The orientation of freely walking flies (female Lucilia cuprina) to lines and stripes in a circular arena is described. The following observations were made. 1. The flies walked straight towards a dark line using the frontal eye region, but a pale line on a dark background was only weakly attractive. 2. In bright conditions flies walked in a curved line towards a black-white edge, the path bein...

This paper presents a data-driven procedural model for the kinematic animation of human walking. The use of data yields realistic looking gait, while the procedural model yields flexibility. We present a new motion data representation, the sagittal elevation angles, and present biomechanical evidence that these angles have a stereotyped pattern across many different walking situations, implying...

results there was a significant difference in the self-esteem (p = 0.003), life satisfaction (p = 0.001), efficiency (p = 0.00), positive mood (p = 0.00), mental health (p = 0.001) and happiness (p = 0.001) among elderly women in the case group before and after a regular six-week walking program. conclusions according to the results, walking increases the happiness and mental health of elderly ...

this study investigated the relationship between noncontrolled and self-motivated brisk walking with physical and mental health of women living in west tehran, iran. the persian version of short form health survey (sf-36) applied for data collection. researchers referred to three public parks to recruit volunteer women aged 35-55 years old. participants were randomly selected and divided into a...

In immersive virtual environments (IVEs) users can control their virtual viewpoint by moving their tracked head and by walking through the real world. Usually, movements in the real world are mapped one-to-one to virtual camera motions. With redirection techniques, the virtual camera is manipulated by applying gains to user motion so that the virtual world moves differently than the real world....

PURPOSE Evaluate the relationship between neighborhood crime and the amount of daily walking by minority adults. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional study of minority adult walking behavior and crime. Setting. Oakland, California was chosen as the study area because of the substantial spatial variation in levels of criminal activity combined with detailed information on walking trips. PARTICI...

introduction: obesity is a complex health problem. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of regular walking with alternate day fasting (adf) on health-related factors of overweight and obese females.‎  methods: 30 healthy inactive, overweight and obese women were divided randomly into three equal groups.  the groups were: control group (bmi: 30.72±4.40 kg/m2); the experimental grou...