Contribution of soft tissue deformation below the sacrum to the measurement of total height loss in sitting

This study investigated the contribution of soft tissue deformation below the sacrum (S) and vertical spinal creep to total height loss (THL) measured in sitting. Eight asymptomatic subjects (four males, four females) aged between 21 and 51 years were measured. Simultaneous measurement of THL and S were commenced after the subjects had been sitting for 5 min. THL was recorded while subjects were positioned in a seated stadiometer, which controlled their spinal posture. S was measured by placing an ultrasound transducer at the level of the top of the subject's sacrum. Over 25 min of sitting with loaded and unloaded interventions applied to their spine, different response characteristics between S and THL were noted. This study demonstrated that soft tissues below the sacrum could contribute up to 30% on average of total height loss. This suggests that researchers should take into account the soft tissue deformation outside the spine when studying vertical creep in sitting.     

略论中希神话的差异

神话对中国和希腊两国文学皆产生了巨大影响。但由于中希两国地域、自然条件、文化传统及民族个性等各方面的不同,使得两国的古代神话呈现出不同的艺术风貌。希腊神话体现的是个性、力量和人性,中国的神话则崇尚共性、德行和神性。本文将从这三方面简要探讨中国神话和希腊神话之间的差异,以便更深刻地了解中希两国文化。     

民族地区英语教育中民族文化角色思考

随着英语教育在中国的普及,其负载的英语文化弱化了少数民族外语教育中的民族文化角色,使得跨文化对话严重失衡。从教师、教材及课程设置等方面来探索并诠释民族文化角色,对民族地区外语教育如何真正实现跨文化对话、构建和谐文化生态提出了建议。     

习语学习切勿“望文生义”

习语是英语词汇学习的一个组成部分,对英美文化有传承、记载、反映的作用,它是英、美人进行思想表达和信息传递习惯使用的重要语言形式。习语学习既要了解英语习语的特征,又要了解“文化信息”的差异导致对语义理解的不同等等。     

辐射防护的生物学基础--辐射生物效应

人类必须研究电离辐射的生物效应，以保护其自身及其它物种免受电离辐射的有害影响，同时在应用中最大限度地获取利益，辐射生物效应，作为辐射防护的生物学基础，一直受到国内外辐射防护界的极大关注。本文就辐射防护密切相关的辐射随机效应，辐射致癌概率，小剂量照射效应及组织权重因子等进行简要讨论。     

Poröse Scaffolds aus mineralisiertem Kollagen – ein biomimetisches Knochenersatzmaterial

Porous scaffolds made from mineralised collagen – a biomimetic bone graft material Using biomimetically mineralised collagen type I, a new porous bone graft material has been developed, the composition of which mimics extracellular matrix of bone tissue. The pore structure is generated by a freeze drying process, whereas the pore size can be controlled by temperature and velocity of the freezing over a wide range. The structure is stabilized by crosslinking of the collagen with the water soluble carbodiimide derivative EDC. For the seeding with bone cells, pores with diameters of about 200 μm have turned out to be optimal. These scaffolds are elastic in the wet state which allow for cell culture experiments under mechanical stimulation.