PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the interaction of ACTN3 gene polymorphism and muscle imbalance effects on kinematic efficiency changes in combat sports athletes. METHODS Six types of combat sports athletes (Judo, Taekwondo, boxing, kendo, wrestling, and Korean Ssi-reum) participated in the study. ATCN3 gene polymorphism and muscle imbalance in lower extremity were evaluate...

“The purpose of this project is to determine if a v i d e o b a s e d method of determining runto-cut style type is as accurate as the pattern determined through the kinetic method.” Non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common among both elite and recreational athletes. Research shows that such non-contact knee ligament injuries typically involve sudden changes in direction...

In this paper, the structure of SAW has been studied. In previous work in SAW, materials such as lithium niobium, lithium tantalite and gallium nitride were used in the structure of SAW, and thus had a low operating frequency and the highest reported operating frequency was about 4 GHz. In this paper, aluminum nitride and gallium nitride in the SAW structure are used in combination. The electro...

In the Multicut problem, we are given a graph G = (V,E), a capacity function that assigns a capacity ce to each edge e, and a set of pairs (s1, t1), ..., (sk, tk). The Multicut problem asks for a minimum capacity set of edges F ⊆ E such that removing the edges in F disconnects si and ti, for all i. Note that the Multicut problem generalizes the Multiway Cut problem that we saw in the last two l...

A classical result in undirected edge-capaciated networks is the approximate optimality of routing (flow) for multiple-unicast: the min-cut upper bound is within a logarithmic factor of the number of sources of the max flow [2, 3]. In this paper we focus on extending this result to a more general network model, where there are joint polymatroidal constraints on the rates of the edges that meet ...

Objective. To estimate anthropometric parameters' (APs) cut-off points and association for metabolic syndrome (MetS). Materials and methods. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a total of 434 adult women from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in 2012. APs measured were waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), body adiposity index (BAI), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-height ratio...

We present a new method for solving stochastic programs with joint chance constraints with random technology matrices and discretely distributed random data. The problem can be reformulated as a large-scale mixed 0-1 integer program. We derive a new class of optimality cuts called IIS cuts and apply them to our problem. The cuts are based on irreducibly infeasible subsets (IIS) of an LP defined...

INTRODUCTION Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain has become a recognized factor in low back pain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a minimally invasive surgical SI joint fusion procedure on the in vitro biomechanics of the SI joint before and after cyclic loading. METHODS SEVEN CADAVERIC SPECIMENS WERE TESTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: intact, posterior ligaments (PL) an...