Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.The patch mimics the dual physicochemical adhesion mechanisms of gecko toe micropillars and spider silk proteins, enabling strong interfacial bonding via partially cured micropillars. Its facile fabrication allows customization for precision medicine, while its motion responsiveness offers potential for real‐time wound monitoring.
Chengxin Luan +4 more
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Creation of a 13-Item Bedside Dysphagia Screening Test [PDF]
, 2011 Dysphagia is a common problem that affects people with many health conditions and that can have serious complications. Various dysphagia screening tests exist; however, their creation was associated with certain weaknesses, e.g.
Ehler, Edvard +3 more
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Five-year mortality and related prognostic factors after inpatient stroke rehabilitation : A European multi-centre study [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: To determine 5-year mortality and its association with baseline characteristics and functional status 6 months post-stroke for patients who received inpatient rehabilitation.
Brinkmann, Nadine +10 more
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Birds of the Land of Swallows: contribution of the main ecosystems of Cozumel Island to its avian diversity [PDF]
, 2021 Ian MacGregor‐Fors +3 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.A sensor is fabricated that reflects electromagnetic waves wirelessly using only edible materials. The substrate is made of edible materials such as sugar and starch, and the electrodes are made of gold. This sensor has isotropic electromagnetic wave characteristics in response to rotation.
Ryosuke Matsuda +5 more
wiley +1 more source
The satisfaction of clients and caregivers with telehealth speech-language pathology services
Digital HealthObjectives To investigate the satisfaction of service users with different aspects related to telehealth speech-language pathology (SLP) services, and examine the influence of client's demographics, medical diagnosis, and type of clinical services on the
Reem S. W. Alyahya
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Using non-nutritive sucking to support feeding development for premature infants: A commentary on approaches and current practice [PDF]
, 2018 Non-nutritive sucking is often used with premature infants by either using a pacifier or an expressed breast nipple to support the introduction and development of early oral feeding.
Cane, C. +3 more
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Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
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Genetic Taster Status as a Mediator of Neural Activity and Swallowing Mechanics in Healthy Adults
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 As part of a larger study examining relationships between taste properties and swallowing, we assessed the influence of genetic taster status (GTS) on measures of brain activity and swallowing physiology during taste stimulation in healthy men and women.
Angela M. Dietsch +4 more
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Swallowing evaluation with videofluoroscopy in the paediatric population [PDF]
, 2019 Paediatric swallowing disorders can have several causes, from prematurity and congenital anomalies to gastro-oesophageal reflux and infective or inflammatory pathologies of the upper digestive tract.
Di Piazza, A +8 more
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