Background The correlation between foot and ankle pathologies and plantar pressure variables has previously been documented in the literature. One of the premises underlying this correlation is the role of increasing body mass on the magnitude of forces acting upon the foot in locomotion, such as the normal force measurable with plantar pressure equipment. Previously, only a limited number of s...

A new risk assessment method for anchor dragging is proposed. Using several kinds of information that can be commonly obtained on the navigational bridge ships, touch down point chain to seabed estimated based ship’s equations motion. Firstly, accelerations and velocities ship are numerically evaluated using GPS data. Secondly, hydrodynamic forces, such as added mass, damping force wind force, ...