The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the upper limb swing on human gait. Measurements were performed on 52 subjects by using the Elite system with two cameras and a Kistler force platform. The recording of trajectories of characteristic body points on the subjects and the measurement of ground reaction forces have been performed at normal walking and at walking with emphasi...

Electoral Goals and Center-State Transfers: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence from India We construct a model of redistributive politics where the central government is opportunistic and uses its discretion to make transfers to state governments on the basis of political considerations. These considerations are the alignment between the incumbent parties at the central and state levels...

Persons with quadriceps muscle weakness are often prescribed a knee-ankle-foot orthosis that locks the knee in full extension during both stance and swing phases of gait. Locking the knee results in abnormal gait patterns characterized by hip hiking and leg circumduction during swing. The stance-control knee-ankle-foot orthosis (SCKAFO), a new type of orthosis, has emerged that permits free kne...

Generation of the electric power by permanently polarized (electret containing) capacitor is analyzed and investigated in the matter of energy harvesting from oscillations and rotation. Experimentally demonstrated the generation of short high-voltage (up to 1 MV) pulses or low voltage (few volts) alternating current that can be rectified and stored.

We analyze two-candidate elections in which some voters are uncertain about the realization of a state variable that affects the utility of all voters.. We demonstrate the existence of a swing voter's curse: less informed indifferent voters strictly prefer to abstain rather than vote for either candidate even when voting is costless. The swing voter's curse leads to the equilibrium result that ...

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PURPOSE The metabolic cost of walking increases when mass is added to the legs, but the effects of load magnitude and location on the energetics and biomechanics of walking are unclear. We hypothesized that with leg loading 1) net metabolic rate would be related to the moment of inertia of the leg (I(leg)), 2) kinematics would be conserved, except for heavy foot loads, and 3) swing-phase sagitt...

INTRODUCTION Hamstring strain injuries are common in sports that involve high-speed running. It remains uncertain whether the hamstrings are susceptible to injury during late swing phase, when the hamstrings are active and lengthening, or during stance, when contact loads are present. In this study, we used forward dynamic simulations to compare hamstring musculotendon stretch, loading, and wor...

Abstract To which extent and how do jazz musicians synchronize their timing to create swing? Swing is a salient feature of music, yet its main psychoacoustical musical components have remained elusive—save the obvious long-short subdivision quarter notes. In particular, possible role microtiming deviations for swing has been subject long-standing controversy. Adopting an operational definition ...

This letter presents an approach to engineer the band structure of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors via selected area chemical gating. By exposing the center part, or the contacts, of nanotube devices to oxidizing or reducing gases, a good control over the threshold voltage and subthreshold swing has been achieved. Our experiments reveal that NO2 shifts the threshold voltage positively,...