PURPOSE To measure the percentage of the transverse arch length (%TAL) in 2 positions using a 3-dimensional motion capture system to determine the flexibility of the transverse arch of the forefoot. METHODS 19 men and 10 women with no lower extremity injury or deformity were included. The %TAL of the left foot was measured using a digital caliper in the standing position and the lower leg max...

A knowledge-based approach to retrieve medical images by feature and content with spatial and temporal constructs is developed. Selected objects of interest in a medical image (e.g. x-ray, MR image) are segmented, and contours are generated from these objects. Features (e.g. shape, size, texture) and content (e.g. spatial relationships among objects) are extracted and stored in a feature and co...

Abstract The τ -Herculids (IAU shower number 61 TAH) is a minor meteor associated with comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 3, Jupiter-family that disintegrated into several fragments in 1995. As consequence of the nucleus breakup, possible increased rates were predicted for 2022. On May 30–31, observation networks around world reported two distinct peaks TAH activity, solar longitudes 69.°02 and 69....

The shuttle pump is a novel implantable total artificial heart (TAH) concept based on Linear-Rotary Actuator (LiRA) and currently under development at the Power Electronic Systems Laboratory, ETH Zurich in close partnership with Charité Berlin Medical University of Vienna. This paper presents analysis, design realization ShuttlePump Linear (LA) part, which necessary to provide about 45 N axial ...

Introduction Our objective was to compare the short-term outcomes by type of surgical management endometriosis in Ontario, Canada and characterize population women undergoing endometriosis. Material methods We conducted a population-based cohort study including aged 18-50 years same-day or inpatient surgery for from 1 April 2002 through 31 March 2018. Surgery classified as minimally invasive hy...

During this quarter we have concentrated on the analysis of crossover data in Antarctica from both GLAS laser 1 and laser 2. The results of these analyses are presented below. Thomas Herring gave a talk on ICESat to the faculty of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences on the day that Laser 2 was turned on. The talk has been added to the MIT ICESat web page (http://www-gpsg...

We present a large-scale Neuromorphic model based on integrateand-fire (IF) neurons that analyses objects and their depth within a moving visual scene. A feature-based algorithm builds a luminosity receptor field as an artificial retina, in which the IF neurons act both as photoreceptors and processing units. We show that the IF neurons can trace an object’s path and depth using an adaptive tim...