scholarly journals Smoking as a factor influencing the rehabilitation process after cardiac surgery

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
Alicja Mińko ◽  
Zuzanna Hilicka ◽  
Dominik Turzyński
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Exercise Tolerance ◽  
Test Score ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Smoking Exposure ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Minute Walk

Introduction: Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation is a standard therapeutic procedure in patients after cardiac surgery. Its course depends on many factors. One of them is smoking. Exposure of the body to tobacco compounds reduces the supply of oxygen to the organs, which in turn has a damaging effect on the heart tissue.Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of smoking on the effectiveness of rehabilitation in patients after cardiac surgery.Materials and methods: The research was carried out at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, SPSK 2, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin. The research was conducted among 35 patients, divided into 3 groups. The first group of 9 people (26%) were non-smokers. The second group was assigned to 11 people (31%) who were heavy smokers. The third group consisted of 15 people (43%) who had been addicted to cigarettes in the past. The research tool used in the study was the 6-minute walk test.Results: Non-smokers achieved a greater improvement in the 6-minute test score compared to the group of smokers and ex-smokers, whose mean score was lower by 39.17 m (± 100.80) and 85.74 m (± 80.56), respectively.Conclusion: Smoking may have an impact on the exercise capacity and exercise tolerance in patients after cardiac surgery.

Sports Law in an Olympic Year: Citius, Altius, Fortius?

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Anderson
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Sports Law ◽  
Global Industry ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Short Piece ◽  
History Of

AbstractIn 2012 London becomes the first city to host an Olympics for the third time. The contrast between the Games of 2012 and those of 1908 and 1948 could not be starker and form a background to some of the matters discussed in this short piece. Central to the discussion is the contention that the development of the body of law now known as sports law is related to the accelerated commercialisation of sport during the past century. In short, the business of modern sport is exactly that – a business; indeed, sport is now a global industry and the commodification of sport will be seen to an exaggerated effect in London throughout the summer of 2012. Accordingly, this article by Jack Anderson begins by giving an outline of the financial robustness of modern sport, epitomised by the Olympics, before presenting a brief history of the evolution of sports law. Thereafter various issues in contemporary sports law are identified and discussed. The conclusion attempts to bring all of these themes together in order to give an overview of the area as a discrete, vibrant, if still emerging, discipline of law.

scholarly journals Clinical and laboratory characteristics of influenza in pregnant women in the epidemiological season of 2013-2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
Ella G. Deeva ◽  
T. V Sologub ◽  
E. P Tikhonova ◽  
E. I Krasnova ◽  
N. I Konovalova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Significant Inhibition ◽  
The Body ◽  
Expectant Mother ◽  
The Past ◽  
Complicated Course ◽  
Ifn Γ ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Medical University

By force of hormonal and physiological changes occurring in the body throughout pregnancy, in the case of the flu, pregnant women are at greater risk of developing complications. In this regard, the study of clinical and pathogenetic features of influenza in pregnant women deserves special attention. So, on the basis of epidemiological data over the past few decades, WHO experts have included pregnant women in groups at risk of severe (complicated) course of the flu. The flu for a pregnant female is a dangerous infection, representing a real threat to the health of the expectant mother and her child. The clinical picture of influenza in pregnant women can vary significantly, and severe complications combine with the development of a pathology of pregnancy, which ultimately exacerbates the condition as well an expectant mother as the fetus. For the study both of the character of the clinical course of influenza in pregnant women and the mechanism of the immunosuppressive state FGBU "Influenza Research Institute" performed a simple multi-center comparative study on the base of the infectious-disease units of the GBOU "NGMU" and the Medical University "KrasGMU named after. prof. V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The obtained results allowed to reveal some clinical and immunological features of the course of influenza in pregnant women: at the peak of the disease there was noted a significant inhibition of induced production of IFN-γ.

Derrida on Pornography: Putting (It) Up for Sale

Derrida Today ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Morris
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
English Translation ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Past ◽  
French Original ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Critical Discourses ◽  
Academic Debate

Over the past thirty years, academic debate over pornography in the discourses of feminism and cultural studies has foundered on questions of the performative and of the word's definition. In the polylogue of Droit de regards, pornography is defined as la mise en vente that is taking place in the act of exegesis in progress. (Wills's idiomatic English translation includes an ‘it’ that is absent in the French original). The definition in Droit de regards alludes to the word's etymology (writing by or about prostitutes) but leaves the referent of the ‘sale’ suspended. Pornography as la mise en vente boldly restates the necessary iterability of the sign and anticipates two of Derrida's late arguments: that there is no ‘the’ body and that performatives may be powerless. Deriving a definition of pornography from a truncated etymology exemplifies the prosthesis of origin and challenges other critical discourses to explain how pornography can be understood as anything more than ‘putting (it) up for sale’.

Al-Rasm al-ʿUthmānī: Towards Correct Pronunciation and the Preclusion of Ambiguity

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-171
Author(s):  
Nāṣir Al-Dīn Abū Khaḍīr
Keyword(s):  
Specific Pattern ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Correct Pronunciation ◽  
The One ◽  
The Mind

The ʿUthmānic way of writing (al-rasm al-ʿUthmānī) is a science that specialises in the writing of Qur'anic words in accordance with a specific ‘pattern’. It follows the writing style of the Companions at the time of the third caliph, ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān, and was attributed to ʿUthmān on the basis that he was the one who ordered the collection and copying of the Qur'an into the actual muṣḥaf. This article aims to expound on the two fundamental functions of al-rasm al-ʿUthmānī: that of paying regard to the ‘correct’ pronunciation of the words in the muṣḥaf, and the pursuit of the preclusion of ambiguity which may arise in the mind of the reader and his auditor. There is a further practical aim for this study: to show the connection between modern orthography and the ʿUthmānic rasm in order that we, nowadays, are thereby able to overcome the problems faced by calligraphers and writers of the past in their different ages and cultures.

Lot's Offer of his Daughters to his People in the Torah and the Qur'an: A Comparative Study in Two Parts (Part One)

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-224
Author(s):  
ʿĀʾiḍ B. Sad Al-Dawsarī
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
Moral Dimensions ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The story of Lot is one of many shared by the Qur'an and the Torah, and Lot's offer of his two daughters to his people is presented in a similar way in the two books. This article compares the status of Lot in the Qur'an and Torah, and explores the moral dimensions of his character, and what scholars of the two religions make of this story. The significance of the episodes in which Lot offers his daughters to his people lies in the similarities and differences of the accounts given in the two books and the fact that, in both the past and the present, this story has presented moral problems and criticism has been leveled at Lot. Context is crucial in understanding this story, and exploration of the ways in which Lot and his people are presented is also useful in terms of comparative studies of the two scriptures. This article is divided into three sections: the first explores the depiction of Lot in the two texts, the second explores his moral limitations, and the third discusses the interpretations of various exegetes and scholars of the two books. Although there are similarities between the Qur'anic and Talmudic accounts of this episode, it is read differently by scholars from the two religions because of the different contexts of the respective accounts.

Receptions of the Past: Commemoration, Racism, Desire

Somatechnics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-303
Author(s):  
Michael Connors Jackman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
White Privilege ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

This article investigates the ways in which the work of The Body Politic (TBP), the first major lesbian and gay newspaper in Canada, comes to be commemorated in queer publics and how it figures in the memories of those who were involved in producing the paper. In revisiting a critical point in the history of TBP from 1985 when controversy erupted over race and racism within the editorial collective, this discussion considers the role of memory in the reproduction of whiteness and in the rupture of standard narratives about the past. As the controversy continues to haunt contemporary queer activism in Canada, the productive work of memory must be considered an essential aspect of how, when and for what reasons the work of TBP comes to be commemorated. By revisiting the events of 1985 and by sifting through interviews with individuals who contributed to the work of TBP, this article complicates the narrative of TBP as a bluntly racist endeavour whilst questioning the white privilege and racially-charged demands that undergird its commemoration. The work of producing and preserving queer history is a vital means of challenging the intentional and strategic erasure of queer existence, but those who engage in such efforts must remain attentive to the unequal terrain of social relations within which remembering forms its objects.

Body and Desire

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael A. Cadenhead
Keyword(s):  
Full Range ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gregory Of Nyssa ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ethical Discourse ◽  
Sex And Sexuality ◽  
Diachronic Analysis

Although the reception of the Eastern father Gregory of Nyssa has varied over the centuries, the past few decades have witnessed a profound awakening of interest in his thought, particularly in relation to the contentious issues of gender, sex, and sexuality. The Body and Desire sets out to retrieve the full range of Gregory’s thinking on the challenges of the ascetic life through a diachronic analysis of his oeuvre. Exploring his understanding of the importance of bodily and spiritual maturation in the practices of contemplation and virtue, Raphael Cadenhead recovers the vital relevance of this vision of transformation for contemporary ethical discourse.

Stress management: Corpus-based insights into vernacular interpretations of stress

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Laurel Smith Stvan
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
American English ◽  
Physical Symptom ◽  
The Body ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Semantic Shift

Examination of the term stress in naturally occurring vernacular prose provides evidence of three separate senses being conflated. A corpus analysis of 818 instances of stress from non-academic texts in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the Corpus of American Discourses on Health (CADOH) shows a negative prosody for stress, which is portrayed variously as a source outside the body, a physical symptom within the body and an emotional state. The data show that contemporary speakers intermingle the three senses, making more difficult a discussion between doctors and patients of ways to ‘reduce stress’, when stress might be interpreted as a stressor, a symptom, or state of anxiety. This conflation of senses reinforces the impression that stress is pervasive and increasing. In addition, a semantic shift is also refining a new sense for stress, as post-traumatic stress develops as a specific subtype of emotional stress whose use has increased in circulation in the past 20 years.

Negotiating Tripartite Philosophy (Strategy–tactics–technique)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Hazem Hamad Mousa Al Janabi
Keyword(s):  
Bottom Line ◽  
Negotiation Strategy ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past

Tripartite Negotiating philosophy: (strategy - tactics - technique) At the beginning , the research consists of four sections as follows: The first axis titled: "what negotiation", and the second axis: "philosophy of negotiation," The third axis titled: "negotiation strategy". Down to the fourth axis which included titled: "negotiating tactic", Sajama with the past and as a supplement came fifth axis titled: "negotiating technique", to be the bottom line in the form of a set of conclusions. Negotiation consists of a base triple hierarchical strategy - tactics - technique. The philosophy of negotiating interactive basis of rationality. Negotiable three parties are the position and the case and the parties involved. Is the process of negotiating strategic recruitment capacity and capabilities to achieve the desired goal of the crisis prematurely. Negotiating tactic is the process of hiring capacity and capabilities to achieve the desired goal at the negotiating table. •The technique is the process of negotiating employment capacity and capabilities to achieve the desired goal at the negotiating table to contain thesudden things check response and renewed flexibility.

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