Sex and Age Comparisons in Neuromuscular And Biomechanical Characteristics of the Knee in Young Athletes by Erin R Pletcher, Travis J Dekker, Scott M Lephart, Tim C Sell

“…Physical maturation and sex affect these characteristics, which may indicate the need for both age and sex-based injury prevention programs. # Hypothesis/Purpose This study examined age and sex differences in knee strength, static balance, jump height, and lower extremity landing biomechanics in school- and high school-age athletes…”
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Injury, Training, Biomechanical, and Physiological Profiles of Professional Breakdancers by Amelia J.H. Arundale, Roisin McNulty, Cory Snyder, James O'Brien, Thomas Stöggl

“… # Methods Fourteen breakdancers (breakers) (4 Bgirls, 10 Bboys) participated in an interview regarding their injury and training history, endurance test (cycle VO~2max~ testing), counter movement jump, squat jump, drop jump, isometric hip abduction, adduction, shoulder external and internal rotation strength testing on a fixed-frame dynamometer. …”
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Demographic Characteristics of World Class Jamaican Sprinters by Rachael Irving, Vilma Charlton, Errol Morrison, Aldeam Facey, Oral Buchanan

“…Athletes were divided into three groups based on athletic disciplines: sprint (s: 100–400 m; n=80), jump and throw (j/t: jump and throw; n=25) and, middle distance (md: 800–3000 m; n=15). …”
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Influence of time-of-day on neuromuscular performance in team sport athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Julio Martin-López, Alberto Pérez-López, David Varillas-Delgado, Álvaro López-Samanes

“…Neuromuscular performance parameters such vertical jump capacity (i.e., squat and countermovement jump), agility and isometric strength were included in the analysis. …”
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Are Elite Collegiate Female Athletes PRIME for a Safe Return to Sport after ACLR? An Investigation of Physical Readiness and Integrated Movement Efficiency (PRIME) by Courtney R Chaaban, Darren Hearn, Benjamin Goerger, Darin A Padua

“… # Purpose To compare elite collegiate female athletes who were able to successfully return to sport for at least one season following ACLR to their teammates with no history of ACLR with regard to self-reported knee function, kinetics, and kinematics during a double limb jump-landing task. # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Level of Evidence Level 3 # Methods Eighty-two female collegiate athletes (17 ACLR, 65 control) completed the knee-specific SANE (single assessment numeric evaluation) and three trials of a jump-landing task prior to their competitive season. vGRF data on each limb and the LESS (Landing Error Scoring System) score were collected from the jump-landing task. …”
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Does the Direction of Kinesiology Tape Application Influence Muscle Activation in Asymptomatic Individuals? by Michelle Dolphin, Gary Brooks, Blair Calancie, Adam Rufa

“…# Background Despite the popularity of tape among athletes and rehabilitation practitioners, there is controversy regarding the specific effects of kinesiology tape. Based on conflicting results and limitations of the literature, a well-designed study was desired to examine kinesiology tape application direction on muscle activation…”
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Effects of linear and change of direction high-intensity interval training on physical performance of elite female soccer players by Mima Stanković, Nebojša Trajković, Draženka Mačak, Dušan Đorđević, Anja Lazić, Zoran Milanović

“…Based on the obtained results, we concluded that different types of HIIT training have a positive effect on physical performance in elite female soccer players.…”
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Experimental and Theoretical Study of Internal Pressure Loads on Boundary Walls under Gusty Wind Conditions by Sreenadh Chevula, Satya Prasad Maddula

“…A theoretical model (based on the mass conservation equation and polytropic law gas evolution) has been proposed to predict the pressure jumps and variations under gusty wind conditions. …”
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Evaluation of the Back-in-Action test Battery In Uninjured High School American Football Players by Marcel Rohde, Alina Ruhlemann, Andre Busch, Ulrich Grunwald, Marcus Jaeger, Constantin Mayer

“… # Methods Fifty-three healthy male American football players underwent a functional assessment using the “Back-in-action” test battery evaluating agility, speed (Parkour-Jumps and Quick-Feet test), balance (using a PC based balance board), and power (Counter-Movement-Jump [CMJ]) as objective measures. …”
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Stress Intensity Factor Equations for the Evolution of Surface and Corner Cracks to Through Cracks by Antonio Miranda, Rafael Marques, Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro

“…Moreover, fatigue life predictions based on this improved model are compared with experimental results.…”
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Modern tests for the selection of children in performance handball by Andreea-Teodora Damaschin, Ștefan Ciobanu

“…According to the specialized literature, the selection process in handball is represented by a rather complex system and requires new approaches from coaches based on the current and modern requirements of this team sport. …”
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Stress Intensity Factor Equations for the Evolution of Surface and Corner Cracks to Through Cracks by Antonio Carlos de Oliveira Miranda, Rafael Marques, Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, Jaime Tupiass� Pinho de Castro

“…Moreover, fatigue life predictions based on this improved model are compared with experimental results obtained with these two materials.…”
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Multiscale deformation analysis by Cauchy-Navier wavelets by M. K. Abeyratne, W. Freeden, C. Mayer

“…Based on appropriate numerical integration rules, a pyramid scheme is developed providing fast wavelet transform (FWT). …”
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Controllability of Impulsive Neutral Functional Differential Inclusions in Banach Spaces by X. J. Wan, Y. P. Zhang, J. T. Sun

“…Our main aim is to find an effective method to solve the controllability problem of impulsive neutral functional differential inclusions with multivalued jump sizes in Banach spaces. Based on a fixed point theorem with regard to condensing map, sufficient conditions for the controllability of the impulsive neutral functional differential inclusions in Banach spaces are derived. …”
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Simulation study of pressure wave fluctuation law along fracture under water hammer effect by Jinqi FU, Jun NIAN, Wenxu CHENG

“…In order to analyze the effect of water hammer effect on the propagation law of pulsating water pressure in the fissure, based on the one-dimensional transient flow model with water hammer equation of motion and continuity equation, the jump and fluctuation law of water hammer pressure when the fluid motion state changes instantaneously is studied by numerical simulation. …”
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The comparison of physical fitness in secondary male students in altitude and coastal areas by Esmaeil Zahıbı, Seyed Hossein Alavı

“…The aim of this research is the comparison of physical fitness in secondary male students in altitude and coastal areas and difference between the physical fitness on based AAHPERD test. The samples consist of 450 subjects of 1017 subjects in altitude (Shahrekord) and coastal area (Mahmood Abad) in Iran in years of 2013 which were selected cluster- randomly sampling by Morgan Table. …”
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Optimal trajectories in $L^1$ and under $L^1$ penalizations by Dumas, Annette, Santambrogio, Filippo

“…We prove several regularity results (first in time, then in space) on the solution, based on suitable approximation and maximum principle techniques. …”
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THEORETICAL ASPECTS ON THE MOVEMENT OF PLANT FRAGMENTS ON THE SURFACE OF A PLANE SIFTERS CLASSIFIER by AUGUSTINA PRUTEANU, VALENTIN VLADUT, LADISLAU DAVID

“…Case studies were conducted and there were analyzed, based on numerical applications, the movements of plant fragments on a classifier with linear vibrations along the sifter, existing in practice. …”
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Finite-Time Stability and Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Bounded Markovian Packet Dropout by Yeguo Sun, Guanjun Li

“…An iterative approach is proposed to model NCSs with bounded packet dropout as jump linear systems (JLSs). Based on Lyapunov stability theory and JLSs theory, the sufficient conditions for finite-time stability and stabilization of the underlying systems are derived via linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) formulation. …”
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An Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Arch Band-Pass Filter by Hassen M. Ouakad

“…The dynamic response of the arch is studied analytically using a Galerkin-based reduced-order model when excited near its fundamental and third natural frequencies. …”
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