{"title":"Acetazolamide Stress SPECT Test on Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Depressive Disorder","authors":"Yi Xu, Jian Gong, Hao Xu","doi":"10.11648/j.aap.20160103.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aap.20160103.11","url":null,"abstract":"The regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and the cerebral vasoreactivity of the patients with depressive disorder were observed by SPECT and acetazolamide stress SPECT test respectively. Eighteen unmedicated depressed patients and nineteen healthy control subjects were included. Baseline SPECT was performed in both patients and control subjects. Acetazolamide stress SPECT test was performed two days later in patients two hours after taking 2g acetazolamide orally. It was found that there was significant difference between the untreated depressed patients and the controls, because there was relatively reduced perfusion in frontal lobe, temporal lobe, left parietal lobe and right basal ganglia in depressed patients. After acetazolamide stress SPECT test, the perfusion of decreased regions in baseline step was increased. No potential ischemic lesion was found. The perfusion of some specific regions of the depressed patients decreased. Acetazolamide stress SPECT test could not reveal silent brain ischemia in the depressed patients. The perfusion of decreased regions in the baseline imaging was increased in acetazolamide stress SPECT test.","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"17 1","pages":"38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72637142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Socio-Economic Status on Learning Ability of Bengali (Indian) Primary School Children","authors":"Sourav Manna, Amitava Pal, P. Dhara","doi":"10.11648/J.AAP.20160101.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.AAP.20160101.13","url":null,"abstract":"Socioeconomic status is strongly associated with the cognitive ability and achievement during childhood. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of age and socioeconomic status (SES) on learning ability among 5-10 years school going boys. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 322 school going boys from different districts of West Bengal state, India. The socio-economic status of the participants was evaluated by modified Kuppuswami scale. Learning ability of the participants was evaluated by Ray's auditory verbal learning test (RAVLT). The subjects were divided into lower, middle, upper SES groups. The results revealed that the 5 years old boys recalled significantly lesser words on each of the learning trials and showed significantly lower learning score compared to that of older boys. Age was significantly (P<0.001) and positively correlated with RAVLT performances. The participants belonged to the lower socioeconomic group recalled significantly lesser words on each of the learning trials and possessed significantly small¬er learning score compared to that of middle and upper socioeconomic groups. Correlation analysis demonstrated that socioeconomic status had significant and positive correlation with RAVLT performances. On the contrary, age and socioeconomic status had significant negative correlation with forgetful speed. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that even after controlling for the effect of the age, socioeconomic status had strong significant impact on learning of trials (LOT) and recognition (REC).","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"1 1","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74843707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Halder, A. Pathak, O. S. Tomer, Abhirup Chatterjee, M. Saha
{"title":"Physical and Physiological Comparison Between Indian Female College Basketball Players and Sedentary Students","authors":"K. Halder, A. Pathak, O. S. Tomer, Abhirup Chatterjee, M. Saha","doi":"10.11648/J.AAP.20160102.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.AAP.20160102.11","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to assess and compare the physical and physiological performances of Indian female college basketball players (BB) with sedentary females (SS) of same age group. Randomly selected 20 female college students, 10 each in 2 groups, BB (19.0 ± 0.8) and SS (19.7 ± 1.3) respectively, volunteered for this study. Standing height, body weight, resting blood pressure, resting and maximum heart rate (RHR and MHR respectively), resting oxygen consumption (VO 2rest ), maximal aerobic capacity (VO 2max ), anaerobic power, hand grip strength (HGS) and back leg strength (BLS) were recorded. Body surface area (BSA), body mass index (BMI), maximum oxygen pulse (O 2 P max ), fatigue percentage and relative peak power output (RPP) were calculated. Significant difference was observed between BB and SS in body weight (P 2max (P 2 P max (P<0.01) were noted in sportswomen compared to sedentary females. Peak anaerobic power, average anaerobic power (both P<0.01) and RPP (P<0.001) of sportswomen was also significantly higher than the sedentary group. The study revealed that female college basketball players were physiologically potent than sedentary students of similar age group. It is once again substantiated the fact that involvement in sports or games like basketball, renders a person with better physiological health and physical fitness as compared to sedentary individuals.","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"38 1","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88256495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. G. Thakurta, Rauf Iqbal, H. Bhasin, Amitabha De, Shreya Maulik
{"title":"Human Gait with Reference to Age, Gender and Impact of Load: A Review","authors":"A. G. Thakurta, Rauf Iqbal, H. Bhasin, Amitabha De, Shreya Maulik","doi":"10.11648/J.AAP.20160102.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.AAP.20160102.12","url":null,"abstract":"This review paper summarizes the available literature regarding the analysis of human gait of with reference to age and its effect on the performance. The ability to walk upright on two legs (bipedalism) is the root of what it means to be human and each person displays personal peculiarities in their walking pattern. According to the studies, muscle activity changes with the deviation of gait pattern in different condition and even for different individuals. It has been found that a vivid knowledge about the kinetics and kinematics of human gait improves the understanding of proper mechanisms of walking and has found to be helpful. Studies also suggest that the determinants of gait from decades are never closely being observed which is needed and can be productive. Gait is altered by different factors especially age, gender, working conditions etc. Walking pattern or more precisely the parameters of gait are affected by different load carriage conditions. Aging has a great impact on gait variability. With increase in age gait parameters like step length becomes smaller and step width also becomes wider, even pelvic mobility also decreases which in turn slower the walking speed. A significant difference of gait initiation speed, hip and knee angles has been found between males and females. A few studies have shown a wide range of differences of human walking pattern between different populations. It varies from country to country, even region to region in a particular country due to differences found in the body composition which is again affected by various important factors like climate, food habit, landscapes etc.","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"33 1","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79817058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three Dimensional Relationships of Emotional Intelligence, Exercise and Stress in Adolescents","authors":"S. Das, Kutubuddin Halder, A. Bandyopadhyay","doi":"10.11648/J.AAP.20160101.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.AAP.20160101.11","url":null,"abstract":"The present review was an attempt to accumulate the existing knowledge on the psychophysiological response to stress in adolescence. The current study is also focused to explore the effects of regular exercise and emotional intelligence on coping stress in adolescents. Neuro-physiological mechanism involved in exercise induced process of combating stress have been surveyed in addition to the psychophysiological way of emotional intelligence in managing stress in adolescents. The works on gender variation in stress response and coping strategy have also been investigated with the target age group. The available literature suggests constructive neuro-physiological role of exercise on significant reduction in stress among adolescents. Researches indicated that participation in emotional intelligence (EI) development programme and regular exercise training are potentially effective skills in overcoming stress mediated turmoil in adolescents’ personal and community life. The present update strongly recommends the inclusion of regular exercise programme and practice of emotional intelligence skill in main stream school curriculum as compulsory activity for students in adolescence stage for better balanced and healthy life style in future course of time.","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"13 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85195627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ayan Chatterjee, S. Chatterjee, Neepa Banerjee, S. Chatterjee, T. Santra, Shankarashis Mukherjee
{"title":"Assessment of Physiological Strain Due to Work and Exposure to Heat of Working Environments in Male Paddy Cultivators","authors":"Ayan Chatterjee, S. Chatterjee, Neepa Banerjee, S. Chatterjee, T. Santra, Shankarashis Mukherjee","doi":"10.11648/J.AAP.20160101.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.AAP.20160101.12","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Indian agricultural sector has been undergoing changes since 1950s. The record production of food grains from 50 million tons in 1950 to 241 million tons in 2009-10 is hailed as a breakthrough in Indian agriculture. However, agricultural sector in India is till date significantly dependent on non-mechanized techniques. An agricultural worker has to perform variety of tasks including ploughing, transplanting, threshing which require great physical effort. During the paddy cultivation, agricultural workers are engaged in the work field though out the day in different thermal conditions. Objective: A study has been carried out, in this backdrop, to assess the thermal environmental condition and effect of work and exposure to heat on physiological status in 31 male agricultural workers primarily engaged in transplanting of paddy seedlings tasks in southern area of West Bengal. Results and conclusion: The result of the study has indicated that environmental condition was above the recommended threshold value and the activities are strenuous as indicated from indicators of physiological strain.","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"49 1","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84768219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Training on Body Composition, Physiological and Biochemical Variables of Field Hockey Players","authors":"I. Manna, G. Khanna, P. Dhara","doi":"10.11648/J.AAP.20160102.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.AAP.20160102.13","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of study was to investigate the effect of training on selected anthropometric, physiological and biochemical variables of Indian under 23 year field hockey players. A total of 30 male field hockey players (age: 19.00-22.99 years; mean age: 20.9 ± 1.0 yr) volunteered for this study. The training sessions were divided into 2 phases (a) Preparatory Phase (PP, 8 weeks) and (b) Competitive Phase (CP, 4 weeks). The training programme consist of aerobic, anaerobic and skill development, and were completed 4 hrs/day; 5 days/week. Selected variables were measured at zero level (baseline data, BD) and at the end of PP and CP.A significant (P<0.05) reduction in percent body fat, recovery heart rate, hemoglobin, total cholesterol, triglyceride; and significant (P<0.05) increase in anaerobic power, back and grip strength, serum urea, serum uric acid, HDLC level were noted among the players after the training. However, no significant difference was observed in stature, body mass and LBM, maximal heart rate (HRmax), VO2max and LDLC level among the players after the training. Since the data on field hockey players are limited in India, the present study may provide useful information to the coaches to develop their training programme.","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"107 1","pages":"31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78089523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Struckman‐Johnson, S. Gaster, D. Struckman‐Johnson
{"title":"Corrigendum to ‘A preliminary study of sexual activity as a distraction for young drivers’ [Accid. Anal. Prev. 71 (2014) 120–128]","authors":"C. Struckman‐Johnson, S. Gaster, D. Struckman‐Johnson","doi":"10.1016/J.AAP.2014.09.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AAP.2014.09.027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"91 1","pages":"368"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75648368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Tribute to Frank A. Haight: Founding Editor of Accident Analysis and Prevention","authors":"Karl E. Kim, R. Elvik","doi":"10.1016/J.AAP.2004.10.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AAP.2004.10.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7392,"journal":{"name":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","volume":"38 1","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79277891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}