Healthy Way Research Articles

Knowledge of Lifestyle Modification Practices as a First-Line Therapy among Clients with Cardiovascular Diseases in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

Knowledge of a healthy way of life remains one of the cornerstones for the management of cardiovascular diseases at all levels of the disease course in order to reduce out-of-pocket expenses and minimize complications for overall quality of life. This study assessed the knowledge of respondents with cardiac conditions in a tertiary health care centre using a quasi-experimental design. An adapted WHO-STEP wise approach to the non-communicable disease risk factor questionnaire was used to elicit information from participants in the study. Data were analyzed using descriptive tools and results were presented in tables depicting frequencies, mean, and percentages. Findings show that 56.7% of the participants were females, 43.3% were males, and their overall mean age was 43 years ±6. Similarly, 60% were married, 30% were single, 76.7% had up to secondary education and 43.3% were artisans. The proportion of cardiac diagnoses among the participants was; hypertension (46.7%), heart failure (20%), cardiomyopathy (13.3%), atherosclerosis (10%), and hyperlipidemia (6.7%) while other diagnoses such as atria-fibrillation and heart block were just 3.3%. Knowledge of cardiac conditions and lifestyle modification was poor prior intervention (x ̅= 1.63) and ((x) ̅= 1.38) but significantly improved post- intervention (x ̅= 2.87) and (x ̅= 2.82) respectively. The study concluded that many clients were not having adequate knowledge needed to manage their health conditions effectively as a first-line therapy hence, it was recommended that adequate health information and counselling should be provided to clients at first contact to enhance efficiency of other therapies. Keywords: Cardiac Clients, Cardiovascular Diseases, Knowledge, Lifestyle Modification, Therapy

АНГЛОЯЗЫЧНЫЙ МАССМЕДИЙНЫЙ ТЕКСТ О ЗДОРОВОМ ПИТАНИИ И ЕГО ОСНОВНЫЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ (НА МАТЕРИАЛЕ КУЛИНАРНЫХ РЕЦЕПТОВ)

The article is devoted to the analysis of the English mass media text on healthy nutrition and ways to implement its key parameters. Based on the texts of culinary recipes, widely presented in British and American magazines, as well as electronic media, the specificity of their language design is shown. The research material is culinary recipes published in the BBC good food, Cooking light, Olive magazines and posted on the websites of these publishers. The author considers a culinary recipe as a full-fledged text, one of the forms of realization of the mass media discourse of healthy lifestyles in general and the mass media nutritional discourse, in particular, and highlights its key text-forming features, which include: information content, coherence, semantic integrity, completeness, articulation. Taking into account the results of the sample analysis we point out that the English culinary recipes are characterized by: the use of emotional and evaluative vocabulary, the prevalence of nouns, adjectives, verbs, as well as the use of simple sentences, including interrogative and incentive constructions. The parameters of the culinary recipe identified in the course of the study are determined and subordinated to its pragmatics – to attract the attention of the audience and promote self-preparation of a particular dish.

A Novel Engine Vibration Measurement System based on the MEMS Sensor

Internal combustion engines cause the engine to vibrate with a certain acceleration due to the oscillation of many components and combustion events during operation. The resulting vibrations can give information about the regular operation of the engine or a possible me-chanical failure. For this reason, it is very important to measure and interpret these vibrations in a healthy way. In this study, a microcontroller-based measurement system was designed and implemented to examine the vibrations of a 4-stroke, 3-cylinder and water-cooled diesel engine at different speeds, under loaded and unloaded conditions. Vibration results for three different measure-ment points at different engine speeds (900,1200,1600,2000,2400,2800 and 3200rpm) were recorded in the data recording system for 60s. The recorded data were filtered by the EMA method and the results were analyzed by the FFT method. According to the results obtained, it has been determined that there is a close linear rela-tionship between engine speed and vibrations. Results of measurement point 1 (Cylinder head) Higher vibration harmonics were measured compared to measurement points 2 (engine block) and 3 (Flywheel housing). The highest vibrations occurred at 3200rpm under loaded and unloaded operating conditions. As a result; It has been seen that the measurement sys-tem developed using MEMs-based accelerometers can be successfully applied to measure engine vibrations.

Utilization of E-Portfolios for Charting the Physical Literacy Journeys of Students in Secondary PE Classes

A physically educated person is characterized as an individual who has the motivation, competence, understanding, and knowledge to enjoy physical activity in a healthy way. Given that physical literacy (PL) development is a lifelong process, the recording of the process, called charting, has critical importance in PL development. This study aimed to explore features of student participation in an e-portfolio for charting PL and its impacts on student learning. Participants were 10 middle school students selected on the basis of gender, technological competence, and interest in physical education. Participants took part in PL charting programs for 10 weeks by utilizing an e-portfolio developed by the researcher. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with participants and student work samples retrieved from the e-portfolio. The features of students’ PL charting in the e-portfolio were categorized as (a) digital fumblers, (b) superficial participants, (c) passionate creators, and (d) journey reflectors, depending upon the levels of technological competence and motivation for PL recording activities. Participation in PL charting through an e-portfolio (a) enhanced sense of achievement and motivation for future PL growth in students, (b) enabled students to obtain tailored strategic support from the teacher, and (c) helped them perceive learning as continual growth. The findings of this study suggest an e-portfolio can be a viable tool for PL charting by providing opportunities to keep track of students’ learning process and reflect on their PL-related learning activities.

A comparative study of life satisfaction and psychological stress levels among male and female allied health college students

Gender differences in psychological disorders have distinct gender profiles, with males more susceptible to aggressive behavior, hypertension, and substance abuse and females more prone to depression and anxiety. Likewise, stress responses among both genders vary physiologically and psychologically, which could lead to complications in many ways. Therefore, this study aimed to determine gender differences in life satisfaction and psychological stress levels among allied health college students. Using a purposive sampling technique, a comparative cross-sectional study recruited 190 male and 190 female students. The self-administered questionnaire included questions related to sociodemographics and two validated scales, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). Descriptive statistics were calculated for the study variables, and the students' locality was compared by gender using the chi-square test. Moreover, other sociodemographics, PSS, and SWLS scores were compared by gender using the Mann‒Whitney U test, and the chi-square test was used to determine gender differences in the outcomes of SWLS. The study results showed that the PSS and SWLS scores were higher among female students than their male counterparts, which were statistically significant (p < 0.05). Furthermore, female students were more satisfied with their life than male students, which was also statistically significant (p < 0.05). Our study highlights that female first-year allied health students are more likely to encounter psychological stress, despite being more satisfied with their lives than male students. Therefore, establishing a student support committee within the allied health faculty or university is recommended to provide counseling and guidance in healthy ways to cope with psychological stress for both male and female students.

PENGARUH SELF CONCEPT TERHADAP RESILENSI PADA ORANGTUA ANAK BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS DI SLB NEGERI PEMBINA TINGKAT PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA

Resilience is an individual's ability to respond in a healthy and productive way when dealing with adversity or trauma, which is very important for controlling the pressures of everyday life. In line with the resilience of parents who have children with special needs, most parents experience shock mixed with feelings of sadness, worry, anxiety, fear and anger when they first hear the diagnosis that their child has autism. One of the factors that influence resilience is self-concept. A positive self-concept will produce high resilience, and vice versa, a negative self-concept will produce low resilience. This research was conducted under the title The Influence of Self-concept on the Resilience of Parents of Children with Special Needs at the Elementary School Level in SLB Pembina North Sumatra Province. The purpose of this research is to find out whether there is an influence between self-concept on resilience. This research was conducted at SLB Pembina North Sumatra Province Elementary School Level with a total sample of 48 parents of children with special needs with a total population of 233 students. The data collection technique used a questionnaire with a Likert scale model and the sampling technique used Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling. The results of the study show that there is an influence of self-concept on the resilience of parents of children with special needs at the SD level at the State SLB Pembina North Sumatra Province. This is shown based on the results of a simple linear regression test with a value shown at a significance level of 0.000 <0.05. This means that the more positive a person's self-concept, the higher the resilience or conversely the more negative a person's self-concept, the lower the resilience.

Training On Healthy Ways To Clean The Sense Of Touch (Hands) For Children

In human daily life in general, especially children, cleaning the sense of touch (hands) in a way that is not correct or does not meet health standards, this of course can result in a number of diseases for the child. From a number of aspects that can result in a child's lack of awareness to clean hands properly based on health standards, among others, are: a) lack of understanding of hygiene; b) lack of understanding of germs that cause disease; c) lack of understanding of diseases that can be caused by unclean hands. clean, in addition to the lack of awareness of the guardians of students in the Al-Khairiyah Educational Institutions, Rajak, Sukaraja, East Praya, Central Lombok district, which is caused by factors of the social and economic status of their extended families, the majority of whom have income below the average standard. national average per month and domiciled in a very simple area or housing in the middle of a village. It is hoped that after participating in this training activity, educational participants are able to routinely maintain their hand hygiene by cleaning the health standards that have been described, so that the risks that may arise before participating in the training can be minimized or even eliminated, especially the spread of diseases caused by dirty hands at the time of the training. Enjoy their daily food at home, especially when they eat rice, which they routinely do based on the normal standard of three times a day and night.

Государственное управление в области обеспечения благоприятной информационной среды в общественном транспорте

Purpose: To consider the problem of favorable information environment provision in public transport, to pursue the analysis of the results of opinion poll. organized by various subjects of social monitoring. To analyze the proposed initiatives in the field of solving the issues of rules regulation on passenger behavior on the use of audio and video broadcasting devices in public transport, including the issues related to the use of ndividualization means of media signal consumption - headphones. Methods: Content analysis of the texts, placed in publicly available sources, of proposed initiatives to solve the problem on the regulation of public relations in this sphere, as well as of the arguments of supporters and opponents of such initiatives. The secondary analysis of public opinion poll results. Results: For the first time, there is formulated the ecological level of the problem of media noise pollution of informational environment of public transport, and integrated approach to settle it via means, methods and hygienic regulation principles application is proposed, as well as there’s formulated the usage of all of the potential of informal social monitoring, including the advocacy of media consumption healthy way, of social advertisements, aimed at the formation of inner belief and behavior ethical principles in public transport. Practical significance: Provision principles for favorable informational environment as the most important task of public administration in the sphere of handling public relations in public transport have been developed. The insufficiency of regulation of audio and video signal broadcasting practices in public spaces, preconditioning their negative impact on human health and well-being, is shown. The ways to settle this problem are proposed with the help of standardization and rationing of the functioning of physical quantities, which are the subject for measurement, namely, of informational signal effects and parameters.

Impact of Toxic Leadership on Employee Performance.

This research intends to shed additional light on the effects of toxic leadership on employee satisfaction, motivation, and performance. Such a study on toxic leadership is required since, to date, no research in Indonesia have sought to quantify the consequences of toxic leadership on organizational leaders. Using surveys and structural equation modeling, a quantitative strategy was adopted (SEM). The research sample amounted to 400 taken from 8 locations in Indonesia. Using Google Forms, questionnaires were distributed to 400 employees and analyzed using the Lisrel 8.5 program. The results show that toxic leadership has an effect on job satisfaction (p > 0.00), toxic leadership has an effect on work motivation (p > 0.00), toxic leadership has no effect on employee performance (p < 0.00), job satisfaction has an effect on work motivation (p > 0.00), job satisfaction has effect on employee performance (p > 0.00) work motivation has no effect on employee performance (p < 0.00). The consequences of the study findings for organizations range from the process of screening and selection of leaders to creating stress management and self-resilience training to help employees deal with their emotions in healthy ways and strengthen their defenses.

Enabling real time big data solutions for manufacturing at scale

Today we create and collect more data than we have in the past. All this data comes from different sources, including social media platforms, our phones and computers, healthcare gadgets and wearable technology, scientific instruments, financial institutions, the manufacturing industry, news channels, and more. When these data are analyzed in a real-time nature, it offers businesses the opportunity to take quick action in business-development processes (B2B, B2C), gain a different perspective, and better understand applications, creating new opportunities. While changing their sales and marketing strategies, businesses are now able to manage the data they collect in real-time to transform themselves, to record them in a healthy way, to analyze and evaluate data-based processes, and to determine their digital transformation roadmaps, their interactions with their customers, sectoral diffraction, application, and analysis. They want to accelerate the transformation processes within the technology triangle. Thus, big data, recently called as small and wide data, is at the center of everything and becomes an important application for digital transformation. Digital transformation helps companies embrace change and stay competitive in an increasingly digital world. The value of big data in manufacturing, independent from sectoral variations, comes from its ability to combine both in an organization’s efforts to both digitize and automate its end-to-end business operations. In this study, the current digitalization and automation applications of one of the plastic injection-based manufacturing companies at scale will be discussed. Presented open-source-based big data analytics platform, DataCone, that increases data processing efficiency, storage optimization, encourages innovation for real time monitorization and analytics, and support new business models in different industry segments will be demonstrated and discussed. Thus, development and applied ML solutions will be discussed providing important prospects for the future.

FAMILY HEALTH – A KEY FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF CHILD HEALTH

Family is a kind of social system, the basic cell of society and is defined as a group of people who have a biological relationship with each other or are related, live together, and have a common budget. Each family, according to its structure, members, and dominant sex, is different, but its function and purpose of existence are the same. Among family members there is moral responsibility, social and physical necessity, reproduction, and maintenance of biological continuity. Educational, business, and economic relationships are also strongly expressed. On one hand family health is influenced by various risk factors, and on the other by family members with risky behavior or personal health status. There are specialists who, during various medical or non-medical procedures, can diagnose specific health problems or deviations from health norms of behavior of a member or members of one family. It is the family physician who knows the bio-psycho-social problems and risk factors of given family and can act to prevent or treat imbalances. Impaired family health reflects directly or indirectly on the health of all family members. The negative influence is essential and could subsequently lead to deterioration or complete disintegration of family health. Family can be an etiological factor for some diseases, but it can also have a decisive role in prevention of diseases, in taking care of one’s own health, in combating chronic diseases and in early detection of others. Family and child health are closely interdependent. The family environment in which a child grows up and the parental example determine the future character of a person, and what its attitude in future professional tasks, in healthy way of life and the principles of help and mutual aid will be. That is why the role of parental example influences the formation of, even builds the image of a future own family and the role of present child in that future family. The importance of parental behavior in relation to adolescent disruptive/risk-taking behavior should not be underestimated. Particularly important is the emphasis on factors external to the family unit, such as neighborhood, school, peers, and the media. Socio-economic factors should not be neglected either, because low incomes have negative impact and most often are the cause of improper diet and unbalanced nutrition, while poor housing conditions determine either poor-formed health and hygiene habits or their total absence. Since family has a leading role in formation of adolescents, its participation in health promotion is strongly recommended. These recommendations for family-focused health promotion are based in part on findings from several lines of research, including family aggregation and studies of parental influence on health during childhood and adolescence.

Editorial: food and nutrition: pathways to a sustainable future.

The world is waking up to the reality of climate change and the challenge of feeding 10 billion people in a healthy and sustainable way. For population and planetary health, food systems need to change. 'Food and nutrition: pathways to a sustainable future' was the first face-to-face Nutrition Society Summer Conference since 2018, bringing together leading contributors from across the globe to explore six pathways to a better tomorrow. Review papers from the conference symposia cut across disciplinary divides showcasing advances in scientific methods and our cumulative understanding of the impact of the food system on climate change. The depth, breadth and advancement of research presented demonstrate the power of collaborative research that can shape industry, individual and population recommendations and create a powerful shift towards the sustainable dietary patterns and systems that are so urgently required.

Why twin studies are important for health span science research: the case of maltreatment of aging adults.

Average life expectancies have lengthened across human history. As a result, there is an increased need to care for a greater number of individuals experiencing common age-related declines in health. This has helped to spur a rapidly increasing focus on understanding "health span", the portion of the life-course spent functionally healthy. Yet to penetrate the science of health span, however, is a topic which seems fundamental to the ability to age in functional and healthy ways, and has received considerable attention in other fields. As more of the population ages, the risk of exposure to abuse and neglect among older citizens not only rises, but can manifest as both cause and effect of declining health span. Among our goals here is to make a case for including this subject among the other central components of health span science. In so doing, we also outline reasons why quantitative genetic designs using samples of twins can be a versatile tool for improving causal inference when studying maltreatment among older persons specifically, but also on a range of other health span topics in general.

Repurposing Thalidomide, its Analogue and Apremilast for Possible Antiviral in Situation of Severe COVID Cytokine Syndrome.

COVID-19, caused by SARS-corona virus-2, is a globally expanded public health risk at a bizarre level. In this current situation, COVID-19 has become a serious emerging pandemic. Drug reusing is a crucial step in identifying the new uses of old established drugs. To achieve a significant and healthy way of treatment in COVID patients within a short duration, drug repurposing is a novel method. The present study concentrated on the molecular docking of thalidomide and its analogues and Apremilast against Coronavirus infectious symptoms, and evaluated virus proteins (Spike Protein, 3cl Protease, Nucleocapsids). The present study explores the possibility of repurposing thalidomide for the treatment of SARS-COV-2 infection by assessing and confirming with docking affinity scores of thalidomide and its analogues and Apremilast, with spike protein, 3cl protease, and nucleocapsids. From the study results, thalidomide, pomalidomide, lenalidomide, and Apremilast exhibited better binding affinity to N Protein (4KXJ), Protease (4WY3) and Spike Protein (5WRG). In comparison to targets, N Protein - 4KXJ is the best for the four ligands. It is finalized that all four ligands (Thalidomide -8.6, Pomalidomide -8.8, Lenalidomide, and -8.2,and Apremilast -8.1) have good docking scores with the target N Protein. The present study confirms that thalidomide and its analogues and apremilast are a better fit for treating high risk patients of COVID-19 viral infection, which are supposed to promote beneficial effects for both respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 symptoms as well as improve the pathological state of condition.

Ergenlerde Mutluluk, Öz-Yeterlik, Akran İlişkileri ve Sosyal Onay İhtiyacı Arasındaki İlişkilerin İncelenmesi

Bu çalışmada liseye devam eden ergenlerde mutluluğun psikososyal göstergeleri arasındaki ilişkileri belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. Öz- yeterlik, akran ilişkileri ve sosyal onay ihtiyacı psikososyal göstergeler olarak ele alınmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu 637 lise öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Araştırma grubunda yer alan öğrencilerin yaşları 13 ile 19 arasında değişmektedir (X ̅=15,56; Ss=1,19). Analiz sonuçları ergen mutluluğu ile öz-yeterlik, akran ilişkileri ve sosyal onay ihtiyacı arasında, öz-yeterlik ile akran ihtiyacı ve sosyal onay ihtiyacı arasında anlamlı ilişkilerin olduğunu göstermektedir. Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi (YEM) sonuçlarına göre ergen mutluluğu ve öz- yeterlik arasındaki ilişkide akran ilişkileri ve sosyal onay ihtiyacının kısmi aracı role sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir. Öz-yeterlik, akran ilişkileri ve sosyal onay ihtiyacı, ergen mutluluğunun toplam varyansının %54’ ünü açıklamaktadır. Araştırmada psikososyal göstergeler olarak ele alınan öz-yeterlik akran ilişkileri ve sosyal onay ihtiyacının ergen mutluluğunun anlamlı yordayıcıları olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular alanyazın doğrultusunda tartışılmış ve öneriler sunulmuştur

Evaluating Pedestrian Environment Using DeepLab Models Based on Street Walkability in Small and Medium-Sized Cities: Case Study in Gaoping, China

In small and medium-sized cities of China, walking plays an important role as a green and healthy way to travel. However, the intensification of motorized travel and poor planning of pedestrian transportation systems have resulted in poor travel experiences for residents. To encourage residents to change their mode of travel from motorized transport to greener modes, it is necessary to consider the characteristics of walking travel, design good walking street environments, and increase the advantages of walking in the downtown areas of small and medium-sized cities. In this study, a spatial environment model of a pedestrian street was constructed based on the walking score. Visual perception elements, street function elements, and walking scale elements were acquired by semantic segmentation of Baidu street view images obtained with the DeepLab model. Points of interest (POI) were obtained based on surveys, measurements, and the space syntax. Considering walking distances for small and medium-sized cities, the attenuation coefficient of a reasonable facility distance was adopted to modify the walking score. Based on the comprehensive score obtained, walking paths were divided into four categories: functionally preferred, visually preferred, scale preferred, and environmentally balanced. This categorization provides theoretical support for the design of pedestrian street space environments. Taking the pedestrian street in the city center of Gaoping in Shanxi Province, China as an example, the feasibility of the method and model was verified.

Peer-Reviewed Article

The 2021 Thomas R. Watson Conference theme was “Toward the Antiracist Conference: Reckoning with the Past, Reimagining the Present.” As an invited expert, I presented a workshop that challenged Watson Conference participants to racially reorient them­selves, personally and professionally, toward the Post-White Orientation as well as post-White conference design. Likewise, in this 2022 special issue of Writers: Craft and Context, this arti­cle urges readers to begin identifying and disrupting antihuman racial orien­tations and practices in themselves as well as conference designs. Such race reorientation work should use practice of race theory (PRT) to explicitly engage in healthier ways of thinking and doing race (i.e. developing and practicing ra­cial literacies).

Göç Sürecinde Ergen Olmak

Migration is an important phenomenon that deeply affects the lives of adolescents and paves the way for many emotional and behavioral problems. It is important for adolescents to go through the migration process without any problems in order for them to continue their lives in harmony with the society they have just joined and to continue their individual development in a healthy way. The aim of this study is to draw attention to the problems experienced by adolescents, who are in an interim period from childhood to adulthood, before, during and after migration, and what kind of practices can be implemented for these problems. For this purpose, the developmental characteristics of the adolescents involved in the migration process were emphasized in the study, the problems they experienced during the migration process were mentioned, and finally, various application suggestions for these problems were included. Adolescents may be exposed to different sources of stress with the migration process, and such exposures cause them to experience different levels of physical, biological and social problems. At the point of overcoming such problems that individuals face, the creation of implementations at different systems, including the educational settings, can help adolescents in the identity formation process to feel more self-confident and develop a positive sense of belonging.

Exposure to the Positivity Bias and Adolescents' Differential Longitudinal Links with Social Comparison, Inspiration and Envy Depending on Social Media Literacy.

Social media literacy is assumed to protect adolescents from negative social media effects, yet research supporting this is lacking. The current three-wave panel study with a four-month interval among N = 1,032 adolescents tests this moderating role of social media literacy. Specifically, we examine between- vs. within-person relations of exposure to the positivity bias on social media, social comparison, envy, and inspiration. We find significant positive relations between these variables at the between-person level. At the within-person level, a different pattern of results occurred: higher exposure to others' perfect lives on social media was related to increased inspiration, and higher social comparison was related to increased envy, yet both associations only occurred in one of the two time intervals. Additionally, no within-person associations between exposure to positive content and envy were significant, nor between exposure and social comparison or social comparison and inspiration. These results thus seem more complex than traditional paradigms of selective and transactional media effects assume. Furthermore, multiple group tests showed that the within-person cross-lagged relation between social comparison and envy only occurred for adolescents with low affective social media literacy. The moderating role of social media literacy was not supported in any other instances. The results overall point at the need to instruct affective social media literacy to help adolescents navigate positively biased social media platforms in a healthy way.

POLA KOMUNIKASI KELOMPOK FATAYAT NU TANGERANG DALAM PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER HIDUP SEHAT PADA KEGIATAN “SHARING SEHAT BERSAMA FATAYAT”

The family is the foundation of the formation of a healthy living character, because it is from the family that the formation of a healthy living character actually begins. Good or bad a person's healthy way of life is clearly determined by the parenting pattern developed in the family. A mother becomes a good uswatun hasanah for her children, in realizing the child into a whole person who brings goodness to himself, his family, society, country, and the universe (maslahah). Approach The group communication pattern applied is an approach that can be better understood as a pattern of interaction than as a set of specific skills. This study aims to determine the pattern of communication in Healthy Sharing activities with Fatayat. This study was dissected based on the concept of group communication patterns, using a qualitative approach research method with a descriptive method. The results of the research are communication patterns, communication patterns, network communication schemes, all channels or star patterns and communication patterns, group interaction analysis, and character education by interacting and sharing education.