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Spinal cords: Symphonies of interneurons across species
Vertebrate movement is orchestrated by spinal inter- and motor neurons that, together with sensory and cognitive input, produce dynamic motor behaviors.
Alexia C. Wilson, Lora B. Sweeney
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Valuing embodiment: insights from dance practice among people living with dementia
There is a growing appreciation for the ability of person-centered arts-based approaches to extend multiple domains of brain health of people living with dementia.
Magda Kaczmarska, Magda Kaczmarska
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In sport pedagogical contexts, body, movement and experience can be seen as fundamental issues. The conceptualization of these issues—often based on anthropological, phenomenological, or otherwise philosophical considerations on how human beings act and ...
Sebastian Ruin, Martin Giese
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Translocation of large mammals has become common practice for wildlife managers charged with conservation of animals and their genetic integrity on increasingly modified landscapes.
David C. Smedley+4 more
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The patient movement as an emancipation movement [PDF]
AbstractObjective To suggest that the patient movement is an emancipation movement.Background The patient movement is young and fragmented; and it can seem confusing because it lacks an explicit ideology with intellectual and theoretical underpinnings.Methods Drawing mainly on the experiences and the published writings of patient activists, the ...
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The study of anthropometric points that change based on the movement of parachutists in the airspace
When designing parachutists' clothing in the airspace, it is necessary to take into account the influence of dangerous and harmful factors in relation to them, including external environmental factors in which the parachutist is located, functional ...
A. Zh. Abekova+2 more
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Patterns of Selection of Human Movements I: Movement Utility, Metabolic Energy, and Normal Walking Gaits [PDF]
The biomechanics of the human body allow humans a range of possible ways of executing movements to attain specific goals. Nevertheless, humans exhibit significant patterns in how they execute movements. We propose that the observed patterns of human movement arise because subjects select those ways to execute movements that are, in a rigorous sense ...
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This year, the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award will be shared by Michael Sheetz, James Spudich, and Ronald Vale for discoveries concerning the biophysical actions of cytoskeletal motor-protein machines that move cargo within cells, contract muscles, and enable cell motility.
Gregory A. Petsko+2 more
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Past research has supported the importance of animal personalities for the productivity and welfare of farm animals. However, current assessments of personality traits are commonly conducted over short periods using standardized assays and may not ...
Camille M. Montalcini+2 more
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Quantitative Upper Limb Assessment With Natural User Interface in Children With Hemiparesis
Quantitative, efficient, and accurate measurement of upper limb motor performance is relevant for monitoring upper limb progress in daily activities of people with cerebral palsy, which is helpful to define an appropriate rehabilitation procedure ...
Celia Francisco-Martinez+7 more
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