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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535430/effects-of-instability-neuromuscular-training-using-an-inertial-load-of-water-on-the-balance-ability-of-healthy-older-women-a-randomized-clinical-trial
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shuho Kang, Ilbong Park
The reflexive responses to resist external forces and maintain posture result from the coordination between the vestibular system, muscle, tendon, and joint proprioceptors, and vision. Aging deteriorates these crucial functions, increasing the risk of falls. This study aimed to verify whether a training program with water bags, an Instability Neuromuscular training (INT) using the inertial load of water, could positively impact balance ability and dynamic stability. This study was conducted with twenty-two healthy older women aged ≥ 65 (mean age: 74...
March 13, 2024: Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535422/the-acute-effect-of-dynamic-vs-proprioceptive-neuromuscular-facilitation-stretching-on-sprint-and-jump-performance
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Nor Fazila Abd Malek, Ali Md Nadzalan, Kevin Tan, Abdul Muiz Nor Azmi, Rajkumar Krishnan Vasanthi, Ratko Pavlović, Dana Badau, Adela Badau
Participating in sports has been shown to promote overall wellness and, at the same time, reduce health risks. As more people are participating in sports, competitions have increased, and every aspect of the game has been focused by coaches and athletes in order to improve performance. One of these aspects is the warm-up session. The purpose of this study was to investigate the acute effect of a dynamic warm-up versus a proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) warm-up on the sprint and jump performance of recreationally active men...
February 28, 2024: Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535418/musculoskeletal-morphology-and-joint-flexibility-associated-functional-characteristics-across-three-time-points-during-the-menstrual-cycle-in-female-contemporary-dancers
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Bárbara Pessali-Marques, Adrian M Burden, Christopher I Morse, Gladys L Onambélé-Pearson
Findings are inconsistent with regards to whether menstrual cycle phase-associated changes in physical functioning exist. It is possible that such discrepancies are due to varying rigour in experimental approaches. The current study aimed to systematically evaluate any effect of carefully tracked menstrual cycle phase on precisely measured muscle structure and function in a physically active group (contemporary dancers). Eleven women aged (M [SD]) 23.5 [2.94] years, undergoing 10.5 [1.73] hours of contemporary dance practice and 6...
February 25, 2024: Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535410/flywheel-romanian-deadlift-intra-and-inter-day-kinetic-and-kinematic-reliability-of-four-inertial-loads-using-cluster-sets
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Shane Ryan, Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo, Declan Browne, Jeremy Moody, Paul J Byrne
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the intra- and inter-day reliability of flywheel cluster set training in concentric power (CON), eccentric power (ECC), and ECC overload during the Romanian deadlift exercise (RDL). A secondary aim was to assess the acute effect of internal and external attentional focus instructions on mean power when performing the flywheel RDL. Fourteen collegiate male field sport athletes (age, 23.3 ± 3.7 years; mass, 80.8 ± 9.9 kg; height, 1.79 ± 0.06 m) were randomized into internal ( n = 7) or external ( n = 7) attentional focus groups and attended four testing sessions, with a between-session separation of 7 days...
December 19, 2023: Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535147/revolutionizing-cow-welfare-monitoring-a-novel-top-view-perspective-with-depth-camera-based-lameness-classification
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San Chain Tun, Tsubasa Onizuka, Pyke Tin, Masaru Aikawa, Ikuo Kobayashi, Thi Thi Zin
This study innovates livestock health management, utilizing a top-view depth camera for accurate cow lameness detection, classification, and precise segmentation through integration with a 3D depth camera and deep learning, distinguishing it from 2D systems. It underscores the importance of early lameness detection in cattle and focuses on extracting depth data from the cow's body, with a specific emphasis on the back region's maximum value. Precise cow detection and tracking are achieved through the Detectron2 framework and Intersection Over Union (IOU) techniques...
March 8, 2024: Journal of Imaging
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534960/pc-pep-a-comprehensive-daily-six-month-home-based-patient-empowerment-program-leads-to-weight-loss-in-men-with-prostate-cancer-a-secondary-analysis-of-a-clinical-trial
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Wyatt MacNevin, Gabriela Ilie, Ricardo Rendon, Ross Mason, Jesse Spooner, Emily Chedrawe, Nikhilesh Patil, David Bowes, Greg Bailly, David Bell, Derek Wilke, Jeffery B L Zahavich, Cody MacDonald, Robert David Harold Rutledge
Background: The Prostate Cancer-Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) is a six-month daily home-based program shown to improve mental health and urinary function. This secondary analysis explores weight loss in male PC-PEP participants. Methods: In a randomized clinical trial with 128 men undergoing curative prostate cancer (PC) treatment, 66 received 'early' PC-PEP, while 62 were assigned to the 'late' waitlist-control group, receiving 6 months of standard-of-care treatment followed by 6 months of PC-PEP. PC-PEP comprised 182 daily emails with video-based exercise and dietary (predominantly plant-based) education, live online events, and 30 min strength training routines (using body weight and elastic bands)...
March 21, 2024: Current Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534882/impact-of-skeletal-muscle-depletion-on-patients-with-myelodysplastic-syndrome-treated-with-azacitidine
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Eri Takada, Nobuhiko Nakamura, Yuto Kaneda, Kenji Fukuno, Shin Lee, Kei Fujita, Tetsuji Morishita, Yoshikazu Ikoma, Takuro Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakamura, Junichi Kitagawa, Nobuhiro Kanemura, Senji Kasahara, Takeshi Hara, Hisashi Tsurumi, Masahito Shimizu
BACKGROUND: Azacitidine (AZA) is the standard treatment for patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The impact of skeletal muscle depletion (SMD), which is associated with outcomes of hematological malignancies, on the clinical course of MDS patients treated with AZA was investigated. METHODS: This retrospective, observational study included 50 MDS patients treated with AZA. Muscle mass was evaluated using the skeletal muscle index (SMI), which is the area of muscle mass at the third lumbar vertebra on CT images divided by the square of the height...
February 28, 2024: Hematology Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534846/autonomous-robotic-system-to-prune-sweet-pepper-leaves-using-semantic-segmentation-with-deep-learning-and-articulated-manipulator
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Truong Thi Huong Giang, Young-Jae Ryoo
This paper proposes an autonomous robotic system to prune sweet pepper leaves using semantic segmentation with deep learning and an articulated manipulator. This system involves three main tasks: the perception of crop parts, the detection of pruning position, and the control of the articulated manipulator. A semantic segmentation neural network is employed to recognize the different parts of the sweet pepper plant, which is then used to create 3D point clouds for detecting the pruning position and the manipulator pose...
March 5, 2024: Biomimetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534832/kinematics-analysis-and-gait-study-of-bionic-turtle-crawling-mechanism
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Zhuo Wang, Wanlang Peng, Bo Zhang
Longer distance water delivery culverts pose obstacles such as deposited silt, stones, and dead trees. In this paper, a crawling robot is designed to mimic the joint structure of a turtle using bionic design principles. The mechanism and gait of the robot are analyzed. The kinematics model of the robot is established using the D-H method and analytical approach, while the dynamics model is established using Lagrange's method. Based on kinematics and dynamics analysis theory, compound cycloid and cubic polynomial motion trajectories for the robot foot are planned along with a crawling gait resembling that of a turtle's abdomen...
February 28, 2024: Biomimetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534789/genetic-insights-into-the-extremely-dwarf-hibiscus-syriacus-var-micranthus-complete-chloroplast-genome-analysis-and-development-of-a-novel-dcaps-marker
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Soon-Ho Kwon, Hae-Yun Kwon, Hanna Shin
This study explored the chloroplast (cp) genomes of three Hibiscus syriacus (HS) specimens endemic to Korea possessing unique ornamental and conservation values: the dwarf H. syriacus var. micranthus (HSVM), renowned for its small stature and breeding potential; HS 'Tamra', a cultivar from Korea's southernmost islands, noteworthy for its distinctive beauty; and HS Natural Monument no. 521 (N.M.521), a specimen of significant lifespan and height. Given the scarcity of evolutionary studies on these specimens, we assembled and analyzed their cp genomes...
March 21, 2024: Current Issues in Molecular Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534698/biofilm-development-by-mycobacterium-avium-complex-clinical-isolates-effect-of-clarithromycin-in-ultrastructure
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Arij Akir, Abrar Senhaji-Kacha, Maria Carmen Muñoz-Egea, Jaime Esteban, John Jairo Aguilera-Correa
BACKGROUND: The Mycobacterium avium complex includes the commonest non-tuberculous mycobacteria associated with human infections. These infections have been associated with the production of biofilms in many cases, but there are only a few studies about biofilms produced by the species included in this group. METHODS: Three collection strains ( M. avium ATCC25291, M. intracellulare ATCC13950, and M. chimaera DSM756), three clinically significant strains (647, 657, and 655), and three clinically non-significant ones (717, 505, and 575) of each species were included...
March 16, 2024: Antibiotics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534564/effects-of-stroboscopic-vision-on-depth-jump-motor-control-a-biomechanical-analysis
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Kenneth D Harrison, Christopher J Dakin, Anne Z Beethe, Talin Louder
Researchers commonly use the 'free-fall' paradigm to investigate motor control during landing impacts, particularly in drop landings and depth jumps (DJ). While recent studies have focused on the impact of vision on landing motor control, previous research fully removed continuous visual input, limiting ecological validity. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the effects of stroboscopic vision on depth jump (DJ) motor control. Ground reaction forces (GRF) and lower-extremity surface electromyography (EMG) were collected for 20 young adults (11 male; 9 female) performing six depth jumps (0...
March 20, 2024: Bioengineering
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534434/allometric-growth-pattern-and-hunger-tolerance-of-hemibarbus-maculatus-bleeker-larvae
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Min Xie, Pengpeng Wang, Qi Deng, Si Liu, Zhou Zhang, Hao Wu, Jing Xiang, Jie Zhou, Xin Yang, Rui Song, Shaoming Li, Zhonggui Xie
To clarify the allometric growth pattern and hunger tolerance of Hemibarbus maculatus Bleeker larvae, the morphological lengths of their functional organs were measured continuously and their primary feeding rates under a state of starvation were studied. A control group and starvation group were set up for this study, and 10 larvae were sampled from each group every day in order to study their allometric growth pattern and starvation tolerance. The results indicated that the Hemibarbus maculatus larvae opened their mouths for feeding at 4 days after hatching, and that the yolk sac disappeared completely at 11 days after hatching...
March 3, 2024: Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534279/ridge-preservation-and-augmentation-using-a-carbonated-apatite-bone-graft-substitute-a-case-series
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Yoichi Taniguchi, Tatsuro Koyanagi, Toru Takagi, Yutaro Kitanaka, Akira Aoki, Takanori Iwata
The newly developed mineral carbonated apatite has recently been proposed as a bone graft material for bone regenerative treatment in implant therapy. This case series details the clinical and radiographic outcomes of ridge preservation and ridge augmentation using only carbonated apatite as bone graft material for implant treatment. Twenty patients (36 sites) who required bone regeneration and implant placement were retrospectively assessed. Simultaneous carbonated apatite implant placement was performed using the simultaneous ridge preservation or augmentation approach on 24 sites in 13 patients with sufficient bone quantity for primary stabilization based on preoperative evaluation results...
February 28, 2024: Dentistry Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534180/height-difference-between-the-right-and-left-metanephroi-during-early-human-fetal-development
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hana Ishiyama-Takara, Jun Matsubayashi, Shigehito Yamada, Tetsuya Takakuwa
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March 27, 2024: Congenital Anomalies
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534177/structural-effects-of-3d-inkjet-printed-ni-o-ysz-pillared-electrodes-on-performances-of-solid-oxide-electrochemical-reactors
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Inyoung Jang, Anna Hankin, Zheng Xie, Stephen J Skinner, Geoff H Kelsall
Increasing densities of reaction sites for gaseous reactants in solid oxide electrochemical reactors (SOERs), is a key strategy for achieving enhanced performance in either fuel cell or electrolysis modes. Fabrication of 3D structured components in SOERs can enhance those densities of reaction sites, which is achieved by 3D inkjet printing with high reproducibility, having developed inks with appropriate properties. First, the effects of pillar geometries on SOER performances are predicted through numerical simulations, enabling subsequent 3D printing to focus on the more effective geometries...
March 27, 2024: Small
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534097/single-crown-restorations-supported-by-6-mm-implants-in-the-resorbed-posterior-mandible-a-10-year-prospective-case-series
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Felix L Guljé, Gerry M Raghoebar, Barzi Gareb, Arjan Vissink, Henny J A Meijer
PURPOSE: To assess marginal bone level changes, implant and restoration survival, condition of the peri-implant mucosa, and the patient's satisfaction with the single restoration supported by a 6-mm long implant in the posterior mandible after 10 years in function. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-one consecutive patients missing premolars or molars in the posterior mandible, with a bone volume consisting of a width of at least 6 mm and an estimated height of 8 mm between the top of the ridge and alveolar nerve, were included...
March 27, 2024: Clinical Implant Dentistry and related Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534066/the-effect-of-supine-versus-upright-positioning-on-eyelid-height-in-the-nonsurgical-patient
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Garrison P Wier, Alex T Legocki, Phillip M A Radke, Bryan S Sires
PURPOSE: To directly compare margin-reflex distance 1, margin-reflex distance 2, and palpebral fissure in the upright versus supine positions in nonsurgical patients. METHODS: A total of 43 patients (31 female, 12 male, and age range 26-96) were enrolled. Photos were taken in the clinic in the upright and supine position with a ruler placed vertically in the same plane as the eyelid, and the above computer-analyzed measurements were obtained. RESULTS: Among the 86 eyes observed, the average upright margin-reflex distance 1 was 2...
March 21, 2024: Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534034/management-of-interdental-papillary-defects-using-subperiosteal-hyaluronic-acid-injection-overlay-technique-a-prospective-longitudinal-clinical-study
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Wiam Hamadeh, Rola Alhabashneh, Reem Abdelhafez, Yousef Khader
OBJECTIVE: Currently, there is no established treatment protocol to treat interdental papillary loss. This research aimed to evaluate the outcomes of interdental papillary reconstruction using minimally invasive surgery, with injectable hyaluronic acid gel. METHOD AND MATERIALS: Seventeen patients were included, each with five sites of class 1 papillary recession (40 sites in the maxilla and 45 sites in the mandible). Subperiosteal tunneling was performed through a horizontal incision made apical to the base of the papilla without penetrating it...
March 27, 2024: Quintessence International
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533730/relationship-between-running-biomechanics-and-core-temperature-across-a-competitive-road-race
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Alexandra F DeJong Lempke, Michael R Szymanski, Sarah B Willwerth, Gabrielle J Brewer, Kristin E Whitney, William P Meehan, Douglas J Casa
BACKGROUND: Outdoor races introduce environmental stressors to runners, and core temperature changes may influence runners' movement patterns. This study assessed changes and determined relationships between sensor-derived running biomechanics and core temperature among runners across an 11.27-km road race. HYPOTHESIS: Core temperatures would increase significantly across the race, related to changes in spatiotemporal biomechanical measures. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional cohort study...
March 27, 2024: Sports Health
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