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Participation and performance trends as well as the performance differences among sexes in ultra-endurance running have been well described in the adult population; however, less information on such trends existed in youth ultramarathoners. The aim of the present study was to investigate the age-related participation and performance trends of children and adolescent ultramarathoner runners. Data on runners, younger than 19 years of age, competing from 1960 to 2018 in distance-limited ultramarathons of 50 km, 100 km, 50 miles and 100 miles, were analysed. During this period, the number of ultramarathon participation increased, most notably among boys, most runners originated from Europe, and the 50- and 100-km race distances were the most popular. Overall, male runners were faster than female runners, except in the case of European and Oceanian origin, where girls were faster over the 50-km race. The fastest male runners originated from Africa and the fastest girls from Oceania, and the average running speed has largely decreased for both sexes over calendar years. In summary, this study was the first to report details on participation and performance trends in youth ultramarathoners competing in distance-limited ultramarathons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mental health problems among adolescents have become a public health issue in Norway. However, few adolescent boys seek help for their mental health problems. This study focus on adolescent boys' experiences related to visiting the public health nurse for mental health problems. Twelve adolescent boys were interviewed and qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data. The theme identified from the data was: overcoming barriers to reach for a helping hand. The theme consisted of four categories: the public health nurse must be accessible; breaking the norm is a prerequisite for the adolescent boys to talk about mental health problems; ensuring that confidentiality is respected; and the public health nurse is a trustworthy person who can open up for new perspectives. The adolescent boys experienced barriers to visiting the public health nurse. When they had crossed these barriers, the visit was experienced as positive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The participation of children in the management of science museums, following the theoretical approach of psychologist and educator Francesco Tonucci, is an effective tool both for the improvement at an internal level of the organization itself and for the implementation of a series of significant changes in the child’s most immediate environment – school and family. This article explains the experience developed in this sense in the Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felipe through its Board of Children. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The lost feminine in gay men has deep ramifications in the individual psyche as well as in the collective. Gender paradigms based on patriarchy and domination of the feminine have impacted the development of gay men through the mechanism of splitting masculine and feminine into good versus shameful and safe versus dangerous psychological paradigms. The gender conundrums facing gay men are part of the larger cultural gender-identity deconstructions being elaborated within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) community. Gender-splitting, internalized violence to the self, and the problem of the masculine in gay male relationships are discussed as outcomes of the wounded feminine. The author's personal experiences of gender wounding and explorations of the unconscious through dream work serves as the basis for discussion of the wider social phenomenon of the loss of the "Girl" in the gay male psyche. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, exercise performance was evaluated in 259 healthy adolescents by using some tests. The purpose of the study was to investigate exercise performance and cardiorespiratory capacity in both adolescent boys and girls. The following tests were applied to all children: ball throw with right and left hands, vertical jump, long jump without prior motion, pull up (repetition number), flexibility, and agility (set repetition number) tests. Additionally, heart rate and systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured. Applied spirometric tests were as follows: vital capacity, forced vital capacity, forced expiration volume in the first second, ventilation volume, maximum volunteer ventilation and respiration frequency. This study found that heart rate was statistically significantly higher in females than males (p < .05). There was also a statistically significant difference in vital capacity, forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in the first second (in both measured and predicted values) between males and females (p < .05). Additionally, it was found that there were statistically significant differences in the 60 and 200 meters races, maximal pull up, maximal sit up, vertical jump, standing long jump, ball throwing with right hand, horizontal bar, and agility between the male and female groups (p < .05). In conclusion, the findings showed that although females were superior in the 60 and 200 meter race, males were superior in agility, horizontal bar, ball throwing with right hand, long jump, and vertical jump. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To our knowledge there have been no reports of scleroderma-like skin changes, not affecting the hand in prepubertal patients with type I Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). We report a prepubertal caucasian male with T1DM, and early morpheatype skin changes of the trunk and extremities, not involving the hand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]