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Sensory-to-Motor Overflow: Cooling Foot Soles Impedes Squat Jump Performance. [PDF]

Front Hum Neurosci, 2020
Caminita M, Garcia GL, Kwon HJ, Miller RH, Shim JK.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Optimization and Cost Evaluation of an Autonomous Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Electrifying Rural Areas in Nigeria

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
This research explores the techno‐economic and environmental performance of fully renewable hybrid energy systems for rural electrification in Auchi, Nigeria. HOMER Pro is utilized to model and optimize PV/WT/Battery, PV/Battery, and WT/Battery configurations under identical conditions.
Ibrahim Seidu, Sani Salisu, Abdullahi Abubakar Mas'ud, Umar Musa, Ibrahim Abdullahi Shehu, Adamu Abubakar Sa'idu, Firdaus Muhammad‐Sukki, Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of unilateral and bilateral complex-contrast training on lower limb strength and jump performance in collegiate female volleyball players.

PLoS ONE
The concurrent development of strength and power is considered effective for improving jump performance in athletes.Although previous studies have examined the effects of unilateral and bilateral training, there is a lack of systematic research comparing
Beiwang Deng, Ruixiang Yan, Xinke Sui, Gesheng Lin, Shicong Ding, Duanying Li, Jian Sun   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retracted: Analysis and Comparison of Motion Biomechanics Characteristics of Squat Jump and Half-Squat Jump

Mobile Information Systems, 2023
openaire   +1 more source

Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity and biomass co‐regulate urban forest drought resistance

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Severe droughts induced by climate change present substantial challenges to urban forests. While the role that species richness plays in enhancing drought resistance in natural ecosystems has been highlighted in previous studies, its impact within urban forests remains less understood.
Xiaoling Wang, Bin Chen, Zhiwen Gao, Alice Hughes, Kun Song, Liangjun Da   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The prediction of swim start performance based on squat jump force-time characteristics. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Thng S, Pearson S, Rathbone E, Keogh JWL.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

Managing the meniscus Part 2: Traumatic tear patterns, biologic augmentation, transplantation, innovation and future research

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Acute, traumatic meniscus tears are common and should be repaired whenever possible. However, the biological age of the patient, along with the specific tear morphology, may significantly influence the selection of the repair technique, expected clinical outcomes and the postoperative rehabilitation protocol.
Armin Runer, Matthew P. Kolevar, Ehab M. Nazzal, Jonathan D. Hughes, Sebastian Kopf, Aaron J. Krych, Michael T. Hirschmann, Robert F. LaPrade, Alan Getgood, Tim Spalding, Robert Prill, Maria Tuca, Matthieu Ollivier, Sebastian Siebenlist, Sachin Tapasvi, Volker Musahl   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributed wireless network resource optimisation method based on mobile edge computing

IET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
This paper mainly compares the network ranking leader, consumption amount and network signal reception of the three algorithms. The study found that in terms of network sort captain, there are significant differences between the CPLEX algorithm, the CCST algorithm, and edge computing methods. The CCST algorithm and edge computing have little difference
Jiongting Jiang, Chao Quan, Kai Qian, Jiefeng Pan, Yueping Yang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source