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In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) programs to cancel or move online. There is no research about online CPE, and it is unknown how effective it is compared with in-person CPE. Researchers in other related fields have studied online clinical supervision, specifically how technology-assisted supervision affects the supervisory relationship, the development of supervisees' competence and confidence, supervisees' satisfaction, and the overall quality of clinical supervision. This paper presents a review of the scientific evidence about online clinical supervision. It is generally agreed that online clinical supervision is a viable alternative to in-person supervision. More research about online CPE is needed to develop best practices and new accreditation standards that enable CPE supervisors to practice online CPE at the highest level, whether in a pandemic or not.We aimed to evaluate whether changes in the noninvasively assessed urinary N-terminal fragment of titin (U-titin) concentration may be associated with those of serum creatine kinase (CK) activity, transverse relaxation time (T2), maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torque, range of motion (ROM), and muscle soreness, following high-intensity eccentric exercise. Twenty-eight healthy young men performed 30 maximal isokinetic (120°/s) eccentric elbow flexor contractions using an isokinetic dynamometer. U-titin concentration, serum CK activity, T2, MVC torque, ROM, and muscle soreness were measured before and after a maximum of 4 days. Both U-titin concentration and serum CK activity increased post-exercise in a similar manner, though the former elevated slightly earlier (p less then 0.05). The peak values of log U-titin concentration following eccentric exercise were strongly correlated with those of log serum CK activity (r = 0.90, p less then 0.05) and T2 (r = 0.84, p less then 0.05). There were moderate correlations between peak values of U-titin concentration and those of MVC torque (r = 0.69, p less then 0.05) and ROM decline rate (r = 0.45, p less then 0.05). These results suggest that in healthy young men, the non-invasive marker, U-titin, may be used as a serum CK surrogate following exercise-induced severe muscle damage.Compared to body mass index, waist circumference (WC), and adiposity measurements, adipose tissue (AT) morpho-functionality evaluations are better predictors of cardiometabolic abnormalities (CA). The present study establishes a dysfunctional adiposity index (DAI) as an early marker of CA based on adipocytes morpho-functional abnormalities. DAI was established in 340 subjects without cardiovascular risk factors selected from a cross-sectional study (n=1600). Then, DAI was calculated in 36 healthy subjects who underwent subcutaneous AT biopsy. The correlation of DAI with adipocyte morphology (size/number) and functionality (adiponectin/leptin ratio) was analyzed. The DAI cut-off point was identified and its independent association with CA was determined in 1418 subjects from the cross-sectional study. The constant parameters to calculate the DAI were [WC/[22.79+[2.68*BMI]]]*[triglycerides (TG, mmol/L)/1.37]*[1.19/high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C, mmol/L)] for males, and [WC/[24.02+[2.37*BMI]]]*[TG(mmol/L)/1.32]*[1.43/HDL-C(mmol/L)] for females. DAI correlated with adipocytes mean area, adipocyte number and adiponectin/leptin ratio. DAI ≥1.065 was independently associated with diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, subclinical atherosclerosis, and hypertension. The present study highlights that DAI is associated with early CA independently of adiposity and other risk factors. Since DAI is obtained using accessible parameters, it can be easily incorporated into clinical practice for early identification of AT abnormalities in apparently healthy subjects.
To compare the composite neonatal and maternal adverse outcomes among women with diabetes who labor and deliver at 37-41 weeks at distinct time shifts.
This population-based retrospective cohort study using the US Vital Statistics dataset on Period Linked Birth-Infant Death Data from 2013-2017. The study population was restricted to non-anomalous singleton live births from women with pregestational or gestational diabetes, who labored and delivered at 37 0/7 to 41 6/7 weeks of gestation. The time of delivery was categorized as the first shift (700-1500), the second shift (1500-2300), and the third shift (2300-700). The primary outcome was a composite neonatal adverse outcome; the secondary outcome was a composite maternal adverse outcome. URMC-099 mouse Multivariable Poisson regression models were used to estimate the association between the time of delivery and adverse outcomes (using adjusted relative risk [aRR] and 95% CI).
Of 19.8 million live births during the study period, 3.3% (643,610) met the study inclusion gher if delivery occurs at the third shift (2300-700).The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of grade of obesity on the probability of achieving a VO2 plateau and threshold secondary criteria for verifying VO2max during a treadmill walk test in youths with obesity. Therefore, 72 youths with obesity (aged 8-16) performed an incremental treadmill walk test to exhaustion during which oxygen uptake (VO2), minute ventilation (VE), heart rate (HR) and rating of perceived exertion were continuously measured. HR corresponding to a "hard" level of perceived exertion was reported and expressed as a percentage of the predicted HRmax. The rate of achievement of criteria for validation VO2max (VO2 plateau; HR>95% theoretical HRmax; RER>1.0; rating of perceived exertion ≥ "hard") was compared between participants with grade I and grade II obesity. 37% of the participants achieved a VO2 plateau and 23% achieved both an HR>95% and RER >1.0. Youths with grade II obesity had lower minute ventilation (p1.0.
Asthma, a common chronic disease in adolescents is impacted by factors affecting quality of life. This study aimed to determine the psychosocial factors of adolescents with asthma and their parents.
The study included 122 adolescents with asthma, 82 healthy controls, and their parents who completed the Asthma Control Test (ACT), Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI).
The mean age was 14.2 ± 1.9 years. ACT score was high and depression was low in patients with good treatment compliance. As the age of the first asthma symptoms/diagnosis increased, somatization, anxiety, hostility and general psychopathology scores increased, as did the somatization score of parents. Parental anxiety score was not related with adolescent BSI scores in the controls but in the study group when it was higher, the anxiety, depression, somatization, and general psychopathology scores were higher. PAQLQ showed that anxiety, negative self-esteem, somatization, depression, and general psychopathology were higher in patients concerned about asthma.