Fish Biodiversity in Poigar River Estuary North Sulawesi

The purpose of this study was to determine the diversity and size variation of fish caught in the Poigar River Estuary. Sampling was carried out on tide and low tide in the New Moon and Full Moon phases using beach trawl. The catch gets 42 species, 2,726 individuals and weighs 11,355.5 g. The dominance index at low tide and water recedes 0.47 and 0.44 respectively. Diversity Index at high tide and low tide are 0.93 and 1.11 respectively. Found 10 important fish species in tide and 13 species at low tide, there are four species which are important fish both at low tide and high tide, namely Ambassis urotaenia, Ambassis intetrupta, Gazza minuta and Gerres filamentosus. The size distribution of fish from the juvenile phase to the adult phase is the Ambassis urotaenia with a distribution size of 4.2 cm to 9.0 cm and the Ambassis interupta 4.3 to 9.7 cm. Fish classified as only in the juvenile phase are Gazza minuta with a distribution size of 4.0 cm to 12.9 cm and Gerres filamentosus 6.3 cm to 8.6 cm.Kata kunci: Biodiversity, River Poigar, species, juvenile and adult.ABSTRAKTujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui keanekaragaman dan variasi ukuran ikan yang tertangkap di Muara Sungai Poigar. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan pada air pasang dan air surut  pada fase  Bulan Baru dan Bulan Purnama dengan menggunakan pukat pantai.  Hasil tangkapan mendapatkan 42 spesies, 2.726 individu dan berat 11.355,5 g. Indeks dominasi pada saat air pasang dan air surut masing-masing 0,47 dan 0,44. Indeks Keanekaragaman pada saat air pasang dan surut pasang-masing sebesar 0,93 dan 1,11.  Ditemukan 10 spesies ikan penting pada air pasang dan 13 spesies pada air surut, terdapat empat spesies yang merupakan ikan penting baik pada saat surut maupun pasang yaitu Ambassis urotaenia, Ambassis intetrupta, Gazza minuta dan Gerres filamentosus.   Sebaran ukuran ikan dari fase juvenile sampai fase dewasa adalah Ambassis urotania dengan sebaran ukuran 4,2 cm sampai 9,0 cm dan Ambassis intetrupta 4,3 cm sampai 9,7 cm. Ikan  yang tergolong hanya pada fase juvenile adalah  Gazza minuta dengan sebaran ukuran 4,0 cm sampai 12,9 cm dan Gerres filamentosus 6,3 cm  sampai 8,6 cm.Kata kunci: Biodiversitas, Sungai Poigar, spesies, juvenile dan dewasa

The Coral Fish in the Coastal Areas, Likupang Kampung Ambong Village, East Likupang District, North Minahasa Regency

Tujuan penelitian, yaitu 1). Untuk mengetahui jumlah spesies dan kelimpahan individu ikan karang; 2). Untuk mengetahui biomasssa ikan target kelompok karnivora dan herbivora. Pengambilan data dilakukan pada kedalaman 5 meter dengan metode Underwater Visual Census (UVC). Luas areal pengamatan adalah 150 m2. Ikan koralivora yang ditemukan berjumlah 8 spesies dan dikategorikan sedang. Ditemukan 28 jenis ikan target dari ikan karnivora (13 spesies), dan ikan herbivora (15 spesies). Untuk kelimpahan individu total yaitu 81 individu dan densitas 3240 individu/Ha. Jumlah individu tertinggi ditemukan pada ikan herbivora. Tingginya nilai indeks ekologi menunjukkan kemantapan komunitas dan kemampuan lingkungan yang memungkinkan jenis-jenis ikan untuk bertahan dan berkembang pada habitatnya. Ikan target umumnya pada kelas ukuran 16 - 20 cm dan 21 – 25 cm. Pada umumnya ikan karang dari kelompok herbivora yang paling banyak ditemukan di lokasi ini

Modeling the Risk of Team Sport Injuries: A Narrative Review of Different Statistical Approaches

Injuries are a common occurrence in team sports and can have significant financial, physical and psychological consequences for athletes and their sporting organizations. As such, an abundance of research has attempted to identify factors associated with the risk of injury, which is important when developing injury prevention and risk mitigation strategies. There are a number of methods that can be used to identify injury risk factors. However, difficulty in understanding the nuances between different statistical approaches can lead to incorrect inferences and decisions being made from data. Accordingly, this narrative review aims to (1) outline commonly implemented methods for determining injury risk, (2) highlight the differences between association and prediction as it relates to injury and (3) describe advances in statistical modeling and the current evidence relating to predicting injuries in sport. Based on the points that are discussed throughout this narrative review, both researchers and practitioners alike need to carefully consider the different types of variables that are examined in relation to injury risk and how the analyses pertaining to these different variables are interpreted. There are a number of other important considerations when modeling the risk of injury, such as the method of data transformation, model validation and performance assessment. With these technical considerations in mind, researchers and practitioners should consider shifting their perspective of injury etiology from one of reductionism to one of complexity. Concurrently, research implementing reductionist approaches should be used to inform and implement complex approaches to identifying injury risk. However, the ability to capture large injury numbers is a current limitation of sports injury research and there has been a call to make data available to researchers, so that analyses and results can be replicated and verified. Collaborative efforts such as this will help prevent incorrect inferences being made from spurious data and will assist in developing interventions that are underpinned by sound scientific rationale. Such efforts will be a step in the right direction of improving the ability to identify injury risk, which in turn will help improve risk mitigation and ultimately the prevention of injuries

Coral Fishes the Famili Chaetodontidae in Coral Reef Waters of Para Island Sub District Tatoareng, Sangihe Kepulauan Regency

This study aims to determine the distribution and abundance of reef fish families chaetodontidae in coral reef waters of Para Island Sub District Tatoareng. This study was conducted at 4 stations. Data collected was done using visual census on the 50-meter transect line at 5 meters depth. In addition to revealing the number of species and abundance of individuals chaetodontidae, data analysis aimed to determine number of species, individual abundance, and the community index. Based on the identification, obtained 27 species from 3 genera and 217 number of individuals. The highest number of species found at station Para 1. 7 species are always found in all observation stations, Chaetodon kleinii, C. punctatofasciatus, C. lunulatus, C. trifascialis, C. vagabundus, Heniochus varius, H. chrysostomus. The species with the largest number of individuals that is Chaetodon kleinii (45 individuals). Chaetodontidae fish species diversity index ranged between 2.207-2.866. Dominance Index are categorized low in the range of 0.078-0.122. Similarity index are categorized high in the range of 0.922-0.971

The dose-response of the nordic hamstring exercise on biceps femoris architecture and eccentric knee flexor strength : A randomized interventional trial

Purpose: To examine the dose–response of the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) on biceps femoris long head (BFlh) architecture and eccentric knee flexor strength. Design: Randomized interventional trial. Methods: Forty recreationally active males completed a 6-week NHE training program consisting of either intermittent low volumes (group 1; n = 10), low volumes (group 2; n = 10), initial high volumes followed by low volumes (group 3; n = 10), or progressively increasing volumes (group 4; n = 10). A 4-week detraining period followed each program. Muscle architecture was assessed weekly during training and after 2 and 4 weeks of detraining. Eccentric knee flexor strength was assessed preintervention and postintervention and after 2 and 4 weeks of detraining. Results: Following 6 weeks of training, BFlh fascicle length (FL) increased in group 3 (mean difference = 0.83 cm, d = 0.45, P = .027, +7%) and group 4 (mean difference = 1.48 cm, d = 0.94, P = .004, +14%). FL returned to baseline following detraining in groups 3 and 4. Strength increased in group 2 (mean difference = 53.6 N, d = 0.55, P = .002, +14%), group 3 (mean difference = 63.4 N, d = 0.72, P = .027, +17%), and group 4 (mean difference = 74.7, d = 0.83, P = .006, +19%) following training. Strength returned to baseline following detraining in groups 2 and 3 but not in group 4. Conclusions: Initial high volumes of the NHE followed by lower volumes, as well as progressively increasing volumes, can elicit increases in BFlh FL and eccentric knee flexor strength. Low volumes of the NHE were insufficient to increase FL, although as few as 48 repetitions in 6 weeks did increase strength

Quantitative analysis of dipyridamole-thallium images for the detection of coronary artery disease

To determine if the detection of coronary artery disease by dipyridamole-thallium imaging is improved by 1) quantitative versus qualitative analysis, and 2) combining quantitative variables, 80 patients with chest pain (53 with and 27 without coronary artery disease) who underwent cardiac catheterization were studied. Segmental thallium initial uptake, linear clearance, mono-exponential clearance and redistribution were measured from early, intermediate and delayed images acquired in three projections. Normal values were determined from 13 other clinically normal subjects.When five segments per view were used for quantitative analysis, sensitivity and specificity were 87 and 63%, respectively, for uptake, 77 and 67% for linear clearance, 60 and 60% for monoexponential clearance and 62 and 56% for redistribution. Of the four variables, uptake and linear clearance were the most sensitive (p < 0.01) and specificity did not differ significantly. Using three segments per view, the specificity of uptake increased (p < 0.05) to 78% without a significant change in sensitivity (85%). With this approach, sensitivity and specificity did not differ from those of qualitative analysis (85 and 78%, respectively).Stepwise logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the best quantitative thallium correlate of the presence of coronary artery disease was a combination variable of “either abnormal uptake or abnormal linear clearance, or both.” Using five segments per view, the model's specificity (85%) was greater than that of uptake alone (p < 0.02), with similar sensitivity (92%). Using three segments per view, the model's specificity (93%) was greater than that of uptake alone (p < 0.05) and of qualitative analysis (p < 0.05), with similar sensitivity (85%). Compared with qualitative analysis, the diagnostic accuracy of the model was greater using either five segments (90 versus 82%, p < 0.01) or three segments (88 versus 82%, p < 0.05) per view.Quantitative analysis of dipyridamole-thallium images using single individual variables provides results comparable with those of qualitative analysis and this can be further optimized when a combination of quantitative variables is used

Session availability as a result of prior injury impacts the risk of subsequent injury in elite male Australian footballers

Prior injury is a commonly identified risk factor for subsequent injury. However, a binary approach to classifying prior injury (i.e., yes/no) is commonly implemented and may constrain scientific findings, as it is possible that variations in the amount of time lost due to an injury will impact subsequent injury risk to differing degrees. Accordingly, this study investigated whether session availability, a surrogate marker of prior injury, influenced the risk of subsequent non-contact lower limb injury in Australian footballers. Data were collected from 62 male elite Australian footballers throughout the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Australian Football League seasons. Each athlete’s participation status (i.e., full or missed/modified) and any injuries that occurred during training sessions/matches were recorded. As the focus of the current study was prior injury, any training sessions/matches that were missed due to reasons other than an injury (e.g., load management, illness and personal reasons) were removed from the data prior to all analyses. For every Monday during the in-season periods, session availability (%) in the prior 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, and 84 days was determined as the number of training sessions/matches fully completed (injury free) relative to the number of training sessions/matches possible in each window. Each variable was modeled using logistic regression to determine its impact on subsequent injury risk. Throughout the study period, 173 non-contact lower limb injuries that resulted in at least one missed/modified training session or match during the in-season periods occurred. Greater availability in the prior 7 days increased injury probabilities by up to 4.4%. The impact of session availability on subsequent injury risk diminished with expanding windows (i.e., availability in the prior 14 days through to the prior 84 days). Lesser availability in the prior 84 days increased injury probabilities by up to 14.1%, only when coupled with greater availability in the prior 7 days. Session availability may provide an informative marker of the impact of prior injury on subsequent injury risk and can be used by coaches and clinicians to guide the progression of training, particularly for athletes that are returning from long periods of injury

The Alliance for Recovery Research in Music Therapy

The mental health recovery movement recognises the importance of expertise by experience held by service users alongside healthcare practitioners. Recovery has gained attention in music therapy but a situation prevails where practitioners and researchers set research agendas. A group of music therapists recognised the absence of service user voices in music therapy research, and in 2017 they established a network called the Alliance for Recovery Research in Music Therapy (ARRIMT). In 2020, they started to develop a multi-national platform to explore mental health recovery in relation to research. Service users and music therapists were invited from three countries including Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom (UK). Local meetings were held to introduce stakeholders from each country, followed by three online meetings. Music was central to each meeting and each built upon content from previous meetings. Our conversations opened up new possibilities for working together. Four priorities for practice and research were identified: Music as a connector; music between sessions; music technology; and, online music therapy. This report will share our process and what we learnt from working together. We contextualise our work within concepts of foregrounding and mattering and view this work as a crucial step towards meaningful co-production. We reflect upon the role of music in building group identity alongside the importance of careful curation. Finally, we present ideas for future music therapy and mental health research. Group DescriptionIn 2018 the Alliance for Recovery Research in Music Therapy (ARRIMT) was founded as an international group of music therapy service users, researchers and practitioners from Australia, Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Fundamental to this group is the concept of recovery where those who use and those who provide mental health services work together to share knowledge and experiences that can have a positive impact on mental health service delivery. Key to this is listening carefully to the voices of those who use music therapy so that their views and experiences influence how music therapy is offered in mental health services. The founders and coordinators of the group are Tríona McCaffrey, Hans Petter Paulen Solli, and Catherine E. Carr. Other members of the group are Cornelia Bent, Darmuid Boyle, Oda Bjørke Dypvik, Kenneth Dybdahl, Tommy Hayes, Lauren M. Hickling, Jane Fernandez, Anne Malerbakken, Brendan Ruddy, and Torgrim Vågan.</jats:p