1. Motivation. How do humans walk and run stably without falling down? How do humans walk without deviating too much from a roughly periodic steady motion, say, when walking on a treadmill? There are many hundred articles with mechanicsbased mathematical models of bipedal walking and running, that demonstrate stable periodic motion, either due to passive dynamics or due to active control. Such ...

this study tries to redesign the interior design of inter-city bus in order to fulfill needs of iranian user. the goal of this study is practically investigate how user centered design can be applied considering cultural needs of iranian user. by defining common needs between cultural and physical aspects of iranian user, the main focus was on improving the sitting condition of the traveler wit...

there are many evident that people are more interested in walking in attractive urban spaces and inappropriate physical and psychological condition can reduce their presence in a remarkable amount. the current research investigates the influence of physical design and psychological elements and their criteria on selective physical activity and specifically walking in urban public spaces. howeve...

The objective of the work presented in this thesis was to evaluate and develop methods for the assessment of dynamic gait stability, and to employ these methods to examine the effects of walking speed and arm swing on gait stability. In doing so, the first experimental studies of this thesis focused on measures that may be derived from steady state (i.e. unperturbed) walking, while the last exp...

There are many evident that people are more interested in walking in attractive urban spaces and inappropriate physical and psychological condition can reduce their presence in a remarkable amount. The current research investigates the influence of physical design and psychological elements and their criteria on selective physical activity and specifically walking in urban public spaces. Howeve...

This paper presents a motion recognition method which combines Support Vector Machine (SVM) and state machine. We applied our method to the recognition of walking motions. We divide walking motion into five states (right leg up, right leg down, left leg up, left leg down, not walking). Based on subject’s posture that is acquired using a motion capture device, our method recognizes the subject’s...

The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of mindful walking in nature as a possible means to maintain mindfulness skills after a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) or mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course. Mindful walking alongside the river Rhine took place for 1, 3, 6, or 10 days, with a control period of a similar number of days, 1 week before...