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Stable Isotopes Reveal Patterns of Diet And Mobility in the Last Neandertals and First Modern Humans in Europe
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019-03-14)
Correlating cultural, technological and ecological aspects of both Upper Pleistocene modern humans (UPMHs) and Neandertals provides a useful approach for achieving robust predictions about what makes us human. Here we ...
Impact of a workplace ‘sit less, move more’ program on efficiency-related outcomes of office employees
(Biomed Central, 2017-05-10)
Background: Few studies have examined the impact of 'sit less, move more' interventions on workplace performance. This study assessed the short and mid-term impacts of and patterns of change within, a 19-week workplace ...
A systematic review of sex-based differences in effectiveness and adverse effects of clozapine
(Elsevier, 2019-08-03)
Clozapine is one of the most widely used antipsychotics for treating psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This drug, however, is associated with adverse effects such as weight gain, metabolic ...
Gaining ecological insight on dietary allocation among horseshoe bats through molecular primer combination
(Public Library of Science, 2019-07-24)
Knowledge on the trophic interactions among predators and their prey is important in order to understand ecology and behaviour of animals. Traditionally studies on the diet composition of insectivorous bats have been based ...
Bats from different foraging guilds prey upon the pine processionary moth
(PeerJ, 2019-03-08)
Outbreaks of the processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffer-mailer, 1775), a forest pest from the Palearctic, are thought to induce a behavioral response of bats, but up to now the moth has been seldom ...
PGPRs and nitrogen-fixing legumes: a perfect team for efficient Cd phytoremediation?
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015-02-25)
Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic, biologically non-essential and highly mobile metal that has become an increasingly important environmental hazard to both wildlife and humans. In contrast to conventional remediation technologies, ...
Patterns of Impact Resulting from a 'Sit Less, Move More' Web-Based Program in Sedentary Office Employees
(Public Library Science, 2015-04)
Purpose
Encouraging office workers to 'sit less and move more' encompasses two public health priorities. However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of workplace interventions for reducing sitting, even less ...
An Architecture for On-Line Measurement of the Tip Clearance and Time of Arrival of a Bladed Disk of an Aircraft Engine
(MDPI, 2017-10)
Safety and performance of the turbo-engine in an aircraft is directly affected by the health of its blades. In recent years, several improvements to the sensors have taken place to monitor the blades in a non-intrusive ...
Dataset of an in-use tertiary building collected from a detailed 3D mobile monitoring system and building automation system for indoor and outdoor air temperature analysis
(Elsevier, 2020-06-23)
[EN] A Mobile Monitoring System (MMS) has been designed tak- ing into account the use of technology with high sensor ac- curacy and the ability to be installed easily and quickly in different cardinal locations, distribution ...
Self-reported sitting time and physical activity: interactive associations with mental well-being and productivity in office employees
(Biomed Central, 2015-01-31)
Background: Little is known about how sitting time, alone or in combination with markers of physical activity (PA), influences mental well-being and work productivity. Given the need to develop workplace PA interventions ...