Effect of different postures and loads on joint motion and muscle activity in older adults during overhead retrieval [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Introduction: Pain is a common health problem among older adults worldwide. Older adults tend to suffer from arm, lumbar, and back pain when using hanging cabinets.Methods: This study used surface electromyography to record muscle activity and a motion ...
Chengmin Zhou +4 more
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Research on Indoor Spatial Behavior Perception IoT Smart System for Solitary Elderly at Home
Designs, 2022 This research aims at contributing to a seamless, integrated technology intelligent living system for solitary older adults at home. The capacitive intimate sensing module, that can be easily pasted to the existing home space element surfaces, daily ...
Chor-Kheng Lim
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Evaluation of the Factors Affecting Opening-Closing Performance of Wooden Cabinet Doors
BioResources, 2023 This study determined the deflection performance of wooden cabinet doors during opening and closing by using different material types, opening-closing angle, and load force. The independent variables consisted of material type, opening-closing angle, and
Emine Seda Erdinler +3 more
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A research on the effect of global trends in Turkish kitchen furniture sector
İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017 Through survey results, this study evaluated global trends’ effects on Turkish kitchen furniture production. The level of knowledge and difficulties of catching up with and implementing developmental trends in the Turkish kitchen furniture sector has ...
Ersin Uçar, Tuncer Dilik
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Framework for Robot Door Opening Based on Visual, Force, and Tactile Integration
IEEE AccessA large number of robotic systems rely on visual perception to interpret their environment. However, depending solely on vision can lead to failures in manipulation tasks, particularly with constrained objects such as cabinet doors.
Valentin Simundic +3 more
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Enabling self, intimacy and a sense of home in dementia [PDF]
, 2012 Design and digital technologies to support a sense of self and human relationships for people living with dementia are both urgently needed. We present an enquiry into design for dementia facilitated by a public art commission for an adult mental health ...
Olivier, Patrick +4 more
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Impact of the Agricultural Sector on the Arkansas Economy in 2003 [PDF]
, 2007 Agriculture and associated agricultural activities are major contributors to the Arkansas economy. Agriculture is defined as the sum of agricultural production and processing activities, unless otherwise specified, and includes crop and animal production
Kemper, Nathan +2 more
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Do-It-Yourself: Constructing, Repairing and Maintaining Domestic Masculinity [PDF]
, 1997 In the 1860s when Harriet Robinson annually set aside a full month for the spring cleaning of her Malden, Massachusetts home, she had the occasional assistance of hired help, but none from her husband William.
Gelber, Steven M.
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Im2Pano3D: Extrapolating 360 Structure and Semantics Beyond the Field of View
, 2017 We present Im2Pano3D, a convolutional neural network that generates a dense prediction of 3D structure and a probability distribution of semantic labels for a full 360 panoramic view of an indoor scene when given only a partial observation (
Chang, Angel X. +5 more
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Renovating and Expanding Special Collections Facilities at Towson University [PDF]
, 2010 In order to provide the university archives at Towson University with more space, the Library undertook a renovation of the archives. This article provides a brief history and overview of the Library and archives and details the renovation project which ...
Nasr, Nadia
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