Health-related physical fitness in children among five Mediterranean countries: a cross-cultural study from the DELICIOUS project by Mohamed Aly, Noha El-Gyar, Amira M. Shalaby, Osama Abdelkarim

“…Participants completed the International Physical Performance Test Profile (IPPTP), which assesses sprint speed (20 m dash), coordination (jumping sideways), upper body strength (push-ups), abdominal strength (sit-ups), lower body power (standing long jump), and cardiovascular endurance (6-min run). …”
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GAZE DIRECTION MONITORING MODEL IN COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT by Olesia Barkovska, Yaroslav Liapin, Tetiana Muzyka, Ihor Ryndyk, Pavlo Botnar

“…Question skipping occurs when the system decides that the user has not been looking at the screen for an extended period (looking sideways, down, up for more than 30 seconds). Re-authentication becomes necessary if the user exits the test or if there is a user replacement. …”
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Estimating hip impact velocity and acceleration from video-captured falls using a pose estimation algorithm by Reese Michaels, Tiago V. Barreira, Stephen N. Robinovitch, Jacob J. Sosnoff, Yaejin Moon

“…We analyzed 110 videos of 13 older adults (64.0 ± 5.9 years old) falling sideways in an experimental setting. By applying OpenPose to each video, we generated a time series of hip positions in the video, which were then analyzed using custom MATLAB code to calculate hip impact velocity and acceleration. …”
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Research Status of Movement and Connection Modes of Snake-like Robot by Ke Xianxin, Xin Jizhong, Yang Yang

“…First of all,the four modes of common motion,named serpentine locomotion,traveling wave motion,sideway motion and helical motion are analyzed.Then,for the connection mode of the joint of snake like robot,the characteristics and application range of the mature parallel connection,orthogonal connection,universal joint connection and P-R connection are compared and analyzed.Finally,the future development trend of the connection modes of the snake like robot is given.…”
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A Precessing-Coin-like Rotary Actuator for Distal Endoscope Scanners: Proof-of-Concept Study by Nirvana Gharib, Mohammad Reza Yousefi Darestani, Kenichi Takahata

“…An optical probing beam directed from the probe’s optic fiber is passed through the hollow cone to be incident and bent on the back mirror of the rotating inclined rotor, circulating the probing beam around the scanner for full 360° sideway imaging. This new scanner architecture removes the need for a separate prism mirror and holding mechanics to drastically simplify the scanner design and thus, potentially enhancing device miniaturization and reliability. …”
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