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Auckland University of Technology
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About: Auckland University of Technology is a education organization based out in Auckland, New Zealand. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 4116 authors who have published 13461 publications receiving 353076 citations. The organization is also known as: AUT & AUT University.
Topics: Population, Context (language use), Poison control, Health care, Tourism
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TL;DR: This study explored the effect of mobile service quality and its compatibility to mobile technology on users' perceived playfulness toward these services and found that service attributes need to be aligned with mobile phone functionalities to enhance user's Perceived Playfulness.
Abstract: There is a growing body of research into mobile information and entertainment services in recent years. Using an extended Technology Acceptance Model perspective, this study explored the effect of mobile service quality and its compatibility to mobile technology on users' perceived playfulness toward these services. Mobile Service Quality and Perceived Technology Compatibility were found to influence users' Perceived Playfulness. Furthermore, Perceived Technology Compatibility significantly mediated the relationship between Mobile Service Quality and Perceived Playfulness. This suggests that service attributes need to be aligned with mobile phone functionalities to enhance user's Perceived Playfulness. In addition, Perceived Usefulness, Ease of Use, and Personalization are the three most important service quality aspects that influenced Perceived Playfulness.
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Deakin University1, University of Hong Kong2, University of California, San Diego3, Ghent University4, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute5, The Catholic University of America6, University of Los Andes7, Auckland University of Technology8, Emory University9, University of Southern Denmark10, University of Canberra11, University of Navarra12
TL;DR: Country-specific modifications to the original scoring protocol of the NEWS/NEWS-A are proposed that enhance inter-country comparability and have yielded sufficiently equivalent measurement models of theNEWS/ NEWS-A.
Abstract: Background: The IPEN (International Physical Activity and Environment Network) Adult project seeks to conduct pooled analyses of associations of perceived neighborhood environment, as measured by the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated version (NEWS-A), with physical activity using data from 12 countries. As IPEN countries used adapted versions of the NEWS/NEWS-A, this paper aimed to develop scoring protocols that maximize cross-country comparability in responses. This information is also highly relevant to non-IPEN studies employing the NEWS/NEWS-A, which is one of the most popular measures of perceived environment globally. Methods: The following countries participated in the IPEN Adult study: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Participants (N = 14,305) were recruited from neighborhoods varying in walkability and socio-economic status. Countries collected data on the perceived environment using a self- or interviewer-administered version of the NEWS/NEWS-A. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to derive comparable country-specific measurement models of the NEWS/NEWS-A. The level of correspondence between standard and alternative versions of the NEWS/NEWS-A factor-analyzable subscales was determined by estimating the correlations and mean standardized difference (Cohen’s d) between them using data from countries that had included items from both standard and alternative versions of the subscales. Results: Final country-specific measurement models of the NEWS/NEWS-A provided acceptable levels of fit to the data and shared the same factorial structure with six latent factors and two single items. The correspondence between the standard and alternative versions of subscales of Land use mix – access, Infrastructure and safety for walking/cycling, and Aesthetics was high. The Brazilian version of the Traffic safety subscale was highly, while the Australian and Belgian versions were marginally, comparable to the standard version. Single-item versions of the Street connectivity subscale used in Australia and Belgium showed marginally acceptable correspondence to the standard version. (Continued on next page)
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Karolinska Institutet1, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research2, National Institute for Health Research3, University of Zurich4, University of Regensburg5, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta6, Aix-Marseille University7, Danube University Krems8, University of Ulm9, University of Auckland10, Auckland University of Technology11, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg12, University of Texas at Dallas13
TL;DR: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Biomedicum, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Abstract: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Biomedicum, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Hearing Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Economia, Politica e Lingue Moderne, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy, Neuroplasticity
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TL;DR: The results suggest that reflex modulation occurred through altered use of fixed muscle coordination patterns rather than through a change in reflex coordination, suggesting that reflex gain increases to enhance limb stability when that stability is not provided by the environment.
Abstract: The human motor system regulates arm mechanics to produce stable postures during interactions with different physical environments. This occurs partly via involuntary mechanisms, including stretch reflexes. Previous single-joint studies demonstrated enhanced reflex sensitivity during interactions with compliant environments, suggesting reflex gain increases to enhance limb stability when that stability is not provided by the environment. This study examined whether similar changes in reflex gain are present throughout the limb following perturbations that simultaneously influence multiple joints. Furthermore, we investigated whether any observed modulation was accompanied by task-specific changes in reflex coordination across muscles, a question that cannot be addressed using single-joint perturbations. Reflexes were elicited during the maintenance of posture by perturbing the arm with a three degrees of freedom robot, configured to have isotropic stiffness of either 10 N/m (compliant) or 10 kN/m (stiff). Perturbation characteristics were matched in both environments. Reflex magnitude was quantified by the average rectified electromyogram, recorded from eight muscles crossing the elbow and shoulder. Reflex coordination was assessed using independent components analysis to compare reflex activation patterns during interactions with stiff and compliant environments. Stretch reflex sensitivity increased significantly in all muscles during interactions with the compliant environment and these changes were not due to changes in background muscle activity. However, there was no significant difference in the reflex coordination patterns observed during interactions with the stiff and compliant environments. These results suggest that reflex modulation occurred through altered use of fixed muscle coordination patterns rather than through a change in reflex coordination.
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TL;DR: This research presents a novel probabilistic approach that allows us to assess the importance of knowing the carrier and removal status of canine coronavirus as a source of infection in animals and its role in the immune system is investigated.
Abstract: RATINGS OF PERCEIVED EXERTION ARE A VALID METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE INTENSITY OF A RESISTANCE TRAINING EXERCISE OR SESSION. SCORES ARE GIVEN AFTER COMPLETION OF AN EXERCISE OR TRAINING SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ATHLETE MONITORING. HOWEVER, A NEWLY DEVELOPED SCALE BASED ON HOW MANY REPETITIONS ARE REMAINING AT THE COMPLETION OF A SET MAY BE A MORE PRECISE TOOL. THIS APPROACH ADJUSTS LOADS AUTOMATICALLY TO MATCH ATHLETE CAPABILITIES ON A SET-TO-SET BASIS AND MAY MORE ACCURATELY GAUGE INTENSITY AT NEAR-LIMIT LOADS. THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES HOW TO INCORPORATE THIS NOVEL SCALE INTO A TRAINING PLAN.
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Peter W.F. Wilson | 181 | 680 | 139852 |
Jun Lu | 135 | 1526 | 99767 |
David Zhang | 111 | 1027 | 55118 |
Valery L. Feigin | 107 | 377 | 135162 |
John A. Hawley | 91 | 358 | 28300 |
Hylton B. Menz | 79 | 443 | 22778 |
M. Pedersen | 76 | 362 | 19658 |
Will G. Hopkins | 74 | 305 | 27727 |
Debra Jackson | 72 | 792 | 21534 |
Hao Wu | 71 | 1153 | 23162 |
W. van Straten | 69 | 204 | 15366 |
Alexis Elbaz | 69 | 205 | 27260 |
Jie Tang | 68 | 466 | 18934 |
Suzanne Barker-Collo | 64 | 195 | 101159 |
Weihua Li | 63 | 548 | 15136 |