There is an increasing prevalence of physical inactivity during childhood, concurrent with a rise in obesity rates, which are associated with a myriad of health complication. In addition to weight status, central adipose ...

The older adult population is increasing very rapidly. Today, there are more than 46 million older adults aged 65 or older living in the United States, and by 2034, the number of older adults is projected to increase by ...

In order to search for the optimal control necessary to minimize energy expenditure in running, there needs to be conducted a comprehensive dynamic analysis and the application of optimal system control theory. The procedures ...

Optimization of a complex process or system is often a task utilized in industrial engineering where specialized Designs of Experiments (DOEs) are used. Optimization for the purpose of finding the ideal condition of a ...

This mixed methods study sought to better understand potential sources of underrepresentation African American children in gifted education programs. The differences in oral narration among 50 students in general and gifted ...

This study focused on the lives of people who have Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS), a condition resulting in chronic generalized musculoskeletal pain (Henriksson & Burckhardt, 1996). FMS is one of a number of “functional ...

This study examines the nature of lexical verb use in parent input in three groups of children with different patterns of verb lexicon growth. Previous input studies have suggested that children's lexical development is ...