College Boys Research Articles

Effect of games and sports on emotional intelligence of college boys and girls in India

Effect of games and sports on emotional intelligence of college boys and girls in India

A pilot study: Comparative efficacy of power yoga, restorative yoga and their combination on reaction time among the college boys of North Tripura

A pilot study: Comparative efficacy of power yoga, restorative yoga and their combination on reaction time among the college boys of North Tripura

Examining muscular endurance in different age categories of junior college boys from rural and urban environments

Examining muscular endurance in different age categories of junior college boys from rural and urban environments

Retraction Note: Rock stress and deformation characteristics based on SVM and sports high-intensity interval training

Since the 21st century, with the rapid development of China’s domestic economy and the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, the development and construction of urban infrastructure are also faster and faster, and the requirements for the stability of foundations such as buildings, roads and bridges, subway, and high-speed railway are also higher and higher. In the southwest of China, due to the influence of terrain conditions, there are a large number of soil rock mixtures with uneven particle size change and complex particle composition. Understanding the mechanical properties of soil rock mixture and effectively measuring the strength and deformation parameters of soil rock mixture are one of the most important research topics. At the same time, in order to identify the soil rock mixture, the conventional Gauss Euclidean distance calculation method cannot fully reflect the structure of soil rock mixture, so an improved Gauss kernel function multiclass support vector machine (MSVM) method is proposed. On the basis of Gaussian radial, Gaussian kernel function is used to replace Euclidean distance in ranging. The attitude kernel function of Gaussian kernel function is established according to ranging. Many types of support vector machines (SVM) are constructed by a binary tree method to complete classification. The experimental results show that, based on the improved Gaussian kernel function, this paper discusses the high-intensity interval training, so as to achieve a good recognition effect, whether it has a promoting effect on improving the physical quality of college boys, and designs the training scheme to carry out experimental intervention on college boys, so as to provide a new training theoretical reference for school physical education teaching. It also provides a training method for college boys to improve their physical fitness.

Contemporary Aspects of Training in Vocational Secondary Schools and Students’ Health

Introduction: Current vocational secondary education (VSE) in Russia is characterized by a focus on practical training (as part of dual training) aimed at improving professional competencies of graduates. It also demonstrates negative trends in adolescent health, which requires optimization and development of specific algorithms of medical support for students aged 14–22 years and older appropriate to their academic and practical workload. Objective: To assess adaptation of college students to learning conditions, depending on their health status, and to substantiate ways of improving their health care. Material and methods: We retrieved and analyzed information from the database of multicenter studies conducted within the unified program of the National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health of the Russian Ministry of Health. Our sample included 197 first- and second-year college boys from the cities of Omsk and Moscow studying to become welders and auto mechanics. The quality of life, health and well-being indicators were evaluated according to the International Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short-form (MOS SF-36). The students were divided into subgroups based on their health status. The statistical processing complied with modern requirements and criteria of evidence-based medicine. Results: We established that vocational schools admitted a significant number of applicants with the above specialty preferences suffering from chronic diseases (21.1–26 %). Results of the questionnaire-based survey of future welders and car mechanics revealed difficulties in adaptation to the educational process of the students with chronic disorders expressed by lower quality of life indicators, frequent health complaints and feelings of fatigue, especially in second-year students who experience an increasing academic and practical workload. Conclusions: Students with chronic diseases mastering professions with hazardous working conditions represent population at risk, require health monitoring, determination of professional suitability, and control over the working conditions in industrial practice. The importance of protecting health of future professionals is determined by implementation of practice-based training in 42 % of vocational schools. Models of school medicine proposed to optimize health care in comprehensive schools can be adapted to conditions of secondary vocational facilities. Foreign studies have proved feasibility of an early onset of work-related diseases in certain occupations, even before completion of training, thus necessitating vocational guidance, professional medical advice, and development of an effective system of medical support for adolescents and students.

RETRACTED ARTICLE:Rock stress and deformation characteristics based on SVM and sports high-intensity interval training

Since the 21st century, with the rapid development of China’s domestic economy and the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, the development and construction of urban infrastructure are also faster and faster, and the requirements for the stability of foundations such as buildings, roads and bridges, subway, and high-speed railway are also higher and higher. In the southwest of China, due to the influence of terrain conditions, there are a large number of soil rock mixtures with uneven particle size change and complex particle composition. Understanding the mechanical properties of soil rock mixture and effectively measuring the strength and deformation parameters of soil rock mixture are one of the most important research topics. At the same time, in order to identify the soil rock mixture, the conventional Gauss Euclidean distance calculation method cannot fully reflect the structure of soil rock mixture, so an improved Gauss kernel function multiclass support vector machine (MSVM) method is proposed. On the basis of Gaussian radial, Gaussian kernel function is used to replace Euclidean distance in ranging. The attitude kernel function of Gaussian kernel function is established according to ranging. Many types of support vector machines (SVM) are constructed by a binary tree method to complete classification. The experimental results show that, based on the improved Gaussian kernel function, this paper discusses the high-intensity interval training, so as to achieve a good recognition effect, whether it has a promoting effect on improving the physical quality of college boys, and designs the training scheme to carry out experimental intervention on college boys, so as to provide a new training theoretical reference for school physical education teaching. It also provides a training method for college boys to improve their physical fitness.

Apparel buying behaviour of college boys and girls in relation to visual merchandising: A comparative study

Apparel buying behaviour of college boys and girls in relation to visual merchandising: A comparative study

Vanilla by Billy Merrell

Reviewed by: Vanilla by Billy Merrell Karen Coats Merrell, Billy Vanilla. Push/Scholastic, 2017 320p ISBN 978-1-338-10092-1 $17.99 R Gr. 10-12 When best friends Hunter and Vanilla come out as boyfriends at their eighth-grade dance, their classmates respond with envy—here is a couple who has the kind of sweetly intense, uncomplicated love that everyone wants. Then Hunter goes through puberty and begins pressing for sex as a way to deepen their intimacy, while Vanilla remains happy with kissing and occasional sexting. Eventually their conflict becomes public, at least with the one group that does bully them—a clique of gay boys, led by nonbinary, flamboyant Clown, who make fun of them for their virginity and exclusivity. The first half of this verse novel alternates between the poetic voices of Hunter and Vanilla, but then Clown's voice is added for perspective as the couple undergoes strain; ultimately they break apart, with Hunter seeking what he wants from the internet and a college boy, while Clown helps Vanilla to an [End Page 168] understanding of his asexuality. Though Hunter is the only one who self-identifies as a poet, each boy speaks in heady, often obscure metaphors layered with deeply felt understanding of their emotional ecstasies and agonies. The cognitive challenge of the poetry, the boys' preternatural self-awareness of their gender identities in the midst of hormonal overload and heartbreak, the sensual descriptions of physical longings fulfilled and frustrated, and the attenuated focus on the rise and fall of a romantic relationship without external distractions of plot all combine here to earn the name of the publishing imprint, Push. Give this to readers ready to tip over into emerging adult lit. KC Copyright © 2017 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Mysterious Looks of Typhoid Fever: A New Experience

Enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid) is a common infectious disease worldwide, especially in developing countries like Bangladesh. Typhoid fever caused by the gram negative bacterium Salmonella typhi that may have a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. We report a case of a 17 year old previously healthy college boy who presented with fever, abdominal pain and shortness of breath later on who was eventually diagnosed as having typhoid fever complicated by acute pancreatitis, hepatitis and severe pulmonary hypertension. Enteric fever presenting as acute pancreatitis and pulmonary hypertension is a rare entity and must be considered in endemic areas like Bangladesh, in patients presenting with fever and concomitant severe abdominal pain and shortness of breath, as any delay in timely institution of treatment can prove fatal. There are very few case reports in the world which have depicted this unusual association.Bangladesh Crit Care J March 2015; 3 (1): 36-38

Interaction of Iron Deficiency Anemia and Hemoglobinopathies Among College Students and Pregnant Women: A Multi Center Evaluation in India

Although iron deficiency anemia is very common in India, systematic large studies on the prevalence and hematological consequences of iron deficiency among carriers of β-thalassemia (β-thal) and other hemoglobinopathies are lacking. A multi center project was undertaken to screen college/university students and pregnant women for iron deficiency anemia and various hemoglobinopathies. Fifty-six thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two subjects from six states, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal, Assam and Punjab, were studied. Iron deficiency anemia was evaluated by measuring zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP) and hemoglobin (Hb) levels, while β-thal and other hemoglobinopathies were detected by measuring the red cell indices and by Hb analysis using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). College boys (2.2%), college girls (14.3%) and antenatal women (27.0%) without any hemoglobinopathies had iron deficiency anemia. Among the β-thal carriers, the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia was 17.3% in college boys, 38.1% in college girls and 55.9% in pregnant women, while in the Hb E [β26(B8)Glu→Lys; HBB: c.79G>A] carriers, it was 7.3% in college boys, 25.4% in college girls and 78.0% in antenatal women. In individuals with Hb E disease, the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia varied from 31.2-77.3% in the three groups. A significant reduction in Hb levels was seen when iron deficiency anemia was associated with hemoglobinopathies. However, the Hb A2 levels in β-thal carriers were not greatly reduced in the presence of iron deficiency anemia.

Teasing Out Clues, Not Kooks

Teasing Out Clues, Not Kooks

Game Changer

Game Changer

Malamud's “Subject Matter”:

Malamud's “Subject Matter”:

Self-Esteem of College Youth who Exercise and those Who Don't

Nathaniel Branden in 1969 briefly defined self-esteem as ...the experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy of happiness. Physical exercise is bodily activity that develops or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is often practiced to strengthen muscles and the cardiovascular system, and to hone athletic skills.Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent diseases of affluence such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity. It also improves mental health and helps prevent depress ion.Generally, the co-relational research examining self-esteem has shown a relation between self-esteem and the probability of engaging in exercise and maintaining an exercise program. The presence of high self-esteem or self-efficacy beliefs has been demonstrated to be factors in determining whether an individual will elect to participate in an exercise program.In contrast, research with adolescents with low self-esteem shows tendencies to under-eating and over-eating with less likelihood of physical activity.With respect to adults, studies utilizing the Physical Self-Perception Profile (PSPP) successfully demonstrated that positive physical selfworth showed a relationship between global self-esteem and the subdomain levels of sport confidence, physical conditioning, attractive body image, and strength. Finally, the co-relational studies show that there appears to be a lack of relation between exercise and self-esteem for individuals who do not view exercise as essential. Also, not all research demonstrated a co-relational effect between exercise and selfesteem; for instance, Aine and Lester (1995) found no effect on a selfreport questionnaire examining regular exercise and amount of exercise in students. The individuals who have belief in specific competencies are more likely to engage in exercise and then experience success which increases their likelihood of continuing exercise. In addition, exercise is likely to increase self-esteem. These findings are fairly consistent across different age ranges and length of exercise programs as well as intensity of exercise.The relation of the co-relational studies indicating that high selfesteem individuals are more likely to participate in exercise and the experimental studies showing improved self-esteem from exercise implementation can be understood through Bandura's (1977) concept of reciprocal determinism. This theory indicates that behavior, personality, and environment interact together to determine personality and behavior. Thus, the personality trait of positive selfregard leads to the adaptation of exercise behavior. Engaging in the behavior of exercise, in turn, leads to greater positive self-regard; thus, they impact on one another is a reciprocal fashion.Overall, the connection between self-esteem and exercise has been fairly established although, as identified above, there are specific issues that need to be more clearly defined and more rigorous experimental research need to be conducted. Hence , the researcher is interested to study the self esteem of college youth those who excercise and those who don't excercise. The researcher in the present research aims to make a comparative Study on Self Esteem of College Youth who exercise and who don't exercise.Objectives of the studyTo compare the total self esteem between college youth who exercise and those who don't.* To compare the total self esteem between college boys and girls who exercise* To compare the total self esteem between college boys and girls who don't exercise* To study the total self esteem between college youth who exercise due to compulsion and those who exercise due to personal choiceHypotheses of the studyThe following hypotheses are:* There will be a significant difference in the total self-esteem between college youth who exercise and those who don't. …

Effect of psychological training on the selected performance related variables in shootingball game among polytechnic college boys in Andhra Pradesh

Sports skills can be developed fully only by physical and mental training. Many coaches attempt to correct poor performance by having an athlete simply put in more practice time. Often,...

"College Boys and Boozers": <i>Vermont's Northern League and William Clarence Matthews</i>

The colored player in league ball in 1905 William Clarence Matthews, and that season in Vermont's Northern League his only season in professional baseball.1 At Harvard, had won fame for his baseball exploits, becoming one of the nation's best college players on the foremost college nine in the country. In the summer of 1905, while playing in Vermont, became the focus of additional national attention when it reported by a Boston newspaper that would soon be breaking the color barrier in major league baseball by joining Fred Tenney's Boston Nationals.Matthews' life is an absorbing document of the African American experience from the end of Reconstruction to the Depression. In his lifetime, Matthews intimately associated with Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey, and attended the Harvard College of W.E.B. DuBois, William Munroe Trotter, and William Henry Lewis. When died in 1928, at age 50, more than 1,500 mourners gathered at his funeral in Boston; President Coolidge and Attorney General John Sargent sent telegrams of consolation and celebration of his life. The Evening Transcript, Boston's foremost white newspaper, called him a leader of his race.I have written more extensively about Matthews' life elsewhere.2 This essay largely focuses on the context of his only foray into professional baseball, the Northern League of Vermont, and describes in detail the organization of that league and the players and controversies that marked this extraordinary baseball enterprise in the summer of Matthews' rumored breakthrough.Matthews forced to play in an outlaw league. The organized minor leagues played under the so-called National and abided by the same Gentleman's Agreement that barred blacks from the majors. Vermont's Northern League a league that operated 1901-1906. The Burlington team that Matthews joined the defending champ and the scourge of the league. Burlington's owner, wealthy senator George Whitney, and his right-hand man, Vermonter Willard Doc Hazleton, had put together a formidable outfit of veterans and recent college players for the 1905 season.Unlike so many college boys, Matthews had eschewed professional baseball in the summers in order to retain his amateur eligibility at Harvard. As a black man, certainly could not have played under an alias and escaped detection. An article in McClure's Magazine in June 1905, identifying Matthews as Harvard's Best Player, brought him national attention.3 Muckraker Henry Beach Needham praised Matthews extravagantly in McClure's for his decision to play college sports and work his way through school rather than subsidize his education through summer ball. For seven seasons could have earned much money by playing with semi-professional teams, Needham observed, this has refused to do.Matthews missed Burlington's first five games and then appeared on July 2 against Plattsburgh. His first night in uniform must have introduced second thoughts about his decision to play in Vermont: The boat ride across Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh most hazardous ... with waves washing the gunwales on every roll of the little steamer, as the Burlington Free Press reported the next day. Life preservers were donned and every preparation made for the possible sinking of the boat.4 He survived that scare, but this close call perhaps a harbinger of the season to come. He showed up fast in the pregame practice and was liberally applauded by Burlington fans. Once the game started, the first Plattsburgh hitter upbounded the ball to Matthews and he fairly ate it up.5 This first game proved anticlimactic, called on account of rain with the score tied 0-0. Burlington fans would have to endure an off-day before catching Matthews again in a spectacular home-and-home doubleheader with deadly rival Rutland on the Fourth of July.6 In those games, played in a festive atmosphere before thousands of fans traveling by train the 70 miles between cities, would live up to his billing. …

Presentation of the project `Public health training in social diseases` (pubhealthsod) of the Leonardo da Vinci program

Introduction: Up to date demands toward public health system increase continuously due to the growth of population endangered by the social diseases: sexually transmitted diseases, viral hepatitis, food and water born diseases and these arisen from environmental reasons. In accordance with the principles and strategies of World Health Organization and European policy in the field of preventive measures in the dissemination of communicable diseases, strong needs to improve the skills and competencies of the professionals working in that field and to equip them with contemporary knowledge and system for health care management exist. Aim: The main aim of the project is creation of vocational learning and training programme in the field of social diseases for improving the competence and skills of professionals working in health and social care sectors. Specific aims are planned in the overall project life to ensure contribution of each project partner. Matherials and methods: The structure of the curriculum is on modular principle. Each module comprises 1 - 3 units with duration 15 - 45 academic hours lectures and practical courses. The modules content is flexible, depending upon the degree of competence of the entrants. The project deliverables is evaluated on the basis of ECTS. The Project includes partners from Universities of Germany, Italy, Spain and Bulgaria. Results: The main result of the project is building up of an innovative curriculum - `Public Health Training in Social Diseases`. Conclusion: The programme answers the needs of the target groups (young specialists, college boys and girls, students, general practitioners, health-care managers) providing them with innovative teaching/training materials arranged in user-friendly information medium, thus improving their professional qualifications. Scripta Scientifica Medica 2007; 39(1):77-78

Release

3 Peter Makuck Release With rod and tackle box, I’m slogging through soft sand, a red sun going down in the surf, swag-belly clouds drifting in with Ray, only two months dead, going on about girls that summer we studied French in Québec and guzzled Labatts at the Chien d’Or, about how he’ll marry again, keep at it until he gets it right—Pas vrai? Above the tidewrack, a woman in a two-piece with half my years kneels in the sand struggling with a pillow of feathers, one wing flapping—a pelican all tangled in fish line, treble hook in the bill pouch, the other in its wing. Ray says, Ask her out for a drink but she says, Could you give me a hand? I drop the tackle and secure the wing 4 Ecotone: reimagining place while she croons to calm him and with one free hand untangles the line. With pliers from the tackle box, I expose the barbs and carefully clip, a total of six loud snaps. Then I hold the bird while she frees the last tangle and we step back, join the onlookers, a father explaining care to his kids. The pelican now tests his wings, rowing in place. He looks around and seems to enjoy the attention, just as Ray did in bars, buying drinks and telling jokes. But this college boy with a can of Bud is no joke and says they watched it flap all afternoon from that deck on the dune. His buddy agrees with a belch that buys a round of frat boy laughter. Ray is saying the kid needs his clock cleaned when the brownie waddles up and puts his foot on top of mine. He tilts his head to catch my look, then flapping runs into the air, tucks his feet, and climbs, turning over our small circle, before heading west. Dazzled and dumb, I’m faintly aware of the woman, then gone, weightless and soaring over water, looking 5 5 Peter Makuck down on myself slogging through sand, certain that I’m being watched, if only by another self who will have to tell how it happened. ...

The big show in Bololand: the American relief expedition to Soviet Russia in the famine of 1921

When a devastating famine descended on Bolshevik Russia in 1921, the United States responded with a massive two-year relief mission that battled starvation and disease, and saved millions of lives. The nearly 300 American relief workers were the first outsiders to break through Russia's isolation, and to witness and record the strange new phenomenon of Russia's Bolshevism. This epic tale is related here as a sprawling American adventure story, largely derived from the diaries, memoirs, and letters of the American participants, who were a colorful mix of former doughboys, cowboys, and college boys hungry for adventure in the wake of the Great War. The story is told in an anecdotal, even novelistic, style that is accessible to a broad readership. More than a fascinating historical narrative, the book serves as a political and social history of the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, and as a study of the roots of the fateful U.S.-Soviet rivalry that would dominate the second half of the twentieth century. The book's opening section of chapters recounts the chronological story of the American mission to Bolshevik Russia, dubbed by those who served as the Big Show in Bololand. It is followed by sections which examine the personal triumphs and tragedies of the relief workers and of their beneficiaries; the political confrontations between these emissaries of American capitalism and the Bolshevik commissars, who struggled to gain control over the relief effort; and the unique American-Russian cultural encounter occasioned by the presence of the relief workers, who came into daily contact with all classes of society-from impoverished former aristocrats to the poorest peasants.

God at the Edge: Searching for the Divine in Uncomfortable And Unexpected Places

God At the Edge explores one man’s spiritual adventures as he grows from a typical college boy into a Rabbi and a man. Goldstein uses a combination of story relating and historical accounts to take the reader through an exploration of faith and spirituality. Although a Jewish Rabbi, the book explores the history of faiths from Buddhism to Catholicism and, at times, draws parallels between multiple faith perspectives.