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Virtual Communities in Health Care
A virtual community is a social entity involving several individuals who relate to one another by the use of a specific communication technology that...
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Self-Assembling Nanopeptides Become a New Type of Biomaterial
Combining physics, engineering, chemistry and biology, we can now design, synthesize and fabricate biological nano-materials at the molecular...
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Modulating Extracellular Matrix at Interfaces of Polymeric Materials
As extracellular matrices (ECM) closely interact with cells in living tissues and, through this, influence essentially any aspect of life...
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18 Design of an Intelligent Wheelchair for the Motor Disabled
As rehabilitation technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer science have been rapidly developed, the dream of overcoming...
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24 A Wrist Extension for MIT-MANUS
In 1991, a novel robot named MIT-MANUS was introduced as a test bed to study the potential of using robots to assist in and quantify the...
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27 Great Expectations for Rehabilitation Mechatronics in the Coming Decade
This paper discusses the opportunities in the future for applications of mechatronics in rehabilitation. Trends in demographics, computer science and...
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17 A Concept for Control of Indoor-Operated Autonomous Wheelchair
The present chapter introduces a navigation algorithm for a wheelchair in semistructured home environment. The user sets the end position and...
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20 Human-Friendly Care Robot System for the Elderly
In this paper, “Do-u-mi”, a robotic care system is introduced (Do-u-mi means “helper” in Korean) (see Fig. 20.1). It is particularly aimed at the...
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19 Electrically Assisted Walker with Supporter-Embedded Force-Sensing Device
An electrically assisted walking aid with a force-sensing device embedded in its supporting arm has been developed. The force sensor consists of a...
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8 Selectable Operating Interfaces of the Meal-Assistance Device “My Spoon”
Eating is a basic need for humans. In fact, it is so basic that most people are not aware of the motions that they use while eating. For some...
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Large-Scale Production of Hairy Root
Many products of interest are synthesized in organized tissues, but not formed in suspension or callus culture. Therefore, most attention has been...
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Enzyme-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Ketone Reductions
In this chapter, examples are given of the application of highly reactive prochiral ketones as substrates for enzymatic reductions....
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Enzymatic Synthesis of Structured Lipids
Structured lipids (SLs) are defined as lipids that are modified chemically or enzymatically in order to change their structure. This review deals...
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Technical Application of Biological Principles in Asymmetric Catalysis
The production of enantiopure compounds is becoming increasingly important to the chemical and biotechnological industries. Bioorganic...
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Extraction of Primary and Secondary Metabolites
Several new methods besides the usual organic solvent extraction have been developed over the last few years for the extraction of primary and...
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Advances in Inorganic Fibers
Many types of ceramic fibers have been developed over the last 60 years. Of these, carbon fiber has grown into a large market involving...
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Inexpensive and colorimetric RNA detection at ambient temperature with a cell-free protein synthesis platform
While many proposals of paper-based diagnostics utilize cell-free gene expression systems, these assays oftentimes suffer from the need for...
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A simple projection method to correlate the principal mechanical direction with the principal microstructural direction of human osteoporotic femoral heads
The mechanics of the trabecular bone is related to its structure; this work aimed to propose a simple projection method to clarify the correlation...
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Prophylactic Effect and Antiulcerogenic Potential of Probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum E1K2R2 and its Exopolysaccharide Against Ibuprofen-Induced Acute Gastric Ulcer
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ( Lpb. plantarum ), as a safe probiotic microorganism, has been documented for its production of multiple bioactive...
