INTRODUCTION Rock climbing is becoming both accessible and popular amongst a broader population base [1]. This increasing participation has been matched by an increasing injury rate, particularly injuries to the distal upper extremity [2]. The most common climbing injuries occur in the finger flexor tendon pulleys, which can be overloaded to failure by acute excessive force in compromised finge...

1 from Alexander technique teachers rising from a chair 2 3 Timothy W Cacciatore, Omar S Mian, Amy Peters, Brian L Day 4 5 UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG UK 6 7 8 Running title: Interference of posture on movement 9 10 11 Word counts: 12 Abstract: 250 13 Main text: 6044 14 15 Address for Correspondence 16 17 Professor Brian L Day 18 UCL Institute of Neurology 19 33 Q...

This paper presents the continuous work on a previous project on vision-based hand interaction design. The original work developed a vision-based approach of bare-hand-based posture recognition and motion tracking. This paper further investigates its application in virtual assembly. The accuracy and robustness of the developed approach enable product engineers to perform assembly operations whi...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ability of parameter instability tests in regressions with I(1) processes to discriminate between changes in the cointegrating relationship and changes in the marginal distribution of the regressors. Using annual data for the G-7 countries and the Purchasing Power Parity, we conclude that the regression coefficient between the price level differen...

A novel method which is simple but effective is proposed to estimate human skeleton ratios from 2D uncalibrated monocular data. Unlike the existing skeleton estimation methods where pre-defined models are used or identification of body segments with certain attributes is necessary, the proposed method utilizes only the 2D joint locations as the input source without posture estimation. In additi...

This document specifies PB-TNC, a Posture Broker protocol identical to the Trusted Computing Group's IF-TNCCS 2.0 protocol. The document then evaluates PB-TNC against the requirements defined in the NEA Requirements specification. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at in effect on the date of publication of this d...

Postural control requires complex visuo-sensorimotor coordination, and previous studies have revealed that the cortical contribution is very important in the maintenance of bipedal posture in humans. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) could enable us to measure cortical activation during dynamic movements, including balance and postural tasks, and could provide novel insight into the ...

An application for ballet training is presented that monitors the posture position (straightness of the spine and rotation of the pelvis) deviation from the ideal position in real-time. The human skeletal data is acquired through a Microsoft Kinect v2. The movement of the student is mirrored through an abstract skeletal figure and instructions are provided through a virtual teacher. Posture dev...

A new method for measuring both the posture of human fingers and shear force at human fingertips is presented. Instead of using a traditional electronic glove with bending sensors embedded along the finger and shear sensors embedded beneath the fingertip, a wearable fingernail sensor is used to measure resulting changes in coloration of the fingernail. Since the sensor is mounted on the fingern...

For authoritative definitions related to CMRS one may consult NIST publication SP 800-137 [NIST 2011], where Information Security Continuous Monitoring is defined as “... maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats to support organizational risk management decisions, ” or DISA, which defines CMRS as “...visibility of cyber risks and demonstrates the abili...