The Apgar test is a clinical examination of neonatology, used in the pediatric reception, where the pediatric clinician or certified neonatologist performs a test measured in 5 standards on the newborn to obtain a simple first assessment (macroscopic) and clinical status overall view of the newborn after delivery. This test is named after Virginia Apgar, an anesthesiologist specializing in obstetrics, who devised the test in 1952 at Columbia University’s Babies Hospital. The newborn is evaluated according to five simple physiognomical parameters: skin color, heart rate, reflexes, muscle tone, and respiration. Each parameter is assigned a score between 0 and 2;…
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However, from psychology, it can be added that resilience not only helps us, makes us adapt, or makes us capable of facing potentially traumatic situations but also allows us to emerge stronger from them. In this article, you will learn the meaning of resilience, the characteristics of a resilient person, and how to empower it. Resilience definition Resilience in the RAE is defined as the following: “Adaptation capacity of a living being in the face of a disturbing agent or an adverse state or situation” What is resilience? Meaning Specifically, what is resilience, and what does it mean in…
In school, as in any other area of life, it is not easy, but you can introduce the approach of resilience, free your imagination, reflect, debate, analyze and embark on a romantic search for the meaning of genuine education. Education for critical reflection and debate that promotes the internalization of values and responsibility in thinking and acting will help resilience. Even in the face of old problems, you can be creative and advance in reflection. It will be helpful to cultivate optimism and build stories of hope, not just promote the bad news and become “correveidiles” in the case of…
Catabolism, or destructive metabolism, is the process that produces the energy necessary for all the activity that takes place in cells. Cells break down large molecules (mostly carbohydrates and fats) to release energy. This provides fuel for anabolism, warms the body, and allows the muscles to contract and the body to move. When complex chemical compounds are broken down into simpler substances, the body expels waste products through the skin, kidneys, lungs, and intestines. What controls the metabolism? Several hormones in the endocrine system help control the speed and direction of metabolism. Thyroxine, a hormone made and released by the…
Metabolism is the set of chemical reactions in the cells of the body to convert food into energy. Our body needs this energy for everything we do, from moving to thinking to growing. There are specific proteins in the body that control chemical reactions in metabolism. Thousands of metabolic reactions co-occur, all of them regulated by the body so that our cells stay healthy and work well. How does metabolism work? After eating food, our digestive system uses enzymes to: break down (break down) proteins into amino acids convert fats into fatty acids transform carbohydrates into simple sugars (for example,…
Grand Theft Auto IV X360 The four Grand Theft Auto and the first of its generation returns to Liberty City to tell us on Xbox 360 the story of Niko Belic, a veteran of the Balkan Wars who comes to America in search of a new life. More freedom of movement and secondary missions, more realistic graphics, driving close to simulation, gunfights with covers and an online game mode are the main novelties of GTA 4, which has two extra episodes: The Lost and the Damned The Ballad of Gay Tony. Grand Theft Auto V PC The fifth part of…
With the inauguration of next-generation consoles, many studios have embarked on other types of adventures. We have seen the arrival of deliveries with an artistic style worthy of a Pixar movie such as Kena: Bridge of Spirits or more graphically powerful titles such as Avatar announced. Action-adventure sandboxes indeed take the concept to another level, offering worlds full of incredibly immense detail. The open-world genre has almost become an industry standard. It is a way to keep the player glued to the screen with countless missions, many characters and secrets everywhere. Judging by the potential presented by PlayStation 5 and…
Drink three cups of green tea every day. In addition to being packed with antioxidants and other goodies, it has been proven that the fat burning of people who drink three cups of ‘the green gold’ every day went up by no less than 4 percent. At the gym, get off that treadmill and throw yourself on the weights. And no: you will not immediately look like a bodybuilder. Of course, you build some muscle instead of fat, but that’s only good. After all, muscles burn more calories, even when you are at rest.Drinking enough water (about one and a…
We recommend that you stick to the exercise norm and fit the model. We also advise you to do strength training. This ensures that you lose as little muscle mass as possible during weight loss. Muscle mass is essential in daily life and keeps your energy consumption going to lose weight more quickly. Doing strength training twice a week is sufficient for this. In addition, interval training is a more efficient way to burn calories than endurance training. But you can also burn some fat mass with moderately intensive efforts such as brisk walking and cycling. You must choose an…
This is what it’s all about in the end. What is your goal of being present on the social media platform in question? Do you want to work on your brand awareness, branding, customer loyalty or generate more sales? You can capture the purpose of your social media presence in a social media marketing plan. You can then measure the set goal (or goals) based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). After all, to measure is to know. Useful KPIs for social media are: Range clicks promoting posts Involvement (engagement) likes Sentiment (do people react positively or negatively, how do they…