Medical engineering topic list of research papers
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Evaluation of postural control and quality of life in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis
Abstract Objective To assess the balance in dynamic tasks and in the quality of life in elderly women with and without knee osteoarthritis. Methods Elderly women...
2014 / Júlia Guimarães Reis, Matheus Machado Gomes, Thamires Máximo Neves, Marina Petrella, Renê Donizeti Ribeiro de Oliveira, et al. -
An Overview of Three Promising Mechanical, Optical, and Biochemical Engineering Approaches to Improve Selective Photothermolysis of Refractory Port Wine Stains2011 / Guillermo Aguilar, Bernard Choi, Mans Broekgaarden, Owen Yang, Bruce Yang, et al.
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Comparison of the effect of sevoflurane and propofol on oxygenation during gradual transition to one-lung ventilation
Abstract Background It is known that hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction increases as a result of intermittent regional hypoxic challenges. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of sevoflurane and propofol on oxygenation...
2013 / Ayşe Karci, Seden Duru, Hasan Hepağuşlar, Lügen Çiftçi, Osman Yilmaz -
Effect of whole-body vibration on muscle strength, spasticity, and motor performance in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy children
Abstract Background and purpose Spastic diplegia is a common form of cerebral palsy (CP) and is characterized by spasticity and muscle weakness of both lower limbs resulting in decreased walking ability. The purpose of this study...
2014 / Marwa M. Ibrahim, Mohamed A. Eid, Samah A. Moawd -
Failure of Self-Inflating Manual Resuscitator Due to the Presence of Dried Pulmonary Secretions
Summary Background and objectives Self-inflating manual resuscitators (SIMR) are devices used to ventilate patients with ventilatory needs. These devices consist of a set of valves that work sequentially, and changes in their...
2013 / Armando Carlos Franco de Godoy -
Save Animals – Use Yourself: Teaching Cardiovascular Pathophysiology without Lab Animals
Abstract Historically was education of physiology and pathophysiology associated with demonstration of organism's function or basic pathological process on lab animals. This was partly due to the fact that many functions were able to be recorded...
2014 / Peter Scheer, Jana Hložková, Ivana Uhríková, Jaroslav Doubek -
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Gait compensations in rats after a temporary nerve palsy quantified using temporo-spatial and kinematic parameters
Abstract Background The aim of this work was to test a method for measuring the gait of rats with sufficient sensitivity to detect subtle locomotor changes due to pathology, injury and recovery. ...
2014 / Theofano Eftaxiopoulou, Warren Macdonald, David Britzman, Anthony M.J. Bull -
Predictors of cerebral microembolization during phased radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation: Analysis of biophysical parameters from the ablation generator
Background Pulmonary vein isolation with phased radiofrequency current and use of a pulmonary vein ablation catheter (PVAC) has recently been associated with a high incidence of clinically silent brain infarcts on diffusion-weighted magnetic...
2014 / Edina Nagy-Balo, Alexandra Kiss, Catherine Condie, Mark Stewart, Istvan Edes, et al. -
Stress State of Driver: Mobile Phone Use While Driving
Abstract The use of mobile phone is increasing during driving in China. Due to the mobile phone use while driving, traffic accidents in emergency increase. This study concerns how commonly mobile phone is used and what stress state and behavior...
2013 / Ying Chen -
A Remark on the Most Informative EEG Signal Components in a Super-scalable Method for Functional State Classification based on the Wavelet Decomposition
Abstract Technologies for automated real-time classification of functional states are essential for supervision over operators of critical infrastructure, stress resistance evaluation, functional studies of sportsmen. They also open new horizons for ...
2013 / Vladimir V. Galatenko, Eugene D. Livshitz, Vladimir M. Staroverov, Taras P. Lukashenko, Alexey A. Galatenko, et al. -
Antisense oligonucleotides on neurobehavior, respiratory, and cardiovascular function, and hERG channel current studies
Abstract Introduction Safety Pharmacology studies were conducted in mouse, rat, and non-human primate to determine in vivo effects of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) on the central nervous system, respiratory system, and...
2013 / Tae-Won Kim, Ki-Suk Kim, Joung-Wook Seo, Shin-Young Park, Scott P. Henry -
Spine Functionality – General Methodological Problems and Electromyography as a Method of Investigation
Abstract The main purpose of this study is to offer physical therapy practitioners theoretical knowledge and methodological foundations needed to use electromyography to detect and assess shortcomings of development and abnormal functioning of the...
2014 / Roxana Mihăilă, Adina Camelia Şlicaru -
Maximum power, optimal load and optimal power spectrum for power training in upper-body (bench press): a review
Abstract It is a fact that high performance sport has been characterized in recent years as a more specific training and in which coaches and athletes tend to use exercise and training loads which significantly resemble athletes' real actions during ...
2012 / F. Castillo, T. Valverde, A. Morales, A. Pérez-Guerra, F. de León, et al. -
Influence of Hypnotics on Cisatracurium-induced Neuromuscular Block. Use of Acceleromyograhpy
Abstract Background and objective Different drugs, including hypnotics, may influence the pharmacodynamic effects of neuromuscular blockers (NMB). The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of propofol and etomidate on...
2013 / Angélica de Fátima de Assunção Braga, Franklin Sarmento da Silva Braga, Glória Maria Braga Potério, José Aristeu Fachini Frias, Fernanda Maria Silva Pedro, et al. -
Adaptive Soft Sensor Model Using Online Support Vector Regression with Time Variable and Discussion of Appropriate Parameter Settings
Abstract Soft sensors are used in chemical plants to estimate process variables that are difficult to measure online. However, the predictive accuracy of adaptive soft sensor models decreases when sudden process changes occur. An online support...
2013 / Hiromasa Kaneko, Kimito Funatsu -
Magnetocardiography in Early Detection of Electromagnetic Abnormality in Ischemic Heart Disease
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the leading causes of death in the general population. Ischemia induces changes in the electrophysiologic properties of the myocardium that sometimes cannot be detected with rest ECG, which has a relatively low sensitivity....
2012 / Shigeyuki Watanabe, Satsuki Yamada -
LPC Spectrum First Peak Analysis for Voice Pathology Detection
Abstract The detection of voice pathologies using speech processing techniques can be a useful contribution for the diagnose of larynx diseases. The main objective of this work was to inspect the spectral envelope of the voice signal searching for...
2014 / Hugo Tito Cordeiro, José Manuel Fonseca, Carlos Meneses Ribeiro -
In vitro study on the sensibility and reproducibility of the new T‐Scan®III HD system
Abstract Objectives The present study aims to test, under different simulated anatomic circumstances the sensitivity and reproducibility of the T‐Scan®III HD sensor (T‐Scan® Tekscan Incorporation, Boston, USA), the newest...
2014 / Mário Jorge da Silva Martins, Francisco José Caramelo, Júlio André Ramalho da Fonseca, Pedro Miguel Gomes Nicolau -
Real-time recognition of sows in video: A supervised approach
Abstract This paper proposes a supervised classification approach for the real-time pattern recognition of sows in an animal supervision system (asup). Our approach offers the possibility of the foreground subtraction in an asup’s image processing...
2014 / Ehsan Khoramshahi, Juha Hietaoja, Anna Valros, Jinhyeon Yun, Matti Pastell