Background Several surface based multi-segment foot models have been developed to investigate distal foot function during gait [1,2]. However, the majority of the models have not defined medial and lateral forefoot or midfoot segments. In addition very little, is currently known regarding the coupling of the distal foot segments [3,4]. The purpose of the current study, therefore, was to utilize...

Foot prints or tracks are a common sign of the occurrence of a wildlife species. By understanding the relationship between foot size and other physical dimensions of an individual animal, researchers and managers may be able to remotely and inexpensively extract useful information on the size and age distribution of a population from animal tracks (Piekielek and Burton 1975; Beck 1991), especia...

As Turkey is officially a secular state and it adopts Swiss Civil Code, thestate implements secular legal system. However, as people in Turkey are predominantlyMuslim and theyare born and raised in a traditionally Muslim environment,people generally and especially women live under the influence of these two sometimescontradictory and inconsistent legal systems and customs. As a result, thereare...

First Person Shooter Games (FPSG) such as Counter Strike are often the subject of public concern. Surprisingly, there is no published research available about playing these games. We conducted an exploratory Internet survey (n 5 751) in order to gather information about who the players of online first person shooters are, and why they spend time on playing this particular kind of video game. Th...

This paper examines how contestation over property rights in Gomoa Nsuaem created conflict between the Twidan and Agona royal lineages community. The article employs archival, secondary oral sources to critically clarify that Odikro Otenyi Kwaku of reinvented tradition satisfy his own parochial interests by selling off large tracts land popularly known as Otopaako Lands belonging Clan Mankrado ...