Jockey head injuries, especially concussions, are common in horse racing. Current helmets do help to reduce the severity and incidences of head injury, but the high concussion incidence rates suggest that there may be scope to improve the performance of equestrian helmets. Finite element simulations in ABAQUS/Explicit were used to model a realistic helmet model during standard helmeted rigid he...

This study aimed to clarify the relationships between loads and gait changes and among gait parameters while walking with various loads. Fifteen healthy young male adults (mean age: 22.1±1.6 years) walked with four kinds of loads based on each subject’s body mass (0, 20, 40, and 60% of body mass: BM) on his back. Walking speed, cadence, stance time, swing time, double support time, step length,...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a signature injury of current military conflicts, with debilitating, costly, and long-lasting effects. Although mechanisms by which head impacts cause TBI have been well researched, the mechanisms by which blasts cause TBI are not understood. From numerical hydrodynamic simulations, we have discovered that nonlethal blasts can induce sufficient skull flex...

Studies documenting the capacity of restored streams to reduce pollutant loads indicate that they are relatively ineffective when principal watershed stressors remain intact. Novel restorations are being designed to increase the hydraulic connectivity between stream channels and floodplains to enhance pollutant removal, and their popularity has increased the need for measurements of potential l...

BACKGROUND Accurate measurement of forces through the proximal radius can assess the effects of some surgical procedures on radioulnar load sharing, but is difficult to achieve given the redundant loading nature of the musculoskeletal system. Previously reported devices have relied on indirect measurements that may alter articular joint location and function. An axial load transducer interposed...

statement of problem: the connector area is the weakest zone of an all-ceramic fixed partial denture (fpd), where most catastrophic failures of the prostheses tend to occur. purpose: the aim of the present study was to assess the effect of the convergence angle of abutments on the fracture resistance of three-unit fixed partial dentures made of ips-empress2. materials and methods: forty extract...

BACKGROUND The main concerns with radiation therapy for head and neck cancer in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients include limited tumor response and profound mucosal or skin toxicities under severe immunocompromised status. METHODS In this study, we describe the clinicopathological features, chronological changes in HIV viral loads and CD4 counts, and treatment outcomes of ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to determine the effect of different luting agents on fracture resistance of endodontically treated teeth restored with casting post. materials and methods: in this experimental study, forty extracted human maxillary central incisors teeth with the mean length of 23mm were randomly assigned in to four groups. all the studied teeth were caries free without...

INTRODUCTION: The White River is a mountainous river with head waters on Mount Rainier. The Fish Barrier Structure on the White River serves as a collection point of migratory fish. Operators at the structure collect the fish and transport them upstream of Mud Mountain Dam. Currently, the fish barrier uses a weir to create a head differential, which stops the passage of the migrating fish. Howe...