OBJECTIVE This study aimed to improve our understanding of static and dynamic lower extremity sensory perception and the impact of sensory impairments on the control of walking in stroke survivors. METHODS Using a custom, real-time unloading system, we tested load perception at heel strike, mid stance and push off in 10 stroke survivors and compared their performance to 10 age-matched and 5 y...

In this paper, based on Kelvin and Linear Standard Solid models, dynamic response and the buckling load of a viscoelastic beam under  lateral and axial loads have been determined. The governing equations have been extracted using Euler  and Timoshenko theories and their analytical solutions have been obtained by using the eigenfunctions expansion method. Buckling load have been calculated by us...

Given the load profile of an electricity market and the capabilities of the set of generators supplying power to that market, it is likely that at any given point in time, available supply will exceed demand. If only a subset of generators is required, some method is required to commit and de-commit generators. In the past, system operators have employed a centralized method of unit commitment....

OBJECTIVES Load carrying tasks are recognized as one of the primary occupational factors leading to slip and fall injuries. Nevertheless, the mechanisms associated with load carrying and walking stability remain illusive. The objective of the current study was to apply local dynamic stability measure in walking while carrying a load, and to investigate the possible adaptive gait stability chang...

Load balancing is the process of redistributing the work load among nodes of the distributed system to improve both resource utilization and job response time while also avoiding a situation where some nodes are heavily loaded while others are idle or doing little work. A dynamic load balancing algorithm assumes no a priori knowledge about job behavior or the global state of the system, i.e., l...

The increasing penetration of load model in distribution systems may significantly affect voltage stability of the systems, particularly during Low Voltage Ride-Through (LVRT) wind turbine. The main objective of this work is to present the impact of different static and dynamic load models, on the LVRT recovery after disturbances. A component and composite loading structures are considered, com...

Dynamic load balancing has become a necessity in emerging distributed environments to address the inherent heterogeneity in computing resources. The majority of traditional dynamic load balancing algorithms were developed assuming homogeneous set of nodes and suffer significant performance drop under variety of workloads. Moreover, the centralized dynamic approach limits the scalability with th...