Influence of selected cognitive performances on musculoskeletal injury occurrence in adult male professional Slovenian PrvaLiga football players in a prospective cohort study by Florian Giesche, Manca Peskar, Luka Šlosar, Boštjan Šimunič, Rado Pišot, Uros Marusic

“…Cognitive functions assessed by computerized tests (PsyToolkit) included psychomotor vigilance (simple, choice reaction time) and visuospatial memory (Corsi-block-tapping-test), while pen-and-paper tests assessed motor speed, visual scanning, and executive functions (TMT; Delis-Kaplan-Executive-Function-System). …”
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Modulatory mechanisms of long-term volleyball practice on visuospatial working memory capacity: an fNIRS study by Wen Zhang, Jingru Liu, Fangfang Hu, Yang Liu, Chao Kan

“…Results Compared with the novice group, the experts showed a higher accuracy rate (ACC) (p = 0.021) and shorter reaction time (RT) (p = 0.019) in the visuospatial working memory test. fNIRS data showed increased oxygen activation in the right dorsolateral prefrontal lobe (p < 0.05) and the right frontal region (p < 0.05). …”
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Temporal and spatial variation of PM2.5 in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar by Mbolanjara Hélène Andriamamonjy, Zo Rakotomavo, Linda Geiser, Lovanomenjanahary Marline

“…Wind speed exhibits weak negative correlation with PM2.5, consistent with its role in particle dispersion. …”
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Photoalignment and photopatterning: New liquid crystal technology for displays and photonics by V. G. Chigrinov

“…In particular, we consider switches, controllers and polarization rotators, optical attenuators, switchable diffraction gratings, polarization image analyzers, liquid crystal lenses, and ferroelectric liquid crystal displays with increased operation speed. Conclusions. The liquid crystal photoalignment and photopatterning technology is a promising tool for new display and photonics applications. …”
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Reinventing the Trochoidal Toolpath Pattern by Adaptive Rounding Radius Loop Adjustments for Precision and Performance in End Milling Operations by Santhakumar Jayakumar, Sathish Kannan, Poongavanam Ganeshkumar, U. Mohammed Iqbal

“…The back surface of the chip structure appears rough and jagged due to the shearing action.…”
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Numerical Analysis of The Effect of Hydrodynamics and Operating Conditions on Biodiesel Synthesis in a Rotor-Stator Spinning Disk Reactor by Wen Zhuqing, Petera Jerzy

“…However, increasing rotational speed of spinning disk leads to more backflow, which decreases TG conversion. …”
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Mathematical model of controlled vane hydraulic shock absorber by S. V. Kozeletov, S. V. Saveliev

“…Method of calculation is proposed and theoretical studies are performed on influence of change of volume flow rate of working medium of shock absorber in MR throttle on forces of resistance to rotation on shaft of shock absorber blade.The results of theoretical research. 1) Results of theoretical studies of change of volume flow rate of working medium of controlled hydraulic blade shock absorber are presented. 2) An adequate mathematical model is obtained that is suitable for calculating the characteristics of controlled (adjustable) hydraulic vane shock absorbers, where magnetorheological fluid is used as the working medium of the shock absorber, as well as for selecting control action in the control system. Conclusion. The results of the study are intended for organizations and enterprises engaged in the development and production of heavy high-speed tracked vehicles.The results of the studies can be used to refine the methodology for estimating the smoothness of the heavy high-speed tracked vehicles.…”
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The Neuromusculoskeletal Modeling Pipeline: MATLAB-based model personalization and treatment optimization functionality for OpenSim by Claire V. Hammond, Spencer T. Williams, Marleny M. Vega, Di Ao, Geng Li, Robert M. Salati, Kayla M. Pariser, Mohammad S. Shourijeh, Ayman W. Habib, Carolynn Patten, Benjamin J. Fregly

“…An NMSM Pipeline use case is presented for an individual post-stroke with impaired walking function, where the goal was to predict how the subject’s neural control could be changed to improve walking speed without increasing metabolic cost. First the Model Personalization toolset was used to develop a personalized neuromusculoskeletal model of the subject starting from a generic OpenSim full-body model and experimental walking data (video motion capture, ground reaction, and electromyography) collected from the subject at his self-selected speed. …”
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Use of a hand-worn accelerometer to measure hand differences in Grooved Pegboard Test by Tércio Apolinário-Souza, Marco Antônio Cavalcanti Garcia, Guilherme Menezes Lage, Lucas Eduardo Antunes Bicalho Bicalho, Nathálya Marinho Gardênia de Holanda Nogueira, Flávia Batalha Gomes Costa, Lidiane Aparecida Fernandes

“…The study revealed that, in the less complex task, the right hand outperformed the left hand in execution speed, whereas the left hand demonstrated faster reaction times in the more complex task. …”
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Numerical simulation of respirable dust transport law in fully mechanized excavation face by Jianguo WANG, Bolan WANG, Min HAN

“…When the air flow field is far away from the tunneling surface and without the obstruction of the tunneling machine, the airflow field diffuses and the wind speed decreases, but a large number of particles still float in the roadway for a long time and are difficult to settle due to the small particle size of the exhaled dust.…”
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The influence of the mode of engine operation of transport and technological cars on the beating at the coupling piston-cylinder by Shtain G.V., Panfilov A.A.

“…Relocation or beating of the piston occurs due to the action of lateral force in the crank mechanism, which leads to an increase in friction forces and shock loads in conjunction with the sleeve. …”
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Evaluating the impact of neurophysiological fatigue patterns on tactical decision-making in elite football players using wearable EEG technology by Rammah Mohammed Zouer Habeb, Maarib Jawad Kadhim, Khamael Awad Nihab Al-Jabouri, Mustafa AbdulKareem Mhana, Haider Radhi Raheem Alsaedi, Suhad Qassem Saeed Al-Mousawi

“…Decision-making was assessed via a validated 40-scenario video-based tactical test measuring accuracy (%) and reaction time (ms). Results: Post-fatigue, frontal theta increased by 45% and the theta/alpha ratio by 47% (both p < 0.001), while decision accuracy declined by 15% (p = 0.004) and reaction time slowed by 18% (p = 0.002). …”
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Presenting the agility model of the organization in order to improve the productivity of human resources by Asie Mohmedi, Rashid Zolfaghari, Mahsa Gholam hossein zadeh

“…One of the parameters proposed to increase flexibility, speed of action, and quality; is organizational agility. …”
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Operative Therapy Practices in Tubercular Patients with Bone and Joint Effects of Different Etiologies by G. S. Mukhamedjanov, R. A. Sharipov, H. K. Aminev, R. K. Yagafarova

“…A decrease in the number of patients with tuberculosis of the bone system coincides with an increase in the number of indications and methods for operational treatment. …”
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A new method for the synthesis of 4-aminobenzoic acid – an intermediate for the production of procaine by A. H. Halstian, O. P. Baula, H. V. Tarasenko

“…The addition of potassium bromide to the solution reduced the concentration of the catalyst by seven times and increased the reaction rate and yield of 4-nitrobenzoic acid to 95.6 %. …”
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The Fire Behaviour of Fabrics Containing Dried Emollient Residues by Roísín McDermott, Mya Richards, Megan-Mae Wright, George Shajan, Joanne Morrissey, Sarah Hall

“…Horizontal burn tests with a direct flame on 100% cotton fabric (114 ± 1 g/m²) displayed an accelerated mean flame speed from 0.0032 to 0.0048 ms⁻¹ and an increased maximum flame height of 56.6 to 175.4 mm for emollient-contaminated fabrics. …”
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Thermal and electronic transport properties of ACrX2 superionic conductors (A=Cu, Ag and X=S, Se) by Md Towhidur Rahman, Kamil Ciesielski, Joseph Pelkey, A K M Ashiquzzaman Shawon, Eric Toberer, Alexandra Zevalkink

“…A -site disorder, microstructure, speed of sound and chemical composition) on the thermal conductivity of the compounds CuCrS _2 , CuCrSe _2 , AgCrS _2 and AgCrSe _2 . …”
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An Optimized Path Planning Method for Coastal Ships Based on Improved DDPG and DP by Yiquan Du, Xiuguo Zhang, Zhiying Cao, Shaobo Wang, Jiacheng Liang, Fengge Zhang, Jiawei Tang

“…Firstly, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) is used to improve the network structure of DDPG, which uses the historical state information to approximate the current environmental state information, so that the predicted action is more accurate. On the other hand, the traditional reward function of DDPG may lead to low learning efficiency and convergence speed of the model. …”
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Inhibitory Control Deficits in Children with Tic Disorders Revealed by Object-Hit-and-Avoid Task by Nicholas Cothros, Alex Medina, Davide Martino, Sean P. Dukelow, Rachel L. Hawe, Adam Kirton, Christos Ganos, Elaheh Nosratmirshekarlou, Tamara Pringsheim

“…In children with tics (without comorbid ADHD), acting upon both targets and distractors suggests reduced ability to suppress responses to potential triggers for action. This may be related to increased sensorimotor noise or abnormal sensory gating.…”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Airport Emergency Evacuation Using Asynchronous Advantage Actor–Critic (A3C) Algorithm by Yujing Zhou, Yupeng Yang, Bill Deng Pan, Yongxin Liu, Sirish Namilae, Houbing Herbert Song, Dahai Liu

“…Emergencies can occur unexpectedly and require immediate action, especially in aviation, where time pressure and uncertainty are high. …”
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