The potential role of cocoa supplementation in an exercise context remains unclear.We describe the effects of flavanol-rich cocoa supplementation during training on exercise performance and mitochondrial biogenesis.Forty-two male endurance athletes at the beginning of the training season received either 5 g of cocoa (425 mg of flavanols) or maltode
Aiming at the problem of high-precision positioning of mass-pedestrians with low-cost sensors, a robust single-antenna Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)/Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR) integration scheme is proposed with Gate Recurrent Unit (GRU)-based zero-velocity detector.Based on the foot-mounted pedestrian navigation system, the error
BackgroundVirtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality make use of a variety of different software and hardware, but they share three main characteristics: immersion, presence, and interaction.The umbrella term for technologies with these characteristics is extended reality.The ability of extended reality to create environments that are ot
In order to develop the challenging process of placing Aids to Navigation (AtoN), we propose performance measures which quantifies the effect of such placement.The best placement of AtoNs is that from which the navigator can best recognize the cartoon martian with big head information provided by an AtoN.The visibility of AtoNs depends mostly on li
INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease is considered the most serious parasitosis in America, forgotten and neglected in the world, with a characteristic that has its maximum expression in the difficulties and limitations for its diagnosis and treatment.OBJECTIVE: To assess the status of seropositivity of Chagas disease in Mexico, in addition to monitoring t