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Hydrogels for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
The advancements in scaffold-supported cell therapy for musculoskeletal tissue engineering have been truly dramatic in the last couple of decades....
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Virtual Reality in Healthcare
In our modern 21st century, daily life would be unthinkable without computers. Multimedia and virtual reality are useful for people with special...
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Access to Information on Demand by the aid of Digital Talking Books
This chapter addresses the concept and the fundamental ideas of the digital talking book (DTB), with a particular focus on DTBs in the DAISY format....
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Polymeric Systems for Bioinspired Delivery of Angiogenic Molecules
Growth factors are increasingly utilized to promote regeneration of lost or compromised tissues and organs. However, current strategies applying...
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Biopolyesters in Tissue Engineering Applications
Tissue engineering is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of research focused on the development of vital autologous tissue through the use...
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Interfaces to Control Cell-Biomaterial Adhesive Interactions
Cell adhesion to adsorbed proteins and adhesive sequences engineered on surfaces is crucial to cellular and host responses to implanted devices,...
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Ubiquitous Healthcare: Technology and Service
Ubiquitous healthcare is introduced in terms of technology and service, considering the current technology as well as the future technology and...
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Information Technology for Deaf People
In our modern information and communication society, daily life would be unthinkable without technology. Information and Communications Technology...
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Multimedia Communication System for the Blind
A Multimedia communication system for blind users is developed. The system is named MIMIZU and its terminal is composed of a refreshable tactile...
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Gait Training System for Computer-aided Rehabilitation
This Gait Training system is designed to simulate the effects of gait training in a swimming pool. The weight of the subject is supported by a...
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Electronic Locomotion Aids for the Blind: Towards More Assistive Systems
This chapter first presents a review of existing locomotion assistance devices for the blind. These devices are merely proximeters, that measure the...
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Multimedia Medical Informatics System in Healthcare
In our modern 21st century, daily life would be unthinkable without computers. Multimedia and virtual reality are useful for people with spein...
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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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Understanding health literacy in men: a cross-sectional survey
BackgroundMales have a shorter life expectancy than females. Men are less likely to seek the advice of a health professional or utilise preventive...
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Efficacy of relational agents for loneliness across age groups: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundLoneliness is a serious public health concern. Although previous interventions have had some success in mitigating loneliness, the field is...
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The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sleep in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Children with autism spectrum disorder are at higher risk for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). They are also more vulnerable to sleep problems...
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Regional Multidimensional Attitudes Towards Immigration: Evidence from the European Social Survey Using Small Area Estimation
The present article is the first empirical investigation of attitudes towards immigration in Europe via small area estimation providing reliable...
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DNMT3A-R882: a mutation with many paradoxes
Understanding the underlying mechanism of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has led to the discovery of novel biomarkers to help predict, treat and...
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Thalamocortical functional connectivity and rapid antidepressant and antisuicidal effects of low-dose ketamine infusion among patients with treatment-resistant depression
Previous studies have shown an association between the thalamocortical dysconnectivity and treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Whether a single...
