Segment-based musculoskeletal models allow the prediction of muscle, ligament, and joint forces without making assumptions regarding joint degrees-of-freedom (DOF). The dataset published for the "Grand Challenge Competition to Predict in vivo Knee Loads" provides directly measured tibiofemoral contact forces for activities of daily living (ADL). For the Sixth Grand Challenge Competition to Pred...

The Micro Edition of the Java 2 platform (J2ME) provides an application environment specifically designed to address the demands of embedded devices like cell phones, PDAs or set-top boxes. Since the J2ME platform does not include a crypto package, developers are forced to use third-party classes or to implement all cryptographic primitives from scratch. However, most existing implementations o...

prostaglandin £j (pge-^) and indomethacin, a nonstroidal antiinflammatory drug, were separately administered during ortliodontic tooth movement in rats. at the beginning, an orthodontic appliance was placed and activated in male albinos rats. in tlie first examination, the experimental group received submucosal injections of pge-y (10 mg/kg/day) near the first maxillary riglit molars, and alcoh...

conclusions the study revealed the significance of anthropometric variables related to heading, such as age and head perimeter. therefore, it was concluded that these variables should be considered when teaching and practicing the heading technique with players of different ages and anthropometric sizes. results significant correlations existed between the force exerted on the head during headi...

abstractin this study, the tensile force requirement, to separate the grain paddy was measured. the velocities of grain paddy it 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 mm/min, and force requirement to failure stem at 100, 300, and 500 mm/min velocities was measured by using instron device. the data was analyzed using a completely randomized design. the results showed that velocity had a significant effect...

in the permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (pmlsm), force ripple is harmful, useless and disturbing. the force ripple is basically composed of two components: detent force and mutual force ripple. this force is influenced by the geometric parameters of the permanent magnet (pm) motors; such as width, thickness and length of the magnet poles, length and thickness of the rotor and stator, a...

an ideal orthodontic force system should exert continuous light force. thus, many efforts have been made to improve the memory characteristics of elastomeric chains. the aim of this study was to compare elastomeric chains (ecs) claimed by their manufacturers to offer high memory with traditional ones according to their force-extension diagrams.in this in-vitro study, ecs were divided into six g...

Background: To clarify the mechanism of sperm penetration through the zona pellucida, the flagellar force generated by a hyperactivated spermatozoon was evaluated using the resistive force theory applied to the hyperactivated flagellar waves that were obtained from the mammalian spermatozoa. Materials and Methods: The hydrodynamic calculation of the flagellar force of the activated (non-hyperac...

introduction: the ability to accurately measure forces produced by orthodontic appliances during orthodontic treatment is desirable. the aim of the present study was to compare forces measured by mechanical formulae designed with a software program and those experimentally measured by a dynamometer to find a scientific way to determine the exact amount of activation needed for applying a force ...