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Open AccessDesign and validation of a wearable dynamometry system for knee extension-flexion torque measurement
Muscle strength assessments are vital in rehabilitation, orthopedics, and sports medicine. However, current methods used in clinical settings, such as manual muscle testing and hand-held dynamometers, often la...
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Open AccessA portable articulated dynamometer for ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion strength measurement: a design, validation, and user experience study
Monitoring ankle strength is crucial for assessing daily activities, functional ability, and preventing lower extremity injuries. However, the current methods for measuring ankle strength are often unreliable ...
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Open AccessEffect of Kami Guibi-tang (KGT) in elderly subjects with insomnia: a study protocol from a single center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
The incidence of insomnia increases with age and is related to cognitive function in older adults; therefore, it is important to manage it actively. In this study, we report a protocol for the evaluation of th...
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a portable articulated dynamometry system to assess knee extensor muscle strength
Muscle strength assessment is important in predicting clinical and functional outcomes in many disorders. Manual muscle testing, although commonly used, offers suboptimal accuracy and reliability. Isokinetic d...
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Open AccessEffects of Kami Guibi-tang in patients with mild cognitive impairment: study protocol for a phase III, randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trial
Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is often considered a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and represents a key therapeutic target for early intervention of AD. However, no treatments have been appr...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of Kami-guibi-tang for mild cognitive impairment: a pilot, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is considered an intermediate phase between normal aging and dementia. As the majority of cases of amnestic MCI (aMCI) progress to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it is considered the...
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Open AccessEffect of herbal extracts on peripheral nerve regeneration after microsurgery of the sciatic nerve in rats
Recent experimental studies using herbal extracts have shown the possibility of peripheral nerve regeneration. This study aimed to investigate the effects of herbal extracts on peripheral nerve regeneration in...
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A Particle Model for the Herding Phenomena Induced by Dynamic Market Signals
In this paper, we study herding phenomena of agents in financial markets arising from the combined effect of (1) non-coordinated collective interactions between agents and (2) concurrent reactions of agents to...
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A Kinetic Description for the Herding Behavior in Financial Market
As a continuation of the study of the herding model proposed in (Bae et al. in ar**v:1712.01085, 2017), we consider in this paper the derivation of the kinet...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Anti-inflammatory and immune regulatory effects of acupuncture after craniotomy: study protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled trial
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Open AccessAnti-inflammatory and immune regulatory effects of acupuncture after craniotomy: study protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled trial
Despite recent advances in the medical and surgical fields, complications such as infection, pneumonia, or brain swelling may occur after a craniotomy. In some patients, perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis ca...
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A numerical study on the performance evaluation of ventilation systems for indoor radon reduction
Numerical simulations were conducted using computational fluid dynamics to evaluate the effect of ventilation conditions on radon (222Rn) reduction performance in a residential building. The results indicate that...
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Open AccessThe efficacy and safety of acupuncture for cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a neurological disease with a high mortality rate. Several serious complications frequently arise after successful surgery for this condition. Cerebral vasospasm, one such comp...
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Brain activity associated with memory and cognitive function during jaw-tap** movement in healthy subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging
To determine whether jaw-tap** movement, a classically described as an indication of personal well-being and mental health, stimulates the memory and the cognitive regions of the brain and is associated with...
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A comparison of brain activity between healthy subjects and stroke patients on fMRI by acupuncture stimulation
To investigate brain activity patterns during acupuncture in stroke patients, and to compare the result with normal subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
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A simple method for a determination
The a term is a primary parameter that is used to indicate the deviation of the epithermal neutron distribution in the k 0-standardization method of neutron activation analysis, k 0-NAA. The calculation of a usin...
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Study on air pollution monitoring in Korea using low volume air sampler by instrumental neutron activation analysis
The aim of this research was to enhance the use of nuclear analytical techniques for air pollution studies and to study the feasibility of the use of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) as a routin...
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Intercomparison and determination of environmental standard samples by instrumental neutron activation analysis
To identify and improve the analytical technique for air pollution research, four kinds of environmental standard samples, i.e., airbome particulate matter, coal flyash, soil and pine needle supplied from the ...
