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Effect of passive stretching and jogging on the series elastic muscle stiffness and range of motion of the ankle joint

Objective To determine the effect of stretching and jogging on the series elastic muscle stiffness of the plantar flexors and on the range of dorsiflexion at the ankle joint. Methods 24 healthy subjects participated in this study. Each subject undertook all of the following protocols, in random order: (1) stretching protocol: five 30 s static stretches with 30 s rest between stretches; (2) aerobic jogging protocol: subjects ran on a treadmill for 10 min at 60% of their maximum age predicted heart rate; (3) combined protocol: subjects ran first and then stretched. A damped oscillation technique was used to measure the series elastic stiffness of the plantar flexors. Dorsiflexion of the ankle was assessed with a weights and pulley system that moved the ankle joint from a neutral position into dorsiflexion passively. Electromyography was used to monitor the activity of the plantar and dorsiflexors during these procedures. The statistical analysis of these data involved an analysis of covariance Results For decreasing series elastic muscle stiffness running was more effective than stretching (P<0.05). In contrast, the results for range of motion showed that the combination protocol and the stretching only protocol were more effective than the running only protocol (P < 0.05) for increasing dorsiflexion range of motion at the ankle. Conclusions Both jogging and static stretching exercises appear to be beneficial to individuals participating in sporting activities.
An Equatorial Ocean Recharge Paradigm for ENSO. Part II: A Stripped-Down Coupled Model

Abstract The conceptual recharge oscillator model intuitively established in Part I is derived from a dynamical framework of a Cane–Zebiak type model for tropical ocean–atmosphere interaction. A two-strip approximation to the equatorial ocean dynamics and one-strip approximation to the SST dynamics are employed to obtain a stripped-down coupled model that captures the main physics of the Cane–Zebiak type model. It is shown that the conceptual recharge oscillator model can be obtained from the stripped-down coupled model with a two-box approximation in the zonal direction or a low-frequency approximation to filter out high-frequency modes. Linear solutions of the stripped-down model are analytically solved and the dependence of coupled modes on various model parameters is delineated. In different parameter regimes, the stripped-down coupled model describes a coupled-wave mode and a mixed SST–ocean-dynamics mode that results from the merger of a nonoscillatory ocean adjustment mode with an SST mode. These t.
An informed view on consent for UbiComp

Ubiquitous computing systems tend to be complex, seamless, data-driven and interactive. Reacting to both context, and users' implicit actions resulting from the lived experience, they cast all traces of human life as potential 'data'. To augment users' endeavours, such systems are necessarily embedded below the line of human attention, drawing upon new and highly sensitive types of data. This begs the question, where is the moment of user consent and how can this moment be truly informed? We would argue that it is time to revisit our design principles in respect of consent and redress the balance of agency towards the user. We draw upon a series of multidisciplinary interviews with experts to (a) reframe consent for ubicomp, and (b) offer three indicative principles, supportive of consent, for designers to 'balance' against system functionality. We hope that this will afford a new prism through which designers might make value judgements.
Impulse framework for unsteady flows reveals superdiffusive bed load transport

Sediment transport is an intrinsically stochastic process, and measurement of bed load in the environment is further complicated by the unsteady nature of river flooding. Here we present a methodology for analyzing sediment tracer data with unsteady forcing. We define a dimensionless impulse by integrating the cumulative excess shear velocity for the duration of measurement, normalized by grain size. We analyze the dispersion of a plume of cobble tracers in a very flashy stream over two years. The mean and variance of transport distance collapse onto well‐defined linear and power‐law relations, respectively, when plotted against cumulative dimensionless impulse. Data suggest that the asymptotic limit of bed load tracer dispersion is superdiffusive, in line with a broad class of geophysical flows exhibiting strong directional asymmetry (advection), thin‐tailed step lengths and heavy‐tailed waiting times. The impulse framework justifies the use of quasi‐steady flow approximations for long‐term river evolution modeling.
3-D force measurement using single axis force sensors in a new single port parallel kinematics surgical manipulator

Single port surgery is an innovative approach in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Although several telemanipulators exist to perform operations through only a single incision they all suffer from the lack of haptic feedback. To generate kinesthetic feedback the intracorporeal forces need to be measured, which is a challenging task. To overcome these limitations we investigate in this paper the force sensing capability of a new single port robot that has two parallelkinematic manipulators. Because of the rigidity and excellent controllability the tip force is measured using proximally arranged force sensors. To minimize friction effects a longitudinal vibration of 6 Hz with an amplitude of 20 μm is applied to the manipulator while the tip force is varied in the three main coordinate axes. Within the analysis 32320 values are investigated showing that a vibration has a significant impact and dramatically improves the signal quality by minimizing the crosstalk by a factor of up to 12.7 enabling to measure the tip force exactly.
Going Beyond Relationship Status: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Investigation of the Role of Satisfaction With Relationship Status in Predicting Polish Young Adults’ Mental Health

This two-wave longitudinal study examined the concurrent and predictive role of satisfaction with relationship status beyond relationship status in predicting young adults’ mental health measured in terms of life satisfaction, emotional and psychological well-being, and depressive symptoms. Cross-sectional findings from wave 1 carried out on a sample of 317 Polish young adults aged 20 to 35 (M = 23.46, SD = 3.04) revealed that higher satisfaction with relationship status predicted higher life satisfaction, higher emotional and psychological well-being, and lower depressive symptoms after controlling for gender, age, and education. Results of the longitudinal wave 2 ran on a subsample from wave 1 (N = 102) partially replicated the results obtained in wave 1 and demonstrated that satisfaction with relationship status at T1 was predictive of life satisfaction at T2, but it was not predictive of emotional and psychological well-being, and depressive symptoms at T2.
Send Orders of Reprints at Reprints@benthamscience.org Pathophysiology of Coronary Thrombus Formation and Adverse Conse- Quences of Thrombus during Pci

Atherosclerosis is a systemic vascular pathology that is preceded by endothelial dysfunction. Vascular inflammation " fuels " atherosclerosis and creates the milieu for episodes of intravascular thromboses. Thrombotic events in the coronary vasculature may lead to asymptomatic progression of atherosclerosis or could manifest as acute coronary syndromes or even sudden cardiac death. Thrombus encountered in the setting of acute coronary syndromes has been correlated with acute complications during percutaneous coronary interventions such as no-reflow, acute coronary occlusion and long term complications such as stent thrombus. This article reviews the pathophysiology of coronary thrombogenesis and explores the complications associated with thrombus during coronary interventions.
Site fidelity and seasonal movement patterns of adult California sheephead Semicossyphus pulcher (Labridae) : an acoustic monitoring study

The California sheephead Semicossyphus pulcher Ayres (Labridae) is a temperate, rocky-reef/kelp-bed fish that is sought by recreational and commercial fishermen. Long-term acoustic monitoring was used to ascertain site fidelity and seasonal movement patterns of S. pulcher. We implanted 16 adult (24 to 36 cm standard length) fish with long-term (~1 yr) acoustic transmitters and their presence and movement patterns were monitored in the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Reserve using an acoustic receiver array. A method was developed that explained some of the variability in detection frequencies. A negative relationship between detection frequency and activity (rate of movement) was found for S. pulcher moving within the array. Most fish exhibited high site fidelity to the general area of the reserve, with 13 of the 16 fish detected spending an average of 99 ± 2% of their total days at liberty in the study area, with a mean of 90 ± 9% of total residence time spent within a 600 m core area. However, these fish showed some variability in area use between months, exhibiting periods of expansion in their range. Fish also tended to increase activity as sea- sonal water temperature increased. These expanded movements resulted in some fish crossing the reserve boundary for extended periods or leaving the reserve permanently.
Functional Interaction between Tumor Suppressor Menin and Activator of S-Phase Kinase

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN1), a hereditary tumor syndrome, is characterized by the development of tumors in multiple endocrine organs. The gene mutated in MEN1 patients, Men1, encodes a tumor suppressor, menin. Overexpression of menin leads to inhibition of Ras-transformed cells. However, it is unclear whether menin is essential for repression of cell proliferation, and if it is, how it inhibits cell proliferation. Here, we show that targeted disruption of the Men1 gene leads to enhanced cell proliferation, whereas complementation of menin-null cells with menin reduces cell proliferation. Moreover, menin interacts with activator of S-phase kinase (ASK), a component of the Cdc7/ASK kinase complex that is crucial for cell proliferation, but does not appear to alter Cdc7 kinase activity in in vitro kinase assays. We identify the COOH terminus of menin as the domain that mediates the specific interaction with ASK. Notably, wild-type menin completely represses ASK-induced cell proliferation, although it does not obviously affect the steady-state cell cycle profile of ASK-infected cells. Interestingly, disease-related COOH-terminal menin mutants that do not interact with ASK completely fail to repress ASK-induced cell proliferation. Together, these findings demonstrate a functional link between menin and ASK in the regulation of cell proliferation.
Leveraging Risk Based Testing in Enterprise Systems Security Validation

As the security breaches continue to grow, and as project teams become larger and more distributed the cost of testing the security of the software systems will increase rapidly. Companies that take the time to test the security of their software systems before releasing it to production are at a disadvantage because of higher costs and potential late arrival to the market. On the other side of the fence additional financial incentives may come from customers demanding a certain level of security testing from a software supplier, before agreeing to sign a contract to purchase their products. This document discusses and provides information on proven Risk Based Techniques for Software Security Testing that provides the test coverage needed while maintaining the time to market under competitive cost pressures without compromising security.
ATTRIBUTES &CO - COLLABORATIVE APPLICATIONS WITH DECLARATIVE SHARED OBJECTS

When compared to local applications, aspects such as data transfer, transaction handling, and change notification add an additional level of complexity when developing collaborative distributed applications. Middleware layers strive to reduce this complexity, but without the right application programming interface, most of the complexity is only relocated instead of being removed. ATTRIBUTES &CO, a language binding for space-based middleware layers, accomplishes to reduce the complexity of distributed software development by employing the declarative mechanisms provided by modern objectoriented languages. Using the paradigm of declarative programming for describing the properties of distribution, ATTRIBUTES &CO helps to improve the development process, raising code quality and reducing development time.
Sparse Regularization: Convergence Of Iterative Jumping Thresholding Algorithm

In recent studies on sparse modeling, nonconvex penalties have received considerable attentions due to their superiorities on sparsity-inducing over the convex counterparts. In this paper, we study the convergence of a nonconvex iterative thresholding algorithm for solving a class of sparse regularized optimization problems, where the corresponding thresholding functions of the penalties are discontinuous with jump discontinuities. Therefore, we call the algorithm the iterative jumping thresholding (IJT) algorithm. The finite support and sign convergence of IJT algorithm is first verified via taking advantage of such jump discontinuity. Together with the introduced restricted Kurdyka-Łojasiewicz property, then the global convergence1 of the entire sequence can be further proved. Furthermore, we can show that the IJT algorithm converges to a strictly local minimizer at an eventual linear rate2 under some additional conditions. Moreover, we derive a posteriori computable error estimate, which can be used to design an efficient terminate rule. It should be pointed out that the ℓq quasinorm (0 <; q <; 1) is an important subclass of the nonconvex penalties studied in this paper. In particular, when applied to the ℓq regularization, IJT algorithm can converge to a local minimizer with an eventual linear rate under certain concentration conditions. We also apply the proposed algorithm to sparse signal recovery and synthetic aperture radar imaging problems. The experiment results show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
Rotating electrohydrodynamic flow in a suspended liquid film

The mathematical model of a rotating electrohydrodynamic flow in a thin suspended liquid film is proposed and studied. The motion is driven by the given difference of potentials in one direction and constant external electrical field $\vE_\text{out}$ in another direction in the plane of a film. To derive the model we employ the spatial averaging over the normal coordinate to a film that leads to the average Reynolds stress that is proportional to $|\vE_\text{out}|^3$. This stress generates tangential velocity in the vicinity of the edges of a film that, in turn, causes the rotational motion of a liquid. The proposed model is aimed to explain the experimental observations of the \emph{liquid film motor} (see arXiv:0805.0490v2).
Repeated survey on changes in musculoskeletal complaints relative to age and work demands.

OBJECTIVES: To examine changes in musculoskeletal complaints over four years in groups of employees relative to age and work demands. METHODS: Repeated questionnaire data of male employees in heavy physical work (exposed group, n = 7324) and mental work (control group, n = 4686), stratified for age (20-9, 30-9, 40-9, 50-9), were analysed. For each employee, data on the occurrence of musculoskeletal complaints from two surveys with a mean interval of around four years were available. Changes in prevalences over the follow up interval were analysed. Proportions of new, recovered, and chronic cases as well as those free of complaints at both surveys were studied. RESULTS: For most complaints, there were significantly greater increases in prevalences in the exposed group compared with the control group over the follow up interval particularly within the group aged 40-9 for back, neck, and several sites of the upper and lower limbs. The 20-9 year age group also had significantly greater changes for several musculoskeletal complaints. Within the oldest age group (50-9) exposure to heavy physical work demands only affected changes in prevalences of neck and upper arm complaints. After four years in the cohort free of complaints at the start of the follow up the group aged 40-9 had the highest prevalence of complaints of the back, neck, and the upper and lower limbs. CONCLUSIONS: Middle aged and younger employees develop musculoskeletal complaints as a result of exposure to heavy physical work. In the oldest age group health related selection seems to mask the occupational health risks under study. To prevent the expected increase in musculoskeletal disorders and related work disability in our aging workforce, preventive measures should be taken at all stages of a working life.
A Web-Based Book Recommendation Tool for Reading Groups

Reading groups domain is a new domain for group recommenders. In this paper we propose a web based group recommender system which is called BoRGo: Book Recommender for Reading Groups, for reading groups domain. BoRGo uses a new information filtering technique which uses the difference between positive and negative feedbacks about a feature of a user profile and also presents an interface for after recommendation processes like achieving a consensus on the reading list.
Novel free paclitaxel-loaded poly(L-γ-glutamylglutamine)–paclitaxel nanoparticles

The purpose of this study was to develop a novel formulation of paclitaxel (PTX) that would improve its therapeutic index. Here, we combined a concept of polymer–PTX drug conjugate with a concept of polymeric micelle drug delivery to form novel free PTX-loaded poly(L-γ-glutamylglutamine) (PGG)–PTX conjugate nanoparticles. The significance of this drug formulation emphasizes the simplicity, novelty, and flexibility of the method of forming nanoparticles that contain free PTX and conjugated PTX in the same drug delivery system. The results of effectively inhibiting tumor growth in mouse models demonstrated the feasibility of the nanoparticle formulation. The versatility and potential of this dual PTX drug delivery system can be explored with different drugs for different indications. Novel and simple formulations of PTX-loaded PGG–PTX nanoparticles could have important implications in translational medicines.
Efficacy of the Arabic Modified Fluency Shaping Program in the treatment of stuttering

Background The goal of fluency-shaping approaches is not to modify stuttering but rather to completely replace it with fluent speech. This is achieved by applying a range of fluency-controlling techniques, usually implemented within a slow-speech framework, which fundamentally changes the way that respiration, phonation, and articulation are coordinated for speech. Aim The present study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of the Arabic Modified Fluency Shaping Program as a valuable treatment approach for Egyptian stutterers. Patients and methods The study design was a prospective longitudinal experimental controlled one. The present work was carried out on 100 stutterers of both sexes in the age range of 8–20 years. The participants were divided into two groups: the study group and the control group. A multidimensional assessment protocol was used for all participants. It included elementary diagnostic procedures (personal interview, visual perceptual assessment, and auditory perceptual assessment), clinical diagnostic aids (Stuttering Severity Instrument for Children and Adults-Arabic version, speech rate, psychometric evaluation, and assessment of feelings and attitudes using speech performance self-reported questionnaire), and additional instrumental measures (spectrographic assessment and Visi Pitch). Therapy program: Participants in the study group were trained using the Arabic Modified Fluency Shaping Program. Results The study group achieved better outcome with the therapeutic program regardless of the age of the patient at the time of therapy. There was marked reduction in mean total score of Stuttering Severity Instrument for Children and Adults-Arabic version in the study group and was 1.48, 1.66, and 2.12, respectively, during post-therapy, first follow-up, and second follow-up evaluations compared with 25.36 during the pretherapy evaluation. As regards spectral analysis, there were higher post-therapeutic values for voice onset time, vowel duration, syllable duration, and shorter sentence duration. As regards Visi Pitch, there were lower post-therapeutic values for percent voiced and percent pause and a higher value for the percent unvoiced, which denotes improvement. The results of speech performance self-reported questionnaire showed an increase in patient’s satisfaction with speech and trust in their abilities as a speaker; there was also a decrease in avoidance of speaking situations and speaking on the phone after therapy. Conclusion The results of this study indicated the efficacy of the Arabic Modified Fluency Shaping Program in rehabilitation of stuttering. The presented program provides participants with strategies that significantly improve their speech behavior and their attitudes toward speech.
FUZZY C-MEAN AND GENETIC ALGORITHMS BASED SCHEDULING FOR INDEPENDENT JOBS IN COMPUTATIONAL GRID

The concept of Grid computing is becoming the most important research area in the high performance computing. Under this concept, the jobs scheduling in Grid computing has more complicated problems to discover a diversity of available resources, select the appropriate applications and map to suitable resources. However, the major problem is the optimal job scheduling, which Grid nodes need to allocate the appropriate resources for each job. In this paper, we combine Fuzzy C-Mean and Genetic Algorithms which are popular algorithms, the Grid can be used for scheduling. Our model presents the method of the jobs classifications based mainly on Fuzzy C-Mean algorithm and mapping the jobs to the appropriate resources based mainly on Genetic algorithm. In the experiments, we used the workload historical information and put it into our simulator. We get the better result when compared to the traditional algorithms for scheduling policies. Finally, the paper also discusses approach of the jobs classifications and the optimization engine in Grid scheduling.
Performance Evaluation for Strategy Based on Auto-Adapting Users in Cross Language Information Retrieval

With the different query the different retrieval results will be got. According to the viewpoint of each user has different query need, a method that can adapt user automatically are proposed in information retrieval. To detect the information demands of users from multilanguage electronic text, the method analyzed the keywords used on information retrieval and gathered those keywords, summarized the relationship between keywords, selected accuracy word to word translation, deal with ambiguity of words to build reference information by learning and feedback process. The retrieval system is able to auto-adapt retrieval demand of different users by renewing reference information. Evaluation experiment results indicate the trend of adapting user and the availability of the method.
On central critical values of the degree four L -functions for GSp ( 4 ) : a simple trace formula

We establish a simple relative trace formula for GSp ( 4 ) and inner forms with respect to Bessel subgroups to obtain a certain Bessel identity. From such an identity, one can hope to prove a formula relating central values of degree four spinor L -functions to squares of Bessel periods as conjectured by Böcherer. Under some local assumptions, we obtain nonvanishing results, i.e., a global Gross–Prasad conjecture for ( SO ( 5 ), SO ( 2 )) .