as individuals with long-term disabilities and other older adults face declines in health and function, there is a greater need for assistive technology (at) or assistive devices and environmental interventions (ei) to help them maintain their independence and community participation. these aids can help older adults and individuals with disabilities function in work, home, recreational, and ot...

This position paper introduces and coins the term socioergonomics, considered as a sociological, ontological, methodological support to human systems integration (HSI). It describes evolution of ergonomics from early physiological psychological contemporary social sciences approaches supporting Industry 4.0 sociotechnical engineering. presents Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) extension Organi...

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) is an important large-scale engineering machine, which widely applied in construction. Precise cutterhead torque prediction plays essential role the cost estimation of energy consumption and safety operation tunneling process, since it directly influences adaptable adjustment excavation parameters. Complicated variable geological conditions, leading to operational ...

352. Clinical and molecular characteristics of NDM-1 harboring MultiDrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria at Carilion Medical Center Ekta Bansal, MD; Thomas Kerkering, MD; Charles Schleupner, MD; Ritesh Kohli, MD; Anthony Baffoe, MBChB; Endang Purwantini, PhD; Biswarup Mukhopadhyay, PhD; Jayasimha Rao, PhD; Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA; Infectious Diseases, Carilion Cl...

Virginia Tech's Center for Human-Computer Interaction presents the project abstracts for the REU 2008 symposium. The REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program provides undergraduate students from various universities with the opportunity to spend eight weeks at Virginia Tech, working with our faculty and graduate students on research projects using the state-of-the-art technology and...