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Walking the walk [PDF]

Current Biology, 2005
Walking upright on two legs is a trait unique to humans amongst our ape cousins. There has been much controversy and uncertainty about when human ancestors evolved an upright gait, but a new study suggests that Australopithecus afarensis, 3.2million years ago, already walked this way.The team, led by William Sellers at Loughborough University with ...
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Quality: Walk the Walk [PDF]

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2011
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) is dedicated to pathology and laboratory medicine quality. The CAP's Laboratory Accreditation Program, Proficiency Testing Program, Q-Probes and Q-Tracks, site-specific cancer checklists, webinars, annual meetings, and Advanced Practical Pathology series are all focused on providing superior patient quality ...
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Tall willow thickets return to northern Yellowstone

Ecosphere, 2020
Northern Yellowstone National Park provides an example of passive restoration, as wetlands and riparian areas there lost most tall willows in the 20th century, due to intensive herbivory by elk (Cervus canadensis).
Luke E. Painter, Michael T. Tercek
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The pervasive crisis of diminishing radiation therapy access for vulnerable populations in the United States, part 2: American Indian patients

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2018
Introduction: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) patients with cancer disproportionally present with more advanced stages of disease and have the worst cancer-specific survival rates of any racial/ethnic group in the United States.
Shearwood McClelland, III, MD, Jennifer Leberknight, PhD, B. Ashleigh Guadagnolo, MD, MPH, C. Norman Coleman, MD, Daniel G. Petereit, MD   +4 more
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Contralesional Hemisphere Regulation of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Induced Kinetic Coupling in the Poststroke Lower Limb

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
BackgroundThe neural constraints underlying hemiparetic gait dysfunction are associated with abnormal kinetic outflow and altered muscle synergy structure.
Andrew Q. Tan, Andrew Q. Tan, Yasin Y. Dhaher, Yasin Y. Dhaher, Yasin Y. Dhaher   +4 more
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Active transportation policy and practice in the city of Oulu from 1998 to 2016—A mixed methods study

Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2022
Land use and transportation policies have been recognized globally as major sources of physical inactivity, but there has been a gap between research and policy implementation.
Mikko Kärmeniemi, Tiina Lankila, Emilia Rönkkö, Kari Nykänen, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Raija Korpelainen   +5 more
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Enhancing Neuroplasticity in the Chronic Phase After Stroke: Effects of a Soft Robotic Exosuit on Training Intensity and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2023
Objective: High intensity training may enhance neuroplasticity after stroke; however, gait deficits limit the ability to achieve and sustain high walking training intensities.
Anna V. Roto Cataldo, Ashley N. Collimore, Johanna Spangler, Lillian Ribeirinha-Braga, Karen Hutchinson, Qing Mei Wang, LaDora Thompson, Louis N. Awad   +7 more
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To Walk or Not to Walk [PDF]

Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 2018
Walkability is the basis of a sustainable city. Walking is the socially equitable mode most accessible to the masses. However, the advent of transportation technology has caused the desertion of the pedestrian space. Consequently, the phenomenon created a degradation of the pedestrian environment.
Raja Noriza Raja Ariffin, Rustam Khairi Zahari   +1 more
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Efeitos do Walking Football na saúde física de homens e mulheres acima de 50 anos

Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde
Objetivo: Este estudo investigou os efeitos da prática do Walking Football nas capacidades físicas e índice de massa corporal de pessoas com mais de 50 anos, considerando possíveis influências do gênero e da idade dos participantes.
Júlia Barreira, Maria Eduarda Saia, Ana Beatriz Chaves Vasconcelos Batista, Demerval Souza, Daniel Castro, Ademir Aparecido da Cunha, João Pedro Santos de Oliveira, Ricardo Leme   +7 more
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Walking in Circles: Making Stories out of Landscapes

Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 2021
Using the example of her novel, Call of The Undertow, published in 2013, Linda Cracknell writes about how repeated walks in a new place rich with possibility resulted in a fictional narrative out of observation and sensation.
Linda Cracknell
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