Exercise & Fitness

Assessing the association between 25-OH vitamin D levels and ROMA score in a population of obese women.

The “Risk of Malignancy Algorithm” (ROMA) combines the diagnostic power of the CA125 and HE4 markers with menopausal status to predict the risk for developing epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between 25-OH vitamin D levels and ROMA score in obese women. One hundred and eighteen patients with a Body Mass Index (BMI) > 30 kg/m2 (Group 1) and 80 w...

Sweat rate and fluid intake in young elite basketball players on the FIBA Europe U20 Championship.

BACKGROUND/AIM: Previous investigations in many sports indicated that continued exercise, especially in hot environments, can cause high sweat rate and huge water and electrolyte losses, thus impairing the performance of athletes. Most these studies were conducted during training sessions, but rarely during an official competition. Therefore, the aim of our study was to determine pre- and post-com...

[Rapid Start-up of Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification Coupled Phosphorus Removal Process and Its Performing Characteristics].

In this study, simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) coupled Phosphorus removal process through gradually decreasing DO concentration w...

Authors' reply to "Dosimetric of intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery: only 'an exercise of style'".

Aspherical lens design using hybrid neural-genetic algorithm of contact lenses.

The design of complex contact lenses involves numerous uncertain variables. How to help an optical designer to first design the optimal contact lens t...

[Process Optimization of Aerobic Granular Sludge Continuous-Flow System for the Treatment of Low COD/N Ratio Sewage].

The mature aerobic granular sludge (AGS) was inoculated in a continuous-flow joint constructor reactor to treat low chemical oxygen demand/nitrogen (C...

Robotic Hysterectomy for Endometrial Cancer in Obese Patients With Comorbidities: Evaluating Postoperative Complications.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to determine (1) if there is a relationship between increasing body mass index (BMI) and postoperative comp...

Simon and the Sirens: A Commentary.

Even in its extended usage, the concept of bounded rationality bears the birthmark of its origins in economics. First and most obviously, it is about ...

EEG error potentials detection and classification using time-frequency features for robot reinforcement learning.

In thought-based steering of robots, error potentials (ErrP) can appear when the action resulting from the brain-machine interface (BMI) classifier/co...

Efficacy of Feedback-Controlled Robotics-Assisted Treadmill Exercise to Improve Cardiovascular Fitness Early After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cardiovascular fitness is greatly reduced after stroke. Although individuals with mild to moderate impairments benefit from co...

A proposal for patient-tailored supervision of movement performance during end-effector-based robot-assisted rehabilitation of the upper extremities.

Millions of people worldwide suffer from stroke each year. One way to assist patients cost-effectively during their rehabilitation process is using en...

Obesity is not associated with increased operative complications in single-site robotic partial nephrectomy.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of high body mass index (BMI) on outcomes following robotic laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (R-LESS) robotic-assi...

Improving Quality of Life and Depression After Stroke Through Telerehabilitation.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of home-based robot-assisted rehabilitation coupled with a home exercise program compare...

Harmonizing SNOMED CT with BioTopLite: An Exercise in Principled Ontology Alignment.

The integration of heterogeneous ontologies is often hampered by different upper level categories and relations. We report on an on-going effort to al...

Development of an Ontology to Recommend Exercises from Conceptual Maps.

The recommendation of exercise plans requires several variables to be considered (e.g., patient's conditions and preferences) and are normally complex...

Intelligent scheduling of execution for customized physical fitness and healthcare system.

Physical fitness and health of white collar business person is getting worse and worse in recent years. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system...

Fool-proofing design and crisis management for customized intelligent physical fitness and healthcare system.

In recent years, it is quite important to develop a customized system which can enhance physical fitness and health for people. And the system reliabi...

Association between thyroid hormone levels and insulin resistance and body mass index.

OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have shown an association between thyroid function and insulin resistance and obesity. We compared insulin resistance and ...

Evaluation of systemic allergy in a jet aviator.

Cholinergic urticaria and exercise-induced anaphylaxis (EIA) are related conditions. Cholinergic urticaria is caused by a rise in body core temperatur...

The patient after cardiac valve surgery--risks and complications.

Nearly all forms of valve surgery are incompatible with fitness to fly. The biological valves have a small but definite thrombo-embolic risk and are p...