Cranioplasty infection in porous hydroxyapatite: Potential antibacterial properties by Ismail Zaed, Corrado Iaccarino, Francesca Faedo, Laura Grillini, Elisabetta Galassi, Alessandro Dotti, Angelo Nataloni, Francesca Carolina Mannella, Andrea Cardia

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Physical Activity Levels During Physical Education Classes and Their Impact on Physical Fitness in 10-Year-Old School Children: A Comparative Study by Vladan Pelemiš, Slobodan Pavlović, Nebojša Mitrović, Ivko Nikolić, Dalibor Stević, Nebojša Trajković

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Seasonal Variations in the Physical Fitness of South African Premier Soccer League Players over an Annual Training Macrocycle (Nine Months) by Mduduzi Rhini, Robert Charles Hickner, Rowena Naidoo, Takshita Sookan-Kassie

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Influence of Biological Maturation on the Career Trajectory of Football Players: Does It Predict Elite Success? by Saül Aixa-Requena, Albert Gil-Galve, Alejandro Legaz-Arrese, Vicenç Hernández-González, Joaquín Reverter-Masia

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Acute Effects of Passive Stretching with and Without Vibration on Hip Range of Motion, Temperature, and Stiffness Parameters in Male Elite Athletes by Daniel Jochum, Viola Vogel, Konstantin Warneke

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Short Term Effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Combined with Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Youth Basketball Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Manuel Sos-Tirado, Aser Campo-Manzanares, Lidia Aguado-Oregui, Carles Cerdá-Calatayud, Juan Carlos Guardiola-Ruiz, Celia García-Lucas, Francisco Javier Montañez-Aguilera, Juan Francisco Lisón, Juan José Amer-Cuenca

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The Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Needle Approaches for Patellar Tendinopathy: A Theoretical Cadaveric Model by Laura Calderón-Díez, Pedro Belón-Pérez, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, José L. Sánchez-Sánchez

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Relationships Between Effort, Rate of Perceived Exertion, and Readiness During a Warm-Up for High-Speed Sprinting by Roland van den Tillaar, Nick Ball, Per Øyvind Torvik

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Knee Mechanics, Strength and Flexibility: Assessing Injury Risk in Female Adolescent Soccer Players by Koulla Parpa, Marcos Michaelides

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Effect of a Community-Based Program on Preschoolers’ Physical Activity and Nutrition in Chile by Gabriela Salazar, Fabian Vasquez, Margarita Andrade, Maria del Pilar Rodriguez, Rocio Berlanga, Juanita Rojas, Antonio Giadalah, Alvaro Muñoz

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Improved sliding mode path tracking control for automated guided vehicles with the disturbances compensation by Jun Nie, Xinyu Zhang, Chunyang Sheng, Haixia Wang, Xiao Lu

“…Subsequently, a sliding mode controller is proposed based on an improved piecewise variable speed reaching law, which incorporates both the hyperbolic tangent function and a special power function. …”
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并联机器人的新型趋近率滑模控制研究 by 石明明, 高国琴, 牛雪梅

“…Secondly,the stability of the controller is analyzed and proved theoretically by a Lyapunov function. Finally,the simulation experiments of the parallel mechanism dynamics model and control are carried out by using MATLAB.Comparing with a computed torque control and a conventional reaching law sliding mode control,the results show that the established dynamics model is suitable for the real- time dynamic control of the parallel mechanism and the designed control method has the better performance.…”
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A pilot study for self-guided, active robotic training of proprioception of the upper limb in chronic stroke by Duncan T. Tulimieri, GilHwan Kim, Joanna E. Hoh, Fabrizio Sergi, Jennifer A. Semrau

“…Sensorimotor function of the upper limb was measured pre- and post-training via robotic measures of motor function [Visually Guided Reaching (VGR)] and position sense [Arm Position Matching (APM)]. …”
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Associations between handedness and cerebral lateralisation for language: a comparison of three measures in children. by Margriet A Groen, Andrew J O Whitehouse, Nicholas A Badcock, Dorothy V M Bishop

“…We investigated the associations of three different handedness assessments; 1) a hand preference inventory, 2) a measure of relative hand skill, and 3) performance on a reaching task; with cerebral lateralisation for language function as derived from functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound during a language production task, in a group of 57 typically developing children aged from 6 to 16 years. …”
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Adaptive Fractional-Order Nonsingular Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Manipulators by Xin Zhang, Ran Shi

“…Secondly, in view of the problems of large chattering and slow convergence speed in the reaching stage, this paper designs a variable exponential power-reaching law (VEPRL), which has the ability to change the exponential coefficients according to the system state adaptively. …”
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Design of an improved adaptive sliding mode observer for charge/discharge control in flywheel energy storage systems by Shiyong Xiao, Zhihao Han, Guowei Cai, Zhihui Liu

“…An integral sliding mode surface and a power reaching law are incorporated into the sliding mode surface function, which not only suppresses chattering but also improves the system’s dynamic response speed. …”
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The Sensory Input from the External Cuneate Nucleus and Central Cervical Nucleus to the Cerebellum Refines Forelimb Movements by Chidubem Eneanya, George M. Smith

“…Here, we examined the significance of the ECN and CeCv, separately, in forelimb function. In conjunction with inhibitory DREADDs (hM4Di), we observed an obstruction in single pellet reaching and grasping when ECN activity was repressed, both unilaterally and bilaterally, in normal rats. …”
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Prototyping Applications for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation With Kinesthesic Haptic Technology by Naoya Tojo, Tomoyuki Shimono

“…Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, often resulting in hemiplegia, necessitating extensive rehabilitation to regain function and movement. Physical therapy plays a crucial role in helping patients regain basic motor skills. …”
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From Westernisation To Wild Westernisation: The Power Of Social Media by Nur Esra Atmaca

“…The important breaking point is the unprecedented power and function of the Internet, which is characterised as the 5th power, in reaching the masses. …”
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PRALINE: study protocol for a phase IIb inpatient stroke rehabilitation randomized controlled trial investigating longitudinal outcomes after progressive abduction loading therapy by Heidi R. Roth, Carolina Carmona, Gina Clark, Jane E. Gyarmaty, Julius P. A. Dewald, Elise Giblin, Richard L. Harvey, Jacquelyn Jaskiewicz, Kwang-Youn A. Kim, Nicola Lancki, Alexis Luhrsen, Ahalya Mandana, Deepali Manikonda, Andrew Morris, Sonia Sheth, Mary Ellen Stoykov, Amanda C. Young, Donna Zielke, Michael D. Ellis

“…Primary outcomes include change in reaching function of the affected upper extremity, measured by kinematic evaluation. …”
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