BACKGROUND Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT, Switzerland) produce footwear which they claim simulate walking barefoot on soft undulating ground. This paper reports an investigation into the effect of MBT sandals on the motion of the ankle and subtalar joint complex during walking. METHODS Range of motion data was collected in the sagittal, frontal and transverse plane from the ankle and subtala...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the amount and percentage of anchor loss after initial leveling and aligning using a ROTH and MBT prescription. MATERIALS & METHODS Pre and post alignment lateral cephalograms & dental casts of 10 ROTH & 10 MBT patients. RESULTS In the study, it was found that the amount of anchor loss is greater in the ROTH group than the MBT group. This could be due to the increased...

We developed a new passive-type micromixer based on the baker's transformation and realized a fast mixing of a protein solution, which has lower diffusion constant. The baker's transformation is an ideal mixing method, but there is no report on the microfluidic baker's transformation (MBT), since it is required to fabricate the complicated three-dimensional (3D) structure to realize the MBT dev...

The p21 activated kinase (Pak) family of protein kinases are involved in many cellular functions like re-organisation of the cytoskeleton, transcriptional control, cell division, and survival. These pleiotropic actions are reflected in a plethora of known interacting proteins and phosphorylation substrates. Yet, the integration of a single Pak protein into signalling pathways controlling a part...

A series of lanthanide complexes (Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd and Yb) with anionic 2-mercaptobenothiazolate (mbt) ligands were synthesized. Depending on the solvents chosen for the synthesis, Ln(mbt)3(THF)2 and Ln(mbt)3(Et2O) complexes were precipitated from THF and Et2O solutions respectively. The structure of Yb(mbt)3(Et2O) was determined by X-ray analysis. Photophysical properties of the complexes w...

The prognosis associated with brain metastasis arising from breast cancer is very poor. Eribulin is a microtubule dynamic inhibitor synthesized from halichondrin B, a natural marine product. In a phase III study (EMBRACE), eribulin improved overall survival in patients with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancers. However, these studies included few patients with brain metastases. Metastat...

Tools for Model-Based Testing (MBT) use various algorithms and strategies to generate tests from a behavioral model of the IUT. Existing MBT tools are based on formal, typically state-based, specification languages. In state-of-theart MBT tools, which we briefly review, executable tests are generated. But these tests are not directly traceable to an actual implementation-under-test (IUT). Inste...

By mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) of residual municipal solid waste the behaviour of landfills can be significantly improved. After MBT the organic content (COD and BOD5), total organic carbon, and total nitrogen in the leachate, as well as the gas production rate, are reduced to values lower than 90% of the fresh untreated waste. The volume of the stabilized material to be disposed on l...

mRNA injection into the ventral blastomeres of Xenopus embryos of mRNA encoding Wnt pathway genes induces a secondary axis with complete head structures. To identify target genes of the pre-MBT dorsalization pathway that might be responsible for head formation in zebrafish, we have cloned zebrafish dickkopf1 (dkk1), which is expressed in tissues implicated in head patterning. We found that dkk1...

The Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) (MBT) is a vulnerable and protected turtle species, but it is a lucrative item in the illegal wildlife trade because of its great appeal as an exotic food item and in traditional medicine. Although several polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays to identify MBT by various routes have been documented, their applicability for forensic authentication remai...