Objective. To compare longitudinally PAC of asthmatic children against that of healthy controls during ten months. Methods. Twenty-eight asthmatic children aged 7-15 years and 27 matched controls each performed six submaximal exercise tests on treadmill, which included a test of EIA (exercise-induced asthma). Predicted aerobic capacity (mLO(2)/min/kg) was calculated. Spirometry and development ...

Physical capacity has previously been deemed important for firefighters physical work capacity, and aerobic fitness, muscular strength, and muscular endurance are the most frequently investigated parameters of importance. Traditionally, bivariate and multivariate linear regression statistics have been used to study relationships between physical capacities and work capacities among firefighters...

OBJECTIVE To predict ambulatory capacity, 1 month after physical therapy following hip fracture surgery. METHODS A retrospective chart review was carried out. Patients more than 60 years old, who underwent hip fracture surgery and received physical therapies, were selected (n=548). Age, gender, presence of cognitive dysfunction, combined medical diseases, combined fractures, previous history ...

The six minute walk test (6MWT) is a quick and inexpensive way of measuring physical function is the ability to ambulate for a distance, as it reflects the capacity of a person to undertake physical activity[1]. The 6-min walk test (6MWT) evaluates functional exercise capacity, which is reflective of individual’s capacity to perform the activities of daily living[1,2]. It is a form of clinical ...

Nowadays, applying soil amendments is one of the most important ways to cope with water shortages and improve soil physical properties. In this regard, a greenhouse experiment was conducted to study the effect of different levels of irrigation water and wheat straw biochar on physical and chemical properties of a sandy loam soil, after harvesting faba bean. The experiment was performed with 5 b...

This study examined the relationship between physical activity and cognitive function in younger adults. It was hypothesized that there would be a relationship between the exercise rates of adults (aged 19-30) and working memory capacity. Participants were 42 male and female college students who were divided into groups based on self-reported physical activity level. The participants in one gro...

Quantum communications concern the study of quantum channels that also use continuous alphabets [1]. These can be modeled by bosonic field modes whose phase space quadratures enable for continuous variable encoding/decoding. Lossy bosonic channel, which consists of a collection of bosonic modes that lose energy en route from the transmitter to the receiver, belongs to the class of Gaussian chan...

Cyber-physical system (CPS) provides more powerful service through combining software service and physical device. It is an effective solution to organize various CPS services to realize collaborative decision making (CDM). In CPS, finding out the most competent participators for CDM sponsor is a core problem. To solve this problem, we propose a novel capacity and trust computation based CPS se...

In fisheries, capacity analysis has largely been limited to measuring physical capacity, defined as the maximum amount of output that can be produced per unit of time, given existing plant and equipment and unrestricted availability of variable inputs. An economic measure of capacity can be defined as the maximum revenue attainable for the given fixed inputs, using relevant outputs and output p...