Technology Assisted Aerobic Exercise in Patients with Mild to Moderate Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Quality Assurance Study in a Community Setting | Chapter 9 | Medical Science: Updates and Prospects Vol. 1

 

Background: Physical inactivity is a significant health risk, particularly in the growing population of elders with chronic neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson’s Disease (PD).

 

Purpose: The primary purpose of the study was to determine if individuals with mild to moderate PD could safely achieve intense levels of exercise using novel rehabilitation technology (AlterGR, GlideTrakTM or the NuStepTMT5XR/Vasper) without exacerbating pain or PD signs and symptoms

 

Methodology: Two quality assurance studies, QA I and II, were carried out in a Health and Wellness Centre with individuals >60 years of age, of any gender, with mild to moderate PD (Hoehn and Yahr I-III). Participants in QA1 were randomly assigned to daily, intense training (5 days, 40 minutes per session, 200 minutes) on the AlterGR or the GlideTrakTM, with a crossover after 3 months. In QA II, participants trained for 5 weeks, 2x/week, 20 minutes/session, 5 weeks (200minutes) on the NuStepTMT5XR/ Vasper. Mobility and balance measurements were made pre- and immediately post study:10-meter walk, Six-minute Walk, Timed Up and Go (TUG), and Five Times Sit to Stand (5XSST). Nonparametric Wilcoxon Tests were applied to test gain scores for statistical significance. At the end of the study, participants self-reported signs, symptoms, training challenges and technology preferences.

 

Results: In QA I, 11 participants safely completed all 5 sessions of body unweighted aerobic training on the AlterG R and the GlideTrakTM without adverse effects. Nine participants achieved a target heart rate of 60-80% of age-relevant maximum, and 2 achieved >3 /10 exertion. In QA II, 9 participants safely completed the training sessions on the NuStepTMT5XR /Vasper without adverse events. Seven participants achieved the target heart rate of 60-80% of age-relevant maximum with 2 achieving >3/10 exertion level. Participants training on the Alter GR or the NuStepTMT5XR /Vasper made significant gains in gait speed, endurance and balance, performing at normative values. Post AlterGR training, the participants net the minimal clinically important differences (MICD) in gait speed and endurance (0.22 m/sec and 82,2 meters). In QA II, the participants met all MCIDs for gain scores in gait speed (0.28m/sec), distance walked in 6 minutes (30.8 m) and balance (-4.1 sec TUG and – 2.9 sec 5XSST). Post study, participants self-reported mild to moderate discomfort (0.5-1.6 on a scale of 0-10), but improved energy and resilience.

 

Conclusion: Novel rehabilitative technology allowed participants with mild to moderate PD to exercise aerobically and improve performance without exacerbating pain or PD signs and symptoms. Participants expressed selective preferences, but recommended technology-assisted equipment to be incorporated into community fitness centres to enable patients with neurodegenerative disease to exercise safely and intensively to maintain health and wellness.

 

Author(s) Details

Nancy Byl
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States.

 

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Understanding Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Physiotherapeutic Perspective | Chapter 3 | Medical Science: Recent Advances and Applications Vol. 8

Mechanical Low Back Pain (MLBP) represents a prevalent musculoskeletal disorder that significantly affects individual well-being and workforce productivity. This chapter provides an in-depth examination of the anatomical and biomechanical contributors to MLBP and presents a structured, physiotherapy-centred framework for its evaluation and management. Emphasis is placed on multimodal treatment strategies—including manual therapy techniques, therapeutic exercise programs, pain management modalities, and ergonomic training. The chapter also explores the importance of functional rehabilitation and patient education in promoting long-term recovery and preventing recurrence. Through a holistic and evidence-informed approach, physiotherapists can effectively restore mobility, reduce pain, and empower patients to maintain spinal health and active lifestyles.

 

Author(s) Details

Mayur Kalavadiya
College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

 

Drashti Raithatha
Indian Red Cross Society, Gir Somnath, Gujarat, India.

 

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Validation of the ICF-CY-based MobiScreen for Primary School Children: An Update | Chapter 11 | Progress in Language, Literature and Education Research Vol. 1

 Introduction: A new maneuverability screening established the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for children and minority ICF-CY for primary school youngsters is validated. Children with a engine development disorder need expected identified early in consideration of initiate appropriate analyses. The construct of maneuverability in the sense of the ICF-CY seems expected an ideal basis for a protect that allows various disciplines to communicate in a united language.Hypothesis: The new MobiScreen for elementary school children meets all psychometric possessions and is able to categorize children into obvious and not conspicuous.Methods: In total, 608 elementary school children (53 % children, 47 % girls, age 7.14 ± .70 age) of the first and second grades of primary school participated to see the MobiScreen 6-8 and a further engine test (MOBAK 1-4 or DMT 6-18). In total, 568 primary school youth (56 % boys, 44 % daughters, age 9.36 ± .79 years) of tertiary and fourth grades of elementary school participated to sustain the MobiScreen 8-10 and a further motor test (MOBAK 1-4 or DMT 6-18). Item split periods including punishment seconds for performance mistakes as well as total opportunity including punishment seconds are used to evaluate Inter-Rater-Reliability, Internal Consistency, Criterion Validity, Construct Validity and Diagnostic Accuracy. The importance level was set at p<.05.Results: MobiScreen 6-8: Inter-Rater-Reliability coefficients range from r=.891 to r=.998. Cronbach's α attained a value of α =.722, bury item correlations range from r=.227 to r=.620. Results of the explorative determinant analysis show a distinct factor model accompanying an eigenvalue of 2.645 with a difference explanation of 53% for this determinant. Coefficients for Criterion Validity are all significant and range from r=-.446 (MOBAK 1-4) to r=.553 (DMT 6-18). Discriminant study shows significant dissimilarities in all tasks betwixt healthy children and youth with a enlightening disorder. For potential cutoff principles between 24 and 28 seconds, principles for sensitivity range from 1.00 to .86. The AUC reaches a worth of .82. MobiScreen 8-10: Inter-Rater-Reliability coefficients range from r=.996 to r=1.000. Cronbach's α reached a advantage of α =.540, inter part correlations range from r=.161 to r=.367. Results of the explorative factor reasoning show a single determinant model with an eigenvalue of 2.074 accompanying a variance reason of 41 % for this factor. Coefficients for Criterion Validity are all meaningful and range from r=-.386 (MOBAK 1-4) to r=-.528 (DMT 6-18). Discriminant analysis shows important differences fully tasks between active children and children accompanying a developmental disorder. For potential layoff values betwixt 28 and 32 seconds, values for feeling range from .89 to .80. The AUC reaches a value of .79.Conclusions: The likely criteria were realized in a medium to high degree and the hide is able to classify adolescents into conspicuous and not prominent. Further studies should trail to enlarge the sample diameter for improving psychometric possessions and definitively fix the layoff values for two together versions.

Author(s) Details:

Andrea Dincher,
Institute for Sports Sciences, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany and Sports Sciences Institute, Saarland University, Germany.

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Reconstructing Linguistic Landscapes in Time and Space at the Railways in South Africa | Chapter 1 | Research Highlights in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 3

 Rail transport is the foundation of mobility in South Africa, inviting diverse commuters from various sociocultural and financial backgrounds. This paper survey the transformation of the linguistic countryside (LL) in South Africa since completely of apartheid as perceived and knowing by rail commuters. The directing research objective was to evaluate the LL through the lenses of rail commuters over opportunity. Interviews were conducted to evaluate commuter perceptions and happenings of changes in the languages secondhand on signs at the railways since the end of racism. Interviews were analysed using having a theme content analysis, fortified with multimodal analyses of signs. Key judgments reveal that even though signs about racial segregation were distant from the LL since completely of apartheid, many people contemporary still remember those signs and stretch to act upon the ideas that were displayed on the apartheid signs as if they wait physically emplaced. The verdicts suggest that messages about ethnic segregation in the LL had affix in people’s minds. In this way, the paper contributes to the desire of ‘oralinguascaping’ in which society rely on two together memory and oral accent for sign-making thereby divergent traditional theorising on LL that is chiefly premised on composed or scripted languages or texts.

Author(s) Details:

Ian Lyndon Johnson,
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.

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Pastoralism beyond Ranching and Its Vulnerabilities as a Farming System, Especially in Semi-arid Tropics of Africa | Chapter 8 | Research Highlights in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 3

 Background Wheat is a chief crop that feeds millions of people, but its productivity is significantly reduced under high temperatures. Maintaining grain quality under climate change is critical for mortal nutrition, end- use functional parcels and commodity value.

objects The current study aimed at assessing the performance of 48 genotypes of wheat under two surroundingsi.e timely and late sown conditions, for assessment of mean performance, variability, correlation, and path analysis of quality and micronutrient traits.

Research Methodology The exploration was carried out in the experimental area of the Wheat and Barley Section, Department of Genetics and Plant parentage, CCSHAU, Hisar during 2019- 20. The assessment was done for 48 wheat genotypes under two temperature situations( timely and late sown terrain) in RBD design with three replications.

Results Heat stress caused a significant reduction in grain yield, grain appearance score, hectoliter weight, sedimentation value, iron and zinc content whereas an increase in crude protein, total gluten content, wet gluten content and total answerable sugar. In the present study, total answerable sugar, wet gluten content, total gluten content showed the loftiest values of variability, heritability and inheritable advance as of mean and therefore are the most important quantitative traits to be taken into consideration for effective selection. A positive correlation was seen between grain yield and hectoliter weight in timely sown terrain. Path analysis revealed the loftiest positive direct effect for hectoliter weight and sedimentation value in timely sown condition, while sedimentation value and iron content for late sown terrain and therefore in the process of selection important attention should be given to them as these characters are helpful for circular selection.

Conclusion A negative association between high yield and good quality should be an important target for the coming parentage sweats or to determine a quality parameter that performs constantly in both surroundings.

Author(s) Details:

D. G. Msuya,
Department of Crop Science and Production, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3005, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania.

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Recent Advances in Properties of ‘Physics/Electrical Engineering’ Materials | Book Publisher International

 In this book named "Late Advances in Properties of 'Physical science/Electrical Engineering' Materials" by me, are given the new advances in fields of Physics/Electrical Engineering Materials.

Initial four sections give my Research-Papers on Conductivity of Noble Metals, Mobility of Intrinsic Ge and Si and Dipole Relaxation Time for Polar Water Molecules alongside Quantum Aspects of Dipole-Aerial-Radiation from Noble Metals (0.3 MHz-30 MHz), each close to Room Temperatures.

While next three parts are on my Research-Papers on Quantum Plasma Physics/(Quantum) Plasma Communication Electronics managing Determination of Charge to Mass Ratio of an Electron and Classical Radius of a Gas Molecule involving Knowledge of Electronic Damped Oscillations in Plasma followed by Quantum Statistical Plasma Model and Quantum Noise in Plasma because of Electron-Ion Collisions.

Further section is on my Research-Paper on Analysis of Radiation from Photosphere of the Sun.

Also, my last three Research-Papers examine Quantum Electromagnetic Photon Wave age because of complex-charge and complex-mass of electrons.

Author(s) Details:

Deepak Nandedkar,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India.

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Administration or Finance Positions vs Teaching. Seeking Work Satisfaction and Professional Development | Book Publisher International

 The purpose of this study is to determine why some instructors choose or are compelled (?) to shift to a different job position than teaching, which is the role for which they were employed initially. The purpose of this study is to look at a) the factors that prompted teachers to transfer, b) their level of satisfaction and the issues they confront, and c) their professional growth in their new workplace.

A questionnaire was utilised to collect the data for this study. Finally, teachers who were transferred into administrative posts from 24 Administration Offices of Primary and Secondary Education in Greece completed 126 surveys.

The findings of the study revealed that transferred instructors chose this choice for personal, familial, and economic reasons, including the distance from their current domicile and the cost of living. In addition to the motivations for the venture, there is a sense of protection against the threat of dismissal and curiosity in the new item desk. Furthermore, the findings of the research revealed that the majority of transferred teachers are satisfied with their new jobs, but are optimistic about their chances of returning to the classroom. Teachers who chose to transfer willingly are more happy with their new employment than those who were forced to do so.

The working environment does not provide satisfaction, nor does the opportunity of professional advancement, for which the host institution appears to lack particular initiatives. The organisation should increase mentorship and coaching in order to "exploit" the brilliant and experienced individuals.

Another finding of the study was that the majority of transferred teachers consider collaboration with their coworkers, continuing education and upgrading, as well as their basic training, to be the most important aspects of their professional development, factors that rank first in the study's findings, while attending post-graduate programmes and searching for knowledge on the internet rank last.

 

Author(s) Details:

Mihail Diakomihalis
Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Ioannina/ Hellenic Open University, Psathaki, 481 00 Preveza, Greece.

Eleni Bolovinou
Ministry of Education / Primary Education, Psathaki, 481 00 Preveza, Greece.

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Study on Fate and Transport of Salinomycin Sodium in Sandy Soil| Chapter 8 | Recent Progress in Plant and Soil Research Vol. 2

 The goal of this study is to use soil column experiments to explore the fate and transport of SAL-Na in sandy and loamy sand soil. Salinomycin sodium (BIO COX) is a polyether ionophore that is extensively used to control coccidial infections and promote growth in chicken. Salinomycin sodium (SAL-Na) is more toxic than many other antibiotics and can be lethal if swallowed, breathed, or absorbed via the skin, so determining its destiny in the soil environment is critical. In sandy soil, the mobility of SAL-Na was measured. Experiments on soil column leaching revealed that the significantlyThe amount of SAL-Na given to each column was not leached from the soil fractions, as evidenced by the absence of sorbed SAL-Na in the leachate of sandy soils. In comparison to sterile soil, non-sterile soil exhibits higher SAL-Na mobility. The concentration of SAL-Na in leachate collected from the soil column (75 percent hydraulic conductivity) went through phosphate buffer was greater (0.48 mg/L), and the movement was likewise higher in non-sterile soil. In sandy soil leachate, almost 35% of SAL-Na was discovered.

Author (s) Details

R. Jayashree
Department of Environmental Science, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003, Canada.

Shiv O. Prasher
Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada.

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Simulation and Design of Vertical Power MOSFETs utilizing Silvaco’s ATLASTM | Chapter 1 | Recent Developments in Engineering Research Vol.5

 

This paper reports on 3C-SiC low-doped drain power MOSFET design and simulation, including key parameters such as the model of avalanche effect ionisation and its relationship to breakdown voltage, the doping dependence of bulk mobility, and the relationship between on-resistance and breakdown voltage. While scaling the parasitic JFET, a number of MOSFETs were built with different blocking layer doping. To mitigate localised breakdown at the p-well / n-type drift layer interface, a stepped doping profile is used. Using a commercially available 2D simulation software, the characteristics of the MOSFETs were obtained. Comparisons made with a 1D analytical model indicate strong agreement between the on-state resistance, current-voltage characteristics, sub-threshold slope and the overall validity of the existing simulation models. As long as there is a proper inclusion of the body impact. Simulation results show that a 600 V, 3C-SiC MOSFET with a thinned substrate, containing a drift layer of 7 ⁇ m and a blocking layer doping density of 1x1016 cm-3, can have an on-state resistance of 0.8 mW-cm2 for the selected material parameters

Author (s) Details

Dr. Hamid Fardi
University of Colorado, Denver Colorado, 1200 Larimer Square, CO 80217-3364, USA.

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