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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

On‐Demand Activation of Thin Alginate Shell Encapsulated Volatile Liquid for Untethered Pneumatic Soft Actuation

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Phase‐changing liquids enable untethered pneumatic actuation in soft robotics but suffer from volatility and storage challenges. This work reports a simple method to encapsulate Novec 7000 within micron‐thin alginate shells via in situ injection and ionic crosslinking.
Rayan A. M. Basodan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Better Deal at Half the Cost: SSA Scoring of the Cato Social Security Reform Plan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The Social Security Administration's Office of the Actuary has officially "scored" the Individual Social Security Investment Program Act (HR 530), introduced by Reps. Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ).
Michael D. Tanner
core  

Influence of an Oxygen‐Free Atmosphere on Diamond‐Single‐Grain Scratching of Ti–6Al–4V

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Single‐grain scratching of Ti–6Al–4V is investigated under controlled, oxygen‐free, and ambient atmospheres using a novel experimental setup with in situ high‐speed imaging. The approach enables direct observation of chip formation and adhesion under suppressed oxidation.
Berend Denkena   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taxation and social security system reform [PDF]

open access: yes
General observations The case for reform of the taxation and social security systems, together with reform blueprints, were provided in the Henry Review released in May 2010. To the Henry Review reform proposals should be added a more comprehensive and
John Freebairn
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DETERMINANT EROSION FACTORS FOR PENSION ROMANIAN SYSTEM - A STATISTICAL APPROACH [PDF]

open access: yesAnalele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2010
The demographical evolutions of the last 20 years, the changes in the Romanian economy and society influenced one special category which is the retired people.
Ana-Gabriela BABUCEA
doaj  

Jaminan Sosial di Indonesia: Relevansi Pendekatan Informal

open access: yesJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, 2002
Indonesia is deprived in social security system, despite the fact that the recently amended constitution retains a mandate to grant all citizen with social security.
- Mudiyono
doaj   +1 more source

Social Security Financial Crises [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the causes of the social security financial crises. We indicate that the financial crisis might be endogenous to the social security system.
Rodrigo Cerda
core  

Ensuring Social Security in the Corporate Security Management System in Wartime Conditions [PDF]

open access: yesProblemi Ekonomiki
The aim of the article is to closer define the theoretical foundations and develop methodological approaches for integrating social security into the corporate security management system under wartime conditions in order to enhance the resilience of ...
Mishyn Oleksandr Yu.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Individual Risk in an Investment-Based Social Security System

open access: yes, 2001
This paper examines the risk aspects of an investment-based defined contribution Social Security plan. We focus on the risk after the plan is fully phased in.
Martin Feldstein, E. Ranguelova
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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