PurposeMidsole cushioning thickness (MT) is a key component of running footwear that may influence the stiffness setting of the joints, performance enhancement, and injury prevention.Most studies that have investigated the influence of manipulating shoe midsole characteristics on foot strike patterns and vertical force loading rates have not consid
Dark matter in axion landscape
If there are a plethora of 4 in 1 Can Cooler axions in nature, they may have a complicated potential and create an axion landscape.We study a possibility that one of the axions is so light that it is cosmologically stable, explaining the observed dark matter density.In particular we focus on a case in which two (or more) shift-symmetry breaking ter
A preliminary study on dynamic response of cold-region tunnel systems considering the frozen soil in plastic zone
Abstract The elasto-plastic dynamic response of tunnels surrounded by frozen soil under 4 in 1 Can Cooler loads applied to the tunnel invert is investigated in this study.Special attention is paid to the frozen soil in plastic zones around the tunnel in cold regions where anisotropic frost heave occurs.Analytical solutions of displacement and stres
Chronic Exposure to the Fusarium Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol: Impact on Performance, Immune Organ, and Intestinal Integrity of Slow-Growing Chickens
This study investigates the long-term effects of deoxynivalenol (DON) consumption on avian growth performance, on the proliferation, apoptosis, and DNA damage of spleen cells, and on intestinal integrity.Two hundred and eight 5-day-old black-feathered Taiwan country chickens were fed diets containing 0, 2, 5, and 10 mg/kg of DON for 16 weeks.Body w