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The Acceleration and Deceleration Profiles of U-18 Women’s Basketball Players during Competitive Matches

Sports, 2019
The ability of a player to perform high-intensity actions can be linked to common requirements of team sports, and the ability to accelerate can be an important factor in successfully facing the opponent.
María Reina, Javier García-Rubio, José Pino-Ortega, Sergio J. Ibáñez   +3 more
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
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Music-integrated strength–proprioceptive training improves lower-limb performance and postural balance in adolescents with visual impairment: a randomized controlled trial

Scientific Reports
Adolescents with visual impairment (VI) often exhibit reduced physical fitness (PF) and functional autonomy due to limited sensory input and restricted opportunities for physical activity (PA).
Rym Baccouch, Hana Maatoug, Rihab Borji, Achraf Ammar, Thouraya Fendri, Haithem Rebai, Sonia Sahli   +6 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orthogonal learning particle swarm optimization [PDF]

, 2010
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) relies on its learning strategy to guide its search direction. Traditionally, each particle utilizes its historical best experience and its neighborhood’s best experience through linear summation.
Zhi-hui Zhan, Jun Zhang, Yu-hui Shi, Zhan, Z-H., Yun Li, Li, Y., Shi, Y-H., Zhang, J.   +7 more
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Oxygen, Hormones, and Performance: A Case Study of Menstrual Cycle Effects on Athletic Physiology

Applied Sciences
The menstrual cycle represents a fundamental biological rhythm in a woman’s life. This study aims to analyse the potential influence of the menstrual cycle on female athletic performance, specifically focusing on variations in body composition, muscle ...
Almudena Martínez-Sánchez, Amalia Campos-Redondo, Sergio J. Ibáñez, Javier García-Rubio   +3 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance-based optimization of structures: theory and applications

, 2005
Performance-based Optimization of Structures introduces a method to bridge the gap between optimization theory and its practical applications to structural engineering.
Liang, Qing Quan
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Monitoring the Impact of Two Pedagogical Models on Physical Load in an Alternative School Sport Using Inertial Devices

Sensors
(1) Background: Physical Education sessions subject students to various physical and physiological demands that teachers must understand to design interventions aimed at improving health and fitness.
Olga Calle, Antonio Antúnez, Sergio González-Espinosa, Sergio José Ibáñez, Sebastián Feu   +4 more
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Effects of Psychological, Environmental and Physical Stressors on the Gut Microbiota

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Stress, a ubiquitous part of daily human life, has varied biological effects which are increasingly recognized as including modulation of commensal microorganisms residing in the gastrointestinal tract, the gut microbiota.
J. Philip Karl, Adrienne M. Hatch, Steven M. Arcidiacono, Sarah C. Pearce, Ida G. Pantoja-Feliciano, Laurel A. Doherty, Jason W. Soares   +6 more
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