Body image and body composition: comparisons of young male elite soccer players and controls

[EN] The purpose of this study was to evaluate body composition and body image (perception and satisfaction) in a group of young elite soccer players and to compare the data with those of a control group (age and BMI matched). Participants were 56 volunteer males whose mean age and BMI were 19.6 (SD 1.3) years and 23.3 (SD 1.1) kg/m2, respectively. Results showed that soccer players have a higher lean mass and lower fat mass than controls. Moreover, body perception (difference between current and actual image) was more accurate in controls than in soccer players, and the results suggest a tendency for soccer players to aspire to have more muscle mass and body fat. Soccer players perceived an ideal image with significantly higher body-fat percentage than their current and actual images. There were no body-dissatisfaction differences between groups, however. Although the results are necessarily limited by the small sample size, the findings should be of interest to coaches of young elite soccer teams.

New Insights from Aperiodic Variability of Young Stars

Nearly all young stars are variable, with the variability traditionally divided into two classes: periodic variables and aperiodic or "irregular" variables. Periodic variables have been studied extensively, typically using periodograms, while aperiodic variables have received much less attention due to a lack of standard statistical tools. However, aperiodic variability can serve as a powerful probe of young star accretion physics and inner circumstellar disk structure. For my dissertation, I analyzed data from a large-scale, long-term survey of the nearby North America Nebula complex, using Palomar Transient Factory photometric time series collected on a nightly or every few night cadence over several years. This survey is the most thorough exploration of variability in a sample of thousands of young stars over time baselines of days to years, revealing a rich array of lightcurve shapes, amplitudes, and timescales.

I have constrained the timescale distribution of all young variables, periodic and aperiodic, on timescales from less than a day to ~100 days. I have shown that the distribution of timescales for aperiodic variables peaks at a few days, with relatively few (~15%) sources dominated by variability on tens of days or longer. My constraints on aperiodic timescale distributions are based on two new tools, magnitude- vs. time-difference (Δm-Δt) plots and peak-finding plots, for describing aperiodic lightcurves; this thesis provides simulations of their performance and presents recommendations on how to apply them to aperiodic signals in other time series data sets. In addition, I have measured the error introduced into colors or SEDs from combining photometry of variable sources taken at different epochs. These are the first quantitative results to be presented on the distributions in amplitude and time scale for young aperiodic variables, particularly those varying on timescales of weeks to months.

Eggs, Larvae and Young of The Striped Bass, Roccus saxatilis

Detailed descriptions of the early development of the striped bass, Roccus saxitilis (Walbaum), with emphasis on variation in size and morphology, sequence of fin formation, changes in body form, and attainment of the full complement of maristic numbers, are presented and illustrated for the first time. The egg is spherical, transparent, non-adhesive and relatively large. It is pelagic and buoyant, although it sinks in quiet fresh water. When unfertilized, it averages 1.3 mm, in diameter, but is 3.4 mm. when fertilized and water-hardened. The granular yolk sac, green when alive and whitish-yellow when preserved, averages 1.2 mm., and the single amber-colored oil globule is about 0.6 mm. in diameter. Newly hatched striped bass prolarvae, which range from 2.9-3.7 mm. in total length, are relatively undeveloped and nearly transparent, with no mouth opening, unpigmented eyes, and a greatly enlarged yolk sac with the large oil globule projecting beyond the head. When 5-6 mm. long the yolk sac and oil globule are assimilated and the postlarvae I show advanced development of the internal anatomy. Although the fish is still transparent, scattered melanophores are found on the head and body and chromatophores in the eyes and the ventro-posterior edge of the body. Postlarvae transform to young between 7 and 10 mm. in length when the finfolds are lost except in the dorsal, anal and caudal regions. The largest fish in this group possess a well-formed skeleton with a full complement of 25 vertebrae. Between 10 and 20 mm. in length all fish are fully transformed, muscular tissue renders most of the internal structure obscure, and the myotomes, which generally correspond in number with the vertebrae, are no longer visible. At fish lengths of 20-30 mm. scales are found on all specimens, and with the exception of the pectoral fin-rays, a full complement of meristic structures is present in all other fins. At this stage the body is pigmented uniformly with small spots. Linear regressions between several dependent variables and the , independent variable of standard length indicate that the rate of development of head, eye. and snout to anus lengths is proportional to the length of the larvae and young. Body depth and standard length are non-linear among newly-hatched larvae. Hatchery-reared striped bass demonstrated a slow rate of growth, and were regarded as "stunted," when compared to growth rates observed in another study and field collections. Observations were also made on abnormal eggs and teratological larvae and young. Blue-sac disease is tentatively identified and described for the first time in larvae and pugnosed larvae and young are also described for the first time in striped bass.

Avoided temperatures by young fish [Translation from: Informatsionnyi Byulleten Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod No.50, 45-47, 1981]

Directed local changes of water temperature for the purpose of controlling the behaviour of fish are based on the knowledge of the characteristics of seasonal-age dynamics of their thermoadaptation possibilities. These possibilities are still inadequately studied especially in relation to avoided temperatures. By the authors the attempt was made to determine zones of avoided temperatures for the young of five species of fish (bream, roach, blue bream, perch, peled) in the summer period of the year, and also to assess the influence on them of additional factors, in particular mechanical driving. In parallel in two-fold repetition were conducted experiments on the determination of selected, shock and lethal temperatures of these fish. Experiments were conducted with fish, caught in the littoral of the Rybinsk reservoir.

Influence of starvation on selected temperatures in the young of bream, roach and perch [Translation from: Informatsionnyi Byulleten Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod No.50, 45-47, 1981]

Works devoted to the influence of starvation on temperature selection by fishes are few and their conclusions are contradictory. This study determined the influence of brief, up to 14 days, starvation on temperature selection by young fishes. The experiments were carried out in August-September 1976 on fingerling bream (Abramis brama L.), roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) and perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) with body lengths of 3-5 cm and weight 0.5-1.2 g. The young fish were caught in the littoral by seine-nets or small drag-nets. Immediately after catching the fish they were put in acclimatization boxes. The period of acclimatization did not exceed 2 days for bream and roach at a temperature of 20 °C and 6 days for perch at 17 °C. Before the start of the experiment and for the first 10 days of the experiment the fish were fed with oligochaetes, earthworms and daphnia, after that feeding discontinued. At the end of a 10-14 day period the giving of food was resumed. The study concludes that the experiments have shown that in the summer season the factor of starvation significantly changes the reaction to the gradient of temperature in young cyprihids - roach and bream.

Effects of flow regime on the young stages of Salmonid fishes. Conclusions based on results for 1977-1981

Rivers in Teesdale and its fish population have been monitored for several years. This report briefly describes the life cycle of British salmonid fishes and indicates the main ways in which this life cycle is influenced by discharge and related effects. Some highlights of the research results for 1977 - 1981 are briefly stated and proposals for future research are listed. Some practical implications of the results are discussed. (PDF contains 34 pages)

Effects of flow regime on the young stages of salmonid fishes. Summary and conclusions based on results for 1981-1985

The main British salmonid species spawn in clean gravel in streams and rivers, many of them in the upland areas of Britain. The earliest stages of the life cycle (eggs and alevins) spend some months within the gravel of the river bed. During this period their survival rate can be strongly influenced by flow regime and by related phenomena such as movement of coarse river bed material, changes in water level and the deposition of silt. In recent years human influence upon the flow regimes of upland water courses and upon the sediment inputs to them has increased. In order to conserve and, if possible, enhance the populations of salmonid fishes a deeper understanding of the interrelationships between survival of young salmonids and flow-related phenomena is needed. The acquisition of appropriate information is the main aim of the present project, which included: Studies on silt movement and the infilling of gravel voids by fine sediments, together with initial studies on the relationship between intragravel oxygen supply rate and the survival of intragravel stages of salmonids; studies in the general field of egg washout. The latter investigated the physical background to gravel bed disruption, the examination of the physical characteristics of sites chosen for redds, dimensions of redds and burial depth of eggs relative to the size of the fish constructing the redd and a series of smaller studies on other aspects of egg washout.

De menor a criança, de criança a filho: discursos de adoção

A presente tese teve como objetivo primordial cartografar e analisar algumas instituições e mitos que potencializaram, no contexto do estado do Rio de Janeiro, a emergência e a legitimação da prática da adoção-pronta. Por adoção-pronta, entendemos as solicitações de adoções que aportam nos Juizados da Infância e da Juventude como fato consumado, isto é, a criança a ser adotada já se encontra, concretamente, com os requerentes que pretendem regularizar uma situação instituída. Essa medida, via de regra, sustenta-se num tripé: uma mãe que entrega, um casal que acolhe e discursos de especialistas, dentre eles, psicólogos e assistentes sociais, que ratificam tal relação. A amostragem da pesquisa foi composta por dez processos de adoção-pronta, sendo cinco na vigência do Código de Menores e cinco sob a ótica do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente. A genealogia histórica de Foucault, as ferramentas da Análise Institucional bem como a Análise e a Ordem do Discurso de Orlandi e Foucault foram, nesse percurso, os recortes metodológicos priorizados. As análises permitiram constatar que são pobres, jovens, solteiras e empregadas domésticas as mulheres-mães que entregam seus filhos em adoção. Os que acolhem, em sua maioria, são legalmente casados, economicamente ativos, possuem filhos e, não mantém com a mãe biológica, laços de parentalidade. Os laudos técnicos, via de regra, têm colocado, na mãe pobre, a responsabilidade e a autonomia pelo ato de entrega e, portanto, vêm funcionando como instrumentos de produção e sustentação de subjetividades, tais como a de mãe desnaturada. Em síntese, as análises nos possibilitaram concluir que os discursos dos especialistas longe de afirmarem a ineficácia das políticas públicas como co-autoras dos processos de destituição do poder familiar, vêm afirmando a adoção-pronta como prática de repercussão pública, isto é, enquanto uma solução-alternativa ao quadro de pobreza de cidadania.

Cartola-grafia: causa do Centro Cultural Cartola

Resultante de um convênio estabelecido entre as instituições Centro Cultural Cartola e Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, a presente dissertação teve início a partir da demanda dificuldade com a equipe administrativa, formulada por Nilcemar Nogueira neta de Cartola, vice-presidente do Centro, cujo objetivo é trabalhar em prol do desenvolvimento sociocultural de jovens da comunidade da Mangueira. Em resposta, a pesquisa Cartola-Grafia: Causa do Centro Cultural Cartola buscou investigar qual o impacto da promoção e da preservação do legado de Cartola na vida dos jovens atendidos pelo Centro Cultural Cartola e da equipe que trabalha nos bastidores para que os projetos sociais se tornem uma realidade. No desenvolvimento da pesquisa, procurou-se fazer uma escuta analítica de cada sujeito para, assim, conhecer as causas que levam os trabalhadores/gestores culturais a desempenharem várias atividades (gerenciamento, administração, captação de recursos financeiros, entre outras) relacionadas ao funcionamento da instituição. Na realização dessa empreitada, foi sendo instituída, passo a passo, uma metodologia própria que se adequou aos contornos demarcados pela fronteira do campo, com troca de informações entre autores oriundos de diferentes campos de saber: Sociologia, Institucionalismo, Psicopatologia do Trabalho, Ergologia, Clínica da Atividade e Psicanálise.

"A lição da mocidade reta": um olhar sobre biografias de Getúlio Vargas para crianças e jovens (1937-1945)

O presente trabalho destina-se à reflexão acerca de algumas das dimensões do projeto político e educacional posto em prática no período do Estado Novo (1937-1945), buscando focalizar estratégias encaminhadas no sentido da formação da população infanto-juvenil, com base em valores morais e sociais afinados com a ideologia do regime. No âmbito das estratégias voltadas para fortalecimento e legitimação do regime, que procurava construir uma identificação com a nação, houve a preocupação com a produção de uma imagem idealizada do próprio Estado Novo, da figura de Vargas diante do povo e de sua relação com este, em especial, com os trabalhadores e a juventude. Para isso, o governo lançou mão de estratégias diversas para popularização da figura do presidente diante dos jovens e produziu todo um conjunto de representações acerca de valores como família, educação, trabalho e nação. Tais estratégias compreenderam uma vasta produção de materiais impressos e, entre estes,biografias de Getúlio Vargas, voltadas para o público infanto-juvenil. Assim, a intenção deste estudo é refletir sobre a produção destes impressos no âmbito do projeto político e educacional do regime, buscando apreender de que forma estas publicações, que têm como pano de fundo a trajetória de vida do presidente, forneceram aos jovens modelos de comportamento e parâmetros de conduta valorizados socialmente e, em que medida, se configuraram, elas próprias, produtoras daquela realidade.

Desigualdades sociais nas concepções dos professores e estudantes do PROEJA no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sertão Pernambucano - Campus Petrolina-PE

Este trabalho apresenta resultados de uma pesquisa realizada no IFSERTÃO - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sertão Pernambucano a respeito das desigualdades sociais nas concepções dos professores e estudantes do PROEJA. Teve como objetivo analisar e compreender os sentidos produzidos pelos sujeitos da pesquisa sobre as desigualdades sociais e suas perspectivas de superação, considerando seu histórico e seus aspectos atuais. Foi organizado epistemologicamente numa abordagem de pesquisa qualitativa a partir do ponto de vista metodológico do estudo de caso do tipo descritivo e analítico com entrevistas e análise do documento Base do Programa institucionalizado pelo MEC, buscando identificar as aproximações ou distanciamentos entre as concepções dos entrevistados com a proposta do material institucional no que diz respeito às perspectivas de superação das desigualdades no contexto da EJA. O problema da pesquisa foi formulado mediante o seguinte questionamento: Como as desigualdades sociais se apresentam nas concepções dos professores e estudantes do programa e quais suas perspectivas de superação? Para estudo do problema, procedeu-se à imersão no campo empírico da pesquisa com abordagens e utilização de um roteiro de entrevistas previamente formulado, incluiu-se a leitura flutuante do material coletado e as vozes dos entrevistados foram gravadas, transcritas, lidas e analisadas, buscando a captação do sentido atribuído pelos sujeitos a respeito das desigualdades sociais. Mediante essa trajetória, identificou-se, nas concepções dos sujeitos da pesquisa, que o trabalho se apresenta como centralidade no que se refere às manifestações das desigualdades sociais no contexto da EJA/PROEJA, bem como suas diferentes feições na lógica do sistema capitalista no que se refere a educar para a empregabilidade atendendo às exigências do capital. Assim, considerando que, historicamente, a EJA é uma modalidade de ensino que vem sendo ofertada para sujeitos que tiveram seus percursos escolares interrompidos pela condição de trabalhadores, esse tema se configura como estudo de grande relevância no contexto das políticas de Educação de Jovens e Adultos trabalhadores.

Effects of Small-Sided Games vs. Interval Training in Aerobic Fitness and Physical Enjoyment in Young Elite Soccer Players

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of Small-Sided Games (SSG) vs. Interval Training (IT) in soccer training on aerobic fitness and physical enjoyment in youth elite soccer players during the last 8 weeks of the season. Seventeen U-16 male soccer players (age = 15.5 +/- 0.6 years, and 8.5 years of experience) of a Spanish First Division club academy were randomized to 2 different groups for 6 weeks: SSG group (n = 9) and IT group (n = 8). In addition to the usual technical and tactical sessions and competitive games, the SSG group performed 11 sessions with different SSGs, whereas the IT group performed the same number of sessions of IT. Players were tested before and after the 6-week training intervention with a continuous maximal multistage running field test and the counter movement jump test (CMJ). At the end of the study, players answered the physical activity enjoyment scale (PACES). During the study, heart rate (HR) and session perceived effort (sRPE) were assessed. SSGs were as effective as IT in maintaining the aerobic fitness in elite young soccer players during the last weeks of the season. Players in the SSG group declared a greater physical enjoyment than IT (P = 0.006; ES = 1.86 +/- 1.07). Coaches could use SSG training during the last weeks of the season as an option without fear of losing aerobic fitness while promoting high physical enjoyment.