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The preference for and tolerance of exercise intensity: An exploratory analysis of intensity discrepancy in health clubs settings
Health clubs are considered one of the most relevant contexts of exercise. However, they suffer from high dropout rates and struggle to keep exercisers enrolled in the long run. Considering the exercise intens...
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Preference for and tolerance of the intensity of exercise questionnaire (PRETIE-Q): validity, reliability and gender invariance in Portuguese health club exercisers
The aim of the present study was to translate and adapt the Preference for and Tolerance of the Intensity of Exercise Questionnaire to Portuguese (PRETIE-Q-PT), and to analyze its psychometric properties (fact...
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Understanding motivational climates in physical education classes: How students perceive learning and performance-oriented climates by teachers and peers
This study aimed to translate and validate the Learning and Performance Oriented in Physical Education Climate Questionnaire (LAPOPECQ) in a sample of Portuguese students. Additionally, this study examined if ...
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Initial validation of the Portuguese version of the Interpersonal Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ & IBQ-Self) in the context of exercise: Measurement invariance and latent mean differences
The aim of the present research is to examine the factor structure of the Interpersonal Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ), and the Interpersonal Behavior Questionnaire Self (IBQ-Self), two scales developed for the ...
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Built Environment Resilience to Face Climate Change Effects In Paraguay’s Social Housing
Currently, the implementation of measures to improve buildings energy efficiency beyond being an opportunity to improve their thermal performance is a strategy of mitigation and adaptation to climate change ef...
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Open AccessSerum BDNF levels correlate with regional cortical thickness in minor depression: a pilot study
Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) reflects state changes in mood disorders. But its relation to brain changes in depression has rarely been investigated in humans. We assessed the association betw...
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Motivation in sport and exercise: a comparison between the BRSQ and BREQ
This study aimed to test whether the Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire and the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire can measure the same constructs in an equivalent manner. Advanced stati...
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Patterns and Processes of Diversification in Amazonian White Sand Ecosystems: Insights from Birds and Plants
White sand ecosystems (WSE) occur in nutrient-poor sandy soils patchily distributed throughout the lowlands of Amazonia. The diversification and current patterns of diversity of birds and plants specialized to...
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Nitrogen Sources Screening for Ethanol Production Using Carob Industrial Wastes
Nowadays, bioethanol production is one of the most important technologies by the necessity to identify alternative energy resources, principally when based on inexpensive renewable resources. However, the cost...
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Erratum: Chromosomal, epigenetic and microRNA-mediated inactivation of LRP1B, a modulator of the extracellular environment of thyroid cancer cells
Correction to: Oncogene (2010) 30, 1302–1317; doi:10.1038/onc.2010.512; published online 8 November 2010 Following the publication of this article, the authors realised that the following information had been ...
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Family Houses Energy Consumption Forecast Tools for Smart Grid Management
This paper presents a short term (ST) load forecast (FC) using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) or Generalized Reduced Gradient (GRG). Despite the apparent natural unforeseeable behavior of humans, electricit...
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COPD: On Evaluating the Risk for Functional Decline
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an important cause of chronic morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is characterized by chronic pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations with great impact on ...
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Open AccessAddendum: Observation of double charm production involving open charm in pp collisions at \( \sqrt{s} \) = 7 TeV
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Open AccessMeasurement of the fraction of Υ (1S) originating from χb(1P) decays in pp collisions at \( \sqrt{s}=7\,TeV \)
The production of χb(1P ) mesons in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is studied using 32 pb−1 of data collected with the LHCb detector. The χb(1P ) mesons are reconstructed in the decay mode χ ...
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Open AccessStudy of D sJ decays to \( {D^{+}}K_{\mathrm{S}}^0 \) and D 0K+ final states in pp collisions
A study of \( {D^{+}}K_{\mathrm{S}}^0 \) and D 0 K + final states is performed in a sample of 1.0 fb−1 of pp c...
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Open AccessMeasurement of b-hadron branching fractions for two-body decays into charmless charged hadrons
Based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.37 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011, the following ratios of branching fractions are measured: $ \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {...
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Open AccessMeasurement of relative branching fractions of B decays to ψ(2S) and J/ψ mesons
The relative rates of B-meson decays into J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons are measured for the three decay modes in pp collisions recorded with the LHCb detector. The ratios of branching fractions (
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Open AccessMeasurement of ψ(2S) meson production in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=7\ \mbox{TeV}\)
The differential cross-section for the inclusive production of ψ(2S) mesons in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=7\ \mbox{TeV}\) has be...
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Open AccessMeasurement of the isospin asymmetry in B → K(*)μ+μ− decays
The isospin asymmetries of B → K (∗) μ + μ − decays and the partial branching fractions of B 0 → K 0
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Open AccessObservation of double charm production involving open charm in pp collisions at \( \sqrt {s} = {7}\;{\text{TeV}} \)
The production of J/ψ mesons accompanied by open charm, and of pairs of open charm hadrons are observed in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV using an integrated luminosity of 355 pb−1 collected wi...
