AIMC Topic: Body Weight

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Support vector machines for explaining physiological stress response in Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus).

Scientific reports
Physiological stress response is a crucial adaptive mechanism for prey species survival. This paper aims to identify the main environmental and/or individual factors better explaining the stress response in Wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus. We analyzed...

Recovery Responses to Maximal Exercise in Healthy-Weight Children and Children With Obesity.

Research quarterly for exercise and sport
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine differences in heart rate recovery (HRRec) and oxygen consumption recovery (VO recovery) between young healthy-weight children and children with obesity following a maximal volitional graded exercise ...

MIT-Skywalker: considerations on the Design of a Body Weight Support System.

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
BACKGROUND: To provide body weight support during walking and balance training, one can employ two distinct embodiments: support through a harness hanging from an overhead system or support through a saddle/seat type. This paper presents a comparison...

Broiler weight estimation based on machine vision and artificial neural network.

British poultry science
1. Machine vision and artificial neural network (ANN) procedures were used to estimate live body weight of broiler chickens in 30 1-d-old broiler chickens reared for 42 d. 2. Imaging was performed two times daily. To localise chickens within the pen,...

Effect of body weight support variation on muscle activities during robot assisted gait: a dynamic simulation study.

Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: While body weight support (BWS) intonation is vital during conventional gait training of neurologically challenged subjects, it is important to evaluate its effect during robot assisted gait training. In the present researc...

A comparison of the efficacy of weight-shift vs. joystick control of a robotic mobility device by infants ages 5 to 10 months.

Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA
The onset of crawling in infants contributes to cognitive, perceptual, social, and emotional development. Conversely, infants with motor impairment that delays or prevents autonomous mobility often have associated developmental delays. Evidence sugge...

Role of Antioxidants in Horse Serum-mediated Vasculitis in Swine: Potential Relevance to Early Treatment in Mitigation of Coronary Arteritis in Kawasaki Disease.

Pediatrics and neonatology
BACKGROUND: Horse serum-induced immune complex coronary vasculitis in swine is the first experimental model to mimic most of the pictures of Kawasaki disease. Immune complex mechanism has been implicated as one of the possible mechanisms in the patho...

Vitamin D status, hypertension and body mass index in an urban black community in Mangaung, South Africa.

African journal of primary health care & family medicine
BACKGROUND: A strong relationship exists between hypertension and body weight. Research has linked both higher blood pressure and body weight with lower vitamin D status.

Estimation of umbilical cord blood leptin and insulin based on anthropometric data by means of artificial neural network approach: identifying key maternal and neonatal factors.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth
BACKGROUND: Leptin and insulin levels are key factors regulating fetal and neonatal energy homeostasis, development and growth. Both biomarkers are used as predictors of weight gain and obesity during infancy. There are currently no prediction algori...

Biomechanical effects of body weight support with a novel robotic walker for over-ground gait rehabilitation.

Medical & biological engineering & computing
Body weight support (BWS) promotes better functional outcomes for neurologically challenged patients. Despite the established effectiveness of BWS in gait rehabilitation, the findings on biomechanical effects of BWS training still remain contradictor...