Recent evolutions in French law regarding accessibility of public buildings have prompted a rise in the need for methods and tools to rehabilitate such structures in order to make them accessible to disabled users. Architectural rehabilitation is an exceedingly complex design process, in particular because of a legal framework which strongly impacts on the structure of collaboration, and of the...

Introduction: The human anthropometric characteristics are surveyed in anthropology. Anthropology is used in archeology, rehabilitation and legal medicine. The purpose of this study was to determine femur which has a special place in the science of anthropometry. Methods: To measure the femur, both direct and indirect methods was used. The direct method of measuring the 113 femur in dissection...

The level of interest in aural rehabilitation has increased recently, both in clinical use and in research presentations and publications. Advances in aural rehabilitation have seen previous techniques such as speech tracking and analytic auditory training reappear in computerized forms. These new delivery methods allow for a consistent, cost-effective, and convenient training program. Several ...

Rehabilitative engineering has entered a new era. There is growing awareness, within the professions involved and among the general public, that science and technology have helped some of the physically disabled and can be applied more effectively to improve the quality of life for many others. The mounting concern over the high cost of acute and chronic health care is coupled with increasing a...

Many diseases and injuries of the hand require rehabilitation to restore function. However, high human, financial, spatial, temporal costs associated with often mean that population in need does not have access optimal rehabilitative care. Therefore, devices complement therapist are a possible solution, as they make more independent frequent, save healthcare facilities aforementioned resources....

Researchers in physical medicine and rehabilitation require access to information regarding possible interventions and programs, available services and technology, research (published, unpublished and in progress), statistics on incidence, prevalence and expected recovery, and funding sources. This paper provides an overview to the most readily available sources of information, including 16 abs...

In 1962 a voluntary group, the Technical Assistance and Research Group for Physical Rehabilitation (TARGPR), was organized in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This group was formed to provide the opportunity for persons skilled in applied science and technology to contribute to the welfare of the physically handicapped. The purpose of the group was: "to assist the medical profession in the diagnosis...

The article examines the peculiarities of cognitive and translational aspects studying English Ukrainian terminology biomedical engineering. It is noted that specialized language such an interdisciplinary field as engineering contains concepts concentrate specific knowledge technical, medical topically scientific experience. In linguistics, are considered in connection with background knowledge...

objective: human retinal pigment epithelium (hrpe) is a cell monolayer located in the outer part of the retina that is in contact with photoreceptors. in many diseases rpe cells damage. one way for treating this disease is the implantation of intact instead of damaged cells. for this reason different types of substrates have been used for cell cultivation. this study has used alginate and a ble...