Background: Diastasis recti is diagnosed when the interrecti distance (IRD) is larger than a threshold value.Published thresholds were measured at rest with ultrasound while in Benin physiotherapists use calipers during abdominal contraction.Objectives: The aim was to define IRD threshold values measured with calipers in Beninese participants in or

Pad The purpose of this updated meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of nitric oxide synthase-3 (NOS3) G894T polymorphisms, air pollution and their interaction on ischemic heart disease (IHD) risk across populations worldwide.Recursive partition trees, nonlinear association curve fit and geographic information system maps were incorporated t

This paper proposes and studies a ring-shaped architecture with Halbach configuration for electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters.The proposed transducer Wrestling consists of three ring magnets with a linear Halbach array that concentrates its magnetic field in the inner space of the mechanism where a single vertically-centered concentric coil

Under the condition of known static environment and dynamic environment, an improved ant colony optimization is proposed to solve the problem of slow convergence, easily falling into local optimal solution, deadlock phenomenon and other issues when the ant colony optimization is constructed.Based on the traditional ant colony optimization, the ant

Introduction.The article publishes and analyzes the materials founded by the kurgan research near the village of Kovalevka in the southern part of the Volga-Don interfluve.Kurgan No.13 is part of a kurgan cemetery, where the burials look relatively simultaneous and can be interpreted as a cemetery of nomadic migrants, settled in this territory in t