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Aging is associated with physical and cognitive changes that can affect people's quality of life and independence. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of combined progressive cognitive and Pilates exercises on structural and functional constrains in active elderly women.

The current research is semi-experimental and practical in terms of its purpose. The participants in this research were 50 active elderly people, with an age range of 60 to 80 years, who were selected as available, after completing the consent form, they were randomly assigned to two experimental groups, and Controls were divided. The experimental group did Pilates and cognitive exercises for 12 sessions, three days a week, while the control group did not participate in this exercise period. Data were evaluated using one-way analysis of covariance.

The results showed that there were significant differences between the two groups in the agility factor (p=0.001) from structural constraints, as well as in motivation to participate in physical activity (p=0.001) from functional constraints. However, no significant differences were observed between the groups in the balance factor (p>0.01) from structural constraints and in mental reinforcement (p>0.01) from functional constraints.

Combined Pilates and cognitive exercises can help improve agility (structural constrains) and increase motivation for physical activities (functional constrains) in the elderly. This type of exercise is suggested as an effective way to improve the physical and mental health of the elderly and improve their quality of life.

The early theorists of the paradox, using philosophy and psychology, have proven the greatest challenge for managers today is the effect of managing the paradox and understanding the individual's approach to tensions on the development of people's comfort. They know the solution. These people are looking for a temporary solution while the underlying tension is likely to remain and will return. On the other hand, some others accept tensions as normal and even embrace them. And they guide them by taking actions that are successful in the term of paralysis. Because they have to quickly adapt to new technologies and work methods to maintain their efficiency. With the paradox point of view about the sustainability of organizations, the tensions between desirable and at the same time interdependent and sometimes contradictory goals of sustainability such as environmental protection and social welfare are clearly exchanged. And by accepting such tensions, a paradoxical attitude enables decision makers to achieve competitive sustainability through achieving goals simultaneously. So; Applying the appropriate strategy to curb and simultaneously present dualities in the university by injecting dynamism, agility in human resources, capabilities and the normal flow of affairs will bring about vast and radical changes in the system. Therefore, the researcher seeks to find out what is the role of paradox control cognitive strategy on the sustainability of human resource agility?

In terms of descriptive method, the current research was a survey type, which was conducted with a mixed method (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population of the professors of Azad University of Mazandaran province is 10 people who are experts in the field of research and have a doctorate degree (educational management and higher education, public administration with a focus on human resources management, business management with a focus on strategic management), scientific rank. Associate professors and above, with an educational experience of more than 10 years, and having three articles on the subject of the research were identified and their opinions were used in the qualitative section. In the quantitative part, the statistical population includes all heads and vice-presidents of units, heads of faculties, heads of departments, officials of affairs (administrative, financial, educational, student and research) in 13 units of the Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran province with different academic degrees. In the academic year 2018-2019, there were 341 people whose opinions were used in a small part. Also, after carrying out the qualitative phase of the research and applying the results to the proposed primary model, to determine the components of each of the variables and items in the design of the questionnaire based on the secondary model, from the researches studied and the standard questionnaires based on this researches; It was presented, it was used, and finally, the quantitative part of the questionnaire was presented.

The results confirmed the role of paradox control cognitive strategy on the sustainability of human resource agility and also identified four components of individuality, occupational health, stress and emotional intelligence in the dimension of cognitive strategy.

Finally, one of the major goals of the university, the era of management has come to an end through the logic foreseen in advance. In these conditions, chaos and disorder causes extensive and radical changes in the organization, traditional methods are no longer responsive; Therefore, the higher education system and universities need forms of agility. And one of the characteristics of an agile university is that it is sensitive to environmental changes and has the necessary speed to adapt to changes; Therefore, according to the central role of universities in human development, in strengthening and expanding culture, increasing self-awareness and self-confidence of society, its management system should be sensitive to the paradoxes and tensions caused by it and in line with solving human problems. be accountable; One of the features that can be helpful to managers and employees in responding to changes is the cognitive strategy of controlling the paradox that human resources can achieve productivity, satisfaction, and commitment at the same time as organizational goals.

The internet of Things has become more popular as a new technology since the advent of wireless technology, and attracted attention from supply chain management promoters. This study aimed to identify and analyze IoT applications in the pharmaceutical supply chain agility in the post-COVID-19 era

We first review previous studies in applications of IoT in pharmaceutical supply chain agility and identified the findings through qualitative content analysis. Then, the identified factors were given to 20 management and information technology experts to confirm and validate.

The results showed that IoT applications on the pharmaceutical supply chain agility in 9 components and 50 indicators. First of all, the most important factor is faster communication with other stakeholders (suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers) using the IoT in the supply chain. Secondly, the use of IoT for drug production; manufacturers invest in technologies that lead to lower operating costs in the long term, because network devices and sensors do not make mistakes, do not need rest and training, and do not take vacations. Therefore, they increase the agility of the production process and are a reliable and cost-effective alternative for productivity in production.

The wide applications of the proposed model indicate the need to consider the use of the IoT in the pharmaceutical industry supply chain in order to improve overall supply chain performance and focus on supply chain agility.

Organizations need agility in the current turbulent, complex and uncertain environment and rapidly changing markets. The purpose of this study is to design a model of agility in the educational system in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences with a theme analysis approach.

The statistical population of this study was the staff, university experts, managers and officials of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. In order to develop the model of agility in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, non-probabilistic judgmental or purposeful sampling method has been used. This sampling method is based on the researcher's theoretical understanding and previous experience of the study population. In order to analyze the data, interviews and theme analysis have been used and the interviews have continued until data saturation is achieved.
Based on the findings based on interviews with experts and theme analysis, there are 5 main levels in the agility of the educational system in Yazd University of Medical Sciences, including educational components with 3 sub-levels (educational goals, educational needs assessment, and educational topic). Attitudinal-motivational components with 4 sub-classes (organizational culture, social justice, accountability and foresight), speed components with 2 sub-classes (cartime and technology), management components with 6 sub-classes (employee selection, employee empowerment, Management abilities, supervision, evaluation and allocation of financial resources (and components of qualification and competency) were identified with 3 subclasses (training and practical skills, organizational communication and flexibility).

Fierce competition in the business environment, increasing customer expectations, globalization, cultural and social issues, limited skilled human resources, information technology changes, innovation and initiative are among the driving factors for changes in organizations' environment, which necessitate attention to agility in The organization doubles.

The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of the distinguished school in the education transformation document. The research was fundamental in terms of its purpose and qualitative in terms of the type of data used. The statistical population of the study included managers and staff of the Ministry of Education, general education offices at provincial levels, and different districts of education offices. The sample size in the qualitative phase was determined based on the principle of theoretical saturation thereby 23 people were selected using purposive sampling. In the present study, semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data, and the validity and reliability of both tools were confirmed. Data analysis was performed by coding method. The results showed that the factors that contribute to a distinguished school at the level of the transformation document included moral, social, economic, political, biological / physical, scientific and technological education. Causal conditions in the implementation of the distinguished school at the level of the transformation document included teacher, curriculum, management, educational space and equipment, and information technology, as internal requirements, while Islamic society, media, family, and educational justice were the external requirements. The consequences of implementing a distinguished school at the level of the fundamental transformation document included agility, maturity, and continuous learning.

The overall goal of the medical department is to develop and manage an efficient and effective supply chain. Intrinsic instability and unpredictability of treatment needs to require a flexible supply chain. Agility reflects the hospitalchr('39')s response to environmental changes, and agile hospitals are able to provide appropriate services to the patients. Hospital supply chain management agility needs to find the main aspects affecting the relationship and communication between them and to analyze the dimensions together. The purpose of this study was interpretive-structural modeling and analysis of dimensions of agile hospital supply chain management.

The research design combined descriptive - survey exploratory approach to the future. The population study were doctors, nurses and staff at the University of Medical Sciences. The Delphi technique was used to determine the dimensions of agility and the interpretive-structural modeling approach was used for analysis and modeling. Mick Mac software was used to analyze the dimensions of agility.

The final model of agile hospital supply chain management with 16 dimensions had 8 levels, which was at the highest level of cost reduction and at the lowest level of organizational leadership commitment. The results indicate that leadership commitment is the foundation of supply chain agility in the hospital. Knowledge management variable had low impact and effectiveness and was known as a secondary leverage variable. The results showed that most agile supply chain management aspects of the main causes of complex communication and interaction, and the importance of agility in the hospital of the show. 

The analysis and interpretation of functional from the aspect of Impact and Influence of agility dimensions in hospital environment Showed that, Dimensions of strategic planning, human resource development and staff skills training, human resource management and employee satisfaction, process management, process integration and organizational transformation, flexibility, organizational communication development and information management integration, service quality management and continuous improvement, acceptance of new technology and new ideas, speed of service, patient  understand and satisfaction, monitor, find best responds demand and market sensitivity in the strategic area are located and They cause model instability and With high impact and high influence, They play an important role in the agility of hospital supply chain management.

Achieving academic organizational agility has always been considered by policy makers and organizational researchers, so the factors that lead to organizational agility are very valuable for these people and they are always looking to determine the level of organizational agility in universities to think of measures to increase it. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the level of agility in Islamic Azad universities of Mazandaran. Universities with different comprehensive university degrees, very large, large, medium and small, are teaching in the second half of the 2019 academic year. This number includes 1671 in different academic units, the sample size of Cochran's formula was estimated at 340 people; Data collection tool Standard questionnaires of academic organizational agility by Khavari, Arasteh and Jafari (1397); have been. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. In the descriptive part, central tendency indicators such as mean and view and frequency distribution tables and appropriate graphs will be used. Inferential tests will include Smirnov cumulography analysis based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis. Data analysis tools were SPSS software and IMOS software. Findings indicate that the level of organizational agility is below average. And university officials need to think of ways to overcome this crisis. The most important of which are the establishment of open relations with other educational and industrial institutions, the establishment of interdisciplinary departments, and new discourses in educational and academic planning.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neuro-behavioral disorder in childhood. Children with ADHD have problems such as motor coordination and agility. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of aerobic exercise and group play therapy on the coordination and agility skills in children with ADHD.

The present study was semi-experimental. In this study, 26 children (4 girls and 22 boys) were recurited. Then they were randomly divided into two experimental and control group. The experimental group was divided into the aerobic exercise group (9 children, weight (kg) 24.2±12.3, age 7.9± 2.1 years old and height 126 ± 3 cm) and group play therapy group (9 children, weight (kg) 23.8±9.2, age 7.3 ± 1.9 years old and height 121± 2 cm). Each experimental group received 8 weeks, 3 sessions per week and each session 45-60 minutes, aerobic exercises program and group play therapy. The control group (8 children, weight (kg) 25.4±6.4, age 8± 2 years old and height 127±3 cm) did not do any specific activity during this time. Upper limb coordination, bilateral limb coordination, and agility in all three groups were respectively assessed with Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Skills Scale 5, Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Skills Scale 3 and Zigzag Test at the beginning and end of the study. Analysis of variance with repeated measures at 5% error level was used for data analysis (p < 0.05).

The results showed that play therapy significantly increased the upper extremity coordination (p < 0.001) and bilateral coordination (p < 0.001) and agility (p < 0.001) in children. Aerobic training significantly increased upper extremity coordination (p < 0.001) and bilateral coordination (p < 0.001) and significantly reduced agility (p < 0.001). In addition, the children in the play therapy group had significantly higher upper extremity coordination and bilateral coordination and agility than the aerobic group (p < 0.001). In control group there was no change in upper extremity coordination (p=0.621) and agility (P=0.590) and bilateral coordination significantly reduced (p=0.002).

Group play therapy had more significant effect than aerobics exercise program on improving these Upper limb coordination, bilateral limb coordination, and agility. Therefore the group play therapy should be suggested.

The correct execution of sports movements depends on the method of warming up and the type of stretching. That is why it is very important to warm up properly to prevent any damage to the body and improve performance, appropriate to the type of exercise. In addition, the main reason for warming is the increase in core body temperature, which in turn leads to more blood flow to the active muscles and increases the rate of transmission of nerve impulses and chemical reactions. Although there are different debates about which stretch should be used with what intensity and volume before exercise, but usually static stretch before training and sports competition in warming up section is used. PNF stretching  is thought to be superior to other stretch methods in developing range of motion due to the activation of the golgy tendon organ by the Autogenic Inhibition method and the facilitation of muscle inhibitory receptors, but the effects of PNF stretch on the performance is very controversial. Therefore, The current study aimed to determine the effects of static and PNF stretching on maximum torque and agility of male futsal players.

Having at least 2 years of training experiences, twelve trained male Futsal players with a mean age (22.33±0.88 years), height (175.75±6.21 cm), weight (68.75±3.64 kg), BMI (22.57±1.23 kg/m2) and body fat (15.65±3.58 %) were randomly selected. They were divided into four training protocols, including static stretches (3×5 s and 3×15 s), PNF stretch (30s×6s×15 s) and control condition. The SECA1 height measurement device with a measurement accuracy of one millimeter (made in Germany) was used to measure height. The Buerer digital weight measurement device with an accuracy of 0.1 kg (made in Germany) was also used to measure the body weight of the subjects. In addition, the yo-yo recovery test was used to determine the subjectschr('39') aerobic capacity (VO2max), and the Zeus 9.9 body analyzer was used to measure body composition and fat percentage. Isokenitic dynamometer Gymnex model ISO-1 with the speed of 60 degrees per second and Balsom agility test were applied to measure maximum force torque and agility respectively. Furthermore, two-way ANOVA with repeated measures was used to compare the mean difference. Bonferroni  post hoc test was applied when the differences were significant and interval confidence of p < 0.05 considered at all stages of the test.

The results of data analysis with repeated measures test in comparison between the type of stretches with the control condition in the variable of maximum torque at a speed of 60 degrees per second showed that the effect of the type of stretch(group) was significant (p=0.024, F=2.061). These results show that only the PNF stretch protocol was different from the control condition (p<0.05) and the static stretch protocols 3 × 5 s (p= 0.17) and 3 × 15 s (p=0.34) were not significantly different from the control condition. In addition, the results of the present study showed that the interaction between the type of stretch(group) and time was significant (p=0.009; F=4.59). On the other hand, The results of data analysis with repeated measures test in comparison between the type of stretches with the control condition in the variable of agility showed that the effect of the type of stretch (group) was significant (p=0.039, F=5.23).The results showed that only the PNF stretch protocol was different from the control condition (p<0.05) and the static stretch protocols 3 × 5 s (p=0.35) and 3 × 15 s (p=0.57) were not significantly different from the control ondition. In addition, the results of the present study showed that the interaction between the type of stretch(group) and time was significant (p=0.044; F=4.45).

Overall, the results show that the implementation of static stretching protocols and PNF above 90 seconds has a destructive effect on the performance of torque and agility of futsal players. Among the most important mechanisms affecting performance can be the destruction of muscle tendon features, involved neural mechanisms (decrease in firing frequency, increase in nervous fatigue and decrease in concentration), mechanical properties and muscle elasticity, duration, intensity and type of stretch, gender and level of fitness of the athlete employed were mentioned. Therefore, to reduce the destructive effects of this type of stretching and on the other hand increase the efficiency of muscles to improve performance in the warm-up phase, it is recommended to futsal players, If using static  and PNF stretches, do not use times longer than 90 seconds..