Malaria is a serious public health problem worldwide. Globally concerted efforts are underway to control and eliminate it. Despite recent slowdown, substantial achievements have been recorded in the last 20 years. However, its eradication requires successful elimination of all Plasmodium parasites among symptomatic, asymptomatic, sub-microscopic infections. This review aimed at assessing...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate postural and rest tremor among workers using vibrating hand tools, taking into account the possible effects of toxicants such as alcohol and tobacco. A further aim was to study workers diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) at the time of examination. METHODS This study comprises 103 road maintenance workers, 55 exposed to vibrating ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Data on the physical dimension of the hand of Indian women are scanty. This information is necessary to ascertain human-machine compatibility in the design of manual systems for the bare and gloved hand, such as design and sizing of hand tools, controls, knobs and other applications in different kinds of precision and power grips. The present study was undertaken to gene...

Current software tools for visualization of spatio-temporal data, on the one hand, utilize the opportunities provided by modern computer technologies, on the other hand, incorporate the legacy from the conventional cartography. We have considered existing visualization-based techniques for exploratory analysis of spatio-temporal data from two perspectives: (1) what types of spatio-temporal data...

This research evaluated two hand-held tools (Superthumb and Kneeshaw device) that have been developed in order to reduce hand pain associated with the performance of manual therapy. Two studies were conducted: one evaluated the ability to perceive elastic stiffness with the devices and the other evaluated physiotherapist and patient comfort when the devices were used to apply a mobilisation to ...

The increasing use of methods in natural language processing (NLP) which are based on huge corpora require that the lexical, morphosyntactic and syntactic homogeneity of texts be mastered. We have developed a methodology and associate tools for text calibration or "profiling" within the ELRA benchmark called "Contribution to the construction of contemporary french corpora" based on multivariate...

Algorithms and Programming Languages is a core subject in the BS Degree in Mathematics at the authors’ university. Some of the students are very interested in computer programming but most of them find the subject quite hard. This situation is particularly stressed when concerning theoretic and, in fact, many students point at these contents as the main difficulty of the subject. Because of thi...

Learning from experience is the essence of Case-Based Reasoning (CBR). Because architects are said learn design by experience, CBR seemed to hold great promises for their field, which inspired in the 1990s the development of various Case-Based Design (CBD) tools. Learning from the experience of developing and using these tools is the objective of this paper. On the one hand, the original expect...

STUDY DESIGN Review paper. INTRODUCTION Hand dexterity is multifaceted and essential to the performance of daily tasks. Timed performance and precision demands are the most common features of quantitative dexterity testing. Measurement concepts such as rate of completion, in-hand manipulation and dynamic force control of instabilities are being integrated into assessment tools for the pediatr...

Objective: The study focuses on potential compatibility relationships when simple lever tools are used. Background: Spatial compatibility between stimuli and responses determines performance. However, many tasks require the use of simple tools, such as levers that transform hand movements into tool movements. We explore with such a tool whether and how the correspondence or noncorrespondence be...