Shooting accuracy in children's basketball: Do equipment dimensions influence static and dynamic performances?

The purpose of study was to explore the influence of equipment dimensions on shooting accuracy in children's basketball through the effects of (a) using basket height and ball size for children and adult, along with different shooting distances (Study 1) and (b) the applied 12-week shooting training with different ball sizes (Study 2). The participants were basketball players from the same club ages from 10 to 11 years and with at least one-year basketball training experiences. In Study 1, we recruited 22 children; while in Study 2 we selected 36 children in two experimental (practice with balls for adults and children) and one control group (no practice).

A novel method for classification of wine based on organic acids.

Bio-electronic tongue was linked to artificial intelligence processing unit and used for classification of wines based on carboxylic acids levels, which were indirectly related to malolactic fermentation. The system employed amperometric biosensors with lactate oxidase, sarcosine oxidase, and fumarase/sarcosine oxidase in the three sensing channels. The results were processed using two statistical methods - principal component analysis (PCA) and self-organized maps (SOM) in order to classify 31 wine samples from the South Moravia region in the Czech Republic.

Various instrumental approaches for determination of organic acids in wines.

Biosensors based on lactate oxidase, sarcosine oxidase and mixture of fumarase and sarcosine oxidase were used for monitoring of organic acids in wine samples. Additionally, tartaric acid was determined by modified colorimetric method based on formation of the vanadate-tartrate complex. The above mentioned methods were used for the analysis of 31 wine samples and obtained data were compared with the results from capillary electrophoresis as a basic standard method.