This study aimed to determine whether absolute sex hormone concentrations predict the magnitude of knee joint laxity changes across the menstrual cycle. Twenty-two females (18-30 years, body mass index <or=30), who reported normal menstrual cycles for the previous 6 months were tested daily across one complete menstrual cycle for serum levels of estradiol (E=pg/mL), progesterone (P=ng/mL), and ...

We give the Lax representations for for the elliptic, hyperbolic and homogeneous second order Monge-Ampère equations. The connection between these equations and the equations of hydrodynamical type give us a scalar dispersionless Lax representation. A matrix dispersive Lax representation follows from the correspondence between sigma models, a two parameter equation for minimal surfaces and Mong...

We present a noncommutative generalization of Lax formalism of U(N) principal chiral model in terms of a one-parameter family of flat connections. The Lax formalism is further used to derive a set of parametric noncommutative Bäcklund transformation and an infinite set of conserved quantities. From the Lax pair, we derive a noncommutative version of the Darboux transformation of the model. PACS...

We find a Lax pair for the geometrically exact discrete Hamiltonian equations for the discrete elastic rod. This is paper III in a series. III. Lax Pair for Discrete Dynamics of Discrete Elastic DNA Shi, McClain, and Hearst