Vibration-induced postural reactions: a scoping review on parameters and populations studied

ObjectiveMechanical vibration is an effective way for externally activating Ia primary endings of the muscle spindles and skin mechanoreceptors. Despite its popularity in proprioception and postural control studies, there is still no review covering the wide variety of vibration parameters or locations used in studies. The main purpose of this scoping review was thus to give an overview of general vibration parameters and to identify, if available, the rationale for justifying methodological choices concerning vibration parameters.MethodsThree databases (Pubmed, CINHAL, and SPORTDiscus) were searched from inception to July 2022. Included articles were to focus on the study of muscle spindles and skin mechanoreceptors vibration in humans and assess postural control. Following inclusion, data regarding demographic information, populations, vibration parameters and rationale were extracted and summarized.ResultsOne hundred forty-seven articles were included, mostly targeting lower extremities (n = 137) and adults (n = 126). The parameters used varied widely but were most often around 80 Hz, at an amplitude of 1 mm for 10–20 s. Regarding rationales, nearly 50% of the studies did not include any, whereas those including one mainly cited the same two studies, without elaborating specifically on the parameter's choice.ConclusionThis scoping review provided a comprehensive description of the population recruited and parameters used for vibration protocols in current studies with humans. Despite many studies, there remain important gaps of knowledge that needs to be filled, especially for vibration amplitude and duration parameters in various populations

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

The cerebral cortex underlies our complex cognitive capabilities, yet little is known about the specific genetic loci that influence human cortical structure. To identify genetic variants that affect cortical structure, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of brain magnetic resonance imaging data from 51,665 individuals. We analyzed the surface area and average thickness of the whole cortex and 34 regions with known functional specializations. We identified 199 significant loci and found significant enrichment for loci influencing total surface area within regulatory elements that are active during prenatal cortical development, supporting the radial unit hypothesis. Loci that affect regional surface area cluster near genes in Wnt signaling pathways, which influence progenitor expansion and areal identity. Variation in cortical structure is genetically correlated with cognitive function, Parkinson's disease, insomnia, depression, neuroticism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Weaver

Weaver: Workflow Execution Management Service (EMS); Application, Deployment and Execution Service (ADES); OGC API - Processes; WPS; CWL Application Package https://github.com/crim-ca/weave

DACCS Project: Developing a Common Cyberinfrastructure for Manipulating both Climate and Earth Observation Datasets

Data Analytics for Canadian Climate Services (DACCS

Birdhouse-Deploy Platform Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deplo

bird-house/birdhouse-deploy: Add a zenodo configuration

<p>A configuration file for <a href="https://zenodo.org/">Zenodo</a> was added to the source code, listing all contributing authors on the birdhouse-deploy repository.</p&gt

bird-house/birdhouse-deploy: 1.29.2

What's Changed <ul> <li>Monitoring: allow access to magpie members of group monitoring by @tlvu in <a href="https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/pull/374">https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/pull/374</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Full Changelog</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/compare/1.29.1...1.29.2">https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/compare/1.29.1...1.29.2</a></p&gt

bird-house/birdhouse-deploy: 1.37.2

<h2>What's Changed</h2> <ul> <li>adjust public WPS outputs sub-dir for weaver by @fmigneault in https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/pull/401</li> </ul> <p><strong>Full Changelog</strong>: https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/compare/1.37.1...1.37.2</p&gt

bird-house/birdhouse-deploy: 1.26.8

What's Changed <ul> <li>Document autodeploy testing procedure and fix <code>COMPOSE_DIR</code> detection in <code>read-configs.include.sh</code> by @tlvu in <a href="https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/pull/345">https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/pull/345</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Full Changelog</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/compare/1.26.7...1.26.8">https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/compare/1.26.7...1.26.8</a></p&gt