1938 results about "Physical performance" patented technology

A system for continuously monitoring a user's motion and for continuously providing realtime visual physical performance information to the user while the user is moving to enable the user to detect physical performance constructs that expose the user to increased risk of injury or that reduce the user's physical performance. The system includes multiple passive controllers 100A-F for measuring the user's motion, a computing device 102 for communicating with wearable display glasses 120 and the passive controllers 100A-F to provide realtime physical performance feedback to the user. The computing device 102 also transmits physical performance constructs to the wearable display glasses 120 to enable the user to determine if his or her movement can cause injury or reduce physical performance.

An apparatus for assessing human physical performance includes one or more force measuring devices; one or more instruments for measuring at least one of kinesthetic, vestibular, visual, auditory, somatosensory, or cardiovascular information; a control apparatus; a computing apparatus; a storage apparatus; an input apparatus; and an output apparatus. The apparatus may also include one or more instruments for measuring at least one of vestibular, visual, or somatosensory information. In addition, methods may be used to assess human physical performance by assessing one or more of: (1) muscular performance; (2) postural balance / equilibrium and nervous system processing of kinesthetic information; (3) postural balance / equilibrium and nervous system processing of at least one of vestibular, visual, auditory, or somatosensory information; (4) postural balance / equilibrium and at least one other physiological parameter; or (5) neuromuscular abilities of a person during a movement requiring power followed by a stabilization period.

A wearable sensor system with gesture recognition for measuring physical performance 98 includes a sensor ring 100 for providing signals corresponding to finger movement to an information processor 101. The sensor ring 100 internally includes an accelerometer 106 for measuring motion of a predetermined finger, the measured motion corresponding to an exercise routine performed by a user of the system 98, a processor 109 for conditioning the signals from the accelerometer 106, and a transceiver 108 for transmitting the conditioned signals to the information processor 101 for display and feedback to the user for accessing the quality of the exercise. The system 98 further includes means for allowing the user to start and stop the processing of the measured finger motion by moving the finger with sensor ring 100 thereon a predetermined distance and speed.

The present invention enhances the effectiveness of treatment of support tissue structures. Generally, such tissue structures support organs and hold the organs in their proper position for appropriate functioning. When such tissue structures become weak, hyper-elastic, and / or excessively lengthy, the organs of are no longer supported in their proper position. This often leads to physical manifestations such as incontinence, hernias, and the like. Remedies often involve thermal treatment of the support tissue structures, such as thermally inducted controlled shrinkage, contraction, or stiffening of the support tissue structure. To enhance such thermal treatment and diminish the possibility of undesirable heating and damage to nearby tissue surfaces, vasoconstrictive agents are used.

The invention relates to an ultraviolet light curing anti fogging coating composite with fine anti fogging effect and a preparing method thereof. The ultraviolet light curing coating composite comprises hydrophilic activated oligomer, hydrophobic light curing resin, hydrophilic polymeric monomers, hydrophobic activated diluent, photoinitiator and additive. The method comprises the following steps: accurately weighting and placing the hydrophilic activated oligomer and the hydrophobic light curing resin into a container, adding the hydrophilic polymeric monomers, the activated diluent and the additive in turn to mix for 10min, and then adding the photoinitiator, mixing for 5min to obtain the composite in the invention which is preserved in dark place. The ultraviolet light curing anti fogging coating composite provided by the invention can be coated on thermal sensitivity plastic base material such as PC, PMMA, PET and the like; the coating after the ultraviolet light curing has fine hydrophily and physical performance. The invention has fine anti fogging and fog inhibiting effect, and the coating has good adhesive force and water resistance which can ensure the durability of the anti fogging performance.

A braided protective sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has a wall extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The wall includes a plurality of braided yarns forming inner and outer surfaces of the sleeve. The inner surface bounds an internal cavity and the outer surface is exposed to the surrounding environment. The yarns are braided with one another in a X / Y braid pattern with X and Y being different numerical values from one another. The numerical values of X and Y can be selected as desired to provide the sleeve with the enhanced physical performance characteristics desired. A plurality of yarns extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis can be interlaced with the braided yarns. The interlaced yarns can be exposed to the internal cavity and concealed from the environment; exposed to the environment and concealed from the internal cavity, or both.

The invention discloses a numerical simulation method for a selective laser melting process. The method comprises a first step of establishment of a finite element model of additive manufacturing process simulation; a second step of meshing on the finite element model of the additive manufacturing process, wherein full-hexahedron meshing is adopted; a third step of definition of printing powder material properties and thermal physical performance parameters which must be determined for temperature field analysis in the additive manufacturing process; a fourth step of loading of a control equation of a mobile heat source; and a fifth step of analysis of thermal stress field and total deformation changes in the additive manufacturing process and after sintering is finished. Through the numerical simulation method for the selective laser melting process, printing parameters can be optimized, and warping and deformation of parts can be prevented; and the method provides effective guidancefor supporting structural design and a printing strategy (speed and direction), lowering the rejection rate and realizing ''success at a time''.

The invention discloses a controlled degradation type full-biodegrade agricultural mulching film, belonging to the technical field of agricultural mulching films. The full-biodegrade agricultural mulching film comprises the following raw materials by weight percent: 0.5%-50% of a processing aid A, 0.1%-0.5% of a processing aid B, 2%-10% of a functional aid A, 0.3%-2% of a functional aid B, 0.1%-5% of a functional aid C and the balance of full-biodegrade polyester. The full-biodegrade agricultural mulching film is reasonable in design, and the stiffness of the mulching film is kept by compounding flexible full-biodegrade resin with rigid full-biodegradable resin; good physical performance of the mulching film is ensured by reasonably combining various aids with full-biodegrade polyester; in addition, the mulching film does not contain non-biodegradable resin, is good in comprehensive performance, can meet the requirements on the degradation time caused by crops, and cannot affect subsequent farm operation after being degraded.

The invention provides methods for enhancing physical performance without requiring repetitive training.

Personalized, health and performance programs are generated for individuals based on various biomarkers and performance and lifestyle assessments. In one embodiment, a diagnostic test of blood or other biological specimen(s) is used to determine key biological marker levels. Information and assessments of the user's physical performance, life style and health and wellness goals is also collected and provided to an expert system that matches the biomarker levels and assessments to a knowledgebase of scientific knowledge about biomarker levels and health and fitness outcomes. Personal recommendations and advice on nutrition and exercise is then generated, which may be used to help individuals reach their diet, fitness, and wellness goals and improve their physical and mental performance and well being in measurable ways.

The invention provides a spraying polyurea elastomer applied to a mine, a method for making the same and a construction method. The spraying polyurea elastomer can solve the problem of poor wearing resistance in the prior art. The invention comprises the following technical proposals that: the spraying polyurea elastomer applied to the mine comprises two compositions A and R, wherein, the composition A is a semi-prepolymer synthesized by 45 to 65 portions of polyisocyanate and 35 to 55 portions of polyether polyol; the composition R comprises 55 to 80 portions of amine terminated polyether, 15 to 33 portions of chain extender and 5 to 25 portions of antiwear filler; and the compositions A and R are matched for use according to an isocyanate index of between 0.9 and 1.2. The spraying polyurea elastomer has good physical performance, high wearing resistance, good oil resistance, hydrolization resistance, bacteria resistance and aging resistance and good construction performance and can be used in a vibration sieve equipment lining, a flotation equipment lining, etc. of the mine and other application places which have high requirement on wearing resistance.

The invention relates to a thin-wall insulated electric wire material for an automobile and a preparation method of the electric wire material, belonging to the technical field of materials, and solving the problem that cable wires cannot meet long-time ageing resistance, low-temperature resistance, high-temperature resistance, high physical performance, no drop during combustion, good liquid resistance and the like simultaneously in the prior art. The cable material comprises the following ingredients in parts by weight: 100 parts of matrix resin, 30-40 parts of modifier, 40-60 parts of plasticizer, 15-25 parts of filler, 50-60 parts of flame retardant, 5-10 parts of stabilizer, 1-5 parts of wear-resistant agent, and 1-5 parts of auxiliaries, wherein the plasticizer is the mixture of halogenated biphosphate compound FR-V6, dihexyl sebacate and 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol di-isobutyrate in a weight ratio of (5-10): (3-6): 1. The thin-wall insulated electric wire material for the automobile disclosed by the invention is good in physical performance, resistant to long-time ageing, and low in cost.

A method for reducing stance energy is provided. The method including: storing energy during one or more periods of a periodic motion of a joint in which energy is absorbed by the muscles; at least partially returning the stored energy to the muscles during one or more periods in which the muscles are performing work; and producing a resisting moment at the joint in addition to a moment necessary for the storing. A method for rehabilitating muscles acting across a joint is also provided in which an amount of the storing is adjusted to provide a desired rehabilitative effect. Also provided is a method for enhancing performance of a physical activity where energy is absorbed by muscles associated with the motion and the stored energy is at least partially returned to the muscles during one or more periods of the motion in which the muscles are performing work.

A system for improving either or both the physical well-being and physical performance of a person, such as in day-to-day activities or sports-related activities. The person's skeletal and muscular characteristics are assessed relative to such things as flexibility, movement, and strength, and the person's performance characteristics relating to an optimized performance of a task or a sports-related activity (e.g. golf swing) are determined. By matching the differences in the person's physical characteristics and performance characteristics, an optimized physical remedial course can be initiated, as well as a remedial course in improving the physical performance related more to learned defects in performance.

The invention discloses an injection molding grade flame retardant PVC / ABS alloy material and a preparation method thereof. The alloy material comprises the following components in parts by weight: 30-80 parts of PVC resin, 35-70 parts of ABS resin, 1-6 parts of a heat stabilizer, 2-5 parts of a processing agent, 2-15 parts of an impact modifier, 1-10 parts of a heat resistant modifier, 2-5 parts of a plasticizer, 2-8 parts of a fire retardant, 3-10 parts of a smoke suppression agent and 3-15 parts of other accessory ingredients. The PVC / ABS alloy material disclosed by the invention adopts the high-fluidity PVC resin and the heat-resistance, high-toughness and high-fluidity ABS resin, so that the PVC / ABS alloy material has excellent mechanical performance and processing fluidity; on the premise of guaranteeing excellent physical performance of the material, the obtained PVC / ABS alloy material further improves the processing fluidity, the heat stability, the flame resistance and the heat resistance of products, and reduces the smoke density.

A dietary supplement is provided whereby the daily administration of materials derived from the Acacia plants is provided orally to humans for the purpose of producing or maintaining weight loss as well as improving a person's physical performance and increasing the person's lean muscle mass. The Acacia materials include these portions of the plant that are normally considered waste or inedible, such as leaves, bark, and roots. The materials can be administered in their natural form or as extracts, and can be administered in various ways including capsules and tablets. The Acacia material may also be used as a tea. For weight loss and weight control, the materials may also be administered concurrently with caloric restriction or in the absence of caloric restriction. The materials may also be administered for the purpose of increasing muscle mass concurrently with a high protein diet as well as an exercise program.

The invention discloses an insulating cable residual service life comprehensive evaluation method based on physical, chemical and electric properties. An insulating cable is an XLPE (Cross Linked Polyethylene) insulating cable. The method comprises a partial discharging amount test, a gradual layer voltage-resisting test, a thermal aging test and an activating energy test; an insulating state of an XLPE insulating cable sample is obtained according to a partial discharging amount calculated by he partial discharging amount test; a residual service life numerical value range of the XLPE insulating cable sample is obtained according to testing results of the gradual layer voltage-resisting test, the thermal aging test and the activating energy test. The method can integrate a plurality of indexes of cable aging evaluation, and combines macroscopic and microscopic change conditions, so that the residual service life data of the cable is completely analyzed in the three aspects of physical performances, chemical performances and electric performances, and the method has important guiding meanings on line modification and power grid planning.

Materials derived from Citrus plants can be administered orally to humans for the purpose of producing or maintaining weight loss as well as for improving the person's physical performance and increasing the person's lean muscle mass. The Citrus materials include those portions of the plant that are normally considered waste or inedible, such as the leaves, peel, and immature, unripe fruit. The materials contain at least one of the alkaloids from the group consisting of synephrine, hordenine, octopamine, tyramine and N-methyltyramine (1). Two species, Citrus aurantium and Citrus reticulata, are particularly useful. The materials can be administered in their natural form or as extracts, and can be administered in various ways including capsules and tablets. The Citrus materials may also be used as a tea. For weight loss and weight control, the materials can be administered concurrently with caloric restriction or in the absence of caloric restriction. The materials may also be administered for the purpose of increasing muscle mass concurrently with a high protein diet as well as with an exercise program.

The invention relates to a waterproof and moisture-permeable coating agent composition, wherein, a certain amount of microporous lignocellulose fine powder is added into the coating agent with waterproof function, so that the coating agent has moisture permeable performance. The waterproof and moisture-permeable coating agent composition which is used as the coating agent for non-woven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric can be made into coated fabric and synthetic leather with waterproof and moisture permeable performances. Compared with the prior at, the invention has the advantages that: 1. the raw material is easy to be added, the process is available with high adaptability, no need to add new equipment; 2. on the premise that the waterproof performance is not decreased, the amount of moisture permeated is increased obviously and the anti-adhesion is improved; 3. the coated fabric and superfine fiber and artificial cover synthetic leather made by the invention has the advantages of fine moisture permeability, high resistance to water pressure and that the physical performance does not decrease.

A music-based video game additionally evaluates a game player's physical performance. The game player's physical performance is evaluated in some embodiments by determining if an indication of controller movement matches predefined patterns while the game player responds to instructive cues to operate a representation of a musical instrument. A representation of a musician may be provided, with the game player to mimic movements of the representation of the musician. The game player may be provided additional points for properly responding to instructive cues while moving in predefined manners.

Belonging to structural ceramics materials field, the invention relates to a light, adiabatic, soundproof and green ceramic. Its chemical composition and weight percentage are as follows: SiO 45-78 percent, Al2O3 12-26 percent, CaO+MgO 4-15 percent, Fe2O3 0-8 percent, LiO2+K2O+Na2O 1-8 percent and etc. Its method follows nether steps: evenly stirring waste sludge or (and) waster slag or (and) waste ceramic scatters of 50-80 percent, blending of primary mineral with expending performance of 20-50 percent and agglutinant of 0.1-2 percent, crash blending to ball mill for 16-24 hours, moulding and drying, burning in 1100-1250deg.C, cold working and finally getting fullbodied glass phase, even close micro pores and completely sintered light ceramic. Merits of the invention lie in that effectively use industrial discards, production has an excellent physical performance, sintering performance is very good, float on water surface for a long time without sinking and cracking and freezeproof performance is very good.

Beta-hydroxybutyrate mineral salts in combination with medium chain fatty acids or an ester thereof such as medium chain triglycerides were used to induce ketosis, achieving blood ketone levels of (2-7 mmol / L), with or without dietary restriction. The combination results in substantial improvements in metabolic biomarkers related to insulin resistance, diabetes, weight loss, and physical performance in a short period of time. Further, use of these supplements to achieve ketosis yields a significant elevation of blood ketones and reduction of blood glucose levels. Use of these substances does not adversely affect lipid profiles. By initiating rapid ketosis and accelerating the rate of ketoadaptation, this invention is useful for the avoidance of glucose withdrawal symptoms commonly experienced by individuals initiating a ketogenic diet, and minimizes the loss of lean body mass during dietary restriction.

Methods of classifying risk and adjusting policy pricing for elderly insurance applicants are provided. The methods preferably include the steps of requesting the applicant to perform tests in addition to a physical examination, analyzing the results of the tests, and classifying the risk of mortality of the applicant based on the results of the analysis. The additional test is preferably designed to analyze the applicant's physical performance, cognitive performance, executive function, and present physical health of an applicant.

Nutritional compositions are provided containing at least one PPAR agonist, at least one PGC-1alpha agonist, and at least one creatine derivative. Methods of promoting anabolism and improving or enhancing physical performance using the compositions are provided. The compositions and methods can be combined with physical training or exercise.

The invention discloses a room-temperature moisture-curable single-component flame-retardant polyurethane sealant and a preparation method thereof. The sealant is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 30-55 parts of liquid polyether type polyurethane pre-polymer base stock, 10-30 parts of flame-retardant plasticizer, 0.1-1 part of silane coupling agent, 15-30 parts of flame-retardant powder, 10-30 parts of filler, 0.01-0.05 part of catalyst and 0.2-3 parts of methyl benzenesulfonyl isocyanate, wherein the liquid polyether type polyurethane pre-polymer base stock is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 32.8-57.64 parts of common polyether glycol, 28.82-54.67 parts of flame-retardant polyether glycol, 12.51-13.53 parts of polyisocyanates, and 0.01 part of catalyst. The room-temperature moisture-curable single-component flame-retardant polyurethane sealant is excellent in physical performance, thixotropic property and flame-retardant performance, and convenient for construction.

The invention provides a formaldehyde catching agent. An efficient macromolecular type formaldehyde catching agent is synthesized by performing addition polycondensation reaction on a methyl acrylate monomer and a polyamine compound to generate an amino-group-enriched hyperbranched polymer and adding corresponding auxiliaries. According to the catching agent, formaldehyde is caught by using an amino group of the hyperbranched polymer and film forming fixing is implemented by using a carbon framework of an acrylate type substance; modification is realized by the corresponding various auxiliaries, so that the physical performance and the formaldehyde elimination effect are improved. The formaldehyde catching agent has the characteristics of no toxicity, no volatility and no irritating odor, and secondary harm to a human body is avoided; the formaldehyde catching agent can be limitlessly dissolved in water, is mild in property, free from corrosion, easy to add and spray, high in film forming property and durable.

The present invention is preparation process of porous metal material, and features that metal powder and water soluble adhesive are mixed into slurry; the slurry is painted onto metal net, stoved and sintered in vacuum or reducing atmosphere; and the sintered metal net is rolled and flattened to obtain the said porous metal material. The present invention provides the preparation process of sintered porous metal material with high filtering precision, excellent permeating performance and excellent mechanical and physical performance. The porous metal material is used mainly in filtering and separating in industry, and may be also used in fluid distributing and control, catalyst carrier, energy exchange, electrode material, etc.