Comparative study of Baduanjin and brisk walking on balance and stability in older adults by Ya-Guang Yu, Jun Zhang, Lin Wang, Dai-Feng Yu, Gong-Bing Shan, Xiao Fu

“…The balance tests for members of all three groups were conducted. Results: (1) For the eyes-open two-legged standing posture, the center of pressure (COP) was more centralized in the Baduanjin group; the swaying range of the body, forward and backward displacement, and left and right displacement among the elderly individuals in this group were significantly lower than those of the other two groups. (2) In the tests for two-legged standing, one-legged standing, and tandem feet stance, the elderly in the Baduanjin group had significantly lower swaying trajectory of the center of gravity, body swaying ellipse area, and maximum vibration parameters than those in the brisk walking and control groups. (3) The 2nd pose of Baduanjin, which involves a considerable amount of knee bending and semi-squatting exercises for the lower limbs, proved to be beneficial for the lower limb joints and body balance among the elderly. …”
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Hand acceleration time (HAT) as a diagnostic tool in the assessment of haemodialysis access-induced distal ischaemia (HAIDI): study protocol for a prospective cohort study in the B... by Sebastian Videla, Begoña Gonzalo, Emma Espinar, Siloé Palacios, Carolina Herranz, Elena Iborra Ortega

“…Written informed consent will be obtained from all study participants before any study-related procedure is performed. …”
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Interpretation of COVID-19 Epidemiological Trends in Mexico Through Wastewater Surveillance Using Simple Machine Learning Algorithms for Rapid Decision-Making by Arnoldo Armenta-Castro, Orlando de la Rosa, Alberto Aguayo-Acosta, Mariel Araceli Oyervides-Muñoz, Antonio Flores-Tlacuahuac, Roberto Parra-Saldívar, Juan Eduardo Sosa-Hernández

“…Detection and quantification of disease-related biomarkers in wastewater samples, denominated Wastewater-based Surveillance (WBS), has proven a valuable strategy for studying the prevalence of infectious diseases within populations in a time- and resource-efficient manner, as wastewater samples are representative of all cases within the catchment area, whether they are clinically reported or not. …”
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Assessment of anthropometric measurements and body composition of selected beginner South West Ethiopian soccer players by Esayas Haılu, Daniel Kıbret

“…GK (176.6cm) are taller than all other players of team while MF (170cm) is sorter in overall body height. …”
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Remote Technology-Based Training Programs for Children with Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analytic Exploration by Claudia Corti, Viola Oldrati, Maria Chiara Oprandi, Elisabetta Ferrari, Geraldina Poggi, Renato Borgatti, Cosimo Urgesi, Alessandra Bardoni

“…Based on the review process, the majority of TP addressing cognitive issues and all TP focusing on behavioral issues were found to be effective. …”
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Evaluation of an assistive exosuit for alleviating neck and shoulder muscle fatigue during prolonged flexed neck posture by Hang Man Cho, Jae-Ryeong Choi, Jung-Hwan Moon, Kyu-Jin Cho, Seung-Won Kim

“…The prime experiment was conducted with 26 subjects for 15 min to quantitatively evaluate the reduction in muscle fatigue achieved by wearing the exosuit and to assess its qualitative usability from the user’s perspective. For all experiments, surface electromyography (sEMG) data was measured from upper trapezius (UT) and splenius capitis (SC) muscles, the two representative superficial muscles responsible for sustaining flexed neck posture. …”
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Associations of comprehensive dietary antioxidant index with postmenopausal femur bone mineral density and osteoporosis: data from the national health and nutrition examination sur... by Jianbo Sun, Jie Wang, Wu Hu, He Huang, Hongmou Zhao

“…The two-piecewise linear regression models and a recursive algorithm were used to find the inflection points.ResultsAfter adjusting all covariates, the weighted multivariable linear regression models demonstrated that the CDAI was positively correlated with femur BMD. …”
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PALATE FRACTURE PROFILE IN PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY OF DR. SOETOMO GENERAL ACADEMIC HOSPITAL: JANUARY 2012- DECEMBER 2017 by Priscilla Valentine N., Agus Santoso Budi, Lobredia Zarasade

“…Methods: This study uses medical record data for all patients diagnosed with palatal fractures in Dr. …”
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Sistem Kontrol Perangkat Inframerah Menggunakan Speech Recognition dengan Spectrogram dan Convolutional Neural Network Berbasis Mikrokontroler by Irfan Muzakky Nurrizqy, Barlian Henryranu Prasetio, Rekyan Regasari Mardi Putri

“…In the present day, where technology advances are rapidly developing all around the world, there have been many things that can help simplify the lives of everyone in the world, especially people with disabilities. …”
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Essential Oils from Thymus capitatus and Thymus algeriensis as Antimicrobial Agents to Control Pathogenic and Spoilage Bacteria in Ground Meat by Asma Jayari, Ahlem Jouini, Hager Boukhris, Safa Hamrouni, Chokri Damergi, Sami Ben Hadj Ahmed, Abderrazek Maaroufi

“…Both investigated EOs presented significant antimicrobial activities against all tested bacteria with a greater antibacterial effect of T. capitatus EO. …”
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Understanding Individual Differences in Happiness Sources and Implications for Health Technology Design: Exploratory Analysis of an Open Dataset by Edel Ennis, Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna, Colm Sweeney

“…Married, single, and widowed individuals were all largely similar in their likelihood of selecting each of the categories as a source of their happiness. …”
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A study of disability and socio-economic impact of mental morbidities from the state of Madhya Pradesh, India by Vijender Singh, Roshan F. Sutar, Suruchi Gupta, Abhijit P. Pakhare, Arun M. Kokane, B. A. Aravind, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao

“…When combined with common mental disorders, tobacco use disorder further escalates the odds of self-reported disability in all three domains [OR 7.10, confidence interval (CI) 3.15 to 16.37; 4.93, CI 2.19 to 11.28; and 7.10, CI 2.78 to 19.25]. …”
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Optimal Thermal Output of an Absorption Heat Pump with Steam Heating Integrated in a PT-60/70-130/13 Steam Turbine by Oleksandr L. Shubenko, Viktoriia O. Tarasova, Mykola Yu. Babak, Oleksii Yu. Boiarshynov

“…Their feature is the provision of "useful" generation in volumes corresponding to the work of PT-60/70-130/13 without AHP with a closed rotary diaphragm. For all considered options of the turbine load, the optimal power of the integrated AHP is defined as 20 MW. …”

Neurotrophic Effect of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells on Erectile Function Recovery by Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Secretion in a Rat Model of Cavernous Nerve Injury by Xin Chen, Qiyun Yang, Tao Zheng, Jun Bian, Xiangzhou Sun, Yanan Shi, Xiaoyan Liang, Guoquan Gao, Guihua Liu, Chunhua Deng

“…Twenty-eight days after intracavernous injection of 5-ethynyl-2-deoxyuridine- (EdU-) labeled ADSCs, the erectile function of all the rats was evaluated by intracavernosal pressure (ICP). …”
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Children with autistic spectrum disorder can imagine actions— what can this reveal about the Broken Mirror Hypothesis? by Jessica Galli, Jessica Galli, Laura Dusi, Gioacchino Garofalo, Gioacchino Garofalo, Alessandra Brizzi, Michela Gritti, Federica Polo, Elisa Fazzi, Elisa Fazzi, Giovanni Buccino, Giovanni Buccino

“…Errors distribution suggests that all children exploited a similar strategy to solve the task, being errors mainly distributed in judging the later frame.ConclusionThese findings support the view that children with ASD can imagine actions similarly to their TD peers. …”
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Effects of cardiac contractility modulation on autophagy and apoptosis of cardiac myocytes in rabbits with chronic heart failure. by Qingqing Hao, Shilin Lv, Jing Zhang, Huiliang Liu

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty rabbits were randomised into the Sham, heart failure (HF) and CCM groups, and animals in all three groups were sacrificed after 16 weeks of ascending aortic constriction or sham surgery. …”
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Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Relationship of NX210c Peptide in Healthy Elderly Volunteers: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Multiple Ascend... by Annette Janus, Daniël Dumas, Juliette Le Douce, Sébastien Marie, Giuseppe Pasculli, Pauline Bambury, Sighild Lemarchant, Philip Kremer, Yann Godfrin

“…No serious adverse events were recorded and all adverse events were mild. Dedicated central nervous system testing did not reveal neurotoxicity. …”
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An Atypical Case of Taravana Syndrome in a Breath-Hold Underwater Fishing Champion: A Case Report by Andrea Cortegiani, Grazia Foresta, Giustino Strano, Maria Teresa Strano, Francesca Montalto, Domenico Garbo, Santi Maurizio Raineri

“…An early hyperbaric oxygen therapy led to prompt resolution of neurological findings. All clinical and imaging characteristics were referable to the Taravana diving syndrome, induced by repetitive prolonged deep BH dives. …”
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The Analysis of In Vivo Aging in Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Using Colony-Forming Unit-Fibroblast Assay and the CD45lowCD271+ Phenotype by Payal Ganguly, Jehan J. El-Jawhari, Agata N. Burska, Frederique Ponchel, Peter V. Giannoudis, Elena A. Jones

“…Due to large donor-to-donor variation in all donor groups, our data indicate that an individual’s chronological age is not a reliable predictor of their MSC number or potency.…”
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Variation in the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents by world region and country income group: A scoping review. by Apoorva Gomber, Zachary J Ward, Carlo Ross, Maira Owais, Carol Mita, Jennifer M Yeh, Ché L Reddy, Rifat Atun

“…In the 0-14 year age group, the highest incidence was reported in Northern Europe (23.96 per 100,000), Australia/New Zealand (22.8 per 100,000), and Northern America (18.02 per 100,000), while the lowest was observed in Melanesia, Western Africa, and South America (all < 1 per 100,000). For the 0-19 year age group, the highest incidence was reported in Northern Europe (39.0 per 100,000), Northern America (20.07 per 100,000), and Northern Africa (10.1 per 100,000), while the lowest was observed in Eastern and Western Africa (< 2 per 100,000). …”
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