Two of the happiest days of my life have been ruined by inappropriate footwear. The first time was on my honeymoon. Not in bed, I hasten to add. We Northerners admit to being sewn into our woolly vests from November to March, come what may, but when it comes to amorous dalliance we always remove our boots, and often our socks, weather permitting. The honeymoon in question was spent in the Austr...

OBJECTIVE To perform an analysis of the costs of treatment of varicose ulcers by radical surgery of varices and the use of Unna boot. METHODS Fifteen outpatients were selected to receive treatment of varicose ulcers with radical surgery and Unna boot. The total cost of treatment was calculated (hospitalization, surgery, dressings, and outpatient's follow-up visits) and compared to the cost of...

Verified boot is an interesting feature of Chromium OS that should detect any modification in the firmware, kernel or the root file system (rootfs) by a dedicated adversary. However, by exploiting a design flaw in verified boot, we show that an adversary can replace the original rootfs by a malicious rootfs containing exploits such as a spyware and still pass the verified boot process. The expl...

Ski boots are generally important for assisting progress in ski turn technique as an interface between a skier and a ski. This study is aimed at developing a new ski boot that can improve the results of alpine ski races for Japanese players. In this paper, a new design of a ski boot that is adjusted to the features of the frame of Japanese athletes was experimentally examined. As a result, it w...