In the last few years the market of robotics has significantly changed and the growing sector of service robotics requires new considerations in civil engineering. This paper investigates different room and furniture arrangements in the view of mobile robot navigation requirements. The described method provides robot motion and path planning cost functions for different furniture arrangements a...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of non-invasively and rapidly obtained biochemical parameter results to the diagnosis and follow-up of intraabdominal injuries in multitrauma patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 2604 multitrauma patients who were treated following their referral to our emergency department between January 2009 and January 2012 were retrospect...

BACKGROUND Simulation-based medical education has been growing rapidly and becomes one of the most popular teaching methods for improving patient safety and patient care. The Simulation Subcommittee of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine organized an educational program emphasizing the team training, clinical decision-making and communication skills. This study aimed to evaluate the att...

Stress relaxation tests were conducted in the elastic region of an ultralow carbon martensitic steel (Fe–18%Ni alloy) to quantitatively analyze effect mobile dislocations on low limit steel. The as-quenched material was measured at 255 MPa, although its tensile strength as high 720 MPa. stress tests, which performed revealed a remarkable reduction due movement present material. total dislocatio...

Introduction Magnetic fields are capable of altering the trajectory of electron beams andcan be used in radiation therapy.Theaim of this study was to produce regions with dose enhancement and reduction in the medium. Materials and Methods The NdFeB permanent magnets were arranged on the electron applicator in several configurations. Then, after the passage of the electron beams (9 and 15 MeV Va...