BACKGROUND In virtual reality (VR) systems, the user's finger and hand positions are sensed and used to control the virtual environments. Direct biocontrol of VR environments using surface electromyography (SEMG) signals may be more synergistic and unconstraining to the user. The purpose of the present investigation was to develop a technique to predict the finger joint angle from the surface E...

discussion the cholecystojejunocolic anastomosis with intussuscepted valve surgery could be considered as a forthcoming approach in the treatment of intrahepatic cholestasis. case presentation an 11-year-old girl with the diagnosis of pfic underwent cholecystoappendicostomy with myotomy operation. because of anastomosis stricture, she was reoperated with cholecystojejunocolic anastomosis and in...

Restorative justice or more precisely keadilan restoratif in the Indonesian context is based on principle of building joint participation between perpetrators, victims, and community groups resolving a criminal act. The problem has been that formulation laws government regulations diversion (diversi) carried out if act committed by child who punishable imprisonment under seven years other than ...

  A 57-year-old male with history of prostatectomy, cyctectomy, cecal urinary diversion for invasive prostate cancer and with a recent rise in PSA level, was referred for bone scintigraphy to rule out osseous metastatic disease. An interesting finding was abnormal tracer accumulation throughout the large bowel, which was proved to be due to urinary diversion.

OBJECTIVES This study aims to retrospectively review the short-term surgical outcome of wrist fusion using wrist fusion rod (WFR). PATIENTS AND METHODS Six wrists of four female patients (mean age 56 years; range 51 to 62 years) with advanced stage rheumatoid arthritis of Larsen IV or V were performed total wrist fusion using WFR. Clinical outcome was assessed using a numeric rating scale of ...

The objectives of this study were to describe a technique for measuring in-vivo glenohumeral joint contact patterns during dynamic activities and to demonstrate application of this technique. The experimental technique calculated joint contact patterns by combining CT-based 3D bone models with joint motion data that were accurately measured from biplane x-ray images. Joint contact patterns were...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether resting joint angle is indicative of severity of spasticity of the elbow flexors in chronic stroke survivors. METHODS Seventeen hemiparetic stroke subjects (male: n = 13; female: n = 4; age: 37-89 years; 11 right and 6 left hemiplegia; averaged 54.8 months after stroke, ranging 12-107 months) participated in the study. The number of subjects with modified Ashwort...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correction of the intermetatarsal angle after arthrodesis of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the hallux. We believe that varus deformity of the first metatarsal can be corrected after arthrodesis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint, without the need for proximal osteotomy. METHODS Forty-three feet of patients who had undergone arthrodesis of the first metatarsoph...

This paper shows for the first time that a Learning Classifier System, namely XCSF, can learn to control a realistic arm model with four degrees of freedom in a three-dimensional workspace. XCSF learns a locally linear approximation of the Jacobian of the arm kinematics, that is, it learns linear predictions of hand location changes given joint angle changes, where the predictions are condition...