A machine belt squat is a piece of equipment designed to allow the performance of squats while loading weight on the lifter's hips using a belt. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if belt squats differ from back squats in activation of the primary movers, and to determine the predictive capabilities of back squat load, training status, and anthropometric data on belt squat load....

Furnes et al. (1) reported that a sheeted-dike complex they identified within the ~3.8billion-year-old Isua supracrustal belt (ISB) in Greenland provides the oldest evidence of oceanic crustal accretion by spreading. However, they did not alert readers that the ISB contains supracrustal rocks and mafic dikes of different ages (2, 3). They also failed to demonstrate that the proposed components ...

Nosrat-Abad ophiolitic extrusive sequence, located in the Sistan Suture Zone, in south eastern Iran. The extrusive sequence, contains pillow lava, sheet flow and related volcanic-clastic breccias which have undergone low-grade metamorphism. This association shows calc alkaline to tholeiitic affinities. Interpretation of the geochemical data and behavior of the elements in different diagrams rev...

Kermanshah ophiolite is an extremely crushed ophiolitic complex in which a complete ophiolitic sequence is not observed. Gabbros, deloritc dikes and mostly serpentinized peridotites are among the most important constituents of these ophiolitic set. Pridotites existing in the study area are of metamorphosized types that have been severely affected by the hydrothermal solutions due to their extre...

We examined the utility of estimating rates of automobile seat belt use with self-report measures. Self-report measures overestimate belt use rates compared to observational surveys of the same population. Laws mandating seat belt use did not substantially affect the degree to which self-reports are upwardly biased. We found self-report measures overestimate observed belt use by 8.9 to 19.4 per...

Frontal-impact airbag systems have the potential to provide a benefit to rear seat occupants by distributing restraining forces over the body in a manner not possible using belts alone. This study sought to investigate the effects of incorporating a belt-integrated airbag ("airbelt") into a rear seat occupant restraint system. Frontal impact sled tests were performed with a Hybrid III 50th perc...

Introduction Navigator techniques allow the patient to breath freely during a whole heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography (WHCMRA) scan. However, long measuring times, caused by the necessity to synchronize the cardiac and the breathing cycle, and complex motion patterns lead to the suboptimal image quality. To overcome this problem, an abdominal belt (BELT), which can suppress the abdo...

We propose a method of conveyor belt longitudinal tear dynamic line edge detection based on CCD digital image processing. CCD camera captured video frames of conveyor belt at a certain frequency, we first applied median noise filtering and binarization to preprocessing the motion images of conveyor belt on the condition that they were not degenerative. Then Canny edge detection operator detecte...

The Tibetan Plateau holds clues to understanding the dynamics and mechanisms associated with continental growth. Part of the region is characterized by zones of ophiolitic mélange believed to represent the remnants of ancient oceanic crust and underlying upper mantle emplaced during oceanic closures. However, due to the remoteness of the region and the inhospitable terrain many areas have not r...