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Arbeitskreis Historische Friedensforschung/
B.R. Kroener: Militär, Staat und Gesellschaft
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Militär, Staat und Gesellschaft im 20. Jahrhundert (1890-1990).
Kroener, Bernhard R.
München 2010: Oldenbourg Verlag
Rezensiert für den Arbeitskreis Historische Friedens- und Konfliktforschung bei H-Soz-Kult von:
Michael Geheran, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University
The literature on the German military is massive and continues to flourish. Each year an influx of new works - memoirs, operational histories, biographies, and ongoing reappraisals of the Wehrmacht, appear on bookshelves, each aiming to fill a particular gap in the existing scholarship. In Germany, too, military history has moved strongly into the focus of historical interest in recent years. For scholars making their initial foray into the field, navigating the vast expanse of literature can be daunting. Fortunately, the editors of the "Enzyklopädie Deutscher Geschichte" have devoted three volumes to German military history, of which this is the second. These books aim to provide scholars with an accessible, succinct historiography that incorporates an overview of the present scholarship as well as current research trends in the field.
The first volume, by Ralf Pröve, explores Germany's "long" nineteenth century.[1] In the second installment under review here, Bernhard Kroener focuses on the period 1890-1990, perhaps the most contentious periods in modern Germany. Kroener currently serves as Chair of Military History and Cultural History of Violence at the Universität Potsdam, and has worked as a researcher at the Germany's Military History Research Institute since 1978. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to the official ten-volume history of World War II, Germany and the Second World War. Most recently, he published an important biography of General Friedrich Fromm, the commander of the Reserve Army (Ersatzheer) and a pivotal figure during the plot on 20 July 1944.
The book is divided into three sections: the first is a chronological overview of the major developments in Germany between 1890 and 1990; part II is an analysis of key trends in the current scholarship; the final section is a comprehensive bibliography. Kroener begins by answering the obvious question: why 1890 as a starting point? He disputes George Kennan's depiction of World War I as the "seminal catastrophe of the Twentieth Century," as it overlooks the fact that the major European powers were approaching the cataclysm already twenty years before. To understand 1914 and all that followed, Kroner argues, one must look back to 1890. In not only Germany but Europe in general, this decade marked a period where foreign policy was increasingly driven by radical nationalist ambitions. In tandem with the dismantling of diplomatic safeguards that prevented military confrontation between the major powers, there was growing acceptance throughout Europe that conflict was unavoidable, even necessary, and a viable recourse over diplomacy (p. 1-2).
The careers of the 1890s generation of German officers closely followed the trajectory of German history in the twentieth century. These men experienced the First World War in the trenches as junior officers, then witnessed the collapse of the Kaiserreich. Retained in the 100,000-man Reichswehr of the Weimar period, they envisioned the war of the future, and formulated a concept of total warfare that would culminate in genocide under Hitler. Despite having held positions of key influence during the Third Reich, many would go on to play a decisive role in the formation of the West German Bundeswehr and Nationale Volksarmee (NVA) of the GDR.
Part I begins with a chronological overview of the major developments through 1990. As the book's title suggests, a dominant strand is the changing relationship between military, state, and society in Germany. In the Kaiserreich, the army was an important institution in the nation-building process, as it strove to instill an awareness of national belonging amongst the young men drafted into its ranks. Kroener correctly states that the army was an integrating force, that by opening its officer ranks to the middle classes it made them stakeholders in the new German nation (p. 5). Yet, it simultaneously functioned as a mechanism of exclusion, and polarized significant segments of society. Shunned from becoming members of the officers' corps were socialists, Jews, and the working classes.
During the Weimar era, the army became a professional elite that maintained a tenuous coexistence vis-à-vis the state. It tactically distanced itself from the social democratic government by declaring itself "unpolitical," and though general conscription was abolished, the military exerted its influence through the numerous paramilitary and veterans' organizations that were openly hostile to the Republic (p. 18-19). The army's role during the Third Reich is well known: it willingly relinquished its role as the "school of the nation" to Hitler and, in theory, left political indoctrination to the plethora of Nazi youth organizations (p. 22-23). But as the war progressed the military, too, would increasingly inculcate its soldiers in the ideology of National Socialism.
Only after 1955, in the fourth attempt to create a new army, did German leaders apparently succeed, so Kroener, in creating a military that was anchored in the legal structures of a democratic state and universally accepted, if not particularly liked, by mainstream society. Under the concept of "Innere Führung," German soldiers for the first time were envisioned as citizens in uniform, not subject to the discipline of an extra-legal institution (p. 41-44). This project finally reached fruition in 1990 with German reunification and the dissolution of the East German NVA.
In Part II, Kroener moves on to analyze specific issues and controversies in the existing scholarship. After describing major historiographical shifts in the field of military history in Germany over the past century, he investigates a range of issues, including the extra-constitutional position of the army during the Kaiserreich. His critique of the present scholarship is both insightful and thought provoking. Dismissing the notion of a military Sonderweg, he stresses that the army did not operate in complete isolation from mainstream society. Military culture and practices did not evolve in a vacuum, rather they were determined by a reciprocal exchange of values, attitudes, and expectations with civilian society. Kroener points out that most studies focus on the militarization of society through the army, yet need to address how the military reflected the social relationships of Imperial Germany (p. 64-66).
When assessing the Wehrmacht's role in the Final Solution, Kroener confirms what is already known: that the military uncritically accepted Hitler's rules of warfare during the Soviet campaign and was complicit in perpetrating the Holocaust. But he does not sufficiently challenge the dichotomy separating the jurisdiction of the army and SS during the eastern campaign, which tasked the former with war-fighting (Waffenkrieg), while Himmler's Einsatzgruppen pacified the conquered territories (p. 31-32). At best, this was a theoretical construction. Missing here is a wider discussion that incorporates the Wehrmacht's anti-partisan operations, which converged the military and genocidal aspects of Nazi Germany's war of annihilation. Mentioned only briefly is the General Staff's military planning for Operation Barbarossa, which calculated millions of civilian deaths through starvation and forced labor (p. 81). Overall, readers would benefit from a more focused discussion on genocidal warfare, specifically the interrelation between combat and genocide in the east, which had become a major component in the German "way of war" during the Nazi era.
These small criticisms aside, this book is an important contribution to a field about which much has been written. The author has succeeded, in just under 140 pages, in producing a comprehensive historiographical survey of German military history. This work is a particularly indispensable research tool for graduate students, as it throws light on the major scholarship and controversies in the field. If regularly updated by the author, is likely to remain a crucial reference, and should be required reading for anyone who wishes to understand the German military's place in the twentieth century.
[1] Ralf Pröve, Militär, Staat und Gesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert, München 2006.
Michael Geheran: Rezension zu: Kroener, Bernhard R.: Militär, Staat und Gesellschaft im 20. Jahrhundert (1890-1990). München 2010 , in: H-Soz-Kult, 10.11.2011, <www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-16808>.
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History • Oct 28, 2020
Written by Louise Vuillemin
The Students for Peace and Disarmament club, SPD for short, is composed of a handful of motivated students. They meet every week in a small room that you can tell they've made their own: various supplies lie around the room and they've covered the white board with outlines of their plans. The atmosphere between the members is relaxed and often playful: it is evident that they have spent countless hours working together, sometimes very late into the night, often in order to pore through thousands of pages of complicated documents before a certain deadline.
The club was founded recently, during the winter of 2019, by Lia Holla and Magritte Gordaneer, both U1 students at the time. Although their initial intention was to target nuclear activity and general disinformation about armament, it soon became clear that there were unanswered questions about McGill's military research. This initiative was not new to the school: students have attempted to lift the fog that floated around the exact extent of McGill's involvement in military research for decades.
At the height of the Cold War, in a context full of anti-war activism, an anti-war and pro-peace movement emerged at McGill. Led by Samuel Noumoff, a professor of political theory specializing in Marxism at McGill in the 1970s, a group of motivated students lobbied for weeks on end, asking the university to increase its transparency around the research done on the campus. Noumoff, who later authored a 250-page report on the subject of unethical research titled How to Make a Killing, occupied the university offices for several days with seven of his students before the administration finally passed an important new regulation: it required the applicants for research contracts or grants to describe, in at least a paragraph, how this research may have a harmful impact. This regulation was a major victory for the movement, especially in the geopolitical context at the time of its passing.
However, this victory did not last. In 2009, the regulation was removed from the Regulations from Conduct on Research by then-Vice Principal Denis Thérien. "No university in Canada has an explicit regulation referring to military funding in their policy," said Thérien at the time, according to a 2009 McGill Daily article. Thérien's decision was condemned by several organizations on campus, including the Post-Graduate Students' Society and Demilitarize McGill, one of SPD's major predecessors. The amendment to the policy also included "the addition of a clause that would allow sponsors to remain anonymous when directly funding research projects, if their requests for anonymity are filed 'legitimately and in good faith.'" Needless to say, this was considered a huge step backwards in the fight for military research transparency at McGill.
It was around this time that conflicts between student groups and the university's administration intensified, and new ones emerged. The aforementioned group Demilitarize McGill was prominent in the fight over military research and their website, although inactive since 2010, contains a lot of the research the students conducted on militarization activities on campus. The group even took the university to court, arguing that all information on this subject should be accessible to the student body, and filed several access to information requests (ATIs). In response, they were served thousands of documents, though most were redacted by the McGill administration. Although there were several students working hard on going through all of them, in addition to a SSMU-appointed student investigator, Noah Fischer, the movement died off around 2014 after most members graduated without anyone to ensure its continuation. For a few years, most of those documents were left unread, until SPD was founded and its members started reading through the thousands and thousands of pages that had been dumped on Demilitarize McGill years prior.
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Animal Matters Hearing Board
FOR CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND
MINUTES OF MEETNG Tuesday, August 2, 2016
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Animal Control Board for Charles County, Maryland, was convened by the Chairman at 6:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, Charles County Government Building, with the following Board members in attendance.
Amanda Foreman, Chairman
William Van Blarcum
Kristin Lake
Maria Padgett
Leigha Messick
Kathy Feuchtenberger
Melody Miles Haynes, County Attorney
Maria Team, Clerk
Melody Weschler
A quorum was declared based upon the presence of a majority of the appointed Board Members. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the Animal Matters Hearing Board for June 7, 2016 were approved and adopted.
Citation No. 6413 — issued to James Johnson, for the alleged violation of Section 230.10.A and Section 230.9.A of the Charles County Animal Regulations. Ms. Geraldine McKevie was present at the hearing, and she advised the Board that the dog known as "Zeuss" had been euthanized. Officer Thomas advised the Board that she was the owner and that James Johnson (Ms. McKevie's son) told him that there were four dogs on the property and Zeuss was one of four.
A motion was made to have this citation continued until the next scheduled hearing on September 6th. The vote to support the motion was unanimous.
Citation No. 6514 — issued to James Johnson, for the alleged violation of Section 230.10.A, and Section 230.9.A, of the Charles County Animal Regulations for the dog "Dutchess". Ms. Geraldine McKevie was present at the hearing, and advised the Board that she was the owner and that she relinquished ownership of "Dutchess" to Tri-County Animal Shelter on August 1St.
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Citation No. 6515 and 6516 - issued to James Johnson, for the allleged violation of Section 230.10.A and Section 230.9.A of the Charles County Animal Regulations for her dogs "Bentley Blue" and "Ace". Ms. Geraldine McKevie was present at the hearing and claimed ownership. Testimony was heard from Officer Jeff Thomas and Ms. McKevie.
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Citation No. 6584 — issued to Steven Smith, for the alleged violation of Section 230.10.E and Section 230.9.A of the Charles County Animal Regulations, for his dog "Dan". Mr. Smith was present at the hearing. Testimony was heard from Officer Alison Budd. Officer Budd withdrew the violation of Section 230.12.5 because the County's witness did not appear. Entered into evidence was a current rabies certificate and a current animal license, marked County Ex. 1.
Based on the testimony heard, and evidence presented, a motion was made to find Mr. Smith in violation of Section 230.10.A, and Section 230.9.A with a total fine of $125.00 to be paid by September 6, 2016. The vote to support the motion was unanimous.
Citations Nos. 6571— issued to Karen Lewis, for the alleged violation of Section 230.8 (a) of the Charles County Animal Regulations. Ms.Lewis was present at the hearing. Testimony was heard from Officer Jeff Thomas and Ms. Lewis. Officer Thomas testified he responded to a call for a dog locked in a car. Ms. Lewis admitted she made a mistake and said it would never happen again. Ms. Lewis reclaimed "Duke" on August 2nd from Tri County Animal Shelter.
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Citation Nos. 6596 and 6597 - issued to Bernard Henderson, tor the alleged violation of Section 230.10.A, Section 230.12 and 230.9.A. Officer Budd withdrew the violation of Section 230.12.5. Testimony was heard from Officer Alison Budd and Mr. Henderson.
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The Clerk advised the Board that she received formal resignation of Vice-Chairman Andrew Parker, effective August 1, 2016.
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Published April 27, 2018 by Amber Ogden
The Shady Ladies Literary Society is not your average book club. Combining cocktails and novels, the literary events in Detroit amplify the voices of women authors.
By Amber Ogden
Amy Haimerl is giving the word "shady" a whole new meaning with her Shady Ladies Literary Society. With rotating locations, food prepared by Detroit chefs and signature cocktails at every event, this is not your traditional book club.
Each Shady Ladies event is different from the last. The first in June 2017 kicked off in Detroit's Elmwood Cemetery with a picnic dinner on the grassy knolls of the grounds. The March event took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and featured Tomi Adeyemi, author of "Children of Blood and Bone." (Haimerl invites an emerging woman author to each event.) Each guest enjoyed a four-course meal by chef Ederique Goudia of Gabriel Hall restaurant and the signature Shady Ladies drink of the night created by Cafe 78 in Detroit.
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Tomi Adeyemi, author of "Children of Blood and Bone," with Shady Ladies Literary Society founder Amy Haimerl.
It was the second Shady Ladies event Bloomfield Hills resident Joscelyn Davis, 52, had attended. "I have a real passion for women working with women, helping women and supporting women," Davis says. "When I found out that this was designed to support women writers and women readers, I thought, 'Yeah, this is something I want to be a part of.' "
SEEN sat down with Haimerl, a 42-year-old Detroit resident, author and Michigan State University professor, to talk about what it means to be shady and why Detroit needs a Shady Ladies Literary Society.
How did you come up with the idea and create the Shady Ladies book club?
AH: It really came from my experience publishing "Detroit Hustle." That was my first book, and I discovered that my publisher was not involved after my book came out. Like all publishers, they are dealing with a lot of other titles coming out at the same time, and I thought it was just me. But I discovered a lot of other writers were experiencing the same thing. So I was wondering, "What can I do to help solve that?" At the same time I was getting frustrated with being told that people didn't care about Detroit. I planned my own book launch because my publicist and publisher didn't think we had a literary market in Detroit. So that's how it got started. I was having a problem, and I knew other authors were having a problem. So I came up with Shady Ladies.
Where did the name Shady Ladies originate from?
AH: It's actually named after an old building located on Van Dyke that used to be a hair salon called the Shady Ladies Salon. I always loved it, so it stuck with me. But with that, I love how women put their own interpretation on what it means to be shady. Some women at first thought it implied that it meant lady of the night, and now the idea of being shady expands across the entire spectrum of what it means to be a woman. It is a woman who is writing interesting stories and interesting characters, allowing women to be the full spectrum of a woman. Sometimes we are good and other times we are messing things up, and that's the full experience of being a woman. It's also the idea of falling into that shady world of a deep book, sitting under that shady umbrella and the shade of this world being created. So what does "shady" mean? Women empowering women, and that we believe in the full range of women's voices that are not one dimensional.
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Authors Julie Buntin and Cristina Moracho at the first Shady Ladies Literary Society event.
What can participants expect at a Shady Ladies event??
AH: The first event was done at the Elmwood Cemetery, and when you come in it's beautiful. You come in through these giant old gates, and it's a rolling hill with a grove of trees and a river opens up before you. We did a picnic on the lawn — not on the gravesites. Brooklyn Street Local catered the event. We had two authors Julie Buntin and Cristina Moracho, who both wrote murder mysteries, so it was perfect for the cemetery setting. We did five events last year. Each one was different. We have been at The Foundation Hotel — the food was the star for that event. I would say that the location is typically the star. We did one at Chene Park. I try to find locations that you can't normally access, so you can get a private tour, but each event is unique and different.
Bethany Ball, author of "What to Do About the Solomons," reads to Shady Ladies at the Detroit Foundation Hotel.
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Ashley Shelby reads from her novel "South Pole Station" at a Shady Ladies event at The Whiskey Factory.
Shady Ladies enjoy the signature drink Mama Agba's Tea at an event at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Where do you foresee Shady Ladies Literary Society going in the next year?
AH: I'm just trying to stabilize how to continue doing this event and how often. I'm looking at growth and how do I accommodate 50-plus people for a dinner party. I'm learning and trying to evaluate the current model — does this event stay at 50 and intimate or do I expand it? I'm really excited to add a podcast because that would connect with my journalism aspect. I want to expand beyond authors and interview Shady Ladies with interesting stories and uplift their voices. I would like to create a book festival about emerging authors in the city of Detroit, not your traditional book festival. The literary society is about elevating women's voices, not necessarily just focusing on authors.
For more information on becoming a Shady Lady, and to find out about upcoming events, visit shadyladiesliterarysociety.com.
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Pacnet Receives Innovation Award at the Asia Communication Awards
HONG KONG, 20 June 2014 – Pacnet, a leading provider of integrated technology solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, today announced it has received the Innovation Award at the Asia Communication Awards (ACA) presented by Total Telecom, a leading telecom information portal with a global readership base. Pacnet was recognized for its dedication to service innovation and facilitating Software-defined Networking (SDN) development through its industry-first Pacnet Enabled Network (PEN).
This Innovation Award recognizes the individual or organization that has shown the greatest innovation in developing or fostering the development of a technology, used or with usability, which delivers or receives communications services via carrier networks. Pacnet was selected winner of the ACA Innovation Award for its success in developing Pacnet Enabled Network, an SDN platform designed to allow customers to order and provision network resources on demand and in minutes via Graphical User Interface (GUI). Pacnet's speedy and flawless execution of its groundbreaking SDN platform stood out amongst contenders, delivering the most compelling and game-changing innovation in network virtualization that has a positive impact on the global telecommunications industry.
"Pacnet is honored to receive the ACA Innovation Award, which reaffirms our positioning as a company dedicated to delivering services innovation to our customers," said Jim Fagan, President of Managed Services, Pacnet. "This highly coveted recognition puts the Pacnet Enabled Network in a global spotlight, distinguishing the groundbreaking usage of a SDN platform to deliver network-as-a-service capability to our customers and propelling Pacnet to the forefront of the SDN and NFV industry."
Launched in 2011, the Asia Communication Awards recognize the accomplishments of Asian telecoms companies and the individuals responsible for the innovations, achievements and new services that are helping shape the future of Asian telecommunications. Comprising 15 difference categories, the awards are the Asian version of the World Communications Award, a prestigious award attended by the 'who's who' of global telecommunications. In addition to receiving the ACA Award for Innovation, Pacnet was also a finalist in three additional award categories, namely 'Best Enterprise Service', 'Operator of the Year' and 'Wholesale Operator of the Year'.
Over 200 IT and telecom leaders across Asia gathered at the ACA awards presentation ceremony, held June 19 at the Conrad Centennial in Singapore. Pacnet's Asia Communication Award comes on the heels of its recent CeBit Australia Business Award for Innovation, selecting PEN as an outstanding achievement in the information and communications technology industry.
About Pacnet
Pacnet is Asia-Pacific's leading provider of managed data connectivity solutions to major telecommunications carriers,large multinational enterprises and government entities. Ownership of the region's most extensive high-capacity submarine cable systems with over 46,000 km of fiber and connectivity to interconnected data centers across 14 cities in the Asia-Pacific region gives Pacnet unparalleled reach to major business centers in key markets including China, India, Japan and the United States. Combined with a comprehensive set of managed network and value-added data center services, its assets and experience in the region help Pacnet service large businesses worldwide including Fortune 500 companies. Pacnet is headquartered in Hong Kong and Singapore, with offices in all key markets in the Asia-Pacific region and North America. For more information, please visit: www.pacnet.com.
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31 militants have sneaked into J&K: Army
A group of 100-120 men, including 31 militants, have crossed into the state through the Gurez sector in northern Kashmir, the Army said on Saturday.
"Thirty-one militants along with 40-45 porters, guides and other helpers had crossed the Line of Control," Brigadier Gurmeet Singh told reporters in Srinagar.
He said some of the militants, who have undergone intensive training, were 'drugged' and pushed through the difficult terrain by their handlers. Brigadier Singh said that the wire obstacles that were erected to check any infiltration bid had got submerged in the heavy snow, making the crossing easy.
He said that large number of militants were waiting across the border to sneak in the state. The Army also alleged that "(Pakistan's) armed forces across the border do support them (militants)."
The support was evident from the communication and other equipment being used by the militants, he said. The Army also produced an arrested Pakistani militant, from the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit, before the media.
The militant Syed Moinullah Shah, who claimed to be a native of the North West Frontier Province, said the Taliban had no role in Kashmir militancy.


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Poverty is the root cause of many issues, such as human trafficking and illegal migration. In Cambodia, this problem often happens in the grassroots rural community where many people are still living under or just above the poverty-line. This is especially true at ICC-Trafficking Response project target areas in Preah Sdach district where many youth are migrating through legal and illegal means, to look for job opportunities in neighbouring countries such as Thailand. Due to this growing concern, the local authorities welcomed the move by the Trafficking Response project for their outreach program which is training on human trafficking, safe migration, and other soft skills to the public school students.
Due to the geographical isolation of many indigenous communities inside Mondulkiri province, this posed many challenges to their communities to connect outside of their own villages. One example of this is a case of one of the Bunong indigenous communities called Leng Neh. This village experienced the lack of communication, difficult access to public services such as health care and schooling, and there was no market place to sell their vegetables, chickens, and any other agricultural products. That was a result of their community being cut off by a stream that separates their village from the outside.
One farmer in Svay Rieng province was struggling to meet her family's needs. She faced a lot of problems in growing her own vegetables, rice, and chickens due to disease and insects. Moreover, her family income generation came only from her husband, who had to migrate to work in another country, while she could not earn income to support her family, which she thought is shameful. However, since 2015 her family's life has been improving significantly after she registered as a member of a Self-Help Group (SHG) with ICC-Family and School Transformation (FAST) project.
Every child is born with their right to education, and this right applies to each individual child without any form of discrimination toward their own ethnicity or social group. However, in rural indigenous communities in Ratanakiri, it is very hard for school children to gain access to basic education, because they have to walk a long distance from their home to another village in order to receive education. In the case of Chang Veal village (Krung indigenous community) children from this village need to walk for 44 km to Ochum district centre in order to gain access to the only public school in their district.
At ICC, we believe that there should be an open platform where the target group and beneficiaries are able to meet, discuss, share knowledge and skills, and work together for community development initiatives. Moreover, in order for this to happen there needs to be a clear vision and participation from all the relevant local stakeholders in order to formulate initiatives that can be done through sustainable means. As a result, local Communities of Practice (CoP) were organised by ICC-VIDP for engaging all Community and Church Mobilisation (CMM) practitioners in a process of collective learning in using their own initiative for their community development.
Children are the vital foundation for the development of society. Yet, when children are not able to go to school or are being abused and neglected as well as deprived of their rights it will then create a negative impact to human resources. Due to this circumstance, ICC Voice of the Children (VOTC) project's main focus is to serve and protect children, most importantly children at the community level, where they are among the least served people.
Welcome to the homepage of International Cooperation Cambodia (ICC), an innovative Christian development organisation committed to serving the least-served across the Kingdom of Cambodia.


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New grease interceptor technology aids Phoenix commercial development.
Two AGI-200 interceptors skim grease off the water at a rate of 40 lbs./hr. This type of grease interceptor is experimental in Phoenix. Photo courtesy of Highland Tank.
Downtown Phoenix features a new mixed-use commercial development that stretches two city blocks near Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.
The expansive development includes a Lucky Strike bowling alley, an Arrogant Butcher restaurant, a Napa Valley-themed grocery store, and a Five Guys Burgers and Fries eatery. Various other retail outlets dot the property.
The presence of multiple food-service establishments meant an efficient solution for the removal of fats, oils and grease was necessary. In similar commercial developments, underground grease interceptors serve multiple food-service establishments. That proved infeasible in this instance due to the requirement of long pipe runs.
Phoenix-basedWJ Maloney Plumbing, along with
Highland Tankand its local representativeApplied Process Equipment, decided to still head underground, in a sense, to solve the grease issue. The companies designed and specified a plan calling for the installation of multiple interceptors in a parking garage on the property.
"Phoenix is red-hot and heavy about keeping grease out of the city systems," WJ Maloney Plumbing Project ManagerAlan Boughton, LEED AP, says. "Without the units we put in, the restaurants wouldn't go in and that property wouldn't fly. The parking garage was the best place to put them."
Block 22 on the property houses a 5,000-gallon Highland Tank interceptor, which caused the elimination of two parking spaces. A 3,000-gallon interceptor will be installed later this year to coincide with the future opening of the chic Kimpton Palomar hotel.
The cutting-edge part of the solution is located in Block 77 of the property and features two Highland Tank AGI-200 GreaseStoppers. The AGIs differ from larger interceptors due to smaller retention capacity and the ability to physically separate grease from water. This particular AGI interceptor has a static water capacity of approximately 350 gallons and features diskimmer wheels that slowly turn and skim grease off at a rate of 40 pounds per hour.
"It holds the grease until it fills up and then pumps it out into a 55-gallon drum," Boughton explains. "There's a bigger 100-gallon drum on the first level. When the drum fills up, you take it away and put a new one in. It's experimental and it's very cost-effective. They take up far less room than the passive interceptors. There are only three of them in the city. They allowed them in Block 77 to see how they perform. The city wasn't ready to go all the way with them."
Currently, two food-service establishments feed into one of the AGIs and a single food-service establishment goes to the other. Block 77 also contains a Highland Tank 1,500-gallon passive interceptor that sits above ground on saddles and is equipped with heat tracing and an electric immersion heater to keep grease from congealing. A built-in lift station chamber fitted with a duplex pump package lifts effluent to the required higher elevation.
In terms of flow, central lines come through the core of the structure into each food-service establishment and then run across the parking lot to the interceptor. The 5,000-gallon interceptor is located below grade and has to pump up to a discharge line.
The design of the system is set up to handle the addition of future establishments requiring FOG removal.
"The trunk lines are all in," Boughton states. "It's just a tee off the line to the various retail spaces. We're just waiting for restaurants to come into spaces. Seven are there right now and I believe another five or six are coming online."
While it may seem odd to utilize a parking garage for the storage of the interceptors, it turned out to be the perfect solution in this space-challenged setting.
"Gravity and space were not on the side of the clients," Highland Tank Division ManagerChas Tevisstates. "Locating the grease interceptors on the sidewalks of a busy downtown area was simply not an option. Grease interceptors tend to smell, especially when being serviced. It was not practical to use point-of-use interceptors in this application. Each food-service establishment would require two to four interceptors. They had very few options. They needed grease abatement and this solution provided that."
An interceptor retrofit has helped with the bottom line at Elmer's restaurant in Pocatello, Idaho. Photo courtesy of Earl Coffman.
Greasing the Pocketbook
Earl Coffmanknows a thing or two about operating restaurants.
The 25-year industry veteran has run establishments in Missouri, California, Arkansas and Michigan for chains ranging from Baker's Square to Denny's to Coco's. His current home is Elmer's, a family-style restaurant in Pocatello, Idaho. Coffman purchased the restaurant seven years ago.
As the result of his food-service establishment travels over the years, Coffman has become educated on the topic of fats, oils and grease removal - particularly when it comes to the bottom line.
"I've worked in places with 1,000-gallon (grease) traps," Coffman notes. "It gets to be a pretty big problem when they are charging $1,500 to dump it and you're doing that two or three times a year. It's quite expensive."
Elmer's had been using a Josam interceptor for the better part of two decades. A combination of normal wear-and-tear and recent advancements in grease interceptor technology prompted Coffman to retrofit the older unit with a Josam GI 2000 series interceptor, which separates the grease from the water.
"There is a probe inside the unit that measures the level of grease that has settled at the top,"JosamDirector of EngineeringBrian Tubaughexplains. "Once it reaches a certain level, it sends a signal to start the pumping cycle. Heaters turn on to heat up the grease and water to make sure the grease is liquid. At a certain temperature, the pump turns on, pulls the grease layer off the top layer of water and pumps it into a reclaim tank. It's much easier to dispose of when the grease is outside the interceptor."
Coffman is a fan of the newer technology due to ease of use and, most importantly, cost.
"The only thing you really have to do is disconnect the one storage tank and someone comes by and takes the grease out of the one that is full," he says. "I have two 55-gallon tanks so when one gets picked up the other one can be used. We probably will have it cleaned four times a year and it's only $75 a pop."
The interceptor at Elmer's is located by the dish station. Coffman is a proponent of having the device installed inside the facility when possible.
"I've managed other restaurants where you have these traps outside and you start getting the smell back into the restaurant. It smells like the restroom is in the dining room," he says. "This one sits underneath the counter. You turn it on and it goes by itself."
Coffman has become quite popular in town since the retrofit.
"Other businesses have heard about it and have come over to take a look at it," he says.
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Mike Miazga (former group editorial director for BNP Media's Plumbing Group) is now the vice president of sales/membership at the American Supply Association (ASA). Supply House Times is proud to be the official publication and brand of the ASA — a relationship that spans more than a decade.
Mike's relationship with BNP Media and the Plumbing Group continues today. He now writes a monthly ASA-focused column for Supply House Times and acts as an editorial consultant to BNP Media's Plumbing Group.
In his 10-plus years at BNP Media, Miazga was senior editor of Plumbing & Mechanical and PM Engineer before taking over chief editor duties at Supply House Times in 2011. In addition to his role as editorial director, Miazga continued as Supply House Times chief editor and the editor of the American Supply Association's PVF Outlook eNewsletter. He also enjoyed three stints as PM Engineer's chief editor, holding dual roles as Supply House Times and PM Engineer chief editor on two occasions.
Miazga started his career in newspapers at the age of 19 and has more than 25 years of newsroom, management, editorial and public/media relations experience, and is a former high-school baseball and golf head varsity coach. Mike and his family are still based out of the Chicago area (with ASA Headquarters in Itasca, Illinois). You can reach Mike at PlumbingGroup89@gmail.com.
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Laura Uhlir is the owner of Olive, a boutique in East Austin specializing in thoughtful design coupled with timeless vintage. Olive is quickly making a name for itself as the go-to spot for cool-girl staples, classic vintage and fun jewelry. It just so happens, Uhlir is also the co-organizer of Feliz!
1) Coffee & Tacos. Always.
I never have a Friday off because I'm sitting at the shop. However, were I to find myself with a free Friday I'd start off at Houndstooth with a coffee (cortado for me, please!). Houndstooth, though just a few years old, is an integral part of Austin's coffee community. With two locations in Austin and one opening soon in Dallas these guys are the ones to watch.
Happily, my favorite taco spot, Taco Deli, is right next door to Houndstooth. A couple breakfast tacos are a must.
Full disclosure: Friday or not, I start most days off like this.
A little mid-morning shopping isn't a terrible way to kill a few hours & Austin's teaming with loads of great shops. Spartan still reigns king, er queen, for me. Their sharp edit of gorgeous housewares, creative ceramics and jewelry gets me every time. Farewell Books & Las Cruxes are two more must visits. Conveniently located under the same roof, Farewell is stocked with new & used books with a focus on theory, art & literature while Las Cruxes hones in on unisex finds, creative jewelry, apothecary goods and records. Both have small gallery spaces as well. And if that's not enough for you you can grab (another) coffee at Flat Track & a little lunch at Shhmaltz, a vegan Jewish deli truck -- both tucked behind the shop.
3) Swimming at Deep Eddy.
If it's summer, which it just so happens to be right now, I'd be off for a swim. Barton Springs, a natural swimming hole at a constant 68°, is a perennial favorite but I opt for slightly quieter Deep Eddy Pool. It's spring fed and the oldest pool in Texas - how cool is that!?
4) Drinks at San Jose.
It's afternoon. Time for a drink. The San Jose is a perfect spot for late afternoon, post pool lounging. Their spicy Micheladas & sangria are the best. The people watching isn't bad either. South Congress too crowded for you? Head over to Weather Up on Cesar Chavez for classic prohibition era cocktails instead.
5) Dinner time. I mean, pizza time!
Pizza, am I right? Who doesn't love it?! Bufalina in East Austin makes the best pizza in town. That is to say, if you love Neapolitan style, wood-fired, dough-y thin crust & a rotating cast of farm fresh toppings. I bet you do.
6) Let's go to the movies.
The Summer Classic Film Series at the historic Paramount Theater in Downtown Austin is one of the singly most enjoyable things in Austin, in my opinion. Catch a classic movie - everything from Woody Allen to Charlie Chaplin, John Landis to Godard, Wim Winders to James Bond make their way through the theater. Pro tip: snag a large coke & a whiskey neat from the bar in the lobby then pour that sucker in your soda & revel in the cold, cold a/c.


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Once logged in, double check that all your information under every tab is updated and correct.
Choose "I want to: contact staff/send email" at the top of the family portal.
Send us a message with your student's name in the subject line and tell us you want to register for 2018-19 in the body of the message. Be sure to also include the class(es) in which you wish to enroll. Indicate same class(es), if you wish to take the same classes. Remember our teachers will go through and place students in their appropriate level. Even if your class time remains the same, your class has moved to the next level. If you would like to add a class, just let us know. For example, your dancer is currently in Little Stars and you would like to add Ballet Academy simply indicate - add Ballet Academy. If you want to change your class choice simply indicate your new choice. For example: if you want to change from Ballet Academy to Little Stars you simply indicate no Ballet Academy, add Little Stars.
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Fill out the online registration form completely.
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Submit the registration information and we will take care of the rest.
In August, you will receive an email indicating your new student's class schedule.
Visit the studio from 4-8 P.M. August 21st -23rd or August 28th-August 30th to fill out a student emergency card. You will also be able to get your new student all the dance shoes and attire needed for the 2018-2019 dance season.
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Tonight on an ironic edition of the Never Daunted Radio Network, we come back from yet another extended break to catch up with our old friend George Zimmerman, who goes out of his way to prove that guns and idiots don't mix, as he's currently being detained in a Central Florida jail for threatening his estranged wife and allegedly beating her father. We'll talk justice in the land without any.
Next, surprises take on a new, deadlier meaning as a Colorado teen was shot and killed Friday evening after a prank on a friend went horribly wrong by jumping out of a closet and being immediately shot to death when she was thought to be an intruder wandering the house. We'll question why it had to be shoot first and ask questions later.
Later, in news that could only make sense in Texas (and possibly Florida) a sign company, hoping to get some extra attention for its business, has created a share of controversy with a truck decal featuring a woman bound and tied. Meant to be slapped on a truck's tailgate, the decal creates an optical illusion of an actual woman lying in distress.
Finally, on this week's Creamo Cream Essentials, we're featuring the sixth album from hipster darlings The Black Keys, entitled Brothers. We'll share some cuts from the album and discuss how blue-eyed blues goes to a new level.


Excelsior Springs, Missouri, (population 10,847) was founded in 1880 on the site of a mineral water spring after settlers discovered its medicinal qualities. Twenty springs bubbling out of four distinct varieties of water let Excelsior Springs promote itself as having the world's greatest group of mineral waters. A particularly unusual feature of the group lies in the fact that it includes two of the six known iron-manganese springs in the world.
The waters were bottled and shipped worldwide. At the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, medals were awarded to the Regent spring water and Soterian ginger ale. In 1937, the Hall of Waters was constructed to house the Siloam Spring and nine other mineral water springs, and also provided the city the capability to bottle water. The Hall of Waters was constructed with $1 million from the Public Works Administration. Designed in the Art Deco style, it still houses the world's longest water bar. Today, the Hall of Waters houses the city's administrative offices.
Hotels were built to house the thousands of visitors, including the Elms Hotel, built in 1912. President Harry Truman spent the 1948 election night at the Elms. Both the Hall of Waters and the Elms Hotel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Oaks Hotel was rehabilitated into 38 senior housing units from 2005-2007. The Oaks Hotel was built in 1913 but experienced an extensive fire in 1991. The Excelsior Springs City Council approved selling the building to a private developer for $1, who in turn rehabilitated the hotel, using federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives.
The Web site for the Excelsior Springs Historic Preservation Commission provides information about locally designated historic landmarks. Images and a short description are available for each property or district locally designated. The Hall of Waters Historic District is both a locally designated and National Register of Historic Places historic district.


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Effect of Regular Exercise Program on Depression in Hemodialysis Patients
Jahangir Rezaei,1Alireza Abdi,1Mansour Rezaei,2Jafar Heydarnezhadian,3and Rostam Jalali1
Academic Editor: Antonios H. Tzamaloukas
Received17 Aug 2014
Accepted21 Dec 2014
Published06 Jan 2015
Background and Aim. Depression is the most common psychological disorder in hemodialysis patients which decreases their quality of life and increases the mortality. This study was conducted to assess the effect of regular exercise on depression in hemodialysis patients. Methods. In a randomized clinical trial, 51 hemodialysis patients were allocated in two groups. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scale was used to assessing depression rate in participants. Designed program was educated using poster and face-to-face methods for case group. Intervention was carried out three times a week for ten weeks. At the beginning and the end of the study, depression rate of the subjects was assessed. Data was analyzed by SPSS16 software and descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings. According to the results of this study, there were no differences between case and control groups in depression rate at the beginning of the study, but there was significant difference after intervention . In the beginning of the study, the mean and SD of depression in case group were and reduced to at the end . Conclusion. The regular exercise program could reduce the depression in hemodialysis patients; therefore it is suggested for training this program for hemodialysis patients. This trial is registered with Iranian Registry of Clinical Trial (IRCT) number IRCT201205159763N1.
Depression is the most common psychological disorder in hemodialysis patients, the various studies reported its range 25–70 percent [1, 2]. Depression underwent all aspects of the life in hemodialysis patients; some of these negative effects are reducing appetite, deteriorating physical power and motivation, impaired in blood urea and potassium, defect in regulation of blood pressure, and failure of supportive treatments [3]. Depression in hemodialysis patients is associated with increasing suicidal thoughts and weight loss [4]. Depressed hemodialysis patients have more admission and hospitalization in emergency room than nondepressed patients [5]. Mortality rate in depressed hemodialysis patients is 6.5 times higher than nondepressed, and attempting for kidney transplantation is 4.5 times less [6].
The hemodialysis patients rarely refer to treat their depression and other psychological disorders, and health care workers in therapeutic systems have little attention to this issue [7]. Because of the high prevalence of complications related to using of antidepressant agents such as production of blood toxic metabolites, cardiovascular disorders, vomiting, nausea, hepatotoxicity, risk of bleeding, and drug interaction, treating the depression in hemodialysis patients is facing several constraints [8].
In recent years, many studies stressed on nonmedical treatments to cure depression in hemodialysis patients instead of drug therapy; some of these methods are psychological, behavioral, modified regimens, supportive efforts by families, hypnotism, and muscle relaxation and meditation [9, 10], regarding insufficient evidences and need for facilities and special tools; these approaches are not applied as routine care extensively [8].
Exercise and physical activity, as a nonpharmacological care, are suggested to treat or help to cure major depression [11–13], but there are few studies and paradoxical results related to the effect of exercise on depression in hemodialysis patients [14–16]. Considering depression complications in hemodialysis patients, special limitations to their treatment (such as economical and social problems) and lack of attention in healthcare workers to this issue, this study was aimed at determining the effect of regular exercise on depression in hemodialysis patients.
2. Method
The study design is clinical trial and population was all of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients under treatment of hemodialysis in Emam Reza Hospital, an educational center affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) of Kermanshah in the west of Iran. The hemodialysis center in this study has 35 active beds and hemodialysis procedure is performed three times a day. All of the patients are 300 persons. The samples include 70 CRF patients that were recruited by convenience sampling and then by randomizing approach, they were divided into two groups as a case and control (every group has 35 patients). Estimating the number of samples according to statistical formula [17], , , and other similar studies [14, 16] were 23 individuals in each groups, but due to possibility of attrition it was increased to 35 people (totally 70 individuals). Inclusion criteria were age 15–65 yrs, undertreatment of hemodialysis for at least during 3 months, not having progressive cardiovascular or respiratory diseases, lake of restricting musculoskeletal disorder, having physical power to exercise activity, not using any medicine or other procedures to treating depression, and undertreatment of hemodialysis 2 or 3 times a week. Exclusion criteria also include not performing the exercise program for 3 times continuingly or 5 times alternatively, dissatisfaction for continuing collaboration, and problematic hemodynamic instability. The instrument was a two-part questionnaire, including demographic characteristics and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for evaluating patient's depression; characteristics data have covered information about age, gender, dialysis duration, level of education, marital status, and causes of renal failure. BDI questionnaire has been used for assessing the depression of hemodialysis patients and validated in the same studies in Iran by Taraz et al. in Tehran [18] and Roozbeh et al. in Shiraz [19]. In our study also for assessing internal reliability, Cronbach's alpha of BDI was measured and it was 0.9 for control group, 0.86 for case group, and 0.89 for all patients. BDI has 21 questions and 0 to 3 scores for each one, total score is 0 to 63. Sum of the questions scores represents the rate of depression in each patient, the higher score indicating the more depression. Ethical considerations were permission from the ethics committee of vice research of center of KUMS with approving number 7.420.1394 in May 8, 2012, and written informed consent from participants. Assurance about anonymity and confidentiality of information was given to patients. Data was gathered with referring to the hemodialysis Center and by completing the questionnaire. Responding to questions of BDI test was performed by patients who were literate and not having visual impairment, but in illiterate and patients with vision disorders, the questions were read by researcher and the answers were written identically. After dividing the samples into two groups case and control randomizing (each one 35 individuals) and data collection, the exercise program was educated for all patients of case group via face-to-face method and poster in setting of hemodialysis ward and waiting room by researchers; then once the patients did exercise movements step by step, if there were any difficulties in performing the exercise, the education was continued until patients mastering. After assurance related to patient's ability for doing exercise program, the posters which contain pictures, sequences, and descriptions of all movements were given to cases group, suggesting them for performing the exercises three times a weeks for ten weeks in the days without dialysis sessions.
The exercise planning contains four types of exercise movements with less than moderate intensity. This program was designed through consulting with specialists in nephrology and exercise physiology and also using authentic sport books. Safety of the exercise program for hemodialysis patients was approved by the mentioned specialists. The movements of program include joints warming actions, stretching exercises, motions of lower back muscles and abdomen, and deep breathing exercises. In given poster the time of each exercise and rest between them had been written; this program was the anaerobic exercises; therefore it did not interfere with hemodynamic of patients, and they could perform it easily. The exercise plan was done three times a week for ten weeks at home, and every session has taken about 35 minutes. To ensure proper conducting of exercises program by hemodialysis patients, checking was done by calling to patients two times a week and visiting them once in hemodialysis ward; if there was a problem with the program, necessary explanations were given and it would be solved. There was no intervention on control group for treating depression during the study other than the routine procedures of hemodialysis ward.
At the end of the study, again, the rate of patient's depression (case and control groups) was measured by BDI scale. Data was analyzed by SPSS16. Descriptive statistics were used for estimating mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percent of data and chi-square test for assessing the relationship between qualitative variables. Independent -test to compare age and dialysis duration between two groups, paired -test for comparing the mean of depression number before and after intervention, and two-way ANOVA test were applied for examining the depression rate between case and control groups at the beginning and the end of study, in the two-way ANOVA test sex variable, because of differences in two groups, was considered as confounding variable. For evaluating of normality of depression rate Shapiro-wilk test was used. Significance level of tests was 0.05.
3. Findings
Of 70 participant patients of the study, 10 people from case group (4 males and 6 females) and 9 from control group (3 females and 6 males) were omitted from the study during study period; excluding causes were boring (5 individuals) and muscle cramp (4 individuals) in case group and traveling (5 individuals) and lack of cooperation in completing of the questionnaire (3 individuals) and kidney transplantation (1 individual) for control group, respectively. One of the patients in case group has died during surgery operation. Of 51 patients 36 people were male; mean and standard deviation (SD) of age were . Majority of participants (76.9%) were married and about 90% of them had diploma and lower. There was no significance difference between case and control groups in terms of the variables such as age, dialysis duration, hemodialysis time, education level, and marital status (), but sex difference was significant after excluding cases from the study () (Table 1).
Distribution of frequency and frequency percent of case and control groups according to the variables of marital status, sex, educational level, hemodialysis time, hemodialysis duration, and age.
At the beginning of study mean and SD of depression rate in case and control groups were and , respectively, and there was no difference between case and control depression by two-way ANOVA test ( ), in this stage also the mean of depression score according to sex variable ( ) and interaction between sex and study groups ( ) was not different. Mean and SD of depression score of case group have reduced to that this decrease in comparison with preintervention period was significant by paired -test (), but in control group depression rate has been raised to (). Based on two-way ANOVA test the mean and SD of depression between case and control group differ after intervention and excluding the effect of sex variable ( ) (Table 2), and also, in this test, mean and SD of depression differ according to sex ( ) and interaction between sex and study groups ( ).
Comparison of the mean depression score in the case and control groups at the baseline and end of the study.
Considering the results of this study, regular exercise program had an important role in decreasing of depression in hemodialysis patients. The findings of a research in Turkey (2004) have indicated that walking 3 times a week improves the physical and psychological states of hemodialysis patients [20]; in Millagerdy et al. Study that assessed the effect of regular exercise on depression in 8–12 yrs hemodialysis patients, effectiveness of exercise and physical activity on depression in these clients was demonstrated [16]. Other researches such as Milani et al. in USA [21] and Oeland et al. in Denmark [22] also indicate the efficacy of exercise on major depression in heart failure patients, which are consistent with the results of this study. But in the Suh et al. [14] and Arcos-Carmona et al. [15] studies, exercise and physical activity have no effect on depression in hemodialysis patients.
It seems that designing exercise program in terms of timing, intensity, sequence of movements, being aerobic or resistance, running time a week, and cultural and social backgrounds of samples such as viewpoints to disability, underlying disease conditions and economic status, has important role on effectiveness of exercise in depression of hemodialysis patients; therefore difference in results of various researches can be investigated in sociocultural factors, type of exercise program, and studies method. In Ribeiro et al. research although resistance exercise planning during the hemodialysis sessions improved physical and psychological conditions but by intensification of exercises, along with its effects, some complications such as protein degradation, hypercalcemia, anemia, bone malformation, high blood pressure, muscle cramps, and central nerve system stimulation have emerged [23], so using exercises devices such as bodybuilding tools, treadmill, and stationary bicycle, as well as the problems and costs for preparation of them, needs coach and instructor for educating patients in order to reduce the complications and malformations; also there are not enough time and space for applying the sport devises in most hemodialysis patients; therefore these patients are faced with many constraints. Cheema and Singh expressed that the lack of coherent and workable exercise program and failure in methodology of trials are the main cues of no performing of exercise in hemodialysis patients routinely [24]. The criteria for proper exercise in hemodialysis patients in viewpoint of Ribeiro et al. include patient's compliance, feeling comfort with program, attention to social and familial factors, and life style [23]. It is believed that the efficacy of exercise program in this study can be due to strengthening muscle power, improving joints flexibility, reducing musculoskeletal pain, enhancing appetite and nutrition quality, feeling improvement and independence, self-care ability, getting well sleep and rest, and reducing fatigue, for hemodialysis patients. These effects allow the patients carry out their daily activities more effectively and so they are less dependent. In viewpoints of Kiuchi et al. the effect of exercise on depression is the result of increasing blood supply and neurogenesis in brain hippocampus, which acts like antidepressant agents [25]; Koeh et al. has indicated beta-endorphin produced by exercise plays an important role in construction of hippocampal neurons [26]. Animal and in vitro studies also have approved effect of beta-endorphin on decreasing depression [27]. In this regard, Krogh et al. stated the changing of growth and cortisol hormones following the exercise and improving the depression symptom in patients [28]. With respect to the positive features of the exercise program in this study like low intensity, simplicity, no need for spending extra costs and any equipment, and independence in its performing, the planning was highly acceptable and feasible for hemodialysis patients, so it can be easily taught in hemodialysis wards.
According to the findings, the rate of depression in controls group has been raised at the end of study, and its causes are not known for researchers accurately. Although some studies have pointed out about variation of catecholamine, melatonin, and serotonin in different session of year and effect on human temper [29],regarding randomizing of groups and the same conditions for them during the study period, rising of depression in control group is not justified, it shows the factors such as repeated referral to hemodialysis, fatigue following treatments, economic problems (such as rising prices of medicines and equipment and rumors about them being rare), and family issues can be cause of this subject, so it is suggested for doing more qualitative and quantitative studies about experience or process of depression developing and relationship between depression with contextual factors in hemodialysis patients.
In this study regular exercise program has reduced depression in hemodialysis patients. This exercise program has been designed considering all limitations (such as lack of space and facilities, inability for going to the gym, transportation difficulties, poor financial resources to treating depression and referring to psychologist, and lack of coach and qualified trainer) for performing the exercise in hemodialysis patients. Therefore it is suggested for performing and training the regular exercises as routine care.
Limitations. There were many limitations in this study; first some of the factors such as kt/v, economical status, existence or no supporter in family, nutritional status, and anemia which affect on depression in hemodialysis patients were not measurable and to thwart of these factors randomization was done. Second the attrition rate was high and increasing the depression rate in control group was unknown; the reasons of patient excluding from the study have been mentioned, but regarding similarity of remaining patients in terms of characteristics information and thwart of confounding factor by using two-way ANOVA, it can be said that the results have acceptable authenticity. But also it is recommended for carrying out more accurately additional qualitative and quantitative studies related to effect of exercise on depression in hemodialysis patients.
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
The researchers of this study are obligated to take ultimate appraisal from the officials and faculties of nursing school, and research deputy of KUMS, nurses and physicians of hemodialysis ward in Imam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah, and also Dr. Behpour, specialist in exercise physiology and Faculty of Razi, University of Kermanshah, for assisting in designing, approval, and execution of this project. This paper is the result of MSC dissertation of nursing, and approved no. is 91091 in Kermanshah University of Medical Science.
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