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One-year stability of physical education-centered physical literacy indicators on objectively measured physical activity

2021

One of the central goals of school physical education (PE) is to improve physical literacy in youth to nurture their ability, confidence, and desire to be physically active for life. The aim of this study was to examine the stability of the selected PE-centered physical literacy indicators on school students’ objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA). This study was a follow-up study tracking a sample of 450 Finnish children ( M  =  11.26[0.32]; nfemales  =  194; nmales   =  256) across upper elementary school from fifth (T1) to sixth (T2) grade. A set of independent variables (motor competence, health-related fitness, in-class PE MVPA, and PE motivation …

Artificial neural networks in motor control research

2004

Gait Symmetry Analysis in Patients after Treatment of Pilon Fractures by the Ilizarov Method

2021

The aim of this study was to comprehensively assess the gait parameters in patients who had undergone treatment of pilon fractures by the Ilizarov method. We analyzed gait parameters in patients who had undergone treatment for pilon fractures by the Ilizarov method

Maybe a tad early for a Grand Unified Theory: Commentary on “Towards a Grand Unified Theory of sports performance”

2017

Holographische Untersuchung zur Darstellung initialer Verformungen eines mazerierten menschlichen Schädels unter der Einwirkung einer orthopädischen …

1995

Das Phanomen der Oberkieferverformung und der resultierenden Wachstumsveranderungen unter der orthopadischen Wirkung des Headgears ist sehr komplex und wenig erforscht. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es, mit Hilfe der holographischen Interferometrie die initiale Knochenverformung des Oberkieferkomplexes nach der Einwirkung verschiedener Zugrichtungen eines Headgears zu untersuchen. Ein oberhalb, unterhalb und durch das Widerstandszentrum der ersten bleibenden Molaren gerichteter okzipitaler, zervikaler und Kombinationszug wurde mit 560 g an einem mazerierten menschlichen Schadel simuliert. Die Registrierung der dabei stattfindenden knochernen Veranderungen fand mit Hilfe der Laserholograp…

Mechanical energy states during running.

1978

Changes in total mechanical work and its partitioning into different energy states (kinetic, potential and rotational) during a step cycle of running were investigated on six well trained athletes who ran at the test speeds of 40, 60, 80, and 100% (9.3 +/- 0.3 m/s) of maximum. Cinematographic techniques were utilized to calculate the mechanical energy states as described by Norman et al. (1976), using a 13 segment mechanical model of a runner as the basis for the computations. The data showed that both the kinetic and rotational energy increased parabolically but the potential energy decreased linearly with increases in running velocity. The calculated power of the positive work phase incre…

2017

Micro-fluidic pumps as well as artificial micro-swimmers are conveniently realized exploiting phoretic solvent flows based on local gradients of temperature, electrolyte concentration or pH. We here present a facile micro-photometric method for monitoring pH gradients and demonstrate its performance and scope on different experimental situations including an electro-osmotic pump and modular micro-swimmers assembled from ion exchange resin beads and polystyrene colloids. In combination with the present microscope and DSLR camera our method offers a 2 \mu m spatial resolution at video frame rate over a field of view of 3920x2602 \mu m^2. Under optimal conditions we achieve a pH-resolution of …

Mesoscopic Simulation Methods for Studying Flow and Transport in Electric Fields in Micro- and Nanochannels

2012

In the past decades, several mesoscale simulation techniques have emerged as tools to study hydrodynamic flow phenomena on scales in the range of nanoto micrometers. Examples are Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD), Multiparticle Collision Dynamics (MPCD), or Lattice Boltzmann (LB) methods. These methods allow one to access time and length scales which are not yet within reach of atomistic Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations, often at relatively moderate computational expense. They can be coupled with particle-based (e.g., molecular dynamics) simulation methods for thermally fluctuating nanoscale objects, such as colloids or large molecules. This makes them particularly attractive for the a…

A fast solver for nonlocal electrostatic theory in biomolecular science and engineering

2011

Biological molecules perform their functions surrounded by water and mobile ions, which strongly influence molecular structure and behavior. The electrostatic interactions between a molecule and solvent are particularly difficult to model theoretically, due to the forces' long range and the collective response of many thousands of solvent molecules. The dominant modeling approaches represent the two extremes of the trade-off between molecular realism and computational efficiency: all-atom molecular dynamics in explicit solvent, and macroscopic continuum theory (the Poisson or Poisson--Boltzmann equation). We present the first fast-solver implementation of an advanced nonlocal continuum theo…

Force-Time Characteristics and Running Velocity of Male Sprinters during the Acceleration Phase of Sprinting

1988

Abstract In an effort to investigate the force-time characteristics during the acceleration phase of the sprint start, eight male sprinters were used as subjects. Runs up to 3 m were analyzed from film, and force-time parameters were measured on a force platform. In a starting stance the reaction time of the group was .118 ± .016 s and the force production lasted .342 ± .022 s. The maximal resultant force at the moment of maximal horizontal force was 19.3 ± 2.2 N x kg1, and the direction of the force was 32 ± 7°. In the very last instant before leaving the blocks the velocity of the center of gravity was 3.46 ± .32 m x s−1. In the first contact after leaving the blocks there was a braking p…