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Inconsistency in serial choice decision and motor reaction times dissociate in younger and older adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Intraindividual variability (inconsistency) in reaction time (RT) latencies was investigated in a group of younger (M = 25.46 years) and older (M = 69.29 years) men.
Anstey   +30 more
core   +1 more source

Not only a problem of fatigue and sleepiness: Changes in psychomotor performance in Italian nurses across 8-h rapidly rotating shifts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Although many studies have detailed the consequences of shift work in nurses concerning health, fatigue, sleepiness, or medical errors, no study has been carried out trying to disentangle the contribution of sleepiness and fatigue associated to shift ...
D'Atri, Aurora   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Review on structural fatigue of NiTi shape memory alloys: Pure mechanical and thermo-mechanical ones

open access: yesTheoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2015
Structural fatigue of NiTi shape memory alloys is a key issue that should be solved in order to promote their engineering applications and utilize their unique shape memory effect and super-elasticity more sufficiently.
Guozheng Kang, Di Song
doaj   +1 more source

‘What’s it like to have ME?’ The discursive construction of ME in computer-mediated communication and face-to-face interaction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) is a debilitating illness for which no cause or medical tests have been identified. Debates over its nature have generated interest from qualitative researchers.
Andy McKinlay   +17 more
core   +5 more sources

Workers’ Aging Management—Human Fatigue at Work: An Experimental Offices Study

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
The aging issue in the work context is becoming a significant element of the future sustainability of service and industrial companies. It is well known that with increasing worker age the problem of maintaining the performance and the safety level when ...
Marcello Fera   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-agent evolutionary systems for the generation of complex virtual worlds

open access: yes, 2016
Modern films, games and virtual reality applications are dependent on convincing computer graphics. Highly complex models are a requirement for the successful delivery of many scenes and environments.
Connor, Andy M., Kruse, Jan
core   +2 more sources

Entropy Based Fatigue, Fracture, Failure Prediction and Structural Health Monitoring

open access: yesEntropy, 2020
This special issue is dedicated to entropy-based fatigue, fracture, failure prediction and structural health monitoring[...]
Cemal Basaran
doaj   +1 more source

A Review on Fatigue Performance of Concrete Structures Part II, Material Parameters and Environmental Factors

open access: yesNordic Concrete Research, 2023
Fatigue is a critical issue for concrete structures subjected to repetitive and varying loads, particularly in infrastructure and transportation systems.
Afaghi Mohammad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychosocial/survivorship issues in breast cancer: are we doing better? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Modern breast cancer treatment offers many women greater prospects of cure or lengthier, good quality survival than was possible in the past. Advances include improved diagnostic and staging procedures, sophisticated onco-plastic surgery, enhanced ...
Ahles   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Special Issue on Fatigue, Performance, and Damage Assessments of Concrete

open access: yesApplied Sciences
This Special Issue covers the latest research on fatigue, performance, and damage assessments of concrete. Concrete fatigue is known as a phenomenon characterized by the repetition of loads.
Sungchul Yang
doaj   +1 more source

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