Multi‐Module Micro/Nanorobots for Biomedical and Environmental Remediation Applications
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Multi‐module microrobots (MNRs) have overcome the limitations of single‐module systems by integrating components such as propeller, actuator, manipulator, and imaging modalities. They show promise in biomedical applications, such as targeted drug delivery and tissue repair, as well as in environmental remediation, including pollutant removal.
Bairong Zhu +4 more
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Resistance training and the elderly : an investigation into psychological wellbeing and life satisfaction : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]
, 2005 This exploratory study examined the psychological benefits of high-intensity resistance training in an elderly age group. Participants in the sample (N=76) aged between 70-80, were randomly allocated to two groups (37 exercisers- 18 female and 19 male ...
Barker, Kevin Maxwell
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Transactional paths between children and parents in pediatric asthma: Associations between family relationships and adaptation [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction. The particular challenges posed by pediatric asthma may have a negative impact on the adaptation of children and their parents. From a transactional approach it is important to examine how reciprocal links between children and parents ...
A Gaspar +56 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Using cloud computing technology, a telerehabilitation application allows patients to perform exercises remotely. Sensor data from a textile‐based IoT glove is processed in the cloud and transmitted as exercise commands to an actuating T‐IoT glove worn by patients.
Kadir Ozlem +5 more
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Artificial Intelligences: A Bridge Toward Diverse Intelligence and Humanity's Future
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Many discussions of artificial intelligence fail to address deeper questions being raised by advances in developmental biology, neuroscience, bioengineering, and philosophy of mind. Novel beings, including technologically and biologically augmented humans, engineered life forms, hybrots, and others, require tools of the emerging field of diverse ...
Michael Levin
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Measuring the Utility Cost of Temporary Employment Contracts before Adaptation: A Conjoint Analysis Approach [PDF]
This study attempts to estimate the ‘utility cost’ of temporary employment contracts purged of the psychological effects of adaptation. A conjoint analysis experiment is used that examines the ex-ante contract preferences of a unique sample of low ...
Pouliakas, Konstantinos +1 more
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Innovating to amplify the voices of young people from marginalized ethnic migrant backgrounds
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The meaningful participation of young people from marginalized ethnic backgrounds in civic processes is central to the social cohesion of increasingly diverse liberal democracies, but their participation is compromised by a range of barriers resulting in decision‐making that is disconnected from their lives.
Kelsey L. Deane +7 more
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The importance of social support in adaptation of patients with malignant diseases [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2002 Bošković Snežana
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Psychological Adjustment Measures for Chronic Illness: A Narrative Review
Iranian Journal of PsychiatryObjective: Chronic illnesses carry substantial psychological implications, emphasizing the critical nature of psychological adaptation to these conditions. Adequate assessment tools are essential for gauging adaptation levels within this context.
Farzaneh Ebrahimgol +4 more
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“Who's breaking the law … not us, them!”: Inside immigration detention in Portugal
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, we examine immigration detention in Portugal, a system whose daily operations and inherent violence are overlooked in both public and academic discourses. Even within community psychology, discussions on immigration detention have largely remained on the fringes of scholarly debates. Guided by a justice‐centered ecological lens,
Francesca Esposito +3 more
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