The knee adduction moment (KAM) is a surrogate measure for medial compartment knee loading and is related to the progression of knee osteoarthritis. Toe-in and toe-out gait modifications typically reduce the first and second KAM peaks, respectively. We investigated whether assigning a subject-specific foot progression angle (FPA) modification reduces the peak KAM by more than assigning the same...

BACKGROUND Although total knee arthroplasty reduces pain and improves function, patients continue to walk with asymmetrical movement patterns, that may affect muscle activation and joint loading patterns. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the specific biomechanical abnormalities that persist after total knee arthroplasty and examine the neuromuscular mechanisms that may contribute to th...

The evaluation of the movement co-ordination of fish respiratory systems has attracted many investigators (Baglioni, 1907, 1910; van Dobben, 1935; Kirchhoff, 1958; Willem, 1931, 1940, 1947; Woskoboinikoff, 1932). For a long time the theories of the functioning of the system were only based upon anatomical data. It is hardly surprising that this has led to conflicting theories in many cases wher...

We propose a method for calculating cohomology operations for finite simplicial complexes. Of course, there exist well–known methods for computing (co)homology groups, for example, the “reduction algorithm” consisting in reducing the matrices corresponding to the differential in each dimension to the Smith normal form, from which one can read off (co)homology groups of the complex [Mun84], or t...

Our recent work identified Store-Operated Ca 2+ Entry (SOCE) as the critical Ca 2+ -source required for the induction of human myoblast differentiation (1). The present work indicates that STIM2 silencing, as STIM1 silencing, reduces myoblast SOCE amplitude and differentiation. As myoblasts in culture can be induced to differentiate into myotubes, which spontaneously contract in culture, we use...

background: there is much debate about effects of medicinal plants such as saffron (crocus sativus) on human health. women are highly involved in farming and processing of this plant. this study is aimed at evaluating the saffron impacts on miscarriage rate of female farmers working in saffron fields. methods: this was a prospective case-control study on pregnant female farmers during harvestin...

Using a structural vector autoregression, we document that contractionary monetary policy shock triggers decline in durable and non-durable outputs as well contraction bank equity rise the excess bond premium. The latter points to an important transmission channel of via financial markets. It has long been recognized standard two-sector New Keynesian model, where goods prices are flexible non-d...