The performance characteristics of finger-joints as a jointing technique for Eucalyptus nitens is crucial their use in engineered wood products. This research evaluated the strength finger-jointed laminations made from fiber-managed E. nitens. A total 237 specimens with (117 pieces) and without (120 were sectioned tested by bending, tensile, shear, bearing tests. Bending tensile tests paired to...

Event-related potentials (ERPs) to task-relevant target and task-irrelevant novel stimuli were recorded in a somatosensory discrimination task. Subjects pressed a button to mechanical taps of the fifth finger (targets, P = 0.12), randomly interposed in sequences of taps to the second finger (standards, P = 0.76). Two types of infrequent novel stimuli were delivered; one was a mechanical tap to ...

Background: Pulse oximeters are vital in healthcare, yet uncertainties remain about potential variations oxygen saturation (SpO2) measurements depending on the finger used. Our study compared SpO2 values from different fingers 200 young adults. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted, capturing every both hands using a standard pulse oximeter. Results: Mean differed slightly among finge...

To define the usefulness of electronic digital inclinometric (EDI) method to measure active abduction of metacarpophalangeal joints and to determine the mean scores. A modified electronic digital inclinometric method which was specifically designed to measure range of joint movements was administered to metacarpophalangeal joints of 20 male and 21 female university students. Active abduction of...

Paediatric bilateral multiple trigger fingers are extremely rare. The underlying etiopathogenesis and hence the surgical principles of management of trigger finger in children are different from those of pediatric trigger thumb and adult trigger finger. In this paper, we report the case of a 5 year old girl with congenital trigger digits involving the middle, ring and little fingers of both han...

Background: Recreational drugs have a significant impact on the lives of drug users, their close families and friends, as well as their society. Social, psychological, biological, and genetic factors could make a person more prone to using recreational drugs. Finger and A-B ridges (dermatoglyphics) are formed during the first and second trimesters of fetal development, under the influence of en...

A three-dimensional force transducer was installed in the neck of a violin under the A string at the D5 position in order to study the force with which the violinist clamps the string against the fingerboard under normal playing conditions. Violinists performed repetitive sequences of open A- and fingered D-tones using the ring finger at tempi of 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 notes/s at mezzo-forte. At se...