Types Of Motion Research Articles

A multifactorial study of mass movement in the hilly and gully Loess Plateau based on intensive field surveys and remote sensing techniques

Mass movements, driven by various non-linearly correlated factors, exhibit high randomness, posing vast difficulties for field observations and subsequent investigations into the underlying mechanisms. In this study 157 mass movement incidents (including collapses, slump and spalling) and their primary influencing factors were surveyed in a small catchment of the hilly and gully Loess Plateau, China, through intensive field investigations and remote sensing techniques. The spatial pattern of mass movement and its relation with the influencing factors were assessed, while the relative impact of different factors was studied using the canonical correlation analysis. Results showed that 1) Mass movements predominantly occurred on gully slopes steeper than 70°. Collapses were the main type of mass movement, accounting for 87.9 % of the number of samples. 2) With regard to the impact of individual factors, rainstorms (rainfall intensity >50 mm day−1) significantly enhanced the occurrence frequency, erosion area and erosion volume of mass movement. The occurrence frequency and erosion area / volume were highest at a soil dry bulk density of 1.34 g cm−3 and 1.54 g cm−3, respectively. Mass movement occurred most frequently on unvegetated or unrooted gully slopes, where the resisting effect of vegetation on mass movement was absent. Gully slopes with smooth rather than rugged profiles were also found to be typical areas of mass movement. The occurrence frequency of mass movement decreased with the elevated topographic wetness index (TWI) and distance to slope top and increased with the distance to channels. 3) For the relative impact of different factors, rainfall and shear strength were key factors facilitating and resisting the onset of mass movement, respectively, while topography exerted the greatest influence on the erosion area and volume. This study revealed the relative influence of different factors on occurrence and scale of mass movement, providing a useful reference for modelling and control of the problem.

On decoding of rapid motor imagery in a diverse population using a high-density NIRS device.

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) aims to infer cognitive states such as the type of movement imagined by a study participant in a given trial using an optical method that can differentiate between oxygenation states of blood in the brain and thereby indirectly between neuronal activity levels. We present findings from an fNIRS study that aimed to test the applicability of a high-density (>3000 channels) NIRS device for use in short-duration (2 s) left/right hand motor imagery decoding in a diverse, but not explicitly balanced, subject population. A side aim was to assess relationships between data quality, self-reported demographic characteristics, and brain-computer interface (BCI) performance, with no subjects rejected from recruitment or analysis. BCI performance was quantified using several published methods, including subject-specific and subject-independent approaches, along with a high-density fNIRS decoder previously validated in a separate study. We found that decoding of motor imagery on this population proved extremely challenging across all tested methods. Overall accuracy of the best-performing method (the high-density decoder) was 59.1 +/- 6.7% after excluding subjects where almost no optode-scalp contact was made over motor cortex and 54.7 +/- 7.6% when all recorded sessions were included. Deeper investigation revealed that signal quality, hemodynamic responses, and BCI performance were all strongly impacted by the hair phenotypical and demographic factors under investigation, with over half of variance in signal quality explained by demographic factors alone. Our results contribute to the literature reporting on challenges in using current-generation NIRS devices on subjects with long, dense, dark, and less pliable hair types along with the resulting potential for bias. Our findings confirm the need for increased focus on these populations, accurate reporting of data rejection choices across subject intake, curation, and final analysis in general, and signal a need for NIRS optode designs better optimized for the general population to facilitate more robust and inclusive research outcomes.

Flocking Behavior of Boids Driven by Hyperchaotic MACM System

In the present work a detailed study is presented, on the design, programming, and investigation of the behavior of flocking (Movement type flock), through the model of BOIDS, for its acronym in English "Bird Oid Object" (Object type bird), which was devised by Craig Reynolds in 1986. This complex flocking behavior that occurs arises from the interaction of simple local rules, in which complexity and sensitivity to initial conditions are present. A measure of chaotic compound will be introduced to the algorithm by means of a new four-dimensional autonomous hyperchaotic system based on the 3D Méndez-Arellano-Cruz-Martínez (MACM) system. The measures proposed herein, therefore, may have the potential to predict, control, and exemplify the behavior of group intelligence study systems that occur in nature, allowing the implementation of these systems in groups of robots through the implementation of hyperchaotic trajectories in the future, to obtain greater speed and efficiency, obstacle and collisions avoidance in their flights.

Time-resolved quantification of fine hand movements as a proxy for evaluating bradykinesia-induced motor dysfunction

Bradykinesia is a behavioral manifestation that contributes to functional dependencies in later life. However, the current state of bradykinesia indexing primarily relies on subjective, time-averaged categorizations of motor deficits, which often yield poor reliability. Herein, we used time-resolved analyses of accelerometer recordings during standardized movements, data-driven factor analyses, and linear mixed effects models (LMEs) to quantitatively characterize general, task- and therapy-specific indices of motor impairment in people with Parkinson’s disease (PwP) currently undergoing treatment for bradykinesia. Our results demonstrate that single-trial, accelerometer-based features of finger-tapping and rotational hand movements were significantly modulated by divergent therapeutic regimens. Further, these features corresponded well to current gold standards for symptom monitoring, with more precise predictive capacities of bradykinesia-specific declines achieved when considering kinematic features from diverse movement types together, rather than in isolation. Herein, we report data-driven, sample-specific kinematic profiles of diverse movement types along a continuous spectrum of motor impairment, which importantly, preserves the temporal scale for which biomechanical fluctuations in motor deficits evolve in humans. Therefore, this approach may prove useful for tracking bradykinesia-induced motor decline in aging populations the future.

The effect of using the platform, morning units with human combat models to develop some types of punching and kicking movements for elite men in special operations


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Analytical solutions and classification of vesicle motion and deformation in shear flow: Uncovering new tank-treading modes.

Using a small deformation approach, a fractional ordinary differential system is proposed to investigate the motion and deformation of a vesicle in shear flow. Closed analytical expressions of the orientation angle and the ellipticity of the vesicle contour (shape deformation) are provided. Three different motions are identified, the classical tank-treading state, and two new types of motions, namely, the over-damped tank-treading mode, in which the vesicle's orientation angle ψ and its shape deformation R tend more slowly toward equilibrium, and the under-damped tank-treading mode, in which ψ oscillates all the time along the flow direction with decreasing amplitude, while R starts making a breathing motion and then tends to an attractive amplitude. The implications of our findings extend widely within the field of fluid dynamics, revealing the potential for further advancements and applications in understanding complex fluid systems.

Dosimetric Evaluation of Target Motion Effects in Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy: A Phantom Study

PurposeTo evaluate intrafractional motion effects as a function of peak-to-peak motion and period during single-field, single-fraction and single-field, multifraction irradiation of the moving target in spot-scanning proton therapy. Materials and MethodsAn in-house dynamic phantom was used to simulate peak-to-peak motion of 5, 10, and 20 mm with periods of 2, 4, and 8 seconds. The dose distribution in the moving target was measured using radiochromic films. During the perpendicular motion, the film was fixed and moved perpendicular to the beam direction without changing the water equivalent thickness (WET). During longitudinal motion, the film was fixed and moved along the beam direction, causing a change in WET. Gamma index analysis was used with criteria of 3%/3 mm and 3%/2 mm to analyze the dose distributions. ResultsFor single-fraction irradiation, varying the period did not result in a significant difference in any of the metrics used (P > .05), except for the local dose within the planning target volume (P < .001). In contrast, varying peak-to-peak motion was significant (P < .001) for all metrics except for the mean planning target volume dose (P ≈ .88) and the local dose (P ≈ .47). The perpendicular motion caused a greater decrease in gamma passing rate (3%/3 mm) than WET variations (65% ± 5% vs 85% ± 4%) at 20 mm peak-to-peak motion. ConclusionThe implementation of multifraction irradiation allowed to reduce hot and cold spots but did not reduce dose blurring. The motion threshold varied from 7 to 11 mm and depended on the number of fractions, the type of motion, the acceptance criteria, and the calculation method used.

Classification of geotechnical units and their associated slope movements for application to civil engineering in volcanic territories

Slope movements are one of the natural hazards that most affect volcanic islands and often cause alarm to society, as they produce considerable material losses, affect communications and basic community services and, on occasion, involve the loss of human lives. Based on the classification of geotechnical units of the Canary Islands and the characteristic slope movements observed in each of them, the main goal of this article has been to elaborate a classification of movements versus units, as a tool for the management landslides hazards in volcanic environments. The applied methodology was based on the types of slope movements defined by the USGS, and on the research team three decades of experience of the study of geotechnical characterisation and slope instability of volcanic formations. A graphical classification of the possible movements affecting the volcanic geotechnical units has been prepared to make a preliminary estimate of the types of movements that will affect a slope or hillside.

The racial biopolitics of humanitarianism in Africa: examining European resilience-building in the Sahel and lake Chad Basin

The racial biopolitics of humanitarianism in Africa: examining European resilience-building in the Sahel and lake Chad Basin

Applications of Brain Computer Interface for Motor Imagery Using Deep Learning: Review on Recent Trends

Motor Imagery-Brain Computer Interface (MI-BCI) is a very important technology gaining momentum throughout the last decade. This technology enables the linkage of brain activities to computer applications and can give disabled patients who suffer from motor disabilities (e.g., partial paralysis, muscle atrophy, etc.) the ability to interact normally with technologies around them. Currently, the technology is mostly limited to applications within dedicated laboratories and is hardly used in practical settings or in real-life applications. The purpose of this study is to review the latest trends and technologies in the field of MI-BCI, including the major challenges and the state-of-the-art classification techniques. The scope of this review article covers the feature selection algorithms that can help identify the most informative and discriminative features from the recorded brain signals, and the classification techniques that can identify the different types of motor movements.

The Acute Effect of Dynamic vs. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching on Sprint and Jump Performance.

Participating in sports has been shown to promote overall wellness and, at the same time, reduce health risks. As more people are participating in sports, competitions have increased, and every aspect of the game has been focused by coaches and athletes in order to improve performance. One of these aspects is the warm-up session. The purpose of this study was to investigate the acute effect of a dynamic warm-up versus a proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) warm-up on the sprint and jump performance of recreationally active men. Thirty (n = 30) males were randomly assigned to undergo three sessions of different warm-up types, 72 h apart, involving either proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF), dynamic stretching (DS), or no stretching session (control). The PNF and dynamic modes of stretching improved vertical jump performance, F (2.58) = 5.49, p = 0.046, to a certain extent (mean + 3.32% vs. control, p = 0.002 for dynamic and mean + 1.53% vs. control, p = 0.048 for PNF stretching). Dynamic stretching is best used to get a better vertical jump height. Sprint performance was also increased to a greater extent following the stretching session, F (2.58) = 5.60, p = 0.01. Sprint time was +1.05% faster vs. the control, with a value of p = 0.002 after dynamic stretching, while PNF stretching demonstrated a sprint time of +0.35% vs. the control, with a value of p = 0.049. Dynamic stretching showed a better sprint performance and also vertical jump height performance in this study. PNF and dynamic stretching prove to be equally efficacious in flexibility conditioning depending on the type of movement involved. This type of stretching should be utilized to help preserve or improve the performance output of physical activity, especially in sprinting and jumping events.

Acute effect of dry needling on trunk kinematics and balance of patients with non-specific low back pain

BackgroundLimited knowledge exists about the effectiveness of dry needling (DN) concerning the torso kinematics in patients with non-specific low back pain (NS-LBP). Acute effects of DN in NS-LBP patients from a functional perspective were investigated. MethodsSixteen NS-LBP patients and 11 healthy individuals (HG) were examined. NS-LBP patients received a single session of DN at the lumbar region. Baseline and immediate post-treatment measurements during flexion-extension and lateral bending of the trunk were conducted for the NS-LBP patients. HG were measured only at baseline to be used as a reference of NS-LBP patients' initial condition. Algometry was applied in NS-LBP patients. Centre of pressure, range of motion of the trunk and its’ derivatives were obtained. FindingsHG performed significantly faster, smoother and with greater mobility in the performed tasks compared to the pre intervention measurements of the NS-LBP patients. For the NS-LBP patients, significant greater angular velocity in frontal plane and significant lower jerk in the sagittal plane were demonstrated post intervention. DN alleviated pain tolerance significantly at the L5 level. Regarding the effectiveness of the DN upon spine kinematics, their derivatives were more sensitive. InterpretationIt appeared that the pathological type of torso movement was acutely affected by DN. NS-LBP patients showcased smoother movement immediately after the intervention and better control as imprinted in the higher derivative of motion although range of motion did not improve. This quantitative variable may not be subjected to acute effects of DN but rather need additional time and training to be improved.

Sensor based Dance Coherent Action Generation Model using Deep Learning Framework

Dance Coherent Action Generation is a popular research task in recent years to generate movements and actions for computer-generated characters in a simulated environment. It is sometimes referred to as "Motion Synthesis". Motion synthesis algorithms are used to generate physically believable, visually compelling, and contextually appropriate movement using motion sensors. The Dance Coherent Action Generation Model (DCAM) is a generative framework for producing aesthetically pleasing movements using deep learning from small amounts of data. By learning an internal representation of motion dynamics, DCAM can synthesize long sequences of movements in which coherent patterns can be created through latent space interpolation. This framework provides a mechanism for varying the amplitude of the generated motion, allowing further realistic thinking and expression. The proposed model obtained 93.79% accuracy, 93.79% precision, 97.75% recall and 92.92% F1 score. DCAM exploits the balance between imitation and creativity by enabling the production of novel outputs from limited input data and can be trained in an unsupervised manner or fine-tuned with sparse supervision. Furthermore, the framework is easily extended to handle multiple layers of abstraction and can be further personalized to a particular type of movement, enabling the generation of highly individualized outputs.

The Kinetic-Vectorial Design of Internet-Mediated L2 Teaching Practices: The Case of BBC Learning English Website

This study offers new insights into the educational-linguistic visual semiotics of online teaching as a digital practice with kinetic-vectorial design. Towards this end, a twofold social semiotic approach is utilized as a synthetic methodology. First, Van Leeuwen’s (2016) kinetic design model is employed with a view to revealing the movement types of Internet-mediated L2 teaching practices. Second, Kress and Van Leeuwen’s (2021) model of ideational vector analysis is used in a way that uncovers the subtle pedagogical practices of the same type of teaching as directional and transactional acts addressed to educational-website networked L2 learners worldwide. The data sets targeted for analysis comprise screenshot-styled images from the BBC Learning English Website available for public purposes of L2 teaching. A total number of functionally related five images have been selected with an eye to the BBC’s pedagogic content online on the techno-semiotic levels of design kinetics and vectoriality. The current study has reached three findings (with emerging relevant implications). First, the synthetic kinetic-vectorial method of analysis has proved to be empirically effective in investigating the visual semiotics of design mediated by educational websites such as the BBC Website. Second, there emerged kinetically motivated ‘pedagogic’ and ‘digital’ vectors, respectively controlled by the BBC instructors and the design features of the website itself. Third, and last, the kinetic-vectorial analysis of the BBC Website revealed a sort of spatiotemporal compression of pedagogic content; further, the visual aspects of spatial and temporal movements (mobility and movability) appeared to have occurred across different semiotic modes, verbal and visual.

Background earthquakes and aftershock sequences of the strongest intraplate earthquakes in Central Asia

Within the analyzed observation period (1971–2021), the values of the total magnitude of the scalar seismic moment obtained from the aftershocks of the strongest earthquakes (Мw ≥ 7.6) Asia (φ=20–50 N, λ=60–105° E), are weakly correlated with the total magnitude of the scalar seismic moment of background seismicity in the region of the main earthquake. A high level of seismic activity is manifested in the zones of large active faults and is reflected in the total magnitude of the scalar seismic moment of aftershock sequences. The types of movements in the foci of the main events do not affect the degree of aftershock activity (the total values of the scalar seismic moment) and occur at different background levels. Over the past 50 years, the magnitude of the strongest earthquakes has increased compared to the previous fifty-year period.

Pistol: Pupil Invisible Supportive Tool in the Wild

This paper is an in the wild evaluation of the eye tracking tool Pistol. Pistol supports Pupil Invisible projects and other eye trackers (Dikablis, Emke GmbH, Look, Pupil, and many more) in offline mode. For all eye tracking recordings, Pistol is able to compute pupil and iris ellipse, eye aperture, eye lids, 3D eye ball, optical vector estimation, and eye movement types. For Pupil Invisible projects, it also supports the detection of a special marker and allows the 2D and 3D gaze estimation mapped on the scene camera. In this extended journal paper for Pistol we focus on challenging in the wild situations, such as reflections on glasses, eye tracking during sport, changing lightning conditions, and this for two eye trackers. The tool Pistol can be downloaded here Link

Eye-hand coordination all the way: from discrete to continuous hand movements.

The differentiation between continuous and discrete actions is key for behavioral neuroscience. Although many studies have characterized eye-hand coordination during discrete (e.g., reaching) and continuous (e.g., pursuit tracking) actions, all these studies were conducted separately, using different setups and participants. In addition, how eye-hand coordination might operate at the frontier between discrete and continuous movements remains unexplored. Here we filled these gaps by means of a task that could elicit different movement dynamics. Twenty-eight participants were asked to simultaneously track with their eyes and a joystick a visual target that followed an unpredictable trajectory and whose position was updated at different rates (from 1.5 to 240 Hz). This procedure allowed us to examine actions ranging from discrete point-to-point movements (low refresh rate) to continuous pursuit (high refresh rate). For comparison, we also tested a manual tracking condition with the eyes fixed and a pure eye tracking condition (hand fixed). The results showed an abrupt transition between discrete and continuous hand movements around 3 Hz contrasting with a smooth trade-off between fixations and smooth pursuit. Nevertheless, hand and eye tracking accuracy remained strongly correlated, with each of these depending on whether the other effector was recruited. Moreover, gaze-cursor distance and lag were smaller when eye and hand performed the task conjointly than separately. Altogether, despite some dissimilarities in eye and hand dynamics when transitioning between discrete and continuous movements, our results emphasize that eye-hand coordination continues to smoothly operate and support the notion of synergies across eye movement types.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The differentiation between continuous and discrete actions is key for behavioral neuroscience. By using a visuomotor task in which we manipulate the target refresh rate to trigger different movement dynamics, we explored eye-hand coordination all the way from discrete to continuous actions. Despite abrupt changes in hand dynamics, eye-hand coordination continues to operate via a gradual trade-off between fixations and smooth pursuit, an observation confirming the notion of synergies across eye movement types.

Mapping of Risk Levels and Types of Ground Movement in South Sumatra

The western part of South Sumatra Province is situated near Bukit Barisan. Therefore, the topography is characterized by hills and mountains. This condition makes the area vulnerable to ground movement. Information on the risk level and type of ground movement is very important for the region's development. This paper presents the mapping of risk level and type of ground movement along the national road system in South Sumatra Province. The map was developed based on slope condition data collected and tabulated in the Slope Management System developed by the Ministry of Public Works based on several parameters. These parameters were processed and analyzed using ArcGIS software. The risk level is classified as low, medium, high, and very high. The type of ground movement is categorized as debris flow, rock fall, slope failure, rock mass failure, embankment failure, rotation failure, and translation failure. The study uses data from 2018 and 2021. Results show that most ground movement on road segments 36, 37, 38, 18, 19, and 21 is slope failure. The map suggests an increase in the number and level of risk of slope failures from 28 in 2018 to 45 in 2021. The map could be used as preliminary information but not as a replacement for slope surveys and investigations.

Optimized swarming motility assay to identify anti-virulence products against Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a pathogen of farmed shrimp

Swarming motility is a type of movement used by pathogenic flagellated bacteria as virulence factor to colonize surfaces and cause damage to the host. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a pathogenic flagellated bacterium that increases its virulence by switching from swimmer to swarming cells. The hosts of pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus include farmed shrimp. Therefore, methods to detect and quantify this movement are important to control shrimp diseases caused by pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus strains. We developed an optimized swarming motility assay by identifying the most optimal type of agar, and drying time of the culture medium, agar concentration and volume of the bacterial culture to achieve the fastest swarming motility during the migration of V. parahaemolyticus on Petri dishes during a 24-hour incubation period. The method includes data analysis that could be used as a tool to identify potential anti-virulence products by comparing the slopes of the linearized diameters of the swarming halos of bacteria treated with the products, as they migrate on Petri dishes over a 24-hour incubation period.Here we report:•A simple method for detection and quantification of swarming motility halos of V. parahaemolyticus bacteria.•A method that could be used as a tool to identify potential anti-virulence products.

Experiment and numerical simulation on the performance of multiple unidirectional single‐particle dampers under seismic excitation

AbstractThis study designed and manufactured a 1/5‐scale model of a three‐story steel frame structure. Various types of ground motions, including non‐long period (NLP) ground motions, near‐fault pulse type (NFPT) ground motions, and non‐pulse long‐period (NPLP) ground motions, were selected following the site conditions of the structure. The multiple unidirectional single‐particle damper (MUSPD) and its layout schemes were then designed. A series of shaking table tests for the three‐story steel frame with and without MUSPD were performed. Subsequently, a mechanical model of the multi‐degree‐of‐freedom structure with MUSPDs was established, and a corresponding numerical simulation method was proposed. The results revealed that MUSPDs achieved an average damping rate of 18.24% for peak and 27.41% for Root Mean Square (RMS). Notably, MUSPD exhibited a superior damping effect on the RMS of the structure compared to the peak. The distributing floor particle mass according to the first‐order mode of the structure resulted in excellent damping performance. Additionally, determining the particle movement distance for each floor involved calculating the optimal distance using a single‐degree‐of‐freedom structure. MUSPDs exhibited a better damping effect under NLP ground motions compared to NFPT and NPLP ground motions. The shaking table test results confirmed the rationality and feasibility of the proposed numerical simulation method, demonstrating a high level of accuracy.