BACKGROUND In recent years, there has been a decline in physical activity among adults. Motivation has been shown to be a crucial factor in maintaining physical activity. The purpose of this study was to examine whether motives for participation could accurately discriminate gender, age, and type of physical activity. METHODS A quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive research design was emp...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to gain insight into (i) processed snack-food availability, (ii) processed snack-food salience and (iii) the size of dinnerware among households with overweight gatekeepers. Moreover, associations between gatekeepers' characteristics and in-home observations were determined. DESIGN A cross-sectional observation of home food environments was conducted...

Introduction On February 29, 2004, the college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS) announced a proposal to add a fifth game to the “BCS bowls” to improve access for midmajor teams ordinarily denied invitations to these lucrative postseason games. Although still subject to final approval, this agreement is expected to be instituted with the new BCS contract just prior to the 2006 season. The...

two fish. In the wild, kittiwakes have to learn to look for particular colours and patterns in the ocean to find the best place to fish. The researchers tried to recreate this for the captive birds by making them search for their food among a chequerboard of different coloured bowls. Chicks on the unrestricted fatty diet quickly learned which bowls contained food, but chicks on lean rations wer...

Background: With the reports of indigenous cases dengue and chikungunya in forest-covered rural tribal malaria-endemic villages Dhalai District, Tripura, India, an exploratory study was undertaken to identify vector breeding sites. Methods: From June 2021 August 2022, mosquito larvae were collected from both natural artificial sources villages, house premises, their nearby forested areas outsid...

Wiping the surface of an object with a robot is necessary to automate various tasks such as cleaning and polishing. However, it very difficult move contact points while maintaining appropriate force position control. It because response when varies greatly slight differences in positional relationship, affected by errors shape measurement robot's motion. To achieve this, control that directly h...