One such method, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), detects WAT by measuring the difference in heat absorbed or released between a reference sample and the test sample at a given cooling or warming rate. The WAT is detected by a deviation of experimental data from the reference baseline and typically requires a significant amount of wax formation for sensible detection. Consequently, it m...

Remodelling of biological tissue, due to changes in microstructure, is treated in the continuum mechanical setting. Microstructural change is expressed as an evolution of the reference configuration. This evolution is expressed as a point-to-point map from the reference configuration to a remodelled configuration. A “preferred” change in configuration is considered in the form of a globally inc...

Background: Many observational studies have shown a protective effect of physical activity on cognitive ageing, but interventional studies have been less convincing. This may be due to short time scales of interventions, suboptimal interventional regimes or lack of lasting effect. Confounding through common genetic and developmental causes is also possible. Objectives: We aimed to test whether ...

Background: In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) it is important to understand which factors can alter the trajectory of cognitive decline. Evidence suggests that physical activity levels are associated with global cognitive change in AD (Winchester et al., 2013). The aim of this study was to determine whether habitual physical activity specifically influences executive function change in AD over 1 year...

Background: Many observational studies have shown a protective effect of physical activity on cognitive ageing, but interventional studies have been less convincing. This may be due to short time scales of interventions, suboptimal interventional regimes or lack of lasting effect. Confounding through common genetic and developmental causes is also possible. Objectives: We aimed to test whether ...

Smartphones are often spontaneously used for personal purposes and during face-to-face gatherings. New terms like “phubbing” “technoference” describe negative consequences of this behavior, but analysis the actual everyday social situations where smartphones feature has largely been neglected. This article shows how simultaneous smartphone conversational engagements shaped by participants’ embo...