Effects of Tai Chi Training on Antioxidant Capacity in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women by Attakorn Palasuwan, Daroonwan Suksom, Irène Margaritis, Suphan Soogarun, Anne-Sophie Rousseau

“…We hypothesized that an 8-week Tai Chi (TC) training program (2 sessions in class; 2 sessions at home; 1-1:15/session) would improve antioxidant capacity and reduce cardiovascular risks in both pre- (n=8) and postmenopausal (n=7) sedentary women. …”
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Multidisciplinary Approach to Cover an Apex-Exposed Tooth: A Case Report after 6-Year Follow-Up by Jamila Kissa, Wafa El Kholti, Khadija Sekak, Sihame Chemlali

“…Thus, severe GR could make the root coverage (RC) challenging especially in cases with advanced interdental clinical attachment loss (ICAL). Case Presentation. This case report demonstrates a challenging management of a deep localized Miller Class III GR with root apex exposure associated with ICAL. …”
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Incremental Structure from Motion for Small-Scale Scenes Based on Auxiliary Calibration by Sixu Li, Jiatian Li, Tao Yang, Xiaohui A, Jiayin Liu

“…At the same time, we obtain a coarse matching set of feature points using pairwise polar geometric constraints. …”
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Learning model development moodle-based problem-based learning to improve critical thinking ability by Poy Saefullah Zevender, Disman Disman, Hari Mulyadi, Edutivia Mardetini, Deni Adriani, Lazuardi Imani Hakam

“…The MOODLE -Based Blended Problem Based Learning Model is considered suitable for develop ability think critical because Blended Problem Based Learning related learning with real world problems as context for participant educate for study think critical and skills solve problem , the MOODLE -based Learning Management System helps participant educate enter into the room digital class and can access materials learning in blended learning as effort restore educational conditions during the COVID-19 endemic. …”
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From Citizen Science to Policy Development on the Coral Reefs of Jamaica by M. James C. Crabbe

“…From 2000 to 2008, ninety Earthwatch volunteers were trained in coral reef data acquisition and analysis and made over 6,000 measurements on fringing reef sites along the north coast of Jamaica. Their work showed that while recruitment of small corals is returning after the major bleaching event of 2005, larger corals are not necessarily so resilient and so need careful management if the reefs are to survive such major extreme events. …”
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The Effect of Grinding Media on Mineral Breakage Properties of Magnetite Ores by Liang Si, Yijun Cao, Guixia Fan

“…When ground products present a much coarse or much fine particle size distribution, the separation process will suffer, resulting in inefficient recovery of useful minerals. …”
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Between the Violence and the Citizenship: A Glance on the Youth Mortality by Thaís Juliana Medeiros, Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano

“…In this sense, official data about local mortality were collected in the Centro de Informações sobre a Saúde (CIS), São Carlos, limited to young people deaths from ages between 15 to 29 years old and between 2000 to 2010 years, identifying gender, race and social class. The results show that the majority of the homicides and suicides happened with young men and African descendant from the poorest city’s neighborhoods. …”
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Factors Leading to a Lack of Leisure Time in High School Students in Croatia by Martina Lončar, Luka Pongračić, Aleksandra Tonković

“…The research has shown that parents-imposed duties are minimal and do not take away a lot of students’ leisure time. On the other hand, class-related activities, i.e. homework and learning take away the greatest part of students’ leisure time, students are not prone to participate in extracurricular and out-of-school activities. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Retinoid X Receptor Modulators for the Treatment of the Metabolic Syndrome by Jane A. Pinaire, Anne Reifel-Miller

“…The increasing prevalence of obesity is a fundamental contributor to the growing prevalence of the metabolic syndrome. Rexinoids, a class of compounds that selectively bind and activate RXR, are being studied as a potential option for the treatment of metabolic syndrome. …”
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Fremskrivning af færøsk aborthistorie by Turið Nolsøe, Lena Nolsøe

“…This is not due to a lack of historical records, but to their entanglements with the gendered, class-based and national power relationships defined by the Danish kingdom’s administration of the subject. …”
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Variability of marine heatwaves’ characteristics and assessment of their potential drivers in the Baltic Sea over the last 42 years by Behzad Bashiri, Amirhossein Barzandeh, Aarne Männik, Urmas Raudsepp

“…Also, MHWs predominantly affect offshore areas in warmer months, whereas MHWs predominantly impacting coastal seas in cooler months, especially along the eastern coast. Our analysis of interannual variability revealed that, unlike in many other basins worldwide, Baltic MHWs tend to maintain a constant intensity, while their spatial extent has significantly increased over the last few decades. …”
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The Idea of Civil Society in the Enlightenment Age by E. S. Karsanova, O. S. Volgin

“…The formation of civil society is closely linked to the development of the bourgeois class under the aegis of the state during the industrial revolution, which was the main focus of Enlightenment thinkers from T. …”
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A Three-Stage Anomaly Detection Framework for Traffic Videos by Junzhou Chen, Jiancheng Wang, Jiajun Pu, Ronghui Zhang

“…In the second stage, the class and patch tokens are fed separately to the segment-level and video-level traffic anomaly detectors. …”
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Students’ psychological needs’ frustration in Physical Education and intention to be physically active from a person-centred approach by Alba González-Peño, Evelia Franco, Carmen Ocete, Javier Coterón

“… Although the benefits associated with physical activity have been evidenced, levels of physical activity among adolescents are still low. Physical Education classes seem to be the ideal context to promote the development of active lifestyles in students, so promoting their motivation will be fundamental. …”
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Fast and accurate near-duplicate image elimination for visual sensor networks by Zhili Zhou, QM Jonathan Wu, Fang Huang, Xingming Sun

“…This article proposes a fast and accurate near-duplicate elimination approach for visual sensor networks. First, a coarse-to-fine clustering method based on a combination of global feature and local feature is proposed to cluster near-duplicate images. …”
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High‐Entropy Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives: Advances in Design, Synthesis, and Applications for Catalysis and Energy Storage by Jiangyuan Xing, Yan Liu, George Mathew, Qiu He, Jasmin Aghassi‐Hagmann, Simon Schweidler, Ben Breitung

“…Abstract As a nascent class of high‐entropy materials (HEMs), high‐entropy metal–organic frameworks (HE‐MOFs) have garnered significant attention in the fields of catalysis and renewable energy technology owing to their intriguing features, including abundant active sites, stable framework structure, and adjustable chemical properties. …”
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Analyzing the Price Gap Between Steers and Bulls in Florida: The Effect of Price Slides on the Value of Additional Pounds by Hannah Baker

“…Bulls may weigh more than steers at the time of weaning, bringing what seems like a higher price, but there is a price slide for entering the heavier weight class. Determining the value of those additional pounds, and whether it is enough to make up for the discount is key. …”
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Les enjeux du végétal dans une ville du « Sud »  by Mustapha El Hannani, Aude Nuscia Taïbi, Naïma Brabra, Sigrid Giffon

“…The palm groves and rows of trees have been retreating with encroaching urbanisation, golf courses, tourist complexes and villas, ever since the colonial period and increasingly in recent decades. …”
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African Easterly Waves and Cyclonic Activity over the Eastern Atlantic: Composite and Case Studies by Moctar Camara, Arona Diedhiou, Amadou Gaye

“…A statistical study showed that most of the named cyclones generated near the West African coast have a long lifecycle and all are associated with intense AEWs. …”
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Research on the Effects of Hydropneumatic Parameters on Tracked Vehicle Ride Safety Based on Cosimulation by Shousong Han, Zhiqiang Chao, Xiangbo Liu

“…Test verification of a single suspension unit is accomplished and the suspension parameters are implemented within the hydropneumatic model. Virtual tests on a G class road at different speeds are conducted. Effects of the accumulator charge pressure, damping diameter, and the track tensioning pressure on the ride safety are analyzed and quantified. …”
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