We have recently shown in Finnish speakers that articulation of certain vowels and consonants has a systematic influence on simultaneous grasp actions as well as on forward and backward hand movements. Here we studied whether these effects generalize to another language, namely Czech. We reasoned that if the results generalized to another language environment, it would suggest that the effects ...

This paper proposes an explanation of the backward-bending labor supply curve that is not based on the premise that the income effect dominates the substitution effect. Unlike the classical labor supply theory that treats working hours and work effort as being synonymous, this paper treats them as distinct variables in an efficiency wage model. A wage rate increase is shown to give rise to two ...

Three experiments were conducted to examine the backward inhibition effect in attention switching within verbal working memory. Experiment one showed significant backward inhibition effect in a "tri-count task". Experiment two suggested that the effect was not due to a perceptual inhibition on the previously presented figure. Experiment three excluded the sequential expectancy explanation for t...

in order to compare planting season effect on agronomic of characters and yield of dill (anethum graveolens l.) an experiment based on completely randomized design with three replications was conducted in 2006-07 in esfahan province and three planting seasons (spring, summer and autumn) were evaluated. essential oil compositions were obtained by clevenger and recognized by gc-mass and gc. accor...

Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune inflammatory disease, which manifests itself as an acute motor weakness of the organs, diagnosed as affecting the motor spinal nerve roots generally and causing muscle and motor weakness, the cause of this disease is the presence of active antibodies against the myelin sheath around the spinal nerve roots. Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most ...

The wrist is a common fracture site for both young and older adults. The purpose of this study was to compare wrist kinematics in backward and forward falls with different fall protective responses. We carried out within-subject comparison of impact velocities and maximum velocities during descent of the distal radius among three different fall configurations: (a) backward falls with knees flex...

Abstract This paper presents a passive exoskeleton with 17 degrees-of-freedom (DOF) for load-carrying, which includes two 3DOFs ankle joint, 2DOFs hip 1DOF knee one backpack, and redundant DOFs at the thigh shank, respectively, to improve compatibility of human-machine locomotion. The modular backpack was designed facilitate carrying different loads. A horn-shaped spatial mechanism connect join...

application of backward probability method in pollutant source tracking in non-uniform flow riversalireza ghanem.sc. student of water structures, tarbiat modares university, tehranmehdi mazaheri assistant prof., department of water structures, tarbiat modares university, tehranjamal mohammad vali samaniprofessor, department of water structures, tarbiat modares university, tehranintroductionriv...