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IPv4 VLSM Calculator is a free app for Android published in the System Maintenance list of apps, part of System Utilities.

The company that develops IPv4 VLSM Calculator is Andro DevNet. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0. This app was rated by 7 users of our site and has an average rating of 4.6.

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Balance control is a strong predictor of functional recovery, walking capacity and fall risk after stroke (Michael et al., 2005; Belgen et al., 2006; Simpson et al., 2011; van Duijnhoven et al., 2016; Xu et al., 2018). Commonly used clinical measures [e.g., the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) and Timed Up and Go (TUG)] focus on anticipatory balance control, that is essential for the maintenance of postural stability prior to voluntary movement by compensating for destabilizing forces associated with the movement. However, in situations of unexpected loss of balance, the ability to respond effectively (i.e., reactive balance control), is crucial for fall prevention (Maki and McIlroy, 1997). After small external disturbances, we can usually regain balance while keeping the feet in place. However, falls often occur from large external disturbances (Maki and McIlroy, 2006) which require a rapid step response to alter the base of support. Recent studies assessed reactive balance control abilities by exposure to external perturbations delivered from a movable platform (Salot et al., 2015; Honeycutt et al., 2016; de Kam et al., 2017). In this paradigm, the time, direction and intensity of perturbation is unpredicted, thus simulating situations in real life where loss of balance is unexpected. PwS have shown substantially impaired reactive balance responses compared to healthy individuals, characterized by increased need for external assistance, difficulty initiating protective stepping with either lower limb, increased usage of multiple step strategy, and more falls into the harness system (Marigold and Eng, 2006; Mansfield et al., 2013; Martinez et al., 2013; Inness et al., 2014; Salot et al., 2015; Honeycutt et al., 2016; de Kam et al., 2017).

Although impairments in balance control following stroke have been studied extensively and their impact on the risk of falls and fractures has been established, relatively few studies have explored the associations between these impairments and damage to specific brain structures. Voxel-based lesion symptom mapping (VLSM) is a commonly used method for analyses of the neural basis underlying different types of impairment described by Bates et al. (2003). Use of VLSM for analysis of lesion characteristics in lower-limb paresis, gait instability and impaired balance, is much less prevalent compared with its use in analyses focusing on the hemiparetic upper limb. Using VLSM, Reynolds et al. (2014) found that lower BBS scores were associated with damage in the precentral gyrus, putamen, caudate and pallidum, cuneus, frontal operculum, and also damage to some thalamic structures. They also found that TUG scores were associated with lesions in the postcentral gyrus, insular cortex, superior temporal cortex, and the inferior parietal lobule. Lee et al. (2017) found that lesions involving the corona radiata, internal capsule, globus pallidus, putamen, primary motor cortex and caudate nucleus are associated with poor recovery of gait, as measured with the functional ambulation category (FAC) 6 months after stroke onset. In contradiction to the above findings, Moon et al. (2016) found no specific lesion locations in association with poor BBS and FAC scores. Poor gait speed was found to associate with damage to the putamen, insula, caudate, corona radiata and external capsule (EC; Reynolds et al., 2014; Jones et al., 2016). Alexander et al. (2009) found that damage to the putamen, insula and EC was related to gait asymmetry in chronic PwS. Lower Extremity Fugl-Meyer (LEFM) scores were found to be associated with damage in the corona radiata, putamen, globus pallidus, caudate, insula and internal capsule (Reynolds et al., 2014; Moon et al., 2016).

To assess reactive balance capacity after simulated loss of balance, participants stood on a computerized treadmill system with a horizontal movable platform (Balance Tutor, MediTouch, Israel), wearing a safety harness that prevented falls but did not restrict their movements (Figure 1). They were instructed to stand with feet placed together and to react naturally to prevent themselves from falling in response to random unannounced forward, backward, right and left surface translations. Surface translation intensity was increased systematically in a graded manner from low (intensity 1) to high (intensity 6) for a total of 24 perturbation trials (characteristics of perturbation intensities are described in Table 1). In case of insufficient balance response i.e., a fall into harness, participants did not continue to a higher intensity. We measured the fall threshold, defined as the perturbation intensity that results in unsuccessful balance recovery, i.e., when a subject is unambiguously supported by the harness system (Honeycutt et al., 2016).

Setup for reactive balance control assessment. On the left is the computerized treadmill system. On the right is a video sequence demonstrating reactive step response to lateral surface translation of a stroke patient with right hemiparesis. A written informed consent was obtained from the individual for the publication of this image.

The system controller receives from the PC program the required motion parameters, which are the target position, maximal velocity, acceleration and deceleration. The controller has an internal motion profile generator that generates a trapezoidal velocity profile. Abbreviation: cm, centimetre; cm/s, centimetre per second; cm/s2, centimetre per second square. Presented are peak values.

CT scans dated on average 22 days post stroke onset were examined by a physician experienced in the analysis of neuro-imaging data (NS). This was done in order to ensure that lesion boundaries were clear and traceable and that the CT presents a stable pattern of tissue damage without a mass effect from residual edema. Lesion analyses were performed with the Analysis of Brain Lesions (ABLe) module implemented in MEDx software (Medical-Numerics, Sterling, VA, USA). Lesion delineation was done manually on the digitized CTs. ABLe characterizes brain lesions in CT scans of adult human brain by spatially normalizing the lesioned brain into Talairach space using the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) template. It reports tissue damage in the normalized brain using an interface to the Talairach Daemon (San Antonio, Texas), Automated Anatomical Labeling (AAL) atlas, Volume Occupancy Talairach Labels (VOTL) atlas or the White Matter Atlas (Lancaster et al., 2000; Tzourio-Mazoyer et al., 2002; Solomon et al., 2007). Quantification of the amount of tissue damage within each structure/region of the atlas was obtained as described by us earlier (Haramati et al., 2008). Registration accuracy of the scans to the MNI template across all subjects was 94.1% (94.28 1.02 and 93.8 1.4 in RHD and LHD patients, respectively).

Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS version 24.0 (IBM Corp, NY, USA). The Shapiro-Wilk Test was used to test the assumption of normal distribution (p > 0.05). Baseline characteristics for behavioral data were compared using independent-samples t-test for continuous variables, Mann-Whitney U test for ordinal variables or variables with non-normal distributions and Chi-square test for categorical data. Correction for multiple comparisons was conducted using the Bonferroni correction (p = 0.05/12 = 0.004).

Individual lesion data are displayed in Supplementary Figure S1. Overlay lesion maps (stroke lesion distribution) of left hemisphere damaged (LHD) and right hemisphere damaged (RHD) patients are presented in Figure 2. As can be seen, in both groups the maximal lesion overlap was in the capsular-putaminal region. Comparisons between groups for the locations of lesions are presented in Supplementary Tables S1A,B.

The VLSM analysis identified clusters of voxels associated with poorer balance, gait and lower-extremity function (Figure 3). Tables s 3, 4 show the anatomical structures in the right and left hemispheres, respectively, where damage was found to exert a significant impact on the tested functions. In both groups, the major impact is attributed to lesions of the putamen and white matter regions along the corticospinal tract (CST). In the RHD group (Table 3), fall threshold, BBS and LEFM were affected by lesions in the posterior limb of internal capsule (PLIC) and superior corona radiata (SCR), with BBS scores being affected also by damage to the putamen. In the LHD group (Table 4) fall threshold, 6MWT and LEFM were affected by damage to the PLIC and SCR as well as the putamen and EC.