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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Activities of daily life"”.
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A Crypt within a Dystopia
This project is about our social denial of death, the questioning of rationality and utopian ideals, and our fears of modernity. The intimate connection once associated with death has been hidden. In this project the remains of the dead are sacred. Death is brought to the forefront. By …
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Development of a human fall detection system based on depth maps
… detection systems play an important role in our daily life, because fall is the main obstacle for elderly people to live independently and it is also a major health concern due to aging population. The three basic approaches used to develop human fall detection systems include some sort of …
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A contribuição do método TEACCH para o atendimento psicopedagógico
… and presenting commitments in three major areas of human development: communication, socialization and imagination, which result in learning difficulties, this study has aimed to analyze, under the prospect of a Psychopedagogic look, using the TEACCH Method as a tool in clinical Psychopedagogic …
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Connection and Differentiation: Housing for an Urban Renaissance
… a stable population into the higher densities of urban environments, the inadequacies of both traditional urban and suburban models of housing become apparent. Issues such as entry, flow of interior space, connection between interior and exterior, dwelling identifiability, relation to the …
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Continuous Personalized Fall Detection and Data Collection
… for elderly people. Falling is the leading cause of injury and death in older Americans according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Currently there is no software system for reliably detecting falls for elder people that is unobtrusive, affordable, and easily accessible. While the …
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Assessment of Proprioceptive Acuity in Patients with Stroke with Left Hemiplegia Compared to Healthy Controls
… skin, gives rise to kinesthesia and the sense of joint position. This information is not only crucial for bodily awareness, but it also impacts voluntary motor control, the maintenance of muscle tone and posture. Cortical stroke is known to cause impairment of proprioception, thus diminishing …
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ActiveLifestyle: a persuasive platform to monitor and motivate physical training plan compliance in elderly people
… public health goal is to increase the number of years of good health and, therefore, maintain independence and quality of life as long as possible. Healthy ageing is characterized by the avoidance of disease and disability, the maintenance of high physical and cognitive function, and sustained …
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Tracking individual disease-trajectory of patients with neuromuscular disorders (Duchenne muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy)
Neuromuscular diseases represent a diverse group of complex genetic disorders. In conditions such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), progressive motor impairment limiting activities of daily life is a common and central clinical feature. Over the last 15 years, …
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On the Move: Games and Gaming Figures in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature
… both facilitated and informed representations of agency in the nineteenth century. In effect, games were archives of possibility made procedurally discrete, rendering modes of action and agency legible in ways that are suggested, although differently engaged, in their somewhat less ephemeral …
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Diversity, Dynamics and Domestic Energy Demand : A Study of Variation in Cooking, Comfort and Computing
This thesis contributes to an understanding of domestic energy demand and its basis in social practice. To date, energy consumption and everyday life have mostly been characterised and connected, if at all, through general trends. Yet attention to diversity within everyday practices, and to the …
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Beyond eye charts, the daily challenges for people with impaired vision
… in 2020, can lead to numerous challenges in daily life. However, those challenges can’t always be captured by standard clinical vision tests, such as visual acuity tests, contrast sensitivity tests, or visual field tests. This dissertation focuses on understanding real-life challenges …
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Dispositivos móveis e desempenho profissional: um estudo sobre byod e consumerização de tecnologia de informação.
The use of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets is growing every year. People use these devices for various activities, facilitating the user's life. So the use of personal mobile devices to perform activities of daily life has become second nature, which we call consumerization of …
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Alltagshandeln und Entwicklungsregulation
Ziel der Arbeit war es, eine Analysemethodik zu entwickeln und sowohl theoretisch als auch empirisch zu begründen, die eine ganzheitliche Beschreibung von HANDELN IM Alltagskontext ermöglicht und Rückschlüsse auf Entwicklungsprozesse und -resultate erlaubt. Verbindungen zwischen Alltagshandeln und …
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Creating tactile feedback with intelligent electrical stimulation to compensate for sensory impairment.
Performing daily life activities can be more challenging as a result of peripheral neuropathy in the feet and can lead to an increased risk of falls and injuries. Biofeedback, in the form of electrocutaneous stimulation, can be used as a means to transmit information about the force and pressure …
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The Efficacy of a Task-Orientated Group-Intervention Programme for Children with Specific Learning Disorder with Co-morbid Developmental Coordination Disorder
… disorder affecting academic performance and/or activities of daily life including reading, writing or calculation skills during formal years of schooling. There is strong evidence that Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), presenting as a disorder affecting motor skills, may be co-morbid …
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An artificial skeletal muscle for use in pediatric rehabilitation robotics
… abilities. Such development and performance of activities of daily life (ADLs) rely heavily upon upper extremity function; and those with impaired reaching ability are at great risk for delays in these areas. While increasing user ADL independence, automated assistive devices may potentially …
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Cognitive Human Activity and Plan Recognition for Human-Robot Collaboration
With the growth of the robotics field, it is expected that robots will increasingly become part of our everyday lives. Consequently, there is an emerging need for humans and robots to work together. Human-robot collaboration has become an important topic in various domains, such as home assistance …
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Mining Insights for Patterns in the Active Daily Life of Chronic Cancer and Cardiovascular Patients using Artificial Intelligence
… efficiency in care management was one of the most discussed subjects during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many transdisciplinary studies have been progressing in distinct aspects of care management. For example, telemedicine and remote patient monitoring systems for chronic patients. Most of …
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Praktek akad murabahah dalam Kredit Pemilikan Rumah Syariah (KPRS): Studi kasus BTN Syariah Kota Malang
… Contract agreements have significance in public life. He is the "foundation of the many activities of daily life." Akad facilitate everyone in meeting the needs and interests that can not be fulfilled without the help and services of others. It also includes the fulfillment of basic needs of the …