Author(s): Wu J; Xu Z; Zhang Y; Su CY; Wang Y;
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) show broad application prospects in the area of soft robots since they offer merits of fast response, large deformation, light weight and high energy conversion efficiency. Practical soft robot applications would usually require the study on the modeling and control of the DEA. However, the DEA has a memory property, ...
Article GUID: 36792481
Author(s): Jason Corban, Nicolaos Karatzas, Kevin Y Zhao, Athanasios Babouras, Stephane Bergeron, Thomas Fevens, Hassan Rivaz, Paul A Martineau
CONCLUSION: Increased peak coronal angle and decreased peak sagittal angle during a DVJ were significantly associated with increased risk for noncontact ACL injury. Based on ROC analysis, initial coronal angle showed good prognostic ability, whereas peak coronal angle and peak sagittal flexion pr ...
Article GUID: 36790216
Author(s): Haas-Neill L; Meneksedag-Erol D; Rauscher S;
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Article GUID: 36782815
Author(s): Alysha L Deslippe
CONCLUSIONS: Lifestyle interventions that foster self-regulatory skills, opportunities for social engagement and personalization of goals may improve behaviour adherence. This can be achieved through inclusion of BCT, tapering off of intervention supports, identification of meaningful goals and anticipated barriers with participants.
Article GUID: 36782207
Author(s): Wu N; Joyal-Desmarais K; Ribeiro PAB; Vieira AM; Stojanovic J; Sanuade C; Yip D; Bacon SL;
Background: Synthesising evidence on the long-term vaccine effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines (BNT162b2 [Pfizer-BioNTech], mRNA-1273 [Moderna], ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 [AZD1222; Oxford-AstraZeneca], and Ad26.COV2.S [Janssen]) against infections, hospitalisations, and mortality is crucial to making eviden ...
Article GUID: 36780914
Author(s): Brittany Intzandt
Independently, obesity and physical activity (PA) influence cerebral structure in aging, yet their interaction has not been investigated. We examined sex differences in the relationships among PA, obesity, and cerebral structure in aging with 340 participants who completed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition to quantify grey matter volume (GMV) a ...
Article GUID: 36781598
Author(s): Chen Z; Elektorowicz M; An C; Tian X;
Sea ice can serve as a temporary sink for microplastics (MPs), and thus, it too can function as a secondary source of and transport medium for MPs. This study aimed to explore the effect of various MP properties and environmental characteristics on the entrainment and enrichment of MPs in ice under varying turbulence conditions. It was found that high rot ...
Article GUID: 36780450
Author(s): Cumming D; Hornuf L; Karami M; Schweizer D;
Fraud in the reward-based crowdfunding market has been of concern to regulators, but it is arguably of greater importance to the nascent industry itself. Despite its significance for entrepreneurial finance, our knowledge of the occurrence, determinants, and consequences of fraud in this market, as well as the implications for the business ethics literatu ...
Article GUID: 36779203
Author(s): Manouchehri N; Bouguila N;
Human activity recognition (HAR) has become an interesting topic in healthcare. This application is important in various domains, such as health monitoring, supporting elders, and disease diagnosis. Considering the increasing improvements in smart devices, large amounts of data are generated in our daily lives. In this work, we propose unsupervised, scale ...
Article GUID: 36772428
Author(s): Ben-Porat T; Sherf-Dagan S;
Bariatric surgery (BS) is usually considered when other weight-loss treatments have failed, and remains an effective long-term treatment for severe obesity and its related medical complications [...].
Article GUID: 36771222
Author(s): Véronik Lachance
For the past several years, fundamental research on Sigma-1R (S1R) protein has unveiled its necessity for maintaining proper cellular homeostasis through modulation of calcium and lipid exchange between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria, ER-stress response, and many other mechanisms. Most of these processes, such as ER-stress response and au ...
Article GUID: 36768299
Author(s): Jafari H; Sedaghati R;
This study aims to enhance and tune wave-propagation properties (Bandgaps) of periodic structures featuring magnetorheological elastomers (MREs). For this purpose, first, a basic model of periodic structures (square unit cell with cross-shaped arms), which does not possess noise filtering properties in the conventional configuration, is considered. A pass ...
Article GUID: 36772034
