Two of the happiest days of my life have been ruined by inappropriate footwear. The first time was on my honeymoon. Not in bed, I hasten to add. We Northerners admit to being sewn into our woolly vests from November to March, come what may, but when it comes to amorous dalliance we always remove our boots, and often our socks, weather permitting. The honeymoon in question was spent in the Austr...

OBJECTIVE To perform an analysis of the costs of treatment of varicose ulcers by radical surgery of varices and the use of Unna boot. METHODS Fifteen outpatients were selected to receive treatment of varicose ulcers with radical surgery and Unna boot. The total cost of treatment was calculated (hospitalization, surgery, dressings, and outpatient's follow-up visits) and compared to the cost of...

Verified boot is an interesting feature of Chromium OS that should detect any modification in the firmware, kernel or the root file system (rootfs) by a dedicated adversary. However, by exploiting a design flaw in verified boot, we show that an adversary can replace the original rootfs by a malicious rootfs containing exploits such as a spyware and still pass the verified boot process. The expl...

Ski boots are generally important for assisting progress in ski turn technique as an interface between a skier and a ski. This study is aimed at developing a new ski boot that can improve the results of alpine ski races for Japanese players. In this paper, a new design of a ski boot that is adjusted to the features of the frame of Japanese athletes was experimentally examined. As a result, it w...

ABSTRACT Introduction The otolaryngology (ORL) boot camp was designed to onboard ORL residents through a curriculum focusing on their needs as novice otolaryngologists. This provided systematic, specialty-wide training in core elements of knowledge, procedural skills, professionalism, supervision, and communications for entering ORL. present study aimed assess the effectiveness an resident indu...

This paper introduces a novel method for sampling pathogens in natural environments. It uses fabric boot socks worn over walkers' shoes to allow the collection of composite samples over large areas. Wide-area sampling is better suited to studies focusing on human exposure to pathogens (e.g., recreational walking). This sampling method is implemented using a citizen science approach: groups of t...

Service functions are implemented on smartphones by storing on them personal information, network-operator information, corporate information, and so on. Most smartphones use an open source operating system (OS), and anyone can obtain the OS source code; consequently, smartphone users are exposed to the threat of receiving fraudulent information from people with malicious intent. Aimed at count...

The routine production of a cast of a shoe-print taken in soil provides information other than shoe size and gait. Material adhering to the surface of the cast represents the preservation of the moment of footprint impression. The analysis of the interface between the cast and soil is therefore a potentially lucrative source of information for forensic reconstruction. These principles are demon...

Most visions for decision support and information technology anticipate the use of machine learning to enable software to respond to an adapting environment, including the ability to learn capabilities while on-the-job. Currently, systems and software engineering processes hinder employment of task learning technology, because the adaptation it provides runs counter to our notions of stability....