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The Role of the Dorsal Premotor and Superior Parietal Cortices in Decoupled Visuomotor Transformations
(2015-01-26)
In order to successfully interact with objects located within our environment, the brain must be capable of combining visual information with the appropriate felt limb position (i.e. proprioception) in order compute an ...
The Role of Autophagy in the Maintenance of Mitochondrial Quality and Adaptations to Contractile Activity
(2015-08-28)
Autophagy is a critical survival mechanism facilitating protein turnover and pathogen defense in post-mitotic cells. More recently, mitophagy has been identified for the selective recognition and targeting of mitochondria ...
The Effect of Age on Visuomotor Learning Processes
(2019-03-05)
People can rapidly adapt their movements to a wide array of changes in our environment or the motor apparatus, although this ability can decline with age. Adaptation of movements, such as reaching with altered visual ...
The Role of NrF2 in Skeletal Muscle Phenotype and Mitochondrial Function
(2016-09-20)
Nuclear erythroid 2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a master regulator of oxidative defence, by controlling the expression of a battery of antioxidant enzyme proteins during stressful stimuli. Although Nrf2 is widely ...
Effects of -Hydroxybutyrate (HB) on L6 Muscle cell Glucose and Fat Metabolism
(2019-07-02)
This study investigated the effects of the ketone body -hydroxybutyrate (HB) on glucose and fat metabolism in skeletal muscle cells. To accomplish this, L6 muscle cells were incubated with various HB concentrations (0.5, ...
Participant Experience of an Electronic Health Coaching Trial: A Qualitative Inquiry
(2016-09-20)
Introduction: The study objective was to investigate the experience of individuals living with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), some of who participated in a smartphone-based health coaching intervention, and, particularly, their ...
More than a Game? Exploring Sport's Role in Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Settlement in Glasgow, Scotland
(2019-03-05)
Up until recently, refugees and asylum-seekers, and even more so, the relationship between sport and settlement, has generally been written out of discussions surrounding sport for development (SFD). This study seeks to ...
Obesity- Related Health Risk: A Trajectory Based Approach
(2015-08-28)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) approach as a tool for the identification of obesity-related health risk. Using 20 years of follow-up data from the Coronary Artery Risk ...
The Social Context of Injury and the Psycho-Social Effect of Injury in Female Athletes
(2015-08-28)
Background: Social support from within the culture of sport helps female athletes to develop confidence on and off the playing field. As female athletes become more involved in the culture of sport they further develop ...
Regulation of Exercise Induced Endothelial Sprout Formation
(2015-08-28)
Capillary sprouting is known to be guided by Dll4/Notch signaling in mouse retina, while maturation of the endothelium is regulated by Dll1 and Tie2. This study investigates the key molecules involved in endothelial sprouting ...