Externalising moods and psychological states in a cloud based system to enhance a pet-robot and child’s interaction [PDF]
, 2016 Background:This PATRICIA research project is about using pet robots to reduce pain and anxiety in hospitalized children. The study began 2 years ago and it is believed that the advances made in this project are significant.
Albo-Canals, Jordi +5 more
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Edible Oils Attenuate Button Battery-Induced Injury in Porcine Esophageal Segments
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Objective: The objective of the study is to test whether the use of edible oil might be an early treatment strategy for reducing button battery-induced esophageal injury.Methods: A button battery was inserted into esophageal segments collected from pigs.
Wenyuan Jia +8 more
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Dynamic optimization of the quality of experience during mobile video watching [PDF]
, 2015 Mobile video consumption through streaming is becoming increasingly popular. The video parameters for an optimal quality are often automatically determined based on device and network conditions.
De Pessemier, Toon +2 more
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Contribution of reactive and proactive control to children's working memory performance:Insight from item recall durations in response sequence planning [PDF]
, 2014 The present study addressed whether developmental improvement in working memory span task performance relies upon a growing ability to proactively plan response sequences during childhood.
Chevalier, Nicolas +4 more
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CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract The Internet of Things is emerging as a crucial technology in aiding humans and making their lives easier. Among the human population, a large percentage of people suffer from disabilities resulting in challenges in everyday life particularly people with visual disabilities.
Hania Tarik +8 more
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Complicated Cases of Lithium Battery Ingestion: Delay can be Deadly
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2018 Increasing use of button battery (BB) in household products and toys is responsible for the growing incidence of button battery ingestion (BBI). The BBI may cause life‑threatening complications.
Arya Suchismita +6 more
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Button battery ingestion: A therapeutic dilemma and clinical issues in management
Journal of the Scientific Society, 2016 Button batteries, also known as disc batteries, are tiny, round batteries commonly present in numerous household electronic gadgets such as watches, calculators, cameras, hearing aids, penlights, remote control devices, and certain toys. Because of their
Jashanjot Singh Bhangu +3 more
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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman +12 more
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Vibration Alert Bracelet for Notification of the Visually and Hearing Impaired [PDF]
, 2019 This paper presents the prototype of an electronic vibration bracelet designed to help the visually and hearing impaired to receive and send emergency alerts. The bracelet has two basic functions.
Ababei, Cristinel +7 more
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Every Cloud Has a Push Data Lining: Incorporating Cloud Services in a Context-Aware Application [PDF]
, 2015 We investigated context-awareness by utilising multiple sources of context in a mobile device setting. In our experiment we developed a system consisting of a mobile client, running on the Android platform, integrated with a cloud-based service.
Ghinea, G +3 more
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