In this research, we have performed pulse analysis on the data of 127 subjects collected from Department of Cardiology at Shandong Provincial Hospital in China. By taking the first and third derivatives of an entire pulse wave, we have firstly identified the locations of wave foot, systolic peak, and reflected point. Then we calculated Reverse Shoulder Index (RSI) and Ratio of Distance of the e...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether serum osteocalcin levels can be used as a marker for assessing skeletal maturity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 60 patients aged 08-20 years (30 males, 30 females) reporting to Department Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, Pedodontics ,Faculty dental sciences , Ramaiah university Applied Bangalore. Lateral cephalometric radiographs were ob...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the lateral force and contribution shoulder horizontal adductor elbow extensor muscles activity during wide- narrow-grip bench press (BP) in various conditions, such as resistance-trained/non-trained, concentric/eccentric, muscle fatigue/non-fatigue. We measured on bar electromyographic (EMG) pectoralis major (PM) triceps brachii (TB) 10 RM BP with w...

UNLABELLED Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is rare. Only limited series have been reported with SPECT or PET. Moreover, in the majority of studies, the left-to-right asymmetry ratio was used, leading to difficulties in right hemisphere analyzes. METHODS Twenty-nine patients with clinical criteria of PPA (Mesulam and Weintraub) were included and compared with 12 control subjects. Complete la...

The wolf spider Lycosa tarantula homes using path integration. The angular component of the displacement is measured using a polarized-light compass associated with the functioning of the anterior median eyes. However, how L. tarantula estimates the linear component of the displacement was not known prior to this investigation. The ability of L. tarantula to gauge the distance walked after bein...

Walking appears to be passively unstable in the lateral direction, requiring active feedback control for stability. The central nervous system may control stability by adjusting medio-lateral foot placement, but potentially with a metabolic cost. This cost increases with narrow steps and may affect the preferred step width. We hypothesized that external stabilization of the body would reduce th...

The aim of this study was to determine oxygen consumption (VO2) during isometric exercise in human muscles using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). The technique was used to study the relationship between VO2 in the soleus muscle and the level of isometric exercise expressed as percentages of the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). For the study 11 healthy male volunteers were recruited. Repro...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to measure the center of mass using a smartphone application during walking in healthy. [Subjects and Methods] Forty eight healthy participants volunteered for this study. Measurements of center of mass were obtained by gait analysis application using smartphone while subjects performed 6 meter walking test. The measured data were automatically calculated...