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- Garza, D, et al.
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Use of a virtual human performance laboratory to improve integration of mathematics and biology in sports science curricula in Sweden and the United States.
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.. ; 2007. Vol. 125, s. 140-142
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- New fields such as bioengineering are exploring the role of the physical sciences in traditional biological approaches to problems, with exciting results in device innovation, medicine, and research biology. The integration of mathematics, biomechanics, and material sciences into the undergraduate biology curriculum will better prepare students for these opportunities and enhance cooperation among faculty and students at the university level. We propose the study of sports science as the basis for introduction of this interdisciplinary program. This novel integrated approach will require a virtual human performance laboratory dual-hosted in Sweden and the United States. We have designed a course model that involves cooperative learning between students at Göteborg University and Stanford University, utilizes new technologies, encourages development of original research and will rely on frequent self-assessment and reflective learning. We will compare outcomes between this course and a more traditional didactic format as well as assess the effectiveness of multiple web-hosted virtual environments. We anticipate the grant will result in a network of original faculty and student research in exercise science and pedagogy as well as provide the opportunity for implementation of the model in more advance training levels and K-12 programs.
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- Garza, D, et al.
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Use of a Virtual Human Performance Laboratory to Improve Integration of Mathematics and Biology in Sports Science Curricula in Sweden and the United States
- 2007
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Ingår i: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 15 - in vivo, in vitro, in silico: Designing the Next in Medicine. Int. Conf., Long Beach Calif., US, 2007. - 9781586037130 ; 15
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- We are designing a course to be taught simultaneously at Göteborg University and Stanford University. We will present two approaches to creating a virtual environment in sport science experiments that are central to the course. The first virtual environment allows students at any location to utilize Marratech web-hosting software to conduct real-time experiments in venues as sophisticated as Lundberg Laboratories in Göteborg and the Stanford Human Performance Laboratory. We have conducted two trials to validate the feasibility of this design, which accommodates simple technologies such as a laptop and consumer devices at the participant site. The second virtual environment is a computer-generated biomechanics laboratory that will allow students to conduct experiments of their own design. Both Göteborg and Stanford will collect motion capture and force plate data on Olympic-caliber and professional athletes. Students will manipulate this data to conduct novel biomechanical investigations under the direction of a set of learning models under development.
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- Marcon, A., et al.
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Trends in smoking initiation in Europe over 40 years: A retrospective cohort study
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Ingår i: Plos One. - : Public Library of Science (PLoS). - 1932-6203. ; 13:8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background Tobacco consumption is the largest avoidable health risk. Understanding changes of smoking over time and across populations is crucial to implementing health policies. We evaluated trends in smoking initiation between 1970 and 2009 in random samples of European populations. We pooled data from six multicentre studies involved in the Ageing Lungs in European Cohorts consortium, including overall 119,104 subjects from 17 countries (range of median ages across studies: 33-52 years). We estimated retrospectively trends in the rates of smoking initiation (uptake of regular smoking) by age group, and tested birth cohort effects using Age-Period-Cohort (APC) modelling. We stratified all analyses by sex and region (North, East, South, West Europe). Smoking initiation during late adolescence (16-20 years) declined for both sexes and in all regions (except for South Europe, where decline levelled off after 1990). By the late 2000s, rates of initiation during late adolescence were still high (40-80 per 1000/year) in East, South, and West Europe compared to North Europe (20 per 1000/year). Smoking initiation rates during early adolescence (11-15 years) showed a marked increase after 1990 in all regions (except for North European males) but especially in West Europe, where they reached 40 per 1000/year around 2005. APC models supported birth cohort effects in the youngest cohorts. Smoking initiation is still unacceptably high among European adolescents, and increasing rates among those aged 15 or less deserve attention. Reducing initiation in adolescents is fundamental, since youngsters are particularly vulnerable to nicotine addiction and tobacco adverse effects.
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