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Prolonged “Chair” Sitting - Detrimental To Workplace Health, Philip W. Scruggs

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Session participants and the presenter will share, discuss and challenge experiences and insights of successes and challenges with policy (e.g., faculty and staff activity participation), environmental (e.g., sit-stand desks, walking meetings, active deliveries, etc.) and cultural (e.g., physical activity as a legitimate workplace behavior) changes for a healthy active workplace.

Indares.Com As An Instrument For Research And Educational Support, Michal Vorlicek, Lukas Rubin, Pavel Fical, Filip Kren, Josef Mitas, Jiri Stelzer

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

Contemporary education and research uses information and communication technologies on a large scale. The Indares (International Database for Research and Educational Support) system (http://www.indares.com) is a purposefully developed on-line server aimed at recording, analysing and comparing physical activity of the system users.

The purpose of this internet-based project is to support education and research in the area of physical activity. Other aims are to increase the awareness of the system users about the issue of physical activity and to provide means to improve their lifestyle. The system is easily accessible to all users and is provided free of …