101 Lack of blinding in interventions, leading to expectation (placebo and nocebo) effects, should be avoided wherever possible (ie, double-blinding natural LHTH studies is impossible), especially in a population of team-sport players where team connection has a widespread effect on performance.
It was agreed that, in a population of team-sport players, relevant tests would at least include an evaluation of acceleration/peak sprinting and maximal aerobic velocities, while jump, repeated-sprints (with or without agility sequences) and running economy (eg, 10 12 km/h for 5 min) tests can elegantly complete the test battery.
We found that the racial integration of baseball -- which greatly expanded the population of players teams could draw upon -- was the primary factor driving competitive balance in baseball.
Although Santana's new location, assuming he is relocated, will be of great importance to much of the population of Major League Baseball — the team that gets him, the teams that don't, the teams that will have to deal with him and the teams that will no longer have to deal with him.
Open image in new window Fig. 1 Percentage of S. aureus carriers in the screened population of orthopedic surgical team members (a) and antibiotic resistance in the isolated bacterial colonies (b).
In the world of an ageing population, a team of UK researchers, are working with Age UK Lancashire and the all-party parliamentary design and innovation group to explore how older people want to live post-2021 and what tech could be useful to support independent living.
To address the sudden, acute needs of this huge population a team of emergency specialists from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) was deployed for a Rapid Response Mission (RRM).
Child-friendly schools At Ayany Primary School in Kibera – a densely populated neighbourhood in Nairobi with a population of over 800,000 – the team saw several interventions supported by UNICEF.
Blond Solomon Islanders carry two copies of this mutant gene, which is present in 26% of the islands' population, the team will report in tomorrow's issue of Science.
Recognizing that limited access to healthcare acts as one of the perpetuating factors to increased rates of respiratory illness in Aboriginal populations, a team of researchers has been conducting research to provide contrasting results if this limitation were removed [ 13, 14].
By using a model of population growth, the team found that the continental total of the animals declined by 8% in 2011 due to poaching.
