The effect soft tissue movement of the shank had on knee joint moments during natural cadence walking was investigated in this study. This was examined by comparing knee moments determined from bone-anchored and surface mounted tracking targets. Six healthy adult subjects participated in this study. The largest difference (3 N m) occurred about the AP axis, with smaller differences of approxima...

The present study aimed to estimate the genetic parameters and evaluate the genetics trend of body weight traits and right shank length of Japanese quail data selected two generation for 4-wk body weight. Body weights heritability (h 2 ) estimates ranged from moderate to high and revealed that selection in HL individuals is probably more efficient at later ages. For shank length, heritability v...

A hopping robot can jump over the barrier several times higher than its own height. The combination of the hopping movement and the wheeling movement can greatly enhance the scope of robot’s activities. In this paper, a novel five-shank hopping mechanism was employed to build the wheelinghopping combination scout robot. The nonlinear character of the five-shank hopping mechanism was analyzed an...

Dietary T-2 toxin (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 mug./g.) was fed to 4 groups of 10 chickens at each treatment level from hatching until 3 weeks of age. Growth inhibitory levels (4, 8, and 16 mug./g.) caused abnormal feathering which appeared dose related. The chickens were sparsely covered with short feathers protruding at odd angles in comparison to controls. There were few feathers on the base of th...