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Street Youth Labor as an Expression of Survival and Self-Worth

Critical Social Work, 2019
This paper explores the ways in which employment/ labor are situated within the daily lives of Guatemalan street youth. The youth interviewed primarily engaged in informal money-making activities. These activities not only demonstrate the entrepreneurial
Jeff Karabanow, Elissa Gurman, Ted Naylor   +2 more
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Effects of Eccentric Exercise on Work-Related Performance and Physical Activity Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Physical Activity and Health, 2023
Background: There is a high prevalence of work productivity loss among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a seeming link between loss of work productivity and RA disease activity.
Amidu Yekini, Jeanne Martin Grace
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Lifestyle practices and health promotion strategies to support physiological well-being during Ramadan [PDF]

Journal of Preventive and Complementary Medicine
Fasting during the Holy Month of Ramadan serves as a period for spiritual reflection and the strengthening of communal bonds in Islam. This religious practice induces significant alterations in contemporary lifestyle routines, requiring adaptive ...
Wesley Kuijpers, Damian Harper, Jill Alexander   +2 more
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Comparing the Training of the Mass Casualty Incident Triage by the Virtual Workshop and Non-virtual Workshop (Face-to-face) on the Nursing Students’ Learning and Satisfaction

Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly, 2023
Background: Workshop training is one of the most effective learning methods. This study aims to compare the effect of virtual and face-to-face workshop training on students’ learning and satisfaction.
Arezou Karampourian, Behzad Imani, Mahnaz Khatiban   +2 more
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‘Match load’ construct in professional football: complexities and considerations

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
The differentiation between training load and match load is an important consideration in applied practice, with the match load construct being used in athlete monitoring to inform training prescription and return to play decision-making post ...
Jill Alexander, Ben Dixon, Damian Harper
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Holistic Evaluation of Lifestyle and Performance Diagnostics (HELP-D): A theoretical framework for screening and managing non-communicable diseases [PDF]

Journal of Preventive and Complementary Medicine
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) encompass a range of chronic conditions characterized by gradual transitions from health to disease and complex disruptions within the biological networks that underlie human pathologies.
Wesley Kuijpers, Damian Harper, Jill Alexander   +2 more
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Plant Art from the Amazon: Tree Performance in the Work of Frans Krajcberg

, 2021
This article examines plant performance in the work of naturalized Brazilian artist Frans Krajcberg (1921-2017). Krajcberg saw his art as a way to give voice to forest plants that are being systematically destroyed through fires and logging, to give way ...
Patrícia Vieira, Vieira, Patrícia
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Comment on Collins, C.N.; et al. Body Composition Changes of United States Smokejumpers during the 2017 Fire Season. Fire 2018, 1, 48

Fire, 2019
In the recent manuscript by Collins et al [...]
Brent C. Ruby
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Potential Importance of Maximal Upper Body Strength-Generating Qualities and Upper Body Strength Training for Performance of High-Intensity Running and Jumping Actions: A Scoping Review

Sports
Purpose: To investigate the influence of upper body (UB) strength qualities and UB strength training on the performance of high-intensity running and jumping actions and to identify gaps and recommendations for future research.
Ivan Curovic, David Grecic, David Rhodes, Jill Alexander, Damian J. Harper   +4 more
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The Importance of Upper Body Strength Testing and Training For Performance of High-Intensity Actions in Professional Soccer Players: A Survey Exploring Perceptions and Current Practices of Soccer Strength and Conditioning Coaches

International Journal of Strength and Conditioning
This study aimed to investigate the perception of soccer strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches on the importance of upper body (UB) strength training for the performance of high-intensity actions (HIA) (i.e., sprinting, repeated sprint ability, change
Ivan Curovic, David Grecic, David Rhodes, Jill Alexander, Damian James Harper   +4 more
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