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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
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Lead Exposure and Motor Development

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1993
The neuromotor assessment of 245 six-year-old urban inner-city children enrolled in the Cincinnati Lead Study is reported from the Departments of Environmental Health and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and the Children’s ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Providing Real-Time Wearable Feedback to Increase Hand Use after Stroke: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Sensors, 2022
After stroke, many people substantially reduce use of their impaired hand in daily life, even if they retain even a moderate level of functional hand ability.
Diogo Schwerz de Lucena, Justin B. Rowe, Shusuke Okita, Vicky Chan, Steven C. Cramer, David J. Reinkensmeyer   +5 more
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Deweyan tools for inquiry and the epistemological context of critical pedagogy [PDF]

, 2011
This article develops the notion of resistance as articulated in the literature of critical pedagogy as being both culturally sponsored and cognitively manifested. To do so, the authors draw upon John Dewey\u27s conception of tools for inquiry.
Ansalone George, Applebaum Barbara, Ball Stephen J., Barnett Ronald, Boldt Gail Masuchika, Brantlinger Ellen Anderson, Cazden C., Chinn Clark A., Crocco Margaret, Dewey John, Dewey John, Dewey John, Dewey John, Dewey John, Dewey John, Dewey John, Dornbusch Sanford M., Eisenhart Margaret A., Gamoran Adam, Garrison Jim, Garrison Jim, Giroux Henry, Harding Sandra, Harding Sandra, Howes Elaine, Jayson Seaman, Keller Evelyn Fox, Kleinman Sharon Sue, Kuhn Thomas S., Lather Patti, Lindquist Barbara, Longino Helen, Mayberry Maralee, Mcfadden Mark G., Mehan Hugh, Minick N., Oakes Jeannie, Oakes Jeannie, Oakes Jeannie, Paul Richard W., Persell Caroline Hodges, Peter Nelsen, Pitt Alice J., Plummer Gillian, Reay Diane, Rudolph John L., San Antonio Donna Marie, Sandoval William A., Stewart James, Trumbull Deborah J., Weitz Rose, West C., Willingham Daniel T., Wortham S.   +53 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in physical-fitness test scores between actively and passively recruited older adults: consequences for norm-based classification [PDF]

, 2002
This study investigated differences in physical-fitness test scores between actively and passively recruited older adults and the consequences thereof for norm-based classification of individuals.
Kempen, G.I.J.M., Stevens, M., van Heuvelen, M.J.G.   +2 more
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke, Moses Kumi, Xiaoming Tao, Junhong Pu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Offline Versus Real-Time Grasp Prediction Employing a Wearable High-Density Lightmyography Armband: On the Control of Prosthetic Hands

IEEE Access
Several studies over the last decades have investigated the use of myoelectric upper-arm prostheses to restore lost functionality and perform complex activities of daily life.
Bonnie Guan, Ricardo V. Godoy, Mojtaba Shahmohammadi, Anany Dwivedi, Minas Liarokapis   +4 more
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Object grasping and manipulation in capuchin monkeys (genera Cebus and Sapajus) [PDF]

, 2018
The abilities to perform skilled hand movements and to manipulate objects dexterously are landmarks in the evolution of primates. The study of how primates use their hands to grasp and manipulate objects in accordance with their needs sheds light on how ...
Carducci, P., Sabbatini, G., Truppa, V.
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Magnetic Droplet Manipulation on Open Surfaces

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Recent advances in the manipulation of magnetic droplets demonstrate various manipulations on open surfaces, including transport, splitting, merging, and force‐controlled motion, enabled by magnetic particles and external fields. ABSTRACT Manipulation of liquids on a smaller scale enables applications in various fields, particularly diagnostics and ...
Robab Jahangir, Vahid Nasirimarekani
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