Background. Females' golf course lengths have been reduced due to their strength characteristics, leading to shorter shot distances than men. Although the golf game requires different physical conditions for females and males, the physiological demands of both genders are unknown. Objectives. This study aimed to investigate the physiological responses of female and male golfers during 18 holes...

We investigate the shot noise generated by particle emission from a mesoscopic capacitor into an edge state coupled to another edge state at a quantum point contact (QPC). For a capacitor subject to a periodic voltage the resulting shot noise is proportional to the number of particles (both electrons and holes) emitted during a period. The shot noise is proportional to the driving frequency, ho...

We report on a method that allows the nanostructuring of surfaces with intense laser pulses. For this purpose isolated polystyrene spheres with diameters in the order of the laser wavelength were deposited on a silicon or glass surface. Illumination with short and ultrashort laser pulses produced holes underneath these particles. Calculations of the field near the particles make clear that geom...

To fill holes in photographs of structured, man made environments, we propose a technique which automatically adjusts and clones large image patches that have similar structure. These source patches can come from elsewhere in the same image, or from other images shot from different perspectives. Two significant developments of this work are the ability to automatically detect and adjust source ...

The aim of the research is to study the interdependence between the shot moment parameter and the result in shooting simulator training. The article considers the problem of the relationships between a shot moment parameter and a virtual result in training with the SCATT optoelectronic shooting simulator. Special technique is proposed and the experimental investigation with the parallel fixatio...

Our aim was to estimate quantitatively the specificity of training with the SCATT optoelectronic training simulator in comparison with a real shot with pellets, exemplified by the air-pistol shooting. The research was conducted using the methods of optoelectronic registration of movements, the Shapiro-Wilk method, one-way ANOVA, statistical tests based on Student's t-test and Snedecor's F-distr...

Shot peening beneficial effects on fatigue life of mechanical components are well known. However, there are some reports in the literature that indicate inappropriate shot peening parameters tend to reduce the fatigue life. It is therefore, the purpose of this study to find a logical quantitative justification for these observations. Using finite element method, a dynamic elastic-plastic simula...