This study is the first to compare sensitivity to light touch between children with developmental coordination disorder and typically developing children. The study also investigated whether changes/increases in sensitivity to light touch can enhance the effects of light touch on reducing body sway in both groups. The results show that: (i) sensitivity to light touch is impaired in children with developmental coordination disorder compared with typically developing children; (ii) finger soaking improves sensitivity to light touch in both groups; and (iii) finger soaking enhances the effects of light touch on dampening body sway only in children with developmental coordination disorder. Thus, finger soaking is an effective means of promoting sensitivity to light touch, as well as for enhancing the effects of light touch on reducing body sway in children with developmental coordination disorder. Finger soaking is therefore suggested as a therapeutic intervention to enhance sensitivity to light touch. This increases the ability of children with developmental coordination disorder to integrate haptic information when maintaining balance during standing. Objectives: To compare sensitivity to light touch in children with developmental coordination disorder and those with typical development. Also, to investigate how changes/increases in sensitivity to light touch influence the effects of light fingertip touch on reducing body sway in both groups, while controlling for the confounding effects of arm configuration. Methods: Twenty-six children with developmental coordination disorder and 26 typically developing children were enrolled in the study. To change/increase sensitivity to light touch, participants immersed their dominant index finger in a surfactant-water solution. Sensitivity to light touch was measured before and after soaking. Participants performed all conditions (no fingertip touch, light fingertip touch, and light fingertip touch after soaking) with the same arm configuration, while body sway was measured. Results: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that the children with developmental coordination disorder were less sensitive to light touch than typically developing children (p < 0.05). For both groups, immersing a fingertip in surfactant-water solution increased sensitivity to light touch (p < 0.05). Finger soaking enhanced the effects of light fingertip touch on reducing body sway only in those children with developmental coordination disorder (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Finger soaking can be used as a rehabilitation strategy for promoting sensitivity to light touch, as well as for enhancing the effects of light fingertip touch in reducing body sway in children with developmental coordination disorder.

This study mainly explores local residents’ cognition toward the impact of holding sport events on the environment. The population for this study is 18-65 year-old residents of Neimen, the place holding Song-Jiang Jhen Battle Array event. Out of 400 survey questionnaires distributed during and after the advent of end of Neimen Song-Jiang Jhen Battle Array event, 306 usable responses were received from participants, indicating a high valid response rate of 76.5%. The results show that (1) residents’ gender and educational background do not exert significant differences among cognition toward positive and negative environmental impacts; (2) younger residents are found to show higher cognition toward positive and negative environmental impact; (3) unmarried residents exert higher positive environmental impact than married residents; (4) residents who support future re-organization of this event are proven to have higher positive environment impact cognition than those who do not; and (5) local residents obviously support the re-organization of Neimen Song-Jiang Jhen Battle Array event in the future.

In this study, researchers attempted to understand the types, frequency, and influences of enterprise business risks in swimming pool industry. Meanwhile, it was to explore whether there exist significant differences between different employee characteristics. Questionnaire survey was used to collect data, 304 valid questionnaires were obtained and valid rate was 76%, from employees of swimming pool. The results of this study were as follows :There were eight enterprise business risk types, including financial risk, disaster risk, responsible risk, policy and legal risk, human resource risk, organizational and strategic risk, operational risk, and industrial risk. industrial risk was the highest influence and financial risk was the lowest on business. Difference in employee’s age and educational level were found significant differences on influence eight dimensions of enterprise business risks.