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The bleating of the England camp and non-savvy journalists is a danger to club football
By Tony Attwood
"More talent, less minutes: English players suffering in Premier League".
That is the headline with no less than 11 Arsenal players are currently gallivanting around Europe and beyond ready to receive wounds which will very much be of their own choosing – after all they don't have to go. These players are
Sokratis Papastahopoulos, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Mohamed Elneny, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Aaron Ramsey, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck
All are on so-called "international duty" (Mavropanos with the under 21s, the rest with the first team) with the major hoping to play in a competition that it is said most of them don't even understand.
Meanwhile, thinking that being knocked out in a semi-final is actually a trophy (funny how with Arsenal 4th is not a trophy but with England it is) the England manager has strayed dangerously close to the language of the neo-fascits in speaking of the "ethical challenge" of finding ways of forcing English league clubs to play more players qualified for England.
Still at least he managed to avoid saying "ethnical challenge", which I suppose is something. In case you are not clear an ethical challenge is where you cannot do what you consider to be the right thing because of regulations. Ah, poor Mr S.
And to be clear he wasn't speaking about swimming when he said, "Our pool is getting smaller and smaller."
After which we got to the statistics which really is when it starts getting frightening, because we all know where statistics in terms of nationality leads us.
"English players" we are told by the Guardian whose moral compass seems to be infected by iron filings when discussing nationalism in sport, "have played 30.4% of the 79,200 minutes played in the Premier League so far this season, a drop from 33% last year." But as they admit that drop is because of the late return of Englishmen from Russia – although there again a lot of the guys were rushed back in without a proper holiday.
And then they focus their aim saying, "Among the top-six clubs the number of English starters drops to nearer 20%; an alarming figure for an England manager wanting to select from a pool exposed to the pressure of challenging for the title and the experience of European competition."
Now you know where this is going…
"Chelsea and Arsenal are lowest on the list with a combined 172 minutes for Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ross Barkley plus a mere 56 minutes in total for Danny Welbeck and Ainsley Maitland-Niles respectively."
Yes we got there finally. It's Arsenal's fault. Danny Welbeck was kept in training in order to play 11 minutes. So, Arsenal had to put up without Danny Welbeck who they were paying, for the first two games of the season, in order that he could play 11 minutes for England, AND IT IS ALL ARSENAL'S FAULT.
Aidy Boothroyd, England's Under–21 manager, then pitched in saying, "There has never been a better time to be an England player, whatever age," says Boothroyd.
Well, yes, England have won the the under 17 and under 20 world cup and the under 19 Euros, so shouldn't we then ask why the England team is such an almighty failure at the big boys game? After all every single England played in the WC played his football in England. No other country had that luxury.
Oh but I forgot. At international level fourth is a trophy.
And Boothroyd won't let it rest saying, "In the past you had British managers giving British players a lot of chances to prove they could do it. Now the game is global. I look at my old club Watford, and it is a completely different club to the one that I was at. Foreign owners and foreign managers might perhaps look abroad before looking at what is under their nose although, ironically, the best ones tend to pick our players, so there must be something in that."
But this makes no sense – for in every other country the players are playing all over the world. And that is what helps prepare them for the WC. They get to learn about world football and experience working under coaches of all sorts of nationalities and persuasions.
But what is the solution? "We have tried the quota one, haven't we?" Boothroyd replies. "I really don't have the answer."
Well Mr B you could try Untold's analyses published in 2010 . After all a couple of newspapers including the Daily Telegraph have pinched it and reworked it. It shows the answer. There is a direction correlation between how well a country does an international level and the number of qualified coaches per 1000 players.
And there is the subplot as the Guardian reports…
"The Premier League has asked the government to clarify whether it will be exempt from restrictions on European workers after Brexit. With only six months to go, it is still awaiting an answer. The Premier League's post-Brexit proposals will require FA support. That could be the FA's opportunity to insist on an increase to the current quota of eight homegrown players in a 25-man squad."
But maybe there is hope for England for as the Guardian continues, "The difficulties have prompted English players to join Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig and Wolfsburg in recent months. According to one Premier League academy director, the trend is also happening at junior level and will only accelerate post-Brexit."
But the ultimate threat is not England leaving the EU, it is as always Uefa, for as Uefa president Aleksander Cerefin, said, "The relationship between club and national-team football needed rebalancing," and to do that they have introduced these new euro internationals which will be played every odd year.
Fifpro, the world players' union are against it, I'm against it and a number of Untold readers are against it. But I suspect we are going to be led down an emotional nationalistic path which has nothing to do with the research. You get better players by having more qualified coaches. You get more qualified coaches by having a football association that is set up to train them to the highest standard for a very moderate cost.
You get a better football association by throwing out the old duffers and bringing in people who don't make up excuses, and of course by having newspapers that don't unquestioningly print the excuses of the football association as if they were fact.
In remembrance of this site's good friend Ian Snelling – Gf60.
September 6th, 2018 | Category: Arsenal stories | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
8 comments to The bleating of the England camp and non-savvy journalists is a danger to club football
insideright
To have carried out and then published this analysis after just four games is, as you point out Tony, completely barmy.
It also ignores the fact that, if about a third of Premiership first team squad players are eligible for England (true last time I looked) then that's about 175 players – or an average of 7 per place in an international squad of 25. Or 16 per position on the field. Did we have that much choice in 1966 when we won the World Cup? No we didn't – nowhere near it.
We are fine for quantity – it's the quality that's lacking and coaching is to blame.
If you want to increase quantity ( i.e.more not good enough players) then encourage clubs to take a longer term view of player development and not a short term/ buy success off the shelf view taken by the likes of Man City.
Arsenal seem to be adopting the best strategy which is to take on more British players, coach them better and then give them more opportunity to shine at first team level.
I still think the major problem is the failure to foster and fund youth sports. Only the privileged few in Britain, the ones whose parents can afford to support them, can pursue sports to competitive level. The run down of youth clubs and youth activities by councils starved of government cash, the construction of schools on smaller sites without proper playgrounds, the sell off of school playing fields – this all has an effect.
jjgsol
Is not the main problem with English players is that their fees are grossly inflated?
Teams would rather buy an established foreign player for a lower fee, and, most probably, a lower salary as well.
I wonder why it is that so many people blame the government for everything.
Surely, it has nothing to do with schools, youth clubs and playing fields.
We see from our own club, they start training boys as young as 6 and nurture them over a number of years before they are either good enough, and are taken on by the club, or are not, in which, if they want to embark on a professional career then they will have to move on, as so many have done from us this summer.
If English youngsters are good enough to win world cups then why can they not progress to the first teams and onwards?
Perhaps it is the high salaries and ridiculous expectations that are holding them down.
If a 17-year-old is earning £500k per annum, where is the incentive to strive to improve?
I think this is where the problem lies, not the sale of playing fields.
Greed and complacency is at fault, not lack of opportunity.
Jammy
jjgsol – "Is not the main problem with English players is that their fees are grossly inflated?" That is absolutely one of the main problems, and what I find so amazing is that no-one seems to realise that by increasing the minimum number of homegrown players a club needs, all that does is increase those fees even higher, meaning only the top clubs can afford these players, meaning they will have tougher competition to get into the starting 11, meaning the homegrown rule is actually hugely detrimental to the number of minutes English players get.
Now, if our coaching wasn't so abysmal this wouldn't be such a big issue, as these players would be able to get into the starting 11's of the top clubs, but clearly that isn't the case.
I just find it so hard to believe that people getting paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to solve these exact kinds of issues have yet to realise this! A truly embarrassing level of incompetence for people in such high up positions.
I think it is interesting that more English youngsters, especially those from top tier academies, are seeing that the way ahead is to move abroad for playing time. The number of minutes Englishmen play in the Premier League may be moot if many 20 or 21 year olds play full time in other leagues and eventually end up representing England internationally.
A Arsenal youth story just popped up on ESPN (World Wide Leader in being ESPN). Kaylen Hinds was at Wolfsburg. They just terminated his contract because he had been AWOL.
A nice interview with Leah Williamson up on Arsenal.com. She is a Gooner and a Gunner.
https://www.arsenal.com/news/leah-williamson-my-own-words


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Schenectady County opens COVID test site for students, school staff
By Chad Arnold | January 5, 2022
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Schenectady County has partnered with Ellis Medicine to provide free COVID testing to students, families and school employees at the hospital's McClellan Street Health Center.
The new clinic, which will be run by Schenectady County Public Health, comes days after the county implemented a test-to-stay option, allowing students who were exposed to the virus to complete a series of COVID tests to stay in school.
"Students have already missed a lot of classroom time due to the pandemic," said County Legislator Michelle Ostrelich, chair of the Health & Human Services committee, in a statement. "The new guidance available to school districts and our free testing clinic will allow students to return to school as quickly and safely as possible after a potential exposure."
The new testing site comes as local schools welcome students back following the holiday break and growing concerns of a surging virus. Hundreds of students and staff have tested positive for the virus since schools reopened, forcing some districts to switch to remote learning just days after reopening, including Albany city schools.
The state is in the process of distributing thousands of at-home test kits to school districts as a way to contain the virus as part of a broader plan laid out by Gov. Kathy Hochul intended to avoid another shutdown while reducing the spread of the virus. The plan calls for masking, increased testing and vaccinations.
The new testing site opened Tuesday and conducted more than 130 tests, according to a news release.
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Hours of operation for the clinic are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the McClellan Street Health Center located at 600 McClellan St.
The county is also hosting a series of vaccination clinics, including those for children between the ages of 5 and 11 throughout the month.
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About seven years ago I made a stupid mistake and was arrested for possession of a minimal amount of marijuana. Every job application I have had since then has asked, "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" Unfortunately, I always had to check the "Yes" box and disclose my conviction. Understandably, many of my job applications were immediately thrown out. For the last seven years I carried that burden, until recently when I met with Naugatuck attorneys Tim Fitzpatrick and Carlos Santos. They explained to me how marijuana laws were changing, and if we took the right approach, there was a possibility that my conviction could be completely erased. Last week, we went to court. When I heard the Judge say that our Motion was granted, I almost fainted. I am happy to announce that my arrest record is now clean, and I can begin checking the "No" box on my job applications.
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Goiás Esporte Clube – brazylijski klub piłkarskim z siedzibą w mieście Goiânia w stanie Goiás.

Głównym miejscowym rywalem jest klub Vila Nova.

Osiągnięcia
 Mistrz drugiej ligi brazylijskiej (Campeonato Brasileiro Série B): 1999, 2012
 Mistrz stanu (Campeonato Goiano) (24): 1966, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013
 Finaliści Copa do Brasil: 1990
 Copa Centro-Oeste (Regionalny puchar): 2000, 2001, 2002

Historia
Dnia 6 kwietnia 1943 podczas przyjacielskiego spotkania w domu Lino Barsiego założony został klub Goiás Esporte Clube. W roku 1973 drużyna awansowała do pierwszej ligi brazylijskiej (Campeonato Brasileiro Série A).

W 1998 klub dołączył do Clube dos 13 (organizacja złożona z największych klubów Brazylii).

Historia występów w Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Stadion
Stadionem klubu Goiás jest Estádio da Serrinha, mogący pomieścić 10000 widzów. Ponadto wiele ze swych domowych spotkań klub rozgrywa na zbudowanym w roku 1975 stadionie Estádio Serra Dourada, mającym 60000 miejsc.

Grupy kibiców
 Força Jovem Goiás
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 Piriquitões da Net

Znani gracze w historii klubu
 Dimba
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Linki zewnętrzne
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With only a little over a month to go until the first race of the 2018 FIA Formula One season, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport today took the wraps off the all new Mercedes-AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+.
As the most advanced machine ever conceived by Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, the 2018 car aims to write its own chapter in that long racing heritage while at the same time pushing the technological boundaries of motorsport. The F1 W09 EQ Power+ is improved in every area over its predecessor and will become the fastest Mercedes Formula One car in history.
The launch was part of the team's official 100 km filming day, during which the F1 W09 EQ Power+ completed its first laps of Silverstone's 2.98 km International Circuit with Valtteri Bottas behind the wheel. Lewis Hamilton's run in the car is scheduled for the early afternoon.
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport will race with the same driver line-up that won a total of 668 points last year, winning the Constructors' Championship by 146 points. The expectations for the new season are predictably high.
Lewis will start his sixth season with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport in 2018. His record with the team is impressive and includes four Constructors' and three Drivers' Championships as well as 41 race wins.
The team also announced its reserve drivers for the 2018 season. Duties will be shared between 2017 GP3 champion George Russell, who will compete in FIA Formula Two this year, and Pascal Wehrlein, who will combine his reserve driver role with a return to the DTM, where he won the title in 2015.
The new Formula One season holds a busy schedule for the teams. 21 races make it the joint-longest season in F1 history. The calendar sees two addition compared to last year – the German GP at Hockenheim and the French GP at Paul Ricard. One event that always was very special to everyone at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport has been dropped from the calendar for the new season – the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The team is especially excited to go back to Hockenheim. The track is just a little over 100 kilometres away from the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Stuttgart and the Mercedes-AMG base of operations in Affalterbach. In other words: Together with Silverstone, the team is looking at two home Grands Prix this year.


Standout running back Torrey Pierce of powerhouse John Curtis has been named the Allstate Sugar Bowl Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month for December.
Pierce helped lead John Curtis to the state championship game in December. In the semifinals against St. Charles Catholic, Pierce recorded 169 rushing yards with three touchdowns. He followed that with 128 yards on 16 carries with a touchdown in the title game. He was named the Curtis Most Valuable Player for the championship game.


Verbal questions are "on the fly" questions that you can use to engage students in a lesson. Use this feature to ask questions during a lesson in coordination with existing questions from the textbook, multimedia presentations, or any other non-CPS source.
1. Click the Engage>Lessons and Assessments tab.
2. Click Engage in the Verbal group. The CPS Verbal Question Setup window appears.
3. Optional: Change your session options.
Include Session in Gradebook: Records grades in the Gradebook.
Export to Question Grid: Creates Question Grid Report as an Excel file to display results.
Anonymous Mode: Select to ensure answers are not associated with specific students.
Automatically Upload Session Upon Completion: Automatically uploads performance data to CPSOnline, ANGEL, Blackboard, WebCT, or REAP.
Session Title: Type the name of your session.
Session Category: Select a category for the lesson.
Max Points: Choose your Max Points. This field will default to 100.
Class Options: Assign a pregenerated class to the lesson from the drop-down menu, or create a default class by clicking Create.
Create Attendance from this Assessment: Select this option to generate an attendance assessment for your session. You can choose to track the attendance in the Gradebook, and if you use CPSOnline, you can automatically upload attendance after your session. Make sure you also have your class attendance options set to show attendance as assessments.
4. Click OK. The Verbal Engage toolbar appears.
Verbal: Choose from a drop-down menu of question types to ask questions on the fly and record performance data.
Chalkboard: Upload and draw images while delivering on the fly questions.
Options: Opens the Delivery Options window to select options like show large screen for Verbal mode.
Engage Toolbar Handle: Click and drag on this icon to move the Engage toolbar anywhere on your screen.
Class: Randomly select a student from your active class list or take attendance.
Charting window: View performance data in a chart.
Exit CPS: Save your results up to this point and shut down CPS entirely.
Close: End the delivery session and return to the main CPS window.
5. Click Options to turn "Show Large Screen" on or off.
You may resize the window using the resize button in the upper, right-hand corner and also by selecting the edge of the window and dragging it to the desired size.
7. Select a question type from the drop-down menu.
If the Show Large Screen option is turned on, type your question in the Question Box and type the answer choices in the Answer Boxes.
If the Show Large Screen option is turned off, ask your question aloud. Clicking on the Snapshot button will take a picture of whatever is being displayed on the screen. The image is stored in the same location as the CPS database and displayed in various CPS reports.
9. Click Start to begin the response cycle.
10. Click End to end the response cycle. The Charting Window will appear with the answer responses.
11. Optional: To define the correct answer, click in the box before "Show Correct" and then choose the Correct Answer from the drop-down menu.
12. Click Close to exit the Charting Window.
The correct answer is indicated by the green check mark.
The answer distribution is displayed to the right of each answer choice.
The cumulative percent correct and question percent correct are displayed at the bottom of the screen.
14. After engaging in the Verbal mode you can ask additional Verbal questions by utilizing the Verbal Question buttons at the bottom of the screen.


The Cave Hill Campus of The University of the West Indies started in 1963 as the College of Arts & Sciences. The main campus is located on 47 acres of elevated scenic property overlooking the capital, Bridgetown.
The Campus adopted a Student Disability Policy in January 2014 and has developed procedures for implementing accommodations for Students with disabilities. The University seeks to address the needs of the persons who are physically challenged by providing them with a dedicated means of transportation to be able to easily access the facilities and other services in around the Campus.
The vehicle will be used to transport Students and Faculty on Campus who are disabled and Students will also be transported to medical care facilities in cases of emergencies when ambulances are unavailable. This Bus will also provide additional support to the Student Health Clinic at the Campus.


The long awaited day has finally come. After many months of hard work, and a short drive from the boat shed to the launch ramp, Thalia is now back in her watery home where she belongs.
She launched today, thanks to the able hands at Great Bay Marine. It's been 12 months since she saw water, and back then it was for just a short few days as we moved her from her previous winter home to Great Bay. I have been doing work steadily on the boat over the last year, especially since leaving my job last October. There were many weeks in the dead of winter that I'd pull into the yard and trudge through the snow and ice with my various projects lists, tools and boat parts to climb the ladder to a cold Thalia.
Our last post was in February of this year (2017) and it shared our plans to return to our adventures at sea. However, we have not been idle, so this post will share what we have been up to!
You just can't stay one night in New York City; the vibes from this metropolis pull you in and make you want to explore day and night! We ended up staying at the 79th Boat Basin for 4 nights, which gave us a chance to see some sights that we had missed in the Fall.
In our last installment, we were just getting underway from Pt. Judith, RI. Oh, how good it felt to leave that place! With a broken engine and having to anchor for three days in their 'harbor of refuge', we were all anxious to put some miles under the hull. We chose a nice short hop to nearby Stonington, CT. This would require us to transit through the Watch Hill Passage and into Long Island Sound. We passed Watch Hill, RI just at sunset and, sorry, I apologize about this ahead of time, but you'll have to put up with another sunset shot! This one shows the Watch Hill lighthouse on the right.
Do you know what a five day cone is? For those kiddos who might be reading this, it is the National Hurricane Center's visual product which represents the most likely path a currently active named storm will take over the next five days. The cone shape comes from the increased margin of error which naturally occurs as you predict further into the future.
Anyway, we have been living by the cone! There is a web site that we check at least twice a day to make sure there are no surprises in our future with the predicted route of "Florence". For all you power boaters out there, it is important to remember that our max speed is between 6 and 8 knots, so getting out of the way of the storm takes us a while! We will experience higher than normal seas and strong winds as a result of Florence passing off-shore so when we will be the most affected, we plan to stay put for a few days. The anticipation is a bit unnerving! We typically use NOAA for the latest status.


Nintendo wasted no time announcing right off the bat that the update for Animal Crossing New Leaf is already available for fans to download today for fans across the world. Although there has been a big emphasis on the addition of being able to use amiibo, the game added a load of new content for those without amiibo as well. The biggest new addition is the camp grounds, which allows players to visit the new character Harvey. In his camp grounds he has items for sale using a new unique in-game currency called Meow coupons, which are earned by doing every-day activities such as fishing and catching bugs. His camp ground is also where players will go in order to meet the new amiibo characters and also purchase their furniture.
The other big addition to the game is mini-games, which are accessed via in-game versions of the Wii U and 3DS. The Wii U will unlock the game Desert Island Escape, where three villagers have seven days to try and collect all the items they need to escape the island they were left on. The 3DS in-game item gives players access to the Animal Crossing Puzzle League game, a cute fruit-themed matching game. This game needs players to match three or more fruit blocks in order for them to disappear before the fruit rises to the top of the screen.
If any players want to start their town over again but don't want to be set too far back, Animal Crossing now allows players to evaluate their town through Tom Nook and sell it, giving them a head start with a stack of money in their pocket so they're not so deep in debt this time around when starting fresh.


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BMW clocks up 500,000 electrified vehicle sales
The German manufacturer celebrated the achievement on Thursday.
BMW has announced that it has registered 500,000 electrified vehicles, with the number set to start rising even more dramatically amid an expanding range of hybrid models.
The German manufacturer made the announcement on Thursday, having teased the rising number on Twitter. BMW handed over the 500,000th electrified model – a 330e – to its owner at BMW Welt in Munich.
Oliver Zipse, chairman at BMW AG, said: "Half a million vehicles is the best proof that our broad range of electrified vehicles is meeting exact customer needs. Now, we are stepping up the pace significantly: We aim to have one million electrified vehicles on the roads within two years. This is our contribution towards effective climate protection."
BMW already has 12 different electrified models available across the group (including Mini), and this is being expanded next year with a host of new electrified powertrains. This makes the firm one of the leaders when it comes to these newer electrified models.
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New models for 2020 include a plug-in hybrid version of the X1 as well as the new Mini Electric and two further electrified variants of the X3 SUV – making it the first BMW Group model to be offered with four powertrain options. BMW is also hoping that a quarter of electrified models sold in Europe will be electrified in some capacity by 2021, with this increasing to half by 2030.
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Q: How to insert IDs in correct rows with PHP/MySQL? Lets say I have 3 questions:
QuestionNo   Video
1
2            wildlife.mp4
3
4            colors.mp4
             sports.mp4

Now what I am doing is insert each question into database giving each question its own automatic QuestionId so it now looks like this technically:
QuestionId    QuestionNo  Video
123           1
124           2           wildlife.mp4
125           3
126           4           colors.mp4
                          sports.mp4

Now below is the Question Table in db:
QuestionId (pk auto)  QuestionNo
123                   1
124                   2
125                   3
126                   4

Now each video is stored in its own id in the Video Table:
VideoId (auto pk)   VideoFile
12                  wildlife.mp4
13                  colors.mp4
14                  sports.mp4

Now finally and this is where the issue is, I have a Video_Question Table which we use to know which video goes into which question. Now the issue is that the way I have set up the insert for this is that it retrieves the last QuestionId insert and then find the first videoId it finds and displays it with that QuestionId. This is incorrect as that it means video is stored in wrong question. In db for above example it will display it like this:
Video_Question Table:
VideoQuestionId (auto pk)  QuestionId  VideoId
4                          123         12
5                          124         13
6                          124         14

The above is incorrect as that VideoId 12 should not belong in QuestionId 123, it should be in 124 and VideoId 13 and 14 should be in 126, not 124 like below:
Video_Question Table:
VideoQuestionId (auto pk)  QuestionId  VideoId
4                          124         12
5                          126         13
6                          126         14

My question is that looking at above example, how can I get the videoid to be inserted with the correct QuestionId? I believe the issue is that it does not recognise that a question has possibility of no video but I am not sure and hence why I am asking for help>
Below is code where it does the insert Question table and Video_Question tables:
// Prepare your statements ahead of time
$questionsql = "INSERT INTO Question (SessionId, QuestionNo,
    QuestionContent, NoofAnswers, ReplyId, QuestionMarks, OptionId)
    VALUES (?)";
if (!$insert = $mysqli->prepare($questionsql)) {
    // Handle errors with prepare operation here
    echo __LINE__.': '.$mysqli->error;
}

$videoquestionsql = "INSERT INTO Video_Question (VideoId, QuestionId)
    VALUES (?, ?)";

if (!$insertvideoquestion = $mysqli->prepare($videoquestionsql)) {
    // Handle errors with prepare operation here
    echo __LINE__.': '.$mysqli->error;
}

//make sure both prepared statements succeeded before proceeding
if( $insert && $insertvideoquestion)
{
    $c = count($_POST['numQuestion']);
    $question_ids = array();

    for($i = 0;  $i < $c; $i++ )
    {

        $questionNo = $_POST['numQuestion'][$i];

        $insert->bind_param("i", $questionNo);

        $insert->execute();

        if ($insert->errno)
        {
            // Handle query error here
        echo __LINE__.': '.$insert->error;
        break 1;
        }

        $questionId = $mysqli->insert_id;

        $question_ids[$questionNo] = $questionId;
    }

    $vidresults = $_POST['vidid'];

    foreach($vidresults as $videoid => $vidvalue)
    {

         $video = $vidvalue;

         $vidquesid = (int)$question_ids[$videoid];

         foreach($vidvalue as $video)
         {

             $insertvideoquestion->bind_param("ii",$video, $vidquesid);

             $insertvideoquestion->execute();

             if ($insertvideoquestion->errno) {
                 // Handle query error here
                 echo __LINE__.': '.$insertvideoquestion->error;
                 break 5;
             }

         }
    }

    $insertvideoquestion->close();
    $insert->close();

}

UPDATE:
Below are the var_dumps which match with the example mentioned above, only difference is the file names and id numbers. There are 4 questions as mentioned in example mentioned above:
var_dump($question_ids);
    array(4) {
[1]=> int(277)
[2]=> int(278)
[3]=> int(279)
[4]=> int(280)
}

var_dump($_POST['vidid']);
array(3) {
[1]=> array(1) {
[0]=> string(3) "148"
}
[2]=> array(1) {
[0]=> string(3) "149"
}
[3]=> array(1) {
[0]=> string(3) "150"
} }

Combined the above var_dumps together looks like this:
array(4) {
[1]=> int(289)
[2]=> int(290)
[3]=> int(291)
[4]=> int(292)
}
array(3) {
[1]=> array(1) {
[0]=> string(3) "148"
}
[2]=> array(1) {
[0]=> string(3) "149"
}
[3]=> array(1) {
[0]=> string(3) "150"
} }

EXTRA DETAILS:
By using this line of code:
$('.hiddenvid').append('<input type="hidden" name="vidid[' + videocounter + '][]" id="'+videoID+'" value="' + videoID + '" />');

It is able to retrieve and display the VideoId inserted into the VideoTable for each uploaded video. So for example if Wildlife.mp4 has VideoId which is 32, then in the hidden input it will displat the number 32 in the hidden input for that video in the application.
Then by using a multidimensional array and using videocounter which is a variable which starts with 0 and increments for each question using ++, -  name="vidid[' + videocounter + '][]", each input belongs to a question number depending on which question the video was uploaded in. So for example if the video was uploaded in question 2, the input recgnises that the video id retrieved belongs to question 2. If I do it for question 4, then it will recognise that input belongs to question 4 etc.
HERE IS A DEMO I JUST MEAD UP WHICH YOU CAN USE TO SEE HOW IT WORKS (I changed the hidden input to text input so you can see what is happening): DEMO
UPDATE:
At moment it is displaying 0 for QuestionId when inserting data in Video_QuestionId, is the code below correct:
function stopVideoUpload(success, videoID, videofilename){

      var result = '';
      videocounter++;

      var questionNum = $(this).closest('td').siblings('.qid').find('input.num_questionsRow').val();

      if (success == 1){
         result = 'The file was uploaded successfully';
            $('.hiddenvid').append('<input type="text" name="vidid['+questionNum+'][]" id="'+videoID+'" value="' + videoID + '" />');
            $('.listVideo').eq(window.lastUploadVideoIndex).append('
' + htmlEncode(videofilename) + '<button type="button" class="deletefilevideo" data-videoID="'+videoID+'"  data-video_file_name="' + videofilename + '" value="'+videoID+'">Remove</button>
Test Video

');
          }

....

}

A: I don't see anywhere in your front-end that connects the uploaded videos to the question they're meant to be related to.  So when you submit the form it basically just sends two unrelated lists numQuestion: (q1, q2, q3...) and vidid: (videos1[], videos2[], videos3[]...).  The array keys are just the order they were added which is not what you wanted.
There are many different ways you could approach this but the most direct is to change the way you build those hidden fields for the videos so that they are keyed on the questions' ids.
Instead of:
<input type="text" name="vidid[]" id="'+videoID+'" value="' + videoID + '" />

You want this to be something like
<input type="text" name="vidid['+questionNum+'][]" id="'+videoID+'" value="' + videoID + '" />

Where questionNum is the question the video is meant for.
EDIT:
You won't be able to determine this at call-time for your stopVideoUpload() function so you need to make a new parameter to that function and pass this value in.  That means of course the PHP code for video upload needs to know what value to pass to stopVideoUpload().   You should be able to do this easily enough by changing the Add Question behavior to put the question number in a field in the video upload form.

A: It maybe trying to insert two values as primary keys. Set database fields to non-auto-increment if this is the case. Then---parent as videoid to match each question with its own individual id. You cant properly insert into a row that's already been created if this is the case.,,use update for them. Also some tables will not do as you wish when using auto-incrementing. If this is the case turn off auto-incrementing and place--max(id2)+1--in place of all your Primary $id's value-entry's.
---------------select max(id)+1, "'.$AnswerId.'", etc. Also Each table should have each corresponding parent-id.
    video-table
    ------------pid------
    questions-table
    ------------qid-----pid----id
    video-question-table
    ------------id------qid----pid

    if(mysql_query('insert into questions (id, parent, questionContent, NoofAnswers,
    ReplyId, AnswerId) select "'.$id.'", "'.$res['parent'].'", "'.$questionCont.'",
    "'.$Noofanswers.'", "'.$ReplyId.'", "'.$AnswerId.'" from questions where
    id="'.$id.'"') and mysql_query('update videos_questions set VideoId="'.$vid.'"and set
    QuestionId="'.$qid where id="'.$id.'" and parent=1'))  etc.

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February 2019, VOLUME143 /ISSUE 2
Adolescent Mental Health and the Choking Game
Grégory Michel, PhDa,
Mathieu Garcia, MPhila,
Valérie Aubron, PhDb,
Sabrina Bernadet, PhDc,
Julie Salla, PhDa, and
Diane Purper-Ouakil, MD, PhDd
aInserm U1219, Team Healthy, Bordeaux Population Health Center, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France;
bDepartment of Psychology, University of Tours, Tours, France;
cBordeaux Hospital University Center, Bordeaux, France; and
dCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Dr Michel conceptualized and designed the study, supervised the data analysis, and reviewed and revised the manuscript; Mr Garcia conducted the data analysis and drafted the initial manuscript; Drs Aubron, Bernadet, and Salla helped conceptualize the study, collected data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript; Dr Purper-Ouakil designed the data collection instruments, coordinated and supervised data collection, and critically reviewed the manuscript; and all authors approved the final manuscript as submitted and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the demographic and health risk factors associated with participation in the choking game (CG), a dangerous and potentially fatal strangulation activity in which pressure is applied to the carotid artery to temporarily limit blood flow and oxygen.
METHODS: We obtained data from 2 cross-sectional studies realized respectively in 2009 and 2013 among French middle school students. The 2009 (n = 746) and 2013 (n = 1025) data sets were merged (N = 1771), and multivariate modeling was conducted to examine demographic and clinical characteristics of youth reporting a lifetime participation in the CG. The 2 studies included questions about risk-taking behaviors and substance use, and standardized assessments were used to collect conduct disorder symptoms and depressive symptoms.
RESULTS: In the merged 2009 and 2013 data set, the lifetime prevalence of CG participation was 9.7%, with no statistically significant differences between boys and girls. A multivariate logistic regression revealed that higher levels of conduct disorder symptoms (odds ratio: 2.33; P < .001) and greater rates of depressive symptoms (odds ratio: 2.18; P < .001) were both significantly associated with an increased likelihood of reporting CG participation.
CONCLUSIONS: The significant relationship between elevated levels of depressive symptoms and participation in the CG sheds new light on the function of self-asphyxial activities. However, with the finding that higher rates of conduct disorder symptoms were the most important predictor of CG participation, it is suggested that the profile and the underlying motivations of youth who engage in this activity should be reexamined.
CDI —
Children's Depression Inventory
CG —
CI —
What's Known on This Subject:
Previous research has revealed significant associations between choking game participation and health risks, such as substance use, risk-taking behaviors, poor nutrition, poor mental health, exposure to violence, and even suicide contemplation and attempts.
What This Study Adds:
The likelihood of middle school students engaging in the choking game was higher in those having reported greater levels of conduct problem symptoms and higher rates of depressive symptoms. This unprecedented finding has important theoretical and pragmatic implications.
The "Choking Game" (CG) is a thrill-seeking activity in which self-strangulation or strangulation by another person is used to restrict oxygen flow to the brain and induce a temporary and brief euphoric state caused by cerebral hypoxia.1–3 Youth who engage in this risky behavior often relate experiencing a pleasurable "high" before they lose consciousness as well as a "rush" when the blood flow to the brain is restored and consciousness is regained.3,4 A variety of techniques are deployed to achieve the state of unconsciousness, including self-induced hyperventilation, strangulation, chest and neck constriction, or ligatures.5–8 An abundance of CG information is now available on video-sharing Web sites, such as YouTube.7,9 This extensive propagation of videos of asphyxial games may potentially render this type of activity normal despite its dangerousness. In fact, various negative short- and long-term health outcomes from engagement in the CG have been reported, including chronic headaches, changes in behavior, confusion, short-term memory loss, recurrent episodes of syncope, seizures, retinal hemorrhage, visual impairments, neurologic damages, and death.1,5,10–15
Given the newness of this area of research, the data concerning the CG are still limited, and relatively little is known about the clinical characteristics and the underlying motivations of adolescents involved in this potentially lethal behavior. Hence, continued scientific investigation is necessary to advance research in this field.
Our overall aim for the current study was to establish predictive risk profiles by identifying important demographic and health risk factors associated with participation in the CG, including adjustment for several demographic confounders. One of the underlying purposes was to confirm the contribution of substance use and risk-taking behaviors as strong predictors of CG participation.16–19 Nonetheless, our main goal for this research was to identify additional predictors of this dangerous activity, which is crucial for designing adequate preventive interventions.
Although previous exposure to violence has been identified as a risk factor predicting participation in the CG,17,18 the possible influence of aggressive and antisocial tendencies has never been investigated until now. For this reason, we examined the relationship between CG participation and conduct disorder symptoms. We were also interested in whether participation in the CG had a significant association with high levels of depressive symptoms. Although several studies have revealed that adolescents reporting a lifetime participation in the CG are more likely to report suicidal ideation and attempts than nonparticipants,16,18,20 we were unable to find any studies in which the possible co-occurrence of the CG and depression was examined. Therefore, with our research, we fill this important gap by investigating via a standardized questionnaire the potential cross-sectional association of the CG with depressive symptoms.
Data Sources and Study Design
This search was based on the merger of 2 preexistent databases stemming from 2 cross-sectional studies conducted respectively in 2009 and 2013 (Supplemental Tables 5–7). The data were collected from French middle school students aged 9 to 16 years (mean age: 13.0; SD: 1.3) and distributed within 13 randomly selected public establishments located in different regions in France. After the 2009 (n = 746) and 2013 (n = 1025) data sets were merged by retaining only the youth who responded to the CG question, the final sample consisted of 1771 participants. Their demographic characteristics are displayed in Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Demographic Variables
It should be noted that the 2 studies were based exactly on the same research protocol (eg, same variables, same measures, same recruitment method, etc). They were implemented independently to obtain 2 research sites from 2 different regions. The time lapse between the 2 studies is only due to the fact that the ethical agreements took more time to obtain than initially foreseen for the second study. At last, it should be specified that there were no particular trends, changes, or events between the 2 surveys related to awareness or efforts to mitigate the CG.
Ethics approvals were obtained from the French ethical research committee (Comité de Protection des Personnes Ile de France IV) and from the French Commission on Data Privacy and Public Liberties. The directors of each selected middle school also approved the study procedures. The parents and/or guardians of students provided written informed consent before data collection. After the presentation of the objectives of the study, the assessment instruments were collectively administered and collected in the classroom by a doctoral student. All questionnaires were anonymous, so participants were assured that their responses were confidential. No compensation was offered to participate in the study.
The dependent variable (lifetime participation in the CG) was assessed by the following question: "Have you ever participated in the Choking Game?" Responses were limited to "yes" or "no," and respondents who answered yes were defined as having a history of CG participation. Thus, by "participation" or "have participated," we mean having oneself participated at least once in the CG during one's lifetime, whether alone or with other people. Those who responded negatively formed a control group of adolescents who were not involved in any form of choking activities. Before the question was given, participants were read the following description of the CG (known as "jeu d'asphyxie" or "jeu du foulard" in France): "The Choking Game, also called Blackout, the Dream Game, the Pass-out Game, or The Fainting Game, is an activity in which self-strangulation or strangulation by another person is used to obtain a 'high' by restricting blood and oxygen flow to the brain."
Demographic variables were assessed with questions used to collect information concerning sex (male or female), age, family characteristics (living arrangement and siblings), and schooling (grade level, grade repetition, and geographic location of schools).
Depressive symptoms were investigated with the French version of the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI).21,22 The CDI is a 27-item self-report measure originally designed to assess cognitive, behavioral, and affective symptoms of depression in children and adolescents. Each item consists of 3 statements that represent different levels of severity of a specific symptom of depression, and the child is required to choose 1 statement that best describes him or her. Scores range from 0 to 54, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms. The CDI is the most widely used measure of childhood depressed affect23 and has revealed sound psychometric properties, including internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and discriminant validity.21,24
Risk-taking behaviors and substance use were assessed with a self-report measure composed of 8 yes-or-no items used to assess current practice of high-risk sports activities; current risk-taking in a 2-wheeled vehicle; lifetime history of using alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana; and current consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. Response options were dichotomous (eg, 0 = never used, and 1 = ever used). Thus, for each item, participants were classified into 2 categories (eg, no history of tobacco use versus lifetime history of tobacco use; no current consumption of alcohol versus current consumption of alcohol).
To measure the conduct problem symptoms of the teenagers, we constructed a self-report questionnaire on the basis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision criteria for conduct disorder25 (unchanged in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition26). In the current study, not all the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (N = 15) were held, according to the wishes of the school inspectorate. Three deleted criteria were the following: "has forced someone into sexual activity," "has deliberately engaged in setting fire with the intention of causing serious damage," and "has broken into someone else's house, building, or car." Finally, our measure of conduct disorder symptoms consisted of a 12-item self-reported scale that included 7 questions referring to aggressive symptoms and 5 questions used to assess the nonaggressive but rule-breaking form of antisocial behavior. The measurement of these 2 distinct but correlated dimensions made it possible to consider heterogeneity within antisocial behaviors.27 The timescale for all violent and antisocial behavior questions referred to the past 12 months, and respondents were asked to report responses limited to yes or no. The total score, ranging from 0 to 12, represented the number of conduct problem symptoms that were present. In the current study, Cronbach's α coefficient for this self-administered questionnaire was 0.72.
First, we categorized the sample into 2 groups: (1) youth who had reported participating in the CG versus (2) those who had never participated in it. Then, bivariate logistic regressions were conducted to examine the possible association between CG participation and (1) certain demographic characteristics, (2) conduct disorder symptoms, (3) depressive symptoms, (4) risk-taking behaviors (high-risk sports activities and 2-wheeled vehicle risk), and (5) substance use (experimentation and current consumption of tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana). The logistic regression models were fitted to each of the variables independently. Demographic and health risk-factor variables revealing a significant bivariate association with CG participation were then used for the multivariate logistic regression, controlling for key and potentially confounding demographic variables (sex, age, grade repetition, and geographic location [urban or rural]) to better predict CG participation. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) are presented to reflect association strength. All statistical analyses were conducted with R software (R Core Team, Vienna, Austria), and statistical significance levels were fixed at P < .001.
The lifetime prevalence of CG participation in this study was 9.7% for middle school students. We did not find any statistically significant differences in lifetime participation according to selected demographic variables (see Table 2).
Unadjusted Odds Ratios for the Association Between Demographic Characteristics and Lifetime Participation in the CG (Bivariate Analyses)
With respect to other activities, 7.2% of middle school students reported having ever used marijuana at least once, and 4% occasionally consumed it at the time of the study. The substance most commonly consumed was alcohol (32.9%), but it was also the most experimented (50.9%). Tobacco had been tried at least once by 30.6% of adolescents, and 10.9% still consumed it. Furthermore, 17.9% of middle school students practiced at least 1 risky sport at the time of the study, and current high-risk vehicle use was found in 26.3% of participants.
The results of bivariate relationships between health risk variables and CG participation are provided in Table 3. Logistic regression revealed that participation in the CG was significantly associated with the following health risk factors: substance use (experimentation and current consumption of tobacco and marijuana), high rates of depressive symptoms, and high levels of conduct disorder symptoms. Alcohol use, high-risk sports activities, and risky 2-wheeled vehicle use were not related to CG participation (Table 3).
Unadjusted Odds Ratios for the Association Between Health Risk Factors and Lifetime Participation in the CG (Bivariate Analyses)
Each of the variables with a statistically significant bivariate relationship was then put through a forward stepwise multivariate logistic regression, controlling for sex, age, grade repetition, and geographic location (urban or rural) to better understand which variables were associated with increased risk of CG participation and thus to establish a predictive risk profile. The final model (Table 4) revealed that higher levels of depressive symptoms as well as higher rates of conduct disorder symptoms emerged as the only 2 predictors of CG participation.
Multivariate Model: Adjusted Odds Ratios for the Relationship Between Significant Risk Factors and Lifetime Participation in the CG
According to a systematic review of the scientific literature, the median lifetime prevalence rate of CG participation is 7.4%.8 Therefore, the lifetime prevalence of engagement observed in the current study (9.7%) is consistent with that observed in other published studies. Contrary to results of previous studies revealing that the CG is more common among young adolescent boys,4,7,14,28,29 we found no statistically significant difference in participation according to sex. However, this finding confirms the results of more recent research revealing an absence of significant sex difference in lifetime participation.16,17,20 The results of multivariate modeling (Table 4) revealed that elevated levels of depressive symptoms and high rates of conduct disorder symptoms both appear to be significantly related to an increased likelihood of reporting participation in the CG. This substantial association of the CG with depressive symptoms helps clarify the relationship found in previous studies between suicidal contemplation and CG participation.16,18,20 Indeed, 1 plausible interpretation of this result and those of earlier research is that CG participation is a self-medicating mechanism against an internal distress accompanied by suicidal thoughts. According to this affect-regulation model, the CG may primarily represent an attempt to decrease one's depressive feelings or dysphoric affect, as is so frequent among youth who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury.30–36 Other researchers have already proposed that the CG may serve to regulate negative emotions stemming from a depressed mood or painful depressive affects.16,20 However, we are the first to use a standardized questionnaire to examine the possible co-occurrence of CG participation and depression. Therefore, by showing that high levels of depressive symptoms appear to be linked to an increased likelihood of participation in the CG, in the current study, we offer new arguments supporting the idea that this behavior serves as a specific coping mechanism for distressed adolescents.
Nevertheless, the results of our final model (Table 4) also reveal that the CG is primarily pursued by adolescents with more aggressive and nonaggressive but delinquent antisocial behaviors. Indeed, a high level of conduct disorder symptoms emerged as the most important health predictor for participation in this life-threatening game.
Although our results are robust, they should be considered in the light of several limitations. Firstly, given the cross-sectional nature of our design, the direction of causal connections between the variables is unclear. As such, the reported findings cannot be used to clarify the temporality of health risk factors nor the etiologic relationship between the CG and conduct problem symptoms nor even that between the CG and symptoms of depression. For example, the association between the CG and conduct problems could reflect the role of antisocial tendencies in causing participation in the CG, but it is also plausible that CG participation precedes the emergence of severe conduct problems. Therefore, future research should incorporate a longitudinal design, which would be a way to elucidate the causal structure of this link between conduct problems and the CG. Secondly, our data on the CG did not include information on frequencies of participation. Thirdly, no differentiation was made between youth who engage in the CG alone and those who participate in a group. It would have been interesting to compare the level of conduct problem symptoms of adolescents who engage in choking activities alone with that of youth who do so in a group. Lastly, further research with a larger sample size is needed to confirm or refute our findings.
Despite these limitations, the present findings provide new epidemiological and clinical insights into the problem of self-asphyxial activities. There has been much debate about the underlying motivations leading to participation in the CG. Is it due to impulsivity, poor coping skills, or negative emotionality? Our finding of a significant relationship between the CG and high rates of depressive symptoms offers some elements of response and reveals that participation in this life-threatening game may be a coping mechanism favored by distressed adolescents. Parents, school personnel, and clinicians should therefore have this dangerous game in mind when interacting with distressed adolescents. This finding also reveals that organizers of prevention campaigns used to target depressive disorders should consider participation in the CG as a useful semiological marker because adolescents reporting CG activity were also more likely to report higher levels of depressive symptoms. On the other hand, the substantial association of CG participation with conduct problems suggests the need to rethink the status and the function of this thrill-seeking activity as well as the underlying motivations of its participants. This result represents a research paradigm shift. Understanding the genetic and environmental mechanisms linking conduct problems with CG participation should be a major goal for future research.
Another interesting issue raised by the current study concerns how we are to interpret this intriguing interconnection of the CG with 2 apparently different variables: elevated levels of conduct disorder symptoms and high rates of depressive symptoms. Should we, for example, consider that these violent and antisocial behaviors reported by participants constitute a facade of a "masked depression"? This kind of question reveals how much further research is needed to understand more fully and better delineate the respective influence of these 2 health risk factors as well as their interaction.
With the data presented in this article, we throw new light on the psychiatric and behavioral correlates of choking activities that has important implications for clinical practice, prevention, and research. So far, no empirical studies had explored the possibility that a high level of conduct disorder symptoms could represent a health risk factor contributing to increasing the probability of participating in the CG. Similarly, the predictive role of depressive symptoms had never been examined. Therefore, in the current study, we provide a new arena for research by enlarging the field of investigation concerning the risk factors that may predict the course of asphyxial activities.
In terms of prevention, interventions designed specifically for at-risk individuals seem to be required. One may assume that young people with conduct problems and/or depressive affects would benefit from clear communication from providers about the risks of CG participation and about how they can be helped by mental health services. Furthermore, prevention programs supporting the development of emotion-regulating skills should be developed. Interventions that are focused on emotion management might help these youth to cultivate the ability to regulate their negative affects rather than CG participation.
Accepted November 15, 2018.
Address correspondence to Grégory Michel, PhD, Inserm U1219, Team Healthy, Bordeaux Population Health Center, University of Bordeaux, 3 ter Place de la Victoire, 33076 Bordeaux, France. E-mail: gregory.michel{at}u-bordeaux.fr
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
FUNDING: No external funding.
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
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4/Overcoming delayed right ventricular activation associated with left bundle area pacing by additional right septal capture does not offer any haemodynamic advantage
Published Online: October 3rd 2011 European Journal of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology. 2021;7(Suppl. 1):abstr4
Authors: KA Saqi (Presenting Author) - Imperial College School of Medicine, London; N Ali - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; AD Arnold- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; AA Miyazawa - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; D Keene - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; NS Peters - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; P Kanagratnam- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; N Qureshi - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; FS Ng - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; N Linton - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; D Lefroy - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; D Francis - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; PB Lim - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; GD Cole - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London; MA Tanner - St Richard's Hospital, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, London; A Muthumala - St Bartholomew's Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital, London; ZI Whinnett - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London
Introduction: Left bundle area pacing is a novel conduction system technique that is rapidly expanding. When the left bundle branch (LBB) alone is captured the 12-lead ECG shows an R prime in lead V1 indicative of delayed right ventricular activation. This is usually seen in unipolar pacing. Right septal myocardial capture can be achieved by anodal stimulation. This overcomes the delay in right ventricular activation. Whether overcoming this delay in right ventricular activation has positive effects on cardiac function is unknown and has never been investigated. We sought to address whether overcoming delayed right ventricular activation is associated with any haemodynamic benefit.
Methods: Patients were recruited from our pacing clinic and before attempting left bundle branch pacing (LBBP). We reviewed the 12-lead electrocardiograms of all patients to distinguish LBB-only capture from LBB plus right septal myocardial capture. With LBB-only capture there is an R prime in lead V1, this is eliminated when right septal capture is achieved by anodal stimulation. We selected patients who demonstrated both types of capture. High precision haemodynamic protocol was used to measure systolic blood pressure change with each capture type compared to a reference baseline. We undertook a within-patient comparison of QRS duration, pacing threshold and systolic blood pressure between the two types of capture.
Results: 15 patients with permanent LBBP demonstrated both LBB-only capture and LBB plus anodal capture and were included in the study. The average age was 68 ± 11 years and 11 (73%) were male. Bradycardia was the pacing indication in 3 (20%) patients, heart failure in 11 (73%) and pre-TAVI in 1 (7%). LBB plus right septal capture was associated with significantly narrower QRS duration compared to LBB-only capture (-11.7 ms; 95% CI, -15.7 to -7.6 ms; p<0.0001). However, LBB plus right septal capture required higher pacing outputs, typically seen in bipolar pacing configuration. The mean threshold with LBB-only capture was 0.69 V ± 0.25 at 0.4 ms, and LBB plus right septal capture was 3.28 V ± 2.16 at 0.4 ms; the difference was statistically significant (2.6V; 95% CI, 1.4–3.8 V; p=0.0004). Despite the narrower QRS, there was no significant difference observed in systolic blood pressure between the two capture types (-0.96 mmHg; 95% CI, -3.3–1.4 mmHg; p>0.05) (Figure 1).
Conclusion: Left bundle pacing achieves left bundle branch capture at a low output, but this is associated with delayed right ventricular activation. Anodal stimulation can be used to achieve right septal capture, and lead to earlier activation of the right ventricle. However, this requires significantly higher outputs and does not offer any haemodynamic advantage. This has important implications for device programming.


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Die VR Bank Flensburg-Schleswig eG war eine deutsche Genossenschaftsbank mit Sitz in Schleswig.

Die Produktpalette beinhaltete neben den traditionellen weit gefächerten Bankangeboten auch elektronische Direktbankleistungen. Darüber hinaus war die Bank in den Geschäftsbereichen Immobilienvermittlung, Versicherungen, Bausparen und Leasing tätig.

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Am 19. Dezember 1901 wurde die Bank als "Spar- und Darlehenskasse – eingetragene Genossenschaft mit unbeschränkter Haftpflicht" von 13 Landwirten und Gewerbetreibenden in Jübek gegründet. Durch diverse Fusionen mit regionalen Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken entstand dann im Jahre 2000 die VR Bank Flensburg-Schleswig eG. Im Jahre 2018 fusionierte die Bank mit der VR Bank eG mit Sitz in Niebüll zur VR Bank Nord eG.

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Die Bank kooperierte mit den Verbundunternehmen des genossenschaftlichen Finanzverbundes und war Mitglied im Einlagensicherungsfonds der Bundesverbandes der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken.

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Answers split between 'yes' and 'no' until conversations moved the needle.
Standing two or three deep behind a row of computers and a sign that read, "Straw Poll," some of America's most hard-core conservatives voted on a slate of 2016 presidential candidates. I took advantage of the opportunity to ask them a question that has bothered me since Rudy Giuliani injected it like a poison into the political blood stream: "Does Barack Obama love this country?"
One of the first people I approached at the CPAC voting station was Fred Cole, a libertarian from Schenectady, N.Y., who paused for as long as it took me to sip from my coffee cup. He tugged his pants higher on his bulky frame, and answered, "Well, yes, he loves this country. How can you possibly assume that you know what's in a man's heart?"
Then he glowered. "I think," Cole said, "that's a ridiculous question."
He had a point. Let me explain why I'm still asking. It's become too easy to conflate a person's policies with their patriotism—especially when hyper-left and hyper-right media organizations, working in concert with cynical political parties, do everything they can to blur the lines. I remember President George W. Bush being compared to Hitler by professional liberals. Now his successor's love of country is being questioned by a prominent Republican.
The effect of these caustic campaigns is a darkened view of the president, personally, but also of the presidency itself. The institution is weakened if partisan attacks on the chief executive's patriotism become status quo.
And so, curious about the source and depth of Giuliani's sentiments, I stood at the voting station and asked more than two dozen CPAC conservatives whether Obama loves his country.
Six others said they weren't sure but leaned "no."
The "yes" voters tended to be younger. They answered quickly and clearly. "I'm sure he does, sir," said William Winston, a 20-year-old military student at the Citadel. "But he just loves it the wrong way."
"I don't think you can put in the work and effort of becoming and being president without loving it," said Anthony Rubino, a 20-year-old University of Maryland student. While Rubino believes Obama is a bad president, he says, "It's ridiculous to say he doesn't love his country."
The "no" voters tended to be older and answered tentatively. Their justifications were almost uniformly rooted in Obama's policies or his past statements—quotes with little context. Their articulation echoed conservative media commentators.
"No, he doesn't love or like America," said Chris Phillips, 58, of Sterling, Va.
"Actions he took," the retired federal worker replied. "As a community organizer, he had a major disgust with the country as it was currently constructed."
"The people he associates with, like Reverend Wright."
I joked that we all should hope we're not judged based on the worst one or two people in our lives.
Phillips pressed me with a conservative meme: "He said he wanted to fundamentally transform the country."
I reminded Phillips that Abraham Lincoln fundamentally transformed the country, and just a few hours before our conversation, Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin drew applause at CPAC for promising to "transform America."
Phillips shook his head. "I missed Walker's speech," he said. "But the country will need to be fundamentally transformed after Obama."
He chuckled at his own circular reasoning and backed off a bit. "Obama has a great dislike for the country he grew up in and a country he leads."
Also evolving during our conversation was Ben Idzik, 18, of suburban Detroit, whose first words were, "He doesn't love America or its traditions." We chatted about his reasoning before shaking hands over a final question.
"Do you think I love my country?" I asked.
"I don't know you, but I take your word for it," Idzik said. "I can't read somebody's mind and say they don't love their country."
Can you give Obama the same benefit of the doubt?
None of us reads minds. None of us knows what's in other people's hearts. But we do have opinions and the right to disagree with our presidents. Fight them, politically, when their policies and values run counter to ours. Why can't we just leave it at that?


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