Dairy calves provided with environmental enrichment are more active, playful and have fewer feeding interruptions by Francesca Occhiuto, Jorge A. Vázquez-Diosdado, Matthew Thomas, Emma R. Gayner, Andrew J. King, Jasmeet Kaler

“…Using a mixed-effects linear model we showed that when brushes were present calves had significantly higher activity, fed slower, had fewer interruptions in their meals and spent less time around the feeder, suggesting reduced competition. Furthermore, calves that had access to brushes during the trial were more active and playful, even on days when the brushes were not available, compared to the control group. …”
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Development of Explosive Strength in the Representative High School Volleyball Team by E.L. Amzar, L. Rada, I.I. Niculescu

“…The physical education teacher has the obligation to form the representative team of the school unit to be enrolled in the competition provided in the sports calendar, respectively the National School Sports Olympiad. …”
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Temporal interactions among carnivores in an anthropized landscape of the coastal mountain range in southern Chile by García-Solís Fernando, Zúñiga Alfredo H., Rau Jaime R., Encina-Montoya Francisco, Garcés Cristóbal

“…Therefore, these species must readjust their requirements to minimize interactions derived from competition. For two years, activity patterns of two native carnivores (the cougar Puma concolor and the chilla fox Lycalopex griseus), one exotic carnivore (the domestic dog Canis lupus familiaris) and people were evaluated in an anthropogenic landscape in southern Chile. …”
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY OF FINANCIAL REPORTING BY BANKS IN NIGERIA by S.L ADAM, I. A MUHAMMED, Eunice T OLUGANNA, H.K.K ABDULKAREEM

“… The level of owners investment required to finance deposit money banks in Nigeria is getting astronomical by the day as the regulatory authorities believe that only a robust capital base can assist to ward off undue competition occasioned by the recent liberalisation of the industry. …”
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Sustaining Biological and Cultural Diversity by Ana G. Valenzuela Zapata, Marie Sarita Gaytán

“…Outlined by the World Trade Organization, Geographical Indication (GI) designations identify specific quality guidelines and protect foods, drinks, and other products from competition based on their specific geographical origin or location. …”
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On the road to Mecca: Branding discourses and national identity on coffee shop signage. by Abduljalil Nasr Hazaea, Mutahar Qassem

“…With these names, four discourse are in competition. For globalization, English-Arabic glocal discourse (34%), and English global discourse (8%) are competing to construct coffee branding. …”
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Incorporating Internal and External Training Load Measurements in Clinical Decision Making After ACL Reconstruction: A Clinical Commentary by Jeffrey B Taylor, Kevin R Ford, Robin M Queen, Elizabeth C Owen, Angela Spontelli Gisselman

“… # Discussion / Relation to Clinical Practice Researchers have reported the actual in-game demands of men and women of various ages and competition levels during multi-directional sport. Wearable technology can provide similar variables during rehabilitation, home exercise programs, and during on-field transition back to sport to ensure patients have met the expected fitness capacity of their sport. …”
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Challenges and Marketing Strategies for Young African Universities by George Stanley, Kinyata, Siraje, Kaaya

“…The article advises young Universities how to think globally to find the right way to global competition.…”
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Globalization and Its Implications on the Growth of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Western Uganda: A Case of Selected Districts in Western Uganda by Eton, Marus, Ayiga, Natal, Constant, Okello Obura, Fabian, Mwosi, Gilbert, Uwonda

“…The Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry should step out to protect local firms against competition from foreign producers, particularly those dealing in similar products. …”
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Marketing Strategies and Organization Performance: A Case Study of Rukiga SACCO Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Ainebyoona, Jacob

“…The study findings revealed that making visitations to the community to sensitize the general public is the main marketing strategy, competition is the main challenge faced by SACCO and marketing improves diversity and SACCO's relevance. …”
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Effect of Different Spacing on Cabbage Growth and Yield Optimization. by Birungi, Hillary

“…Treatment T2(60×45) had the best cabbages in terms of head size and weight and T4 had the least head weight and size due to closest spacing which resulted in much competition between plants. The study recommends the use of a spacing of 60×45 for optimal yield of Gloria variety of Cabbage.…”
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Effect of Immigration on Uganda's Labour Market: A Case Study of Northern Division Kabale Municipality. by Akampurira, Jonath

“…However, challenges such as job competition, wage suppression, social tensions, and exploitation of immigrant workers were also identified. …”
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Proteogenomic annotation of T6SS components identified in Bacteroides fragilis secretome by Natalya B. Zakharzhevskaya, Olga Yu Shagaleeva, Daria A. Kashatnikova, Daria A. Kashatnikova, Anton O. Goncharov, Anton O. Goncharov, Daria V. Evsyutina, Dmitry A. Kardonsky, Elizaveta A. Vorobeva, Artemiy S. Silantiev, Viktoria D. Kazakova, Irina V. Kolesnikova, Ivan O. Butenko, Anna A. Vanyushkina, Svetlana V. Smirnova, Andrei V. Chaplin, Andrei V. Chaplin, Boris A. Efimov, Boris A. Efimov

“…IntroductionBacteroides fragilis (Bf)’s T6SS locus has been characterized and shown to have functional activity in competition experiments. It has been demonstrated that symbiont nontoxigenic Bf strains have a more effective “weapon” effect on pathogenic Bf, which is realized through the activity of effector-immune (E-I) protein pairs. …”
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Carnivore activity across landuse gradients in a Mexican biosphere reserve by Germar González, Siria Gámez, Nyeema C. Harris

“…We calculated activity overlap between species to detect changes in interspecific competition and predator-prey interactions along the gradient. …”
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A Clinically-Reasoned Approach to Manual Therapy in Sports Physical Therapy by Steven Short, Matthew Tuttle, Dillon Youngman

“…Participation may be impacted by pain and its influence on related factors such as training and competition performance, career length, financial earning potential, educational opportunity, social pressures, influence of family, friends, and other key stakeholders of their athletic activity. …”
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Neurocognitive and Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Techniques after ACL injury - Part 2: Maximizing Performance in the Advanced Return to Sport Phase by Zachary M. Thomas, Lewis Lupowitz, Morgan Ivey, Kevin E. Wilk

“…# Purpose The purpose of Part 2 of this clinical commentary is to offer strategies to implement neurocognitive training elements into the traditional ACLR rehabilitation (in weeks 9+) and review updated testing metrics that may better discern an athletes readiness to return to competition. A comprehensive rehabilitation framework incorporating both physical and neurocognitive components is proposed, aiming to improve both long-term outcomes and return to sport testing, as well as diminishing re-injury risk…”
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In situ experiments in microgravity and phase-field simulations of the lamellar-to-rod transition during eutectic growth by Akamatsu, Silvère, Bottin-Rousseau, Sabine, Şerefoğlu, Melis, Witusiewicz, Victor T., Hecht, Ulrike, Plapp, Mathis

“…The transition was interpreted in terms of a competition between a propagative instability of lamellae and a drift induced by a transverse temperature gradient. …”
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The Impact of Global Transformations of the Business Environment on the Development of Enterprises by Karlova Olena A.

“…Understanding how to overcome these changes is becoming key factor to ensuring business resilience and competitiveness. The aspects of the impact of global transformations of the business environment on the development of enterprises are analyzed. …”
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Traumatic Hip Dislocation in an NCAA DI Football Player with Occult Sequelae: A Case Report by Daniel W Safford, Marisa Pontillo, Brian J Sennett

“…Overall injury rate at the collegiate level has been reported as 8.61 per 1,000 athlete exposures (AEs) – twice the rate of high school levels; competition injury rates are reported as high as 36.94/1000 AEs. …”
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Scaling species interactions: implications for community ecology and biological scaling theory by Douglas S. Glazier

“…I further argue that exploration of the body-size scaling of other kinds of biotic interactions (e.g., competition, mutualism, commensalism, and amensalism) would also be worthwhile. …”
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