Gait Dynamics with Step Height Alterations

2009 ◽  
pp. 28-28-11
Author(s):  
DA Schieb
Keyword(s):  
Step Height ◽  
Gait Dynamics

A Case Study Demonstrating the Utility of Surveillance Video in Assessing Gait Dynamics and Behavior During a Slip and Fall

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 550-554
Author(s):  
Leah S. Hartman ◽  
Stephanie A. Whetsel Borzendowski ◽  
Alan O. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Gait Pattern ◽  
Personal Injury ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Surveillance Video ◽  
Gait Dynamics ◽  
Fall Incident ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Behavior

As the use of surveillance video at commercial properties becomes more prevalent, it is more likely an incident involving a personal injury will be captured on film. This provides a unique opportunity for Human Factors practitioners involved in forensic investigations to analyze the behavior of the individual prior to, during, and after the event in question. It also provides an opportunity to gather unique and objective data. The present work describes a case study of a slip and fall where surveillance video and onsite measurements were combined and analyzed to quantify a plaintiff’s gait pattern. Using this type of analysis, we were able to determine that the plaintiff was likely aware that the floor was slippery and adjusted her gait and behavior prior to the slip and fall incident.

Step height removal mechanism of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) for sub-nano-surface finish

Wear ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 268 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 505-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Chul Yang ◽  
Dong Won Oh ◽  
Gae Won Lee ◽  
Chang Lyung Song ◽  
Taesung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Surface Finish ◽  
Chemical Mechanical Planarization ◽  
Step Height ◽  
Removal Mechanism

Aeration characteristics of a rectangular stepped cascade system

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjib Moulick ◽  
Naresh V. Tambada ◽  
Basant K. Singh ◽  
B. C. Mal
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Step Height ◽  
Optimum Number ◽  
Hydraulic Loading Rate ◽  
Hydraulic Loading ◽  
Aeration Efficiency ◽  
Stepped Cascade ◽  
Independent Parameters

Aeration experiments, maintaining nappe flow conditions, were carried out on a rectangular stepped cascade of total height 3.0 m to determine the total number of steps, slope of the entire cascade and hydraulic loading rate at which maximum overall aeration efficiency occurs, keeping the surface area of individual steps constant. Based on dimensional analysis, the overall aeration efficiency at standard conditions (E20) was expressed as a function of square of total number of steps (N2) and dimensionless discharge (dc/h), where dc and h represent critical depth in a rectangular prismatic channel and individual step height respectively. An empirical equation with E20 as the response and N2 and dc/h as the independent parameters was developed based on the experimental results subject to 36 ≤ N2 ≤ 196 and 0.009 ≤ dc/h ≤ 0.144. The experimental results showed that the overall aeration efficiency (E20) for a particular step height of stepped cascade increases with increase in dc/h up to a certain value and then decreases. This may be due to at higher dc/h, i.e., at higher hydraulic loading rate, the flow approaches the transition zone and thereby aeration efficiency decreases. E20 was also found to increase with number of steps at any hydraulic loading rate, because of the increased surface area of fall. The optimum number of steps, slope of the entire stepped cascade and hydraulic loading rate were found to be 14, 0.351 and 0.009 m2/s respectively producing the maximum value of overall aeration efficiency of 0.90.

Effects of Alkaline Nano-SiO2 Abrasive on Planarization of 300mm Copper Patterned Wafer

2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 2949-2954
Author(s):  
Xin Liang Tang ◽  
Yu Ling Liu ◽  
Hong Yuan Zhang ◽  
Jie Bao
Keyword(s):  
Removal Rate ◽  
Chemical Mechanical Planarization ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Step Height ◽  
Copper Removal ◽  
Copper Wafers

Silica abrasive plays an important role in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of copper. In this paper, effect of different silica abrasive concentrations on copper removal rate and planarization performance of copper was investigated. The results show that the copper removal rate was increased as the concentration of silica abrasive increase. However, excessive abrasive will lead to a decreased copper removal rate. The initial step height values of the multilayer copper wafers were all about 2500Å, and after being polished for 30s, the remaining values of step height of slurry A, B, C and D were 717 Å, 906 Å, 1222 Å and 1493 Å. It indicates that alkaline copper slurries with different abrasive concentrations all had a good planarization performance on copper patterned wafer CMP. As the abrasive concentration increased, the planarization capability was enhanced.

GAP-LABELING PROPERTIES OF THE ENERGY SPECTRUM FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL FIBONACCI QUASILATTICES

1995 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
YOUYAN LIU ◽  
WICHIT SRITRAKOOL ◽  
XIUJUN FU
Keyword(s):  
Energy Spectrum ◽  
Density Of States ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Fractional Part ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Step Height ◽  
Integrated Density Of States ◽  
Two Dimensional

We have analytically obtained the occupation probabilities on subbands of the hierarchical energy spectrum and the step heights of the integrated density of states for two-dimensional Fibonacci quasilattices. Based on the above results, the gap-labeling properties of the energy spectrum are found, which claim that the step height is equal to {mτ}, where the braces denote the fractional part, and m is an integer that can be used to label the corresponding energy gap. Numerical results confirm these results very well.

The gait dynamics of the modern broiler chicken: a cautionary tale of selective breeding

2013 ◽  
Vol 216 (17) ◽  
pp. 3237-3248 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Paxton ◽  
M. A. Daley ◽  
S. A. Corr ◽  
J. R. Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Broiler Chicken ◽  
Selective Breeding ◽  
Cautionary Tale ◽  
Gait Dynamics

scholarly journals Classification of Gait Patterns in Patients with Neurodegenerative Disease Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Ye ◽  
Yi Xia ◽  
Zhiming Yao
Keyword(s):  
Motor Neurons ◽  
Fuzzy Inference System ◽  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Pso Algorithm ◽  
Anfis Model ◽  
Inference System ◽  
Gait Dynamics ◽  
Double Support ◽  
Adaptive Capabilities ◽  
Neuro Fuzzy

A common feature that is typical of the patients with neurodegenerative (ND) disease is the impairment of motor function, which can interrupt the pathway from cerebrum to the muscle and thus cause movement disorders. For patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease (ALS), the impairment is caused by the loss of motor neurons. While for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Huntington’s disease (HD), it is related to the basal ganglia dysfunction. Previously studies have demonstrated the usage of gait analysis in characterizing the ND patients for the purpose of disease management. However, most studies focus on extracting characteristic features that can differentiate ND gait from normal gait. Few studies have demonstrated the feasibility of modelling the nonlinear gait dynamics in characterizing the ND gait. Therefore, in this study, a novel approach based on an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) is presented for identification of the gait of patients with ND disease. The proposed ANFIS model combines neural network adaptive capabilities and the fuzzy logic qualitative approach. Gait dynamics such as stride intervals, stance intervals, and double support intervals were used as the input variables to the model. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm was utilized to learn the parameters of the ANFIS model. The performance of the system was evaluated in terms of sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy using the leave-one-out cross-validation method. The competitive classification results on a dataset of 13 ALS patients, 15 PD patients, 20 HD patients, and 16 healthy control subjects indicated the effectiveness of our approach in representing the gait characteristics of ND patients.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document