It has been proposed that asymmetry between the upper limbs in the utilization of proprioceptive feedback arises from functional differences in the roles of the preferred and non-preferred hands during bimanual tasks. The present study investigated unimanual and bimanual proprioceptive performance in right- and left-handed young adults with an active finger pinch movement discrimination task. W...

This paper presents two studies investigating the use of novel modalities for bimanual vertical scrolling on tablet devices. Several bimanual interaction techniques are presented, using a combination of physical dial, touch and pressure input, which split the control of scrolling speed and scrolling direction across two hands. The new interaction techniques are compared to equivalent unimanual ...

Physical models continue to form an essential outcome from industrial design practice. Whist the professional may be removed from the “hands-on” model build by employing the services of a model-maker, many designers consider such physical interaction as an important part of their idea development process. Visual and tactile feedback from model generation is considered by many as an essential pa...

Background: Albinos in Africa are at constant risk of developing skin cancer due to the damage caused by ultra-violet exposure. This study identifies the common skin conditions among albinos in Kenya as a country located along the equator.    Methods: In this descriptive study on albino patients who were admitted to Mbagathi District Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya the census method was...

By the past two decades IPMCs have been intensively studied because of their special capabilities for actuation and sensing.This paper presents a theoretical physics based model for analyzing the behavior of IPMC sensors in fluid environments. The mechanical vibration of the IPMC strip is described by the classical Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The model also takes in to account the physical pro...

Grasping objects with high dimensional controllers such as an anthropomorphic hand using reinforcement learning is a challenging problem. In this work we experiment with a 16-D simulated version of a prosthetic hand developed for SouthHampton Hand Assessment Procedure (SHAP). We demonstrate that it is possible to learn successful grasp policies for an anthropomorphic hand from scratch using dee...

DESIGN OF A VIRTUAL LABORATORY FOR AUTOMATION CONTROL Zelin Zhu Old Dominion University, 2017 Director: Yuzhong Shen In the past, only students who studied on campus were able to access laboratory equipment in traditional lab courses; distance learning students, enrolled in online courses, were at a disadvantage for they could learn basic lab experiment principles but could never experience han...

Rash diseases characterized macules, papules, vesicles and pustules. Many viral infection associated with generalized morbilliform skin rash. Papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome (PPGSS) is a clinical situation caused by human parvovirus B19. PPGSS occurs at hands and foot through lesions exhibiting symmetrical gloves and socks-like erythematous dispersion. Concomitantly, there are lesion...