April 7 is known as “World Health Day” and one of the main responsibilities of World Health Organization is to improve the knowledge of the world population in order to prevent various diseases(1). This organization selects an illness or a disorder in terms of a unique slogan in order to plan for educational, prevention, curative and re-strengthening the operation of countries aroun...

Proxy re-signatures are generally used for the delegation of signatures to a semi-trusted proxy which transforms the signatures between the users of the system. Its a handy primitive for network security and automated delegations in hierarchical organizations. Though proxy re-signature schemes that are secure in the standard model are available, none of them have addressed the security notion o...

QUESTION Is strength training after stroke effective (ie, does it increase strength), is it harmful (ie, does it increase spasticity), and is it worthwhile (ie, does it improve activity)? DESIGN Systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised trials. PARTICIPANTS Stroke participants were categorised as (i) acute, very weak, (ii) acute, weak, (iii) chronic, very weak, or (iv) chronic, wea...

Materials and methods A retrospective review was completed on 6 cases of SED. All physiotherapy assessments of joint range of movement, muscle strength, balance and gait were included. The physiotherapy programme included stretches to restricted joints and a progressive resisted strengthening programme (high repetitions and low resistance weights) completed into the full range of movement of mo...