Methods To measure the muscle activations of the C6, T7 and L5 paraspinal muscles and lumbar multifidus during standing, EMG (Keypoint, Medrtonic, USA) was used. After breathing was calmed down, muscle activation during standing on the ground with bare foot was measured. Subsequently, muscle activation during standing wearing shoes with 8cm Wedge heel, Setback heel and French heel were measured...

The delivery and utilization of reproductive health care services has suffered a major setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic low middle income countries have been disproportionately affected. This commentary discusses how provision impacted on by proffers possible recommendations address this growing burden.

We often encounter setbacks while pursuing our goals. Success requires that we cope with these negative outcomes and choose to persist in spite of them. For example, learners may be more likely to continue a course after failing an assessment if they control their emotional reactions to the setback and study harder. However, the ability to effectively cope with the negative emotion inherent in ...

Selectively doped Gex Si , _ x lSi strained layer heterostructures have been grown in a single quantum well configuration on (OOl)-Si substrate using molecular beam epitaxy. The modulation doping effect has been observed inp-type structures only; although both nandp-type double heterostructures were grown. We have investigated the effects of: (i) alloy layer thickness (well width), (ii) doping ...

BACKGROUND There is an increasing awareness of the multiple potential pathways leading to human health risks from hydraulic fracturing. Setback distances are a legislative method to mitigate potential risks. OBJECTIVES We attempted to determine whether legal setback distances between well-pad sites and the public are adequate in three shale plays. METHODS We reviewed geography, current stat...

Atrial fibrillation, the most common sustained arrhythmia observed in hospitalized patients, is associated with substantial morbidity, and its occurrence approximately doubles the rate of death as compared with that of patients in whom sinus rhythm is maintained. The global effect of atrial fibrillation on public health is so great that international professional organizations have integrated t...

In semantic interoperability, the main issue is to develop semantic models of geographic data that will include definitions and vocabulary necessary for data integration. Geographic data must be organized in categorization schemata before it can be integrated, but those schemata, exhibit vagueness. Vagueness can be found in geographic categories not only in the cognitive aspect of prototypical ...

Three starches from the wheat varieties AK58, ZM18 and YZ4110 were separated into large (A) and small (B) granules, which were characterized structurally and evaluated for their functional properties. SEM results showed that the size of A-granules from ZM18 and YZ4110 were about the same, but the sizes of A-granules and B-granules from AK58 were larger than those of ZM18 and YZ4110. FTIR spectr...

Objective: To evaluate the stability of bimaxillary surgery in patients with skeletal malocclusion, with the use of rigid internal fixation. Methods: Lateral cephalograms from 20 patients, 11 males and 9 females, mean age of 26 years and 1 month, were evaluated before surgery, immediately post-operative and at least 6 months after surgery. Nineteen cephalometric measurements were evaluated, and...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the changes induced in the pharyngeal airway space by orthodontic treatment with bodily retraction of the mandibular incisors and mandibular setback surgery without extraction. METHODS This retrospective study included 63 adult patients (32 men and 31 women). Thirty-three patients who had been treated via four-bicuspid extraction and bodily r...