We have developed a method with prokaryotic organisms that uses randomized libraries of zinc finger-containing artificial transcription factors to induce phenotypic variations and to identify genes involved in the generation of a specific phenotype of interest. Combining chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments and in silico prediction of target DNA binding sequences for the artificial transcr...

Two-stage harvesting is the main method for performing mechanized of peanuts, and picking device a core part combined harvester in China. In order to solve problem pod loss caused by "stacking", "impact" "throwing up" peanut plants traditional cam-slide spring-finger cylinder device, shovel-finger peanut-picking was developed used picking-up performance test based on study peanut-plant strip-pi...

Multifingered robot hands can approximate human hand functionality, and it is possible to consider their use in prosthetics. The Belgrade/USC robot hand is used as a prototype prosthetic hand in order to evaluate a system, PRESHAPE, that translates user commands into motor signals using the virtual finger concept. This paper describes the control philosophy of PRESHAPE and presents simulation r...

We describe the RA scanner, a novel system for the examination of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The RA scanner is based on a novel laser-based imaging technique which is sensitive to the optical characteristics of finger joint tissue. Based on the laser images, finger joints are classified according to whether the inflammatory status has improved or worsened. To perform the clas...

In guitar performance, fingering is an important factor. In particular, the fingering of the left hand comprises various relationships between the finger and the string, such as the finger touching/pressing/releasing the strings. The recognition of the precise fingering is applied to a self-learning support system, which is able to detect strings being muted by a finger, and which transcribes m...

This paper presents a wearable smart ring with an integrated Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) module. The system uses accelerometer and gyroscope to collect fingers’ motion data. A prototype was manufactured, its performance tested. To detect complex finger movements, two rings are worn on the point thumb fingers while performing gestures. Nine pre-defined movements were introduced verify feasibility...

Coordinated manipulation of micro-scale objects is critical for advancing several emerging applications such as microassembly and manipulation of biological cells. Most of the existing designs for micromanipulators are designed to accomplish primarily spatial positioning functionalities using positioning stages. Relatively, there are very few micromanipulators capable of ‘grip-and-place’ functi...

although acrometastases are rare but clinically they are considered important. their etiology is quite different from the metastases to other sites; bronchogenic carcinoma is by far the most frequent case. the prognosis is always similar to metastatic bronchial cancer with an average survival of three months. treatment may involve distal digital amputation or antalgic radiotherapy. the main dif...

Background: The quest toward an artificial β-cell has been accelerating, propelled by recent technological advances in subcutaneous glucose sensors and insulin pumps. The development and clinical testing of algorithms involves several challenges: communication and data transfer between a sensor and a pump via computer, a human interface presenting real-time information to the physician, safety ...

A compliant constant-force mechanism is a passive force regulation device that can generate nearly constant output over range of input or displacements while without the use sensors and feedback control. In topology synthesis for given displacement range, be achieved by maintaining to same value increases. order further control desired before contacting object, this article introduces new compo...