Originally, whole body vibration (WBV) was developed for patients with osteoporosis and came into wide use as instrument for increasing bone density centering around Europe since 2000. Recently, many researchers have reported that WBV has various positive effects on improving physical performance, energy metabolism, blood flow, and so on during exercise. In addition, it has been suggested that ...

Abstract This paper explores the connective ‘because’, based on idea that ‘ C because A ’ implies acceptance/truth of antecedent as well consequent , and additionally makes a difference for consequent. To capture this difference-making ‘relevantized’ version Ramsey Test conditionals is employed takes to be relevant in following sense: conditional true/accepted state $$\sigma $$ <mml:math xmlns:...

Poetry within trauma-informed literacies has been influential to understanding youth writing. As the tendency focus on individual rather than structures of power remains, authors this essay point collective resistance and connect writing other creative texts in their engagement black life, livingness, pedagogical possibilities. Specifically, they draw feminist theories methodologies consider ra...

Why do we age? Since ageing is a near-universal feature of complex organisms, a convincing theory must provide a robust evolutionary explanation for its ubiquity. This theory should be compatible with the physiological evidence that ageing is largely due to deterioration, which is, in principle, reversible through repair. Moreover, this theory should also explain why natural selection has favou...