Studies that lead to the development of more accessible and low-cost electronic technologies devices for biomechanical biomedical analysis applications are becoming increasingly needed. In this work, a multiaxial extensometric force platform will be addressed, aiming improve sensitivity reduce costs existing platforms. Additionally, can used characterization flight time postural volleyball athl...

The isometric pull and push strength profiles of males and females were determined in seated and standing positions in the workspace. The strongest pull strength location was at extreme reach vertically above the shoulder for both males and females. The greatest pull strength of 400 Newtons (N) for males was recorded in the seated and standing positions. Females' pull strengths in the seated an...

The isometric strength profiles of male and female paraplegics were determined for pull and push strengths in the normal, maximum, and extreme working reach envelopes. A computerized isometric strength measurement system was designed and constructed for the purpose. The strongest pull location was at extreme reach vertically above the shoulder and the strength values for males and females were ...

In this work, a novel mechanism for spontaneous symmetry breaking is presented. This avoids quadratic divergencies and thus capable of addressing the hierarchy problem in gauge theories. Using scale-dependent effective action $\Gamma_{k}$ minimally coupled to gravitational sector, variational parameter setting applied. provides mass vacuum expectation value as function constants arising low sca...

Nanoindentation is a popular experimental technique for characterization of the mechanical properties of soft and biological materials. With its force resolution of tens of pico-Newtons, the atomic force microscope (AFM) is well-suited for performing indentation experiments on soft materials. However, nonlinear contact and adhesion complicate such experiments. This paper critically examines the...

There are many possible means of determining job exposure ranging from job Classifications through to self reports of physical exposure to measures of muscle activations and estimated spinal loads.We suggest a fruitful approach is to develop a framework which allows one to combine instruments to take advantage of the best features of each instrument. We suggest that using a common metric allows...

Mach’s principle, according to which the origin of gravitational interaction depends on the presence of all the masses in the universe, was expressed in a quantitative form by Sciama (1953). Since this idea suggests a variable speed of light (VSL), it is shown here that the arising variability of c is in agreement with all GR tests regarding time and lenght scales which are subject to variation...

To overcome the limitations of the MMT, isometric hand-held dynamometers (HHD) have been developed to aid therapists in clinics (Andrews (1991)). HHDs are generally small and portable, and measure strength objectively in kilograms, pounds or newtons. The clinician holds the HHD between his or her force-applying hand and the patient’s limb segment. The clinician stabilises the limb segment while...

We measured the elastic properties and intrinsic breaking strength of free-standing monolayer graphene membranes by nanoindentation in an atomic force microscope. The force-displacement behavior is interpreted within a framework of nonlinear elastic stress-strain response, and yields second- and third-order elastic stiffnesses of 340 newtons per meter (N m(-1)) and -690 Nm(-1), respectively. Th...

This paper focuses on the orbit and formation control for the Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM), under study at the European Space Agency. In our past study, an innovative integrated orbit/formation model (IFC) has been designed, introducing a novel set of Hill-type equations. The aim of this study is the refinement and the enhancement of the IFC architecture. The proposed solution is base...