The confinement of athletes by COVID-19: effects on training, wellbeing and the challenges when returning to competition

The current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global health emergency of unprecedented magnitude.Most governments around the world have enforced isolation strategies in an effort to curb the spread of the virus and, in so doing, they have hopefully afforded hospitals much needed time to prepare for the high patient influx (Sarto et al., 2020).The

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Design optimization for an integrated tri-generation of heat, electricity, and hydrogen powered by biomass in cold climates

For green hydrogen energy systems driven by renewables, despite the complexities in design and sippy cups operations, uncertainties related to availability of infrastructures or seasonality of resources are significant as well as the uncertainties in technical side such as adoption of technologies for energy generation, conversion, and storage.Such

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Gastric examination using a novel three-dimensional magnetically assisted capsule endoscope and a hand-held magnetic controller: A porcine model study.

Magnetically assisted capsule endoscopy (MACE) is a noninvasive procedure and can overcome passive capsule movement that limits gastric examination.MACE has been studied in many trials as an alternative to upper endoscopy.However, to increase diagnostic accuracy of various gastric lesions, MACE should be able to provide stereoscopic, clear images M

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