Valoración de la importancia de la percepción del color en el rugby y otros deportes oposición-colaboración.

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El antiguo colegio de Rugby, símbolo de la educación británica.

Descripción de la revolución educativa llevada a cabo en el siglo XIX en la enseñanza media pública de Gran Bretaña, comenzada por Thomas Arnold en el Colegio de Rugby, de Warwickshire, hacia 1828 cuando ocupó el cargo de director. Supo ganarse a los padres de la clase media para que sus hijos acudieran a la escuela, imponiendo como primer objetivo de la educación la formación del carácter de los jóvenes y la inculcación de principios morales y religiosos. Se rodeó de profesores de alto nivel profesional, renovó el papel de los prefectos en la escuela, y dejó una corriente de directores continuadores de su obra.

Measuring and comparing constraints to improved biosecurity amongst GB farmers, veterinarians and the auxiliary industries

Constraints to the introduction of enhanced biosecurity systems are rarely considered in sufficient detail when population medicine specialists initiate new control schemes. The main objective of our research was to investigate and compare the different attitudes constraining improvement in biosecurity for cattle and sheep farmers, practising veterinary surgeons and the auxiliary industries in Great Britain (GB). This study was carried out utilizing farmer focus groups, a questionnaire survey of veterinary practitioners and a telephone survey of auxiliary industry representatives. It appears that farmers and veterinarians have their own relatively clear definitions for biosecurity in relation to some major diseases threatening GB agriculture. Overall, farmers believe that other stakeholders, such as the government, should make a greater contribution towards biosecurity within GB. Conversely, veterinary practitioners saw their clients' ability or willingness to invest in biosecurity measures as a major constraint. Veterinary practitioners also felt that there was need for additional proof of efficacy and/or the potential economic benefits of proposed farm biosecurity practices better demonstrated. Auxiliary industries, in general, were not certain of their role in biosecurity although study participants highlighted zoonoses as part of the issue and offered that most of the constraints operated at farm level. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Measuring and comparing constraints to improved biosecurity amongst GB farmers, veterinarians and the auxiliary industries

Constraints to the introduction of enhanced biosecurity systems are rarely considered in sufficient detail when population medicine specialists initiate new control schemes. The main objective of our research was to investigate and compare the different attitudes constraining improvement in biosecurity for cattle and sheep farmers, practising veterinary surgeons and the auxiliary industries in Great Britain (GB). This study was carried out utilizing farmer focus groups, a questionnaire survey of veterinary practitioners and a telephone survey of auxiliary industry representatives. It appears that farmers and veterinarians have their own relatively clear definitions for biosecurity in relation to some major diseases threatening GB agriculture. Overall, farmers believe that other stakeholders, such as the government, should make a greater contribution towards biosecurity within GB. Conversely, veterinary practitioners saw their clients' ability or willingness to invest in biosecurity measures as a major constraint. Veterinary practitioners also felt that there was need for additional proof of efficacy and/or the potential economic benefits of proposed farm biosecurity practices better demonstrated. Auxiliary industries, in general, were not certain of their role in biosecurity although study participants highlighted zoonoses as part of the issue and offered that most of the constraints operated at farm level. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

A comparative value of electricity storage within GB market mechanisms

This paper investigates the value of a generic storage system within two GB market mechanisms and one ancillary service provision: the wholesale power market, the Balancing Mechanism and Firm Frequency Response (FFR). Three models are evaluated under perfect foresight and fixed horizon which is subsequently extended to explore the impact of a longer foresight on market revenues. The results show that comparatively, the balancing mechanism represents the highest source of potential revenues followed by the wholesale power market and Firm Frequency Response respectively. Longer horizons show diminishing returns, with the 1 day horizon providing the vast majority of total revenues. However storage power capacity utilization benefits from such long horizons. These results could imply that short horizons are very effective in capturing revenues in both the wholesale market and balancing mechanism whereas sizing of a storage system should take into consideration horizon foresight and accuracy for greater benefit.

Bayesian coalescent analysis reveals a high rate of molecular evolution in GB virus C

GB virus C/hepatitis G (GBV-C) is an RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. Despite replicating with an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, some previous estimates of rates of evolutionary change in GBV-C suggest that it fixes mutations at the anomalously low rate of similar to 100(-7) nucleotide substitution per site, per year. However, these estimates were largely based on the assumption that GBV-C and its close relative GBV-A (New World monkey GB viruses) codiverged with their primate hosts over millions of years. Herein, we estimated the substitution rate of GBV-C using the largest set of dated GBV-C isolates compiled to date and a Bayesian coalescent approach that utilizes the year of sampling and so is independent of the assumption of codivergence. This revealed a rate of evolutionary change approximately four orders of magnitude higher than that estimated previously, in the range of 10(-2) to 10(-3) sub/site/year, and hence in line with those previously determined for RNA viruses in general and the Flaviviridae in particular. In addition, we tested the assumption of host-virus codivergence in GBV-A by performing a reconciliation analysis of host and virus phylogenies. Strikingly, we found no statistical evidence for host-virus codivergence in GBV-A, indicating that substitution rates in the GB viruses should not be estimated from host divergence times.

Influence of hepatitis G virus (GB virus C) on the prognosis of HIV-infected women

This study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of GB virus C (GBV-C) viraemia and anti-E2 antibody, and to assess the effect of co-infection with GBV-C and HIV during a 10-year follow-up of a cohort of 248 HIV-infected women. Laboratory variables (mean and median CD4 counts, and HIV and GBV-C viral loads) and clinical parameters were investigated. At baseline, 115 women had past exposure to GBV-C: 57 (23%) were GBV-C RNA positive and 58 (23%) were anti-E2 positive. There was no statistical difference between the groups (GBV-C RNA + /anti-E2 -, GBV-C RNA - /anti-E2 + and GBV-C RNA - /anti-E2 -) regarding baseline CD4 counts or HIV viral loads (P = 0.360 and 0.713, respectively). Relative risk of death for the GBV-C RNA + /anti-E2 - group was 63% lower than that for the GBV-C RNA - /anti-E2 - group. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that only HIV loads >= 100,000 copies/mL and AIDS-defining illness during follow-up were associated with shorter survival after AIDS development. It is likely that antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in our cohort blurred a putative protective effect related to the presence of GBV-C RNA.

O riso pela fama: análise dos filmes publicitários da topper e Confederação Brasileira de Rugby

Pós-graduação em Comunicação - FAAC

Agressividade no rugby

O rúgbi é um esporte coletivo de contato e algumas vezes durante o jogo ocorrem situações de confrontos que provocam alterações no estado emocional do jogador, fazendo com que ele possa sentir medo, raiva, ansiedade e outras emoções, este fato pode torná-lo mais agressivo. Através disso, uma pesquisa foi realizada na tentativa de explicar o que acontece dentro e fora de campo e que pode influenciar o jogador durante uma partida. Aqui fazemos uma apresentação do que é o jogo de rúgbi e suas regras, contamos um pouco da história da psicologia e seus ramos de trabalho também, dando enfoque na psicologia do esporte da sua importância para o esporte e a educação física. E finalmente mostramos o que acontece com o jogador que fica agressivo durante a partida, os motivos, as situações que o levam a ser agressivo

Rugby, sob o olhar da agressividade

Rugby, English origin of sport, has as its origin in the late nineteenth century, and features a large number of fans in Brazil, this number that has had a significant increase. And as you know, in human relationships that take place between the competitors, technical and audience go through the various feelings and emotional fields, creating space for all kinds of possibilities, including aggression. Thus the aim of this study was to investigate factors involving bullying by the Rugby game. Given the large number of materials found in the literature dealing with the theme of aggression, a survey in the literature was conducted to investigate the theme of aggression relationship with Rugby. The literature review was made up of journals, theses and materials found in online news, blogs in order to streamline the text. It can be concluded that despite a very physical contact sport the issue of aggression is wide and is related to many factors

Rugby, self-efficacy and prosocial behaviour: evidence from the italian "rugby project for schools"

[EN] This study examined the effectiveness of a school-based rugby introductory training course (“Rugby Project For Schools”) in a sample of one hundred and three Italian adolescents, sixty-three attending the program (rugby group), and forty not taking part in the project (control group).

Variación del esquema corporal con la práctica de actividad física: estudio comparativo entre jugadores de rugby profesional y un grupo control

Programa de doctorado: Avances en Traumatología, Medicina del Deporte, Cuidado de Heridas (Interdepartamental). Bienio 2007-2009. La fecha de publicación es la fecha de lectura