abstract background: several studies have examined the reflex response of ankle musculature to sudden inversion in noninjured and injured subjects. to date, there have been no studies to determine the effect of versatile degrees & conditions of perturbation on the ankle musculature latency. the purpose of this study was to measure and determine whether there was a difference in ankle musculatur...

tokyo metropolis, with some exclusive features such as the experience of land readjustment, high level of technology, great economical centralization, and high density of information, presents a type of complicated, crowded, and instable architecture and city planning. such a status is a problem for determining the architectural typology and makes it practically hard for introducing the contemp...

this paper discusses some of the fundamental considerations when managing mining slopes. the goal of management is to reduce all components that contribute to the geotechnical risk and by doing so reduce the risk to as low as reasonably achievable. the techniques and procedures suggested are not exhaustive; they represent a snapshot of some of the practical techniques the author has found usefu...

Urban agriculture (UA) has a long tradition in many countries worldwide, is actively engaging about 800 million people, and is now increasingly considered by urban planning and land-use personnel. Urban cropland, in particular, covers more than 67 Mha or more than 5% of the total global cropland area. Urban agriculture practices have many benefits and, in particular, may contribute to food secu...

Theconcept of urban agriculture has been regarded lately as one the most promisingapproaches for promoting sustainability within context developing countries.Urban can carry answer regarding ability introducing justice, beauty,greening, and best possible social, cultural functional engagement to our cities. Also,the concept holds great opportunities an innovative approach food safety andfood pr...

Democratic simple majority voting is perhaps the most widely used method of group decision making in our time. Standard theory, based on “instability” theorems, predicts that a group employing this method will almost always fail to reach a stable conclusion. There is one case that the classic instability theorems do not treat: an even number of voters in 2 dimensions. We resolve this remaining ...

Urban computing is an emerging multi-disciplinary research field that focuses on computing and digital networks in urban landscapes, and on the cultural and social impact this has on the city. This diploma is an exploration into this field.

Enzyme kinetics are cyclic. We study a Markov renewal process model of single-enzyme turnover in nonequilibrium steady state (NESS) with sustained concentrations for substrates and products. We show that the forward and backward cycle times have identical nonexponential distributions: Theta + (t)=Theta_(t). This equation generalizes the Haldane relation in reversible enzyme kinetics. In terms o...

Lane detection in urban environments is a challenging task. That is mainly due to the non existence of unique models, poor quality of lane markings due to wear, occlusions due to the presence of traffic and complex road geometry. In this work we present a novel lane detection and tracking algorithm for urban road scenarios based on weak models, which is implemented by a particle filter. The alg...