Preface: Paths Are Made By Walking

These boots are made for walking.

[The road is made by walking].

Llevamos bastante tiempo andando y haciendo camino. Un buen trecho en 2009, como demuestra la cifra récord de manuscritos recibidos y la publicación de 134 artı́culos. Pero no sólo se trata de cantidad: 2009 ha representado la consolidación de apuestas editoriales como el sistema de gestión de manuscritos por Internet, el nuevo formato de los artı́culos, la publicación casi inmediata de los artı́c...

“ ‘These Boots Are Made for Walking’ ”: A Reply

Erik Craft’s comment on our 2000 article takes up a minor point, the impact of no-fault divorce on the gender of the spouse filing for divorce. In the original article, we related the gender of the filing to rent exploitation during marriage, rent appropriation through divorce, and particularly child custody. We tested the hypotheses we generated using a sample of more than 46,000 divorce decre...

Realistic Human Walking Paths

Pedestrian navigation is a complex function of human dynamics, a desired destination, and the presence of obstacles. People cannot stop and start instantaneously and their turning abilities are influenced by kinematic and dynamical constraints. A realistic model of human walking paths is an important development for entertainment applications and many classes of simulations. We present a novel ...

Drug-eluting balloons: the path is made by walking.

O conceito de balão eluidor de fármaco (DEB) assenta na libertação na parede vascular de uma droga antiproliferativa sem necessidade de deixar nenhuma estrutura metálica ou sequer um polímero. Trata-se, sem dúvida, de uma ideia aliciante e uma inovação importante na cardiologia de intervenção. A sua introdução no tratamento da doença das coronárias não se fez, contudo, há muitos anos. Porém, o ...