Attributes can be used to recognize unseen objects from a textual description. Their learning is oftentimes accomplished with a large amount of annotations, e.g. around 160k-180k, but what happens if for a given attribute, we do not have many annotations? The standard approach would be to perform transfer learning, where we use source models trained on other attributes, to learn a separate targ...

Sir, We would like to respond to the letter on this topic published in Lepr. Rev. ( 1 994) 65, 400-402. We agree with the need for protective footwear and ALERT has a well-equipped orthopaedic workshop employing 1 5 technical staff. We have supplied MCR sandles, plastazote shoes and boots as well as lower limb prostheses, as necessary, for many years . In recent years we have found that it is i...

Clinical epidemiology studies suggest the majority of lower limb amputations were preceded by a minor traumatic event, often footwear-related, and lower limb ulcers . To reduce foot trauma and ulcers, the diabetic patient with foot insensitivity has unique footwear needs . To address these needs for patients not requiring custom shoes, the DVAISeattle Footwear System was developed. The six comp...

INTRODUCTION The outcome of the effects of transitioning to minimalist running shoes is a topic of interest for runners and scientists. However, few studies have investigated the longer term effects of running in minimalist shoes. The purpose of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate the effects of a 26 week transition to minimalist shoes on running performance and injury risk...

BACKGROUND People with chronic low back pain (CLBP) demonstrate greater postural instability compared with asymptomatic individuals. Rocker-sole shoes are inherently unstable and may serve as an effective balance training device. This study hypothesised that wearing rocker-sole shoes would result in long-term improvement in barefoot postural stability in people with CLBP. METHODS 20 participa...

BACKGROUND/AIM This randomised controlled trial investigated if the usage of running shoes with a motion control system modifies injury risk in regular leisure-time runners compared to standard shoes, and if this influence depends on foot morphology. METHODS Recreational runners (n=372) were given either the motion control or the standard version of a regular running shoe model and were follo...

Since footwear is commonly used every day, its influence on knee joint loading and thereby on the development and progression of osteoarthritis may be crucial. So far the influence of footwear has been examined only indirectly. The aim of this study was to directly measure the effect of footwear on tibiofemoral contact loads during walking. Instrumented knee implants with telemetric data transm...

The characteristics of athletic shoes have been described with terms like cushioning, stability, and guidance.1,2 Despite many years of effort to optimize athletic shoe construction, the prevalence of running-related lower extremity injuries has not significantly declined; however, athletic performance has reached new heights.3-5 Criteria for optimal athletic shoe construction have been propose...

We extend the cited model in two fundamentally different ways. First, we include different distance functions between image features to capture relationship between images of products that are visually different but related to each other (e.x. white shirt and blue jeans). Secondly, we exploit the category information present as meta-data to find relationships between products (e.x.product-pair ...

high volume of waste tires, problems associated with their disposal, aesthetic problems, and the expansion and innovation of reuse of used tire products is being addressed aggressively. Chipped or shredded tires are being used for a wide variety of products, including playground covers, doormats, roadbed, fill, shoes, and aggregate substitute in septic system drainfields. This Analysis of Tire ...