Oxygen uptake-heart rate relationship in élite wheelchair racers

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that, as a general rule for health purposes, individuals should exercise at 40%–85% of their maximal oxygen uptakes. Moreover, it has been suggested that 55%–90% of the maximal heart rate may be used as an alternative estimate of these percentage maximal oxygen uptake values. The present study examined the relationship between percentage peak heart rate (% HR_peak) and percentage peak oxygen uptake (% ) during steady-state incremental intensity wheelchair propulsion of 16 élite, male wheelchair racers (WR). Oxygen uptake was determined during each submaximal exercise stage and heart rate (HR) was continuously monitored. The was subsequently determined using a separate protocol. Linear regression equations of % HR_peak versus % for each participant included % HR_peak values corresponding to 40%, 60%, 80% and 85% . The linear regression equation, derived as the group mean of the slope and intercept terms determined for each individual, was: . The group mean of the individual correlation coefficients for the relationship was 0.99. The values of % HR_peak for each of the % values below 85% were significantly greater (P<0.01) than those suggested by the ACSM. This suggests that the ACSM guidelines below 85% , based on % HR_peak, may underestimate the relative exercise intensity (i.e. % ) in the WR population. However, in élite level WR, % HR_peak can be recommended as an alternative estimate of % at wheelchair propulsion intensities of 85% or more. Electronic Publication     

Lactobacillus acidophilus Induces a Strain-specific and Toll-Like Receptor 2–Dependent Enhancement of Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junction Barrier and Protection Against Intestinal Inflammation

Defective intestinal tight junction (TJ) barrier is an important pathogenic factor of inflammatory bowel disease. To date, no effective therapies that specifically target the intestinal TJ barrier are available. The purpose of this study was to identify probiotic bacterial species or strains that induce a rapid and sustained enhancement of intestinal TJ barrier and protect against the development of intestinal inflammation by targeting the TJ barrier. After high-throughput screening of >20 Lactobacillus and other probiotic bacterial species or strains, a specific strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus, referred to as LA1, uniquely produced a marked enhancement of the intestinal TJ barrier. LA1 attached to the apical membrane surface of intestinal epithelial cells in a Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2–dependent manner and caused a rapid increase in enterocyte TLR-2 membrane expression and TLR-2/TLR-1 and TLR-2/TLR-6 hetero-complex–dependent enhancement in intestinal TJ barrier function. Oral administration of LA1 caused a rapid enhancement in mouse intestinal TJ barrier, protected against a dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) increase in intestinal permeability, and prevented the DSS-induced colitis in a TLR-2– and intestinal TJ barrier–dependent manner. In conclusion, we report for the first time that a specific strain of LA causes a strain-specific enhancement of intestinal TJ barrier through a novel mechanism that involves the TLR-2 receptor complex and protects against the DSS-induced colitis by targeting the intestinal TJ barrier.

Intestinal epithelial tight junctions (TJs) are the apical-most junctional complexes and act as a functional and structural barrier against the paracellular permeation of harmful luminal antigens, which promote intestinal inflammation.¹ The increased intestinal permeability caused by defective intestinal epithelial TJ barrier or a leaky gut is an important pathogenic factor that contributes to the development of intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other inflammatory conditions of the gut, including necrotizing enterocolitis and celiac disease.^2,3 Clinical studies in patients with IBD have found that a persistent increase in intestinal permeability after clinical remission is predictive of poor clinical outcome and early recurrence of the disease, whereas normalization of intestinal permeability correlates with a sustained long-term clinical remission.4, 5, 6 Accumulating evidence has found that a defective intestinal TJ barrier plays an important role in exacerbation and prolongation of intestinal inflammation in IBD. Currently, no effective therapies that specifically target the tightening of the intestinal TJ barrier are available.Intestinal microbiota play an important role in modulating the immune system and in the pathogenesis of intestinal inflammation.⁷ Patients with IBD have bacterial dysbiosis in the gut, characterized by a decrease in bacterial diversity and an aberrant increase in some commensal bacteria, which are an important factor in the pathogenesis of intestinal inflammation.^8,9 Normal microbial flora of the gastrointestinal tract consists both of bacteria that are known to have beneficial effects (probiotic bacteria) on intestinal homeostasis and bacteria that could potentially have detrimental effects on gut health (pathogenic bacteria).¹⁰ The modulation of intestinal microflora affects the physiologic and pathologic states in humans and animals. For example, fecal transplantation from healthy, unaffected individuals to patients with refractory Clostridium difficile colitis is curative in up to 94% of the treated patients, and transfer of stool microbiome from obese mice induces obesity in previous lean mice, whereas transfer of microbiome from lean mice preserves the lean phenotype.11, 12, 13 The beneficial effects of gut microbiota are host and bacterial species-specific.¹⁴ Although multiple studies indicate that some commensal bacteria play a beneficial role in gut homeostasis by preserving or promoting the intestinal barrier function, because of conflicting reports, it remains unclear which probiotic species cause a persistent predictable enhancement in the TJ barrier and could be used to treat intestinal inflammation by targeting the TJ barrier. For example, some studies suggest that Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum, or Lactobacillus rhamnosus cause a modest enhancement in the intestinal epithelial TJ barrier, whereas others have found minimal or no effect of these probiotic species on the intestinal TJ barrier.15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 The major aim the current study was to perform a high-throughput screening of Lactobacillus and other bacterial species to identify probiotic species that induce a rapid, predictable, and marked increase in the intestinal epithelial TJ barrier and protect against the development of intestinal inflammation by preserving the intestinal TJ barrier.In the studies described herein, most of the probiotic species tested (>20 species or strains) had a modest or minimal effect on intestinal TJ barrier function. L. acidophilus uniquely caused a rapid and marked increase in intestinal TJ barrier function. Further analysis indicated that the effect of L. acidophilus was strain-specific, limited to a specific strain of L. acidophilus, and did not extend to other L. acidophilus strains. The L. acidophilus enhancement of the intestinal TJ barrier was mediated by live bacterial-enterocyte interaction that involved Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 heterodimeric complexes on the apical membrane surface of intestinal epithelial cells. Our animal studies also found that L. acidophilus causes a marked enhancement in mouse intestinal barrier function and protects against the dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)–induced colitis by preserving and augmenting the mouse intestinal barrier function in a strain-specific manner.     

情绪智力与大学生焦虑、抑郁和心境的关系研究

自Ｇｏｌｅｍａｎ《情绪智力》[1] 一书出版以来 ,情绪智力一词已为很多人所熟悉。情绪智力一般被定义为个体适应性地知觉、理解、调节和利用自己及他人的情绪的能力[2 - 3] 。虽然情绪智力有时被当作能力(或智力 )看待[2 ,4 ] ,有时则被认为是个性特质[5- 8] ,但研究者都相信情绪智力对于个体在现实生活中取得成功起着十分重要的作用[1] 。关于情绪智力常见的一个命题是个体情绪智力越高越能体会到情绪上的幸福感 (Ｅｍｏｔｉｏｎａｌｗｅｌｌ -ｂｅｉｎｇ) [1- 2 ] 。为了回答这个问题 ,本研究拟探讨情绪智力与大学生焦虑、抑郁和心境的关…     

高校学生朋友心理辅导员培训内容与方法研究

目的 学生朋友心理辅导员是高校学生心理健康教育网络系统的重要组成部分。如何在较短的时间里，经过比较系统的培训，让普通的大学生成长为合格的学生朋友心理辅导员并承担起为同学进行心理护理的义务，是构建高校学生心理健康教育网络系统的关健。方法 明确培训目标和担任工作职能，培训内容科学，知识构成合理，培训方法灵活，进行培训前测与后测和培训效果评估，注重实践锻炼和心理督导。结果 培训结业的学员在各方面有比较真显著变化，心态明显改变，知识明显提高、助人技巧明显增强、人际交往明显改善，总体上呈现出积极、友爱、乐观、向上的精神面貌。结论 在高校能够培训出合格的学生朋友心理辅导员，并成为高校学生心理健康教育网络的重要力量。     

军校研究生自我效能感和主观幸福感的关系研究

目的探讨军校研究生自我效能感与主观幸福感之间的关系。方法采用幸福感指数量表和自我效能感问卷对281名军校研究生进行调查。结果①军校研究生的自我效能感与正性情感、负性情感和总体幸福感存在显著的相关关系，与生活满意度相关不显著；②高自我效能感和低自我效能感组在正性情感、负性情感和总体幸福感上均存在着显著的差异；③自我效能感分别进入正性情感、负性情感和总体幸福感的回归方程，对其均有较好的预测作用，其中对正，巨情感的预测更佳。结论军校研究生的自我效能感与正性情感、负性情感和总体幸福感存在显著的相关关系，对其有较好的预测作用，其中自我效能感与正性情感成分联系更为密切，预测作用更佳。     

大学生日常琐事应激与健康的关系

目的探讨日常琐事应激与大学生健康的关系,检验日常琐事应激对健康的预测作用。方法采用自测健康量表和经修订的日常琐事应激量表对153名大学生施测,考察自测健康和日常琐事应激的关系。结果大学生日常琐事应激频率对生理健康预测显著;认知评价和个体应对对心理健康预测显著;个体应对对社会健康预测显著;应激频率和个体应对对总体健康预测显著。结论大学生日常琐事应激与健康关系密切,可作为预测个体身心健康的有效预测源。