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3D Printed Passive Compliant and Articulating Prosthetic Ankle Foot

, 2017
The human ankle is crucial to mobility as it counteracts the forces and moments created during walking. Around 85% of the 1.7 million people in the United States living with limb loss are transtibial (below knee) and transfemoral (above knee) amputees ...
Kyle Reed, Tyagi Ramakrishnan, Millicent Schlafly   +2 more
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Defining Frailty in Chinese‐Language Biomedical Literature (2014–2024): A Decade of Conceptual Evolution

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Frailty definitions in Chinese‐language biomedical literature increasingly align with international frameworks, while retaining conceptual diversity, underscoring the need for multidimensional, cross‐cultural research and integration with traditional Chinese medicine for culturally sensitive clinical practice.
Haodong Wei, David Mockler, Giulia Cavrini, Nathan W. Hill, Daniel Kam Yin Chan, Román Romero Ortuño   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

L’altra metà del tatami

Eracle, 2020
This paper analyses the dimensions of “sport-karate” and the increasingly important role that female athletes have within it. The first part of the article is about the history of “karate” martial art, articulating its genesis (in an all-male prospective)
Fabrizio Comparelli, Fabio Tomei
doaj   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

LGBT Inclusive Athletic Departments as Agents of Social Change

Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 2015
Despite advances, prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals continues to plague many areas of sport, including intercollegiate athletics. There are, however, some athletic departments that are inclusive of LGBT athletes,
George B. Cunningham
doaj   +1 more source

On the role of a social identity analysis in articulating structure and collective action: the 2011 riots in Tottenham and Hackney

, 2017
Theoretical perspectives that give primacy to ideological or structural determinism have dominated criminological analysis of the 2011 English ‘riots’.
C. Stott, J. Drury, S. Reicher
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Articulating cooperative systems and driver behaviour theories

, 2009
There has been increased research interest in Co-operative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems (CVIS) from the eld of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). However most of the research have focused on the engineering aspects and overlooked their relevance to ...
Demmel, Sebastien, Gruyer, Dominique, Rakotonirainy, Andry   +2 more
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Reform of the EU Institutions: Implications for the EU’s Performance in Climate Negotiations. CEPS Policy Brief No. 40, September 2003 [PDF]

, 2003
This CEPS Policy Brief assesses the potential impact of the draft Constitutional Treaty of the Convention on the Future of Europe on the way the EU operates in international climate negotiations. Although Treaty revisions in the EU are ultimately decided
Schaik, Louise van, Egenhofer, Christian.   +1 more
core  

Evaluation of Experienced Manipulation Characteristics in Robotic Surgery Using Log Data From the Hinotori Surgical System

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study analyzed log data from the Japanese hinotori surgical robot to characterize manipulation performed by experienced surgeons in robotic surgery. Compared with less‐experienced surgeons, the experienced group demonstrated shorter task durations, reduced travel distances with the right instrument (Arm3), faster and more dynamically modulated ...
Masaki Saito, Shunsuke Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Sagawa, Tamiaki Kondo, Masanao Ohashi, Sunao Ito, Reo Sato, Hajime Ushigome, Kenta Saito, Ryo Ogawa, Hiroki Takahashi, Shuji Takiguchi   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

From ‘Small Island Developing State’ to ‘Big Ocean State’: The Blue Economy and the Improvised (Re)Scaling of an Ocean Country

Geo: Geography and Environment
This paper tracks the recent performative (re)scaling that state officials in the Republic of Seychelles, an archipelagic state in the Western Indian Ocean, have been articulating with the early adoption of a novel ocean‐focused development paradigm ...
Carlo Ceglia
doaj   +1 more source