Life Back Research Articles

'The abortion gave me my life back': the long-term impact of access to self-managed medication abortion through telemedicine on women's lives in legally restricted countries.

Approximately 753 million women (38%) of reproductive age live in countries with restrictive abortion laws. To overcome these legal constraints, women access safe self-managed medication abortions through telemedicine abortion services. This study aimed to explore the long-term impact of accessing a self-managed medication abortion through telemedicine service on women's lives in countries with restrictive abortion laws. We conducted interviews with eleven women (from eleven different countries) who accessed a self-managed medication abortion through online telemedicine between 2014 and 2018 in a legally restricted country. We analysed interviews thematically. Three key themes were developed: (1) access to abortion positively impacted life plans; (2) the negative influence of the legally restricted environment wore off and their well-being improved; (3) participants are now using their own experiences to help others by either sharing information or facilitating access to abortion. In summary, our findings highlight the positive impact of access to self-managed medication abortion and underline the importance of ensuring access to abortion for everyone.

Association of Physical Performance with Mental and Physical Health-Related Quality of Life and Low Back Pain-Related Disabilities among Older Adults with Severe Obesity.

Background: Low back pain is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal problems and continues to be the leading cause of disabilities worldwide. The aim of this study was to cross-sectionally investigate the association of physical performance with mental and physical health-related quality of life and low back pain-related disabilities among older adults with severe obesity. Methods: A total of 96 hospitalized older adults with severe obesity (45 males, 51 females, age: 69.7 ± 5.4 years; BMI: 43.7 ± 5.7 kg/m2) were recruited into the study. Physical performance, health-related quality of life, and low back pain-related disability were measured through physical performance tests, the 12-item short-form survey (SF-12), and the Oswestry disability index, respectively. Results: LBP-related disabilities, as well as physical health-related quality of life, were associated with all the physiological parameters measured by physical performance tests, including muscular strength, aerobic capacity, balance, and lower body flexibility (p < 0.05). In contrast, mental health-related quality of life was associated with fewer physiological parameters, such as primarily muscular strength (p < 0.05). Conclusions: These findings could provide important insights for developing rehabilitation strategies designed to improve LBP-related disabilities, as well as the physical and mental health-related quality of life, in older adults with severe obesity.

The Alchemy Limerence of Love and Lust - Get Your Life Back from Incredibly Painful Vagus Nerve Simulation

Love biologist Dawn Maslar states that hormones such as dopamine and vasopressin are important for a man to begin falling in love. Oxytocin, a hormone released when you hug a loved one, is very important in building and strengthening love in men in later stages. The left vagal nerve runs down the left side of your neck, and the right vagal nerve runs down your right side. This nerve extends all the way from your brain to the large intestines: down your neck, through your chest, around your heart, around your lungs, and through your abdomen and intestines. Cause of Pheromones continue to be an exciting area of research. Currently, the 16-androstenes, and in particular androstadienone is fairly well characterized as a pheromone for women. They are present in male axillary sweat and possibly in other bodily secretions. While this is going on, cholecystokinin suppresses gastric emptying so your stomach won't deliver any more food until the first batch is done. It also suppresses your appetite while you're digesting, by making your stomach feel physically full and by activating vagal nerves in your stomach wall.

Effect of Turmeric Rhizome Powder as Feed Additive on Broiler Chicken’s Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Nutrient Digestibility Coefficient

A research investigation aimed to assess the impact of different levels of turmeric rhizome powder as a feed additive on broiler chickens' growth performance, carcass characteristics, and nutrient digestibility coefficient. The study utilized two hundred and fifty-day-old chicks of the Abor Acre strain. Five diets were formulated for both the starter and finisher phases, incorporating turmeric rhizome powder at levels of 0g, 100g, 200g, 300g, and 400g per 100kg of feed. These diets were designated as T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively. The birds were separated into five groups of fifty birds each, and each group was assigned one of the diets in a completely randomized design (CRD). A further division within each group resulted in five replicates, each containing ten birds. The birds' performance assessment findings during the starter phase revealed significant differences (P0.05). At the finisher phase, the final body weight, body weight gain and feed intake of the birds followed the same trend as in the starter phase. Significant differences were observed in final body weight gain and feed intake of the birds. There was no significant difference (P&gt;0.05) in the feed conversion ratio of the birds in the finisher birds. T5 had the lowest FCR (feed conversion ratio) values. Significant differences were recorded in the live weight, dressed weight, dressing percentages and primal cut-parts (breast, thigh, drumstick, back, wing and abdominal fat) of the birds. T5 had the highest values in all the traits measured (2510.43g, 2243.51g and 89.37%, 40.07%, 29.55%, 30.56%, 28.51% and 23.05% for live weight, dressed weight, dressing percentage, breast, thigh, drumstick, back and wing respectively).The abdominal fat of the broiler chickens were significantly affected.

The Emergence of ‘Dialogue’ as a Core Concept of Revelation in Magisterial Teaching

This article analyses key magisterial documents, investigating the emergence and development of the concept of dialogue in the teaching of the Church since the Second Vatican Council, demonstrating how this concept is central for an articulation of revelation and its dynamic outworking in salvation history. Beginning with Vatican II’s Dei verbum (1965), and its recognition that revelation is a dialogical word-event reality, an overview of magisterial documents in the years immediately following the Council will show how dialogue was reduced to a functional practice for the Church’s mission. Verbum Domini (2010) marks the beginning of a return towards dialogue in magisterial teaching with its re-reading of Dei verbum, bringing the concept of dialogue from the edge of the Church’s life back to the centre of fundamental theology. The social teaching of Pope Francis has continued to deepen this recovery of the dialogical dynamic of revelation.

The effect of exercise training and motivational counselling on physical activity behaviour and psychosocial factors in pregnant women: secondary analyses of the FitMum randomised controlled trial investigating prenatal physical activity

BackgroundA physically active lifestyle is beneficial during pregnancy. However, little is known about physical activity (PA) behaviour and psychosocial factors in women during and after pregnancy. This study examined exercise behavioural regulation, exercise self-efficacy, health-related quality of life, sickness absence and musculoskeletal pain in pregnant women offered either structured supervised exercise training, motivational counselling on PA, or standard prenatal care in the FitMum randomised controlled trial.MethodsTwo hundred and eighteen healthy inactive pregnant women were randomised to structured supervised exercise training (n = 87), motivational counselling on PA (n = 86) or standard prenatal care (n = 45). The women answered the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 (BREQ-2), the Pregnancy Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (P-ESES-DK) and the Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) at baseline (gestational age (GA) of max 15 weeks), GA 28 and 34 weeks, and one year after delivery. Sickness absence and low back and/or pelvic girdle pain were likewise reported in questionnaires at baseline and GA 28 weeks.ResultsParticipants offered structured supervised exercise training or motivational counselling on PA had higher autonomous motivation for exercise during pregnancy compared with participants receiving standard prenatal care (e.g., difference in intrinsic regulation at GA 28 weeks, structured supervised exercise training vs. standard prenatal care: mean difference in score 0.39 [0.16; 0.64], p < 0.001). Participants offered structured supervised exercise training also had higher exercise self-efficacy during pregnancy (e.g., GA 28 weeks, structured supervised exercise training vs. standard prenatal care: mean difference in score 6.97 [2.05; 12.02], p = 0.005). All participants reported high exercise self-efficacy at baseline and medium exercise self-efficacy during pregnancy and one year after delivery. No differences were found between groups in health-related quality of life, sickness absence or low back and/or pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy. No group differences were found one year after delivery.ConclusionStructured supervised exercise training and motivational counselling on PA had important effects on autonomous exercise motivation during pregnancy. Exercise self-efficacy was also increased with structured supervised exercise training compared to standard prenatal care. No group differences in health-related quality of life, sickness absence, or pain were found during and after pregnancy. No effects were found one year post-delivery after intervention cessation.Trial registrationThe study was approved by the Danish National Committee on Health Research Ethics (#H-18011067) and the Danish Data Protection Agency (#P-2019–512). The study adheres to the principles of the Helsinki declaration. Written informed consent was obtained at inclusion.

Georgian Literature before the Weltliteratur

The history of Georgian writing starts much earlier than when Goethe introduced the term “Weltliteratur.” It starts from the era of Christianity from the 4th century. Due to the fast spread of Christianity in the Early Medieval period, Georgia was already included in the European net of Christian writing. All branches of Christian spiritual literature were presented. Georgian culture and literature naturally were developing in the frame of the Western European tradition. The period of the 11th-12th centuries was a Golden Era for Georgia, and the heyday of fame for Georgian culture and literature as well. Precisely during this period, “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” was created by Shota Rustaveli. Apart from its aesthetic, philosophical, and worldview depth, it is a first text in Georgian literature as well as in European literature which reflects the clashing of two huge universes in Georgian culture—the West and the East. The Western principles are revealed in the Christian worldview of the text, in the way of thinking of the author and in its genre; however, the 12th century is already a period of strengthening of the influence of Eastern culture and literature in the European part of the Caucasus, and Rustaveli regards with obvious favor the Oriental poetic motifs. Unfortunately, at this stage of European literary history, Georgian literature was separated from the Western European literary process due to tragic political events. As for literature, it was a period of almost three centuries of silence. After the fall of Constantinople, Georgian literature had to move closer to the Eastern area as an historically offered alternative. From the 17th century, the process of the returning of Georgian political and cultural life back within the European frame had been started. Genuine Georgian writers were able to tie Georgian literature to the cultural models of European Classicism and the Enlightenment.

"Doc, I Just Want My Life Back…": Total Knee Arthroplasty and Its Effects on Chronic Bodily Pain: Commentary on an article by Daniel L. Riddle, PhD, PT, FAPTA, and Levent Dumenci, PhD: "A Latent Change Score Approach to Understanding Chronic Bodily Pain Outcomes Following Knee Arthroplasty. A Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data".

"Doc, I Just Want My Life Back…": Total Knee Arthroplasty and Its Effects on Chronic Bodily Pain: Commentary on an article by Daniel L. Riddle, PhD, PT, FAPTA, and Levent Dumenci, PhD: "A Latent Change Score Approach to Understanding Chronic Bodily Pain Outcomes Following Knee Arthroplasty. A Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data".

Investigating Airflow Patterns in the XYZ Passenger Ship’s Accommodation Room on the Potential for COVID-19 Exposure to Passengers

The pandemic condition due to the COVID-19 virus attack has affected all areas of life throughout the earth. Post-pandemic policies and new behaviors are one of the important efforts in getting life back to normal. The pandemic has triggered many technological innovations to be carried out as further mitigation and prevention efforts. In the shipping sector, the impact of shipping restrictions and the number of passengers is detrimental due to a decrease in productivity that affects the shipping and port business. Air exchange patterns and room design are important things to be conditioned to reduce the potential for virus exposure. This article presents an investigation of computational fluid dynamics in the accommodation space of the XYZ passenger ship and simulations of potential exposures in several scenarios of ventilation conditions. By simulating 12 models of ventilation conditions, two conditions of the ships being stationary and moving, and the influence of wind from outside. Layout redesign can be applied effectively in open ventilation conditions and has less exposed bench results compared to existing conditions with an effective percentage of 0.75% - 2.3%

When we were young: Inequality revisited, a commentary on Geoffrey Deverteuil's essay

Not very long ago, the world had a different shape. The cities were shaped differently too. Anglophone geographies brought into life theories about what all this meant. Global Urban Studies was a little prince world. A world in which each prince, each scholar, created their own theory. Theories were plentiful. In Le Petit Prince the Geographer is ‘…too important to go wandering about. He never leaves his Study.’ 1 He believes that geography books are ‘…the finest books of all. They never go out of fashion.’ The geographical scholar (who Antione de Saint-Exupéry had brought to life) distained the ephemeral, that ‘which is threatened by imminent disappearance.’ That particular little prince world is no more. The 1990s theories turned out to be ephemeral. Geoffrey DeVerteuil's essay breathes a little life back into some of them, arguing for not forgetting – not becoming too distracted by the new, especially not by the more obviously ephemeral ideas that often dominate today.

Patient and caregiver return to work after a primary brain tumor.

Studies focusing on the return to work (RTW) experiences of patients with a brain tumor (BT) are scarce. We aimed to explore, in-depth, the occupational expectations, experiences, and satisfaction of patients who RTW after a BT diagnosis and treatment, those not able to, and their family caregivers. This multicenter, cross-sectional study utilized semi-structured interviews and reflexive thematic analysis. Interviews were conducted with adults diagnosed with primary BT, in employment/self-employed before diagnosis, currently in follow-up care, and also with their caregivers. In total, 23 interviews (17 patients/6 caregivers) took place. Five themes were developed: (1) Early (adjustments and) expectations: "Thought I would be back at work the following Monday"; pre-treatment patients wanted to be better informed about potential recovery time and side-effects. (2) Drivers to RTW: "Getting my life back on track"; RTW was seen as a symbol of normality and also dictated by financial pressures. (3) Experiences returning to work: "It's had its ups and downs": patients who had successfully returned were supported by employers financially, emotionally, and practically. (4) Required support: "He had surgery and that was it": suggested support included a back-to-work scheme and comprehensive financial support. (5) Caring and paid work: The "juggling act": carer's work was significantly impacted; often reducing/increasing their working hours while managing increasing caring demands. Future research focusing on RTW in neuro-oncology populations is needed. Interventions should be developed to improve employer/employee communication, and increase knowledge about BT care and possibilities for RTW, to support patients and caregivers towards sustained employment.

AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH (AAVE) AND THE AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE 1960’S IN THE HELP NOVEL BY KATHRYN STOCKETT

&lt;p&gt;The aim of this research is to analyze how the African American Vernacular English is applied by the characters and to identify how American society in the 1960’s was portrayed in The Help novel. Using the descriptive qualitative research as a method, this researcher attempts to reveal the characteristics of African American Vernacular English as a language used by the characters in their daily life and American society back in the 1960’s. In identifying the data, theory from Wolfram (2004) about AAVE characteristics and Kurtz (2003) about America’s society in the 1960’s is used. The data were mainly collected from the dialogues of the maids as the native speaker of AAVE. &lt;/p&gt;

Pendampingan Pemasaran Tempat Kost Berbasis Media Digital Untuk Warga Di Kelurahan Bulustalan Kota Semarang

Semarang City is one of the provincial capitals which is very complete in terms of social, educational, economic, and other facilities. For this reason, many migrants live and settle temporarily in boarding houses. Bulustalan Village is a village located in the center of Semarang city and there are many office locations and higher education facilities around the area. For this reason, many employees and students are looking for a boarding house around the Bulustalan Village. In addition, in the Bulustalan Village area, especially in RT. 09/RW. 04, many have boarding houses, there are about 10 families out of 50 families who have boarding houses. During a pandemic like this, the boarding house business is experiencing the impact of a decrease in boarding house rents because many students live back in their hometowns. The boarding house business is one of the businesses for investment in the property sector. If not executed will cause losses because the boarding house will be damaged. In this digital era, product marketing can be done using digital media, namely through websites and social media. What's more, during a pandemic like this, someone tends to look for a boarding house using digital media. For this reason, marketing of boarding houses through digital media is one way that must be done to find the right potential users. The digital media used is the website media https://bapakkost.com/ which is the result of research from the head of service and marketing can be done with business Instagram social media. Training on the use of digital media for marketing boarding houses has been carried out and attended by more than 15 residents in RT09, Bulustalan sub-district. The digital media used is the website https://bapakkost.com/ and has also been provided in the form of a guidebook. This marketing can be done by the owner and not the owner of the boarding house by utilizing internet technology. The results of the questionnaire that had been given to the training participants stated that more than 75% of the participants agreed that the Bapakkost website could help market the boarding house. In addition, more than 65% of participants would recommend the Bapakkost website as a digital boarding house marketing tool. The output of this program is the result of the implementation of service activities in the form of news to national electronic media https://gossipnesia.com/ and youtube videos https://youtu.be/qgGbbu-4uPQ&#x0D; Keywords: digital media, training, marketing, website, boarding house, internet technology.

Decolonization the what, whyand how: A treatieson Indigenous nursing knowledge.

Decolonization the what, whyand how: A treatieson Indigenous nursing knowledge.

Interview With an Expert by Lived Experience

Interview With an Expert by Lived Experience

Queering the cinematic border of the PRC and Hong Kong: On Fruit Chan’s prostitute trilogy

What would it mean to unsettle the notion of Chineseness from the vantage point of Sinophone Hong Kong cinema? This article examines Fruit Chan’s three films on the figure of the sex worker in his ‘prostitute trilogy’, namely Durian Durian (2000), Hollywood Hong Kong (2001), and Three Husbands (2018). While Durian Durian portrays the friendship between Yan the sex worker and Fan the illegal immigrant girl in Hong Kong, the portrayal of Yan’s more peaceful life back home in Northeast China also subverts the stereotypical idea that Hong Kong is a more desirable city of social mobility for young Chinese women. Hollywood Hong Kong further queers the border of the PRC and Hong Kong through the global border-crossing travels of Hung Hung the sex worker. Finally, Three Husbands most daringly symbolizes the geopolitical tension within Hong Kong by showing how the female protagonist Ah Mui negotiates the power dynamic between her first, second, and third husbands, thus subtly queering the triangular relationality across British colonial legacy, Chinese nationalism, and Hong Kong Sinophone localism. Overall, Chan’s cinematic aesthetic implicates the limit of what can be shown and challenges the shifting boundary of Chinese cinema through the Sinophone analytic of queering borders.

“Time Meant Nothing”: A New Reading of Pietro di Donato's Three Circles of Light beyond Autobiography and Stereotypes

“Time Meant Nothing”: A New Reading of Pietro di Donato's <i>Three Circles of Light</i> beyond Autobiography and Stereotypes

Kaya forests: nucleus of cultural and biological diversity and functionality

Abstract The Kaya forests in Southern Kenya are valuable habitats for rare animal and plant species and provide various ecosystem services. The Kaya forests are also centres of cultural life and are of great relevance to rites, traditions, and the social order of the community of people. During the past decades, these forest remnants become under extreme pressure due to land use and resource exploitation and are in danger of disappearing completely during the next years. This negative trend is progressing with the increasing population density. In addition, the relevance of the former cultural rites is increasingly being forgotten, and with it the relevance of these places. In order to preserve these forest remnants in the long term, it is important to make the population aware of the numerous and valuable ecosystem services, as well as to bring the former cultural life back into the centre of society. A general prerequisite to efficiently conserve Kayas might be the improvement of communication among generations, such as between the elders of Kayas and the youth, as well as among elders from different Kayas to harmonize conservation strategies and the sustainable use of these forest remnants. In addition, strengthening the communication between state institutions and the elders of the individual Kayas might help to find a common strategy to conserve Kaya forests.

The Shift toward Fusha (Classical Arabic Language) Reconstruction of the Concept

This research aims to re-formulate the concept of conversion to classical Arabic, in light of the challenges it faces in the era of globalization, and the failure of attempts to impose fusha in the street and in schools and universities, By trying to uncover pragmatic methods, that succeed in bringing life back to Standard Arabic in different sectors, But with a less perfect outlook, more closer to the user's need, it suggests various ways to achieve this. In this context, the research seeks to answer questions such as: Does speaking “ fusha” represent a priority issue in light of the rampant weakness in public education? can the project of “ shifting to fusha” in the street and in the classroom succeed? What is the purpose of shifting to fusha? How does Fusha contribute to preserving and strengthening Arab culture? Who should undertake this task? What are the roles of the different parties to achieve the required goal?

The Post-pandemic Impact on Nature and the Need for Sustainable Recovery Strategies

Covid-19 pandemic is not only threatening public health, it also caused major decline in several other sectors when most countries in the world taking stringent containment measures to flatten the infection curve. But, it also led to the reduction in water and air pollutions that gives advantage to the environment. Since the transportation and industrial activities reduced dramatically, the emission of greenhouse gasses significantly reduced at the lowest rate. It allows the quality of air in the main cities getting better, while the natural environment could recover slowly. In addition, some animals are observed to get their natural life back and the environment including wildlife is having a recovery period and enjoyable time during this moment. However, it might not last very long, since another issue arise affecting environment again. The plastic pollution is reported to increase due to littered disposable mask and glove to the streets, escalators, drains, rivers, beaches and ocean. Littered surgical masks and medical gloves are clogging major waterways. At the same time, marine mammals such as seabirds and turtles are at risk of severe injuries and death as they mistakenly see the bright colours of latex gloves and masks as food to consume. Besides, the lockdown has almost negligible effect to climate crisis according to the recent studies since it has little impact to overall CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. At the meantime, rebound effect is expected to occur more significantly months after the lockdown order is lifted especially with large government investment to promote a rapid return to economic recovery. Therefore, while we are fighting the pandemic for the good of all people and the country, we should also put environmental care into our consideration. Islam teaches us several principles related to environment protection that comprise of the concept of guardianship on earth, preservation of environment, the mercy and manner towards animals and environment, recognition to other creatures and their contribution to humans, including a reminder from God to keep ecological sustainability through the concept of balance. The lesson from Islamic teachings is necessary especially during this recovery period from the pandemic. This chapter ended with list of policy recommendation on how to properly reset, restore and recover a nation in the post-lockdown period without the expense of environment.