Räume. Räume, in denen sie ungestört ihre Zeit mit ihren Freund:innen verbringen können, Orte, an denen sie nachts feiern und an denen sie tags ihren sportlichen Interesse nachgehen können. Diese und andere Anliegen junger Menschen unterstützt Stark im Land. Mit dem Programmverbund Stark im Land – Lebensräume gemeinsam gestalten macht sich die Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung für Kinderund Jugendbeteiligung in den ländlichen Räumen Sachsens stark. Stark im Land vereint unter seinem Dach die Programme Hoch vom Sofa!, Jugend bewegt Kommune und Demokratie in Kinderhand. Es unterstützt Kommunen dabei, kinder- und jugendgerechter zu werden und ermuntert junge Menschen, ihre Lebenswelt aktiv mitzugestalten. Ins Goethe-Institut Dresden hatte die die DKJS am 19. September 2020 für die Veranstaltung „Jugend feiert Heimat“ sowie parallel in die Schauburg Dresden für Stark im Land im Gespräch: Freiraum Jugend eingeladen. Die Broschüre informiert u.a. über Ablauf und Ergebnisse dieser Veranstaltungen

Predictors of Success on the Board of Certification Exam

In Volume 4, Issue 1 of the JSMAHS you will find Professional research abstracts, as well as Under Graduate student research abstracts, case reports, and critically appraised topics. Thank you for viewing this 4th Annual OATA Special Edition. This research is sponsored by an OATA Research Gran

Development of a human model for the study of effects of hypoxia, exercise, and sildenafil on cardiac and vascular function in chronic heart failure

Background: Pulmonary hypertension is associated with poor outcome in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and may be a therapeutic target. Our aims were to develop a noninvasive model for studying pulmonary vasoreactivity in CHF and characterize sildenafil's acute cardiovascular effects. Methods and Results: In a crossover study, 18 patients with CHF participated 4 times [sildenafil (2 × 20 mg)/or placebo (double-blind) while breathing air or 15% oxygen] at rest and during exercise. Oxygen saturation (SaO2) and systemic vascular resistance were recorded. Left and right ventricular (RV) function and transtricuspid systolic pressure gradient (RVTG) were measured echocardiographically. At rest, hypoxia caused SaO2 (P = 0.001) to fall and RVTG to rise (5 ± 4 mm Hg; P = 0.001). Sildenafil reduced SaO2 (−1 ± 2%; P = 0.043), systemic vascular resistance (−87 ± 156 dyn·s−1·cm−2; P = 0.034), and RVTG (−2 ± 5 mm Hg; P = 0.05). Exercise caused cardiac output (2.1 ± 1.8 L/min; P < 0.001) and RVTG (19 ± 11 mm Hg; P < 0.0001) to rise. The reduction in RVTG with sildenafil was not attenuated by hypoxia. The rise in RVTG with exercise was not substantially reduced by sildenafil. Conclusions: Sildenafil reduces SaO2 at rest while breathing air, this was not exacerbated by hypoxia, suggesting increased ventilation–perfusion mismatching due to pulmonary vasodilation in poorly ventilated lung regions. Sildenafil reduces RVTG at rest and prevents increases caused by hypoxia but not by exercise. This study shows the usefulness of this model to evaluate new therapeutics in pulmonary hypertension

Characteristics Contributing to Nebraska Farm and Ranch Financial Stress

Significant financial changes have been underway in the U.S. agricultural system. After a decade of increases in crop and livestock prices mirrored by corresponding increases in expenses, prices began declining dramatically in 2014 (USDA-NASS, 2017). Figure 1 shows yearly net farm income for Nebraska crop and livestock producers from 2000 to 2015 (USDA, ERS). A survey in July 2016 indicated that 52 percent of Nebraska farmers and ranchers were financially stressed

Characteristics Contributing to Nebraska Farm and Ranch Financial Stress

Significant financial changes have been underway in the U.S. agricultural system. After a decade of increases in crop and livestock prices mirrored by corresponding increases in expenses, prices began declining dramatically in 2014 (USDA-NASS, 2017). Figure 1 shows yearly net farm income for Nebraska crop and livestock producers from 2000 to 2015 (USDA, ERS). A survey in July 2016 indicated that 52 percent of Nebraska farmers and ranchers were financially stressed

Orbital selective coupling in CeRh3_3B2_2: co-existence of high Curie and high Kondo temperature

We investigated the electronic structure of the enigmatic CeRh$_3$B$_2$ using resonant inelastic scattering and x-ray absorption spectroscopy in combination with $ab$ $initio$ density functional calculations. We find that the Rh 4$d$ states are irrelevant for the high-temperature ferromagnetism and the Kondo effect. We also find that the Ce 4$f$ crystal-field strength is too small to explain the strong reduction of the Ce magnetic moment. The data reveal instead the presence of two different active Ce 4$f$ orbitals, with each coupling selectively to different bands in CeRh$_3$B$_2$. The inter-site hybridization of the |J=5/2,Jz=+/-1/2> crystal-field state and Ce 5$d$ band combined with the intra-site Ce 4$f$-5$d$ exchange creates the strong ferromagnetism, while hybridization between the |J=5/2,Jz=+/-5/2> and the B $sp$ in the $ab$-plane contributes to the Kondo interaction which causes the moment reduction. This orbital selective coupling explains the unique and seemingly contradictory properties of CeRh$_3$B$_2$.Comment: 15 pages, 14 figure

Patterns of item nonresponse behaviour to survey questionnaires are systematic and associated with genetic loci

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