1. Normal subjects performed a step test in which the quadriceps of one leg contracted concentrically while the contralateral muscle contracted eccentrically. 2. Maximal voluntary force and the force: frequency relationship were altered bilaterally as a result of the exercise, the changes being greater in the muscle which had contracted eccentrically. Recovery occurred over 24 h. 3. Electromyog...

Abstract A parametric study was conducted to investigate the influence of geometric factors on fully encased composite column under eccentric loading about both axes steel section by using ABAQUS software. Thirty-six specimens were assembled 9 different groups considering types length depth ratios (L/D ratios), three eccentricity (e/D and contribution ratios. For validation model, simulations f...

In the recent years, non-connected piled raft foundation has been considered as an economical and practical deep foundation in the situation that high shear and concentrated loads may occur at the connection of the raft and pile head. This paper was presented an experimental study of a square foundation on the effects of parameters such as S/D, L/D and etc. in two cases of connected or non-conn...

BACKGROUND Posterior clinoid process (PCP) meningiomas are rare lesions. In close proximity to these lesions are the perforators from internal carotid artery and the oculomotor nerve, which need to be considered while deciding the appropriate surgical approach. CASE DESCRIPTION We describe a basal frontotemporo-orbito-zygomatic approach with splitting of the sylvian fissure to resect an eccen...

Fixational eye movements in 60 eyes of 30 patients with ABCA4-associated Stargardt disease were recorded by a Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (SLO). The results were quantified by two new fixation quality measures expressing the eccentricity of the preferred retinal locus (PRL) non-parametrically, and fixation stability by a dynamic index. 46 eyes (77%) fixated eccentrically; in 32 eyes (70% of t...

Displacement-based methods are recognized as appropriate approaches to reach the goals of performance-based seismic design method. In the direct displacement-based seismic design method, the seismic yield displacement is applied as one of the important design parameters. In this paper, a new relation is suggested to determine the lateral displacement pattern at first yielding of eccentrically b...

We investigate the static and dynamic properties of a Tonks–Girardeau gas in a harmonic trap with an eccentric δ-perturbation of variable strength. For this, we first find the analytic eigensolution of the single particle problem and then use this solution to calculate the spatial density and energy profiles of the many-particle gas as a function of the strength and position of the perturbation...

The purpose of this study was to describe the firing pattern of 11 hip and knee muscles during running. Thirty recreational runners volunteered to run at 3 different paces with indwelling electromyographic electrodes while being filmed at 100 frames per second. Results demonstrated that medial and lateral vasti muscles acted together for knee extension during terminal swing and loading response...