FUNCTIONS OF EACH LOWER LIMB SEGMENTS DURING REBOUND JUMPING TAKEOFF

The objective of this study was to examine the functions of various leg components during takeoff in rebound jumping in terms of the relative impulse and accelerabon force of each leg component The test subjects were 23 male student athletes. The experimental attempts consisted of hnno sets of tive consecutive rebound jumps, where the subjective degree of efibrt varied among six levels, loo%, 90%, 80%, 60%, 45%, and 30%, which were applied in rand om order. The focus was on the relative jump height in the derived junp height results. The funetion of the leg mpbnents during rebund jumping was examined, and the attempts involving relative jump heights near 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, and 100% were analyzed. The resub s W dth at during rebaund jumping takeoffs, the foot mttibuted significantly to achieving the jump height. The foot was responsible for accelerating the upper body in the initial stage of takeoff, whereas that role was taken over by the leg in the middle, and in the second half of the process, the foot once again assumed that role, irrespedrve of the relative jump heigh

DIFFERENT POWER AND MUSCULAR ACTMTtES OF THE LOWER UMBS IN THE REBOUND JUMP

The purpose of this study is to clarify the differences in myoelectric activities and power exerting the lower limbs of the performance that is jumping height is high and low people in the rebound jump. The subjects was 23 male students belong to track and field (age : 20.8 i 0.9 years, height : 179.6 * 6.1 an, and body mass : 82.3 * 17.0 kg). The subjects performed five-repeated rebound jump (5RJ), based on the jumping height of the result, divided into jumping high-high group (GOOD) and the low group (POOR), it was compared with the lower limbs joint power and myoelectric activity. As a result, fi was dearly that differences in the performance of GOOD and POOR has become the appropriate preliminary motion that was preactiviation of the lower limbs muscles in the before foot contact and due to the quick action in take off of the first half

A Novel Method for Rearing Zebrafish by Using Freshwater Rotifers (Brachionus calyciflorus)

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has become a powerful model organism for studying developmental processes and genetic diseases. However, there remain several problems in previous rearing methods. In this study, we demonstrate a novel method for rearing zebrafish larvae by using a new first food, freshwater rotifers (Brachionus calyciflorus). Feeding experiments indicated that freshwater rotifers are suitable as the first food for newly hatched larval fish. In addition, we revisited and improved a feeding schedule from 5 to 40 days postfertilization. Our feeding method using freshwater rotifers accelerated larval growth. At 49 dpf, one pair out of 10 pairs successfully produced six fertilized eggs. At 56, 63, and 71 dpf, 6 out of the 10 pairs constantly produced normal embryos. Our method will improve the husbandry of the zebrafish

Dichotomy Between Orbital and Magnetic Nematic Instabilities in BaFe2S3

Nematic orders emerge nearly universally in iron-based superconductors, but elucidating their origins is challenging because of intimate couplings between orbital and magnetic fluctuations. The iron-based ladder material BaFe2S3, which superconducts under pressure, exhibits antiferromagnetic order below TN ~ 117K and a weak resistivity anomaly at T* ~ 180K, whose nature remains elusive. Here we report angle-resolved magnetoresistance (MR) and elastoresistance (ER) measurements in BaFe2S3, which reveal distinct changes at T*. We find that MR anisotropy and ER nematic response are both suppressed near T*, implying that an orbital order promoting isotropic electronic states is stabilized at T*. Such an isotropic state below T* competes with the antiferromagnetic order, which is evidenced by the nonmonotonic temperature dependence of nematic fluctuations. In contrast to the cooperative nematic orders in spin and orbital channels in iron pnictides, the present competing orders can provide a new platform to identify the separate roles of orbital and magnetic fluctuations.Comment: 7 pages 5 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Re

A randomized phase III study of short-course radiotherapy combined with Temozolomide in elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma; Japan clinical oncology group study JCOG1910 (AgedGlio-PIII)

BACKGROUND: The current standard treatment for elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma is surgery followed by short-course radiotherapy with temozolomide. In recent studies, 40 Gy in 15 fractions vs. 60 Gy in 30 fractions, 34 Gy in 10 fractions vs. 60 Gy in 30 fractions, and 40 Gy in 15 fractions vs. 25 Gy in 5 fractions have been reported as non-inferior. The addition of temozolomide increased the survival benefit of radiotherapy with 40 Gy in 15 fractions. However, the optimal regimen for radiotherapy plus concomitant temozolomide remains unresolved. METHODS: This multi-institutional randomized phase III trial was commenced to confirm the non-inferiority of radiotherapy comprising 25 Gy in 5 fractions with concomitant (150 mg/m2/day, 5 days) and adjuvant temozolomide over 40 Gy in 15 fractions with concomitant (75 mg/m2/day, every day from first to last day of radiation) and adjuvant temozolomide in terms of overall survival (OS) in elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. A total of 270 patients will be accrued from 51 Japanese institutions in 4 years and follow-up will last 2 years. Patients 71 years of age or older, or 71-75 years old with resection of less than 90% of the contrast-enhanced region, will be registered and randomly assigned to each group with 1:1 allocation. The primary endpoint is OS, and the secondary endpoints are progression-free survival, frequency of adverse events, proportion of Karnofsky performance status preservation, and proportion of health-related quality of life preservation. The Japan Clinical Oncology Group Protocol Review Committee approved this study protocol in April 2020. Ethics approval was granted by the National Cancer Center Hospital Certified Review Board. Patient enrollment began in August 2020. DISCUSSION: If the primary endpoint is met, short-course radiotherapy comprising 25 Gy in 5 fractions with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide will be a standard of care for elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Registry number: jRCTs031200099 . Date of Registration: 27/Aug/2020. Date of First Participant Enrollment: 4/Sep/2020

Interdependencies and causalities in coupled financial networks

We explore the foreign exchange and stock market networks for 48 countries from 1999 to 2012 and propose a model, based on complex Hilbert principal component analysis, for extracting significant lead-lag relationships between these markets. The global set of countries, including large and small countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East, is contrasted with the limited scopes of targets, e.g., G5, G7 or the emerging Asian countries, adopted by previous works. We construct a coupled synchronization network, perform community analysis, and identify formation of four distinct network communities that are relatively stable over time. In addition to investigating the entire period, we divide the time period into into "mild crisis, " (1999-2002), "calm, " (2003-2006) and "severe crisis" (2007-2012) sub-periods and find that the severe crisis period behavior dominates the dynamics in the foreign exchange-equity synchronization network. We observe that in general the foreign exchange market has predictive power for the global stock market performances. In addition, the United States, German and Mexican markets have forecasting power for the performances of other global equity markets

Tag Cloud of Search Queries for Repository System

Poster at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014Posters, Demos and Developer "How-To's"We propose that a new additional system to display tag cloud of search query of a contents for the repository system. The search queries can be collected from access logs of a HTTP server. After a access log from search engines is picked out, a search query and an accessed resource id is extracted from the log.Aoyama, Toshihiro (Suzuka National College of Technology, Japan)Suzuki, Yuta (Suzuka National College of Technology, Japan)Yamaji, Kazutsuna (National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Continuous Low-Dose-Rate Irradiation Promotes Growth of Silkworms

To investigate the influence of low-dose-rate irradiation on the growth of silkworms, Bombyx mori , eggs of silkworms were randomly divided into 2 groups and were grown on either low-dose-radiation-emitting sheets or control sheets. On the radiation-emitting sheets, the dose rate was measured as 66.0 (4.3) μSv/h (mean [standard deviation]) by a Geiger-Müller counter for α, β, and γ rays and 3.8 (0.3) μSv/h by a survey meter for γ rays. The silkworms became larger when bred on the radiation-emitting sheets, and their body weight was about 25% to 37% heavier on day 42 to 49 after starting the experiment. Continuous low-dose-rate irradiation promoted the growth of silkworms. It should be further investigated whether this phenomenon could be utilized by the silk industry

Bacteremia due to Moraxella osloensis: a case report and literature review

Herein we report the case of a 10-year-old boy with an autosomal mosaic mutation who developed bacteremia. The causative agent was identified as Moraxella osloensis by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. In the pediatric population, there have been 13 case reports of infection attributed to M. osloensis and this is the fifth reported case of pediatric bacteremia due to M. osloensis. After Moraxella species infection was confirmed, the patient recovered with appropriate antimicrobial therapy. It is important to consider that M. osloensis can cause serious infections, such as bacteremia, in otherwise healthy children. Keywords: Moraxella osloensis, Bacteremia, MALDI-TOF MS, 16S rRNA gene sequencin