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This book is an adaptation of a research presented at the National University of the Altiplano - Peru, which aimed to determine the degree of incidence of the aerobic step program on work stress for administrative staff that corresponds to a quasi-experimental design with a single pre and posttest group. The study population was 24 administrative workers who work in the positions of deanery secretaries, department directors, study directors and research directors to whom the step aerobics program was applied. To measure work stress, the questionnaire by Prieto and Trucco (1995) was used, based on three dimensions: physiological and psychological symptoms and behavioral stressors, consisting of 48 questions. The instrument was adapted and validated through expert judgment, the Cronbach's Alpha statistician found was 0.879, very close to 1, which indicates that the instrument has a high consistency. The study concluded, through the T Student statistical test, with a coefficient 4.03 less than the alpha value equal to 0.05, that there is significant evidence of pre and posttest, therefore, before the experiment, 25% are in normal stress, 34% mild, 31% moderate and 10% severe. After the intervention, the physiological and psychological symptoms decreased significantly, showing levels: 38% normal, 39% mild, 17% moderate and 6% severe. Demonstrating the effectiveness of the step aerobics program in work stress, its permanent practice will improve work activities and the overall health of the university worker. El presente libro es una adaptación de una investigación presentada a la Universidad Nacional del Altiplano – Perú, que tuvo como objetivo determinar el grado de incidencia del programa de aerobic step en el estrés laboral para el personal administrativo que corresponde a un diseño cuasiexperimental con un sólo grupo de pre y pos test. La población de estudio fue de 24 trabajadoras administrativas que se desempeñan en los cargos de secretarias de decanato, direcciones de departamento, direcciones de estudio y direcciones de investigación a quienes se les aplicó el programa de aerobic step. Para medir el estrés laboral se utilizó el cuestionario de Prieto y Trucco (1995), basado en tres dimensiones: síntomas fisiológicos, psicológicos y los estresores comportamentales que consta de 48 preguntas. El instrumento fue adaptado y validado a través de juicio de expertos, el estadígrafo de Alpha de Cronbach hallado fue de 0.879, muy próximo a 1, por lo que se indica que el instrumento tiene una consistencia alta. El estudio concluyó, a través de la prueba estadística T Student, con un coeficiente 4,03 menor al valor de alfa igual a 0.05, que existe evidencia significativa de pre y post test, por lo tanto, antes del experimento el 25% se encuentra en un estrés normal, el 34% leve, 31% moderado y 10% grave. Luego de la intervención los síntomas fisiológicos y psicológicos disminuyeron notablemente mostrando niveles: 38% normal, 39% leve, 17% moderado y 6% grave. Demostrando la efectividad del programa de aerobic step en el estrés laboral, su práctica permanente permitirá mejorar sus actividades laborales y la salud integral del trabajador universitario.

aerobic-step --- estrés laboral --- estresores comportamentales

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Alcoholism. --- Alcoholics --- Twelve-step programs. --- Substance abuse --- Rehabilitation. --- Treatment. --- Shepley, Nick.

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The step-dancing of the Scotch Gaels in Nova Scotia is the last living example of a form of dance that waned following the great emigrations to Canada that ended in 1845. The Scotch Gael has been reported as loving dance, but step-dancing in Scotland had all but disappeared by 1945. One must look to Gaelic Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Antigonish County, to find this tradition. Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing, the first study of its kind, gives this art form and the people and culture associated with it the prominence they have long deserved. Gaelic Scotland’s cultural record is by and large pre-literate, and references to dance have had to be sought in Gaelic songs, many of which were transcribed on paper by those who knew their culture might be lost with the decline of their language. The improved Scottish culture depended proudly on the teaching of dancing and the literate learning and transmission of music in accompaniment. Relying on fieldwork in Nova Scotia, and on mentions of dance in Gaelic song and verse in Scotland and Nova Scotia, John Gibson traces the historical roots of step-dancing, particularly the older forms of dancing originating in the Gaelic–speaking Scottish Highlands. He also places the current tradition as a development and part of the much larger British and European percussive dance tradition. With insight collected through written sources, tales, songs, manuscripts, book references, interviews, and conversations, Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing brings an important aspect of Gaelic history to the forefront of cultural debate.

Step dancing --- Dance --- History. --- Cape Breton Island (N.S.) --- Scotland --- Cape Breton Island, N.S. --- Social life and customs.

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This book is about the invention of mechanical connections and contact joints to support the utilization of beech wood for structural applications. Further the influence of fastener holes in the tension and compression area of timber and glulam members on the load‐carrying capacity under load parallel to the grain was studied.

Gewindestange --- Zapfenverbindungbeech wood --- Querschnittsschwächung --- threaded rod --- reductions in the cross-sectional area --- mortise-and-tenon joints --- Buchenholz --- Treppenversatz --- multiple step joint

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When a woman leaves prison, she enters a world of competing messages and conflicting advice. Staff from prison, friends, family members, workers at halfway houses and treatment programs all have something to say about who she is, who she should be, and what she should do. The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma offers an in-depth, firsthand look at how the former prisoner manages messages about returning to the community. Over the course of a year, Andrea Leverentz conducted repeated interviews with forty-nine women as they adjusted to life outside of prison and worked to construct new ideas of themselves as former prisoners and as mothers, daughters, sisters, romantic partners, friends, students, and workers. Listening to these women, along with their family members, friends, and co-workers, Leverentz pieces together the narratives they have created to explain their past records and guide their future behavior. She traces where these narratives came from and how they were shaped by factors such as gender, race, maternal status, age, and experiences in prison, halfway houses, and twelve-step programs-factors that in turn shaped the women's expectations for themselves, and others' expectations of them. The women's stories form a powerful picture of the complex, complicated human experience behind dry statistics and policy statements regarding prisoner reentry into society for women, how the experience is different for men and the influence society plays. With its unique view of how society's mixed messages play out in ex-prisoners' lived realities, The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma shows the complexity of these women's experiences within the broad context of the war on drugs and mass incarceration in America. It offers invaluable lessons for helping such women successfully rejoin society.

Ex-convicts --- Prisoners --- Criminals --- Women prisoners --- Ex-cons --- Ex-offenders --- Ex-prisoners --- Recidivists --- Convicts --- Correctional institutions --- Imprisoned persons --- Incarcerated persons --- Prison inmates --- Inmates of institutions --- Persons --- Family relationships --- Services for --- Rehabilitation --- Inmates --- Formerly incarcerated persons --- twelve step and desistance messages.