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A Compact Multijoint Finger Motion Sensing Module for Flexible Exoskeleton Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Addressing the motion estimation gap in underactuated wearable electronics, a highly integrated sensor alongside a customized readout circuit is proposed. Featuring a screen‐printed layout and optimized horseshoe geometry, this design establishes an optimal feedback mechanism for flexible hand exoskeletons while eliminating wiring clutter.
Huawei Zheng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catastrophic household expenditure for health care in a low-income society: a study from Nouna District, Burkina Faso

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the extent of catastrophic household health care expenditure and determine the factors responsible for it in Nouna District, Burkina Faso.
Su Tin Tin   +2 more
doaj  

Catastrophic Health Care Expenditure among Older People with Chronic Diseases in 15 European Countries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
INTRODUCTION: It is well-known that the prevalence of chronic diseases is high among older people, especially those who are poor. Moreover, chronic diseases can result in catastrophic health expenditure.
Rechel, Bernd   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

The Collective Power of Bacteria as a Blueprint for Emergent Intelligence

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Small cells, powerful collectives. Bacteria demonstrate how sophisticated behaviors can emerge from many simple individuals working together. We explore the remarkable world of bacterial communities and the mechanisms that underpin their complex emergent behaviors, enabling impressive adaptability, robustness, and responsiveness to changing ...
Johanna A. Blee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Iran: A Review Article.

open access: yesIranian journal of public health, 2018
One of the main challenges of healthcare systems is to protect people from consequences of health expenditures. Such expenditures may lead to catastrophic financial loss in families so that many people deny demanding necessary healthcare services, which results in harms to their health status.
Aryankhesal, Aidin   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A Comprehensive Review on Additive Manufacturing of Smart Components: Technologies, Applications, and Future Scope

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
How can additive manufacturing enable components that sense, adapt, heal, and power themselves? This review synthesizes recent advances in smart functionalities, manufacturing technologies, and intelligent design strategies, revealing a pathway toward fully integrated, autonomous, and multifunctional systems across diverse engineering sectors. Additive
Aiswarya Rony   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring dynamics in catastrophic health care expenditure in Nigeria

open access: yesHealth Economics Review, 2022
Abstract Background The Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Scheme aimed at making health care accessible and affordable since it’s became operational in 2005. However, many Nigerians still pay out of pocket for medical expenses, and this drive them to incurring catastrophic health expenditures.
openaire   +4 more sources

The impact of user fees on health service utilization in low- and middle-income countries: how strong is the evidence? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of user charges on the uptake of health services in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: A systematic search of 25 social science, economics and health literature databases and other sources was performed to ...
Palmer, Natasha, Lagarde, Mylene
core   +1 more source

Vertical NAND Flash Memory‐Based Bayesian Neural Networks With Intrinsic Gaussian Weight Sampling

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Commercial vertical NAND flash memory supports Bayesian neural networks by using paired cells to produce bell‐shaped weight distributions. Read voltage controls their spread without additional memory cells or changes to the array structure. Simulations based on device measurements demonstrate improved uncertainty estimation and accuracy gains of up to ...
Sung‐Ho Park   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost of hospitalization for childbirth in India: how equitable it is in the post-NRHM era?

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2017
Background and objective Information on out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure during childbirth in public and private health facilities in India is needed to make rational decisions for improving affordability to maternal care services. We undertook this study
Jaya Prasad Tripathy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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