BACKGROUND Most previous studies on hallux valgus focused on the possible relationship between this deformity and muscles and/or ligaments in the foot and lower leg. Very little is known about the relationship between hallux valgus and alignment of the proximal joints. The aims of the present study were to determine the extent to which lower extremity alignment characteristics of the hip, knee,...

We present a first principles study of low-spin (LS)/high-spin (HS) screening for 3d metal centers in the metal organic framework (MOF) DUT-8(Ni). Various density functional theory (DFT) codes have been used to evaluate numerical and DFT related errors. We compare highly accurate all-electron implementations with the widely used plane wave approach. We present electronically and magnetically st...

The representative VNA block diagram (see Figure 1) shows the key elements of the analyzer. The RF source at the top provides the device-under-test (DUT) stimulus. A forward/reverse switch directs the RF energy to either DUT port. The test set uses directional couplers or bridges to pick off the forward and reverse waves traveling to and from each port, and down-converts these signals to four I...

Emozioek musika absolutuan duten lekua argitzeko bi azalpen nagusi daude. Lehena konpositoreak sorkuntza unean bizitako egoera emotiboarekin edo adierazkorrak entzulearengan pizten dituen erreakzio emotiboekin lotzen da. Bigarrenak, formalismoak, emozioak musikaren propietate direla ukatzen du. Nire ustez, ikuspegi formalista bateragarria da estetiko izatearekin. Suposatuz musikan entzun egiten...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to identify risk factors for the recurrence of hallux valgus deformity and to clarify whether recurrence after surgery to treat hallux valgus can be predicted using radiographic parameters assessed on immediate postoperative non-weight-bearing radiographs. METHODS A proximal chevron osteotomy combined with a distal soft-tissue procedure was performed by ...

In this paper we studied how subjects activate their muscles in response to static varus and valgus loads at the knee. The muscles' contributions to the external moments were estimated using an EMG driven biomechanical model of the knee. The individual muscle activation and loading patterns were examined to identify the strategies that the nervous system uses to support varus and valgus knee mo...

Objectives: Skeletal-muscular disorders affect the biomechanics of the human body, especially the lower extremity, with a negative effect on the biomechanics of exercise. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of fatigue on the kinematic variables of knee joints during countermovement jumps in female students of physical education with valgus knee deformity.  Methods: Fifte...

This paper describes an implementation of Rijndael, a new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), with SystemC. The design started in the un-timed functional level description in C and was gradually refined until all blocks were translated into RTL SystemC, which can be synthesized with CoCentric SystemC Compiler. To improve the verification speed, cycle-accurate co-emulation was used. iPROVE, an F...

Objectives. The aim of this study is to introduce a new way and assign its reliability and validity in measuring the angle of hallux valgus. Methods. In this method, we have proceeded to introduce a simple way for measuring the angle of hallux valgus by using ruler and mathematical formulas. For doing this study, we selected 25students and measured their angle of hallux valgus with new way ...