The Effect of Physical Activity on Alzheimer’s Disease - Systematic Review by Julia Lachowska, Karolina Senior, Jerzy Smandek, Maja Mielczarek, Paulina Sroczyńska, Jan Sroczyński

“…This review explores the role of physical exercise, particularly resistance training (RET), aerobic exercises, and dance movement interventions (DMI), as therapeutic approaches for AD prevention and treatment. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Tourism Activities on the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Among Communities of Rubanda DistrictUganda. by Ahabwe, John Brighton

“…From the findings, some respondents mentioned that traditional music and dance are integral to cultural heritage in Rubanda. …”
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Development of the children's primitive reflex integration assessment scale by Meng Wang, Jing Yu, Hongyao Li, Chongran Zhao, Yichao Li, Xinyue Yang

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A preliminary investigation into self-compassion and compassion-based intervention for mental health in the performing arts by Courtney C. Walton, James N. Kirby, Sabrina McKenzie, Sabrina McKenzie, Caroline X. Gao, Caroline X. Gao, Rosemary Purcell, Rosemary Purcell, Simon M. Rice, Simon M. Rice, Margaret S. Osborne, Margaret S. Osborne

“…First, was to examine the relationship between self-compassion and mental health among performing artists in dance, music, and acting. Second, was to test a brief compassion-based intervention to establish proof of concept for future work.MethodTwo sequential studies recruiting Australian performing artists were conducted. …”
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„... nenábožnost nynějšího věku ...“ Proměny zbožnosti ve druhé polovině 19. století očima katolických kněží by Hana Stoklasová

“…The cause was not only lax school atten- dance, but also the difficult situation of catechists both in terms of salary and in terms of their position in the teaching staff. …”
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Affective valence predictors from real-world based short sprint interval training by Stefano Benítez-Flores, Flávio A. de S. Castro, Eduardo Caldas Costa, Daniel Boullosa, Todd A. Astorino

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Risk Factors Associated with Cardiac Autonomic Modulation in Obese Individuals by Camila Oliveira, Erika Aparecida Silveira, Lorena Rosa, Annelisa Santos, Ana Paula Rodrigues, Carolina Mendonça, Lucas Silva, Paulo Gentil, Ana Cristina Rebelo

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Changes in the Advertisement of Goods and Services in the Lithuanian Periodic Press during 1918-1940 by Giedrė Polkaitė

“…., theatres, restaurants, holidays in local and foreign resorts, and dance lessons) were mostly placed in dailies and were almost completely absent in publications for rural residents. …”
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Different exercise interventions on quality of sleep in breast cancer survivors—a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Qi Song, Qi Song, You-kang Zhu, You-kang Zhu, Hai Liu, Hai Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, Zhang-dong Jiang, Yu-jia Wang, Yu-jia Wang, Li-yun Xue, Li-yun Xue, Shao-ying Yang, Shao-ying Yang, Xi-fang Liu

“…The primary outcomes included Yoga, Pilates, Qigong, Tai Chi, Walking, Dance, Resistance training, Football, Virtual reality therapy, Activity change exercise, Software-guided exercises. …”
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Factors influencing the quality of life and mental health of Brazilian Federal Education Network Employees: An epidemiological cross-sectional study by Isabela Fernanda Rodrigues de Oliveira, Nicolli Godoi Pereira, Luís Fernando Monteiro, Leonardo Mateus Teixeira de Rezende, Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira, Manuel Monfort-Pañego, Woska Pires da Costa, Priscilla Rayanne E. Silva Noll, Matias Noll

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Cross-Gendering the Racial Memory by Marlon B. Ross

“…Lacking the economic resources for such a luxury of patriarchal imagination, black nationalist practice most frequently resorts to more figurative embodiments of the gigantic feminine in art, poetry, song, and dance.Gaines’s gigantic female who voices and embodies black American epochal and epical history, Miss Jane Pittman, is cast as novel and film (1974) at the height of the black nationalist moment, when metaphorical she/males emblematizing the masculine heroism of black nation-building are proliferating all over the place in black popular culture. …”
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Èdè Àyàn: The Language of Àyàn in Yorùbá Art and Ritual of Egúngún by Oláwọlé Fámúlẹ̀

“…Another Yorùbá term for a drummer (àyàn) is onílù. 1 With their drumming (or drum music) that mimic the human speech, the Àyàn or Onílù verbalize words/speeches (òrọ̀ ) that is or are intelligible to the ears of their ̣ patrons, often the dance performers (oníjó). For that reason, ìlù, to the Yorùbá, is an instrument that acts as a speech surrogate (i.e., substitute). …”
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Balance, Sensorimotor, and Cognitive Performance in Long-Year Expert Senior Ballroom Dancers by Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth, Tobias Kalisch, Izabela Kolankowska, Hubert R. Dinse

“…This raises the question of whether an even more extensive schedule of dancing, including competitive tournaments, would further enhance these positive effects. …”
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There is techne and phronesis in movement: A beautiful combination for health and well-being! by Maria Kosma

“…This process is exemplified in performing arts, including dancing, aerial dancing, and physical theater. Lastly, implications for movement programming are offered, emphasizing the importance of a strong physical culture to achieve the techne of movement and thus wisdom in decision making about living the good life. …”
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Promoting Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity in Overweight Minority Girls by Norma Olvera, Marilynn Graham, Jessica McLeod, Stephanie F. Kellam, Nancy F. Butte

“…Traditional fitness sessions elicited the highest percent of MVPA (mean time spent in MVPA=32%), followed by dancing and games (mean time spent in MVPA=21%), sports skills (mean time spent in MVPA=18%), and flexibility (mean time spent in MVPA=7%). …”
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Au cœur du debaa by Elena Bertuzzi

“…In 2015, while I was in Mayotte writing an anthropological thesis on the debaa (Sufi-inspired chants and dances performed exclusively by women), I had the opportunity to create a multimedia installation that allowed me to present the data collected on this practice. …”
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Book review: Children, families and care: Reflections on the first sixty years of FICE by Robert Shaw by Graham Connelly

“…I have my own special memories of international guests, many in national dress, attempting dances like the Orkney Strip the Willow, to the wild music of incomparable ceilidh band, Last Tram tae Auchenshuggle.…”

Deux gestes pour une grande danse by Jean-Michel Beaudet

“…This brief article presents two gestures—one a woman’s, the other a man’s—linked to a major danced ceremony among the Wayãpi of the upper Oyapock. …”
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Juventude e memória: lembranças de tempos recentes by Carlos Henrique dos Santos Martins

“…This paper is part of a research project on young people who attend Black Music dances in the city of Rio de Janeiro. We start from the assertion that the young person is endowed with memory that is built in social relations and in different family contexts. …”
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