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Cluster Set vs. Traditional Set in Plyometric Training: Effect on the Athletic Performance of Youth Football Players

  • Barışcan Öztürk,
  • Niyazi Sıdkı Adıgüzel,
  • Murat Koç,
  • Aydın Karaçam and ,
  • Umut Canlı,
  • Hakan Engin,
  • Bekir Erhan Orhan,
  • Peter Bartik,
  • Peter Sagat and
  • Pablo Prieto-González
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

26 January 2025

Aim: This study evaluated the effects of plyometric training with different set configurations on sprint speed, change of direction (COD), jump performance, and perceived exertion in youth football players. Method: Twenty-four U-19 players were rando...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sports Science: Physical Performance Diagnostics and Enhancement)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,215 Views
8 Pages

Hands-on activities are one of the characteristics of vocational learning. Learners will be triggered to activate their cognitive and psychomotor aspects with hands-on activities. These activities involve training sets to support students in understa...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Vocational Education Applied Science and Technology 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,346 Views
13 Pages

27 November 2024

The aim of this study was to compare the acute effect of three cluster set (CS) intra-set rest intervals (15 s, 30 s, and 45 s) on mechanical performance measures during a flywheel resistance training session. Twelve amateur male field sport athletes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,605 Views
13 Pages

2 February 2023

It is difficult to collect training samples for all types of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) targets. A realistic problem comes when unseen categories exist that are not included in training and benchmark data at the time of recognition, which is defi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent SAR Target Detection and Recognition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,924 Views
13 Pages

Cluster Set Resistance Training Reduces Autonomic Perturbations Compared to Traditional Protocols in Trained Healthy Young Individuals: A Clinical Study

  • Bianca de Souza Soares,
  • Maria Clara Gomes Alves,
  • Carlos Eduardo Cantelmo,
  • Bruna Cristina de Oliveira Barros and
  • Gustavo Vieira de Oliveira

Objectives: This study investigates the effects of cluster set resistance training (RT) on heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in young, healthy individuals. Methods: This trial was registered in the Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry (ReBEC) und...

(This article belongs to the Section Neurovascular Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,783 Views
17 Pages

Impact of Training Set Size and Lead Time on Early Tomato Crop Mapping Accuracy

  • Michele Croci,
  • Giorgio Impollonia,
  • Henri Blandinières,
  • Michele Colauzzi and
  • Stefano Amaducci

11 September 2022

Estimating key crop parameters (e.g., phenology, yield prediction) is a prerequisite for optimizing agrifood supply chains through the use of satellite imagery, but requires timely and accurate crop mapping. The moment in the season and the number of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,385 Views
29 Pages

This study explores how Speech and Elocution Training (SET) activates language potential and fosters career-oriented development among higher vocational students through self-efficacy mechanisms. Through qualitative interviews with four vocational gr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,068 Views
27 Pages

Background: Paired-set (PS) resistance exercise is widely used to increase training density; however, evidence-based guidance remains limited due to heterogeneous exercise sequences and rest configurations. This systematic review aimed to synthesize...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimizing Performance: Training Strategies to Improve Strength, Speed, Power, and Endurance, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,227 Views
17 Pages

13 October 2020

Digital libraries offer access to a large number of handwritten historical documents. These documents are available as raw images and therefore their content is not searchable. A fully manual transcription is time-consuming and expensive while a full...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Historical Document Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
468 Views
28 Pages

3 October 2026

Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), particularly ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) and fly ash, are widely used in concrete, but the effect of training-set SCM composition on prediction of GGBS–fly ash blended mixtures remain...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,736 Views
20 Pages

Music and speech detection provides us valuable information regarding the nature of content in broadcast audio. It helps detect acoustic regions that contain speech, voice over music, only music, or silence. In recent years, there have been developme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning Applied to Music/Audio Signal Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,102 Views
13 Pages

Noise Modeling to Build Training Sets for Robust Speech Enhancement

  • Yahui Wang,
  • Wenxi Zhang,
  • Zhou Wu,
  • Xinxin Kong and ,
  • Yongbiao Wang and
  • Hongxin Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 February 2022

DNN-based Speech Enhancement (SE) models suffer from significant performance degradation in real recordings due to the mismatch between the synthetic datasets employed for training and real test sets. To solve this problem, we propose a new Generativ...

(This article belongs to the Topic Machine and Deep Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,718 Views
30 Pages

A Scheduling Approach for the Train-Set Circulation Plan and Timetable for the Longer Distance High-Speed Railway in Transition Time

  • Zeyu Wang,
  • Zixi Bai,
  • Leishan Zhou,
  • Bin Guo and ,
  • Chang Han,
  • Hanxiao Zhou and
  • Wenqiang Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 February 2022

Nowadays, high-speed railway (HSR) has become one of the main choices for passengers. As the number of passengers increases, their travel demands become diverse and the fluctuation range of passenger travel demands will also increase. In order to ada...

(This article belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,552 Views
13 Pages

The Endocrine and Body Composition Responses to Accentuated Eccentric Loading Performed in Cluster Sets During a Strength–Endurance Training Block

  • Kurt W. McDowell,
  • Alex Long,
  • Daniel Gahreman,
  • D. Andrew Nelson and ,
  • Nicholas J. Goode,
  • Ryan P. Lis,
  • Sungwon Chae,
  • Satoshi Mizuguchi,
  • Marten Baur and
  • Michael H. Stone
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

5 December 2024

This study investigated the endocrine responses to accentuated eccentric loading (AEL) paired with cluster sets (CSs) versus traditional training (TRAD). Seventeen recreationally active subjects (male = 11, females = 6, age = 23.18 ± 4.15 yrs,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Biomechanics in Sports Performance, Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
2,412 Views
5 Pages

16 January 2016

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of 6-week cluster versus traditional plyometric training sets on jumping ability, sprint and agility performance.

Materials and methods: Thirteen college students were assigned to a cluster...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,238 Views
21 Pages

Receiving Routing Approach for Virtually Coupled Train Sets at a Railway Station

  • Yinggui Zhang,
  • Qianying Xu,
  • Runchuan Yu,
  • Minghui Zhao and
  • Jiachen Liu

23 April 2023

Elaborated in several forms before being formally defined, virtually coupled train sets (VCTS) have become an issue for capacity increase with obvious shorter train intervals. As the station organization strategy is still ambiguous due to the lack of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,642 Views
14 Pages

18 December 2020

Classification algorithms require training data initially labelled by classes to build a model and then to be able to classify the new data. The amount and diversity of training data affect the classification quality and usually the larger the traini...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Sensors and Computer Vision)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,319 Views
24 Pages

30 July 2023

Scanning underwater areas using magnetometers in search of unexploded ordnance is a difficult challenge, where machine learning methods can find a significant application. However, this requires the creation of a dataset enabling the training of pred...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Sensor Applications in Marine Objects Recognition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,888 Views
19 Pages

17 May 2025

Virtual coupling (VC) technology, which determines the safe interval between trains based on relative braking distance, offers a promising solution by enabling tighter yet safe train-following intervals through advanced communication and control stra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Perception, Control and Optimization Methods in Intelligent Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,188 Views
11 Pages

10 August 2023

Auditory training (AT) has limited generalization to non-trained stimuli. Therefore, in the current study, we tested the effect of stimuli similar to that used in daily life: sentences in background noise. The sample consisted of 15 Hebrew-speaking a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Audio, Speech and Language Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,109 Views
13 Pages

8 February 2022

This paper investigates the effects of the repetitive block-wise training process on the classification accuracy for a code-modulated visual evoked potentials (cVEP)-based brain–computer interface (BCI). The cVEP-based BCIs are popular thanks t...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Neuroscience, Neuroinformatics, and Neurocomputing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,436 Views
21 Pages

3 September 2025

Image-to-image translation inputs an image and transforms it into a new image. Deep learning-based image translation requires numerous training data to prevent overfitting; therefore, this study proposes a method to secure training data efficiently b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Application of Deep Neural Networks in Image Processing)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
174 Views
35 Pages

31 October 2026

This umbrella review examined acute fatigue and chronic adaptation with non-failure versus failure and cluster sets or rest redistribution versus traditional sets. Velocity-loss thresholds formed a supplementary branch. Seven databases were searched,...

(This article belongs to the Section Physiology and Pathology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,904 Views
11 Pages

2 March 2024

The aim of this study was to examine the progression and the effect of sprint interval training (SIT) on swimmers’ performance and physiological responses during and after a 6-week period. Eight swimmers (age: 16.7 ± 4.2 years) performed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Translation of Laboratory Knowledge to the Daily Practice of Sports Science: Interpretation of Training and Physiological Adaptations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,389 Views
17 Pages

Ternary Neural Networks Based on on/off Memristors: Set-Up and Training

  • Antoni Morell,
  • Elvis Díaz Machado,
  • Enrique Miranda,
  • Guillem Boquet and
  • Jose Lopez Vicario

Neuromorphic systems based on hardware neural networks (HNNs) are expected to be an energy and time-efficient computing architecture for solving complex tasks. In this paper, we consider the implementation of deep neural networks (DNNs) using crossba...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue RRAM Devices: Multilevel State Control and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,197 Views
11 Pages

26 January 2021

A conceptually simple way to classify images is to directly compare test-set data and training-set data. The accuracy of this approach is limited by the method of comparison used, and by the extent to which the training-set data cover configuration s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning Meets Stochastic Processes: New Trends for Understanding Complex Systems)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,098 Views
11 Pages

Background: Swimming coaches search for the most efficient training approach and stimuli for swimmers’ improvement. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a well-established training approach used by coaches to accelerate swimmers’ im...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimizing Performance: Training Strategies to Improve Strength, Speed, Power, and Endurance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,724 Views
14 Pages

31 December 2021

The paper presents View VULMA, a data set specifically designed for training machine-learning tools for elaborating fast vulnerability analysis of existing buildings. Such tools require supervised training via an extensive set of building imagery, fo...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
29 Citations
20,961 Views
13 Pages

22 July 2019

Resistance training volume, determined by the number of sets performed (set-volume) is considered one of the key variables in promoting muscle hypertrophy. To better guide resistance exercise prescription for weekly per-muscle training volume, the pu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
19,882 Views
12 Pages

29 August 2021

The study aimed to compare the effects of drop set resistance training (RT) versus traditional RT on markers of maximal muscle strength and regional hypertrophy of the quadriceps femoris. Sixteen recreationally active young men had one leg randomly a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,884 Views
18 Pages

Predicting and trading assets in the global financial market represents a complex challenge driven by the dynamic and volatile nature of the sector. This study proposes a day trading strategy that optimizes asset purchase and sale parameters using di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,829 Views
28 Pages

A Post-Training Study on the Budgeting Criteria Set and Priority for MALE UAS Design

  • Li-Pin Chi,
  • Chen-Hua Fu,
  • Jeng-Pyng Chyng,
  • Zheng-Yun Zhuang and
  • Jen-Hung Huang

25 March 2019

A recent study proposed a systematic “(budgeting) knowledge discovery educational framework” (BKDEF). This BKDEF is focused on guiding staff training courses for enhancing the ability to allocate the “large but limited” budget...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from 2nd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2019)
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
16,712 Views
24 Pages

Background: Advanced resistance training systems are widely used in practice, yet their comparative effectiveness for hypertrophy and maximal strength in recreationally trained adults remains unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimizing Strength and Resistance Training: Best Practices Applied to Sports Disciplines and Performance—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,076 Views
15 Pages

In squeeze casting, the injection parameters including fit clearance, speed, temperature, and their uncertainties significantly impact the forming quality. Robust optimization can improve the design reliability and reduce the influence of uncertainty...

  • Article
  • Open Access
978 Views
32 Pages

This study aimed to evaluate the performance expression stability (PES) of sixteen alternative complex–contrast training (CCT) set strategies. Three separate cross-sectional studies (n = 14–17) evaluated the effects of different intra-con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,869 Views
19 Pages

16 August 2022

Forest plantations in South Africa impose genus-specific demands on limited soil moisture. Hence, plantation composition and distribution mapping is critical for water conservation planning. Genus maps are used to quantify the impact of post-harvest...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
198 Citations
17,880 Views
27 Pages

21 January 2021

The size of the training data set is a major determinant of classification accuracy. Nevertheless, the collection of a large training data set for supervised classifiers can be a challenge, especially for studies covering a large area, which may be t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing Data and Classification Algorithms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
16,042 Views
13 Pages

The Effects of Inter-Set Recovery Time on Explosive Power, Electromyography Activity, and Tissue Oxygenation during Plyometric Training

  • Shuo Guan,
  • Nan Lin,
  • Yue Yin,
  • Haibin Liu and ,
  • Liqing Liu and
  • Liping Qi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 April 2021

Performing continuous sets to failure is fatiguing during the plyometric training. Cluster sets have been used to redistribute total rest time to create short frequent sets so that muscle fatigue can be avoided. The purpose of the study was to invest...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Neurophysiological Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,161 Views
24 Pages

Pre-trained language models are typically adapted to downstream tasks via full fine tuning. However, this entails substantial computational and memory overhead. Parameter-efficient alternatives such as Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA), Quantized Low-Rank A...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances on Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
15,392 Views
12 Pages

Acute Effect of Upper-Lower Body Super-Set vs. Traditional-Set Configurations on Bar Execution Velocity and Volume

  • Guillermo Peña García-Orea,
  • David Rodríguez-Rosell,
  • Daniel Segarra-Carrillo,
  • Marzo Edir Da Silva-Grigoletto and
  • Noelia Belando-Pedreño

14 July 2022

This study aimed to compare the effect on bar execution velocity and number of repetitions between two velocity-based resistance training protocols only differing in the set configuration of the full-squat (SQ) and bench-press (BP) exercises. Moderat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,959 Views
9 Pages

Effects of Adding Inter-Set Static Stretching to Flywheel Resistance Training on Flexibility, Muscular Strength, and Regional Hypertrophy in Young Men

  • Masatoshi Nakamura,
  • Hirotaka Ikezu,
  • Shigeru Sato,
  • Kaoru Yahata and ,
  • Ryosuke Kiyono,
  • Riku Yoshida,
  • Kosuke Takeuchi and
  • João Pedro Nunes
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Performing static stretching (SS) during resistance training (RT) rest periods is posited to potentiate muscular adaptations, but the literature is scarce on the topic. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of adding inter-se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Muscle Responses and Adaptation in Exercise, Sport and Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,790 Views
14 Pages

23 September 2020

We propose a method of enlarging the training dataset for a single-sample-per-person (SSPP) face recognition problem. The appearance of the human face varies greatly, owing to various intrinsic and extrinsic factors. In order to build a face recognit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning Methods with Noisy, Incomplete or Small Datasets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,044 Views
10 Pages

26 April 2023

This 12-week study investigates the effects of resistance training with different set structures on the plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and obesity-related markers in middle-aged Korean women with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights into Exercise Intervention for Aging and Geriatric Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
12,688 Views
18 Pages

Creatine Enhances the Effects of Cluster-Set Resistance Training on Lower-Limb Body Composition and Strength in Resistance-Trained Men: A Pilot Study

  • Diego A. Bonilla,
  • Richard B. Kreider,
  • Jorge L. Petro,
  • Ramón Romance and ,
  • Manuel García-Sillero,
  • Javier Benítez-Porres and
  • Salvador Vargas-Molina
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

4 July 2021

Creatine monohydrate (CrM) supplementation has been shown to improve body composition and muscle strength when combined with resistance training (RT); however, no study has evaluated the combination of this nutritional strategy with cluster-set resis...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Creatine Supplementation for Health and Clinical Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,408 Views
17 Pages

25 February 2021

In machine learning applications, classification schemes have been widely used for prediction tasks. Typically, to develop a prediction model, the given dataset is divided into training and test sets; the training set is used to build the model and t...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,482 Views
21 Pages

18 May 2023

This work deals with automatically detecting stuttering and its subclasses. An effective classification of stuttering along with its subclasses could find wide application in determining the severity of stuttering by speech therapists, preliminary pa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Neuroscience)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,668 Views
15 Pages

The present review summarizes the effects of manipulating different resistance exercise variables on jumps, sprints, and changes of direction (CODs) in soccer. Regarding jumps, moderate-to-high loads, full range of movement (ROM), non-failure sets, a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimizing Performance: Training Strategies to Improve Strength, Speed, and Power)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,093 Views
11 Pages

Examining the Cross-Education Phenomenon in Lower Limbs: Insights from the Force–Velocity Profile

  • Jessica Rial-Vázquez,
  • Juan Fariñas,
  • María Rúa-Alonso,
  • Iván Nine and ,
  • Manuel Avelino Giráldez-García and
  • Eliseo Iglesias-Soler
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 February 2026

This study explored whether the cross-education (CE) phenomenon could be examined through the force–velocity (FV) profile obtained from unilateral leg extension. Nineteen participants completed 5 weeks of unilateral knee extension interventions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
603 Views
19 Pages

4 June 2026

Background: High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is increasingly implemented in school-based physical education, yet little is known about how exercise intensity changes across repeated sessions and whether such trajectories are associated with ph...

(This article belongs to the Section Physiology and Pathology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
8,801 Views
14 Pages

9 March 2018

Current corporations are subject to stringent requirements in terms of sustainable development; however, a relevant problem is highlighted on the basis of the studies conducted. On the one hand, corporations experience greater or lesser pressure, whi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Developing Countries: Current Trends and Development)

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