Purpose Many individuals drive with uncorrected refractive errors, which has implications for night driving, where poor visibility contributes to the increased crash risk relative daytime. This study explored how small amounts of blur affects judgment walking direction night-time pedestrians and whether different types retro-reflective clothing influence this effect. Methods Judgement was inves...

OBJECTIVE The primary goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that wearing the 3.7 kg vest portion of a radiological shielding garment (a "lead") significantly increases lower back and shoulder muscle activity in quasistatic erect and forward-flexed postures. Secondarily, the authors examined the effects of gender and forward-flexed posture as well as their interactions with lead use. B...

Tamandua Gray, 1825 contains two species of anteaters: mexicana (Saussure, 1860), which occurs in southern Mexico, throughout Central America and south to the west Andes South America, tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758), widely distributed from Venezuela northern Argentina, as well Trinidad Tobago. Historically, different coloration patterns have been attributed coat Tamandua, with T. typically show...

BACKGROUND Bone mineral density (BMD) is a primary risk factor for hip fracture. We studied the effect of long-term weighted vest plus jumping exercise on hip BMD in postmenopausal women as a strategy for reducing hip fracture risk. METHODS Eighteen postmenopausal women (age = 64.1 +/- 1.6 years at baseline, 69.9 +/- 1.6 years at post-testing) who had participated in a 9-month exercise interv...

Iot In SPortS It’s easy to find IoT in sports, whether you’re interested in wearables or objects. I’m sure the vast majority of Pervasive Computing readers own—or at least have seen—fitness bracelets such as the FitBit. Less common wearables include clothing such as the Hexoskin smart shirt, which measures your heart rate, heart-rate variability, breathing rate, and breathing volume in addition...