Abstract Background The aim was to identify predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort to improve understanding of factors influencing change in physical activity.Methods ProActive is a physical activity promotion trial that took place in Eastern England (1999-2004).365 offspring of people

In this study, a new method for manipulating energy flow in a 3D vector field is proposed.In this method, an azimuthally-polarized beam with a noncanonical vortex, the X-type vortex, is focused in a high-numerical aperture system.It is found that, instead of the invariance of the energy flow which is characteristic of the Cookies and Snacks traditi

Since nominal interest rate and nominal exchange rate are common for the Euro-zone Tools (EZ) members, inflation differentials initiate real interest rate and real exchange rate divergences with further spill-over effects.The aim of the research is to investigate in which extent national price level, real interest rate and real exchange rate, co-mo

This paper focuses on the practical application of the theory of sound symbolism in brand Football name development and examines which of the two phonetic dimensions of vowel articulation, the vertical articulatory scale or the horizontal one, is utilised to a higher degree in communicating the size of a vehicle to customers.The methodology used in

Explaining outliers is a topic that attracts a lot of interest; however existing proposals focus on the identification of the relevant dimensions.We extend this rationale for unsupervised distance-based outlier detection, Hinge and through investigating subspaces, we propose a novel labeling of outliers in a manner that is intuitive for the user an