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Consequential evaluation of the rural guide plan in rural settlements of Iran based on the viewpoints of academic experts and executive bodies [PDF]

مسکن و محیط روستا, 2022
In Iran, development measures are carried out in villages with the priority of physical-spatial development based on the rural guide plan. Rural guide plan or in other words comprehensive rural development plan has been prepared and implemented with the ...
Hassan Afrakhteh, Farhad Azizpour, Somayeh Azizi   +2 more
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The distinct structure of the city: The case of Ljubljana [PDF]

Urbani Izziv, 2001
In view of the ongoing societal changes, views on urban development are changing as well. Recognisable urban structure is understood as a value in all physical development concepts.
Kaliopa Dimitrovska Andrews, Breda Mihelič, Ivan Stanič   +2 more
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Elementary Students’ Knowledge Development during the Implementation of “After School Exercise” Program

Children, 2021
Physical education should focus not only on students’ motor and emotional development but also on their cognitive development. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether elementary students’ health-related knowledge and physical activity ...
Ioannis Syrmpas, Marios Goudas
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Physical Inactivity, Non-Communicable Diseases and National Fitness Plan of China for Physical Activity

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2021
Rashid Menhas,1 Jianhui Dai,2 Muhammad Azeem Ashraf,3 Sohail M Noman,4 Sumaira Khurshid,5 Sajid Mahmood,6 Yu Weng,2 Rizwan Ahmad Laar,7 Xuehui Sang,2 Muhammad Kamran,8 Babar Shahzad,9 Waseem Iqbal9 1Research Center of Sports Social Sciences, School of ...
Menhas R, Dai J, Ashraf MA, M Noman S, Khurshid S, Mahmood S, Weng Y, Ahmad Laar R, Sang X, Kamran M, Shahzad B, Iqbal W   +11 more
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the PLAN-A intervention, a peer led physical activity program for adolescent girls: results of a cluster randomised controlled trial

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2021
Background Physical activity is associated with improved health. Girls are less active than boys. Pilot work showed that a peer-led physical activity intervention called PLAN-A was a promising method of increasing physical activity in secondary school ...
Russell Jago, Byron Tibbitts, Kathryn Willis, Emily Sanderson, Rebecca Kandiyali, Tom Reid, Ruth R Kipping, Rona Campbell, Stephanie J MacNeill, William Hollingworth, Simon J. Sebire   +10 more
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Can yoga meet the requirement of the physical activity guideline of India? A descriptive review

International Journal of Yoga, 2020
Background: Physical inactivity is the fourth major risk factor for global mortality accounting for 6% of all deaths globally and it is a key risk factor for noncommunicable disease occurrences. About 54.4% of Indians are physically inactive and
Satyajit Mohanty, Venkatarao Epari, Sandul Yasobant   +2 more
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The Role of Personal Control in Alleviating Negative Perceptions in the Open-Plan Workplace

Buildings, 2018
Today’s office buildings adopt open-plan settings for collaboration and space efficiency. However, the open plan setting has been intensively criticized for its adverse user experiences, such as noise, privacy loss, and over cooling.
Zhonghua Gou, Jian Zhang, Leigh Shutter
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Effects of Specific Training Using a Rowing Ergometer on Sport Performance in Adolescents

Applied Sciences
The main purpose of this study was to study the effects of a specific rowing ergometer training program on the athletic performance of young adolescents (N = 56; 11.73 ± 1.4 years old) compared to a workout based on general strength training.
Juan Gavala-González, Mª Elena Porras-García, José Carlos Fernández-García, Mateo Real-Pérez   +3 more
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Generating and predicting high quality action plans to facilitate physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption: results from an experimental arm of a randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background In order to improve the transition from an intention to a change in health behaviour, action planning is a frequently used behavioural change method. The quality of action plans in terms of instrumentality and specificity is important in terms
Dominique Alexandra Reinwand, Rik Crutzen, Vera Storm, Julian Wienert, Tim Kuhlmann, Hein de Vries, Sonia Lippke   +6 more
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Low dose of emetine as potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 virus therapy: preclinical in vitro inhibition and in vivo pharmacokinetic evidences

Molecular Biomedicine, 2020
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has attracted extensive drug searching interets for the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Although currently several of clinically used “old” drugs have been repurposed to this new disease for the urgent clinical investigation ...
Aoli Wang, Yong Sun, Qingwang Liu, Hong Wu, Juan Liu, Jun He, Junling Yu, Qing Qing Chen, Yinglu Ge, Zhuhui Zhang, Chen Hu, Cheng Chen, Ziping Qi, Fengming Zou, Feiyang Liu, Jie Hu, Ming Zhao, Tao Huang, Beilei Wang, Li Wang, Wei Wang, Wenchao Wang, Tao Ren, Jing Liu, Yehuan Sun, Song Fan, Qibing Wu, Chaozhao Liang, Liangdan Sun, Bin Su, Wei Wei, Qingsong Liu   +31 more
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