In the context of industrial engineering, the predetermined time systems (PTS) play an important role in workplaces because inefficiencies are found in assembly processes that require manual manipulations. In this study, an approach is proposed with the aim to analyze time and motions in a manual process using a capture motion system embedded to a virtual environment. Capture motion system trac...

in this paper, a new online robot motion planner is developed for systematically exploring unknown environâ¬ments by intelligent mobile robots in real-time applications. the algorithm takes advantage of sensory data to find an obstacle-free start-to-goal path. it does so by online calculation of the generalized voronoi graph (gvg) of the free space, and utilizing a combination of depth-first an...

aim: abnormal joint mobility is an important factor in movement dysfunction and physical disability. a general lack of descriptive details exists for measurements of hip rotation range of motion (rom). this study was designed to establish the influence of hip position on active and passive range of motion of the hip in external and internal rotation(ext & int rot). material & methods: ...

in this paper the effect of using various models for conductivity and viscosity considering brownian motion of nanoparticles is investigated. this study is numerically conducted inside a cavity full of water-al2o3 nanofluid at the case of mixed convection heat transfer. the effect of some parameters such as the nanoparticle volume fraction, rayleigh, richardson and reynolds numbers has been exa...

frozen shoulder is a glenohumeral joint disorder that perturbs movement because of adhesion and the existence of fibrosis in the shoulder capsule. platelet-rich plasma can produce collagen and growth factors, which increases stem cells and consequently enhances the healing. to date, there is no evidence regarding the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma in frozen shoulder. a 45-year-old man wi...

objectives: spasticity and contracture in flexor muscles of the wrist may occur after stroke, especially in which early recovery did not appear. splints are prescribed to reduce spasticity and to prevent contracture after stroke. although there is a few research in this field. the aim of this study was to examine the impact of the extension splint on function, spasticity, and range of motion of...

Examples of visual motion have become more and more abstract over the years, leading up to 'third-order' stimuli where direction is actually determined by the observer through top - down attention. But how far can this be pushed--are there motion stimuli that are yet more arbitrary and abstract? Actually, there is a broad class of 'conceptual motion' stimuli--things like a moving grating of fac...