In-season training load quantification of one-, two- and three-game week schedules in a top European professional soccer team [PDF]
Top European soccer teams that play in UEFA competitions often participate in one, two- or three-games per week. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure optimal match-day performance and full recovery.
Brito, João +7 more
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The properties of bitumen with different modifiers after a short-term aging process
The aim of the study was a comparative feasibility studies of the influence of modern modifiers (Trinidad , Gilsonit , synthetic wax , adhesive agent ) for incorporating them to the bituminous mixture at low temperatures production.
Marek Iwański +2 more
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Effect of two different participant information sheets on recruitment to a falls trial:an embedded randomised recruitment trial [PDF]
Background/Aims: Recruitment to trials of intervention for older people who fall is challenging. Evidence suggests that the word falls has negative connotations for older people, and this may present a barrier to engaging with trials in this area.
Band, Margaret M. +7 more
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Personalizing the design of computer‐based instruction to enhance learning [PDF]
This paper reports two studies designed to investigate the effect on learning outcomes of matching individuals’ preferred cognitive styles to computer‐based instructional (CBI) material.
Boles, Wageeh +2 more
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Patterns of Sponge Abundance Across a Gradient of Habitat Quality in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia [PDF]
Sponges are important components of reef communities worldwide, fulfilling a number of important functional roles. Habitat degradation caused by the loss of hard corals has the potential to cause increases in sponge abundance and percentage cover as they
Bell, JJ +3 more
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If There Is No Significant Difference, Why Should We Care?
In the early 1900’s, as correspondence courses came into vogue, there was a question that weighed on the minds of educators: could students learn as well at a distance as they could face to face?
Sharmila Basu Conger, Ph.D.,
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Pilot investigation of a virtual gastric band hypnotherapy intervention [PDF]
This was a pilot investigation of 30 men and women with a BMI > 27kg/m² over a 24 week period. It aimed to determine whether virtual gastric band (VGB) hypnotherapy has an effect on weight loss in overweight adults, compared to relaxation hypnotherapy ...
Atkin, Stephen +8 more
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基于程函面波成像的华北克拉通岩石圈三维高分辨率S波速度结构研究
利用“中国地震科学台阵探测”项目Ⅱ期和Ⅲ期的流动地震台站以及中国区域地震台网中的部分固定台站的观测资料,采用程函面波成像方法获得了华北克拉通及周边区域10—120 s周期的瑞雷面波相速度分布和高分辨率的三维S波速度结构,并基于该速度模型估算了岩石圈厚度分布。结果显示,华北克拉通内部岩石圈厚度除了存在“西厚东薄”的一级分布特征外,还存在一些更小尺度的差异,包括鄂尔多斯地块内部岩石圈“南厚北薄”、鄂尔多斯地块周缘断陷带岩石圈显著的不均匀减薄以及燕山构造带与其南侧华北平原之间的显著差异等 ...
Shijun Zhong +4 more
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Measuring Learning Effectiveness: A New Look at No-Significant-Difference Findings
Researchers, instructional designers and consumers of ALNs must be cautious when interpreting results of media comparison studies. Much of the literature purports to have found no significant difference in learning effectiveness between technology-based
Ernest H. Joy, Federico E. Garcia
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ObjectiveReduced hemispheric asymmetry has been identified as a potential risk factor for schizophrenia, characterized by diminished brain lateralization and a lack of dominance in the left hemisphere.
Katerina Akabalieva
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