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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A portable, sensorized, and controlled dexterous thumb‐enhanced glove helps stroke survivors swipe phones, twist caps, and perform other tasks. It is based on a powerful continuously, segmented origami dual chamber actuator to achieve active thumb CMC and MCP joint assistance and passively extend the IP joint.
Disheng Xie +10 more
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Nurses’ perceptions of advance directives
Atención Primaria, 2014 Objective: To identify nurses perceptions of Advance Directives (AD) and to analyse the influence of experience with AD on their perception. Material and methods: Quantitative, descriptive, correlational study conducted in a hospital in central Portugal ...
Ernestina Silva +2 more
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Osseoperceptive EMG Feedback Improves Grasp Force Control in Myoelectric Prosthetic Hands
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Osseoperception is explored as a non‐invasive pathway for delivering sensory feedback in myoelectric prosthetic control. By encoding the user's electromyographic (EMG) signal through bone‐conducted stimulation, this approach enables predictive grasp force regulation.
Cristian Felipe Blanco‐Diaz +2 more
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Unsolved questions and preferred solution about living will
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2018 Background Ethical problems about end-of-life medicine include a variety of issues approached in different ways by physicians and, more recently, special emphasis to this kind of ethical issues and possible answers has done by Italian National Ethical ...
Antonina Argo +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci +4 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Willingness to provide advance care planning in hospital setting: a cross-sectional survey
Palliative Medicine in PracticeBACKGROUND: To assess the willingness to provide advance directives (AD) and evaluate the association of sociodemographic and cultural factors in hospitalized patients in a general ward.
Diego Caruso +8 more
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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
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Living wills: What would you want?
, 2013 Professor Jenny Kitzinger exposes the myth that next of kin can ensure our wishes are respected if we cannot make health-related decisions and explains the role of 'living wills'
Kitzinger, Jenny
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Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundThe topic of end-of-life decisions is important due to aging populations and the rising number of terminal illnesses like cancer. As more people experience suffering, the ethical, medical, and legal debates of these decisions become significant
Benedikt Bachmetjev +4 more
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