Using Research to Promote Literacy and Reading in Libraries: Guidelines for Librarians. IFLA Professional Report No. 125.
The publication is aimed specifically at librarians and related organisations who want to find ways to foster literacy within the global society. It focuses on the importance of wisely consuming, conducting and applying research conducted by librarians and their partners in order to promote literacy and reading.
Linking Literacy and Libraries in Global Communities
Contents: Preface Libraries as forces for literacy and learning Building a culture for reading through libraries Supporting learning and literacy through libraries Libraries as learning commons The library as community learning centre Libraries as agents of social change Mobile libraries as effective solutions to reading access and reading promotion in remote communities Effective practices in reading promotion and literacy development An ecological framework for ongoing community library developments List of references Index.
Fatigue effects on the coordinative pattern during cycling: kinetics and kinematics evaluation.
The aim of the present study was to analyze the net joint moment distribution, joint forces and kinematics during cycling to exhaustion. Right pedal forces and lower limb kinematics of ten cyclists were measured throughout a fatigue cycling test at 100% of PO(MAX). The absolute net joint moments, resultant force and kinematics were calculated for the hip, knee and ankle joint through inverse dynamics. The contribution of each joint to the total net joint moments was computed. Decreased pedaling cadence was observed followed by a decreased ankle moment contribution to the total joint moments in the end of the test. The total absolute joint moment, and the hip and knee moments has also increased with fatigue. Resultant force was increased, while kinematics has changed in the end of the test for hip, knee and ankle joints. Reduced ankle contribution to the total absolute joint moment combined with higher ankle force and changes in kinematics has indicated a different mechanical function for this joint. Kinetics and kinematics changes observed at hip and knee joint was expected due to their function as power sources. Kinematics changes would be explained as an attempt to overcome decreased contractile properties of muscles during fatigue.