BACKGROUND Bra straps are a primary source of discomfort during sport and exercise, particularly for women with large breasts. This study aimed to investigate the effects of altering bra strap orientation and design on bra strap comfort, pressure and breast support in women with large breasts. This is a descriptive laboratory study. METHODS Bra strap discomfort (visual analogue scale, 0 to 10...

OBJECTIVE To characterize and compare gait variables in Doberman Pinschers with and without cervical spondylomyelopathy (CSM). ANIMALS 18 Doberman Pinschers (9 clinically normal dogs and 9 CSM-affected dogs). PROCEDURES A neurologic examination was performed on all dogs. The diagnosis of CSM was confirmed with MRI. Temporospatial and kinetic gait variables were measured by use of a pressure...

In this study, we apply a clustering algorithm to ISCCP Cloud Optical Thickness – Cloud Top Pressure histograms in order to derive Weather States (WS) for the global domain. The cloud property distribution within each WS is examined and the geographical variability of each WS is mapped. Once the global weather states are derived, a combination of CloudSat/CALIPSO vertical cloud structure retrie...

HYPOTHESIS Systolic and diastolic pressure and the incidence of hypertension in very obese patients decline after bariatric surgery and do not rebound. DESIGN Chart review. SETTING Surgical practice in a university medical center. PATIENTS Women and men, 18 years or older, with a body mass index (BMI) (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) of 40 or g...

the fluid flow and heat transfer in lid-driven enclosures filled with cu-water nanofluid is numerically investigated. the moving vertical walls of the enclosure  are maintained in a constant temperature, while the horizontal walls are insulated. the hybrid scheme is used to discretize the convection terms and simpler algorithm is adopted to couple the velocity field and pressure in the momentum...

Meridional diurnal tidal winds derived as described by Khattatov et al. [this issue] from the high-resolution Doppler imager (HRDI) data are used in the linearized tidal equations to solve for the diurnal tidal oscillations in the zonal and vertical velocity, pressure, temperature, and dissipation in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. The resulting monthly mean latitude-altitude cross secti...

We identify a new category of natural hydrothermal sys tems i n t ermed i at e between liquidand vapor-dominated. This category is characterized by a "vapliq" vertical pressure profile, which is nearly vaporstatic in the shallower portion of the system, and nearly boiling-point-for-depth at depth. The prototype of these systems is the geothermal field of Los Azufres, Mexico. To explore the ther...

In this study, the boundary element method is formulated to evaluate hydrodynamic characteristics of bodies including free surface effect. The method is based on two equations, the perturbation potential boundary integral and the pressure Kutta condition, which are solved simultaneously. The method uses isoparametric elements for both quantity and geometric on the boundary. The method is first ...

hisol isolator height [m] k turbulence kinetic energy [m2/s2] M Mach number p pressure [Pa] T temperature [°K] x axial (streamwise) coordinate [m] y vertical coordinate [m] yi mass-fraction of specie i y+ dimensionless vertical turbulence coordinate z lateral coordinate [m] φ equivalence ratio μ viscosity [N s/m2] ηc combustion efficiency ηm mixing efficiency ρ mass density [kg/m3] ω specific d...