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The brain is amazingly complex, and the effects of a brain injury can vary widely. The injury can produce cognitive, sensory or physical impairments; most are amenable to rehabilitation. Some symptoms may appear right away, while others may not show up for days or weeks after the concussion. Disconjugate eye movements have been associated with traumatic brain injury since ancient times. Concussions...
This article describes the design and development of an electronic data glove to study hand movement of individuals with movement impairments due to brain injury. Customized stretch sensors were used to measure the five metacarpophalangeal joint angles. The main features of the device are cost-effective, lightweight, and high memory capacity. It records the bending angle of all 5 metacarpophalangeal...
Different occupations and professions in almost every society, and despite all the ethical frameworks that govern professions by professional ethics, it is widely noticed that there are still challenges facing each profession. One of those ethical challenges is related to paternalism. Paternalism is the act of interfering with a person's autonomy by making decisions for them claiming that it is “for...
A dry swimming machine is a machine that allows swim training or exercise on dry land. Few dry swimming machines are commercially available for specialized swim training and stroke style evaluation. These machines are usually expensive and not designed or made suitable for physical exercise. Most of these devices are sensor based. Few high-end swimming machines have been developed and customized for...
Kyphosis is the clinical term used to describe abnormal curvature in the thoracic spine. Postural kyphosis is the result of poor posture. Adolescents and young adults often suffer from this condition as they slouch when standing or sitting, causing the spine to curve forward. Physical therapists often instruct their patients to sit and stand upright or to use ergonomically designed sitting environment...
This paper presents a compact and power efficient ultra-violet (UV) dosimeter design. The compact design is achieved by incorporating the principal dosimeter functions onto a CMOS integrated chip. Besides, the external components are arranged in order to minimize the global board BoM (Bill of Materials). On the power consumption side, the CMOS integration aims to reduce the maximum power consumption...
Blindness is a widespread medical condition which affects millions of people around the world. Many travel aids have been introduced to help the blind but they are either complicated or over simplified and based on theoretical studies that don't meet the real needs of the blind. Some blind people have developed a unique technique to navigate similar to bats by which they can imagine a realistic sonograph...
Premature newborns are at high risk of developing infections, so they require continuous monitoring of vital parameters for long periods of time; approximately until they reach the pregnancy due date. Electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most widely used methods for evaluating the structure-function relationships of the heart in health and disease. Due to incomplete skin development, the very premature...
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