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Cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe pain on the numeric rating scale for pain in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: variability and influence of sex and catastrophizing.

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
Objectives. The 0 – 10 Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) is often used in pain management. The aims of our study were to determine the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe pain in terms of pain-related interference with functioning in patients with ...
Anne M. Boonstra, Roy E. Stewart, Albère J.A. Koke, René F.A. Oosterwijk, Jeannette L. Swaan, Karlein M.G. Schreurs, Henrica R. Schiphorst Preuper   +6 more
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Microscale 3D‐Printed Digital Strain Switches for Embedded Mechanical Computation

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Microscale 3D‐printed strain switches on flexible films convert deformation into native digital signals at geometry defined thresholds. A closed form model predicts switching from 3000 to 15 000 microstrain and is validated across 110 devices. Reliable ohmic closure and strain activated AND, OR, and XOR logic point toward low‐power mechanical ...
Regan Kubicek, Daniel Quinn, Gabriel Smith, Sarah Bergbreiter   +3 more
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Pain, anxiety, and catastrophizing among pregnant women with dental pain, undergoing root canal treatment [PDF]

Brazilian Oral Research
This prospective study aims to evaluate dental pain, anxiety, and catastrophizing levels in pregnant women undergoing root canal treatment. Sixty pregnant and non-pregnant women presenting dental pain and an indication for root canal treatment were ...
Andressa Heberle GASTMANN, Samantha Rodrigues XAVIER, Katerine Jahnecke PILOWNIC, Ana Regina ROMANO, Fábio de Almeida GOMES, Marília Leão GOETTEMS, Renata Dornelles MORGENTAL, Fernanda Geraldo PAPPEN   +7 more
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Parameter Investigation for Stamp Manufacturing of Complex 3D Geometries Using Nanoimprint Lithography

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Nanoimprint lithography can replicate complex 3D microstructures with undercuts using single‐layer polymer stamps of different elasticities. By combining experiments and simulations, T‐shaped geometries and suitable undercut radii were identified that minimize stress and defects during demolding.
Christos Julianos Karapatzakis, Selina Burkert, Cordelia Friederike Wittemann, Andreas Heinrich   +3 more
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Thermoresponsive Self‐Healing Carbon Nanotube‐Reinforced Dual‐Network Hydrogels for Wearable Sensors and Information Concealment

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A CNT‐reinforced dual‐network hydrogel combines ionic liquid‐mediated thermoresponsiveness, dynamic covalent crosslinking, and conductive nanostructures within a single adaptive material. The hydrogel exhibits ultrafast gelation, autonomous self‐healing, >1000% stretchability, reversible optical switching, and stable electromechanical sensing, enabling
Xia Qiu, Xiaolong He, Paul Morandi, Petra Rudolf, Rudy Folkersma, Vincent S. D. Voet, Katja Loos   +6 more
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Improving the Robustness of Visual Teach‐and‐Repeat Navigation Using Drift Error Correction and Event‐Based Vision for Low‐Light Environments

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Visual teach‐and‐repeat (VTR) navigation allows robots to learn and follow routes without building a full metric map. We show that navigation accuracy for VTR can be improved by integrating a topological map with error‐drift correction based on stereo vision.
Fuhai Ling, Ze Huang, Tony J. Prescott
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Continual Learning for Multimodal Data Fusion of a Soft Gripper

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Models trained on a single data modality often struggle to generalize when exposed to a different modality. This work introduces a continual learning algorithm capable of incrementally learning different data modalities by leveraging both class‐incremental and domain‐incremental learning scenarios in an artificial environment where labeled data is ...
Nilay Kushawaha, Egidio Falotico
wiley   +1 more source

Pain coping and catastrophizing in youth with and without cerebral palsy

Scandinavian Journal of Pain
The aim of this study is to compare the use of pain coping strategies and pain catastrophizing in youth with and without cerebral palsy (CP), and to examine how these two groups differ with respect to the associations between pain coping, catastrophizing,
Vinkel Michael N., Rackauskaite Gija, Østergaard John R., Finnerup Nanna B., Jensen Mark P.   +4 more
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The Psychological Well-Being, Catastrophizing, and Quality of Life of Among Women Diagnosed with Endometriosis

Women's Health Reports
Background: Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological condition affecting approximately 1 in 10 women of reproductive age, often causing significant suffering, delayed diagnosis, and limited knowledge about coping strategies, particularly regarding ...
Keren Grinberg, Yael Sela, Sara Nissim
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A Self‐Healing Permanent Magnet Putty for Soft Robot Skins With Force Sensing and Functional Recovery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Permanent magnet putty (PMP) integrates high‐coercivity NdFeB particles with a dynamic polyborosiloxane–Ecoflex matrix, achieving rapid self‐healing (90% mechanical recovery in 10 s) and magnetic recovery within 20 min. With twice the sensitivity of commercial putties, PMP enables precise 5–30 N force detection and discrimination between pressing and ...
Ruotong Zhao, Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Ryosuke Dobashi, Yuhiro Iwamoto, Yasushi Ido, Yoshihiro Kawahara   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source