Medical engineering topic list of research papers
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Alcohol at bedtime induces minor changes in sleep stages and blood gases in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2014 / Nils Henrik Holmedahl, Britt Øverland, Ove Fondenes, Ivar Ellingsen, Jon Andrew Hardie
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Mobile locally operated detachable end-effector manipulator for endoscopic surgery2014 / Toshikazu Kawai, Myongyu Shin, Yuji Nishizawa, Yuki Horise, Atsushi Nishikawa, et al.
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Absorption and Peak Blood Alcohol Concentration After Drinking Beer, Wine, or Spirits2014 / Mack C. Mitchell, Erin L. Teigen, Vijay A. Ramchandani
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A Modified Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Tumor Marker Gene Selection
Microarray data are often extremely asymmetric in dimensionality, such as thousands or even tens of thousands of genes but only a few hundreds of samples or less. Such extreme asymmetry between the dimensionality of genes and samples can lead to inaccurate...
2010 / Hualong Yu, Guochang Gu, Haibo Liu, Jing Shen, Jing Zhao -
Measurements of Tennis Players’ Specific Forearm Muscle Force Imbalance to Assess the Potential Risk of Lateral Epicondylitis
Abstract Several studies suggested that lateral epicondylitis could potentially develop among tennis players presenting a muscle force imbalance, defined as a functional ratio weakness between agonist and antagonist muscles and/or a predominance of...
2014 / Chris Hayot, Laurent Vigouroux, Jeremy Rossi, Benjamin Goislard de Monsabert, Charlie Barla, et al. -
Target-flow Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Running Performance in Recreational Runners: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has been shown to possibly improve exercise performance, but reports on IMT and running performance are rare. The objective of the present study was to examine the effect of target-flow IMT on running...
2010 / Thomas M.K. Kwok, Alice Y.M. Jones -
Can ultrasound elastography distinguish metastatic from reactive lymph nodes in patients with primary head and neck cancers?
Abstract Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of real-time elastography (RTE) in differentiating between reactive and metastatic cervical lymph nodes (LN) in patients with primary head and...
2014 / Mohamed Mohamed Hefeda, Manal Ezat Badawy -
Development of a test methodology for the assessment of human impacts in sport
Abstract The study described in this paper aims to develop a suitable method for the measurement of contact forces, pressures and velocities of simulated human-on-human impacts typical of those experienced within American Football. A thin-film...
2012 / Ben Halkon, James Webster, Sean Mitchell, Martine Mientjes -
Contactless Detection and Analysis of Human Vital Signs Using Concurrent Dual-Band RF System
Abstract This article illustrates application of a concurrent dual-band RF system and Wavelet Transform for contactless detection and analysis of human vital signs (i.e. Heartbeats and Respiration rate) for the first time. The vital signs are...
2013 / Brijesh Iyer, Mohit Garg, Nagendra P. Pathak, Debashis Ghosh -
Antihyperglycemic effects of the methanol leaf extract of Diaphananthe bidens in normoglycemic and streptozotocin–induced hyperglycemic rats
Abstract Objective To evaluate the methanol leaf extract of Diaphanathe bidens (D. bidens) (AFZEL. EX SW) SCHLTR for antihyperglycemic activity in order to confirm it antidiabetic potential. ...
2012 / Anaga Aruh Ottah, Onuoha Augustine, Igboeli Okechukwu Obiora, Ezeja Maxwell -
Classifying Electrooculogram to Detect Directional Eye Movements
Abstract Human computer interfaces that can be controlled by eye movements may be used as intelligent rehabilitation aids. Electrooculogram (EOG), the bio-potential produced around eyes due to eye ball motion can be used to track eye movements. This ...
2014 / Anwesha Banerjee, Shreyasi Datta, Monalisa Pal, Amit Konar, D.N. Tibarewala, et al. -
Sympathetic activity of S-(+)-ketamine low doses in the epidural space
Abstract Background and objectives S-(+)-ketamine is an intravenous anaesthetic and sympathomimetic with properties of local anaesthetic. It has an effect of an analgetic and local anaesthetic when administered epidurally, but...
2013 / Slobodan Mihaljevic, Ljiljana Mihaljevic, Marko Cacic -
Cephalad Angulation of Epidural Needle Insertion May Be a Major Factor for Epidural Space Safe Approach: a Mathematical Model2013 / Karl Otto Geier
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Ownership and Use of Mobile Phone – A Population based Study Physical Education and Sport College Students in Turkey
Abstract Purpose Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the use of mobile phones, raising concers about possible adverse health effecets. The present study aims to find out the prevalence of mobile phone usage of the students...
2014 / Erkut Tutkun, Aysegul Akar, Sevgi Canbaz, Resul Çekin, Hüseyin Yurdakul Özden -
The Ratio of Anterior and Posterior Vertebral Heights Reinforces the Utility of DXA in Assessment of Vertebrae Strength2014 / Grzegorz Tatoń, Eugeniusz Rokita, Mariusz Korkosz, Andrzej Wróbel
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Histomorphometric analysis of a rat bladder after electrical stimulation
Summary Objective We sought to analyze the effects of electrical stimulation (ES) of the pelvic floor on the bladder of rats. Methods Forty rats were studied and...
2011 / Gisela Rosa Franco, Emerson de Oliveira, Edmund Chada Baracat, Manuel de Jesus Simões, Marair Gracio Ferreira Sartoria, et al. -
Morphology, Composition, and Bioactivity of Strontium-Doped Brushite Coatings Deposited on Titanium Implants via Electrochemical Deposition2014 / Yongqiang Liang, Haoyan Li, Jiang Xu, Xin Li, Mengchun Qi, et al.
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Evaluating Classifiers to Detect Arm Movement Intention from EEG Signals2014 / Daniel Planelles, Enrique Hortal, Álvaro Costa, Andrés Úbeda, Eduardo Iáez, et al.
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Novel Monitoring Techniques for Characterizing FrictionalInterfaces in the Laboratory2015 / Paul Selvadurai, Steven Glaser
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Pseudo Optimization of E-Nose Data Using Region Selection with Feature Feedback Based on Regularized Linear Discriminant Analysis2014 / Gu-Min Jeong, Nguyen Nghia, Sang-Il Choi