Screening for risk of low energy availability in athletic and recreationally active females in Ireland     

Danielle M. Logue  Sharon M. Madigan  Mirjam Heinen  Sarah-Jane McDonnell  Eamonn Delahunt  Clare A. Corish 《European Journal of Sport Science》2019,19(1):112-122

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Introduction: Low energy availability (LEA) results in physiological adaptations, which can contribute to unfavourable health outcomes. Little information exists on risk of LEA in active individuals competing in different sports or levels of competition. The aims of this study were to (1) identify risk of LEA in females competing at different levels of competition and (2) investigate associations between risk of LEA, illness and dietary habits. Methods: The validated questionnaire, ‘Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire’ was distributed online (November 2016–February 2017) to assess risk of LEA. Twenty-nine additional questions collected information on demographics, illness history and dietary habits. Participants were considered at risk of LEA if they attained a score of?≥?8 and were grouped into: (i) international; (ii) provincial/inter-county; (iii) competitive; and (iv) recreationally active. Chi-square and logistic regression analyses were used to explore differences between those at risk or not at risk of LEA. Results: Risk of LEA was identified in 40% (n?=?331) of 833 participants and was 1.7 and 1.8 times more likely in international and provincial/inter-county athletes compared to those who were recreationally active (International: odds ratios (OR) 1.68, 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) 1.12–2.54; Provincial/inter-county: OR 1.83, 95%CI 1.20–2.77). In participants at risk of LEA, missing >22 days of training during the previous year due to illness occurred 3 times more frequently (OR 3.01, 95%CI 1.81–5.02). Conclusion: Risk of LEA was widespread in this heterogeneous sample. Awareness of LEA and the development of appropriate energy management strategies to ensure athlete health across levels of competition are required.  相似文献   

Books,Articles, and Items of Academic Interest     

Peter Wood 《Academic Questions》2017,30(2):245-252

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Fazal Rizvi and Bob Lingard: Globalizing education policy     

Minori Nagahara 《Journal of Educational Change》2011,12(3):377-383

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The Pseudo-Science of Microaggressions     

Althea Nagai 《Academic Questions》2017,30(1):47-57

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Erratum to: Effects of spell checkers on English as a second language students’ incidental spelling learning: a cognitive load perspective     

Po-Han Lin  Tzu-Chien Liu  Fred Paas 《Reading and writing》2017,30(7):1527-1528

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Research on Teaching Thinking     

Calvin S. Kalman 《Science & Education》2017,26(6):743-745

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The demoralization of teachers: Crisis in a rural school in China     

Yang Xu 《Frontiers of Education in China》2014,9(3):470-471

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Idea generation in biomedical engineering courses using Design Heuristics     

Jin Woo Lee  Anastasia Ostrowski  Aileen Huang-Saad  Colleen M. Seifert 《European Journal of Engineering Education》2019,44(3):360-378

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With increasing demand for improved medical equipment and healthcare, next-generation biomedical engineers need strong design skills. Equipping biomedical engineering students with tools for idea generation and development can increase student design success. Design Heuristics are an ideation tool developed through empirical studies of product designs. While identified in the mechanical engineering space, Design Heuristics may be applicable in biomedical engineering design. In our study, we implemented a Design Heuristics session during upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate biomedical engineering design courses. We examined the applicability of Design Heuristics within individual and team concept generation contexts. The findings demonstrated that biomedical engineering students were able to use Design Heuristics to generate multiple concepts, and that initial concepts produced using Design Heuristics were carried over into final team design. The results support the applicability of Design Heuristics to student idea generation in biomedical engineering design.  相似文献   

Mistrust,secrecy and suspicion     

Clare Rigg 《Action Learning: Research and Practice》2015,12(3):259-260

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Action learning and action research – revisiting similarities,differences, complementarities and whether it matters     

Clare Rigg  David Coghlan 《Action Learning: Research and Practice》2016,13(3):201-203

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