Purpose: In this study, it was aimed to investigate whether physical activity level depends on exercise perception and body awareness.
 Methods: A total of 116 people between the ages 18-25 years who did not have any diseasepreventing participated in study. Using a face-to-face questionnaire inquiry methods, participants were evaluated with Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ), Exercise Bene...

Medidas autorreportadas de atividade física (AF) são comumente usadas em pesquisas populacionais, contudo ainda é incerto o viés destas quando comparadas com acelerometria. Assim, objetivo deste estudo foi comparar medidas AF obtidas por questionário e acelerometria adultos idosos. Realizou-se uma análise transversal do base populacional denominado Study of Health in Pomerode - SHIP-Brazil, 248...

Background: The occurrence of Spondyloarthritis (SpA) often conditions patients’ quality life and hinders their well-being. Physical activity (PA) is associated with various health-related benefits among adults chronic inflammatory rheumatism but may be insufficiently performed. Objectives: This study aimed to assess PA in patients SpA explore its factors. Methods: a single-center cross-section...

We focus on information technology that is relevant to the technical strategy of the Corporation, and that has the potential to open new business opportunities. Research at WRL includes Internet protocol design and implementation, tools to optimize compiled binary code files, hardware and software mechanisms to support scalable shared memory, graphics VLSI ICs, handheld computing, and more. As ...

Introduction: In addition to the significant role of physical rehabilitation as a non-pharmacological treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), positive impact of various forms of physical activity (PA) in slowing down of the disease should be pointed out. There is a lack of research on the topic of physical activity undertaken by people with Parkinson's disease, which is part of lifestyle. Aim: ...

Objective: To investigate if the relationship between physical activity level (PAL) and quality of life (QOL) is affected by living environment (rural or urban). Method: A quantitative, observational and cross-sectional study was performed. Of the 40 participants of both genders, 20 were residents of urban areas and 20 were residents of rural areas in the town of Pimenta Bueno (RO), Brazil. The...

This paper presents an efficient algorithm for a speech recognition system which can process large lists of items. The described two-pass search implementation focuses on maximizing the speed and minimizing the memory footprint of the search engine. The algorithm is designed to handle thousands or tens of thousands of words in a search space restricted by a grammar. A typical example of such a ...

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of using email prompts to attenuate the decrease of physical activity in adults during a winter season. In addition, the secondary purposes were (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of email prompts at increasing motivation towards physical activity and (2) to evaluate the awareness of the email campaign. Extension agents from the ...