The ability of older adults to use a domestic appliance depends on their comprehension of the appliance's operation. This may depend on transfer of understanding from similar, more familiar technology. While this may assist their interaction with the new device, it may constrain the discovery of new functionality not represented in the familiar technology, and, thereby, constrain the discovery ...

Orthodontists from different backgrounds may have different opinions about removable and fixed orthodontic appliances, but there have been few objective comparisons of their relative treatment effectiveness. It is the purpose of the present study to analyze objectively the effectiveness of these two types of appliances. Eighty cases involving patients who had been treated with removable applian...

In this paper, we deal with the short term prediction of the domestic electrical appliances power consumption. We go further than the prediction of on/off activities of appliances to the prediction of a bounded interval of consumed power. The short term prediction of appliances consumptions is an unavoidable problem to solve when constructing optimal schedules of appliance consumptions. For rel...

Burns associated with the use of domestic pressure cookers appear to be rising. Therefore advice regarding the proper cooking technique is important for their prevention. All seven patients were burnt due to premature opening of the lid of the pressure cooker. The lid of the pressure cooker should not be removed until the pressure inside has been released completely. Trying to remove the lid wi...

Abstract— The problem of identifying end-use electrical appliances from their individual consumption profiles, known as the appliance identification problem, is a primary stage in both NonIntrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) and automated plug-wise metering. Therefore, appliance identification has received dedicated studies with various electric appliance signatures, classification models, and eval...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate an adjustable mandibular positioning appliance for treatment of snoring and sleep apnea. METHODS One hundred thirty-four patients with baseline apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) of 37 +/- 28 events/h (mean +/- SD) received the appliance. The efficacy of the appliance was assessed by the following investigations, performed at baseline and with the appliance: polysomnography, Epw...

Ensuring availability of spare parts is essential for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to support after-sales maintenance and repair services their products. Previous studies have pointed out shortcomings literature in supporting practitioners with guidelines on development effective management systems. This paper assesses the extent which recent research advances address these shortcomi...

Two novel approaches to implementing unobtrusive and and nonstigmatizing geriatric assessments in domestic environments are presented. Mobility regarding self-selected gait velocity is assessed using light barriers and a two dimensional laser range scanner. A single power sensor installed into the fuse box helps determining self-care ability by detecting appliance usage. The described assessmen...