OBJECTIVE To investigate progress toward motor recovery in patients with chronic hemiparesis (mean time since stroke 3.2 years), comparing different types of practice schedules. DESIGN To increase voluntary control of the upper extremity, active neuromuscular stimulation was administered during blocked and random practice schedules as patients performed three specific movements: wrist/finger ...

Demographic change and the increase in life expectancy continuously increase the average age in our society. Depending on the physical shape and mental constitution, the elderly need assistance to master regular activities in their everyday lives, as well as urgent help in emergency situations (e.g. in case of a collapse or heart attack). Thereby, time is the most crucial factor. In some emerge...

dent of the United St.ates, dances to raise funds for the organisation were held on his birthday, 30th January, in all parts of the country. An annual fund-raising appeal is conducted during the first weeks in January yearly called "The March of Dimes." Some seventy million individuals subscribe to this fund and in the current year the voluntary subscriptions totalled thirty million dollars. Du...

This research examines how traditional regulatory and voluntary approaches affect motivations foraddressing potential harms to water quality. The traditional approach consists of governmentalenforcement of mandatory requirements. The voluntary approach consists of government callingattention to potential harms and facilitating actions to address them. These approaches are best t...

The confronting problem faced by the handicapped, paralyzed, disabled, and quadriplegic people is their independent mobility. They need external assistance to perform daily life activities. This paper aims solve that smart designing deployment of robotic wheelchair for those who cannot voluntary activities movements. proposed automated comprises two parts; first part user's helmet works as a ma...

By the death of Miss Edith Corry, which occurred suddenly on February 3rd, the social services have ?st a devoted voluntary helper. Miss Corry was honorary Librarian of the Eugenics Society for twenty-six years, and she also served on the Council of that body and on its Executive and Library Committees. Her keen interest and the practical experience which she had gained from her other voluntary...

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...

Demographic change and the increase in life expectancy continuously increase the average age in our society. Depending on the physical shape and mental constitution, the elderly need assistance to master regular activities in their everyday lives, as well as urgent help in emergency situations (e.g. in case of a collapse or heart attack). Thereby, time is the most crucial factor. In some emerge...

As governments are increasingly turning to cost sharing in order to meet the growing demand for, and decreasing government investment in, public higher education, the choice among different tuition fee policies becomes of great importance. Tuition fee policies and the financial assistance policies that accompany them are critical both for the very considerable revenue at stake and for the poten...