Meeting Information Needs through Global Partnerships: A Roadmap to Becoming a Global Health Sciences Library

Abstract

Supporting global health priorities through the development of robust health science librarianship partnerships is of significant importance. Increased demand for synthesizing evidence-based information, collating quality resources, and increasing research productivity to improve human health requires integration of library and information science skills and expertise. The Health Sciences Library (HSL) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), exists to be an indispensable partner in health information and knowledge, teaching and learning, and research. As global efforts at UNC expanded, the HSL sought to ensure that our global engagement strategy and integration were aligned with campus priorities and partner needs. The HSL created a global research partnership plan: identify resources that improve efficiency, increase access to information, build in-country capacity and expertise—all while strengthening collaborations across multiple countries. Creating a meaningful and sustainable engagement strategy was central to envisioning our path forward and can be used as a framework for consideration by librarians in similar settings.     

Carnosine in health and disease

Abstract

Carnosine was originally discovered in skeletal muscle, where it exists in larger amounts than in other tissues. The majority of research into the physiological roles of carnosine have been conducted on skeletal muscle. Given this and the potential for muscle carnosine content to be increased with supplementation, there is now a large body of research examining the ergogenic effects (or otherwise) of carnosine. More recent research, however, points towards a potential for carnosine to exert a wider range of physiological effects in other tissues, including the brain, heart, pancreas, kidney and cancer cells. Taken together, this is suggestive of a potential for carnosine to have therapeutic benefits in health and disease, although this is by no means without complication. Herein, we will provide a review of the current literature relating to the potential therapeutic effects of carnosine in health and disease.     

The Influence of Hygroscopic Materials on the Fluctuation of Relative Humidity in Museums Located in Historical Buildings

ABSTRACT

The preservation of artefacts in museum collections is profoundly affected by fluctuations in temperature and, especially, relative humidity (RH). Since the late nineteenth century, many studies have been carried out on the best way to control hygrothermal conditions. In old buildings located in maritime temperate climate zones (such as Portugal) with strong thermal inertia, and which have low ventilation rate (relative to the volume and number of visitors), daily and seasonal hygroscopic inertia may help to assure the maintenance of RH stabilization conditions. The use of expensive active systems may be minimized through the passive behaviour of internal finishing building materials. This work presents the results of an experimental laboratory study conducted in a flow chamber to demonstrate the enormous potential of hygroscopic materials in stabilizing interior relative humidity. Based in these results and in-situ monitoring in a museum housed in a building, located in Porto, with a typical construction of the 1950s (granite masonry and reinforced concrete slabs), a numerical analysis was done to quantify the influence of hygroscopic materials in stabilizing the interior relative humidity.     

运动与铁代谢

长期、剧烈的运动训练可以导致铁代谢的紊乱,从而引发机体缺铁的发生,也是导致运动性贫血发生的重要原因。运动导致缺铁引起铁代谢失调可能与运动导致铁吸收下降、摄入不足、铁丢失增加、不良的饮食习惯、溶血以及机体应激有关。反映机体铁代谢状况的指标有了一定的研究,血清铁、血清铁蛋白浓度、转铁蛋白浓度以及其它指标的变化在一定程度上可以反映机体铁代谢状况,并在运动实践中用于监测运动员铁状况以及铁制剂服用效果的观察。在运动实践中铁制剂的补充对防治铁缺乏具有一定的效果,但针对性不强,缺乏指标与应用效果的更好的结合。     

运动与骨密度的研究进展

采用文献研究法研究了基础医学、临床医学、体育科学、运动医学和运动生物力学等有关专著和教材，研究结果表明，体育运动对不同生命时期的骨密度和骨量均有影响；不同运动方式和不同运动强度的运动对骨密度和骨代谢的影响不一样；过度训练可导致骨量、骨密度的降低和性激素的下降，可见，适宜的运动强度和运动方式，有利于改善骨代谢和提高骨密度。     

湖南省大学生有氧耐力评价标准研究

对湖南省文、理、工、医、农 5类专业 6 0 0名二年级与四年级男、女大学生进行 12min跑测验 ,并用RPE值对运动负荷进行监控。结果显示 ,用 12min跑间接测定大学生的最大耗氧量是可行的 ,据此制定了湖南省大学生有氧耐力评价标准。     

老年人随龄增长骨量变化与健骨运动的研究进展

通过对老年人骨量变化与健骨运动的研究回顾,从运动健骨的角度,对不同运动项目、运动与非运动老年人群的骨量变化等方面进行了分析与综述,明确了运动对老年人骨量和骨代谢活动的影响,对指导老年人的运动健身有一定的意义。     

太极拳对老年人心肺机能的影响

通过系统观察、测试部分长年参加太极拳练习者和无训练者在完成定量负荷运动前后心肺功能指标变化,发现长期进行太板拳练习的老年人心脏泵血功能、心肌收缩机能、肺活量均显著优于普通人,表明长年从事太极拳运动对促进老年人心肺功能的改善具有积极作用,为老年人参加太极拳运动提供了可靠的实验依据.     

罗格列酮和有氧运动对糖尿病糖脂代谢紊乱的干预作用

为探讨罗格列酮和运动对糖尿病糖脂代谢紊乱的干预作用,选用3～4周龄NOD小鼠作为实验材料,分别施加罗格列酮和中等强度有氧耐力运动。通过观察小鼠外在表现、体重和腹部脂肪变化以及胰腺病理切片,检测血清胰岛素水平、血液生化指标,显示罗格列酮和有氧运动对糖尿病糖脂代谢紊乱具有良性干预作用。     

高住低训对运动员身体成分的影响

为了确切了解运动员在高住低训过程中身体成分的变化,本研究将14名大学生分为:高住低训组(HiLo组)和高住对照组(Hi c组),每组7人,每天低压低氧(2500m模拟高度)暴露12小时。HiLo组每天在常压常氧环境下进行一次3000m跑训练;Hi c组在实验期间不进行任何运动训练。实验为期4周。结果表明,高住低训组体重、体脂重量和体脂百分比明显下降(P<0 05),其他指标稍有降低,但变化不明显(P>0 05)。高住对照组体重、体脂重量、体脂百分比明显下降(P<0 05),其他指标几乎没有变化。模拟高住低训组和高住对照组体重明显降低,瘦体重和肌肉重量无明显变化,而体脂重量和体脂百分比明显降低,说明体重的降低是体脂重量降低的结果。本实验采用的高住模型对蛋白分解作用无明显影响,但机体却选择性利用脂肪供能。而2500m间歇低氧暴露结合训练具有轻微的促蛋白分解效应。