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Ca2+ Release by IP3 Receptors Is Required to Orient the Mitotic Spindle

Cell Reports, 2020
Summary: The mitotic spindle distributes chromosomes evenly to daughter cells during mitosis. The orientation of the spindle, guided by internal and external cues, determines the axis of cell division and thereby contributes to tissue morphogenesis ...
Raul Lagos-Cabré, Adelina Ivanova, Colin W. Taylor   +2 more
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Technical and tactical diagnosis model of table tennis matches based on BP neural network

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2021
Background The technical and tactical diagnosis of table tennis is extremely important in the preparation for competition which is complicated by an apparent nonlinear relationship between athletes’ performance and their sports quality.
Wenwen Huang, Miaomiao Lu, Yuxuan Zeng, Mengyue Hu, Yi Xiao   +4 more
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Climate Action Delay Discourses in the Sports Sector: Insights From Interviews With Athletes and Staff

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a major contradiction between the current model of international elite sport and efforts to mitigate climate change. This study investigates climate action delay discourses within the sports sector by analyzing 28 semi‐structured interviews with athletes and sports federation employees.
Pascal Stegmann, Manuel Suter
wiley   +1 more source

A novel semiautomated method for the estimation of free fatty acid in serum or plasma

Journal of Lipid Research, 1978
A modification of the semiautomated assay method of Antonis (1965. J. Lipid Res. 6: 307–312) for free fatty acid is presented. Free fatty acids are extracted from serum or plasma into di-n-butyl ether–2-methoxyethanol; the extract is almost free from ...
D E Bowyer, J S Cridland, J P King
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Tail wagging cats: Veterinary implications of AI‐generated video

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has the capacity to create realistic and convincing animal videos; however, it must simplify and reduce behavioural variation to do so, possibly leading to misinformation. Methods We categorised 29 videos in the press release for a specific video genAI engine. Twelve featured animals.
Jill R. D. MacKay, Louise Connelly
wiley   +1 more source

Game Changers: Leadership Lessons From Popular Sport Icons

New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 25-31, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores leadership lessons that can be drawn from popular sport icons. These lessons reveal how athletes leverage their status to drive social change or how they inspire others through performance‐based practices that align with effective modern‐day leadership skills.
S. Lynn Shollen, Maylon Hanold
wiley   +1 more source

Leadership Development Through Exploring Critical Perspectives and Storytelling in Pop Culture: Toward Leadership for Liberation Values

New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 107-113, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT Popular culture exists as an expression of cultural history. It speaks to who we are, what we aspire toward, and where our generation stands in relation to the major issues of the day. This article is a conversation about the myriad perspectives offered in this issue of New Directions for Student Leadership, exploring the contributions each ...
Kathleen Callahan, Sean Connable
wiley   +1 more source

HARP: a database of structural impacts of systematic missense mutations in drug targets of Mycobacterium leprae

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2020
Computational Saturation Mutagenesis is an in-silico approach that employs systematic mutagenesis of each amino acid residue in the protein to all other amino acid types, and predicts changes in thermodynamic stability and affinity to the other subunits ...
Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi, Sony Malhotra, Marcin J. Skwark, Asma Munir, Marta Acebrón-García-De-Eulate, Vaishali P Waman, Ali Alsulami, David B Ascher, Tom L Blundell   +8 more
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‘I really like being on the floor, because I spend all the time in my chair’: Children with disabilities' experiences of physical activity in school

British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Children with multiple disabilities often encounter significant barriers to participating in physical activity, impacting not only their physical health but also their overall experience in school. This study places the voices of four children at the centre of their own research, exploring their lived experiences of participating in physical ...
Katherine Gulliver, Rachel Knight Lozano, Kathrin Paal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancement of a nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) reporter for the study of G protein-coupled receptors

Communications Biology
Cell-based assays are fundamental to G protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs) drug discovery. As the field strives to increase the use of physiological cell types with endogenous receptor expression, enhancing the sensitivity of simple-to-use assays unlocks ...
Edward Wills, Anjana Saji, Jonathan Sumner, Aman Khan, Claudia M. Sisk, Mona Shehata, Benjamin Taylor, Graham Ladds   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source