This paper studies the dynamics of human mobility during initial stage COVID-19 pandemic in countries around world. The main goal analysis is to empirically separate voluntary reductions driven by information about location-specific trends from effects government-imposed social distancing mandates. Google dataset used track across a wide range categories (e.g., workplace, retail and recreationa...

Introduction: Obesity is a topic of increasing concern and is associated with decreased physical activity. Some dysregulation in a mechanism causing cardiovascular, and hemodynamic adjustments during exercise (Meta boreflex; a feed-back mechanism originating in skeletal muscle due to local metabolites) has been demonstrated in obese subjects. Aims and objective: The purpose of this study is to ...

Cashewnut (Anacardium occidentale L.) is an export-oriented plantation crop. The VRI-3 cashew plantation, utilizing a 7 x m low-density (LD) system with approximately 200 plants ha-1, falls short of meeting the country's import and export demands. Consequently, high-density planting (HDP) was developed in Tamil Nadu to enhance India's production. Further advancement through ultra-high-density (...

There are economic and physical limitations when applying prevention and control strategies for urban vector borne diseases. Consequently, there are increasing concerns and interest in designing efficient strategies and regulations that health agencies can follow in order to reduce the imminent impact of viruses like Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya. That includes fumigation, abatization, reducing ...

BACKGROUND The integrity of frontal systems responsible for voluntary control and their interaction with subcortical regions involved in reflexive responses were studied in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Previous studies have shown that patients with PD have impaired executive function, including deficits in attention, motor planning and decision making. METHODS Executive function wa...

Previous studies have shown that EEG activity in the gamma range can be modulated by attention. Here, we compared this activity for voluntary and involuntary spatial attention in a spatial-cueing paradigm with faces as targets. The stimuli and trial timing were kept constant across attention conditions with only the predictive value of the cue changing. Gamma-band response was linked to volunta...

Previous studies have shown that EEG activity in the gamma range can be modulated by attention. Here, we compared this activity for voluntary and involuntary spatial attention in a spatial-cueing paradigm with faces as targets. The stimuli and trial timing were kept constant across attention conditions with only the predictive value of the cue changing. Gamma-band response was linked to volunta...

OBJECTIVE Measurement of voluntary activation gives an indication of neural drive to the muscle. This study aimed to identify the site of impairment in neural drive during voluntary contractions post-stroke. METHODS Elbow-flexor voluntary activation was assessed bilaterally for 10 stroke patients (mean 61.2 ± 12.3 years) and 6 age-matched controls (61.3 ± 14.0 years) by stimulating either the...