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Watch the Next Step: A Comprehensive Survey of Stair-Climbing Vehicles
Robotics, 2023 Stair climbing is one of the most challenging tasks for vehicles, especially when transporting people and heavy loads. Although many solutions have been proposed and demonstrated in practice, it is necessary to further improve their climbing ability and ...
Antonio Pappalettera +3 more
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Analysis of Whole-Body Vibration Using Electric Powered Wheelchairs on Surface Transitions
Vibration, 2022 Wheelchair users are exposed to whole-body vibration (WBV) when driving on sidewalks and in urban environments; however, there is limited literature on WBV exposure to power wheelchair users when driving during daily activities.
Jorge L. Candiotti +3 more
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Studia Prawa Publicznego, 2023 The study is devoted to legal and factual conditions of the social situation of short people, in particular, in terms of actual and potential areas of risk of discrimination based on height, that does not correspond to the average in a given society ...
Aleksandra Przystaś
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Access barriers to medical facilities for people with physical disabilities: the case of Peru [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2019 : People with disabilities (PWD) face several challenges accessing medical services. However, the extent to which architectural and transportation barriers impede access to healthcare is unknown.
Miguel Moscoso-Porras +2 more
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Nano-scale Architecture of Blood-Brain Barrier Tight-Junctions [PDF]
eLife, 2021 Abstract Tight junctions (TJs) between blood-brain barrier (BBB) endothelial cells construct a robust physical barrier, whose damage underlies BBB dysfunctions related to several neurodegenerative diseases. What makes these highly specialized BBB-TJs extremely restrictive remains unknown. Here, we use super-resolution
Esther Sasson +10 more
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Transparency in Architecture and its Mutual Effects between Built and Natural Environment [PDF]
Journal of Engineering Research - Egypt, 2022 This paper is concerned with studying the concept of transparency in architecture, which is not only limited to the physical aspect related to the penetration of natural light through transparent surfaces into the building, but is linked to the ...
Adel Abbas, Khaled Dewidar
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Enhancing the Trajectory Generation of a Stair-Climbing Mobility System
Sensors, 2017 Recent advances in mobile robotic technologies have enabled significant progress to be made in the development of Stair-Climbing Mobility Systems (SCMSs) for people with mobility impairments and limitations.
Jose Abel Chocoteco +2 more
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DESIGN OF ATYPICAL FACADE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AS NOISE REDUCTION BARRIERS - CASE STUDY
Facta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2021 The presented work is the result of affirmation of synergistic work of experts dealing with architectural and acoustic design with the aim and purpose of finding an adequate solution for optimal correction of the effect of GHG systems installed on the ...
Miomir Vasov +4 more
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Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Reabilitação, 2021 Introduction: This study aimed to understand the perception of people with physical disabilities or reduced mobility when facing accessibility barriers for service in a specialized rehabilitation center.
Vanessa Vianna +5 more
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THE ROLE OF REHABILITATION NURSES TO THE ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY PROMOTION
Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Reabilitação, 2018 Background: the rehabilitation nurses are decisive to the promotion of accessibility trough architectural barriers elimination, which promotes the reintegration of people with reduced mobility.
Rute Salomé da Silva Pereira +4 more
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