Covid-19: Emerging Considerations for Body Sourcing and Handling. A Perspective View from Nigeria     

Izuchukwu Azuka Okafor  Terkuma Chia 《Anatomical sciences education》2021,14(2):154-162

The current Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has spread to about 220 countries of the world and has resulted in a significant number of deaths globally. Infections are still on the rise, and the impact on the global death rate could be devastating. There are fears over the likely impact of a large number of deaths on body sourcing and handling of cadavers for teaching and research. Historically, epidemics come with several challenges and have often led to some level of negligence of ethical practices and health and safety regulations associated with body sourcing and handling. The authors highlighted some emerging problems in this article, focusing on Africa and Nigeria in particular. These problems include a higher risk of coronavirus exposure for body handlers, shortage of cadavers for teaching and learning, a lack of standard regulations leading to unethical body sourcing and handling, and a lack of monitoring and collaboration needed for a well-coordinated Covid-19 pandemic response strategy. If these issues are ignored, the previous gains made in anatomical ethical practices may be destroyed. Some useful recommendations for policymaking geared toward prevention or curtailing these emerging issues have been instilled in this article.  相似文献   

The Unintentional Effects on Body Donation Programs of a Competency-Based Curriculum in Postgraduate Medical Education     

Geoffroy P.J.C. Noël  Joseph Dubé  Gabriel Venne 《Anatomical sciences education》2021,14(5):675-681

As medical programs place increasing importance on competency-based training and surgical simulations for residents, anatomy laboratories, and body donation programs find themselves in a position of adapting to changing demands. To better assess the demand for “life-like” cadaveric specimens and evaluate the possible impacts that competency-based medical education could have upon the body donation program of McGill University, Canada, the authors tracked, over the course of the last 10 years, the number of soft-embalmed specimens, along with the number of teaching sessions and the residents enrolled in competency-based programs that are using cadaveric material. The results reveal that the number of soft-embalmed specimens used within residency training increased from 5 in 2009 to 35 in 2019, representing an increase from 6% of bodies to 36.5% of the total number of body donors embalmed in this institution. Correspondingly, the number of annual teaching sessions for residents increased from 19 in 2012 to 116 in 2019. These increases in teaching are correlated with increasing number of residents enrolled in competency-based programs over the last 3 years (Pearson r ranging from 0.9705 to 0.9903, and R² ranging from 0.9418 to 0.9808). Those results suggest that the new skill-centered curricula which require residents to perform specific tasks within realistic settings, exhibit a growing demand for “life-like” cadaveric specimens. Institutions’ body donation programs must, therefore, adapt to those greater need for cadaveric specimens, which presents many challenges, ranging from the logistical to the ethical.  相似文献   

Production of green surfactants: Market prospects     

《Electronic Journal of Biotechnology》2021

Science has greatly contributed to the advancement of technology and to the innovation of production processes and their applications. Cleaning products have become indispensable in today’s world, as personal and environmental hygiene is important to all societies worldwide. Such products are used in the home, in most work environments and in the industrial sectors. Most of the detergents on the market are synthesised from petrochemical products. However, the interest in reducing the use of products harmful to human health and the environment has led to the search for detergents formulated with natural, biodegradable surfactant components of biological (plant or microbiological) origin or chemically synthesised from natural raw materials usually referred to as green surfactants. This review addresses the different types, properties, and uses of surfactants, with a focus on green surfactants, and describes the current scenario as well as the projections for the future market economy related to the production of the different types of green surfactants marketed in the world.How to cite: Farias CBB, Almeida FCG, Silva IA, et al. Production of green surfactants: Market prospects. Electron J Biotechnol 2021;51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejbt.2021.02.002  相似文献   

A Bioethos for Bodies: Respecting a Priceless Resource     

Thomas H. Champney 《Anatomical sciences education》2019,12(4):432-434

The value that willed body donors provide to medical education is priceless. Their precious gift helps to teach anatomy, spatial relationships between morphological structures, anatomical variation, and professionalism to medical students in a way that plastic models, podcasts, and lectures cannot. They are also an important resource for medical research and a wide variety of postgraduate training opportunities. While many body donation programs throughout the world are nonprofit organizations, there are body donation companies in the United States that sell donors for-profit. These “body brokers” have accumulated large profits from this business. It is incongruous that others would profit from such a priceless, freely donated gift. To prevent this incongruity, it is proposed that the international anatomical community develop a normative culture (a bioethos) for body donation programs. This would involve the conscious and systematic development of ethical principles for the day-to-day policies and practices of institutions that collect and use human bodies. With the development of this bioethos, a cultural shift in how donors are treated would occur and, over time, this would become the normal practice. These principles would become fundamental and foundational for the procurement and use of priceless human tissues.  相似文献   

习近平新时代体育强国思想的马克思唯物主义立场及价值引领     

赵富学 《武汉体育学院学报》2019,53(2):5-11

运用文献资料法、辩证分析法、逻辑推理法等研究方法，对习近平新时代体育强国思想的马克思唯物主义立场进行了演绎与阐释。研究认为：在马克思唯物主义立场层面，习近平新时代体育强国思想坚持体育强国梦与实现中华民族伟大复兴中国梦一脉相承的历史唯物主义立场和普遍联系的辩证唯物主义立场；坚持在体育强国建设进程中遵循问题导向的唯物主义本体论立场；坚持体育强国建设要利用好国际与国内两种资源的唯物主义内外因辩证关系的立场。在新的历史时期，习近平新时代体育强国思想引领着竞技体育、群众体育、体育产业等领域的发展理念和价值，创新与发展了马克思主义哲学的实践结构和理论视角，为开创新时代中国特色社会主义体育事业的新局面提供了坚实的理论基础和实践支持。  相似文献   

杭州市老年人体育锻炼的特点和现状的调查研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

何晓芸  于可红 《浙江体育科学》2003,25(6):11-13

通过献资料法、问卷调查法和数理统计法，对目前杭州市老年人的生活特点、体育锻炼的目的、内容方式和影响制约老年人进行锻炼的因素进行分析，总结杭州市老年人参与体育锻炼的特点和现状。并通过分析，提出更加合理与科学的锻炼方法，从而能使老年人的锻炼更加有意义，使老年的生命更有质量。  相似文献   

太极拳对普通大学生心理健康影响的实验研究   总被引：41，自引：0，他引：41  

杨祥全 《天津体育学院学报》2003,18(1):63-66

太极拳是中华民族的优秀文化遗产，“是一种不可多得的修心养性的体育形式”。大学生的心理健康水平直接影响到人才的质量。近些年来，学生的心理健康状况不容乐观，通过实验法、数据统计法证实太极拳对大学生的心理健康具有显著的效果，指出太极拳的“健心”功效在“人际关系因子”上没有显著性差异，可能是太极拳强调了人练习的原因，故建议集体进行太极拳练习。  相似文献   

"以人为本"的大众健美操创编   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

吴丽华  丁会荣 《山西师大体育学院学报》2003,18(4):19-21

“以人为本”的大众健美操成套动作的创编不仅要有一定的运动负荷，起到强身健体、减脂和塑造形体的作用，而且要因人而异能够调动人们的积极性，调节人们的情绪，使人们自觉、主动地参加健美操的锻炼。根据创编对象的需要及所要达到的目的不同，动作内容的选择上也应不同。动作组合、结构框架、音乐配备、编排顺序之间要合理，具有新颖、独特的风格与特点，能给人一种美的享受。  相似文献   

女子大众艺术健身操锻炼效果的实验研究   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

袁尽州  黄海 《西安体育学院学报》2003,20(1):66-68

以 6 0名 18岁以上女子为研究对象 ,采用自编的四套大众艺术健身操 ,每周进行三次练习 ,每次 6 0分钟。持续练习 8周。结果表明 :大众艺术健身操练习可以减小女子身体各部位的围度 ,具有改善女子的形体特征的作用。不仅有非常明显的减肥作用 ,而且具有增加瘦体重从而改变身体成分 ,达到增强体质的作用。对于体重超重和肥胖者 ,减肥和降体重 ,改善身体成分的作用更为显著。大众艺术健身操对提高女子呼吸系统、循环系统机能水平也有一定的作用。对提高女子的力量、灵敏性、平衡能力及反应速度等身体素质有显著的作用。  相似文献   

对我国企业体育目前的现状、不足和发展趋势的研究   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

郝小刚 《南京体育学院学报(社会科学版)》2003,17(2):44-45,30

通过分析我国目前企业体育在市场经济制度下存在的不足 ,找出原因。借鉴国外企业体育的发展过程 ,从而得知职工体育俱乐部是我国企业体育的必然发展趋势。  相似文献