Journal articles: 'MABC'

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Capistrano, Renata, Elisa Pinheiro Ferrari, Luciano Portes de Souza, Thais Silva Beltrame, and Fernando Luiz Cardoso. "Concurrent validation of the MABC-2 Motor Tests and MABC-2 Checklist according to the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire-BR." Motriz: Revista de Educação Física 21, no. 1 (March 2015): 100–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1980-65742015000100013.

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The Movement Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd Ed (MABC-2), comprised of motor tests and a questionnaire (Checklist), has been used by several nationalities to identify problems in children's motor behavior. However, the level of agreement between the motor tests and the checklist has been questioned. So, this study aimed to test the level of competition between the MABC-2 motor test and MABC-2 Checklist, controlled by the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ-BR) as the gold reference. Parents of 40 children and 16 teachers responded to the MABC-2 Checklist and the DCDQ-BR. Later 40 children were evaluated using the MABC-2 motor test. No significant congruence among a comparison of the MABC-2 motor tests, MABC-2 Checklist and DCDQ-BR was observed. The results indicated that there is no concurrent validity between the MABC-2 motor tests and the DCDQ-BR test, whereas the MABC-2 Checklist showed low levels of concurrent validity with the DCDQ-BR.

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Leone, Jose Pablo, Rachel A. Freedman, Michael J. Hassett, Julieta Leone, Sara M. Tolaney, Carlos Teodoro Vallejo, Bernardo Amadeo Leone, Eric P. Winer, and Nancy U. Lin. "Efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in male breast cancer (MaBC) compared with female breast cancer (FBC): A National Cancer Database (NCDB) study." Journal of Clinical Oncology 38, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2020): 587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.587.

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587 Background: NAC is frequently used in the treatment of FBC. The efficacy of NAC in MaBC is unclear. Few studies have compared outcomes for MaBC and FBC after similar treatment. The aim of this study was to compare proportions of pathologic complete response (pCR) between MaBC and FBC according to tumor subtype (TS). Secondary aims were clinical response and overall survival (OS). Methods: We evaluated men and women with breast cancer treated with NAC between 2010 and 2016 with known hormone receptor (HR) status and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status at NCDB centers. The proportion with pCR (ypT0/Tis ypN0) was compared for MaBC and FBC for each TS by Fisher’s exact test. Logistic regression evaluated odds of pCR. OS was estimated by Kaplan-Meier and compared by log-rank test. Results: Of 7,721 MaBC and 859,096 FBC patients, 385 MaBC (5%) and 68,065 FBC (7.9%) underwent NAC and were included in this study. Median age for MaBC was 58 years (y) (range 23-88) and for FBC was 53 y (range 18-90). Within each TS, there were no significant differences in the distribution of tumor grade between MaBC and FBC. Clinical stage in MaBC and FBC were: Stage I: 8% v 11%, Stage II: 54% v 59%, Stage III: 38% v 30%; respectively. Median time from initiation of NAC to surgery was 143 days in MaBC and 148 days in FBC. Compared with FBC, MaBC had a lower proportion of complete clinical response (18% v 31%) and a higher proportion of no clinical response (14% v 7%); p < 0.001. Proportions and odds of pCR were numerically lower in MaBC compared with FBC for each TS and statistically significant for HR+/HER2- and HR+/HER2+ (table). pCR was associated with OS in both MaBC and FBC. Specifically, in MaBC who achieved pCR v not, 5 y OS was 90% v 64.7%; p = 0.02. In FBC who achieved pCR v not, 5 y OS was 91.9% v 75.3%; p < 0.01. Among pts receiving NAC, MaBC had worse OS at 5 y than FBC (67.1% v 79.0%; p = 0.02). Conclusions: Men receiving NAC achieved lower proportions of pCR than women and had significantly worse OS. However, pCR is prognostic in both MaBC and FBC. Limitations include small sample sizes for HR-/HER2+ and triple-negative TS and lack of detailed regimen information. Nevertheless, our results suggest that, compared with FBC, MaBC may be intrinsically more resistant to NAC. [Table: see text]

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Rodriguez-Negro, Josune, and Javier Yanci. "Diferencias en función del género en el equilibrio estático y dinámico en estudiantes de educación primaria (Differences according to gender in static and dynamic balance in primary school students)." Retos, no. 35 (September 6, 2018): 113–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.47197/retos.v0i35.62848.

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Diferencias en función del género en el equilibrio estático y dinámico en estudiantes de educación primariaDifferences according to gender in static and dynamic balance in primary school studentsJosune Rodriguez-Negro, Javier YanciUniversidad del País Vasco (España) Resumen. Los objetivos principales de este estudio fueron describir, atendiendo al género, el equilibrio estático y dinámico de estudiantes de educación primaria (EP) mediante distintos test (MABC-2 estático, MABC-2 dinámico pasos, MABC-2 saltos pierna derecha, MABC-2 saltos pierna izquierda, standing stork pierna derecha y standing stork pierna izquierda), y analizar la asociación entre los resultados de los distintos test de equilibrio. 253 estudiantes de 2º a 5º de EP fueron evaluados, de los cuales 110 eran chicos (8.6 años, 133.7 ± 6.6 cm, 31.73 ± 6.1 kg, 17.6 ± 2,4 kg·m-2) y 143 chicas (8.7 años, 134.3 ± 9.1 cm, 32.9 ± 9.5 kg, 17.9 ± 3.3 kg·m-2). Los resultados obtenidos en el presente estudio muestran un mejor equilibrio estático en las chicas concretamente en las pruebas MABC-2 estático (p < .01, %Dif = -28.74%, TE = .3, bajo) y standing stork con la pierna derecha (p < .05, %Dif = 17.88%, TE = .2, bajo). Por el contrario, no se obtuvieron diferencias significativas entre chicos y chicas en el standing stork con la pierna izquierda, ni en ninguna de las pruebas de equilibrio dinámico (MABC-2 dinámico pasos, MABC-2 dinámico saltos con la pierna derecha y MABC-2 dinámico saltos con la pierna izquierda). Además, no se encontró ninguna correlación moderada, muy alta o casi perfecta (r > .50) entre los diferentes test de equilibrio. Los resultados obtenidos en este estudio muestran un mejor equilibrio estático en las chicas pero ninguna diferencia significativa atendiendo al género en el equilibrio dinámico. Abstract. The main objectives of this study were to describe, based on gender, the static and dynamic balance of primary education students through different tests (MABC-2 static, MABC-2 dynamic steps, MABC-2 jumps right leg, MABC- 2 jumps left leg, standing stork right leg and standing stork left leg), and analyze the association between the results of the different balance tests. 253 students from 2nd to 5th year of primary school were evaluated; 110 were boys (8.6 years, 133.7 ± 6.6 cm, 31.73 ± 6.1 kg, 17.6 ± 2.4 kg·m-2) and 143 girls (8.7 years, 134.3 ± 9.1 cm, 32.9 ± 9.5 kg, 17.9 ± 3.3 kg·m-2). The results obtained in the present study show a better static balance in girls, specifically in the static MABC-2 test (p < .01, %Dif = -28.74%, TE = .3, low) and standing stork with the right leg test (p < .05, % Dif = 17.88%, TE = .2, low). In contrast, no significant differences were found between boys and girls in the standing stork with the left leg, or in any of the tests of dynamic balance (MABC-2 dynamic steps, MABC-2 dynamic jumps with the right leg and MABC- 2 dynamic jumps with the left leg). In addition, no moderate, very high or almost perfect correlation (r> .50) were found between the different balance tests. The results obtained in this study show a better static balance in girls but no significant difference according to gender in dynamic balance.

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van der Veer, Gerda, Erica Kamphorst, Alexander Minnaert, Marja Cantell, Tanja H. Kakebeeke, and Suzanne Houwen. "Assessing Motor Performance in Preschool Children: The Zurich Neuromotor Assessment-2 and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2." Perceptual and Motor Skills 128, no. 5 (June 15, 2021): 2014–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00315125211025246.

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Comparing motor assessment tools that are available for young children is important in order to select the most appropriate clinical and research tools. Hence, this study compared motor performance assessed with the Zurich Neuromotor Assessment-2 (ZNA-2) to the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2). The sample consisted of 169 children, aged 3–5 years (87 boys; 51%). We used Pearson correlations to examine relationships between the ZNA-2 and MABC-2 component and total scores. In addition, Pearson correlations were performed between individual fine motor and balance items of the ZNA-2 and MABC-2. Results were that the total scores of the ZNA-2 and MABC-2 correlated moderately ( r = .40, p < .001). Non-significant to moderate correlations were found between components ( r = −.00 to .47) and between individual items of fine motor skills ( r = .04 to .38) and balance ( r = −.12 to .38). Thus, the ZNA-2 and MABC-2 measure partly similar and partly different aspects of motor performance.

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Li, Jun-yi, Yi-ding Zhao, Jian-hua Li, and Xiao-jun Liu. "Artificial Bee Colony Optimizer with Bee-to-Bee Communication and Multipopulation Coevolution for Multilevel Threshold Image Segmentation." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2015 (2015): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/272947.

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This paper proposes a modified artificial bee colony optimizer (MABC) by combining bee-to-bee communication pattern and multipopulation cooperative mechanism. In the bee-to-bee communication model, with the enhanced information exchange strategy, individuals can share more information from the elites through the Von Neumann topology. With the multipopulation cooperative mechanism, the hierarchical colony with different topologies can be structured, which can maintain diversity of the whole community. The experimental results on comparing the MABC to several successful EA and SI algorithms on a set of benchmarks demonstrated the advantage of the MABC algorithm. Furthermore, we employed the MABC algorithm to resolve the multilevel image segmentation problem. Experimental results of the new method on a variety of images demonstrated the performance superiority of the proposed algorithm.

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Winthrop, Kevin, and Luke Strnad. "Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus Complex." Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 39, no. 03 (June 2018): 362–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1651494.

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AbstractOf the nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs) causing lung disease, members of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABc) present a formidable obstacle to successful management. This challenge starts from a poorly understood pathogenesis, continues with complicated subspecies variation in treatment response, and extends to the multidrug-resistant nature of these organisms. The disease often necessitates the use of intravenous therapy, toxic drug combinations, and, in some cases, lung resection. Like many NTMs, MABc treatment requires prolonged therapy with multiple medications, and pulmonary disease in some subspecies can be impossible to eradicate or cure. This disease also represents a frequent and unique problem in certain populations, including cystic fibrosis and lung transplant recipients, and providers who manage such patients should be familiar with how MABc disease influences management. Because of the rising prevalence of the MABc, especially in patients with complicated underlying pulmonary disease, it is increasingly necessary for infectious diseases and pulmonary medicine clinicians to understand the unique aspects of MABc management and understand when to obtain expert consultation in the care of these patients.

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Babu, N. Ashok, and R. Kumar. "Load Balancing Clustering in WSN using MABC." Research Journal of Information Technology 6, no. 4 (April 1, 2014): 389–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/rjit.2014.389.398.

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Ab. Rashid, M. F. F., N. M. Z. Nik Mohamed, and A. N. Mohd Rose. "A modified artificial bee colony algorithm to optimise integrated assembly sequence planning and assembly line balancing." Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences 13, no. 4 (December 30, 2019): 5905–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/jmes.13.4.2019.13.0469.

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Assembly Sequence Planning (ASP) and Assembly Line Balancing (ALB) are traditionally optimised independently. However recently, integrated ASP and ALB optimisation has become more relevant to obtain better quality solution and to reduce time to market. Despite many optimisation algorithms that were proposed to optimise this problem, the existing researches on this problem were limited to Evolutionary Algorithm (EA), Ant Colony Optimisation (ACO), and Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO). This paper proposed a modified Artificial Bee Colony algorithm (MABC) to optimise the integrated ASP and ALB problem. The proposed algorithm adopts beewolves predatory concept from Grey Wolf Optimiser to improve the exploitation ability in Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm. The proposed MABC was tested with a set of benchmark problems. The results indicated that the MABC outperformed the comparison algorithms in 91% of the benchmark problems. Furthermore, a statistical test reported that the MABC had significant performances in 80% of the cases.

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Delcourt, Candice, Cheryl Carcel, Danni Zheng, Shoichiro Sato, Hisatomi Arima, Sonu Bhaskar, Pierre Janin, et al. "Comparison of ABC Methods with Computerized Estimates of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Volume: The INTERACT2 Study." Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra 9, no. 3 (December 13, 2019): 148–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000504531.

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Background and Purpose: Hematoma volume is a key determinant of outcome in acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We aimed to compare estimates of ICH volume between simple (ABC/2, length, width, and height) and gold standard planimetric software approaches. Methods: Data are from the second Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial (INTERACT2). Multivariable linear regression was used to compare ICH volumes on baseline CT scans using the ABC/2, modified ABC/2 (mABC/2), and MIStar software. Other aspects of ICH morphology examined included location, irregularity, heterogeneity, intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage extension (SAH) of hematoma, and associated white matter lesions and brain atrophy. Results: In 2,084 patients with manual and semiautomated measurements, median (IQR) ICH volumes for each approach were: ABC/2 11.1 (5.11–20.88 mL), mABC/2 7.8 (3.88–14.11 mL), and MIStar 10.7 (5.59–18.66 mL). Median differences between ABC/2 and MIStar, and mABC/2 and MIStar were 0.34 (–1.01 to 2.96) and –2.4 (–4.95 to –0.7416), respectively. Hematoma volumes differed significantly with irregular shape (ABC/2 and MIStar, p < 0.001; mABC/2 and MIStar, p = 0.007) and larger volumes (mABC/2 and MIStar, p < 0.001; ABC/2 and MIStar, p = 0.07). ICH with SAH showed a significant discrepancy between ABC/2 and MIStar (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Overall, ABC/2 performs better than mABC/2 in estimating ICH volume. The largest discrepancies were evidenced against automated software for irregular-shaped and large ICH with SAH, but the clinical significance of this is uncertain.

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Wattad, Rasha, Lidia V. Gabis, Shahar Shefer, Sarit Tresser, and Sigal Portnoy. "Correlations between Performance in a Virtual Reality Game and the Movement Assessment Battery Diagnostics in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder." Applied Sciences 10, no. 3 (January 24, 2020): 833. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10030833.

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We aimed to compare the performance in a Virtual Reality (VR) game between Typically Developed (TD) children and children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). We then compared the performance in a VR game with the sub-grades of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC). Twenty TD children (10 boys; mean and SD age 5.1 ± 0.6) and 10 children with DCD (4 boys; mean and SD age 5.6 ± 0.6) participated in the study. The parents filled out the DCD questionnaire. The MABC was administered. Each subject stood on a pressure pad and played a non-immersive VR game. The game score, hand path length, and movement of center of pressure were recorded. The game score achieved by the control group was ~22% higher compared to the game score achieved by the research group (p = 0.042). The path length of the right hand strongly correlated with the visual-motor coordination MABC subcategory score (r = 0.902, p < 0.001), with the balance MABC subcategory score (r = 0.769, p = 0.009), and with the total MABC score (r = 0.667, p = 0.035). This VR game might provide a preliminary distinction between TD children and children with DCD. Furthermore, investigation of hand path length may reflect the visual-motor coordination impairment of the child.

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Ramalho, Maria Helena da Silva, Nadia Cristina Valentini, Caren Fernanda Muraro, Ramona Gadens, and Glauber Carvalho Nobre. "Validação para língua portuguesa: Lista de Checagem da Movement Assessment Battery for Children." Motriz: Revista de Educação Física 19, no. 2 (June 2013): 423–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1980-65742013000200019.

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A Lista de Checagem do Movement Assessment Battery for Children segunda edição (LC-MABC-2) foi desenvolvida como instrumento de triagem para crianças com dificuldades de movimento, mais especificamente com DCD. OBJETIVO: Traduzir, adaptar e verificar a validade de face, conteúdo e construto e a fidedignidade da versão em Português da LC-MABC-2; e, verificar a utilidade do referido instrumento de triagem no Brasil. METODOLOGIA: Participaram 47 profissionais da saúde (educadores físicos e fisioterapeutas) e 20 pais; e, 532 crianças, (meninas: 276; meninos: 256) entre 5 e 12 anos. RESULTADOS: indicam que a versão portuguesa adaptada da LC-MABC-2 demonstrou valores de concordância elevados para clareza e pertinência; validade convergente e descriminante apropriada; e, índices de confiabilidade (escore total, α= 0,94) e objetividade inter-avaliadores elevada. CONCLUSÕES: A versão em português do LC-MABC-2 demonstrou ser válida e fidedigna na triagem de crianças com dificuldades motoras para encaminhamento para avaliações mais detalhadas e possível intervenção.

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Baker, Arthur W., Ahmed Maged, Salah Haridy, Jason E. Stout, Jessica L. Seidelman, Sarah S. Lewis, and Deverick J. Anderson. "877. Use of Statistical Process Control Charts for Early Detection of Healthcare Facility-Associated Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Outbreaks." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 7, Supplement_1 (October 1, 2020): S475—S476. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1065.

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Abstract Background Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly implicated in healthcare facility-associated (HCFA) outbreaks. However, systematic methods for NTM surveillance and outbreak detection are lacking and represent an emerging need. We examined how statistical process control (SPC) might perform in NTM outbreak detection. Methods SPC charts were optimized for surgical site infection surveillance and adapted to analyze 3 NTM outbreaks that occurred from 2013-2016 at a single hospital. The first 2 outbreaks occurred contemporaneously and consisted of pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) acquisition and cardiac surgery-associated extrapulmonary MABC infection, respectively. The third outbreak was a pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) at a bronchoscopy suite. We retrospectively analyzed monthly rates of unique patients who had: 1) positive respiratory cultures for MABC obtained on hospital day 3 or later; 2) positive non-respiratory cultures for MABC; and 3) positive bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cultures for MAC collected at the bronchoscopy suite. For each outbreak, we used these rates to construct a standardized moving average (MA) SPC chart with MA span of 3 months. Rolling baselines were estimated from average rates for months 7 through 12 prior to each monthly data point. SPC detection was indicated by the first data point above the upper control limit (UCL) of 3 standard deviations. Traditional surveillance detection was defined as the time of outbreak detection by routine infection control procedures. Results SPC detection occurred 5, 4, and 9 months prior to traditional surveillance outbreak detection for the three outbreaks, respectively (Figures 1 and 2). Prospective NTM surveillance using the MA chart potentially would have prevented an estimated 19 cases of pulmonary MABC, 9 cases of extrapulmonary MABC, and 80 cases of BAL MAC isolation (Table). No data points exceeded the UCL during 95 cumulative months of post-outbreak surveillance, suggesting low burden of false positive SPC signals. Figure 1. Use of a moving average statistical process control (SPC) chart for early detection of hospital-associated outbreaks of pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) and cardiac surgery-associated extrapulmonary MABC infection. The pulmonary chart analyzes cases of hospital-onset respiratory isolation of MABC. The extrapulmonary chart analyzes cases of positive non-respiratory cultures for MABC. CL, center line; LCL, lower control limit; UCL, upper control limit. Figure 2. Use of a moving average statistical process control (SPC) chart for early detection of a pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) that occurred at a bronchoscopy suite. The chart analyzes cases of MAC isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage cultures. CL, center line; LCL, lower control limit; UCL, upper control limit. Table. Estimated cases of hospital-associated nontuberculous mycobacteria that would have been prevented by prospective surveillance with a moving average statistical process control (SPC) chart. Conclusion A single MA SPC chart detected 3 HCFA NTM outbreaks an average of 6 months earlier than traditional surveillance. SPC has potential to improve NTM surveillance, promoting early cluster detection and prevention of HCFA NTM. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

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Herawan, Tutut, Yana Mazwin Mohmad Hassim, and Rozaida Ghazali. "Functional Link Neural Network with Modified Artificial Bee Colony for Data Classification." International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies 13, no. 3 (July 2017): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijiit.2017070101.

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Functional Link Neural Network (FLNN) has emerged as an important tool for solving non-linear classification problem and has been successfully applied in many engineering and scientific problems. The FLNN structure is much more modest than ordinary feed forward network like the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) due to its flat network architecture which employs less tuneable weights for training. However, the standard Backpropagation (BP) learning uses for FLNN training prone to get trap in local minima which affect the FLNN classification performance. To recover the BP-learning drawback, this paper proposes an Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) optimization with modification on bee foraging behaviour (mABC) as an alternative learning scheme for FLNN. This is motivated by good exploration and exploitation capabilities of searching optimal weight parameters exhibit by ABC algorithm. The result of the classification accuracy made by FLNN with mABC (FLNN-mABC) is compared with the original FLNN architecture with standard Backpropagation (BP) (FLNN-BP) and standard ABC algorithm (FLNN-ABC). The FLNN-mABC algorithm provides better learning scheme for the FLNN network with average overall improvement of 4.29% as compared to FLNN-BP and FLNN-ABC.

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Gísladóttir, Thórdís, Monika Haga, and Hermundur Sigmundsson. "Motor Competence in Adolescents: Exploring Association with Physical Fitness." Sports 7, no. 7 (July 20, 2019): 176. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports7070176.

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The purpose of this study was twofold: First, to examine the correlation between adolescents’ performance on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children -2 (MABC-2) and the Test of Motor Competence (TMC), and second, to interpret the correlation between performance on physical fitness measures and motor competence. This study had a cross-sectional design, in which 101 adolescents age 15–16 years were recruited. The participants were assessed with the MABC-2 (eight tasks), the TMC (four tasks) and physical fitness measures (four tasks). Ninety-four participants completed all the test items (51% male). The correlation between the standard score of the MABC-2 and TMC total score was found to be moderate (r = −0.418). A weak correlation was found between MABC-2 and total score of physical fitness (r = 0.278), while the correlation between TMC and physical fitness was a little stronger (r = 0.361). However, when removing one measure from the TMC (the walking/running in slopes), the correlation was weak and not significant (r = 0.109). The results suggest that different test batteries can cause discrepancy in the results regarding correlation between motor competence and physical fitness in adolescents.

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Liu, Ting, Julie Kelly, Lyndsay Davis, and Krystal Zamora. "Nutrition, BMI and Motor Competence in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Medicina 55, no. 5 (May 15, 2019): 135. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55050135.

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Background and objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between motor competence, body mass index (BMI), and nutrition knowledge in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Materials and Methods: Fifty-one children with ASD (five females and 46 males) aged 7–12 participated in the study. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was used to examine children’s fine and gross motor skill competence; the nutrition knowledge survey assessed children’s overall knowledge of food groups and healthful eating; and BMI-for-age determined their weight status. Descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation was used to analyze the relationship between nutrition knowledge, BMI, and motor competence in children with ASD. Results: The majority of children with ASD (82%) showed significant motor delays in MABC-2 assessments. The BMI-for-age percentile data suggested that 20% of participants were obese, 17% were overweight, and 12% were underweight. The nutrition knowledge data indicated that 55% of children scored below 70% on accuracy in the nutrition knowledge survey. Pearson correlation analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between MABC-2 manual dexterity and nutrition knowledge (r = 0.327, p < 0.01), and between MABC-2 balance skills and nutrition knowledge (r = 0.413, p < 0.01). A significant negative relationship was also found between BMI and MABC-2 balance skills (r = −0.325, p < 0.01). Conclusions: The findings of the study suggest that nutrition knowledge and motor competence may be key factors influencing BMI in children with ASD and therefore interventions tackling both sides of the energy balance equation are necessary.

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Banátová, Kamila, Ludvík Valtr, and Rudolf Psotta. "Assessment of the MABC-2 Checklist psychometric properties." Diskuze v psychologii 2, no. 2 (April 11, 2021): 75–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/dvp.2020.008.

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Kim, Yi Sak, Jin Kyung Kim, Bui Thi Bich Hanh, Soo Yeon Kim, Hyeon Ji Kim, Young Jae Kim, Sang Min Jeon, et al. "The Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α- Agonist Gemfibrozil Promotes Defense Against Mycobacterium abscessus Infections." Cells 9, no. 3 (March 6, 2020): 648. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells9030648.

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) shows promising potential to enhance host defenses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Herein we evaluated the protective effect of PPARα against nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections. Using a rapidly growing NTM species, Mycobacterium abscessus (Mabc), we found that the intracellular bacterial load and histopathological damage were increased in PPARα-null mice in vivo. In addition, PPARα deficiency led to excessive production of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines after infection of the lung and macrophages. Notably, administration of gemfibrozil (GEM), a PPARα activator, significantly reduced the in vivo Mabc load and inflammatory response in mice. Transcription factor EB was required for the antimicrobial response against Mabc infection. Collectively, these results suggest that manipulation of PPARα activation has promising potential as a therapeutic strategy for NTM disease.

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Okuda, Paola Matiko Martins, Melissa Pangelinan, Simone A. Capellini, and Hugo Cogo-Moreira. "Motor skills assessments: support for a general motor factor for the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 and the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2." Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 41, no. 1 (March 2019): 51–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2018-0014.

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Abstract Objective To evaluate the construct validity and model-based reliability of general and specific contributions of the subscales of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) and Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2 (BOT-2) when evaluating motor skills across a range of psychiatric disorders. Methods Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and bifactor analysis were conducted on BOT-2 data from 187 elementary school students (grades 1 to 6) (mean age: 113 ± 20 months; boys: n = 117, 62.56%) and on MABC-2 data from 127 elementary school students (grade 1) (mean age: 76 ± 2 months; boys: n = 58, 45.67%). Results The results of the CFA fit the data for multidimensionality for the BOT-2 and presented poor fit indices for the MABC-2. For both tests, the bifactor model showed that the reliability of the subscales was poor. Conclusions The BOT-2 exhibited factorial validity with a multidimensional structure among the current samples, but the MABC-2 showed poor fit indices, insufficient to confirm its multidimensional structure. For both tests, most of the reliable variance came from a general motor factor (M-factor), therefore the scoring and reporting of subscale scores were not justified for both tests.

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Valentini, Nadia C., Nancy Getchell, Samuel W. Logan, Ling-Yin Liang, Daphne Golden, Mary E. Rudisill, and Leah E. Robinson. "Exploring Associations between Motor Skill Assessments in Children With, Without, and At-Risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder." Journal of Motor Learning and Development 3, no. 1 (June 2015): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2014-0048.

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Background:We compared children with, at-risk for, or without developmental coordination disorder (DCD) on the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2) and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC) through (a) correlations, (b) gender and age comparisons, (c) cross tab analyses, and (d) factor analyses.Method:Children (N = 424; age range: 4–10 years) from southern Brazil completed the TGMD-2 and MABC and placed into groups (DCD: ≤ 5th%, n = 58; at-risk: > 5th to ≤ 15th%, n = 133; typically developing (TD) >16th%, n = 233).Results:The strongest correlation was between total performance on the TGMD-2 and MABC (r = .37). No gender differences were found for performance on the MABC while boys performed better than girls on the TGMD-2. Cross tab analyses indicated a high level of agreement for children who performed in the lowest percentiles on each assessment. Factor analyses suggested that, for both the TD and at-risk groups, three factors loaded on the motor assessments. In contrast, the DCD group loaded on a sport skill, general skill, and a manipulative skill factor, accounting for 42.3% of the variance.Conclusions::Evidence suggests that children who perform very poorly on one assessment are likely to perform poorly on the other. Children with DCD may have sports-related skill deficiencies.

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Psotta, Rudolf, and Reza Abdollahipour. "Factorial Validity of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children—2nd Edition (MABC-2) in 7-16-Year-Olds." Perceptual and Motor Skills 124, no. 6 (September 12, 2017): 1051–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031512517729951.

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The Movement Assessment Battery for Children—2nd Edition (MABC-2) is a test of motor development, widely used in clinical and research settings. To address which motor abilities are actually captured by the motor tasks in the two age versions of the MABC-2, the AB2 for 7- 10-year-olds and the AB3 for 11- 16-year-olds, we examined AB2 and AB3 factorial validity. We conducted confirmatory factor analysis (SPSS AMOS 22.0) on data from the test’s standardization samples of children aged 7–10, n = 483, and 11–16, n = 674, in order to find the best fitting models. The covariance matrix of AB2 and AB3 fit a three-factor model that included tasks of manual dexterity, aiming and catching, and balance. However, factor analytic models fitting AB2 and AB3 did not involve the dynamic balance tasks of hopping with the better leg and hopping with the other leg; and the drawing trail showed very low factor validity. In sum, both AB2 and AB3 of the MABC-2 test are able to discriminate between the three specific motor abilities; but due to questionable psychometric quality, the drawing trail and hopping tasks should be modified to improve the construct validity for both age versions of the MABC-2.

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Valente, Francesca, Chiara Pesola, Valentina Baglioni, Maria Teresa Giannini, Flavia Chiarotti, Barbara Caravale, and Francesco Cardona. "Developmental Motor Profile in Preschool Children with Primary Stereotypic Movement Disorder." BioMed Research International 2019 (February 14, 2019): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1427294.

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Aim. Different neuropsychological dysfunctions have been described in children with primary Stereotypic Movement Disorder (SMD), mainly attention or motor coordination problems. Up to now with no study has evaluated psychomotor functions in preschoolers primary SMD. The aim of this observational study was to gather information on the motor profiles of SMD patients in this age range in comparison with typically developing children. Patients and Methods. Twenty-six children (four girls) aged 36 to 76 months (mean= 53 ±10) with primary SMD were assessed by a structured evaluation including the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC-2), the Beery-Buktenica Developmental test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI), the Repetitive Behaviour Scale-Revised (RBS-R), the Motor Severity Stereotypy Scale (MSSS), and the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL). The diagnoses of Intellectual Disability or Autism Spectrum Disorder were exclusion criteria from the study. A comparison group of twenty-seven (four girls) typically developing children without stereotypies aged 36 to 59 months (mean= 48 ±7) was also examined. Results. The MABC–2 total score was lower than 15th percentile in fifteen children with SMD (58%); the worst performances were observed in Balance and Manual Dexterity subtests. The motor coordination score of VMI was lower than 15th percentile in ten children (38%). The majority of the children with low scores at MABC-2 also had low scores at the motor coordination subscale of VMI. MABC-2 standard scores of the clinical group were significantly lower than those of controls on MABC-2 Total, Balance, and Ball Skills subtests. Conclusion. The finding of widespread dysfunction of gross and fine motor abilities in preschoolers with primary SMD seems to delineate a peculiar phenotype and could provide new approaches to the management of this neurodevelopment disorder.

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Izeppi, Maria Fernanda Sabongi, Caroline De Oliveira, and Karina Pereira. "Desempenho motor em crianças pela Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2: revisão integrativa." Revista Família, Ciclos de Vida e Saúde no Contexto Social 8, no. 1 (April 1, 2020): 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v8i1.3916.

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O objetivo desta revisão foi identificar e descrever o desempenho motor de crianças com sete aos dez anos, por meio da Movement Assessment Battery for Children - MABC-2. Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa nas bases de dados: BVS, Scielo, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct e Web of Science, com descritores português e inglês: MABC-2, desempenho motor, destreza motora e equilíbrio. Como critério de inclusão, considerou-se uso da MABC-2; sete a dez anos, artigos publicados de 2007 até 2018. A busca resultou em 23 artigos. Para a qualidade metodológica dos artigos transversais utilizou-se a escala Loney adaptada e foram classificados boa qualidade metodológica. Os estudos identificaram que as crianças com Transtorno de Coordenação do Movimento, Transtorno do Espectro Autista e Síndrome de Noonan classificadas com dificuldade do movimento enquanto prematuras e com atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor, classificadas com risco de dificuldade do movimento.

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He, Xuanhu, and Wei Wang. "Fuzzy Multiobjective Optimal Power Flow Based on Modified Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2014 (2014): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/961069.

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This paper presents a modified artificial bee colony (MABC) algorithm to solve optimal power flow (OPF) problem. In the proposed MABC algorithm, the searching operation for new food source of artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is replaced with mutation and crossover operation of differential evolution (DE) algorithm to improve exploitation capacity. The OPF objective functions involve minimization of total fuel cost of generating units, minimization of emission of atmospheric pollutants, minimization of active power losses, and minimization of voltage deviations. The fuzzy satisfaction-maximizing method is utilized to convert the multiobjectives problem into single objective problem. The proposed approach is applied to the OPF problem on IEEE 30-bus test system. And the results are compared with those obtained by other heuristic algorithms, which demonstrate that the MABC algorithm not only has a better exploration capacity but also possesses stronger exploitation capacity and can effectively solve the OPF problem.

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Shivappriya, S. N., S. Karthikeyan, S. Prabu, R. Pérez de Pérez de Prado, and B. D. Parameshachari. "A Modified ABC-SQP-Based Combined Approach for the Optimization of a Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle." Energies 13, no. 17 (September 1, 2020): 4529. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13174529.

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In this paper, an improved fuel consumption and emissions control strategy based on a mathematical and heuristic approach is presented to optimize Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs). The well-known Sequential Quadratic Programming mathematical method (SQP-Hessian approach) presents some limitations to achieve fuel consumption and emissions control optimization, as it is not able to find the global minimum, and it generally shows efficient results in local exploitation searches. The usage of a combined Modified Artificial Bee Colony algorithm (MABC) with the SQP approach is proposed in this work to obtain better optimal solutions and overcome these limitations. The optimization is performed with boundary conditions, considering that the optimized vehicle performance has to satisfy Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) constraints. The weighting factor of the vehicle’s performance parameters in the objective function is varied, and optimization is carried out for two different driving cycles, namely Federal Test Procedure (FTP) and Economic commission Europe—Extra Urban Driving Cycle (ECE-EUDC), using the MABC and MABC with SQP approaches. The MABC with SQP approach shows better performance in terms of fuel consumption and emissions than the pure heuristic approach for the considered vehicle with similar boundary conditions. Moreover, it does not present significant penalties for final battery charging and it offers an optimized size of the key vehicle’s components for different driving cycles.

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Santos, João Otacilio Libardoni dos, Nilton Soares Formiga, Gislane Ferreira de Melo, Maria Helena da Silva Ramalho, and Fernando Luiz Cardoso. "Factorial Structure Validation of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children in School-Age Children Between 8 and 10 Years Old." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 27, no. 68 (December 2017): 348–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272768201713.

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Abstract: The adaptation of instruments to other cultural contexts is a complex task that requires careful planning to maintain the content and psychometric properties. One of the most used motor assessment tools in the world is the Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2ed. In this study, we evaluated the factorial organization of the MABC-2 for the age group 8-10 years from the perspective of classical and modern psychometric theory. For this purpose, a group of 350 school children in the city of Manaus (AM, Brazil) was evaluated. The factorial structure of the MABC-2 and a new factorial structure with four factors were tested. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Factor analysis confirmed the original three-factor model. Based on these results, good evidences of validity were produced, based on the internal structure of the MABC-2 proposed by the original authors, confirming its ability to identify disorders in the development of coordination.

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Fischer, Carlos Norberto, Pedro Henrique de Carvalho Teixeira, Marcela de Castro Ferracioli, Cynthia Yukiko Hiraga, and Ana Maria Pellegrini. "Integrated analysis environment for the Movement Assessment Battery for Children." Motriz: Revista de Educação Física 19, no. 4 (December 2013): 673–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1980-65742013000400002.

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Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), a chronic and usually permanent condition found in children, is characterized by motor impairment that interferes with a child's activities of daily living and with academic achievement. One of the most popular tests for the quantitative diagnosis of DCD is the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC). Based on the Battery's standardized scores, it is possible to identify children with typical development, children at risk of developing DCD, and children with DCD. This article describes a computational system we developed to assist with the analysis of results obtained in the MABC test. The tool was developed for the web environment and its database provides integration of MABC data. Thus, researchers around the world can share data and develop collaborative work in the DCD field. In order to help analysis processes, our system provides services for filtering data to show more specific sets of information and present the results in textual, table, and graphic formats, allowing easier and more comprehensive evaluation of the results.

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Fronza, Fernanda Cerveira, Pâmella de Medeiros, Elisa Pinheiro Ferrari, Paola Cidade Cordeiro, Kamylla Thais Dias de Freitas, and Fernando Luiz Cardoso. "As baterias motoras MABC-2, TGMD-2 e KTK explicam a função executiva em crianças de 8 a 10 anos?" Revista Brasileira de Educação Física e Esporte 35, no. 2 (July 15, 2021): 343–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-4690.v35i2p343-352.

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Objetivo deste estudo foi verificar se há relação entre o desempenho motor e as funções executivas, bem como, analisar qual bateria motora, MABC-2, KTK, TGMD-2, explica melhor as funções executivas de crianças de 8 a 10 anos com desenvolvimento típico. Fizeram parte da investigação 60 crianças, com idades entre oito e 10 anos (Média=9,09; desvio padrão 0,75). Para avaliação das funções executivas utilizou-se o Teste de Trilhas, já para avaliação do desempenho motor, utilizou-se os testes Movement Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition (MABC -2), Körperkoordination Test fürKinder (KTK) e Test of Gross Development Second Edition (TGMD-2). No que se refere às análises estatísticas, utilizou-se o teste de Correlação de Spearman para verificar a relação entre as funções executivas e o desempenho motor, e a Regressão linear simples foi utilizada para identifi car quais os testes motores melhor explicam as funções executivas. Encontrou-se relação entre o desempenho motor e função executiva apenas para as meninas. Além disso, verificou-se que a bateria MABC-2 é o teste que melhor explica as funções executivas principalmente para o sexo feminino. Esses resultados implicam em uma possível detecção prévia parcial de difi culdades tanto motoras como cognitivas, por meio da bateria MABC-2 para o sexo feminino nesse grupo estudado. Ao mesmo tempo, com esses resultados, presume-se que apenas algumas tarefas motoras estão relacionadas à função executiva, sendo aquelas que envolvem habilidades motoras finas.

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Ganapathy Sankar U and Monisha R. "Evaluation of Attention Towards Motor Task in Children with Developmental Co-Ordination Disorder- A Pilot Study." International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 11, no. 4 (October 19, 2020): 6428–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.26452/ijrps.v11i4.3435.

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Motor task execution capability again included in the writing task. The ability of the child to copy down the letters from the blackboard and the ability to listen to the dictated word and coordinate the writing task along with the listening task to complete the note-taking process. Lack of motor task execution capability will exclude the child from green land play. Playing demands attention skill as well as motor co-ordination. We aimed to compare the level of attention among children with and without DCD during their functional activities that demand motor performance. Ten children with and without DCD were included in the study. Their motor performance was assessed with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC), and a self-reported questionnaire evaluated attention during the tasks of the MABC. All children with DCD had higher MABC impairment scores and lower attention scores than their peers. It has been documented that children with DCD were less attentive to movements than their peers, and the positive reinforcement can modulate their performance by the parents or therapist.

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Izeppi, Maria Fernanda Sabongi, Caroline De Oliveira, and Karina Pereira. "Desempenho motor em crianças pela Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2: revisão integrativa." Revista Família, Ciclos de Vida e Saúde no Contexto Social 8, no. 1 (April 1, 2020): 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v8i1.4449.

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Esta é uma revisão integrativa que tem como objetivo identificar e descrever o desempenho motor de crianças dos sete aos dez anos de idade, por meio da escala Movement Assessment Battery for Children- segunda edição (MABC-2). Considerou-se as bases de dados: BVS, Scielo, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct e Web of Science, com descritores português e inglês: MABC-2, desempenho motor, destreza motora e equilíbrio. Como critério de inclusão, considerou-se uso da MABC-2; estudos transversais, sete a dez anos, artigos publicados de 2007 até 2018. A busca resultou em 22 artigos, das quais se apresentaram a partir de 2010 e considerando crianças de cinco a catorze anos. Para avaliar a qualidade metodológica dos artigos transversais utilizou-se a escala Loney adaptada e todos foram classificados com boa qualidade metodológica. Na descrição do desempenho motor as crianças com Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação, Transtorno do Espectro Autista e Síndrome de Noonan foram classificadas com dificuldade do movimento, e as crianças prematuras e com atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor com risco de dificuldade do movimento.

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Prabandari, Rani. "Pengaruh konsentrasi air dalam formula salep minyak cengkeh (syzigium aromaticum)." Viva Medika: Jurnal Kesehatan, Kebidanan dan Keperawatan 10, no. 2 (January 7, 2019): 24–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.35960/vm.v10i2.432.

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Abstract The clove flower essential oil (Syzygium aromaticum) with the active compound eugenol has been widely investigated and is known to be efficacious as an anti-inflammatory agent, and further research on its formulation continues. The formula developed in this study was a topical ointment dosage form using a water soluble base (oleic acid enhancer and propylene glycol). This study aims to determine the physical and irritant properties of the clove flower essential oil ointment (MABC) if a hydrocarbon base is used. The ointment is made by the smelting method with a concentration of 5% (F1), 10% (FII) and 15% (FIII). The ointments of the three formulas were then evaluated for their physical properties, including dispersion, adhesion and pH. The results of statistical tests with the LSD test showed that there were significant differences between formulas. The higher the concentration of MABC, the greater the spread (p0.05). The results of the Simplex Lattice Design irritation test also show that water-soluble base ointment with a concentration of 5%, 10% and 15% MABC does not cause an irritating effect. Keywords: Syzygium aromaticum, base of water soluble ointment, anti-inflammatory.

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Prabandari, Rani. "EVALUASI SIFAT FISIK SEDIAAN SALEP MINYAK CENGKEH (SYZIGIUM AROMATICUM) DALAM BASIS LARUT AIR." Viva Medika: Jurnal Kesehatan, Kebidanan dan Keperawatan 10, no. 2 (January 7, 2019): 31–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.35960/vm.v10i2.433.

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The clove flower essential oil (Syzygium aromaticum) with the active compound eugenol has been widely investigated and is known to be efficacious as an anti-inflammatory agent, and further research on its formulation continues. The formula developed in this study was a topical ointment dosage form using a water soluble base (oleic acid enhancer and propylene glycol). This study aims to determine the physical and irritant properties of the clove flower essential oil ointment (MABC) if a hydrocarbon base is used. The ointment is made by the smelting method with a concentration of 5% (F1), 10% (FII) and 15% (FIII). The ointments of the three formulas were then evaluated for their physical properties, including dispersion, adhesion and pH. The results of statistical tests with the LSD test showed that there were significant differences between formulas. The higher the concentration of MABC, the greater the spread (p0.05). The results of the Simplex Lattice Design irritation test also show that water-soluble base ointment with a concentration of 5%, 10% and 15% MABC does not cause an irritating effect. Keywords: Syzygium aromaticum, base of water soluble ointment, anti-inflammatory.

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Prabandari, Rani. "Optimasi sediaan salep minyak cengkeh (syzigium aromaticum) dalam basis larut air." Viva Medika: Jurnal Kesehatan, Kebidanan dan Keperawatan 10, no. 2 (January 7, 2019): 160–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.35960/vm.v10i2.434.

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Abstract The clove flower essential oil (Syzygium aromaticum) with the active compound eugenol has been widely investigated and is known to be efficacious as an anti-inflammatory agent, and further research on its formulation continues. The formula developed in this study was a topical ointment dosage form using a water soluble base (oleic acid enhancer and propylene glycol). This study aims to determine the physical and irritant properties of the clove flower essential oil ointment (MABC) if a hydrocarbon base is used. The ointment is made by the smelting method with a concentration of 5% (F1), 10% (FII) and 15% (FIII). The ointments of the three formulas were then evaluated for their physical properties, including dispersion, adhesion and pH. The results of statistical tests with the LSD test showed that there were significant differences between formulas. The higher the concentration of MABC, the greater the spread (p0.05). The results of the Simplex Lattice Design irritation test also show that water-soluble base ointment with a concentration of 5%, 10% and 15% MABC does not cause an irritating effect. Keywords: Syzygium aromaticum, base of water soluble ointment, anti-inflammatory.

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Griffiths, Alison, Rachel Toovey, Prue E. Morgan, and Alicia J. Spittle. "Psychometric properties of gross motor assessment tools for children: a systematic review." BMJ Open 8, no. 10 (October 2018): e021734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021734.

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ObjectiveGross motor assessment tools have a critical role in identifying, diagnosing and evaluating motor difficulties in childhood. The objective of this review was to systematically evaluate the psychometric properties and clinical utility of gross motor assessment tools for children aged 2–12 years.MethodA systematic search of MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and AMED was performed between May and July 2017. Methodological quality was assessed with the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement INstruments checklist and an outcome measures rating form was used to evaluate reliability, validity and clinical utility of assessment tools.ResultsSeven assessment tools from 37 studies/manuals met the inclusion criteria: Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development-III (Bayley-III), Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2 (BOT-2), Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2), McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND), Neurological Sensory Motor Developmental Assessment (NSMDA), Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 (PDMS-2) and Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2). Methodological quality varied from poor to excellent. Validity and internal consistency varied from fair to excellent (α=0.5–0.99). The Bayley-III, NSMDA and MABC-2 have evidence of predictive validity. Test–retest reliability is excellent in the BOT-2 (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)=0.80–0.99), PDMS-2 (ICC=0.97), MABC-2 (ICC=0.83–0.96) and TGMD-2 (ICC=0.81–0.92). TGMD-2 has the highest inter-rater (ICC=0.88–0.93) and intrarater reliability (ICC=0.92–0.99).ConclusionsThe majority of gross motor assessments for children have good-excellent validity. Test–retest reliability is highest in the BOT-2, MABC-2, PDMS-2 and TGMD-2. The Bayley-III has the best predictive validity at 2 years of age for later motor outcome. None of the assessment tools demonstrate good evaluative validity. Further research on evaluative gross motor assessment tools are urgently needed.

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Barrodi sedehi, Ali Akbar, Abdollah Ghasemi, Ali Kashi, and Elham Azimzadeh. "The relationship between the motor skills level and the severity of autism disorder in children with autism." Pedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports 25, no. 1 (February 25, 2021): 58–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.15561/26649837.2021.0108.

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Background and Study Aim. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the level of fine and gross motor skills and motor proficiency with the severity of autism disorder in children with autism. Material and Methods. 68 children with autism, ranged from 3-16 years old, were selected. Motor Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was used to assess fine and gross motor skills and motor proficiency. Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-2 (GARS-2) test was also used for assessing the severity of autism disorder in the participants. Results. The obtained results from the Pearson correlation test showed that there was a significant and negative relationship between sub-scales of GARS-2 and MABC-2 tests (P<0.05). It means that decreasing the level of motor skills increases the autism severity. The results of the regression test also showed that only the total score of motor proficiency among microscales of the MABC-2 test could predict the stereotypes, social skills, communication skills, and autism severity (P<0.05). Conclusion. The results of the current study indicated the pivotal role of motor skills growth in determining the level of autism disorder. It also emphasized on embedding motor interventions in rehabilitation programs of such people.

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Linh, Le Hung, Ta Hong Linh, Tran Dang Xuan, Le Huy Ham, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, and Tran Dang Khanh. "Molecular Breeding to Improve Salt Tolerance of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the Red River Delta of Vietnam." International Journal of Plant Genomics 2012 (December 27, 2012): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/949038.

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Rice is a stable food in Vietnam and plays a key role in the economy of the country. However, the production and the cultivating areas are adversely affected from the threats of devastation caused by the rise of sea level. Using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) to develop a new salt tolerance rice cultivar is one of the feasible methods to cope with these devastating changes. To improve rice salt tolerance in BT7 cultivar, FL478 was used as a donor parent to introgress the Saltol QTL conferring salt tolerance into BT7. Three backcrosses were conducted and successfully transferred positive alleles of Saltol from FL478 into BT7. The plants numbers IL-30 and IL-32 in BC3F1 population expected recurrent genome recovery of up to 99.2% and 100%, respectively. These selected lines that carried the Saltol alleles were screened in field for their agronomic traits. All improved lines had Saltol allele similar to the donor parent FL478, whereas their agronomic performances were the same as the original BT7. We show here the success of improving rice salt tolerance by MABC and the high efficiency of selection in early generations. In the present study, MABC has accelerated the development of superior qualities in the genetic background of BT7.

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Janaki Ramayya, Perumalla, Vishnu Prasanth Vinukonda, Uma Maheshwar Singh, Shamshad Alam, Challa Venkateshwarlu, Abhilash Kumar Vipparla, Shilpi Dixit, et al. "Marker-assisted forward and backcross breeding for improvement of elite Indian rice variety Naveen for multiple biotic and abiotic stress tolerance." PLOS ONE 16, no. 9 (September 2, 2021): e0256721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256721.

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The elite Indian rice variety, Naveen is highly susceptible to major biotic and abiotic stresses such as blast, bacterial blight (BB), gall midge (GM) and drought which limit its productivity in rainfed areas. In the present study, a combined approach of marker-assisted forward (MAFB) and back cross (MABC) breeding was followed to introgress three major genes, viz., Pi9 for blast, Xa21 for bacterial blight (BB), and Gm8 for gall midge (GM) and three major QTLs, viz., qDTY1.1, qDTY2.2 and qDTY4.1 conferring increased yield under drought in the background of Naveen. At each stage of advancement, gene-based/linked markers were used for the foreground selection of biotic and abiotic stress tolerant genes/QTLs. Intensive phenotype-based selections were performed in the field for identification of lines with high level of resistance against blast, BB, GM and drought tolerance without yield penalty under non-stress situation. A set of 8 MAFB lines and 12 MABC lines with 3 to 6 genes/QTLs and possessing resistance/tolerance against biotic stresses and reproductive stage drought stress with better yield performance compared to Naveen were developed. Lines developed through combined MAFB and MABC performed better than lines developed only through MAFB. This study exemplifies the utility of the combined approach of marker-assisted forward and backcrosses breeding for targeted improvement of multiple biotic and abiotic stress resistance in the background of popular mega varieties.

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Krikidis, Ioannis. "Stability Analysis for Bidirectional MABC-DF Relay Networks With Bursty Traffic." IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 60, no. 6 (July 2011): 2844–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2011.2156439.

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Shin, Jhin-Yi, and Han-Sang Jung. "Verification of the Adequacy and Usefulness of the MABC-2 checklist." Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies 82 (October 31, 2020): 349–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.51979/kssls.2020.10.82.349.

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Leone, Jose Pablo, Rachel A. Freedman, Julieta Leone, Michael J. Hassett, Sara M. Tolaney, Carlos Teodoro Vallejo, Bernardo Amadeo Leone, Eric P. Winer, and Nancy U. Lin. "Survival in male breast cancer (MaBC) over the past three decades." Journal of Clinical Oncology 39, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2021): 569. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.569.

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569 Background: Breast cancer mortality in women has declined significantly over the past several years. In men, it is unclear whether survival has changed over time. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) and overall survival (OS) in MaBC over the past three decades. Methods: We evaluated men diagnosed with breast cancer between 1988 and 2017, with known cause of death reported in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry. Patients were categorized into 3 groups by year of diagnosis: 1988-1997, 1998-2007 and 2008-2017. BCSS and OS were estimated by Kaplan-Meier and differences between groups were compared by log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to evaluate the independent association of tumor and patient characteristics with BCSS and OS. Results: We included 8,412 men diagnosed between 1988-1997 (N = 1,033), 1998-2007 (N = 2,938) and 2008-2017 (N = 4,441). Median age for the overall population and within each decade of diagnosis was 68 years. Median follow-up was 23.6 years, 14.3 years and 4.5 years in periods 1988-1997, 1998-2007 and 2008-2017, respectively. Overall, BCSS at 5 years was 83.5%, 83.6% and 84.3% in periods 1988-1997, 1998-2007 and 2008-2017, respectively; p = 0.8. There was no significant difference in BCSS between the three periods of diagnosis within each stage of breast cancer (stage I, II, III and IV). Among all patients, OS at 5 years was 64.7%, 67.2% and 69.3% in periods 1988-1997, 1998-2007 and 2008-2017, respectively; p = 0.01. In multivariate Cox models, older age at diagnosis, black race, grade 3 disease, increasing stage, hormone receptor negative status and no surgery were all independently associated with worse BCSS and OS. In these adjusted Cox models, each additional year of diagnosis had no significant association with BCSS (hazard ratio, 1.0; 95% CI, 0.99 – 1.01; p = 0.78), and a significant improvement in OS (hazard ratio, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.98 – 0.99; p = 0.01). Conclusions: Over the past three decades, there has been no significant improvement in BCSS in MaBC. The changes in OS over time suggest increasing life expectancy. Efforts to improve BCSS in MaBC are warranted.

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De Medeiros, Pâmella, Marcela Almeida Zequinão, Fernanda Cerveira Fronza, João Otacilio Libardoni Dos Santos, and Fernando Luiz Cardoso. "INSTRUMENTOS DE AVALIAÇÃO MOTORA E PROCEDIMENTOS PSICOMÉTRICOS: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA." Motricidade 12, no. 3 (March 20, 2017): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.6397.

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It was our objective to identify the psychometric elements to an epistemological reflection through a systematic review of cross-cultural validation procedures of TGMD-2 batteries, MABC-2 and KTK. Searches were carried out by two evaluators independently without year and language restrictions in six databases: Web of Science, Science Direct, Lilacs, Scopus, Pubmed and The ScientificElectronic Library Online - SciELO. The key words used were: "MABC", "TGMD" and "KTK" all of them combined with the word "validity". There was a total of 734 articles, of which, after the exclusion criteria, remained only 11 studies. It was found that there are differences between the authors in relation to the psychometric factors taken into account in cross-cultural validation. So that there was a lack of unanimity of the validation criteria of all studies in this field.

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Zamir, Itay, Elisabeth Stoltz Sjöström, Fredrik Ahlsson, Ingrid Hansen-Pupp, Fredrik Serenius, and Magnus Domellöf. "Neonatal hyperglycaemia is associated with worse neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely preterm infants." Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 106, no. 5 (April 16, 2021): 460–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319926.

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ObjectiveTo assess the associations between neonatal hyperglycaemia and insulin treatment, versus long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born extremely preterm.Design and settingObservational national cohort study (Extremely Preterm Infants in Sweden Study) using prospectively and retrospectively collected data. Neurodevelopmental assessment was performed at 6.5 years of age.Patients533 infants born <27 gestational weeks during 2004–2007; 436 survivors were assessed at 6.5 years.Outcome measuresNeurodevelopmental disability (NDD), survival without moderate to severe NDD, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV Full scale intelligence quotient (WISC-IV FSIQ) and Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2 (MABC-2) total score.ResultsDuration of neonatal hyperglycaemia >8 mmol/L was associated with WISC-IV scores—for each day with hyperglycaemia there was a decrease of 0.33 points (95% CI 0.03 to 0.62) in FSIQ. Neonatal hyperglycaemia >8 mmol/L occurring on 3 consecutive days was associated with lower MABC-2 scores (adjusted mean difference: −4.90; 95% CI −8.90 to −0.89). For each day with hyperglycaemia >8 mmol/L, there was a decrease of 0.55 points (95% CI 0.17 to 0.93) in MABC-2 total score. Insulin treatment was not associated with any of the outcome measures.ConclusionNeonatal hyperglycaemia >8 mmol/L was associated with lower intelligence scores and worse motor outcomes at 6.5 years of age. Insulin treatment was not associated with either worsened or improved neurodevelopmental outcomes. Randomised controlled trials are needed to clarify the role of insulin in treating hyperglycaemia in extremely preterm infants.

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Beltrame, Thais Silva, Fernando Luiz Cardoso, Juliano Maestri Alexandre, and Carla Simon Bernardi. "Desenvolvimento motor e autoconceito de escolares com transtorno do desenvolvimento da coordenação." Psicologia Escolar e Educacional 20, no. 1 (April 2016): 55–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-353920150201925.

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Resumo Verificou-se a influência de um programa de intervenção motora no desenvolvimento motor e autoconceito de escolares com Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação (TDC). Participaram do programa de intervenção de 16 semanas,12 crianças com idades de 10 anos (± 6 meses), divididas em dois grupos;sete escolares com indicativo TDC (GT) e cinco escolares com risco para TDC (GR). Utilizou-se a bateria motora MABC-2 (Henderson, Sugden, & Barnett, 2007) e a Escala de Auto-percepção para Crianças (Harter, 1982). Para analisar os efeitos da intervenção, utilizou-se o teste de Wilcoxon, o nível de significância foi de p>0,05. O programa se mostrou efetivo quando observado o TDC proporcionando influência positiva e significante nos valores das pontuações totais, pontuação padrão e percentis do Teste MABC-2. Entretanto, para o autoconceito essa efetividade não foi totalmente confirmada.

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Jelle Vuijk, Pieter, Esther Hartman, Remo Mombarg, Erik Scherder, and Chris Visscher. "Associations Between Academic and Motor Performance in a Heterogeneous Sample of Children With Learning Disabilities." Journal of Learning Disabilities 44, no. 3 (April 26, 2011): 276–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022219410378446.

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A heterogeneous sample of 137 school-aged children with learning disabilities (IQ > 80) attending special needs schools was examined on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC). The results show that compared to the available norm scores, 52.6% of the children tested performed below the 15th percentile on manual dexterity, 40.9% on ball skills, and 33.7% on balance skills. Furthermore, after controlling for IQ, significant small to moderate partial correlations were found between spelling and mathematics and the MABC total score, as well as small to moderate correlations between mathematics and balance, between reading and ball skills, and between spelling and manual dexterity. The present findings are compared with previously reported results obtained in more homogenous groups, and based on the resultant relationships between academic performance and motor development, recommendations for future motor intervention studies are made.

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Ferreira, Rodrigo Carlos Toscano, Fernanda Garcia, Ronê Paiano, Silvana Maria Blascovi-Assis, and Luiz Renato Rodrigues Carreiro. "MOTOR DEVELOPMENT HAS A POSITIVE CORRELATION TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL CHILDREN." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 9, no. 5 (May 1, 2021): 768–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss5.3110.

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Some studies have investigated the association between motor development and cognitive skills. The present study aims to correlate motor development and academic performance in 79 students between 7 to 9 years old from a private school in São Paulo-Brazil. We used the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition (MABC-2) to assess the motor development and the results of school report in Portuguese and Mathematics as a measure of academic performance. Pearson's correlation analysis showed a positive association between motor development and cognitive skills, evidencing that students who had better academic performance, also obtained better scores in motor performance. The association between MABC-2 total score and Portuguese grade, for example, obtained a significant correlation of p <0.014. Further studies should be carried out to understand if motor development improve can modulate cognitive skills.

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Pannekoek, Linda, Daniela Rigoli, Jan P. Piek, Nicholas C. Barrett, and Marina Schoemaker. "The Revised DCDQ: Is It a Suitable Screening Measure for Motor Difficulties in Adolescents?" Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 29, no. 1 (January 2012): 81–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/apaq.29.1.81.

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The parent-rated Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ) has been revised to incorporate a wider age range, including adolescence. In this exploratory study, internal consistency and validity of the DCDQ-2007 was assessed using a community-based sample of 87 adolescents. Psychometric properties of the DCDQ-2007 were investigated and concurrent validity, sensitivity, and specificity were assessed with the MABC-2 as a criterion standard. The results demonstrated high internal consistency for the DCDQ-2007 and a relationship with the MABC-2 was found. The DCDQ-2007 met the recommended standard for sensitivity, although the confidence interval was large; however, it failed to meet the recommended standard for specificity. This has important implications concerning the suitability of the DCDQ-2007. Although promising psychometric properties were found within the current study, the applicability of the DCDQ-2007 as a screening measure for motor difficulties requires careful consideration.

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Silva, Raísa Carvalho da, Geraldo Jose Ferrari Junior, Fernando Luiz Cardoso, João Otacilio Libardoni dos Santos, Érico Pereira Gomes Felden, and Thaís Silva Beltrame. "Predição do baixo desempenho motor por meio de indicadores antropométricos em crianças de oito a 10 anos." Revista Brasileira de Educação Física e Esporte 35, no. 2 (August 18, 2021): 353–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-4690.v35i2p353-362.

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Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar a capacidade preditiva e possíveis pontos de corte dos indicadores antropométricos na predição do baixo desempenho motor em ambos os sexos. Participaram do estudo 350 escolares (186 meninas e 164 meninos) com idades de oito a 10 anos. Fizeram parte da pesquisa três escolas, sendo duas escolas públicas e uma escola privada localizadas na cidade de Manaus-AM. Os indicadores antropométricos avaliados foram: Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC), Circunferência de Cintura (CC) e Razão Cintura Estatura (RCEst), e para avaliar as tarefas motoras foram utilizados os instrumentos Movement Assessment Battery for Children – Second Edition (MABC-2) e Körperkoordination Test für Kinder (KTK). A curva Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) foi utilizada para estimar a capacidade preditiva dos indicadores antropométricos (IMC, CC e RCEst), apontando o melhor ponto de corte para a predição do baixo desempenho motor. Foi possível verificar capacidade preditiva dos indicadores antropométricos no somatório dos quocientes motores no instrumento KTK na amostra geral (p<0,001) e quando a amostra foi estratificada por sexo, houve capacidade preditiva pelo indicador IMC em meninos e meninas (p=0,006 e p=0,012, respectivamente), da mesma forma para o indicador CC (p=0,012 e p<0,001, respectivamente). O indicador antropométrico RCEst apresentou capacidade preditiva apenas para o sexo feminino (p<0,001). Já no MABC-2 não foram encontradas diferenças significativas. Os indicadores antropométricos (IMC, CC e RCEst) possuem capacidade preditiva em algumas tarefas do KTK, porém não apresentaram predição para o baixo desempenho motor no MABC-2.

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Montoro, Ana Paula Pietro Nobre, Renata Capistrano, Elisa Pinheiro Ferrari, Monalisa Da Silva Reis, Fernando Luiz Cardoso, and Thais Silva Beltrame. "Concurrent validation of the MABC-2 and Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire-BR." Journal of Human Growth and Development 26, no. 1 (April 28, 2016): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.110421.

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Silva, Jane A. O., Luis E. Dantas, Maria T. Cattuzzo, Cinthya Walter, Cássia R. P. Moreira, and Cleverton J. F. Souza. "Teste MABC: aplicabilidade da lista de checagem na região sudeste do Brasil." Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto 2006, no. 3 (2006): 356–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5628/rpcd.06.03.356.

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Yuguang, Zhong, Yang Fan, and Liu Feng. "Solving multi-objective fuzzy flexible job shop scheduling problem using MABC algorithm." Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems 36, no. 2 (March 16, 2019): 1455–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jifs-181152.

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Junaid, K., and S. R. Harris. "TEACHERSʼ USE OF THE MABC CHECKLIST TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN WITH MOTOR DIFFICULTIES." Pediatric Physical Therapy 10, no. 4 (1998): 182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001577-199801040-00049.

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