Taking Coordinated and Joint Action to Promote the Green Development of the Economy and the Society

The green development is the latest economic and social development philosophy that is proposed to cope with the gradual deterioration of current ecological environment, and it aims to achieve the comprehensive greenization of the economy and the society. To promote the green development of the economy and the society, we must look far and aim high, and we must take a holistic approach, coordinate the strategic measures in the fields of the economy, the politics, the culture, the society, the natural environment, and international cooperation, as well as emphasize the logic, the connection, and the hierarchy of different systems, then establish a synergetic mechanism of the green development so that various measures will be coordinated and brought forward to maximize the effect in the joint effort of promoting the green transformation of the economy and the society.

Moving Human Posture Recognition Based on Joint Quaternion

Posture recognition plays an important role in many applications,such as security system and monitoring system.Joint quaternion combined with support vector machine(SVM) can solve the problem of moving human posture recognition.It is a simple and effective algorithm that only three joints are used as the feature points in the whole human skeleton.Using the quaternion of the three joints,a feature vector with five parameters in gait cycle is extracted.The efficiency of the proposed method is demonstrated through an experimental study,and walking and running postures can be distinguished accurately.

Joint Coordination Organizes to Form the Task-Dependent Trajectory of the Body Center of Mass

As the central nervous system controls whole-body motion, which involves multi-joint movement, certain problems with regard to the number of variables controlled by the central nervous system arise (i.e., the “degree of freedom problem”). The central nervous system solves these problems not by controlling joint movements, but rather by controlling only the task-dependent center of mass (COM) position of the whole body. Although uncontrolled joint movement should be organized in a coordinate manner to form the task-dependent COM position, it is unclear what kind of law joint coordination is organized by. Hence, in the present study, we aim to clarify the shape of joint coordination by elucidating the mutual relationship between the COM trajectory and joint movement during whole-body motion. Downward squatting motions with five trunk angles are recorded by using a 3-D motion analysis system in 8 healthy males. The COM trajectory shows a task-dependent path in all trunk conditions. The shank angle decreases with an increase in the trunk angle to produce the task-dependent COM trajectory, whereas the thigh showsd a constant angle. These findings demonstrate that the COM trajectory is constrained by biomechanical dynamics and minimum muscle torques, and that the joints are organized into a lawful coordinative structure to form the COM trajectory.

How do Cats Resist Landing Injury:Insights into the Multi-level Buffering Mechanism

When humans jump down from a high position,there is a risk of serious injury to the lower limbs.However,cats can jump down from the same heights without any injury because of their excellent ability to attenuate impact forces.The present study aims to investigate the macro/micro biomechanical features of paw pads and limb bones of cats,and the coordination control of joints during landing,providing insights into how cats protect themselves from landing injury.Accordingly,histological analysis,radiological analysis,finite element method,and mechanical testing were performed to investigate the mechanical properties,microstructure,and biomechanical response of the pads and limb bones.In addition,using a motion capture system,the kinematic/kinetic data during landing were analysed based on inverse dynamics.The results show that the pads and limb bones are major contributors to non-impact-injuries,and cats actively couple their joints to adjust the parameters of movement to dissipate the higher impact.Therefore,the paw pads,limb bones,and coordinated joints complement each other and constitute a multi-level buffering mechanism,providing the cat with the sophisticated shock absorption system.This biomechanical analysis can accordingly provide biological inspiration for new approaches to prevent human lower limb injuries.