[Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the intrarater and interrater reliability of the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), thereby increasing understanding of its efficient utilization. [Subjects and Methods] There were 67 subjects (49 female; 18 male). For the SEBT, eight lines were made using tape at 45-degree angles from the center of a circle. The experiment was conducted in the fo...

In 1983, it was first reported that tetracyclines (TCs) can modulate the host response, including (but not limited to) inhibition of pathologic matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity, and by mechanisms unrelated to the antibacterial properties of these drugs. Soon thereafter, strategies were developed to generate non-antibacterial formulations (subantimicrobial-dose doxycycline; SDD) and compo...

We evaluate the dual cone of set diagonally dominant matrices (resp., scaled matrices), namely $$\mathcal{DD}_n^*$$ $$\mathcal{SDD}_n^*$$ ), as an approximation semidefinite cone. prove that norm normalized distance, proposed by Blekherman et al. [5], between a $$\mathcal{S}$$ and has same value whenever $$\mathcal{SDD}_n^* \subseteq \mathcal{S} \mathcal{DD}_n^*$$ . This implies distance is not...

Fourteen cases of intermittent bundle branch block (BBB) are reported, in which Mock was shown to occur both at rapid and slow rates, with an intermediate normal conduction range. Tachycardia-dependent BBB was related to prolonged recovery and was termed "phase-3 block;" bradycardia-dependent BBB was related to hypopolarization plus spontaneous diastolic depolarization (SDD), and was termed "ph...

Innovations are crucial to companies’ competitive strength. Functional Product Development (FPD) is a base for a Functional Product Innovation vision, aiming for a new way to design, develop and sell physical products. The purpose in this paper is to discuss relations between the development process for these products, called FPD, and a simulation-driven approach to design these products, calle...

Article history: Received 12 August 2012 Received in revised form 10 June 2013 Accepted 16 August 2013 Available online 13 September 2013 An action case study demonstrates an effective integration of collaborative planning using long-range foresight in a hierarchical government research organization. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of collaborative, bottom-up strategi...

Traditional stochastic dominance rules are so strict and qualitative conditions that generally a stochastic dominance relation between two alternatives does not exist. To solve the problem, we firstly supplement the definitions of almost stochastic dominance (ASD). Then, we propose a new definition of stochastic dominance degree (SDD) that is based on the idea of ASD. The new definition takes b...

Testing for small-delay defects (SDDs) has become necessary as technology further scales. Existing tools and methodologies for generating SDD patterns suffer from: limited long-paths sensitization capability, overwhelming pattern volume, time-consuming pattern generation process, and vague evaluations of pattern quality. Such situation places patterns in a dilemma where the generation and appli...

Diarrhea, sudden death after short duration of diarrhea and sudden death without apparent signs were observed in a herd of breeder pigs. Five pigs that died suddenly with diarrhea (SDD pigs) and 6 pigs that died suddenly without signs (SD pigs) were examined. The average age of the pigs was about 28 days. Twelve pigs of age 10 to 14 days old showing diarrhea (D pigs) were also examined. Eleven ...