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Chapter and Conference Paper
Seismic Isolation of Bridges: Practice-Oriented Considerations
Seismic isolation is an effective method to control seismic forces, seismic displacements and to govern modal shapes on a structure or a part of it. Seismic isolation devices are widely used in the design of n...
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Article
Open AccessVoid space and secondary oriented attachment mechanisms in cerium oxide nanorods
Two new processes occurring during nanorod annealing of ceria are disclosed, both belonging to the wider “oriented attachment” (OA) scheme of crystal growth, which commonly drives nanoparticles growing into na...
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Article
Open AccessCocaine-related cervical spinal cord infarction: a case report and review of the literature
Case report.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Muscle Synergies as a Tool to Unveil Specific Features in the Muscle Patterns After Cerebellar Damage
We have recently provided evidence that cerebellar damage affects the spatiotemporal but not the spatial organization of the muscle patterns, suggesting that the cerebellum plays a key role in sha** their sp...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Pilot Testing of a New Questionnaire for the Assessment of User Experience During Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking
Scientific literature provides weak attempts in analyzing user experience during the use of rehabilitation and assistive wearable robotic devices. The objective of this study is to develop and preliminary test...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Psychophysiological Assessment of Exoskeleton-Assisted Treadmill Walking
Despite being able to derive quantitative data on motor performance, rehabilitation robots typically do not provide information on users’ subjective experience, and in particular on their psychophysiological s...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Benefits and Potential of a Neuromuscular Controller for Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking
Controlling wearable exoskeletons to interact with people suffering from locomotion disabilities due to lesions of the central nervous system is a complex challenge since it entails fulfillment of many concurr...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Hemicerebellectomy
The experimental model of hemicerebellectomy is characterized by ablation of half of the vermis with one cerebellar hemisphere, including the deep cerebellar nuclei, while sparing the vestibular nuclei and all...
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Article
Open AccessFlumazenil therapy for a gabapentin-induced coma: a case report
Spasticity and neuropathic pain are common in patients after spinal cord injury and negatively affect patients’ quality of life. Gabapentin and baclofen are frequently used to treat these conditions. We presen...
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Functional Changes of Mentalizing Network in SCA2 Patients: Novel Insights into Understanding the Social Cerebellum
In recent years, increasing evidence of the cerebellar role in social cognition has emerged. The cerebellum has been shown to modulate cortical activity of social brain regions serving as a regulator of functi...
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Using AlN Coatings to Protect the Surface of AlGaAs/GaAs System Heterostructures from Interaction with Atmospheric Oxygen
Thin aluminum nitride (AlN) films have been synthesized by reactive ion–plasma sputtering (RIPS) and their properties have been studied in view of using this method for obtaining protective coatings on output ...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Hemicerebellectomy
The experimental model of hemicerebellectomy is characterized by ablation of half of the vermis with one cerebellar hemisphere, including the deep cerebellar nuclei, while sparing the vestibular nuclei and all...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Walking Assistance of Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury with an Ankle Exoskeleton and Neuromuscular Controller
This work was devoted to preliminary test the Achilles ankle exoskeleton and its NeuroMuscular Controller (NMC) with a test pilot affected by incomplete spinal cord injury. The customization of the robot cont...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Training Balance Recovery in People with Incomplete SCI Wearing a Wearable Exoskeleton
Improving stability of people wearing a lower extremity Wearable Exoskeleton (WE) is one of the biggest challenges in the field. The goal of this preliminary study was to improve balance recovery from perturba...
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Structural cerebellar correlates of cognitive functions in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease involving the cerebellum and characterized by a typical motor syndrome. In addition, the presence of cognitive impairment...
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Consensus Paper: Cerebellum and Emotion
Over the past three decades, insights into the role of the cerebellum in emotional processing have substantially increased. Indeed, methodological refinements in cerebellar lesion studies and major technologic...
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Open AccessBioinspired lignocellulosic films to understand the mechanical properties of lignified plant cell walls at nanoscale
The physicochemical properties of plant fibres are determined by the fibre morphology and structural features of the cell wall, which is composed of three main layers that differ in chemical composition and ar...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Changes in Muscle Synergy Organization After Neurological Lesions
The role of the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum in determining the spatiotemporal characteristics of the muscle activation patterns is still largely unknown. Recent studies suggest that the coordination of ...
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Validation of the Italian version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM III) Self-Report
Cross-sectional validation study.
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Observational study of the effectiveness of spinal cord injury rehabilitation using the Spinal Cord Injury-Ability Realization Measurement Index
Retrospective observational study.
