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Peak steps: Capacity for activity improves after adding approved therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension

open access: yesPulmonary Circulation, 2023
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients have low activity. Activity intensity or duration could be a measure of clinical status or improvement. We aimed to determine whether standard or novel actigraphy measures could detect increases in activity ...
Daniel Lachant   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accelerating Diffusion Sampling with Optimized Time Steps [PDF]

open access: yesComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Diffusion probabilistic models (DPMs) have shown remarkable performance in high-resolution image synthesis, but their sampling efficiency is still to be desired due to the typically large number of sampling steps.
Shuchen Xue   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Baby steps: the gender division of childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesOxford review of economic policy, 2020
The nature and scale of the shocks to the demand for, and the supply of, home childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic provide a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of the division of home labour and the determinants of specialization within ...
Almudena Sevilla, Sarah Smith
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents

open access: yesChildren, 2023
(1) Background: Regular physical activity has multiple benefits. Therefore, school recess is a key tool to provide opportunities for schoolchildren to engage in extracurricular physical activity, have fun, play and interact with their peers.
Jose Sulla-Torres   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship Between the Number of Steps Taken During Lockdown Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic and Low Back Pain [PDF]

open access: yesRehabilitacja Medyczna, 2022
Introduction: In 2020, the whole world was overwhelmed by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus threat. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, national governments introduced restrictions of movement in public spaces, closing schools and universities, while ...
Dariusz Boguszewski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability and Validity of Commercially Available Wearable Devices for Measuring Steps, Energy Expenditure, and Heart Rate: Systematic Review

open access: yesJMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020
Background Consumer-wearable activity trackers are small electronic devices that record fitness and health-related measures. Objective The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the validity and reliability of commercial wearables in measuring ...
D. Fuller   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modeling of broad crested weirs by using dynamic similarity and CFD

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Ecology & Environmental Chemistry, 2020
Broad crested weirs and steps are used to regulate the flow in the channel, increase the water level at the upstream side and measure the discharge. The construction of the broad crested weirs is more practical and also they are more stable compared with
Ali Yildiz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The functional activity of E-cadherin controls tumor cell metastasis at multiple steps

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Significance The expression of E-cadherin has been implicated in tumor metastasis, often as a tumor suppressor, but also as a promoter of growth and metastasis.
T. Na   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relational resiliences: reflections from pastoralism across the world

open access: yesEcosystems and People
Resilience is a common concept in pastoralism scholarship and policy-making, especially in dryland environments where livelihoods are considered vulnerable to frequent shocks such as droughts, pests and epidemics, and conflicts.
Greta Semplici   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of Chronotype and Grit on Lifestyle and Physical Activity

open access: yesBuilding Healthy Academic Communities Journal, 2020
Background:  The chronotype of a person refers to an individual's natural sleep-wake cycle and whether that individual prefers morning or evening activities, and grit is an individual's perseverance and passion for long-term goals.
Melody F. Allee   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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