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Background: Lameness in cattle negatively affects welfare and productivity. Early identification of lameness allows for prompt treatment, and mobility scoring allows for herd-level prevalence data to be monitored. The reliability of a four-point mobi...

Mobility scoring data can be used to estimate the prevalence, incidence, and duration of lameness in dairy herds. Mobility scoring is often performed infrequently with variable sensitivity, but how this impacts the estimation of lameness parameters i...

Claw lesions and lameness in sows are important problems in the industry as they impair sow welfare and result in economic losses. Available scoring techniques to detect claw lesions are all limited in terms of collecting data during all reproductive...

This article aims to test, measure and evaluate the quality of voice calls made in a mobile cellular network. A set of drive tests were conducted, during which logs were collected using specialized measurement terminals equipped with a dedicated voic...

Urban mobility and geographical systems benefit significantly from a graph-based topology. To identify the network’s crucial zones in terms of connectivity or movement across the network, we implemented several centrality metrics on a particula...

We implemented a mobile phone application of the pentagon drawing test (PDT), called mPDT, with a novel, automatic, and qualitative scoring method for the application based on U-Net (a convolutional network for biomedical image segmentation) coupled...

The association between hoof lesions and lying behaviour was assessed on a Holstein–Friesian dairy farm in England. Twenty-nine cows were included in the study. Cows with claw horn disruption lesions (CHDL, n = 8), soft tissue lesions (STL, n = 6), a...

Customer satisfaction is a measure of the degree of satisfaction of customer experience. Among the three major operators in China, China Mobile plays an important role in the communication field. A study of customer satisfaction with China Mobile wil...

Radiotherapy of lung cancer may cause pneumonitis that generally occurs weeks or months following therapy and can be missed. This prospective trial aimed to pave the way for a mobile application (app) allowing early diagnosis of pneumonitis. The prim...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury represents one of the main disorders affecting players, especially in contact sports. Even though several approaches based on artificial intelligence have been developed to allow the quantification of ACL injur...

Background: Pressure ulcers (PUs) remain a prevalent complication in intensive care unit (ICU) settings, especially among immobilized patients. The impact of structured, nursing-led mobilization protocols on PU prevention and recovery remains underex...

Fixation using cephalomedullary nails (CMNs) with additional cement augmentation (CA) was developed as a novel treatment option for the osteosynthesis of osteoporotic trochanteric fractures, though the effectiveness of CA on early postoperative mobil...

Background/Objectives: Stroke remains a leading cause of disability in Japan, and early mobilization is an important strategy to prevent muscle atrophy and promote independence. However, the optimal intensity and duration of early rehabilitation rema...

Stimulating non-motorized transport has been a key point on sustainable mobility agendas for cities around the world. Lisbon is no exception, as it invests in the implementation of new bike infrastructure. Quantifying the connectivity of such a bicyc...

Increasing agricultural production and optimizing inorganic fertilizer (IF) use are imperative for agricultural and environmental sustainability. Mobile phone usage (MPU) has the potential to reduce IF application while ensuring environmental and agr...

Powerful rising trends of mobile media platforms have also resulted in the escalation of users’ privacy concerns. However, there is a paradox between users’ attitudes towards privacy and their actual privacy disclosure behaviors. This stu...

The aim of this study was to evaluate energy metabolism and lipid mobilization via ultrasonic measurements (USM), considering inner fat depots, in lactating dairy cows differing in body condition score (BCS) and fed rations with low (35% at dry matte...

Background: Femoral neck fractures (FNFs) in the ageing population carry high risks of postoperative dislocation, with traditional total hip arthroplasty (THA) reporting rates up to 10%. Dual mobility THA (DM-THA) may provide enhanced stability, but...

The aim of this study is to develop an automatic segmentation algorithm based on paranasal sinus CT images, which realizes automatic identification and segmentation of the sinus boundary and its inflamed proportions, as well as the reconstruction of...

Proximity-oriented planning aims to deliver everyday services within a short walk, yet closeness does not guarantee usable access for all residents. This study quantifies the gap between spatial proximity and functional accessibility in Timișoar...

Background: The traditional Lund-Mackay score (TLMs) is unable to subgrade the volume of inflammatory disease. We aimed to propose an effective modification and calculated the volume-based modified LM score (VMLMs), which should correlate more strong...

The adoption of mobile Internet technology (MIT) in organizational systems is rapidly increasing. MIT has developed agricultural structures and dramatically altered farming activities to improve agricultural systems. MIT is considered one of the most...

Background: Our study investigated the impact of multicomponent balance exercises (MBE) and sensorimotor mobilization with foot muscle strengthening (SMFE) on postural stability in patients with balance disorders, assessed using the Balance Error Sco...

Among many changes potentially induced by the adoption of ridehailing, one key area of interest in transportation and urban planning research is how these services affect sustainable mobility choices, such as usage of public transit, walking, and bik...

The aim of this study was to study the prevalence of patients who did not regain pre-fracture basic mobility status (PF-BMS) at a task-specific level at discharge with 6-month follow-up. Furthermore, the objective was to make a comparative descriptio...

Background: The relative level of functional impairment in stroke patients is a significant determinant of post-acute care. The Activity Measure for Post Acute Care 6-Clicks (AM-PAC) scores for basic mobility and daily activity are rapid standardized...

The New Mobility Score (NMS) is an easy to administer self-report measure of functional ability, and is used worldwide as a hip fracture (HF) score, but a Spanish version does not exist. The aim of the study is to translate NMS into Spanish, and to m...

Credit scoring of financially excluded persons is challenging for financial institutions because of a lack of financial data and long physical distances, which hamper data collection. The remote collection of alternative data has the potential to ove...

The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is a rapid, inexpensive, and popular screening tool for cognitive functions. In spite of its qualitative capabilities in diagnosis of neurological diseases, the assessment of the CDT has depended on quantitative methods a...

Loneliness and social isolation are subjective measures associated with the feeling of discomfort and distress. Various factors associated with the feeling of loneliness or social isolation are: the built environment, long-term illnesses, the presenc...

Dexmedetomidine prevents postoperative cognitive dysfunction by inhibiting high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), which acts as an inflammatory marker. This study investigated the HMGB1 levels and the cognitive function using a Mini-Cog© score in el...

Mediterranean diet (MD) is potentially one of the best diets regarding health benefits and sustainability. However, it is faced with serious difficulties staying alive, even in traditionally Mediterranean regions. The objective was to evaluate the ef...

The risk of depression is related to multiple various determinants. The consideration of multiple neighborhoods daily frequented by individuals has led to increased interest in analyzing socio-territorial inequalities in health. In this context, the...

Potato crop has become integral part of our diet due to its wide use in variety of dishes, making it an important food crop. Its importance also stems from the fact that it is one of the cheapest vegetables available throughout the year. This makes i...

There is an urgent need to implement intervention programs to promote adherence to the Mediterranean diet (AMD) in university students to prevent non-communicable diseases. A powerful tool for this is smartphone apps. Furthermore, it is necessary to...

Lameness is a significant global welfare and economic problem in dairy farming. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between various claw lesions and locomotion scores (LCS). A total of 491 cows from ten Austrian dairy farms we...

Successful pig farming needs the best conditions of cleanliness in the housings. The present study examined for the first time whether a robot scraper usually applied in dairy farming is usable in sow housings for cleaning the slatted floors and impr...

This is a prospective observational study that evaluates the effects of body condition score (BCS) changes in primiparous Holstein cows during peripartum on their NEFA and BHBA concentrations, hormone levels, postpartum health, and production perform...

Accelerometer-based mobility scoring has focused on cow behaviors such as lying and walking. Accuracy levels as high as 91% have been previously reported. However, there has been limited replication of results. Here, measures previously identified as...

The COVID-19 pandemic had significant consequences on cattle slaughter capacity in the United States. Although industry stakeholders implemented strategies to minimize cattle welfare impacts of increased weights, days on feed (DOF), and increasing te...

Introduction: Pregnancy is a specific condition that modifies the mobility of women. In this population, it seems important to use specific tools to properly assess them. The Pregnancy Mobility Index (PMI) was created in 2006 with the aim of assessin...

After a stroke, forward head posture occurs, resulting in swallowing dysfunction. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) combined with upper cervical spine mobilization has demonstrated enhanced recovery of the swallowing function in stroke pati...

The present cross-sectional study examined the relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance, and sleep quality in a sample of undergraduate students. Three hundred eighty-five undergraduate students completed a...

Understanding factors regarding individual variability in human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic would help inform future political and medical decisions. Particularly, understanding environmental factors would provide effective evidence for fut...

Background and Objective: This study aimed to compare functional and clinical outcomes between patients with chronic non-specific lower back pain (NSLBP) with restricted hip extension mobility who performed spinal stabilization exercises with hip mob...

Little is known about the Quality of Life (QoL) and how QoL is related to the social and economic situation of people with mobility-related disabilities in Sweden. QoL and well-being do not only relate to the absence of impairments but also to the le...

The present study aimed to provide an in-depth assessment of the commuting patterns of scholar communities of southwestern European countries and to identify measures to improve their sustainable performance regarding mobility. The adopted methodolog...

While many studies that are focused on mobile money concern the effects of mobile money on consumption and informal risk-sharing, little evidence is provided on how mobile money influences payments and microbusiness investment for low-income people....

Background: Computer and mobile games are widely used among undergraduate students worldwide, especially in China. Our objective was to predict the time spent playing computer and mobile games based on interpersonal relations and social cognitive the...

Professional esports athletes spend a long time in the same sitting posture during training and competition. Mobile esports may exacerbate potential postural problems because of the closer and unsupported arms and because athletes spend more time in...