the purpose of this study was to study the matching of the competitiveness trait and kind of training condition when learning a sport skill (basketball free throw). 60 male university students (age 21.76±1.5 years) participated in this study and were divided into two homogeneous groups based on their pretest scores. as a result, four training groups were used in this study. sport orientation qu...

an increase in c-reactive protein inflammatory indicator and lipid profile is accompanied with an increase in cardiovascular risks. however, the effect of resistance exercises on these cardiovascular risk factors in females is unknown.the aim of this study was to examine the effect of 12 weeks of circuit exercise on c-reactive protein and lipid profile in inactive women.for this purpose, 24 you...

BACKGROUND Using movies has been accepted worldwide as a tool to help students learn medical professionalism. In the second year, a group of medical students conducted the "Cinemeducation" project to promote professionalism in the "Medical Ethics and Critical Thinking" course. METHOD Five movies with professionalism issues were screened with 20-30 students attending each session. After the sh...

The aim of this study was to explore the influence of task complexity and time of day on middleaged shift-workers. Two groups of twelve subjects participated to this experiment: one Junior group (aged 20-30) and one Senior group (aged 50-60). Performance was assessed in two tasks involving different cognitive load: a simple visual discrimination task and a complex mental arithmetic test. The fo...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study are to evaluate the impact on voice of both duration and intensity level of 2 hours of continuous oral reading. Voice modifications accompanying changes in intensity level during prolonged reading tasks are analyzed. METHODS Fifty normophonic women undergo two sessions of voice loading in which the required intensity level of voice varied between 60-65 ...

As diffusion tractography is increasingly used to generate quantitative measures to address clinical questions, it is important to characterise the inter-session reproducibility and inter-subject variability of these measures. Here, we assess the reproducibility and variability of diffusion tractography measures using diffusion data from 8 subjects scanned 3 times. We used probabilistic tractog...

Background. Restrictions implemented to control the spread of Covid-19 pandemic may lead disruptions in occupational balance among university students. Purpose. The aim this study was evaluate effectiveness a web-based time-use intervention on Method. A total 60 participants were randomly assigned and groups. group received eight sessions time management intervention, while single-session inter...

The current study sought to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a brief mindfulness intervention aimed to reduce rates and consequences of binge drinking among college students. Participants were 76 undergraduate students assigned to a mindfulness/cue exposure group (MG) or a control/cue exposure only group (CG). Assessments were administered at the beginning of the initial session (i.e., ...

INTRODUCTION This study investigated the influence of a far infrared-ray dry sauna-induced heat exposure before a simulated dive on bubble formation, and examined the concomitant adjustments in hemodynamic parameters. METHODS There were 16 divers who were compressed in a hyperbaric chamber to 400 kPa (30 msw) for 25 min and decompressed at 100 kPa x min(-1) with a 4-min stop at 130 kPa. Each ...

Green, H., R. Tupling, B. Roy, D. O’Toole, M. Burnett, and S. Grant. Adaptations in skeletal muscle exercise metabolism to a sustained session of heavy intermittent exercise. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 278: E118–E126, 2000.—The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that a single, extended session of heavy exercise would be effective in inducing adaptations in energy me...