The invention provides a ceramic body for deployment in a composite armor panel, for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity projectiles, the body having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across the stem is less than a cross-sectional area across the head section. The exhaust and injection openings are disposed such that the air flows through the storage chamber in the vertical direction. AMP 77-97 peptide derived from human AMP-18 protein alleviates cancer therapy-induced mucositis. Fastening structure retains the shoe on the foot of a wearer.