One of the new clinical techniques to assess the lower body parameters is the wearable ultrasonic sensors. The device which can measure the static and dynamic balance abilities in sport and clinical setting by the traveled signals of ultrasonic transmitter and receiver between two feet was developed and validated. The new device consisted of a pressure gauge and a digital centimeter indicator a...

We survey strategies for distributing shared objects in large parallel and distributed systems. Examples of such objects are global variables in a parallel program, pages or cache lines in a virtual shared memory system, shared les in a distributed le system, and videos and pictures in a distributed multimedia server. We focus on strategies for distributing, accessing, and (consistently) updati...

Acknowledgments First of all, I would like to thank my advisor Professor Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide for his great support and many helpful discussions. He showed me in which direction my research could go but always left me the freedom to do the routing and to choose my way. Besides, I would like to thank my " co-advisor " Professor Bruce Maggs who lead me to several spectacular attractions ...

Cortical control of the sensory output of muscle spindles was studied in thirteen anesthetized cats in the present experiment. Gamma motoneuron activity was monitored during electrical stimulation of the sensorimotor cortex while recording from single primary afferents from the tenuissimus muscle. Findings are as follows: 1. The state of anesthesia is crucial in obtaining reproducible resu...

In this paper, a general framework was presented to boost heuristic optimization algorithms based on swarm intelligence from static to dynamic environments. Regarding the problems of dynamic optimization as opposed to static environments, evaluation function or constraints change in the time and hence place of optimization. The subject matter of the framework is based on the variability of the ...

In this paper, a new algorithm for system identification based on frequency response is presented. In this method, given a set of magnitudes and phases of the system transfer function in a set of discrete frequencies, a system of linear equations is derived which has a unique and exact solution for the coefficients of the transfer function provided that the data is noise-free and the degrees of...

In this paper, a new algorithm for system identification based on frequency response is presented. In this method, given a set of magnitudes and phases of the system transfer function in a set of discrete frequencies, a system of linear equations is derived which has a unique and exact solution for the coefficients of the transfer function provided that the data is noise-free and the degrees of...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic disease characterized by degradation of the central nervous system myelin which may impair the balance of patients. core stability exercises have been the focus of attention for repairing the stability of some patients.   objectives: to assess the effect of core stability exercise on the balance of patients with multiple sclerosis. materials and ...