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Footwear forensics: CSI needs to tread carefully

A new computer algorithm can analyze the footwear marks left at a crime scene according to clusters of footwear types, makes and tread patterns even if the imprint recorded by crime scene investigator...

Footwear etc. Announces the Spring 2013 Collection of Shoes and Sandals from Mephisto

Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) May 01, 2013 Footwear etc. is pleased to announce that it has received the Spring 2013 Collection of Mephisto Shoes and Sandals. With a resurgence in interest and sales by c...

Footwear Etc. Announces the Spring 2013 Collection of Shoes and Sandals from Earth®, Earthies®, and Kalso Earth®

Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) April 03, 2013 Footwear etc. is pleased to announce that it has received Spring 2013 Collection of footwear from Earth shoe Brands. This company actually is composed of thre...

Cat® Footwear Launches Made in America Boot

Rockford, MI (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 Cat Footwear is excited to announce the brand’s first ever American made boot. Handcrafted in the USA by skilled shoe makers, the Liberty work boot from Ca...

Footwear etc. Announces the New Spring Collection from Orthaheel

Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) January 02, 2013 Footwear etc. is pleased to announce that it has begun to receive the Spring 2013 Collection from Orthaheel . These shoes and sandals include new colors for...

Altra Reports First-Quarter 2013 Results

Diluted Earnings Per Share Increases 12.8% Gross Profit Improves 50bps to 30.0%, Despite Modest Decline in Sales Quarterly Dividend Raised 25% to $0.10 per Share BRAINTREE, Mass., April 2...

Altra Holdings Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Lamiflex

BRAINTREE, Mass., July 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altra Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:AIMC) today announced that its subsidiary, Altra Industrial Motion Netherlands BV, has acquired 85% of privately held L...

Altra Delivers Record 2012 Results

Full-Year Sales Increase 8.5% Provides Full-Year 2013 EPS Guidance of Between $1.75 and $1.85 BRAINTREE, Mass., Feb. 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altra Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:AIMC), a global m...

Barefoot-simulating Footwear Associated With Metatarsal Stress Injury in 2 Runners.

Stress-related changes and fractures in the foot are frequent in runners. However, the causative factors, including anatomic and kinematic variables, are not well defined. Footwear choice has also bee...

Chemical enhancement of footwear impressions in urine on fabric.

A range of chemical techniques were utilised for the enhancement of footwear impressions deposited on a variety of fabric types of different colours with urine as a contaminant. A semi-automated stamp...

Comparison of hexahedral and tetrahedral elements in finite element analysis of the foot and footwear.

Finite element analysis has been widely used in the field of foot and footwear biomechanics to determine plantar pressures as well as stresses and strains within soft tissue and footwear materials. Wh...

The influence of footwear on knee joint loading during walking - in vivo load measurements with instrumented knee implants.

Since footwear is commonly used every day, its influence on knee joint loading and thereby on the development and progression of osteoarthritis may be crucial. So far the influence of footwear has bee...

Effects of Footwear Comfort Perception on the Neuromuscular Control of Balance.

Abstract The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of footwear comfort perception on the gain of the gastrocnemius H-reflex response during single leg balance tasks. Subjects perform...