This paper provides a historical summary of military nutrition research into the role of diet for sustaining soldier physical performance. Studies of underfeeding document that physical performance is preserved during several days of underfeeding provided sufficient carbohydrate and minerals are consumed to minimize the diuresis associated with semi-starvation diets and serial intake of carbohy...

f we had machines that could hear as humans do, we would expect them to be able to easily distinguish speech from music and background noises, to pull out the speech and music parts for special treatment, to know what direction sounds are coming from, to learn which noises are typical and which are noteworthy. Hearing machines should be able to organize what they hear; learn names for recogniza...

There is a rich scientific literature regarding hydration status and physical function that began in the late 1800s, although the relationship was likely apparent centuries before that. A decrease in body water from normal levels (often referred to as dehydration or hypohydration) provokes changes in cardiovascular, thermoregulatory, metabolic, and central nervous function that become increasin...

background: the present study examines the effects of iranian traditional music and western classical music during 20 min of pedaling on an ergometer, along with the normal factors of profile of mood states and rate of perceived exertion. methods: seventeen non-athlete participants (11 men and six women) with a mean age of 26±1.5 cycled in three conditions: exposure to iranian traditional music...

objectives the aim of this study was to examine temporal changes in technical and physical performances during a small-sided game (ssg) in elite soccer players. methods sixty elite youth players (age 14.8 ± 0.2 yr; stature 177 ± 5 cm; body mass 66.2 ± 4.7 kg) completed a 5 v 5 ssg using two repetitions of 8 minutes interspersed by 3 minutes of passive recovery. to evaluate temporal changes in p...

purpose the aim of this study was to determine the effect of ramadan fasting on body composition, calorie intake and physical performance in young female athletes undertaking training sessions during ramadan. methods twelve voluntary female athletes (15-27 years old) were assigned to the research. a prospective study was conducted to investigate the athletes on four different occasions: one wee...

Three different Swedish lightweight multistory buildings have been investigated with respect to the flanking transmission over an inner wall. Among the buildings analysed, one of them had been used by residents for three years and the two other were only just erected and being built respectively. A tapping machine and a Japanese ball were used as excitation sources so as to produce vibrations i...

Aiming at improving the assessment of senior medical students a standardized and structured modi® cation to the traditional long-case examination is proposed. Students are presented with a sequence of two long cases, with each case being observed by a different examiner. After approaching the patient, the student is interviewed by the examiner who uses a set of four standardized questions. A 10...

In the eld of research and development of grippers in object-handling applications, many research results in improving grippers' performances have been achieved, and many kinds of multi nger grippers have been developed. By using multi nger grippers, it is possible to grasp di erent objects of di erent shapes without changing grippers; and most importantly, it can manipulate the grasped object ...