Vertical soil microcosms flushed with groundwater were used to study the influence of water movement on survival and transport of a genetically engineered Pseudomonas fluorescens C5t strain through a loamy sand and a loam soil. Transport of cells introduced into the top 1 cm of the vertical soil microcosms was dependent on the flow rate of water and the number of times microcosms were flushed w...

When a light spot is flashed repeatedly during saccade, a dotted line called a phantom array (PA) is perceived. When light spots are placed on a vertical line and the flashing pattern is changed quickly during saccade, the flashing pattern is expanded to a spatial pattern by the effect of eye movement, and a two-dimensional image is perceived. The authors have proposed a visual information pres...

32 33 Everyday movements often have multiple solutions. Many of these solutions arise from biomechanical 34 redundancies. Often, however, the goal does not require a unique movement. To examine how people 35 exploit task-related redundancy, participants produced three-dimensional reaching movements, moving 36 to one of two rectangular targets that were diagonally oriented in the frontal (X, Y) ...

Path integration is a process in which self-motion is integrated over time to obtain an estimate of one's current position relative to a starting point (1). Humans can do path integration based exclusively on visual (2-3), auditory (4), or inertial cues (5). However, with multiple cues present, inertial cues - particularly kinaesthetic - seem to dominate (6-7). In the absence of vision, humans ...

The severe wear of anterior teeth facilitates the loss of anterior guidance, which protects the posterior teeth from wear during excursive movement. The collapse of posterior teeth also results in the loss of normal occlusal plane and the reduction of the vertical dimension. This case report describes 77-year-old female, who had the loss of anterior guidance, the severe wear of dentition, and t...

The present study was designed to investigate the determination of vertical jumping height by means of force plate measurements. Four different sources of error influence this determination: the measurement of body mass, the determination of take off, the integration frequency, and the assessment of the initial conditions influencing the determination of the start of the movement. A theoretical...

Introduction A vertical jump is a movement that is used in a plethora of sports. The primary goal of a vertical jump is normally to reach the greatest possible height. Other goals could include hitting an object such as a football or a tennis ball, intercepting the path of an object such as a basketball or volleyball etc. Because of the frequent use and the importance of the vertical jump in ma...

experimental tests were performed to study the seismic behavior and performance ofmodified steel chevron braced frame systems, which incorporate a vertical slotted connection(vsc) detail between the top of the braces and the floor beam above. the vsc detail isintended to prevent vertical load transfer to the beam and limit brace forces to thecompressive resistance of the members. full-scale qua...

Seven different suspension systems for below-knee prostheses were tested on 20 adult, unilateral amputees. All subjects walked with a prosthesis. Gait was evaluated with regard to longitudinal and vertical accelerations of the body, forward velocity, axial (piston) movement of amputated limb in the socket, and knee movement. Harmonic analyses of variable waveforms provided the primary method to...

background: selective alveolar corticotomy is defined as an intentional injury to cortical bone. this technique is an effective means of accelerating orthodontic tooth movement. the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of buccal corticotomy in accelerating maxillary canine retraction. materials and methods: the sample in this clinical trial study consisted of 15 adult female patients wit...