Environmental impacts associated with the use of fossil fuels, rising prices, potential limitations in supply and concerns about regional and national security are driving the development and use of biomass for bioenergy, biofuels and bioproducts. However, the use of biomass does not automatically imply that its production, conversion and use are sustainable. In order to operationalize sustaina...

Different methods have been developed to estimate evapotranspiration from remote sensing data. Among them direct methods based upon the energy balance equation and using thermal infrared (TIR) data like the simplified relationship. This method has been applied for various situations: from small spatial scale using airborne TIR images to continental scale with NOAA data. More recently indirect e...

We develop a method for the accurate reconstruction of non-bandlimited finite rate of innovation signals on the sphere. For signals consisting of a finite number of Dirac functions on the sphere, we develop an annihilating filter based method for the accurate recovery of parameters of the Dirac functions using a finite number of observations of the bandlimited signal. In comparison to existing ...

Addition of capsaicin (CAPS) to the diet has been shown to increase satiety; therefore, CAPS is of interest for anti-obesity therapy. We investigated the effects of CAPS on appetite profile and ad libitum energy intake in relation to energy balance. Fifteen subjects (seven women and eight men, age: 29.7 ± 10.8yrs, BMI: 23.3 ± 2.9 kg/m(2)) underwent four conditions in a randomized crossover desi...

BACKGROUND Muscle spindles endings are extremely sensitive to externally applied vibrations, and under such circumstances they convey proprioceptive inflows to the central nervous system that modulate the spinal reflexes excitability or the muscle responses elicited by postural perturbations. The aim of this pilot study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a balance training program ...

PURPOSE In this study we assessed whether balance confidence scores changed over a 2-year follow up period, and identified predictors of balance confidence and predictors of change in balance confidence among lower limb amputees. METHOD A prospective follow-up survey of 245 community living adults with unilateral below and above knee lower limb amputation who used their prosthetic limb daily ...

We examine the variability of the ocean’s thermohaline circulation in a Oceanic General Circulation Model (OGCM) coupled to a two dimensional atmospheric Energy Balance Model (EBM). The EBM calculates air temperatures by balancing heat fluxes, including that from the ocean surface; air temperature and ocean circulation evolve together without imposed temperature restrictions except specificatio...

Host-specific serovars of Salmonella enterica often have large-scale chromosomal rearrangements that occur by recombination between rrn operons. Two hypotheses have been proposed to explain these rearrangements: (i) replichore imbalance from horizontal gene transfer drives the rearrangements to restore balance, or (ii) the rearrangements are a consequence of the host-specific lifestyle. Althoug...

background regular physical activity contributes positively to physiological and psychological health. this study aimed to identify exercise behavior changes, self efficacy and decisional balance in nursing and midwifery students. methods this is a cross-sectional study carried out in iran. all undergraduate nursing and midwifery students (n=300) participated in this study. data were collected ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of a home-based balance training programme using visual feedback (Nintendo Wii Fit game with balance board) on balance and functional abilities in subjects with Parkinson's disease, and to compare the effects with a group of paired healthy subjects. SUBJECTS Ten subjects with moderate Parkinson's disease and 8 healthy elderly subjects. METHODS Subjects par...