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DESIGNING ACCESSIBLE TOURISM EXPERIENCES: SLOW, SENSORY AND SMART FRAMEWORK

open access: yesEnlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal, 2023
Slow tourism is an emergent research area focused on slowing the pace of life during vacations. A comprehensive multi-sensory approach can contribute to designing enhanced slow tourism experiences deemed accessible, both in situ and remotely. There is a
Dora Agapito, Manuela Guerreiro
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Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy

open access: yesNature Communications, 2020
We allocate attention to relevant sensory stimuli to enhance their neural processing. Here, the authors show that attention, like adaptation, causes a misrepresentation and misperception of visual changes in our environment in cases where this aids the ...
Vahid Mehrpour   +2 more
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Editorial: Exploring the technological needs of older adults: Advances in design, functionality, user experience, and age-related cognitive and sensory aids to facilitate adoption [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Editorial on the Research Topic Exploring the technological needs of older adults: Advances in design, functionality, user experience, and age-related cognitive and sensory aids to facilitate ...
Wood, Joanne M.   +3 more
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Novel golf prosthesis for bilateral upper limb loss: design, fabrication, and biomechanical evaluation

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living
IntroductionIndividuals with bilateral upper limb loss face substantial barriers to independence and recreational participation. Adaptive sports can enhance psychological and physical well-being, yet few prosthetic devices are specifically designed or ...
Jason T. Maikos   +8 more
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Sensory Aids Research [PDF]

open access: yes, 1962
Contains reports on one research project.National Institutes of Health (Grant MH-04737-02)National Science Foundation (Grant G-16526)U.S.
Troxel, Donald E.
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Aberrant central plasticity underlying synchronous sensory phenomena in brachial plexus injuries after contralateral cervical seventh nerve transfer

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, 2021
Backgrounds Contralateral cervical seventh (C7) nerve transfer aids motor and sensory recovery in total brachial plexus avulsion injuries (TBPI), but synchronous sensation often persists postoperatively.
Zeyu Cai   +6 more
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Preventive technologies in geriatrics: focus on falls

open access: yesРоссийский журнал гериатрической медицины, 2021
Falls predict functional status declines in old age and institutionalization. Among the causes of the falls are sensory deficits, cognitive impairment, chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, endocrine diseases, musculoskeletal system pathology, the use
N. V. Sharashkina, N. K. Runikhina
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Innovative Approaches to Employment of Blind Persons through the Application of Sensory Aids Technology

open access: yes, 1980
Sensory Aids Foundation, a private nonprofit corporation has been involved in the application of rehabilitation engineering and sensory aids technology to the solution of employment problems for sensory and physically disabled people for five years ...
Daniel N. Van Horn, Susan H. Phillips
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Heterogeneity in the Global Practice of Central Nervous System Staging in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is assessed by cell counting and cytomorphology from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used for treatment stratification worldwide. The ratio of “CNS2” patients in clinical trials ranges from 3% to 40%, with unclear prognostic significance ...
Laura Almási   +14 more
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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
wiley   +1 more source

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