Baropodometric profile of patients assisted in a physiotherapy clinic

Background: Computerized baropodometry, a posturographic recording technique used in the diagnosis and assessment of plantar pressure, which records the pressure points exerted by the body on the plantar surface, is an accurate, objective and quantitative examination. Its record is used in the diagnosis and evaluation of plantar pressure, both in static and dynamic positions. Objective: Analyze the baropodometric profile of patients in a physiotherapy clinic. Methods: A cross-sectional study of documentary character of baropodometry exams registered in the database of a physiotherapy clinic in Teresina (PI), carried out from January 2015 to December 2018. Totaling 193 exams, which include the types of feet, peak plantar pressure and correlation between peak plantar pressure with age, weight, height and BMI. The collected data were analyzed statistically by the software Win Track version 12.0, and presented through tables and figures. In this research, all ethical precepts were carried out in accordance with the resolution of the National Health Council and was approved by the ethics committee. Results: There was a higher prevalence of hollow feet (96.89%), showing a greater occurrence of displacement of the center of gravity posteriorly to the right (46.11%), it was found that there was no satisfactory correlation of anthropometric parameters with peak plantar pressure (p>0.05). Conclusion: It was possible to observe that the examinations evaluated showed a higher prevalence of hollow feet and center of gravity posteriorized to the right. In addition, there was no satisfactory correlation between peak plantar pressure with the variables age, weight, height and BMI.

Edge spread function for the paper-ink system

The importance of accurate identification of the edge spread function for the paper-ink system is closely related with the possibility of separating mechanical and optical dot gain. Our approach is based on the precise fit of the edge spread function, ESF. Namely, all of the research so far incorporates symmetric ESF, in contrast to the research reported so far, in which only the symmetric ESF has been considered¸ which is not realistic, due to the presence of dot gain. This approach, based on image analysis, allows us to identify uniquely the domain of impact of each contribution. Six different paper-ink systems are analyzed and discussed, and all of them show a satisfactory correlation with the proposed model.

Spectral Correlation Analysis of Hammett Substituent Constants and Biological Activities of some (E)-1-(4-Phenoxyphenyl)-3-Phenylprop-2-en-1-Ones

A series of aryl chalcones have been synthesized from 4-phenoxyacetophonone with various substituted benzaldehydes. The purity of all chalcones has been checked using their physical constants and spectral data. These spectral data have been correlated with Hammett substituent constants and F and R parameters using single and multi-linear regression analysis. From the results of statistical analysis, the effect of substituents on the above spectral data has been studied. The single parameter correlation with few Hammett constants and F and R parameters gave satisfactory correlation coefficients whereas all multiple correlations gave satisfactory correlation coefficients with Resonance, Field and Swain-Lupton’s parameters. The antimicrobial activities of all chalcones have been studied using Bauer-Kirby method.

Broadening Our Horizons: Towards an Interdisciplinary Prehistory of the Andes

This chapter proposes a new and more coherent interdisciplinary prehistory of the Andes, based firstly on a long overdue re-examination of the relationships between the various regional ‘dialects’ within the Quechua language family; and secondly on a more satisfactory correlation with the archaeological record. The founding principle is that language families necessarily reflect past expansive processes, whose traces should also be clear in the archaeological record. It provides a logic by which to assess correspondences between archaeological and linguistic patterns, on the three levels of when, where, and why particular language expansions occurred. In the Andes, the horizons thus offer the most natural explanations for the major Quechua and Aymara dispersals. With the Incas too late for the time-depth of either family, the Wari Middle Horizon emerges as the most plausible candidate for the first major expansion of Quechua, and not (as per traditional linguistic thinking) of the Aymara family, here tentatively associated with the Early Horizon instead.

An Experimental Characterization of Cork Storage Modulus for Cork-Steel Applications in Vibration Attenuation

This study presents an experimental characterization of cork storage modulus used to model the vibration response of bars built using alternate layers of cork and steel. In the experimental setup, the specimen was suspended from a fixed support by two thin lines while a shaker was suspended from a mobile support by metallic chains. The shaker was connected to the bar specimen through a force transducer imposing a dynamical deformation that propagates through the specimen. An accelerometer in the opposite extremity of the bar measures the corresponding vibration response and the cork storage modulus is then obtained from the first peak of this frequency response. The proposed methodology successfully characterized the storage modulus of the cork material used in the multilaminated periodic bars. The results obtained illustrate a satisfactory correlation between

AMS dating of rock art in the Laura Region, Cape York Peninsula, Australia – protocols and results of recent research

The authors describe rock art dating research in Australia using the oxalate method. While the array of dates obtained (which range from c. 1200 to c. 25 000 BP) show a satisfactory correlation with other archaeological data, there are mismatches which suggest that some motifs were often imitated by later artists, and/or that the mineral accretions continued to form periodically, perhaps continuously, as a regional phenomenon over a long period of time.

The Effect of the Post-Mortem Interval on the Level of Creatine in Vitreous Humour

By means of 103 medico-legal autopsies it was established that a rise in the creatine level occurs in the vitreous humour after death. In view of the satisfactory correlation between the post-mortem interval and the creatine level in the vitreous humour (r = 0.84, p < 0.001) investigations were undertaken as to whether the creatine level in vitreous humour can serve in current medico-legal practice as an indication for the post-mortem interval, especially for the later period (more than three days). On balance this creatine determination is only useful when combined with all other medico-legal parameters that establish the time of death, remembering that the confidence-interval in the investigations was rather wide.

Ab Initio-Rechnungen zur Protonenaffinität unverzweigter primärer aliphatischer Amine / Ab Initio-Calculations on the Protonaffinity of Unbranched Primary Aliphatic Amines

Recently we reported the results of semiempirical calculations (MNDO, MINDO/3) which led us to the conclusion, that the proton-affinity of molecules R-NH2 (R = H, CH3, C2H5, n-C3H7 and n-C4H9) is determined by the ability of the groups R to carry positive charge in the corresponding cations R-NH3+. We did extend our investigations concerning the protonaffinities of primary aliphatic amines including NH3 and performed ab initio calculations with an STO-3G basis. The results qualitatively parallel those obtained by the semiempirical methods mentioned above. In contrast to the semiempirical results we found that there is a satisfactory correlation between the Mulliken-charges of the nitrogen-atoms and of the NH2-groups and the experimental protonaffinities if NH3 is excluded.

Reliability of Amidolytic Assays for Progressive Antithrombin and Heparin Cofactor Activities on Capillary Blood

SummaryAmidolytic assay of antithrombin III on capillary blood can validly substitute for similar assays performed on venous blood, as an excellent correlation exists (r = 0.95).For the amidolytic assays of heparin cofactor activity, a much less satisfactory correlation is found (r = 0.81). Results are far more dispersed and a decrease is observed in late capillary samples.Using a low heparin concentration to assay heparin cofactor activity leads to surprisingly high activities for capillary blood. The same type of discrepancy is observed during the earliest stages of clotting of venous blood.

A Coercive Force Grading Instrument for Relay Iron

Low carbon soft iron is used in the manufacture of relays. An instrument is described which can grade the coercive force of such steel with a minimum of sample preparation. Satisfactory correlation is found between results obtained from the grader described and classical testing methods.