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Assessment of the relationship between physical working conditions and different levels of work ability.

Early leaving of workplace by work forces is one of the fundamental problems worldwide. Maintenance and enhancement of employees work ability are important for raising productivity. This study investigated the relationship between work ability index and physical working conditions and was carried out in 2013 on 641 workers at a manufacturing plant in Tehran. Work ability was assessed by the questionnaire of work ability index and the participants were classified into four work ability groups of poor, moderate, good, and excellent. Physical working conditions were evaluated by the MUSIC-Norrtal…

'Stroke a Chord': the effect of singing in a community choir on mood and social engagement for people living with aphasia following a stroke.

BACKGROUND: Communication deficits resulting from aphasia can negatively impact stroke survivors' relationships and social participation. Despite their difficulties, singing is accessible and enjoyable for many people with aphasia. OBJECTIVES: To explore the effects of group singing for people with aphasia. METHODS: A community choir was established and facilitated by a neurologic music therapist. Mood (General Health Questionnaire-12; Visual Analogue Mood Scale), communication, cognition and global functioning (Stroke Impact Scale-3) and social functioning (Sense of Belonging Instrument) we…

Development of a theater-based nutrition and physical activity intervention for low-income, urban, African American adolescents.

BACKGROUND: Childhood overweight is disproportionately worse in minority and low-income populations. Theater is a promising and effective to … cipatory research (CBPR) approach. Participants learned health messages through theater, dance, and music and gave feedback on the program sessions and materials. The program ended with a dinner theater performance showcasing information that students learned during the intervention. RESULTS: Participants received six theater-based health lessons. Lear …

[Importation and spread of pandemic influenza virus A(H1N1) in autonomous province of Vojvodina in preepidemic period].

INTRODUCTION: Influenza is the most frequently reported communicable disease, having epidemic and pandemic potential. The first influenza pa … ocal transmission in general population and caused a small outbreak among visitors of International music festival called EXIT.

Non-pharmacological self-management of sleep among the Japanese general population.

STUDY OBJECTIVES: The present study was conducted to clarify the prevalence of non-pharmacological self-management (nPSM) practices for obta … , followed by "maintaining a regular schedule" (men: 49.0%, women: 58.6%), "reading or listening to music" (men: 43.4%, women: 49.4%), "snacking on food and/or beverages" (men: 36.1%, women: 27.9%), and "exercising" (men: 26.2%, women: 29.4%). The prevalence of "maintaining a regular schedule" increased with age. Multiple logistic regression analyses re …

Evaluation of a sexual health approach to reducing HIV/STD risk in the transgender community.

Despite reports of high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among the transgender community, very little prevention education has targeted this population. To fill this gap, we developed and evaluated a transgender-specific intervention, All Gender Health, which incorporates prevention strategies into comprehensive sexuality education. Transgender participants (N=181) attended the two-day seminar in community-based venues. The curriculum was delivered via lectures, panel discussions, videos, music, exercises and small group discussion…

The theoretical underpinnings of affective temperaments: implications for evolutionary foundations of bipolar disorder and human nature.

We sketch out putative evolutionary roles for affective temperaments within the theoretical framework of mood disorders conceptualized as ex … it may have evolved as a mechanism in reproductive success; cyclothymics' creative bent in poetry, music, painting, cooking or fashion design (among men, in particular) also appears useful for sexual seduction. Hyperthymic traits would lend distinct advantages in leadership, exploration, territoriality and mating. These are just some of the possibiliti …

Application of the filial imprinting phenomenon to broiler chicks at a commercial farm.

Ten thousand broiler chicks on commercial farms in Israel were imprinted to blue and red plastic boxes (20 x 20 x 40 cm) containing loud speakers (8 omega, 12 W) equipped with a tape recorder, in which a classical music cassette had been placed. Upon reaching 3 wk of age, an attempt was made to move these chicks from the training area (A) to a new area (B) using the imprinting objects. This experiment was repeated four times: May, August and November of 1985, and in January 1986. During the warm months of May and August 30 to 60% of the experimental chicks followed the imprinting objects towar…

Scientific Remix: Epistemic Idioms and the Spread of Data Science.

Scholarship on science has long contained a tension between accounts emphasizing convergent forces and those highlighting divergent practices. This article addresses that tension through an ethnographic study of data science. It advances the concept of epistemic idiom-a recognizable and portable pattern of practices that evolve alongside knowledge-making tools, analogous to musical idioms arising from the interaction of material affordances and learned techniques. Through analysis of a project attempting to sequence chromosomal centromeres, I show participants enacting the nomad idiom of data …

Amateur singers' advantage in Mandarin tone perception and imitation.

Musical advantage in speech perception has been widely studied for instrumentalists, but it remains unclear whether singers share this benefit. In speech production, although singers' superiority has been observed relative to non-musicians, little is known about how they achieve this advantage. To address these gaps, this study investigated (i) whether singers outperformed non-musicians in Mandarin tone perception and imitation, (ii) whether singers' potential advantage in imitation depended on auditory feedback, and (iii) whether both groups' imitation improved across repetitions. Singers and…

Co-developing a danced version of the Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP): a participatory design study with clinicians and people with stroke.

BACKGROUND: Self-directed exercise programs empower people with stroke to engage in recovery through daily practice but often present challenges in maintaining long-term adherence. Dance can make rehabilitation exercises more engaging and help reduce the perception of efforts, due to its inherently enjoyable nature and the use of music. This project aims to identify the key considerations for developing a danced adaptation of the GRASP delivered using short video capsules to enhance upper limb motor recovery. METHODS: Using a participatory research approach, co-development meetings were condu…

First systematic review on dance and health exploring global research trends and hotspots: A bibliometric and visualized study.

BACKGROUND: Dance, a synthesis of physical movement and artistic expression, carries the beauty of fusion between music and dance, regardless of age. Its potential as a health-promoting activity has garnered substantial interest. Yet, there exists a research gap in exploring the current trends and hotspots in the realm of dance and health. METHODS: This study analyzed literature from 2009 to 2023, sourced from the Web of Science database. Utilizing CiteSpace VI, the analysis included fundamental information, keywords, and co-citation analysis. RESULTS: The study encompassed 1625 publications…

Musculoskeletal Pain and Satisfaction with an Injury-Prevention Workshop Among Young String and Wind Musicians: An Observational Study.

Background/Objectives: Musculoskeletal injuries are highly prevalent among musicians, with the neck and shoulders being the most frequently reported areas of pain. Preventive education should be included to help understand and avoid health risks associated with musical performance. The objective is to assess the level of satisfaction with a workshop on injury prevention among string and wind musicians, and to determine the prevalence and location of their musculoskeletal pain. Methods: This was an observational study consisting of the administration of a questionnaire following a workshop on m…

Modeling the rhythmic complexity of professional drumming with an oscillation-driven reservoir computer.

UNLABELLED: Musical performances, particularly in drumming, are characterized not only by their structured rhythmic patterns but also by the subtle variations in timing and amplitude series that create expressive complexity. This study proposes a neural-inspired computational model to investigate how the brain might learn and internalize such complex rhythms. Inspired by the established roles of the cerebellum and basal ganglia in production of rhythms and timings, we utilize an oscillation-driven reservoir computer, a recurrent neural network model for temporal learning, to simulate the gener…

Extension of prosthodontic digital guide workflow to reproduce lip-object spatial relationships: Application to an air-reed instrument.

PURPOSE: This study aimed to extend the prosthodontic digital guide concept beyond intraoral applications by developing a method to capture and reproduce extraoral perioral spatial relationships using a digitally fabricated positioning guide in a proof-of-concept case. METHODS: An air-reed musical instrument guide was developed to digitally record and replicate the target distance and angulation between the lips and instrument. Facial and intraoral scans were obtained from an experienced shakuhachi player using a face scanner and an intraoral scanner. The integrated 3D datasets were manually …

Visualization of oral function during playing a wind instrument by a lateral dental impression: a proof-of-concept investigation.

Embouchure describes the interaction of the teeth, lips, tongue, buccal mucosa, and surrounding muscles when playing woodwind and brass inst … e dental impression material was mixed and inserted onto the buccal aspect of the upper molars. The musicians blew test tones and maintained embouchure for 30 s while a lateral embouchure impression was taken. The hardened material was removed and scanned using cone-beam computed tomography. The three-dimensional surface data of the impression were expo …

Reliability of judging in Olympic breaking at the 2024 Paris games.

INTRODUCTION: Although breakdancing was adopted as an Olympic sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics, difficulty of techniques and objective evalu … hich dancer performed better in five categories: technique, vocabulary, originality, execution, and musicality. Absolute deviations from the final score for individual judges were calculated as measures of bias for validity analysis. The reliability of the evaluation was assessed using the intra-class correlation coefficients and Kendall's W. RESULTS: …

Life satisfaction of Palestinian and Polish students after pandemic COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the lives of all social groups around the world, including students who have had to face remo … olish students attach importance to social activity, meetings with friends, traveling, listening to music and watching movies. For them, these forms of spending free time are important in the context of mental regeneration and escape from stress. They emphasize that a good financial situation gives them a sense of security and allows them to pursue thei …

The lateralization of reading.

Reports in the 1890s described reading disorders from left hemisphere damage. Subsequent work converging from a variety of research approach … anguage in the deaf and lip-reading, and with non-visual stimuli that are textual, as with Braille. Musical notation and number reading are other text-based visual forms of reading that do not involve words. Overall, most studies show that the left ventral occipitotemporal cortex is involved in processing these diverse types of reading, with variable co …

Повреждённая временная обработка в множестве склерозов.

Множественный склероз (MS) — хроническое аутоиммунное заболевание центральной нервной системы, которое повреждает серую и белую материю и снижает эффективность нейронной передачи. По данным исследований МРТ, ранние нейродегенерации в субкортических структурах, включая базальную ганглию (БГ), с микроструктурными повреждениями и изменчивой анизотропией тканей, о которых сообщается по всем подтипам MS, влияют на функциональную связь BG, а также связаны с усталостью. Учитывая центральную роль BG во временной обработке, мы предположили, что у людей с MS (PwMS) будет нарушено восприятие и двигательн

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that damages grey and white matter and reduces neural … o rhythmic auditory cues. Perceptual deficits included poorer detection of metronome alignment with musical beats and reduced sensitivity to deviations from a regular beat. These perceptual impairments correlated with higher patient-reported Expanded Disability Status Scale (prEDSS) scores and perceived fatigue levels, as evaluated with the Multidimensi …