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Assistive Technology for Higher Education Students with Disabilities: A Qualitative Research
DigitalThe objective of this qualitative investigation is to identify the assistive technology recognized by students with disabilities and to determine the assistive technology (software apps and devices) they require both at university and at home. A total of
Konstantinos Papadopoulos +5 more
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The touch of individuals with visual impairments to geometry: Tactile materials vs origami [PDF]
Journal of Pedagogical ResearchThis study aims to examine the roles of tactile materials and origami models in the perception of concept definitions and representations in geometry applications of individuals with visual impairments.
Fatma Nur Aktaş
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IATSS Research, 2020 Installed on sidewalks, Tactile Ground Surface Indicators (TGSI) aims to help people with visual impairments so that they can be more independent, mobile, confident, and safe when passing the road on which they often or even first-time pass.
Ardilson Pembuain +2 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
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Accessibility and Visually Impaired Users [PDF]
, 2006 Internet accessibility for the visually impaired community is still an open issue. Guidelines have been issued by the W3C consortium to help web designers to improve web site accessibility. However several studies show that a significant percentage of web page creators are still ignoring the proposed guidelines. Several tools are now available, general
António Fernandes +2 more
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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa +5 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2009 Social relationships with parents and friends, depression, and the mediating role of self-esteem between relationships and depression were studied among 115 adolescents with visual impairments attending regular Finnish schools.
Taina Maarit Huurre +2 more
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Group Communication Training for Young People with Combined Visual and Hearing Impairments [PDF]
Клиническая и специальная психология, 2018 The article presents the experience of the communication training for young people with visual and hearing impairments. Boys and girls aged 16–25 with simultaneous hearing and visual impairments of varying severity took part in the group trainings.
Khokhlova A. Yu., Dianova M.
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Modulation of Homer1 EVH1 domain internal dynamics by putative autism‐associated mutations
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The putative autism‐associated M65I and S97L variants of the EVH1 domain of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Homer1 do not exhibit substantial changes in their overall structure or partner binding. Both of them, but especially the M65I variant, show altered internal dynamics relative to the wild‐type domain on the μs‐ms timescale, indicated by the ...
Fanni Farkas +6 more
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Association of visual and hearing impairments with all-cause mortality in older adults in China
BMC GeriatricsBackground Few studies have examined the association between visual and hearing impairments with all-cause mortality, with inconsistent findings. Moreover, previous researches often categorized impairments in a simplistic manner without considering ...
Linxia Zhou +3 more
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