This paper presents SimBuilder, a simulation system incorporating environmental and quality concerns into a traditional manufacturing simulation environment. These simulations can be used to generate a complete material balance around a particular manufacturing process and can be made available to design engineers to aid in life cycle design assessments. An example developed for the filament-wi...

Passive mechanical response of skeletal muscles at fast time scales is domineered by long range interactions inducing cooperative behavior without breaking the detailed balance. This leads to such unusual ’material properties’ as negative equilibrium stiffness and drastically different behavior in force and displacement controlled loading conditions. Fitting experimental data strongly suggests ...

BACKGROUND Falling can lead to severe health issues in the elderly and importantly contributes to morbidity, death, immobility, hospitalization, and early entry to long-term care facilities. The aim of this study was to devise a recurrent fall prevention program for elderly women in rural areas. MATERIAL/METHODS This study adopted an assessor-blinded, randomized, controlled trial methodology....

Nuclear safeguards at inspected facilities aims to deter or detect special nuclear material (SNM) diversion and to do so is increasingly relying on process monitoring (PM) to augment nuclear material accounting (NMA). In NMA, SNM material balances are computed approximately every 30 days, and modeling and simulation are used to predict detector performance, to model SNM flows and inventory, and...

This paper investigates distribution behaviour of the carcinogenic compound vinyl chloride (VC) under semi-natural conditions in a three-phase system (air, water, and aquifer material). A stainless steel column was fi lled with quaternary aquifer material (gritty sand) from a contaminated site (Bitterfeld, Germany). VCcontaminated water with a defi ned concentration was prepared and pumped in s...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate the immediate effect on gait function when ankle balance taping is applied to amateur soccer players with lateral ankle sprain. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-over randomized design was used. Twenty-two soccer players with an ankle sprain underwent 3 interventions in a random order. Subjects were randomly assigned to ankle balance taping, ...

The fragmentation of a brittle plate subjected to dynamic biaxial loading is investigated via numerical simulations. The aim is to extend our understanding of the dynamic processes affecting fragment size distributions. A scalable computational framework based on a hybrid cohesive zone model description of fracture and a discontinuous Galerkin formulation is employed. This enables large-scale s...

UNLABELLED Vestibular system is the absolute referential for the maintenance of balance. Functional deficit with aging can result in balance disturbance and in increase of likelihood of falls. AIM To verify whether specific therapeutic approach of the system can promote motor learning and can contribute to the improvement of balance and to decrease of likelihood of falls. STUDY DESIGN Clini...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in the Power Spectrum Density (PSD) of the electroencephalography (EEG) in common sensorimotor balance training tasks of varying difficulty. Sensorimotor balance exercises including alteration of vision, base of support or surface compliance are used to improve postural control. These exercises are presumed to induce supraspina...

the aim of this study was to determine the optimum mixture ratios for composting separated cattle manure and pepper plant residues. five 127 liter laboratory-scale bioreactor were used to investigate of separated dairy manure addition on the composting process of greenhouse pepper plant residues. cattle manure is considerably rich in nitrogen. however, composting with cattle manure alone is not...