A Multilayer Network Model for Motor Competence from the View of the Science of Complexity.

Motor competence is related to a large number of correlates of different natures, forming together a system with flexible parts that are synergically and cooperatively connected to produce a wide range of motor outcomes that cannot be explained from a predetermined linear view or a unique mechanism. The diversity of interacting correlates, the various connections between them, and the fast changes between assessments at different time points are clear barriers to the study of motor competence. In this manuscript, we present a multilayer framework that accounts for the theoretical background and the potential mathematical procedures necessary to represent the non-linear, complex, and dynamic relationships between several underlying correlates that emerge as a motor competence network.

Pediatric Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire: Rationale and development of a composite control tool.

Background: Asthma in children is a leading cause of missed school days, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations. Approximately 40% of children with asthma experience uncontrolled disease and annual exacerbations. There is a need for a validated composite tool for children, such as the Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ), which was developed to assess current control and predict exacerbations in adolescents and adults with asthma.

"There is more that unites us than divides us". Optimizing talent transfer processes by clustering 34 sports by their task, individual and environmental similarities.

Sports are characterized by unique rules, environments, and tasks, but also share fundamental similarities with each other sport. Such between-sports parallels can be vital for optimizing talent transfer processes. This study aimed to explore similarities between sports to provide an objective basis for clustering sports into families by means of machine learning.

Necrotising enterocolitis suspicion in newborns with duct-dependent congenital heart disease: prognosis and risk factor.

Introduction: The main risk factors of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) are prematurity and low birth weight. The aim of our study was to identify risk factors for NEC in patients with duct-dependent congenital heart disease (CHD).

Study Design: Newborns with duct-dependent CHD and NEC were matched 1:1 to those without NEC.

Analysis of Fluid-Structure Interaction Mechanisms for a Native Aortic Valve, Patient-Specific Ozaki Procedure, and a Bioprosthetic Valve.

The Ozaki procedure is a surgical technique which avoids to implant foreign aortic valve prostheses in human heart, using the patient's own pericardium. Although this approach has well-identified benefits, it is still a topic of debate in the cardiac surgical community, which prevents its larger use to treat valve pathologies. This is linked to the actual lack of knowledge regarding the dynamics of tissue deformations and surrounding blood flow for this autograft pericardial valve.