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The center of pressure (CoP) is one of the most utilized quantitative measurements describing postural competency. Due to the complexity and biological variability of postural regulatory systems, a myriad of different methods and parameters have been...

The measurement of the center of pressure (CoP) is one of the most frequently used quantitative methods for quantifying postural performance. Due to the complexity and the high biological variability of the postural control loop, a large number of di...

Storage temperature and duration plays an important role in meat processing. Observations in poultry processing plants have shown a serious deviation in storage condition compared to the recommended procedures. Furthermore, there is still a paucity o...

The purpose of this study is to check out the involvement of entropy in Mpemba effect. Several water samples were cooled down to frozen in order to probe if preheat affects the cooling duration time. We found out that preheating of the water sample t...

This study examined a moderated mediation model of relations among maternal perinatal stress/anxiety, breastfeeding difficulties (mediator), misperceptions of infant crying (moderator), and maternal breastfeeding duration to understand risk factors f...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of different freezing temperatures and storage durations on the digestive and structural properties of chicken meat proteins. The texture, protein digestibility, particle size, and microstructure of the dig...

This study focuses on the dynamic compression performance of corroded steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) exposed to drying–wetting chloride cycles by a 37 mm diameter split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system. Three steel fiber contents (0.5%, 1...

Vibration frequency and vibration duration are disturbance factors for the structural properties of clay. This study investigates how the vibration frequency and vibration duration from construction disturbances affect the mechanical properties of Zh...

Pigeons have long been a common nuisance at numerous cultural sites in the Kathmandu Valley. Besides the health, economic and aesthetic issues caused by the pigeon excreta, this waste may also result in damaging effects to the materials used in Nepal...

Accurate estimation of Interrupted Sampling Repeater Jamming (ISRJ) sampling duration is essential for effective radar anti-jamming. However, in complex electromagnetic environments, the simultaneous presence of suppressive and deceptive jamming, cou...

We aimed to investigate the effects of sleep duration on impaired fasting glucose and diabetes in Korean adults with periodontal disease. This cross-sectional study was performed using data for 10,465 subjects aged >19 years who completed the peri...

N⁶-methyladenosine (m⁶A) is the most common internal modification in eukaryotic mRNA, essential for post-transcriptional regulation. MeRIP-seq is widely used for m⁶A profiling, but RNA degradation challenges accurate analysis. While the effects of sa...

Urban stormwater with large impervious (paved) areas often produces runoff with a variety of contaminants. Although southern California is among the most urbanized coastal areas in the United States, the effect of rainfall variations on washoff effic...

Coal seam water injection is widely used to prevent rockbursts in coal mines, and the duration of water injection is an important parameter related to the effectiveness of rockburst prevention, making it of practical importance to optimize the effect...

Background: No comparative data is available to report on the effect of online self-exclusion. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of self-exclusion in online poker gambling as compared to matched controls, after the end of the self-exclus...

Background/Objectives: This cohort study examined the effects of sleep durations (night, day, and total daily) at ages 1, 1.5, and 3 years on working memory (WM) assessed at age 4, measured using forward digit span. Methods: Because frequency of yogu...

(1) Limited evidence has shown the mediating effects of work characteristics and sleep duration on obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among adults. The objective of this study is to assess the interaction effects between sleep duration and e...

In this work, zeolite imidazolate framework-7 (ZIF-7) nanoparticles are synthesized via a solvothermal method and rapid synthesis durations of 1 h and 3 h. The effect of the synthesis duration on the structural properties of ZIF-7 was characterized b...

Aim: To explore associations between sleep duration and physical fitness (PF) of children aged 3–6 years. Methods: This study investigated the sleep duration and PF data of children aged 3–6 years by stratified random sampling. The restri...

This work considered the influence of the duration of olive storage on the chemical and sensory properties of extra virgin olive oil. In total, 228 batches of olives collected during three successive crop seasons were sampled in seven industrial mill...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the mediating effect of physical activity (PA) on the relationship between average sleep duration and risk of stroke in suburban residents without stroke. Methods: A cross-sectional study was executed, and...

Considering that both sleep quality and duration are linked to psychological variables, this study analyzed the relationships between sleep components and emotional intelligence and the effects that sleep duration has on stress management and mood in...

In this article, we report on experimental studies of the influence of several laser radiation parameters, such as the duration of the laser pulse, the radiation wavelength, and the pulse energy, on the efficiency of the destruction of urinary calcul...

Postpartum weight retention (PWR) is a risk factor for future obesity. The role of breastfeeding in reducing PWR is not fully understood. We examined the relationship between PWR and the duration of exclusive/partial breastfeeding in 52,367 postpartu...

The study aimed to determine the effects of pre-freezing storage duration and packaging conditions on the quality of the longissimus lumborum (LL) muscle from Holstein-Friesian × Belgian Blue crossbred bulls. The samples were stored for seven o...

In large-scale studies, uncontrolled systematic variability introduced during sample preparation, processing, and storage can interfere with the detection of subtle biological signals. This study evaluates storage conditions, including two sample pre...

This research aims to validate an electrostatics characterization device to better understand the process of static charge generation in textile materials and to see how different factors affect it. This electrostatic device offers a variety of setti...

Cupping therapy has been demonstrated to improve hemodynamic regulation. Existing studies have reported mean changes of oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb) and deoxyhemoglobin (DeoxyHb), which do not capture the multi-scale regulatory dynamics of the microvasculat...

In this study, we combined atmospheric pressure cold plasma, a novel treatment technology, with an absorption technique with soybean husk to remove Pb and Cd from milk. Different combinations of treatment duration, voltage, and post treatment retenti...

This study aimed to maximise the content of water-soluble protein (WSP) and β-glucan (BG) in oat drink (OD) products by optimising the duration of treatment with neutral (NP) and acidic (AP) proteases. Additionally, it investigated the correlati...

In this study, the nature of the ball-milling mechanism in a ternary materials system (Mg-6Sn-1Na) is investigated for proper mechanical alloying. An identical powder mixture for this material system is exposed to different milling durations for a su...

In this study, the physical properties of two hazelnut species were investigated before and after drying at different temperatures and durations. The results showed that the physical properties of the hazelnut samples, including size, volume, density...

The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the duration of the mating season and the time of day on the parameters of the vocalization pheasants (duration of vocalization, frequency of the sound wave, intervals between vocalizations). In the st...

In this work, cyclopropylamine (CPA) monomer was plasma-polymerized on poly (ε-caprolactone) nanofiber meshes using various deposition durations to obtain amine-rich surfaces in an effort to improve the cellular response of the meshes. Scanni...

Objective: Few studies have analysed the impact of age on the severity and duration of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS), and the results are contradictory. We aimed to investigate the effects of age on the severity and duration of AWS during inpatie...

Objectives: this study examined (i) the relationships between the care duration of carers and their perceptions of the importance of service improvement by types of service, and (ii) whether carers had a disability that moderated the impacts of care...

The present article describes a quality assurance and effectiveness study with prospective naturalistic design to analyse the effectiveness of IKP body-centred psychotherapy treatments. IKP psychotherapy is a holistically expanded Gestalt therapy and...

Our ambulatory assessment study explores the impact of the weather on the mental well-being of people with increased susceptibility. Participants with hay fever (n = 28) were assessed three times a day over a period of two weeks. Self-reported assess...

The sample size is a crucial concern in scientific research and even more in behavioural neurosciences, where besides the best practice it is not always possible to reach large experimental samples. In this study we investigated how the outcomes of r...

Effects of the duration of moderate grain feeding on the taxonomic composition of gastrointestinal microbiota were determined in 15 Holstein yearling steers. Treatments included feeding a diet of 92% dry matter (DM) hay (D0), and feeding a 41.5% barl...

Milk formation in the breast during breastfeeding is a complex hormonally regulated process, potentially sensitive to the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemical exposures. The environmental chemicals, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are...

To clarify the effect of water immersion duration on the spontaneous combustion behavior of high−sulfur coal, coal samples with a sulfur content greater than 3% were immersed for 15, 30, and 45 d. Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP), scanning e...

The Lentinus edodes protein (LP) is a high-quality protein known for its well-balanced amino acid composition. In this study, we developed three-dimensional (3D)-printed microwaveable food using a combination of LP and potato flour, and optimized the...

Vincristine (VCR) is frequently used in pediatric oncology and can be administered intravenously through push injections or 1 h infusions. The effects of administration duration on population pharmacokinetics (PK) are unknown. We described PK differe...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the distribution chain, distance between the abattoir and meat retailer, storage duration of meat at the meat retailer and meat retailer class on the physico-chemical quality of red meat. B...

Visual symmetry activates the extrastriate cortex. This symmetry activation generates an Event Related Potential (ERP) named the Sustained Posterior Negativity (SPN). The SPN is larger when participants engage in regularity discrimination tasks than...

The lack of a standard test method for evaluating the resistance of pervious concrete to cycles of freezing and thawing in the presence of deicing salts is the motive behind this study. Different sample size and geometry, cycle duration, and level of...

Teacher education is an important strategy for developing teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). Many schools in the world have incorporated the training into teacher education plans. However, there has been controversy...

Young adults are a substantial driver of lagging vaccination against COVID-19 worldwide. We aimed to understand what vaccine or vaccination environment attributes may affect young adults’ vaccine inclination. We contacted a convenience sample o...

We studied the effect of current supply duration at final-step currents during the stepwise electrical sintering of silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs). Ag NPs ink was inkjet-printed onto Eagle-XG glass substrates. Constant final-step currents of 0.4 and...