scholarly journals Pathological and normal variability of foot bones in osteological collections from Catalonia (Spain) and Lazio (Italy)

Author(s):  
Eduardo Saldías ◽  
Albert Isidro ◽  
Cristina Martínez‐Labarga ◽  
Alfredo Coppa ◽  
Mauro Rubini ◽  
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Author(s):  
A.G. Sonis ◽  
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D.G. Alekseev ◽  
M.A. Bezrukova ◽  
S.A. Mantsagova ◽  
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1938 ◽  
Vol 72 (738) ◽  
pp. 59-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary T. Harman ◽  
Annette Alsop
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2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne L. Zihlman ◽  
Carol E. Underwood

Patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) living in African savanna woodlands and grassland habitats have a locomotor system that allows them to run fast, presumably to avoid predators. Long fore- and hindlimbs, long foot bones, short toes, and a digitigrade foot posture were proposed as anatomical correlates with speed. In addition to skeletal proportions, soft tissue and whole body proportions are important components of the locomotor system. To further distinguish patas anatomy from other Old World monkeys, a comparative study based on dissection of skin, muscle, and bone from complete individuals of patas and vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) was undertaken. Analysis reveals that small adjustments in patas skeletal proportions, relative mass of limbs and tail, and specific muscle groups promote efficient sagittal limb motion. The ability to run fast is based on a locomotor system adapted for long distance walking. The patas’ larger home range and longer daily range than those of vervets give them access to highly dispersed, nutritious foods, water, and sleeping trees. Furthermore, patas monkeys have physiological adaptations that enable them to tolerate and dissipate heat. These features all contribute to the distinct adaptation that is the patas monkeys’ basis for survival in grassland and savanna woodland areas.


2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica M. Ellis ◽  
Donna J. Thal

Abstract Clinicians are often faced with the difficult task of deciding whether a late talker shows normal variability or has a clinically significant language disorder. This article provides an overview of research investigating identification, characteristics, outcomes, and predictors of late talkers. Clinical implications for speech-language pathologists in the identification and treatment of children who are late talkers are discussed.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 470-470
Author(s):  
C. G. Eschenburg

Ordinarily, I am not an avid "Letters to the Editor" correspondent, but the article, "Poverty, Illness, and the Negro Child" (Pediatrics, 46:305) by Dr. Seham was the final straw. How long must we be constantly bombarded by the press–including "scientific" journals–with such sociologic clap-trap? Are there so many guilt-ridden people who have to join the bandwagon that no other voices are heard? Surely, physicians should realize that biologic organisms will group in a variable bellshaped curve. Why must we join the sociologists, politicians, and communists in trying to "flatten out" normal variability; producing (which is impossible) a nation of mediocre nebbishes.


Levant ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Lisa Yeomans ◽  
Unn Gelting ◽  
Kathryn Killackey ◽  
Alexis Pantos ◽  
Asta Salicath Halvorsen ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 876-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Brown ◽  
Robert J. Henderson ◽  
Elizabeth A. Sugar ◽  
Janet T. Holbrook ◽  
Robert A. Wise

Brown RH, Henderson RJ, Sugar EA, Holbrook JT, Wise RA, on behalf of the American Lung Association Airways Clinical Research Centers. Reproducibility of airway luminal size in asthma measured by HRCT. J Appl Physiol 123: 876–883, 2017. First published July 13, 2017; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00307.2017.—High-resolution CT (HRCT) is a well-established imaging technology used to measure lung and airway morphology in vivo. However, there is a surprising lack of studies examining HRCT reproducibility. The CPAP Trial was a multicenter, randomized, three-parallel-arm, sham-controlled 12-wk clinical trial to assess the use of a nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device on airway reactivity to methacholine. The lack of a treatment effect of CPAP on clinical or HRCT measures provided an opportunity for the current analysis. We assessed the reproducibility of HRCT imaging over 12 wk. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated for individual airway segments, individual lung lobes, both lungs, and air trapping. The ICC [95% confidence interval (CI)] for airway luminal size at total lung capacity ranged from 0.95 (0.91, 0.97) to 0.47 (0.27, 0.69). The ICC (95% CI) for airway luminal size at functional residual capacity ranged from 0.91 (0.85, 0.95) to 0.32 (0.11, 0.65). The ICC measurements for airway distensibility index and wall thickness were lower, ranging from poor (0.08) to moderate (0.63) agreement. The ICC for air trapping at functional residual capacity was 0.89 (0.81, 0.94) and varied only modestly by lobe from 0.76 (0.61, 0.87) to 0.95 (0.92, 0.97). In stable well-controlled asthmatic subjects, it is possible to reproducibly image unstimulated airway luminal areas over time, by region, and by size at total lung capacity throughout the lungs. Therefore, any changes in luminal size on repeat CT imaging are more likely due to changes in disease state and less likely due to normal variability. NEW & NOTEWORTHY There is a surprising lack of studies examining the reproducibility of high-resolution CT in asthma. The current study examined reproducibility of airway measurements. In stable well-controlled asthmatic subjects, it is possible to reproducibly image airway luminal areas over time, by region, and by size at total lung capacity throughout the lungs. Therefore, any changes in luminal size on repeat CT imaging are more likely due to changes in disease state and less likely due to normal variability.


2020 ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Sandu Elena Cerasela ◽  
Caravaggi Paolo ◽  
Durante Stefano

The purpose of this article is to determine the orientation and relative position of the foot bones in Weight Bearing CT, highlighting the effect of the load and the shoe with the heel. Thanks to a Cone Beam CT (OnSight 3D Extremity System, Carestream) equipment, three scans of the foot of a healthy young subject were carried out in three conditions: "unloading", "loading", and wearing a shoe with "heel". In order to assess the accuracy of the articular angles of the foot through non-invasive measurements, a measurement was performed by Gait-Analysis with passive markers in the same conditions. The effect of the "load" resulted in a significant alteration of the foot posture especially in the sagittal plane, with crushing of the longitudinal medial arch. The heeled shoe involves enormous deformations at the level of the metatarsophalangeal joints and the ankle.


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