OBJECTIVES Repetitive speech phenomena are morphologically heterogeneous iterations of speech which have been described in several neurological disorders such as vascular dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, Wilson's disease, and Parkinson's disease, and which are presently only poorly understood. The present, prospective study investigated repetitive speech phenomena in Parkinson's diseas...

Background: Cumulative effects of biomechanical risk factors on rotator cuff tendinopathy have not yet been determined. Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate cumulative effects of biomechanical risk factors on rotator cuff tendinopathy among workers. Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 470 patients suspected of rotator cuff tendinopathy, who referred to the radi...

The present study examined the influence of specific inspiratory muscle training (IMT) upon recovery time during repetitive sprint activity, as well as the physiological and perceptual responses to fixed intensity shuttle running. Using a double-blind placebo-controlled design, 24 male repetitive sprint athletes were assigned randomly to either an IMT (n = 12) or placebo (n = 12) group. The sel...

Robots are mechanical arms that perform physical actions on their environment; they are characterized by flexibility (versatility), as a given robot can execute a variety of tasks or execute a given task in a variety of ways. Robots can be “intelligent” or self-adapting, so they can react to changes in the environment and take corrective actions in order to perform their tasks successfully [3]....

Background: The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of barefoot and shod running with two different styles on ground reaction force-frequency content in recreational runners with low arched feet. Methods: The statistical sample of this research was 13 males with PF (mean±SD age: 26.2±2.8 y; height: 176.1±8.4 cm; weight: 78.3±14.3 kg). A force plate (Bertec, USA) with a sample rate of 1...

Today, data analytics frameworks adopt one of two strategies to schedule their computations across workers. In the first strategy, systems such as Spark [3] use a centralized control plane, with a single node that dispatches small computations to worker nodes. Centralization allows a framework to quickly reschedule, respond to faults, and mitigate stragglers. However, the centralized controller...

BACKGROUND Bone must have sufficient strength to withstand both instantaneous forces and lower repetitive forces. Repetitive loading, especially when bone strain and/or strain rates are high, can create microdamage and result in stress fracture AIM To measure in vivo strains and strain rates in human tibia during high impact and moderate impact exercises. METHODS Three strain gauged bone st...