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Development of Irrigation Water Quality Index Using Artificial Neural Network

Journal of Scientific Research in Science, 2023
The data-driven Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques revealed specific relevance for the treatment of nonlinear relations and predicting the behaviour of complex systems, as a promising application in hydrology and water quality problems. The goal of
Nema Mohamed Kandil, Raafat Ahmed Rayan, Mostafa A. Sadek   +2 more
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The Acute Effects of Standing on Executive Functioning in Vocational Education and Training Students: The Phit2Learn Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Research suggests that sedentary behavior (SB) is negatively associated with cognitive outcomes. Interrupting prolonged sitting has been shown to improve cognitive functions, including executive functioning (EF), which is important for academic ...
Petra J. Luteijn, Inge S. M. van der Wurff, Amika S. Singh, Hans H. C. M. Savelberg, Renate H. M. de Groot   +4 more
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Does physical activity moderate the association between device-measured sedentary time patterns and depressive symptoms in adults?

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2022
Objectives: To investigate the association between sedentary time (ST) patterns and depressive symptoms, and whether moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) can moderate this association.
André O. Werneck, Aaron Kandola, William R. Tebar, Danilo R. Silva, Brendon Stubbs, Diego G.D. Christofaro   +5 more
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Influence of Lateral Sitting Wedges on the Rasterstereographically Measured Scoliosis Angle in Patients Aged 10–18 Years with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Bioengineering, 2023
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional axial deviation of the spine diagnosed in adolescence. Despite a long daily sitting duration, there are no studies on whether scoliosis can be positively influenced by sitting on a seat wedge ...
Andreas Feustel, Jürgen Konradi, Claudia Wolf, Janine Huthwelker, Ruben Westphal, Daniel Chow, Christian Hülstrunk, Philipp Drees, Ulrich Betz   +8 more
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Climate structures bison dietary quality and composition at the continental scale

Environmental DNA, 2020
Background Nutrition is a key determinant of North American plains bison (Bison bison) weight gain and reproduction, yet little is known about what bison eat and the pattern of nutritional stress across their distribution.
Tami Jorns, Joseph Craine, E. Gene Towne, Margaret Knox   +3 more
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Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case study

Cogent Engineering, 2021
Solid waste is one of the leading environmental problems affecting human lives. Selecting a landfill where waste is disposed of is a complicated issue that related to many factors and regulations.
Sabreen L. Kareem, Sohaib K. Al-Mamoori, Laheab A. Al-Maliki, Mohammed Q. Al-Dulaimi, Nadhir Al-Ansari   +4 more
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Sitting

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2022
During a local COVID-19 surge in late 2021, salaried health system leaders were asked to volunteer for nonclinical hospital shifts to help alleviate staffing shortages. The author, a family physician by training now working largely in a population health administrative role, signed up to serve as a patient sitter.
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A multicomponent intervention to reduce daily sitting time in office workers: the SMART Work & Life three-arm cluster RCT

Public Health Research, 2023
Background Office workers spend 70–85% of their time at work sitting. High levels of sitting have been linked to poor physiological and psychological health. Evidence shows the need for fully powered randomised controlled trials, with long-term follow-up,
Edwardson Charlotte L, Maylor Benjamin D, Biddle Stuart JH, Clemes Stacy A, Cox Edward, Davies Melanie J, Dunstan David W, Eborall Helen, Granat Malcolm H, Gray Laura J, Hadjiconstantinou Michelle, Healy Genevieve N, Jaicim Nishal Bhupendra, Lawton Sarah, Mandalia Panna, Munir Fehmidah, Richardson Gerry, Walker Simon, Yates Thomas, Clarke-Cornwell Alexandra M   +19 more
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Patterns of sedentary behavior in adults: A cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
IntroductionSedentary behavior (SB) has been associated with adverse health outcomes, however, it is not completely clear whether total time in SB during the day or prolonged uninterrupted SB are interrelated. The aim of the current study was to describe
Gustavo O. Silva, Paolo M. Cunha, Max D. Oliveira, Diego G. D. Christofaro, William R. Tebar, Aline M. Gerage, Hélcio Kanegusuku, Marilia A. Correia, Raphael M. Ritti-Dias   +8 more
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Non-exercise activity thermogenesis in the workplace: The office is on fire

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
From the second half of the previous century, there has been a shift toward occupations largely composed of desk-based behaviors. This, inevitably, has led to a workload reduction and a consequent lower energy expenditure. On this point, small increments
Alex Rizzato, Giuseppe Marcolin, Antonio Paoli   +2 more
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