The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of arch support insoles on uphill and downhill walking of persons with flatfoot. Sixteen healthy college students with flatfoot were recruited in this study. Their heart rate, peak oxygen uptake (VO2), and median frequency (MDF) of surface electromyogram were recorded and analyzed. Nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for ...

In a recent paper, Cheng, Greiner, Kelly, Bell and Liu (Artificial Intelligence 137:4390; 2002) describe an algorithm for learning Bayesian networks that—in a domain consisting of n variables—identifies the optimal solution using O(n) calls to a mutual-information oracle. This seemingly incredible result relies on (1) the standard assumption that the generative distribution is Markov and faithf...

The hot-air/hot-steam process was used for the first time as a combined pre-pressing and pre-heating system for the production of medium-density fiberboards (MDF) at the pilot scale. Pre-heating systems are designed to pre-heat fiber mats before pressing by hot-presses. Using such techniques, pressing times are reduced significantly and the board properties are influenced positively; both are e...

Accurate chromosome segregation is achieved by a series of highly regulated processes that culminate in the metaphase-to-anaphase transition of the cell cycle. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the degradation of the securin protein Pds1 reverses the binding and inhibition of the separase protein Esp1. Esp1 cleaves Scc1. That cleavage promotes the dissociation of the cohesin comple...

The aim of this paper was to determine the particle size composition wood dust emission from CNC milling natural and medium-density fiberboard (MDF) evaluate associated occupational exposure risks. is focused on some most commonly used materials in woodworking furniture industry, i.e., solid (beech, oak, spruce) composite (MDF panels). In addition influence machined material, effect technical-t...

BACKGROUND The Multidimensional Daily Diary of Fatigue-Fibromyalgia-17 instrument (MDF-Fibro-17) has been developed for use in fibromyalgia (FM) clinical studies and includes 5 domains: Global Fatigue Experience, Cognitive Fatigue, Physical Fatigue, Motivation, and Impact on Function. Psychometric properties of the MDF-Fibro-17 needed to demonstrate the appropriateness of using this instrument ...

BACKGROUND After introduction of the concept of critical value (CV) in laboratory medicine, some efforts were performed to define possible critical values in surgical pathology. Critical diagnosis (critical value) is a concept recently established in surgical pathology and is a challenging issue among pathologists and clinical specialists. The concept may be the subject of variation according t...

IN THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: 1-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one], C(19)H(20)O(5), the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 26.88 (5)°. One of the meth-oxy groups is twisted slightly away from the plane [C-O-C-C torsion angle = -12.8 (3)°] while the others are almost co-planer [C-O-C-C torsion angles = -3.2 (3), 2.6 (3) and -3.6 (3)°]. The crystal pa...

Abstract Currently, most of the collected waste medium-density fiberboards (MDF) is incinerated or landfilled, as economically viable recycling methods are yet to be developed. By steam refining (MDF), it possible hydrolyze incorporated resins and isolate a high yield fiber fraction. Further treated fibers might enable utilized in applications such paper packaging, facilitating cascading use ma...