ba ckground: although it is widely accepted that the pre-school age is a critical period  in  the  development of  obesity,  there  are  few  published data  on  factors contributing to variation of total energy expenditure in this age group.to investigate the contribution of body composition, gender and activity on total energy expenditure (tee) in pre-school children. m ethods: the total ener...

background: workstation design has shift from using single monitor screen to dual monitor screens, which may impose some impacts towards the muscles activity. this study aimed to determine the effect of using dual monitor screen computer to the neck-shoulder muscle activity among computer user. method: this experimental study was conducted in 2015 among 28 healthy students in university malaysi...

The Solar Activity Magnetic Monitor (SAMM) Network (SAMNet) is a future UK-led international network of ground-based solar telescope stations. SAMNet, at its full capacity, will continuously monitor the Sun’s intensity, magnetic, and Doppler velocity fields multiple heights in atmosphere (from photosphere to upper chromosphere). Each SAMM sentinel be equipped with cluster identical telescopes e...

The StepWatch activity monitor has not been validated on multiple indoor and outdoor surfaces in a population using ambulation aids. The aims of this technical report are to report on strategies to configure the StepWatch activity monitor on subjects using a cane and to report the accuracy of both leg-mounted and cane-mounted StepWatch devices on people ambulating over different surfaces while ...