BACKGROUND Adolescents especially middle school girls do not follow 60 min of regular physical activity (RPA), recommended by WHO, and endure physical activity decline. Using theory-based interventional program, considering the age of decline in RPA, seems to be effective. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of educational program, based on PRECEDE and Trans-Theoretical models, o...

The reactive response of brain tissue to implantable intracortical microelectrodes is thought to negatively affect their recordable signal quality and impedance, resulting in unreliable longitudinal performance. The relationship between the progression of the reactive tissue into a glial scar and the decline in device performance is unclear. We show that exposure to a model protein solution in ...

We apply recent advances in time substitution modeling to examine the environmental performance of firms in Sweden’s pulp and paper industry for the years 2002 2008. Our data allow us to estimate the optimal reallocation of environmental investments, expenditures and energy use to simultaneously maximize production output and minimize emissions reductions in the years immediately before and aft...

In recent years, the Department of Defense (DoD) has placed increasing emphasis on the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) items. Some have seen the use of COTS as the silver bullet that will allow the Services to deploy more capable systems faster and at lower cost. Others have viewed the use of COTS items more skeptically. Many in this latter group believe that COTS cannot work effectively...

High calf and feeder cattle prices during the past couple of years have helped many of Missouri’s cowcalf producers achieve profitability. Even though many cattle producer’s operations are profitable, work should continue to improve the economic position of the farm or ranch. Profitability may be enhanced by increasing the volume of production (i.e. the pounds of calves you market) and/or the v...

Craft involves the application of human skill and invested time. Some have argued technology has undermined human expertise by replacing craftwork with automation, disposing of human ingenuity and proficiency. Can new technologies integrate skill, materials and labor with the products of craft? How does technology affect the use and significance of the crafted artifacts? Conversely, how does th...

BACKGROUND Multimorbidity affects up to one quarter of primary care populations. It is associated with reduced quality of life, an increased risk of mental health difficulties and increased healthcare utilisation. Functional decline is defined as developing difficulties with activities of daily living and is independently associated with poorer health outcomes. The aim of this systematic review...

sustainable exploitation of land resources is directly affected by considering soil quality which finally will also conclude environmental protection. therefore, assessing different soil quality aspects which are sensitive to various land management practices seems too important. in this study, some selected soil quality indicators have been compared in five land use systems including untouched...

We explored statistical character recognition for our discretemathmodeling project. In statistical character recognition, a feature vector is used to classify characters. A feature vector represents in numerical form the important characteristics of an input. From the feature vector, classification is done. The feature vector length is important because it will allow us to recognize better as i...

It was a beautiful summer’s afternoon. I remember this because, earlier, I had walked across the river from the South Bank to Charing Cross. It is one of my favourite views – looking down towards St Paul’s on the right, the Houses of Parliament on the left, walking away from the thrill of the SouthBank and joining the mass of activity on the walk from Embankment to Trafalgar Square. I was in a ...