OBJECTIVE To assess activity of transversus abdominis (TrA) and obliquus internus abdominis (OI) muscles during classical Pilates exercises performed correctly and incorrectly, and with or without equipment. DESIGN Repeated-measures descriptive study. SETTING Pilates studio. PARTICIPANTS A volunteer sample of women (n=18) and men (n=8), mean age +/- SD (43+/-14y), with more than 6 months ...

This paper is one of a series of papers evaluating the performance of plasmatron methane reformers. An accompanying paper describes the steady state performance of a plasmaassisted reformer operating with methane under partial oxidation conditions. In this paper, the startup performance of plasmatron methane reformers is described.

this paper summarizes the proceedings of a 1 day national symposium entitled “reproductive biology, stem cells biotechnology and regenerative medicine” held at shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran on 3rd march 2016. here, we collected the papers that presented and discussed at this meeting by specialists that currently researched about the overlaps of the fields of reprodu...

At ASDEX Upgrade (AUG), a new compact solid-state detector has been installed to measure the energy spectrum of fast neutrals based on the principle described by Shinohara et al. [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 3640 (2004)]. The diagnostic relies on the usual charge exchange of supra-thermal fast-ions with neutrals in the plasma. Therefore, the measured energy spectra directly correspond to those of co...

Demand of lithium is expected to increase drastically in coming years driven by the market penetration electric vehicles powered Li-ion batteries, which will require faster and more efficient Li extraction technologies than conventional ones (evaporation brines). The Electrochemical Ion Pumping Cell (EIPC) technology based on use Faradaic materials one most promising approaches. However, its re...