Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) constrains the launch peak power in long Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA)-amplified pulsed fiber-optic sensing links, but its dependence on duty cycle is not determined by peak power alone. When the repetition...
Since the first Cybathlon 2016, when twelve teams competed in the FES bike race, we have witnessed a global effort towards the development of stimulation and control strategies to improve FES-assisted devices, particularly for cycling, as a means to...
The application of multi-cycle steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs frequently alters reservoir properties, influencing the effectiveness of the stimulation and subsequent development strategies. The inherent heterogeneity of strata, characteriz...
This study introduces a novel controller based on a Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithm for real-time adaptation of the stimulation pattern during FES-cycling. Core to our approach is the introduction of an RL agent that interacts with the cycling...
Background: G2/M cell cycle arrest of proximal tubular epithelial cells following acute kidney injury results in maladaptive repair and promotes chronic kidney disease. We investigated whether erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA) regulate G2/M arr...
A hybrid training system (HTS) combining antagonist muscle electrical stimulation and voluntary muscle contraction has been developed using eccentric antagonist muscle contractions with electrical stimulation as resistance to voluntary muscle contrac...
Neuromuscular excitability plays an essential role in electrotherapy treatment. The vast majority of these treatments are procedures that change the sensitivity to sensory stimuli, especially pain, with the use of an electric current. The aim of this...
Background: Functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling has seen an upsurge in interest over the last decade. The present study describes the novel instrumented cycling ergometer platform designed to assess the efficiency of electrical stimulatio...
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a technique used in rehabilitation, allowing the recreation or facilitation of a movement or function, by electrically inducing the activation of targeted muscles. FES during cycling often uses activation pa...
How LH levels influenced the outcomes of monofollicular IVF cycles using different stimulation protocols was controversial. In this single-center, retrospective study, we analyzed 815 monofollicular IVF cycles between 2016–2022 using natural cy...
The ability to walk is often lost after neural injury, leading to multiple secondary complications that reduce quality of life and increase healthcare costs. The current rehabilitation interventions primarily focus on restoring leg movements through...
The search for simple morphological predictors of oocyte quality is an important task for assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs). One such predictor may be the morphology of the oocyte nucleus, called the germinal vesicle (GV), including the level...
Diabetes-associated visual cycle impairment has been implicated in diabetic retinopathy, and chronic hyperglycemia causes detrimental effects on visual function. Chrysin, a naturally occurring flavonoid found in various herbs, has anti-inflammatory,...
Purpose: This study investigated whether an acute bout of submaximal unilateral arm cycling elicits sustained changes in corticospinal excitability (CSE) and short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) in the homologous muscles of the non-exercise...
Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a key component of the global carbon cycle. While marine DOM properties are usually characterized by chemical approaches, an effort to integrate its variations in an ecological perspective is needed. Heterotro...
Background: Globally, over 15 million people live with spinal cord injury (SCI), which often leads to permanent motor impairment. In these cases, functional electrical stimulation (FES) can generate muscle forces and active movements in affected body...
The aim of the study was to investigate the manifestation of potentiation and fatigue as well as the coexistence of these phenomena at different muscle lengths during a 24-hour period after a sprint cycling for 30 s.
Material and methods. Twelve heal...
Background and Objectives: The Quantum Menstrual Health Monitoring Study will measure four key reproductive hormones in the urine (follicle-stimulating hormone, FSH; estrone-3-glucuronide, E13G; luteinizing hormone, LH; and pregnanediol glucuronide,...
Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune disorder of hair loss resulting from a T-cell mediated attack on hair follicles. Three Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have been approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe alopecia areata; however, safety con...
Objectives: Sports-related concussion (SRC) is mostly associated with contact and combat sports. However, emerging evidence suggest that cyclists are also at risk of repeated concussion injury. Moreover, long-term neurophysiological outcomes in cycli...
Partial to complete paralysis following spinal cord injury (SCI) causes deterioration in health and has severe effects on the ability to perform activities of daily living. Following the discovery of neural plasticity, neurorehabilitation therapies h...
The effect of estrogen and progesterone on oxidative status is not yet very clear, improvements and detrimental effects having been reported with the use of menopausal hormone therapy or hormonal contraceptives, respectively. In this study, we evalua...
Nuclear receptor related-1 (Nurr1) protein performs a crucial role in hippocampal neural stem cell (hNSC) development as well as cognitive functions. We previously demonstrated that the pharmacological stimulation of Nurr1 by amodiaquine (AQ) promote...
Oxidative stress is associated with obstetric complications during ovarian hyperstimulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilization. The follicular fluid contains high levels of proteins, which are the main targets of free radicals. The aim of thi...
The success of embryo implantation and pregnancy depends on a complex interaction between the trophoblast and the endometrial environment, where endometrial receptivity plays a crucial role in this process. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) a...
Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) increases the amplitude of muscle activity during physical exercise. This study investigated the effects of PEMF stimulation timing on neuromuscular activation in young sedentary males, during moderate-intensity co...
Multiple-thermal-fluid (MTF) stimulation technology has been successfully applied in heavy-oil reservoir development, resulting in the significant enhancement of oil production. However, the underlying mechanism of multi-component coupling remains un...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains a significant public health challenge, with current treatments limited partly due to the difficulty of delivering therapeutics across the blood–brain barrier (BBB). The nose-to-brain (N-2-B) pathway offers...
The benefits of functional electrical stimulation during cycling (FES-cycling) have been ascertained following spinal cord injury. The instrumented pendulum test was applied to chronic paraplegic patients to investigate the effects of FES-cycling of...
Vigorous exercise increases blood viscosity and may pose a risk of cardiovascular events in patients with cardiovascular diseases. We recently reported that single-use of novel whole-body neuromuscular electrical stimulation (WB-NMES) can be safely a...
Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulatory technique that delivers low levels of a constant current via scalp electrodes to specifically targeted areas of the brain. The effects of tDCS on whole-body exercise perf...
Activins and their receptors play important roles in the control of hair follicle morphogenesis, but their role in vibrissae follicle growth remains unclear. To investigate the effect of Activin B on vibrissae follicles, the anagen induction assay an...
Background: The potential correlation between progestin-primed ovarian stimulation (PPOS) and the risk of compromised embryo competence still lacks sound evidence. Methods: A large retrospective cohort study was used to compare the incidence of pregn...
Background and Objectives: To achieve pregnancy, it is highly beneficial to identify the time of ovulation as well as the greater period of fertile days during which sperm may survive leading up to ovulation. Confirming successful ovulation is also c...
The Apulia (southern Italy) ornamental sector has been facing regulatory obligations and trade limitations due to a Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) outbreak since 2013. Alternative options to encounter these constraints include the implementation of novel an...
The genes encoding for estrogen receptor (ESR2) and follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) play crucial roles in ovarian follicular development. This study aimed to determine the expression levels of miRNAs predicted against FSHR and ESR2 mRNAs...
Background: Bipolar spectrum disorders (BSD) are highly disabling, with rapid cycling being treatment resistant. High-dose levothyroxine (HDT) has been reported to be effective. Diagnosis is associated with mutations in thyroid-activating enzymes and...
Polyphenols have general health benefits including anti-photoaging influences to counter the negative effects of ultra-violet (UV) rays from solar light (via the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress (OS)), which leads to t...
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The performance of a mixture between L. sphaericus and E. fetida was evaluated for ammonium cycling and nitrifying bacteria stimulation during oil sludge remediation. The addition of E. fetida significantly increased ammonium concentration (p = 0.021...
Background and Objectives: To evaluate the significance of serum CA-125 level on the live birth rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in women with endometriosis. Materials and Methods: This retrospective observational study included women with endome...
Background: We examined corticospinal and spinal excitability across multiple power outputs during arm cycling using a weak and strong stimulus intensity. Methods: We elicited motor evoked potentials (MEPs) and cervicomedullary motor evoked potential...
This paper explores how communication interventions can be designed to motivate children to choose more sustainable commuting options (cycling) to go to school. One-hundred and eighty-six children (between 8 and 11 years old) from Flanders, Belgium,...
Purpose: PEMF stimulation results in a higher O2 muscle supply during exercise through increased O2 release and uptake. Given the importance of oxygen uptake in sport activity, especially in aerobic disciplines such as cycling, we sought to investiga...
Various diseases are associated with the impaired control of the medio-lateral (ML) position of the centre of feet pressure (CoP), and several manoeuvres have been proposed for enhancing the CoP symmetry. Here, we assessed in healthy standing subject...
It is well known that mechanical stimulation promotes indirect fracture healing by triggering callus formation. We investigated the short-term response of healing tissue to mechanical stimulation to compare the changes in tissue stiffness during stim...
Background: People with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) often have trouble remaining active because of paralysis. In the past, exercise recommendations focused on the non-paralyzed muscles in the arms, which provides limited benefits. However, recent stu...
Optimal mechanical parameters for successful bone-healing remain unclear despite their critical influence on fracture outcomes, and the timing of post-surgery mobilization is still controversial despite many clinical observations and pre-clinical stu...
Functional electrical stimulation systems are used as neuroprosthetic devices in rehabilitative interventions such as gait training. Stimulator triggers, implemented to control stimulation delivery, range from open- to closed-loop controllers. Finite...
Objectives: Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) remains a major challenge in pediatric neurology, as many children fail to achieve seizure control despite appropriate medications. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) offers an effective adjunctive treatment; howe...
We conducted this retrospective cohort study aiming to compare the different pregnancy outcomes of endometrial preparation regimens on ischemic placental disease in a frozen embryo transfer cycle. The study included a total of 9351 women who had unde...
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