Background Brace treatment for scoliosis is effective. The short term in-brace correction of the Cobb angle is associated with end results and success of bracing. Irrespective of the factors which determine the correction the measurement of the Cobb angle is a possibility to evaluate the brace quality. We have investigated the braces from one orthotist over a fixed period of time and have descr...

In the transfer calibration of heat flux sensors, a correction for the irradiance distribution across the sensing area may be required when the sensing areas of the reference and test sensors are different. A method to calculate this correction using well-known equations for the configuration factors is presented. Also, estimates of the correction for test conditions corresponding to the transf...