Flera olika källor har fastställt att många av Malmös thaimassagesalonger erbjudersexuella tjänster mot betalning. Syftet med denna studie har varit att delsundersöka hur omfattande den påstådda problematiken är samt att tydliggöravilken utsatthet en del av kvinnorna på salongerna lever i. En viktig del i studienhar varit att lyfta fram vilket stöd som professionella aktörer kan erbjuda dessakvinnor. Erfarenheter och kunskaper från de professionella aktörerna, bådefrivilligorganisationer, kommunala verksamheter samt myndigheter, har legat tillgrund för studiens resultat. Informationen har hämtats genom kvalitativaintervjuer med personal från ovan nämnda aktörer. Det framgår tydligt att detförekommer försäljning av sex på thaimassagesalonger i Malmö.Samtliga respondenter i intervjuerna bekräftar att många av kvinnorna på Malmösthaimassagesalonger lever i en särskild utsatthet. En beroendeställning gentemotsin arbetsgivare eller sin svenska man, tillsammans med en bristande kunskap omsvenska lagar och rättigheter, har varit det som bidragit till kvinnornaslivssituation. En rädsla för att mista sitt uppehållstillstånd har varit en faktor somökat deras beroendeställning. Enligt en del intervjupersoner kan arbetet med att nåut till denna målgrupp bli väsentligt mycket bättre. / Multiple sources determine that many of Malmö’s Thai massage parlours offersexual services. The goal of this study has been to investigate how extensive thealleged problem is, and to clarify the type of vulnerable situations some of thewomen working in the massage parlours live in. An important part on this studyhas been to highlight the type of support professionals can offer these women.Experiences and knowledge from professionals, voluntary organizations, andmunicipalities has been the bases for this study. Data has been gained throughqualitative interviews with professionals from the above mentioned actors. Theinterviews show that sexual services are sold in Thai massage parlours in Malmö.The interviewees confirm that many of the women that work in Thai massageparlours live in especially vulnerable situations. A combination of dependency ontheir employer, on a Swedish husband and a lack of understanding of Swedishlaws and rights, have contributed to these women’s vulnerability. A fear of losingtheir residency is a factor that has increased their dependency. According toseveral interviewees, outreach work toward this group can become substantiallyimproved.

This master's thesis in the first part describes the AS/400 and its message system and concentrates especially on the following areas: predefinition of messages and their storing, types of messages and levels of their importance, work with variables included in message text and ways of sending messages. On the basis of AS/400 message system is designed and implemented message log system for the application loggin for Aegis. s.r.o. The analysis of the message log systems is also a part of the work. The syslog and syslog-ngused in UNIX systems are described, concerning types of messages, importance of messages and filtering and storing of messages. It further describes possibilities of application logging based on Java in the specific case of the Log4jutility. In the second part thesis describes own log message systems design and implementation.

Massage is often recommended to athletes to facilitate recovery and attenuate DOMS. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of massage on perceived muscle soreness and pain, inflammatory and immune markers, ROM, and mood state. Fourteen, recreationally active, women participated in a randomized crossover design study, consisting of 1) 60 min. full body massage following unaccustomed exercise and 2) 60 min. of rest. following unaccustomed exercise. Perceived muscle soreness and pain, active range of motion (ROM), mood state, along with blood concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), creatine kinase (CK), and neutrophil count (NC), was assessed at baseline, 4hrs, and 24hrs following both treatment and control conditions. The aims of this study were 1) to decrease the effects of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and increase time to recover, and 2) to investigate the effect of massage vs. passive rest on inflammatory and immune markers within the blood. We hypothesized 1) an increase in ROM, a decrease in perceived physical soreness and perceived physical pain, as a result of the massage, compared to control, and 2) a decrease in blood plasma inflammatory markers, CRP, NC, CK, and IL-6, as a result of the massage, compared to control. We found massage following exercise to 1) significantly decreased perceived pain (p=0.001), 2) significantly increased immune iv markers (WBC (p=0.012) and NC (p=0.012)), and 3) significantly decreased ROM (p=0.02), compared to control. Massage had no impact on inflammatory markers (IL-6, CRP, and CK), or mood.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) is a form of massage using rigid manufactured or cast devices. The delivered force, which is a critical parameter in massage during IASTM, has not been measured or standardized for most clinical practices. In addition to the force, the angle of treatment and frequency play an important role during IASTM. As a result, there is a strong need to characterize the delivered force to a patient, angle of treatment, and stroke frequency. This thesis proposes two novel mechatronic designs for a specific instrument from Graston Technique(Model GT3), which is a frequently used tool to clinically deliver localize pressure to the soft tissue. The first design is based on compression load cells, where 4-load cells are used to measure the force components in three-dimensional space. The second design uses a 3D load cell, which can measure all three force components force simultaneously. Both designs are implemented with IMUduino microcontroller chips which can also measure tool orientation angles and provide computed stroke frequency. Both designs, which were created using Creo CAD platform, were also analyzed thorough strength and integrity using the finite element analysis package ANSYS. Once the static analysis was completed, a dynamic model was created for the first design to simulate IASTM practice using the GT-3 tool. The deformation and stress on skin were measured after applying force with the GT-3 tool. Additionally, the relationship between skin stress and the load cell measurements has been investigated. The second design of the mechatronic IASTM tool was validated for force measurements using an electronic plate scale that provided the baseline force values to compare with the applied force values measured by the tool. The load cell measurements and the scale readings were found to be in agreement within the expected degree of accuracy. The stroke frequency was computed using the force data and determining the peaks during force application. The orientation angles were obtained from the built-in sensors in the microchip.

Bakgrund: Rytmisk insmörjning enligt Wegman/Hauschka (RI) är en beröringsterapi inom antroposofisk vård. RI utförs av sjuksköterskor inom landstingsfinansierad integrativ vård. Patienter får RI i primärvård, öppenvård och slutenvård. Det centrala i den antroposofiska synen på kropp, hälsa och lidande överrensstämmer i stor utsträckning med den vårdvetenskapliga livsvärldsteorin. Syfte: Att belysa hur patienter som fått eller får RI i öppenvård upplevt att behandlingen har påverkat dem. Metod: Kvalitativ innehållsanalys enligt Lundman och Hällgren Graneheim (2012) baserad på semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem patienter.   Resultat: Patienter som fått RI i öppenvård upplevde att deras hälsa förbättrades kroppsligt, själsligt och andligt. Kroppsligt lidande som smärta, nedsatt lungfunktion, tarmbesvär och sömnsvårigheter förbättrades. Själsligt och existentiellt lidande minskade i form av förbättrade kognitiva funktioner och ökad möjlighet att känna avslappning, avgränsning, mening, hopp, bekräftelse, trygghet samt livskraft. Slutsats: I denna studie på patienter i öppenvård liksom i tidigare studier på patienter i slutenvård upplevs RI kunna stärka hälsan kroppsligt, själsligt och existentiellt. RI är en vårdaktivitet där patienten bemöts utifrån ett helhetsperspektiv och vårdvetenskaplig teori omsätts i praktik. Större, jämförande studier med till exempel kontrollgrupp utan behandling eller med läkemedelsbehandling eller samtalsterapi liksom studier över tid är nödvändigt innan RI kan integreras i större utsträckning inom dagens hälso- och sjukvård. / Background: Rhythmical Einreibungen according to Wegman/Hauschka (RE) is a soft massage therapy for use in medicine and nursing extended through anthroposophy. RE is practiced by nurses working with integrative health care in the public financed health system, both with inpatients and outpatients (e.g. in primary care). The ontological definitions of caring science grounded in lifeworld theory of the human body, health and suffering is to a high extent corresponding with anthroposophic medicine. Aim: To explore how outpatients receiving RE have experienced that the therapy have affected them. Method: A quality content analysis, according to Lundman and Hällgren Graneheim (2012), based on semi structured interviews with five patients. Results: A decrease in physical suffering such as pain, reduced lung capacity, IBS and sleeping disorders was experienced. Psychological and spiritual improvement was experienced in cognitive functions, sense of relaxation, meaning, hope, confirmation, security and vitality. Improved health was experienced despite severe illness. Conclusion: RE is a therapy where caring science seems to be put in practice. This study on outpatients receiving RE indicates that it may improve health physically, psychologically and spiritually. The results match with earlier studies on inpatients receiving RE. Further studies, e.g. in comparison with psychotherapy or medical treatments, would be of great interest.

Title: The effect of foam roller on muscle tone after physical load Objectives: The aim of this thesis was to summarize theoretical knowledge about muscle, changes in muscle tension and possibilities of its affect. The aim of the practical part was to find out the effect of the foam roller on muscle tone after exercise. Methods: Practical part of this thesis was processed in biomechanical laboratory at FTVS UK in Prague and included 16 probands. We measured muscle tone of biceps brachii, m. triceps surae and m. quadriceps femoris before exercise, then the probands performed an activity aimed at increasing the muscular tension of the musculature mentioned above, after which we measured the muscle tension again. The foam rolling of each muscle group lasted for 60 seconds and then we measured the muscle tone for the last time. A myotonometer device was used and the data were transmitted by KISTLER MULTICHANNEL CHARGE AMPLIFIER and processed by the DeweSoftX3 (64 bit) programme in SIRIUS DEWEsoft S-BOX2 computer. At the end, we compared measured values with subjective sensations of the probands who filled quick questionnaire. Results: The measurement showed that after exercise, the muscular tensions of the muscle groups we selected increased, and at the same time that the application of the foam roller...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:39:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Renata Soifer.pdf: 290445 bytes, checksum: cee39083cf0db7050f61e6be666f5b5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-07 / This study aims to review the possibilities to apply a technique that may modify sleep habits among children with difficulty to sleep. It is an investigative study of relationship mother-baby. The bibliography compiled has suggested that the mother or the individual taking on the mother´s role has a key role in the process of falling asleep and maintaining baby´s sleep. Simultaneously, having a good and restful night sleep was something much valued and attempted by the parents. By applying the technique of change of sleep habits, which has been developed by the author, this study analyses three pairs of mother-baby basing its findings on the Jungian theory. The objective of the study has been achieved since the technique has proved to be efficient when stipulating different intervals of waiting time, according to psychological resources characterized by each phase of the human development. By providing an exclusive time for the mother-baby interaction through giving the baby a body massage, the baby was offered different experiences, both of primary bond and separation / O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar as possibilidades da aplicação de técnica de modificação dos hábitos de sono, em crianças com dificuldade para dormir, em um estudo investigativo da relação mãe-filho. A bibliografia estudada sugeriu que, a mãe ou a pessoa que faz o papel de mãe exerce papel fundamental no processo de adormecer e manter o sono do bebê, ao mesmo tempo em que para os pais, poder ter uma noite de sono ininterrupta era algo valorizado e buscado. Fazendo o uso da técnica para modificação de hábitos de sono desenvolvida pela autora, o estudo fez uma análise de três pares de mãe-bebê sob a ótica da linha teórica junguiana, alcançando seu objetivo, uma vez que a técnica mostrou-se eficiente ao estipular diferentes intervalos de tempo de espera, de acordo com os recursos psicológicos característicos de cada etapa do desenvolvimento humano, e também, ao propiciar um momento exclusivo para a interação mãe-bebê, através da massagem, cumprindo o papel de fornecer ao bebê ambas as experiências, tanto de união primária, como de separação

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:56:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Danielle Girotti Callas.pdf: 1417513 bytes, checksum: 174222034eed79bc40020de0f8a6034b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Considerando a lacuna na bibliografia existente sobre a educação profissional como campo de estudo, esta pesquisa pretende investigar a constituição da profissionalidade e os saberes docentes no eixo tecnológico Ambiente, Saúde e Segurança áreas de Saúde e Bem-estar. Foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa com dez docentes, atuantes nos cursos: Técnico em Enfermagem, Técnico em Estética, Técnico em Massoterapia, Técnico em Podologia e Técnico em Segurança do Trabalho, da unidade Jundiaí do Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial SENAC (São Paulo), em duas etapas distintas: primeiramente, por meio de entrevistas individuais e, posteriormente, por meio de dois encontros coletivos psicodramáticos, com a presença de seis dos dez participantes, em cada um dos encontros. O quadro teórico está fundamentado nas produções de: Placco e Souza (2006), Imbernón (2011), Tardif (2002), Freire (1983, 2002), Barato (2003, 2004), Shulman (1987) e Moreno (1975, 2008). Os dados nos possibilitam analisar os processos de socialização primária e profissional dos docentes, identificando a constituição da profissionalidade docente como o desenvolvimento do exercício docente, in loco e na relação aluno-docente, de modo processual, gradual e infindável, baseada nas experiências pessoais, escolares e profissionais dos docentes. Outro resultado significativo, na pesquisa, é a relevância da interdependência dos saberes docentes, especialmente os profissionais-experienciais, os pedagógicos, os pessoais e os do profetizar, que se imbricam no desenvolvimento da profissionalidade. Embora não se reconhecendo como profissionais docentes, as falas dos pesquisados nos permitem afirmar que há um desenvolvimento dessa profissionalidade e dos saberes docentes pedagógicos, com o compromisso e a intencionalidade explícitos com a aprendizagem dos alunos e da docência, com o exercício profissional Considering the gap in the literature on vocational education as a field of study, this research aims to investigate the construction of professionality and teaching knowledge in the technical domain of Environment, Health and Safety - fields of Health and Wellness. A qualitative survey was conducted with 10 teachers of the following courses: Nursing Technician, Esthetics Technician, Massage Therapy Technician, Podiatry Technician, and Occupational Safety Technician from the Jundiaí unit of Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial (Senac São Paulo), in two distinct stages first, through individual interviews and later, through two group psychodramatic encounters, with six participants per encounter. The theoretical framework is based on the works of: Placco e Souza (2006), Imbernón (2011), Tardif (2002), Freire (1983, 2002), Barato (2003, 2004), Shulman (1987), and Moreno (1975, 2008). The data allowed us to analyze the teachers primary and professional socialization processes and identify the construction of teaching professionality as the development of the teaching practice, both on site and in the student-teacher relation, in a gradual, never-ending process, based on the teachers personal, school, and professional experiences. Another significant result of the research is the relevance of the interdependence of teaching knowledge - especially professional/experiential, educational, personal, and prophetic skills, which interweave in the development of professionality. Although the respondents do not identify themselves as teaching professionals, their reports allow us to state that the educational professionality and teaching knowledge are developed with an explicit commitment and intentionality to the students learning and education, with professional practice and with the enhancement of their educational skills. The perception of the possibility of social change, through education, also strengthens and deepens the respondents educational vision / Considerando a lacuna na bibliografia existente sobre a educação profissional como campo de estudo, esta pesquisa pretende investigar a constituição da profissionalidade e os saberes docentes no eixo tecnológico Ambiente, Saúde e Segurança áreas de Saúde e Bem-estar. Foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa com dez docentes, atuantes nos cursos: Técnico em Enfermagem, Técnico em Estética, Técnico em Massoterapia, Técnico em Podologia e Técnico em Segurança do Trabalho, da unidade Jundiaí do Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial SENAC (São Paulo), em duas etapas distintas: primeiramente, por meio de entrevistas individuais e, posteriormente, por meio de dois encontros coletivos psicodramáticos, com a presença de seis dos dez participantes, em cada um dos encontros. O quadro teórico está fundamentado nas produções de: Placco e Souza (2006), Imbernón (2011), Tardif (2002), Freire (1983, 2002), Barato (2003, 2004), Shulman (1987) e Moreno (1975, 2008). Os dados nos possibilitam analisar os processos de socialização primária e profissional dos docentes, identificando a constituição da profissionalidade docente como o desenvolvimento do exercício docente, in loco e na relação aluno-docente, de modo processual, gradual e infindável, baseada nas experiências pessoais, escolares e profissionais dos docentes. Outro resultado significativo, na pesquisa, é a relevância da interdependência dos saberes docentes, especialmente os profissionais-experienciais, os pedagógicos, os pessoais e os do profetizar, que se imbricam no desenvolvimento da profissionalidade. Embora não se reconhecendo como profissionais docentes, as falas dos pesquisados nos permitem afirmar que há um desenvolvimento dessa profissionalidade e dos saberes docentes pedagógicos, com o compromisso e a intencionalidade explícitos com a aprendizagem dos alunos e da docência, com o exercício profissional e com o aperfeiçoamento de suas práticas pedagógicas. A percepção de possibilidade de transformação social, por meio da docência, também reforça e aprofunda a visão educacional dos pesquisados