The Influence of Participating Pattern in Leisure and Sporting Activities of People with Disability upon the Participatory Level

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 865-874
Author(s):  
Jae Duk Han
Keyword(s):  
People With Disability ◽  
Sporting Activities

Wintertourismus beeinflusst das Verhalten und die Stressphysiologie des Auerhuhns | Winter tourism influences the behaviour and the stress physiology of the capercaillie

2009 ◽  
Vol 160 (10) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Mollet ◽  
Dominik Thiel
Keyword(s):  
Home Ranges ◽  
Stress Hormone ◽  
Recreational Activity ◽  
Forest Patches ◽  
Recreational Facilities ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Winter Tourism ◽  
Middle Europe ◽  
Sporting Activities ◽  
High Level

The present study investigated whether the flushing distance, the territorial use and the stress hormone physiology of the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) were influenced in the winter by the presence of a large number of people engaged in sporting activities. In most cases flushing distances were greater, and higher concentrations of stress hormone were found in the blood serum, in areas having a high intensity of sporting activities than in forest stands relatively undisturbed by tourists. During the ski season capercaillie avoided forest patches within their home ranges where there was a high level of recreational activity. The results lead to the conclusion that intensive winter tourism can be a serious threat to the remaining capercaillie populations in middle Europe. It is recommended that the construction of new recreational facilities and new developments should be avoided in the most important habitats for capercaillie. The important habitats which today already lie in the immediate vicinity of areas intensively used by tourists could clearly receive enhanced status, according to each situation, either as tranquility areas for wildlife where entrance is forbidden or with regulations requiring winter tourists to stay on trails.

Advanced spatial modulation for efficient MIMO-based B2B communications in sporting activities

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 3529-3536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anirban Bhowal ◽  
Aditi Satsheel Sapre ◽  
Ronak Lalani ◽  
RakheshSingh Kshetrimayum
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Modulation ◽  
Sporting Activities

scholarly journals Physiological and Behavioral Mechanisms of Thermoregulation in Mammals

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1733
Author(s):  
Daniel Mota-Rojas ◽  
Cristiane Gonçalves Titto ◽  
Agustín Orihuela ◽  
Julio Martínez-Burnes ◽  
Jocelyn Gómez-Prado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
Neural Pathways ◽  
Anatomical Structures ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Microvascular Changes ◽  
Sporting Activities ◽  
Loss Of Appetite ◽  
Behavioral Mechanisms

This review analyzes the main anatomical structures and neural pathways that allow the generation of autonomous and behavioral mechanisms that regulate body heat in mammals. The study of the hypothalamic neuromodulation of thermoregulation offers broad areas of opportunity with practical applications that are currently being strengthened by the availability of efficacious tools like infrared thermography (IRT). These areas could include the following: understanding the effect of climate change on behavior and productivity; analyzing the effects of exercise on animals involved in sporting activities; identifying the microvascular changes that occur in response to fear, pleasure, pain, and other situations that induce stress in animals; and examining thermoregulating behaviors. This research could contribute substantially to understanding the drastic modification of environments that have severe consequences for animals, such as loss of appetite, low productivity, neonatal hypothermia, and thermal shock, among others. Current knowledge of these physiological processes and complex anatomical structures, like the nervous systems and their close relation to mechanisms of thermoregulation, is still limited. The results of studies in fields like evolutionary neuroscience of thermoregulation show that we cannot yet objectively explain even processes that on the surface seem simple, including behavioral changes and the pathways and connections that trigger mechanisms like vasodilatation and panting. In addition, there is a need to clarify the connection between emotions and thermoregulation that increases the chances of survival of some organisms. An increasingly precise understanding of thermoregulation will allow us to design and apply practical methods in fields like animal science and clinical medicine without compromising levels of animal welfare. The results obtained should not only increase the chances of survival but also improve quality of life and animal production.

scholarly journals Professional Sport and Initial Mental Health Public Disclosure Narratives

2020 ◽  
pp. 216747952097731
Author(s):  
Christopher Elsey ◽  
Peter Winter ◽  
Susan Jayne Litchfield ◽  
Sharon Ogweno ◽  
James Southwood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Public Disclosure ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sporting Activities

The disclosure of absences from professional sporting activities to the media is a routine and generally unproblematic part of a sporting career. However, when the reason for the absence relates to mental health concerns, players can encounter difficulties in trying to define, describe and conceptualise their own issues while attempting to maintain privacy as they undergo assessment and treatment. Drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis principles and methods, this paper explores first/initial public mental health disclosure narratives produced by players and sporting organizations across several professional sports via media interviews, press statements, and social media posts. The analysis focuses on (in)voluntary accounts produced by teams or players themselves during their careers and examines the different communication strategies they employ to categorise and explain their predicament. The analysis reveals how some players provide partial or proxy public disclosure announcements (due to a desire to mask issues or delayed help-seeking and assessment), whereas others prefer fuller disclosure of the problems experienced, including diagnoses and on-going treatment and therapy regimes. The paper outlines the consequences of these disclosure strategies and considers the implications they can have for a player’s wellbeing in these stressful circumstances.

Biceps Rupture in Water-related Sporting Activities

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-130
Author(s):  
Cheng H. Lo ◽  
Christopher Coombs ◽  
Simon N. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Biceps Brachii ◽  
Early Recognition ◽  
Biceps Brachii Muscle ◽  
Muscle Repair ◽  
Biceps Muscle ◽  
Muscle Belly ◽  
Injury Management ◽  
Muscle Rupture ◽  
Biceps Rupture ◽  
Sporting Activities

Closed traumatic disruptions of biceps brachii muscle belly are rarely seen. In this paper, we report two rare cases of biceps brachii muscle belly rupture sustained while water-skiing or wakeboarding and discuss the mechanism of injury, management and outcomes after a literature review. A review of published articles revealed only three previously reported cases of water skiing related biceps muscle rupture. It is important to be vigilant of these injuries, given that early recognition and operative intervention with or without direct muscle repair may optimise outcomes.

scholarly journals The Implementation of the NDIS: Who Wins, Who Loses?

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Green ◽  
Jane Mears
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Major Step ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
People With Disability

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a major paradigm shift in funding and support for people with disability in Australia. It is a person centered model that has at its core a change in government funding away from service providers direct to individuals with disability. In principle it is heralded as a major step forward in disability rights. Nonetheless, the implementation poses threats as well as benefits. This paper outlines potential threats or risks from the perspective of not-for-profit organisations, workers in the sector and most importantly people with disability.  It draws on a range of recent reports on the sector, person centered models of funding and care, the NDIS and past experience. Its purpose is to forewarn the major issues so that implementers can be forearmed. 

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