Medical gloves, along with masks and gowns, serve as the initial line of defense against potentially infectious microorganisms and hazardous substances in the health sector. During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical gloves played a significant role, as t...
In an anonymous online study (N = 824), we investigated the frequency of use of appearance and performance-enhancing drugs and supplements (APEDS) in a sample of young men (15–30 years) in Sweden, along with their self-reported eating disorder...
The use of prohibited performance-enhancing substances (PES) in fitness and gym settings is a public health concern as knowledge concerning its short-term and long-term adverse health consequences is emerging. Understanding the underlying psychosocia...
Interest in psychosocial predictors of doping has been increasing as a way of finding new approaches to reduce the use of performance-enhancing drugs. This investigation aimed to test the psychometric properties of an instrument to assess doping atti...
Background: Performance-enhancing drug (PED) use has become increasingly prevalent among adolescents and emerging adults, not solely for athletic advantage but as a psychological and sociocultural coping mechanism. In Türkiye, where Westernized...
Bodybuilding is a sport where coaches commonly recommend a variety of nutrition and exercise protocols, supplements, and, sometimes, performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). The present study sought to gain an understanding of the common decisions and rat...
Background: Nutritional expectations have been shown to influence exercise performance via placebo and nocebo effects. The present study aimed to evaluate performance-enhancement expectations for coffee and energy drinks using the Stanford Expectatio...
This study aimed to assess pharmacy students’ knowledge about doping substances used in sport, explore their attitudes toward doping and investigate their misuse of doping drugs. A questionnaire was developed and employed to collect data from bachelo...
Muscle dysmorphia (MD) is a body image disorder characterized by an obsessive preoccupation with muscularity and compulsive behaviors such as excessive exercise, rigid dieting, and frequent body checking. MD has been linked to obsessive–compuls...
Background/Objectives: The interplay between genetics and athletic performance has garnered significant attention, particularly regarding performance-enhancing polymorphisms (PEPs) and their role in determining key traits that are critical for athlet...
31 December 2025
Background: Supplements such as caffeine and sodium bicarbonate have been found to exert ergogenic effects on endurance performance. However, little is known about the effects of supplementary combinations on performance parameters. This review and m...
Background/Objectives: Muscle dysmorphia (MD), a subtype of body dysmorphic disorder, is prevalent among males who engage in the non-medical use of anabolic–androgenic steroids (AASs) and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). These individuals of...
A static modulated Fourier transform spectrometer has been noted to be a compact and fast evaluation tool for spectroscopic inspection, and many novel structures have been reported to support its performance. However, it still suffers from poor spect...
The current anti-doping policy in sports has enormous costs in economic, social, and human terms. As these costs are likely to become even bigger with the advent of bioenhancing technologies, in this paper I analyze the reasons for this policy. In or...
Extensively used in modern gas turbine engines in various applications, ranging from aerospace, marine and terrestrial propulsion to power generation and gas pumping, the axial flow turbines have been continuously updated and are now capable of high...
This current study aims to enhance the electrostatic MEMS converter performance mainly by boosting its output power. Three different techniques are applied to accomplish such performance enhancement. Firstly, the power is boosted by scaling up the te...
Exercise order is one of the significant factors modulating training effects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of an 8-week complex (CPX) training program utilizing intra-CPX active recovery with compound training (CM...
Background: The post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) protocol is frequently utilized to enhance athletic performance through high-intensity stimuli. Despite its popularity, the effectiveness and mechanisms of PAPE remain unclear, particular...
There is great variability in responsiveness to post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE). Factors such as greater expression of type II muscle fibers and experience with strength training are associated with greater responsiveness to PAPE. We i...
Various studies to improve the thermal performance of flat plate solar collector (FPSC) solar water heater have been conducted, and more are currently in progress. This study aims to review existing methods on thermal performance enhancement for FPSC...
We tend to think of intelligence as trait-like. However, with increasing use of psychoactive drugs that enhance performance on psychometric tests of intelligence, investigators need to think of intelligence also as having state-like properties. Quest...
Several performance-enhancing or ergogenic drugs have been linked to both significant adverse cardiovascular effects and increased cardiovascular risk. Even with increased scrutiny on the governance of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in profession...
Post press processes include various types of bonding and adhesives, depending upon the nature of adherends, the end use performance requirements and the adhesive bonding processes. Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) adhesive is a widely used adhesive in the g...
The purpose of this paper was to conduct a systematic review and a meta-analysis of studies examining the acute effects of caffeine ingestion on measures of rowing performance. Crossover and placebo-controlled experiments that investigated the effect...
As research on fiber-reinforced concrete progresses, investigating the enhancement effect of hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete becomes increasingly crucial. In the present research, the contents of steel fiber (SF) and polypropylene fiber (PP) were se...
Functional delay and sum (FDAS) beamforming for spherical microphone arrays can achieve 360° panoramic acoustic source identification, thus having broad application prospects for identifying interior noise sources. However, its acoustic imaging s...
Several studies have explored the effects of capsaicin and capsiate on endurance performance, with conflicting findings. This systematic review aimed to perform a meta-analysis examining the effects of capsaicin and capsiate vs. placebo on endurance...
1 April 2021
Competitive sports involve physical and cognitive skills. In traditional sports, there is a greater dependence on the development and performance of both motor and cognitive skills, unlike electronic sports (eSports), which depend much more on neuroc...
This meta-analysis assessed the impact of three induction methods on athletes’ jump and sprint performances. Experimental research on the acute effects of exercise intervention on the Post-Activation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) of jumping an...
Background: Technological innovation increasingly shapes modern sport, influencing performance, athlete safety, and regulatory governance. While new technologies enhance training and monitoring, they also raise concerns regarding fairness, health pro...
Background: Post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) acutely enhances explosive performance, but whether repeated exposure yields sustained jump improvements is unclear. Distinguishing a transient PAPE response from the longer-term adaptation p...
This study aimed to determine whether drop jump height will affect the post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) effect at room temperature (RT) and low temperature (LT) conditions. Twelve male strength-trained males participated in this study....
The use of chemically assisted performance enhancement (CAPE) substances has become a prominent trend in today’s competitive societies. Although evidence suggests that CAPE behaviors across different life domains share common characteristics, n...
Recently, there has been significant interest in the thermal performance of parabolic trough collectors. They are capable of operating and generating highly variable temperature ranges, which can be used in various applications. This paper, therefore...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate effect of post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) induced by the eccentric half-squat exercise on vertical jump performance in male jumpers. The jumping height, peak power, and work were meas...
The application-specific instruction set processor (ASIP) has been gradually accepted in AI, communication, media, game and industry control. The digital signal processor (DSP) is a typical ASIP, whose benefits include high performance in specific do...
This paper presents the development and utilisation of a heat regeneration approach to enhancing the performance and reducing the life-cycle cost of supercooled water ice slurry generation systems. Two supercooled water systems with direct and indire...
The aim was to identify if surface electromyography (sEMG) parameters are indicative of post-activation potentiation (PAP)/post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE), in terms of twitch potentiation and voluntary performance. Three databases were...
Model Predictive Control (MPC) is widely employed in three-phase two-level voltage source inverters (2L-VSIs) due to its fast dynamic response and straightforward implementation. However, conventional MPC requires the evaluation of all eight candidat...
Meldonium, a promising pharmacological agent initially developed for cardiovascular indications, has sparked considerable interest in recent years due to its potential performance-enhancing effects. This review manuscript delves into the multifaceted...
Background: Strength-Duration (S-D) assessment is commonly used in clinics to examine the excitability of peripheral nerves and muscles. Yet, how changes in neuromuscular excitability relate to improved athletic and muscular performance in healthy su...
Post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) is a physiological phenomenon that refers to an acute excitation of the neuromuscular system following intense exercise that ends in enhanced physical performance in a subsequent bout of exercise. The sc...
This study investigated the impact of post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) on the parameters of the 3 min all-out test (3MT) in non-motorized tethered running, applying the concept of complex networks for integrative analysis. Ten recreatio...
1 March 2022
Although several previous studies examined the effect of pre-exercise caffeine ingestion on judo-specific performance, the optimal dose of caffeine to maximise the ergogenic effects for judoka is not clear. The main purpose of this study was to analy...
24 May 2021
The outbreak of coronavirus required adjustment regarding the delivery of interventions. Media literacy interventions are necessary to help people acquire relevant skills to navigate the complexities of media communications, and to encourage health-p...
Making full use of wind energy can effectively alleviate the global energy shortage and environment contamination problems. Nevertheless, how to significantly improve the performance of the wind turbine airfoil and blade is a crucial issue. As the no...
26 November 2025
Inhaled medications, commonly prescribed for respiratory conditions such as asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, are increasingly scrutinized in sports medicine due to their potential performance-enhancing effects. Bronchodilators, in par...
The efficient utilization of renewable heat sources is important for the performance enhancement of trans-critical CO2 heat pump systems and for promoting the transformation of energy structures. A composite-heat-source matching ratio is introduced i...
Post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) can significantly improve athletic performance. This study investigated the effects of two different velocity loss (10% VL and 20% VL) protocols on PAPE in 20 m sprint performance among sprint athletes....
The current study presents a holistic technology evaluation and integration methodology for enhancing the aerodynamic efficiency and performance of a tactical, fixed-wing Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) through the synergetic in...
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