Exercise and Life-Satisfactory-Fitness: Complementary Strategies in the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Illnesses

Moderate training of an endurance nature, but also other exercise activities, not only has a preventive effect on various illnesses and pre-illness states such as the metabolic syndrome and cancer, but is also effective in treating patients in the rehabilitation phase after illness, e.g. cardiovascular or cancer. Our investigation demonstrates that even low level physical activity has a very good preventive effect too, which is enhanced when it is accompanied by mental activity and psychological well-being. In total, we investigated 13 000 people on the basis of socio-economic panel polls with respect to life contentment, health status and leisure-time activities. Life contentment is positively linked to contentment with labor, which seems to be an essential aspect with regard to the increasing number of unemployed people in Europe. The second important factor is health-promoting activities during leisure time. Exercise, especially, has a significant influence on life satisfaction as a feeling of physical fitness feeling is regarded as synonymous with good health. The results underline the psycho-neuroimmunological network, which stabilizes our health and shows that different activities in older adults have a significant effect on the aging process and age-related illnesses. Besides the various activities that are important in this arena, namely muscle and mental mobility (‘brawn and brain’), a third component must be taken into consideration: life contentment in the form of a successful retrospective view and a positive outlook, embedded in a psychosocial family environment (‘brood’) and integrated in a stress-free biotope, where life does make sense. Alternative and complementary strategies should be considered in light of these three aspects when we think about additional anti-inflammatory strategies in preventing diseases or treating them and their relapses. Sport has made a few healthy people ill, but sport has also made a good few of ill people healthy! (Gerhard Uhlenbruck, Aphorisms

Rivals’ Reactions to Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions research has principally focused on attributes of the acquiring firm and post-acquisition outcomes. To extend our knowledge, we focus on external factors, in particular rival responses, and explore when and how rivals respond to their competitor’s acquisitions. Leveraging the awareness–motivation–capability framework, we predict and find evidence that a rival’s dependence on markets in common with the acquirer, resource similarity between rival and acquirer, and a rival’s organizational slack increase the volume and, in some cases, also the complexity of a rival’s competitive actions following an acquisition. Furthermore, the type of acquisition positively moderates some of these relationships. The results extend our understanding of the influence of mergers and acquisitions on competitive dynamics in the marketplace

Über das Vorkommen und die partielle Reinigung einer unspezifischen Cholinesterase in dem Eiweißdrüsensekret von Helix pomatia

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Разработка модульной конструкции, гибридной установки, получения электрической энергии

Объектом исследования является модульная конструкция гибридной установки, предметом исследования – конструкция и геометрические параметры модульной конструкции гибридной установки. Цель выпускной квалификационной работы – разработка модульной конструкции гибридной установки. В результате процесса разработки создана 3D модель модульной конструкции гибридной установки. Установка состоит из 2х сборочных единиц: солнечный модуль, ветряной модуль, платформа. Разработана конструкторская документация и оформлена технологическая карта на изготовление одной из деталей установки. Проект удовлетворяет всем установленным требованиям производственной безопасности.The object of the study is the modular design of the hybrid plant, the subject of the study is the design and geometric parameters of the modular design of the hybrid plant. The goal of the final qualifying work is the development of a modular design of a hybrid plant. As a result of the development process, a 3D model of the modular design of the hybrid plant was created. The installation consists of 2 assembly units: a solar module, a wind module, a platform. Design documentation has been developed and a technological map has been prepared for the manufacture of one of the plant parts. The project meets all the established requirements for industrial safety