8 results match your criteria: "University of Applied Sciences JOANNEUM[Affiliation]"

Background: The impact of biologging devices on the aerodynamics or hydrodynamics of animals is still poorly understood. This stands in marked contrast to the ever more extensive use of such technologies in wild-living animals. Recently, increasing concerns have been raised about the impairing effects of these devices on the animals concerned.

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Unlabelled: A blower-type wind tunnel for physiological bird flight experiments has been developed, constructed and evaluated. Since the birds to be investigated are rather big (Northern Bald Ibis, ), the cross-sectional area of the test section measures 2.5 m × 1.

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Background: Accumulating evidence indicates that free amino acids (FAA) might be bioactive compounds with potential immunomodulatory capabilities. However, the FAA composition in human milk is still poorly characterized with respect to its correlation to maternal serum levels and its physiological significance for the infant. Studies addressing the relation of human milk FAA to the infants' intestinal microbiota are still missing.

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Demographic changes associated with an expanding and aging population will lead to an increasing number of orthopedic surgeries, such as joint replacements. To support patients' home exercise programs after total hip replacement and completing subsequent inpatient rehabilitation, a low-cost, smartphone-based augmented reality training game (TG) was developed. To evaluate its motion detection accuracy, data from 30 healthy participants were recorded while using the TG.

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Interested in maternal determinants of infant fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI), considered as predictors for later development of obesity, we analysed amino acids (AA) and oxylipins in maternal serum and breast milk (BM). FMI and FFMI were calculated in 47 term infants aged 4 months (T4). Serum AA were analysed in pregnancy (T1, T2) and 6-8 weeks postpartum (T3).

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Assessing health-related quality of life in primary Sjögren's syndrome-The PSS-QoL.

Semin Arthritis Rheum

August 2018

Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036 Graz, Austria; Rheumatology Service, South Tyrolean Health Trust, Hospital of Bruneck, Spitalstraße 11, 39031 Bruneck, Italy.

Objectives: To develop a questionnaire for the assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS), and to test its psychometric properties.

Methods: Based on the concepts of a previous qualitative study, a questionnaire for the assessment of HRQL in PSS (PSS-QoL) was developed. Psychometric testing of PSS-QoL was performed after revising the first draft with feedback of patients (n = 6) and clinicians (n = 4).

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Objectives: In Primary Sjögren's Syndrome (PSS), there is an apparent lack of data concerning the perspectives of patients, their needs, preferences and difficulties of daily life. This qualitative study was conducted to explore perspectives and needs of patients with PSS that influence health related quality of life (HRQL).

Methods: We recruited 20 PSS patients fulfilling the American-European consensus classification criteria out of the PSS cohort of the Medical University Graz, Austria.

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A Good Beginning Makes a Good Market: The Effect of Different Market Opening Structures on Market Quality.

ScientificWorldJournal

January 2016

Institute of Banking and Finance, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Universitatsstraße 15/F2, 8010 Graz, Austria ; Department of Banking and Finance, University of Innsbruck, Universitatsstraße 15/4, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

This paper deals with the market structure at the opening of the trading day and its influence on subsequent trading. We compare a single continuous double auction and two complement markets with different call auction designs as opening mechanisms in a unified experimental framework. The call auctions differ with respect to their levels of transparency.

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