Hands are awesome. Hands are marvelous in every sense of the word, and are as important to us collectively and individually as are our intellects. Hands are the difference between thinking and doing. There may be other creatures in this world that have intelligence, but if they don’t have hands, they cannot act on that intelligence. They cannot make things and place things. Without hands, they ...

This study presents a user friendly programming tool developed to assist persons with motor disabilities in communicating with computers via voice commands. The main purpose of the study was to develop a human computer interface (HCI) able to convert voice commands into computer actions. To this end, an interface was developed for facilitating the communication between MS Speech Recognition Eng...

This paper addresses the challenge of solution verification and accuracy assessment for computing complex Partial Differential Equation (PDE) model. Our main target applications are bio-heat transfer and blood flow simulation problems. However our long term goal is to provide a postprocessing package that can be attached to any existing numerical simulation package, for example widely used comm...

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyse the knowledge and use of perineal protection methods during expulsive stage by health professionals involved in childbirth whether they correspond to World Health Organization’s recommendations. Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study aimed at workers births Spain. Results: Fifty-seven participated study: midwives (47%), gynaecologists (25%), nurse re...

This paper addresses the challenge of Solution Verification (SV) and accuracy assessment for computing complex Partial Differential Equation (PDE) model. Our goal is to provide a postprocessing package that can be attached to any existing numerical simulation package, for example, widely used commercial codes such as ADINA, Ansys, Fluent, Numeca, StarCD etc... and provide an a posteriori error ...

is a widely used technique for bile duct decompression. It also provides access to the bile duct and allows cholangiography to be repeated. After placement, the drainage tube is left exiting from the mouth and re−routing via one of the nos− trils is necessary. Conventionally, a naso− pharyngeal tube, which is used as a carri− er, is advanced into the patient’s nose and into the posterior pharyn...

Increasing concerns over the use of wood treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) in playground structures arise from potential exposure to arsenic of children playing in these playgrounds. Limited data from previous studies analyzing arsenic levels in sand samples collected from CCA playgrounds are inconsistent and cannot be directly translated to the amount of children's exposure to arsen...

Although many governments have privatized their agricultural extension services, there is widespread agreement that the public sector still needs to play a role in the ‘‘agricultural knowledge market’’ in order to prevent market failure and other undesirable phenomena. However, appropriate mechanisms for intervention in the agricultural knowledge market are still in their infancy. This article ...

Background: Nowadays, new methods such as scrub with an efficient agent for short time are used for the prevention of communicable diseases and infection control at the most of operating rooms. But, at most of our operating rooms, surgical teams use traditional and routine hand scrub (with Betadine more than 3 min). The aim of this clinical trial was to compare efficacy of Betadine and an alcoh...