The use of custom-made insoles has shown to be effective for the treatment of high plantar pressure peak of patients with neuropathic feet. Objective: To observe the results of the usage of metatarsal plantar support type of insole in leprosy, through tests in gait and static posture with a baropodometric device. Ten patients with leprosy were randomly selected, ageing 25 to 60 years at the lep...

Corresponding author: Hyun Kyoung Lim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medecine, Inha University Hospital, 7-206, Sinheungdong 3-ga, Jung-gu, Incheon 400-711, Korea. Tel: 82-32-890-3968, Fax: 82-32-881-2476, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/lic...

The purpose of the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR) experiments is to measure the temperature anisotropy via the autocorrelation function. The partial wave l1 corresponding to the first Doppler peak caused by baryonphoton oscillations at the surface of last scattering depends on the present density Ω0 and the cosmological constant contribution ΩΛ. We discuss this dependence on the basis of per...

Forensic marking, a type of watermarking, is an efficient means of detecting copyright violation and tracing unauthorized access to digital content. In this paper, a new video forensic marking algorithm is proposed which uses peak position modulation (PPM) and can embed sufficient information to trace an illegal distributor. PPM uses the positions of correlation peaks, which are modulated by us...

Cough is an important host-defense mechanism. The elderly and patients who are severely ill cannot cough effectively when lying in the supine position. Furthermore, pressure relieving air-mattresses are recommended for preventing the development of pressure ulcers. In this study, we clarified whether or not the cough peak flow (CPF), an index of cough strength, is affected by different firmness...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the effects of body position in patients with large supratentorial stroke. METHODS We performed 43 monitoring sessions in 18 patients with acute complete or subtotal middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory stroke. Intracranial pressure (ICP) was monitored with a parenchymal probe. Mean arterial blood pressure, ICP, ...