The aim of research — to identify the change dynamics of physical fitness state of 20—59-year-old Lithuanian men who participated in the final competitions — “Lithuanian Robust”. The testees were healthy 20—59-year-old men contestants at the competition “Lithuanian Robust” (n = 415). They were divided into 8 age groups and tested in autumn, 1999—2003. It was found out that their dynamic strength endurance and aerobic, anaerobic capacity of hand muscle, arm flexsor muscle, abdomen muscle as well as waist agility, back cathetus decreases depending on age and the studied indicator. Keywords: age group, physical capacity.

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jacqueline Marie Wilcox, for the Master of Science degree in COMMUNITY NUTRITION, presented on October 19,2012, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: HOW FATHERS AFFECT BODY IMAGE PERCEPTION IN THEIR SONS:A COMPARISON OF FOUR AGE GROUPS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Sara Long Roth This study examines the role a father or male role model plays in affecting his son's body image perception via comments and feedback. A cross-sectional study design was conducted to examine 396 men who ranged in age from 18-92 years old. Men who participated in this study were evaluated as a whole as well as four different age groups (18-31, 32-47, 48-66, 67+). Results indicate most men did not receive feedback from their fathers in regard to altering their muscularity or to gain or lose weight. Participants who received feedback reported positive paternal comments about body shape, weight and muscularity. Men aged 18-31 received more positive paternal feedback than any other age group. Positive body image perception was significantly associated with body mass index and high self-esteem. Results of this study suggest other social factors may be connected with negative body image perception.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:54:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MIRELLY DA SILVA RIBEIRO.pdf: 1090026 bytes, checksum: d16c8211a3b95ff2a0eb9f13bd905d97 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-30 / Dengue is an acute febrile disease caused by an arbovirus that belongs to the family Flaviridae and transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. It is a descriptive epidemiological study, restrospectivo, ecological with the use of secondary data on the incidence of dengue in children under 15 years from 2003 to 2013, in order to describe its epidemiological characteristics, developed in the three largest urban centers State of Tocantins. The present study identified 8,211 cases in children under fifteen years. The classic form occurred in 99.2%, and 0.8% have progressed to severe dengue, and for both clinical forms most occurred in urban areas (98.4% and 100.0%). Classical Dengue (p = 0.3814), and severe (p = 0.3211), occurred in both men and women equally. Both forms of the disease is more prevalent in mulatto (63.8% and 68.3%) (p = 0.0001). The most affected age group was 10-14 (46.3%) for the classical form (p = 0.0001) and 5-9 years (50.7%) to severe form of dengue (p = 0, 0001). The dengue incidence rate in children under 15 years remained at endemic levels, but growing and there is a positive and statistically significant correlation (r = 0.8; p = 0.002) between the year and the incidence of cases. We conclude that in the three largest urban centers in the State of Tocantins Dengue in children under 15 years is endemic urbanbased, incident in brown individuals, with equal incidence in both sexes. Being the age group most affected those aged 10-14 years to classic dengue and 5 - 9 years for severe dengue. The present study observed that in Tocantins state is increasing the incidence rate in children under 15 years. / A Dengue é uma doença febril aguda, causada por um arbovírus que pertence à família Flaviridae. Trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico do tipo descritivo, ecológico e transversal de casos de dengue confirmados em menores de 15 anos nas três maiores cidades do Estado do Tocantins, no período de 2003 a 2013. As variáveis do estudo foram: gênero, origem, faixa etária, etnia, classificação final dos casos, desfecho da doença. Os dados foram coletados do Sistema Nacional de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). Foi utilizada a correlação de Pearson para analisar associação entre o número de casos confirmados em relação ano e coeficiente de incidência. Os testes qui quadrado foram realizados visando identificar um padrão de variação conjunta entre o número de casos confirmados em relação as variáveis. Foram identificados 8.211 casos de dengue em menores de quinze anos. A forma clássica da doença prevaleceu sobre a forma grave, acometendo igualmente homens e mulheres, de raça parda e zona urbana. O coeficiente de incidência da dengue em menores de 15 anos permaneceu nos níveis endêmicos, porém crescente, havendo uma correlação positiva e significante entre o ano e a incidência dos casos. Os maiores coeficientes de incidência da dengue ocorrem nos primeiros meses do ano, correspondendo ao período com elevadas pluviosidades e temperaturas. Houve o crescimento significativo do coeficiente de incidência da dengue em menores de 15 anos durante a série histórica.

Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-01T23:27:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_10506_DISSERTAÇÃO TACIANA.pdf: 1364084 bytes, checksum: 5f4d0201931a412e6fbb5abce16737ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-19 / Introdução: Conhecida desde a Antiguidade, a hanseníase ainda representa um desafio em Saúde Pública. Segundo o Ministério da Saúde, o diagnóstico da hanseníase em menores de 15 anos precisa ser priorizado, uma vez que os casos, nessa faixa etária, podem representar os contactantes ainda não diagnosticados pelo sistema de saúde. Dessa forma, foi feita análise da distribuição espacial dos coeficientes de detecção de casos novos de hanseníase em menores de 15 anos no Estado do Espírito Santo. Métodos: Estudo descritivo, ecológico da distribuição espacial da hanseníase em menores de 15 anos no Estado do Espírito Santo, entre 2010 e 2014. As informações foram resgatadas da base de dados de hanseníase da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Espírito Santo. Foi aplicado o método bayesiano empírico global e local para produzir uma estimativa da incidência da hanseníase, suavizando o efeito da flutuação dos coeficientes de detecção. Resultados: Altas taxas de incidência em menores de 15 anos foram encontradas na Região Norte do estado. As taxas corrigidas pelo método Ebest Global produziram alterações significativas dos valores: dos 42 municípios com incidência zero, nenhum município permaneceu com o número ajustado igual a zero. Conclusão: A distribuição da hanseníase em menores de 15 anos ocorreu de forma heterogênea entre os municípios, identificando possíveis regiões com alto risco de adoecimento. O emprego da análise espacial permite conhecer os locais prioritários para o controle a fim de nortear as políticas públicas de saúde, auxiliando no planejamento de ações da vigilância. / Introduction: Known since Ancient History, Hansen’s disease still presents a challenge to Public Health. According to the Ministry of Health, the diagnosis of Hansen’s disease in people under 15 needs to prioritized, since cases in that age group can represent the individuals exposed, but still not diagnosed by the healthcare system. Therefore, an analysis was made of the spatial distribution of the detection coefficients of new cases of Hansen’s disease in people under 15 years old in the State of Espírito Santo. Methods: Descriptive, ecological study of the spatial distribution of Hansen’s disease in people under 15 in the state of Espírito Santo between 2010 and 2014. The information was collected at the Hansen’s disease database of the Health Secretariat of the State of Espírito Santo. The global and local Empirical Bayes method was applied in order to produce an estimate of the incidence of Hansen’s disease, smoothing out the effect of the fluctuation of the detection coefficients. Results: High incidence rates in people under 15 were found in the Northern region of the state. The corrected rates by the Ebest Global method produced significant changes in value: of the 42 municipalities with zero incidence, none remained with the adjusted number equals zero. Conclusion: The Hansen’s disease distribution in people under 15 years old took place in a heterogenic form among the municipalities, identifying possible high-risk sickening regions. The employment of the spatial analysis allows knowing the priority places to be controlled in order to guide health-care public policies, helping to plan the vigilance actions.

The aim of this research is to investigate characteristics of accident denominators across age groups in mining and associated process industries in the Port Hedland region of Western Australia. Emphasis has been focussed on comparing young, inexperienced groups with older, more experienced groups. A literature review revealed some key contributors to accidents among younger workers, in particular, those who had only recently entered the workforce. The review also revealed contributors impacting accidents regarding other age groups over a wide range of industry types. From these findings an accident construct model and questionnaire were designed to identify contributing and mitigating denominators which input to accidents occurring across the defined age groups.

<p>The intention of this study is to find out how the female celebrity is portrayed in women’s magazines directed at women of different age groups. The magazines that I have chosen to analyse are Frida, Veckorevyn and Damernas Värld. My aim is to find out what kind of celebrity appears in the magazines in terms of occupation and topics in the articles. Furthermore, the aim is also to determine whether the celebrity is portrayed in a different or similar way depending on the target group. This thesis is done from a gender perspective in order to elucidate what distinguishes the celebrity in the context of the celebrity being female. The frameworks of theories are the following: culture theory, ideology, stereotypes, homo-sociality and connotation and denotation. The methods used to analyse the texts were content analysis and qualitative discourse analysis. Since images of the female celebrities have also been of importance, I have used the method of semiotics for picture analysis. I discovered that there are both differences and similarities in how the female celebrity is portrayed, in relation to different age categories. It appears there are more types of women celebrities in Damernas Värld in-comparison to Frida and Veckorevyn, as not only do the celebrities in Damernas Värld have more varied occupations, they also engage in more topics in their interviews. I found that the celebrity woman is not always portrayed in exactly the same light. However, I could identify the average woman which appears most frequently in all the magazines. The portrayal of the celebrity woman is usually built on contrasts and stereotypes. The occupation is typically an actress or a singer; she is usually white, heterosexual and rich. Her traits are typically being tough and independent, yet in conjunction considerate and friendly. She is also glamorous but ordinary, sexy but sweet. The underlying preconceptions of femininity are never challenged by the journalist’s way of portraying the celebrities.</p>

Objectives.The general objectives of this dissertationwere to examine the effects of acute exposure to meaningfulirrelevant speech and road traffic noise on memory performance,and to explore annoyance responses to noise exposure in theschool environment for pupils and teachers in different agegroups. Methods. The thesis comprises seven papers, representingdifferent methodological approaches: experiments, surveystudies and interviews. In the experiments, reported in PapersI-V, 288 pupils and teachers participated in the age groups,13-14 years (n=96), 18-20 years (n=96), 35-45 years (n=48) and55-65 years (n=48). The subjects were randomly assigned to oneof three conditions: (a) meaningful irrelevant speech, (b) roadtraffic noise, and (c) silence. The equivalent sound level inthe noise conditions was set to 66 dB(A). A test batteryreflecting episodic and semantic memory were used. The surveystudies, reported in Paper VI and VII, included 207 pupils(M=13.5) and 166 teachers (M=45.9). Two separate questionnairesmainly comprising items about annoyance, noise sensitivity andstress symptoms were administered. Paper VI presents results offocus group interviews (n=16) treating the main topics:disturbing sounds, emotions, ongoing activity, and suggestionsconcerning future changes. Results. The overall findings showedthat both noise sources affected episodic and semantic memoryto the same degree for all age groups. The results indicatedthat the similarity of semantic content between noise and thetask at hand was not the only suitable explanation model, sincea non-speech noise impaired memory as much as speech. Resultsalso indicated that attention effects did notmediate the obtained noise effects and that the noise effectsdid not differ between age groups. Therefore, it seemedunlikely that different memory and attentional capacities stoodout as explanatory factors of the memory effects. Sinceperformances of both episodic and semantic memory tasks wereimpaired, the explanation based on level of access to long-termmemory was also ruled out. However, the episodic memory task,reading comprehension, stood out to be most impaired by noise,suggesting that complexity of the task to perform was ofimportance. For reading comprehension there was also adifferent noise pattern obtained. Participants performance wasin this task, more impaired by meaningful irrelevant speechthan by road traffic noise. This effect indicated thatmeaningful irrelevant speech might reduce the availablecognitive resources necessary for learning the text. Theannoyance models derived from the survey studies indicated thatsensitivity acted as a mediator between hearing status andannoyance, with stress symptoms as an outcome. Whetherannoyance arises or not was also determined by control andpredictability of the noise. In the interviews a differentannoyance pattern was found, in that stress symptoms appearedto be a determinant of annoyance. To be involved, respected,take own responsibility and respect others were suggestions onhow to change the environment to become more silent. Conclusions.For both pupils and teachers acute exposureto meaningful irrelevant speech and road traffic noiseinfluenced both the achieving and providing of knowledge. Acommon annoyance pattern was also found for pupils andteachers, where individual and situational factors were ofimportance. To achieve a more silent school environment in thefuture, the pupils pointed out that the interaction betweenthemselves and their teachers was of importance. Key words:Noise, meaningful irrelevant speech, roadtraffic noise, memory, age groups, school environment, pupils,teachers

Objectives.The general objectives of this dissertationwere to examine the effects of acute exposure to meaningfulirrelevant speech and road traffic noise on memory performance,and to explore annoyance responses to noise exposure in theschool environment for pupils and teachers in different agegroups. Methods. The thesis comprises seven papers, representingdifferent methodological approaches: experiments, surveystudies and interviews. In the experiments, reported in PapersI-V, 288 pupils and teachers participated in the age groups,13-14 years (n=96), 18-20 years (n=96), 35-45 years (n=48) and55-65 years (n=48). The subjects were randomly assigned to oneof three conditions: (a) meaningful irrelevant speech, (b) roadtraffic noise, and (c) silence. The equivalent sound level inthe noise conditions was set to 66 dB(A). A test batteryreflecting episodic and semantic memory were used. The surveystudies, reported in Paper VI and VII, included 207 pupils(M=13.5) and 166 teachers (M=45.9). Two separate questionnairesmainly comprising items about annoyance, noise sensitivity andstress symptoms were administered. Paper VI presents results offocus group interviews (n=16) treating the main topics:disturbing sounds, emotions, ongoing activity, and suggestionsconcerning future changes. Results. The overall findings showedthat both noise sources affected episodic and semantic memoryto the same degree for all age groups. The results indicatedthat the similarity of semantic content between noise and thetask at hand was not the only suitable explanation model, sincea non-speech noise impaired memory as much as speech. Resultsalso indicated that attention effects did notmediate the obtained noise effects and that the noise effectsdid not differ between age groups. Therefore, it seemedunlikely that different memory and attentional capacities stoodout as explanatory factors of the memory effects. Sinceperformances of both episodic and semantic memory tasks wereimpaired, the explanation based on level of access to long-termmemory was also ruled out. However, the episodic memory task,reading comprehension, stood out to be most impaired by noise,suggesting that complexity of the task to perform was ofimportance. For reading comprehension there was also adifferent noise pattern obtained. Participants performance wasin this task, more impaired by meaningful irrelevant speechthan by road traffic noise. This effect indicated thatmeaningful irrelevant speech might reduce the availablecognitive resources necessary for learning the text. Theannoyance models derived from the survey studies indicated thatsensitivity acted as a mediator between hearing status andannoyance, with stress symptoms as an outcome. Whetherannoyance arises or not was also determined by control andpredictability of the noise. In the interviews a differentannoyance pattern was found, in that stress symptoms appearedto be a determinant of annoyance. To be involved, respected,take own responsibility and respect others were suggestions onhow to change the environment to become more silent. Conclusions.For both pupils and teachers acute exposureto meaningful irrelevant speech and road traffic noiseinfluenced both the achieving and providing of knowledge. Acommon annoyance pattern was also found for pupils andteachers, where individual and situational factors were ofimportance. To achieve a more silent school environment in thefuture, the pupils pointed out that the interaction betweenthemselves and their teachers was of importance. Key words:Noise, meaningful irrelevant speech, roadtraffic noise, memory, age groups, school environment, pupils,teachers

The intention of this study is to find out how the female celebrity is portrayed in women’s magazines directed at women of different age groups. The magazines that I have chosen to analyse are Frida, Veckorevyn and Damernas Värld. My aim is to find out what kind of celebrity appears in the magazines in terms of occupation and topics in the articles. Furthermore, the aim is also to determine whether the celebrity is portrayed in a different or similar way depending on the target group. This thesis is done from a gender perspective in order to elucidate what distinguishes the celebrity in the context of the celebrity being female. The frameworks of theories are the following: culture theory, ideology, stereotypes, homo-sociality and connotation and denotation. The methods used to analyse the texts were content analysis and qualitative discourse analysis. Since images of the female celebrities have also been of importance, I have used the method of semiotics for picture analysis. I discovered that there are both differences and similarities in how the female celebrity is portrayed, in relation to different age categories. It appears there are more types of women celebrities in Damernas Värld in-comparison to Frida and Veckorevyn, as not only do the celebrities in Damernas Värld have more varied occupations, they also engage in more topics in their interviews. I found that the celebrity woman is not always portrayed in exactly the same light. However, I could identify the average woman which appears most frequently in all the magazines. The portrayal of the celebrity woman is usually built on contrasts and stereotypes. The occupation is typically an actress or a singer; she is usually white, heterosexual and rich. Her traits are typically being tough and independent, yet in conjunction considerate and friendly. She is also glamorous but ordinary, sexy but sweet. The underlying preconceptions of femininity are never challenged by the journalist’s way of portraying the celebrities.