Does Feedback from Physical Activity Measurement Devices Influence Physical Activity? Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial by Htay-Wah Saw, Arie Kapteyn, Jill Darling

“…On the other hand, the feedback can also be a desirable property as it can be employed to promote PA across settings. …”
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Lower serum magnesium level is an important risk factor for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents hypo-responsiveness in hemodialysis patients by Hayam Hebah, Shaimaa Abdelmegied, Dina Osman, Lina Khedr

“…ERI mean values were (13.63 ± 3.17 Vs 10.52 ± 2.74 IU/week/kg) which was also found to be a significant p-value < 0.001. Patients with normo-hypomagnesemia had more dialysis-associated symptoms (tremors, weakness, and muscle cramps) (p-value < 0.001). …”
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Drastic Improvements in Air Quality in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Outbreak by Rasa Zalakeviciute, Renne Vasquez, Daniel Bayas, Adrian Buenano, Danilo Mejia, Rafael Zegarra, Valeria Diaz, Brian Lamb

“…This lag could have a considerable cost to the mortality rate in the port city, not only due to the spread of the disease but also due to the poor air quality. Overall, the air quality data demonstrate how quickly air quality can improve when emissions are reduced.…”
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TEFM facilitates transition from RNA synthesis to DNA synthesis at H-strand replication origin of mtDNA by Shigeru Matsuda, Masunari Nakayama, Yura Do, Takashi Ishiuchi, Mikako Yagi, Sjoerd Wanrooij, Kazuto Nakada, Fan-Yan Wei, Kenji Ichiyanagi, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Dongchon Kang, Takehiro Yasukawa

“…A 7S DNA strand, a presumed aborted replication product, is also synthesized from OH. Transition from RNA synthesis to DNA synthesis at OH is crucial for balancing replication with transcription, yet the mechanism remains unclear. …”
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Exact controllability for systems describing plate vibrations. A perturbation approach by Bournissou, Megane, Ervedoza, Sylvain, Tucsnak, Marius

“…This leads, via a fixed-point method, to our second main result: the nonlinear system described by the von Kármán plate equations is locally exactly controllable around any stationary state defined by a real analytic function. We also discuss the possible application of the methods in this paper to systems described by Schrödinger type equations on manifolds or by the related Berger’s nonlinear plate equation.…”
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Cerebrovascular accidents association between serum trace elements and toxic metals level, a case-control study. by Khosro Jamebozorgi, Alireza Kooshki, Mahbobeh Saljoughi, Mohamadjavad Sanjari, Zahra Ahmadi, Seyed Mohammad Mosavi Mirzaei

“…Logistic regression (LR) has also been used to determine the association between metals' levels and CVA occurrence.…”
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Wet Deposition and Long-range Transport of Major Ions Related to Snow at Northwestern Himalayas (India) by Anshu Sharma, U. C. Kulshrestha

“…In contrast at Beerwah site, low pH is probably due to very low concentrations of all the major cations. This study also suggested that non-sea salt sources contributed a significant fraction of SO42−, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+. …”
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Concepciones de justicia en niños y niñas que habitan contextos urbanos violentos by Sara Victoria Alvarado, Héctor Fabio Ospina, María Teresa Luna

“…Este artículo, resultado de la investigación cualitativa hermenéutica Concepciones Políticas y Transformación de Actitudes frente a la Equidad en Niños y Niñas de sectores de alto riesgo social del Eje Cafetero, somete a discusión tres categorías sobre las concepciones sobre justicia en niños y niñas de 8 a 10 años de contextos violentos: justicia como equidad (perspectiva social-cultural), como cumplimiento de normas y sanciones (perspectiva moral-jurídica), y como ejercicio de la democracia (perspectiva política). …”
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Quadriceps Strength Influences Patient Function More Than Single Leg Forward Hop During Late-Stage ACL Rehabilitation by Meredith Chaput, Marcus Palimenio, Brooke Farmer, Dimitrios Katsavelis, Jennifer J. Bagwell, Kimberly A. Turman, Chris Wichman, Terry L. Grindstaff

“…Performance measures contribute to patient function, but it is not clear if achieving symmetrical performance on strength and hop tests is sufficient or if a patient also needs to meet minimum unilateral thresholds.…”
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Integrating electrocardiogram and fundus images for early detection of cardiovascular diseases by K. A. Muthukumar, Dhruva Nandi, Priya Ranjan, Krithika Ramachandran, Shiny PJ, Anirban Ghosh, Ashwini M, Aiswaryah Radhakrishnan, V. E. Dhandapani, Rajiv Janardhanan

“…As we continue our research, we anticipate refining and validating the model further to enhance its clinical applicability in resource limited healthcare ecosystems prevalent across the Indian sub-continent and also the world at large.…”
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Seasonal recurrence and modular assembly of an Arctic pelagic marine microbiome by Taylor Priest, Ellen Oldenburg, Ovidiu Popa, Bledina Dede, Katja Metfies, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Sinhué Torres-Valdés, Christina Bienhold, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann, Antje Boetius, Matthias Wietz

“…Leveraging metatranscriptomes from Tara Oceans, we also demonstrate the consistency in functional dynamics across the wider Arctic Ocean during similar temporal periods. …”
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Assessment of Reductions in Emission-driven Air Pollution during the Beijing Olympic Games, Shanghai World Expo, Guangzhou Asian Games and Wuhan COVID-19 Lockdown by Ying Li, Haoxiang Xu

“…In this study, we applied this method to quantify emission-driven impacts on the observed air quality changes during the three largest international socioeconomic mega-events in China, namely, Shanghai World Expo in 2010, Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, and Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010. We also applied the method to the air quality variation during the lockdown period in Wuhan due to COVID-19 and compared the emission-driven impacts on air quality among these events. …”
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Integrated analysis of proteomics and metabolomics in infantile epileptic spasms syndrome by Jun Chen, Xiaoqian Wang, Xueyi Rao, Huan Luo, Yajun Shen, Jing Gan

“…Additionally, these findings also assist in identifying new therapeutic targets and developing more effective treatment strategies.…”
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Correlations Between Preseason Functional Test Scores and Game Performance in Female Collegiate Volleyball Players by Jason Brumitt, Christopher Patterson, Robert Dudley, Eric Sorenson, Tyler Cuddeford, Heidi Cooke, Linda Froemming

“…There were moderate positive correlations between YBT-LQ composite scores and game statistics for liberos, defensive specialists, hitters, and middle blockers. There were also low to moderate level positive correlations between SLJ and SLH scores and game performance for outside hitters. …”
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Insights into the binding selectivity of harzianoic acids A and B to tetraspanin CD81 by Gérard Vergoten, Christian Bailly

“…A comparison of the interaction with the homologous tetraspanin CD9, which also presents a dynamic open/closed equilibrium, underlined the marked selectivity of Hz-A/B for CD81 over CD9. …”
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Diagnosis and presenting features of autoimmune hepatitis at a central referral hospital in South Africa by Y Maharaj, V G Naidoo

“…Aim We aim to describe the presenting features of AIH from a single referral centre in a Sub-Sahara African setting. We also compare the presenting features of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients. …”
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Non-Linear Control of Interleaved Boost Converter Using Disturbance Observer-Based Approach by Avinash Mishra, Sanjoy Mandal, Jean-Yves Dieulot, Mrinal R. Bachute, Mohd Faizan, Anna Pinnarelli, Mehrdad Heidari, Alireza Soleimani

“…The use of the recommended control algorithm is demonstrated through MATLAB results and also using experiments based on prototype and using dSPACE 1104.…”
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Comprehensive genome-wide analysis of ARF transcription factors in orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata): the positive regulatory role of DgARF7 in drought resistance by Miaoli Wang, Wen Liu, Guangyan Feng, Gang Nie, Zhongfu Yang, Feixiang Hao, Linkai Huang, Xinquan Zhang

“…Overexpressed Arabidopsis lines of DgARF7 exhibited a markedly higher relative water content and superoxide dismutase activity, while the malondialdehyde content was significantly decreased compared to wild type under drought stress. DgARF7 also accelerated flowering time by inducing the flowering-related gene expression levels in Arabidopsis. …”
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Modelling and Simulation of Perturb and Observe MPPT Algorithm Based on The PI Controller for Photovoltaic System by Ahlam Mohamad Shakoor, Hersh Hasan Taha

“…DC to DC boost converter with perfect performance and high voltage gain is also successfully simulated on the developed PV system.   …”
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Dynamics of perceived threat and media exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic by Talia Morstead, Nancy L. Sin, Anita DeLongis

“…Additionally, between-person associations indicated that those who scored highly on any of the three study variables, also tended to score highly on the others. Effects at the within-person level suggest a potential vicious cycle of media exposure, COVID-19 thought frequency and perceived threat of COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic. …”
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