Under Armour (United States)

Introdução: Este estudo teve como objetivo sintetizar os dados disponíveis na literatura sobre a importância do aleitamento materno exclusivo até os seis meses de vida do bebê e o papel da equipe de enfermagem nesse processo. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, exploratório descritivo que foi realizado através de uma revisão integrativa de literatura, com intuito de compreender e discutir sobre qual a importância do aleitamento materno até os seis meses e o papel da equipe de enfermagem nesse processo. Resultados: Mostraram que a equipe de enfermagem tem a responsabilidade de incentivar o cuidado humanizado, garantindo que a assistência prestada seja respeitosa e acolhedora. Discussão: Os profissionais enfermeiros, desempenham um papel muito importante na promoção, ensino e definição do aleitamento materno, especialmente para jovens e primíparas. Problemas físicos como retenção de leite, inflamação da mama, obstrução dos ductos de leite, lesões nos mamilos, feridas mamárias, infecções e outros dificultam a amamentação. Essas condições muitas vezes levam à interrupção do aleitamento materno e ao início da fórmula com leite processado. A orientação profissional, reuniões de grupo, participação da família durante o período de amamentação, consultas de pré-natal, planos de intervenção baseados nas necessidades de treinamento e educação dos profissionais que atuam nesse processo, são estratégias valiosas para instruir e estimular o aleitamento. Considerações Finais: Nesse sentido, ressalta-se a relevância do papel do enfermeiro na viabilização da amamentação, devendo direcionar a prática educativa com o objetivo de diminuir as dificuldades, aprimorar as condições que facilitam a amamentação. Palavras-Chave: Aleitamento Materno; Lactentes; Nutrição.

Introdução: Este artigo de revisão tem como objetivo compreender a conscientização dos Agentes Comunitários de Saúde (ACS) através de sua trajetória formativa para o aprimoramento de suas habilidades técnicas para o aperfeiçoamento da assistência prestadas a comunidade. Materiais e Métodos: Revisão do estado da arte, onde identificou 162 estudos, sendo 93 na Medical Literature Analysis and Retrievel System Online (Medline), 54 na Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e 15 na Base de Dados em Enfermagem (BDENF). Após aplicação dos critérios de elegibilidade nas bases de dados e os de exclusão, foram selecionados 11 estudos. Resultados: Os 11 artigos foram sintetizados e dispostos sistematicamente em dois quadros para melhor exposição das informações. Discussão: Destaca-se a partir dos estudos acima discutidos a relevância das características do potencial transformador da Formação Pedagógica em Saúde (FPS) na atuação dos ACS e o impacto positivo que uma atuação qualificada desses profissionais pode ter na saúde das comunidades atendidas. Considerações finais: Assim, é necessário o incremento de ações integradoras de Formação Pedagógica em Saúde visando o aprimoramento das habilidades técnicas dos ACS, além da ampliação de estudos sobre estratégias estimulação da conscientização nessa perspectiva. Palavras-Chave: Atenção Primária à Saúde; Agente Comunitário de Saúde; Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde

Healthcare systems are increasingly challenged by the complexity of managing scalable and secure data. Addressing this, the proposed novel framework integrates elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), dynamic network slicing, blockchain sharding, and fuzzy logic to enable efficient, adaptive, and secure data analytics. The framework processes healthcare data from IoT devices, wearable sensors, and patient records, ensuring real-time analytics, scalability, and robust security. By utilizing blockchain sharding for scalability, ECC for secure encryption, and fuzzy logic for decision-making, the architecture effectively overcomes the constraints of traditional systems. The results demonstrate significant improvements, including enhanced security (98%), reduced latency (10 ms), and higher scalability (5000 TPS). These advancements establish a reliable, decentralized foundation for predictive healthcare insights, resource optimization, and adaptive governance, setting a benchmark for modern healthcare data management systems.

The digital life of today's connected, always-on consumer means it is more critical than ever to offer secure data transmission and user authentication with the increase use in mobile services and cloud computing. High resource bounds for encryption techniques such as RSA are ineffective on mobile devices. To counter this, SHA-3 and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provide more secure and efficient alternatives as well. Mobile cloud computing is the advanced computing platform in the future which point most of the work will be done by smart mobile devices. ECC For Encryption + Sha-3 for hashing will increase security and speed, maintaining data integrity and reducing computational complexity on mobile devices. This suggestion is a mix of ECC (for encryption user data) and SHA-3 (to generate secure hash value), pretty solid without needing too big keys that not so good for mobile environment. The system was evaluated with respect to encryption/decryption time, collision resistance that affected the size of secure digest and performance efficiency. As the performance tests show it had 93% efficiency in comparative with normal encryption and hashing techniques that are used these days (Example ECC + SHA-3 worked better compared to other mentioned ways). The method is used in several high-throughput and production applications (including DynamoDB) as its low latency with 99.9999999% collision resistance makes it especially well-suited for use within mobile cloud services. It also improved security. The proposed technique is integrated with SHA-3 and ECC therefore, it serves as a better solution for the efficient user authentication security along data sharing in mobile cloud computing. Advantages: Like QKD, it is secure from all vulnerabilities of the usual cryptographic methods and has excellent trade-offs between security vs performance especially on limited resources i.e., mobile devices.

The opportunity to design a new portable system for measuring thermal conductivity in fluids arose from the need to measure the phase state (liquid and/or vapour). As is well known, thermal conductivity varies in relation to the phase state of the fluid. The Transient Hot Wire Method was used to measure thermal conductivity. First, the work includes innovations in the analytical model of heat transfer, progressing over time to contemporary numerical models used in standards. The applications in the bibliography span a wide range, including gases, liquids, and the latest advances in the field of nanofluids. Secondly, the study delves into the transient model of heat exchange, focusing on conduction. The authors used standardized correction equations for the prototype, ensuring accuracy and relevance. Finally, the work includes the design and construction of the transducer. This process begins with a Monte Carlo simulation, predicting the expected results. This simulation helps to define measurement system components based on their performance characteristics and in-depth analysis.

Three new species of tribe Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from India viz., Acanthoclita bengaluruensis Reddy and Shashank, sp. nov., Grapholita constricta Reddy and Shashank sp. nov. and Thaumatotibia ramamurthyi Shashank and Reddy, sp. nov. are recorded. Descriptions and photographic illustrations of adult habitus and genitalia are provided.

In the last decade, retail and distribution operations have experienced the ever-evolving omnichannel demand of their customers. For many supply chain organisations, solutions for the omnichannel shift were implemented in existing warehouse space. By taking to the oars, the marketplace has been able to meet their customers’ omnichannel demand, but for how long? In many cases, operations have been retrofit beyond reasonable efficiency and without room for scale. Under Armour’s Baltimore distribution house experienced the same. The strategy for a distribution house start-up, designed with omnichannel in mind, became the clear path forward. Much like the omnichannel shift, facility start-ups have many unique challenges. As Under Armour prepared to open the doors of the omnichannel distribution house (ODH), a broader start-up strategy emerged. The distribution team elected to implement a holistic performance management programme, including leadership training, process improvements, engineered labour standards and labour management software tools. Performance management, while not commonly implemented at the beginning of a facility life cycle, would create a continuous improvement culture for the ODH team, establishing resilience to change and motivation to overcome obstacles common with warehouse start-ups. In this paper, we will share how Under Armour utilised this performance management strategy to overcome human and operational start-up challenges and accelerate success in their ODH.

Mies van der Rohe se inició en la docencia del proyecto arquitectónico en 1930, año en el que fue nombrado director de la Bauhaus de Dessau. Tras sustanciales cambios políticos acontecidos en Alemania, que le obligaron a cambiar de sede e incluso de país, en 1938 emigró a los Estados Unidos como Director del Departamento de Arquitectura del Armour Institute of Technology. Durante los veintiocho años que transcurrieron desde la Bauhaus hasta su jubilación en la escuela de Chicago, la enseñanza fue una de sus dedicaciones principales: las aulas fueron el taller proyectual ideal para ensayar y reflexionar su profesión y su oficio de arquitecto le exigió trasladar dicha experiencia a los espacios docentes. El presente artículo tiene como objetivo general ahondar en el vínculo entre docencia, pensamiento y arquitectura en Mies, a fin de relacionar su enseñanza de proyectos y su práctica profesional. Sin embargo, dentro de un campo tan amplio, el artículo estudia específicamente la tipología de escuela de arquitectura. La hipótesis a responder es: ¿fue su experiencia como profesor y los proyectos homólogos en los que se involucró, profesional y académicamente, determinantes en la concepción de su único espacio construido ex-novo para la enseñanza de la arquitectura, el espacio unitario del Crown Hall? La metodología utilizada consiste en revisar, analizar y redibujar los distintos espacios en los que practicó la enseñanza del proyecto arquitectónico y compararlos con los proyectos investigados en torno a esta tipología. Las ideas presentadas en las tesinas dirigidas por Mies sobre el diseño de escuelas de arquitectura fueron de particular interés para este trabajo. Mies van der Rohe es va iniciar en la docència del projecte arquitectònic a 1930, any en què va ser nomenat director de la Bauhaus de Dessau. Després de substancials canvis polítics esdevinguts a Alemanya, que el van obligar a canviar de seu, i fins i tot de país, el 1938 va emigrar als Estats Units com a Director de Departament d'Arquitectura de l'Armour Institute of Technology. Durant els vint anys que van transcórrer des de la Bauhaus fins a la seva jubilació a l'escola de Chicago, l'ensenyament va ser una de les seves principals dedicacions: les aules van ser el taller de projecte ideal per assajar i reflexionar la seva professió i el seu ofici d'arquitecte li va exigir traslladar aquesta experiència als espais docents. El present article té com a objectiu general aprofundir en el vincle entre docència, pensament i arquitectura a Mies, per tal de relacionar el seu ensenyament de projectes i la seva pràctica professional. No obstant això, dins d'un camp tan ampli, l'article estudia específicament la tipologia d'escola d'arquitectura. La hipòtesi per respondre és: ¿va ser la seva experiència com a professor i els projectes homòlegs en què es va involucrar, professional i acadèmicament, determinants en la concepció del seu únic espai construït ex-novo per a l'ensenyament de l'arquitectura, l'espai unitari del Crown Hall? La metodologia utilitzada consisteix a revisar, analitzar i redibuixar els diferents espais en què va practicar l'ensenyament de el projecte arquitectònic i comparar-los amb els projectes investigats al voltant d'aquesta tipologia. Les idees presentades a les tesines dirigides per Mies sobre el disseny d'escoles d'arquitectura van ser de particular interès per a aquest treball. Mies van der Rohe started teaching architecture in 1930, the year he was appointed head of the Dessau Bauhaus. Political upheavals in Germany at that time obliged him to move to new premises and even to a new country: in 1938 he emigrated to the USA as head of the architecture department at the Armour Institute of Technology. In the twenty-eight years from his early days at the Bauhaus to his retirement from the school in Chicago, teaching was one of his main activities: classrooms were an ideal laboratory for experimenting with and thinking about architecture, and as a working architect he invariably brought his experience into the classroom. The aim of this paper is to examine the links between Mies’ teaching, thinking and architecture more closely in order to determine the connection between his teaching of architectural design and his work as an architect. However, within such a wide field, this paper focuses on a specific typology: the school of architecture. The hypothesis to be answered is: did Mies’ experience as a professor, and the professional and academic homologous projects in which he was involved, play a decisive role in the design of the only venue he built from scratch for teaching architecture: the open-plan Crown Hall? The research methodology employed consisted of revising, analysing and redrawing the different venues where Mies taught architectural design and comparing them with research projects about this typology. The ideas presented in dissertations directed by Mies about designing schools of architecture were of particular interest for this paper.

The recently released ASCE Manual of Engineering Practice No. 130—Waterfront Facilities Inspection and Assessment (MOP 130) has quickly become the standard reference when it comes to above-water and underwater inspections. The manual covers a wide range of issues related to these inspections, including inspection types, service life estimation, reporting of inspections, structure types, materials, causes of damage, and specialized inspection techniques. There are presently no specific inspection criteria for plastic composite structural members, including ratings of different type and size of damage, similar to what is provided for more traditionally used materials such as timber, reinforced concrete, or steel. The goal of this paper is to develop and provide a suggestion for ratings that can be used in inspection of plastic composite members.