The incidence of stress fractures of the lower extremities during U.S. military basic training is significantly higher among female military recruits than among male recruits. The prevalence of this injury has a marked impact on the health of service personnel and imposes a significant financial burden on the military by delaying completion of the training of new recruits. In addition to lengthening training time, increasing program costs, and delaying military readiness, stress fractures may share their etiology with the longer-term risk of osteoporosis. As part of the Defense Women's Health Research Program, this book evaluates the impact of diet, genetic predisposition, and physical activity on bone mineral and calcium status in young servicewomen. It makes recommendations for reducing stress fractures and improving overall bone health through nutrition education and monitored physical training programs. The book also makes recommendations for future research to evaluate more fully the effects of fitness levels, physical activities, and other factors on stress fracture risk and bone health.
Why is the incidence of stress fractures in military combat training greater for
women than for men? Stress fracture rates among female military trainees during
basic training are more than twice those reported for males. This greater
incidence ...
Originally published in 1985, this volume presents the proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Attention and Performance. With few exceptions, the central emphasis in previous meetings of the Attention and Performance Association was on the information-processing approach to normal human cognition. This emphasis had been supplemented, on occasion, by studies employing EEG methods, but there had not been systematic attempts to relate the information-processing approach to work in the neurosciences. This volume seeks to emphasize the search for mechanism with such methods of approach as the following: anatomical, physiological, neuropsychological, behavioral, and computational. The editors believed that this was in accord with recent developing trends in cognition and particularly with developments in the study of attention at the time.
Hal yang disebut terakhir itulah yang berhubungan dengan kecerdasan
emosional. Salah satu aspek penting yang perlu diperhatikan dalam
perkembangan anak menyangkut perkembangan emosional (emotional inte-
legency). Beberapa dekade yang lalu perkembangan anak lebih didominasi oleh
aspek kognitif sehingga lebih mementingkan kecerdasan intelektual (intelectual
intelegence). Kenyataan membuktikan bahwa dengan kecerdasan intelektual
saja tidak cukup. Dalam ...
"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God". What better words would describe the special children whose lives depend on people's compassion and understanding of their status. Chico, the star of this book is a special child diagnosed to have moderate to advance autism at a time when autism was still almost unheard of. This was in 1988 when Chico at the age of two started to begin his journey in a world that was totally different from the world we know. The struggle of his parents to give him a normal life would be a story that is poignant and touching.
"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." What better words would describe the special children whose lives depend on people's compassion and understanding of their status. Chico, the star of this book is a special child diagnosed to have moderate to advance autism at a time when autism was still almost unheard of. This was in 1988 when Chico at the age of two started to begin his journey in a world that was totally different from the world we know. The struggle of his parents to give him a normal life would be a story that is poignant and touching.
