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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"wrists"”.
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(Re)storing and (Re)storying Men with Broken Wrists: Using Intsomi as Critical Fabulation to Refute the Notion of Queerness as un-African
My research attempts to challenge the contemporary perception of homosexuality as “un-African”. This misconception is often grounded in the perceived absence of queer people of colour from the “archive” of black African (hi)stories that shape our collective understandings of who is and who is not …
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(Re)storing and (Re)storying men with broken wrists: using intsomi as critical fabulation to refute the notion of queerness as un-African
My research attempts to challenge the contemporary perception of homosexuality as “un-African”. This misconception is often grounded in the perceived absence of queer people of colour from the “archive” of black African (hi)stories that shape our collective understandings of who is and who is not …
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The captives are translated, attached at the wrists' : a study of Antillean identities in the works of Édouard Glissant, Maryse Condé and Patrick Chamoiseau
This thesis presents a study of the various interpretations of Creole identities in the French Caribbean, with reference to the literary works of three esteemed French Creole authors, namely, Édouard Glissant, Maryse Condé and Patrick Chamoiseau. Due to the horrific nature of the transatlantic …
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Incidence of musculoskeletal problems among instrumental music students
… of trouble were the neck (56%), one or both wrists/hands (56%), low back (51%), and the shoulder (47%). The regions of the body with the highest reported levels of problems for males were low back (54%), neck (51%) and wrists/hands (49%). Females reprted problems in the wrists/hands (68%), …
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Mechanical design of the Carpal wrist: a parallel-actuated, singularity-free robotic wrist
… their use as base manipulators and robotic wrists has been limited by their more complicated kinematic solutions and, especially in the case of a wrist, severely limited work spaces. Due to these shortcomings, robotic wrists in existence today are typically built as serial kinematic chains …
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Dorothy Munger : pianist and pedagogue
… discussing her technique of playing with relaxed wrists and forearms.Munger students learn to keep their wrists relaxed by using motions which relate to the rhythm of the music. These motions allow the fingers to work without interference from tension in the shoulders, forearms, or wrists. Forte …
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A kinematic analysis of sign language
… of Birds sensors (position! orientation of both wrists) and CyberGloves (18 joint angles/ hand). The data were collected for each sign in isolation and in sentences. Mean sign duration decreased in sentence context due to coarticulation. There was evidence of finger joint and wrist velocity …
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A White Slave in America: Hiram Powers's <em>Greek Slave</em> and the Cultural Construction of Race
… that depicts a white female figure with shackled wrists. During the mid-nineteenth century, the statue appeared in exhibitions throughout Europe and America. In antebellum America, where the work was seen by more than one hundred thousand viewers, the <em>Greek Slave</em> tapped into an …
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Effect of lifewave patches on fat metabolism in moderately active women
… wore one set of patches in different locations (wrists, shoulders, knees, ankles) every other day, and recorded daily food intake and daily exercise. RESULTS: There was no significant change in any of the variables over the intervention (p > .05). CONCLUSION: Lifewave patches do not improve BM, …
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Automatic Page-Turner for Pianists With Wearable Motion Detector
… The proposed design recognizes the pianist's wrists oscillatory motion with accelerometer sensors and tries to sync them to digital music notes. This system uses dynamic time warping and cross-correlation methods to find the optimum alignment between actual and captured data and reducing time …
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Analysis, Design, and Control of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs Coupled to a Human
… crawling if they are equipped with robotic wrists. However, robotic wrists are not necessary for stationary postures as the contact point of the SuperLimbs on the ground can be chosen to best redistribute the loads in the human’s back. Finally, we show that synchronizing the SuperLimbs to …
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Sensemble : a wireless inertial sensor system for the interactive dance and collective motion analysis
… dance, in which sensor nodes are worn on the wrists and ankles of dancers in an ensemble. Interactive dance is in some ways an ideal situation for pushing high performance requirements. Collecting data in a highly active environment of human motion demands a comfortable yet sturdy wearable …
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Scaphoid Fractures - epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.
… this thesis consists of the 526 patients (531 wrists) who accepted to participate. First we assessed the diagnostic performance of radiographs and CT with MRI as the reference standard. In paediatric patients (<18 years) fracture patterns were studied in relation to skeletal maturity. Using …
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Topological analysis of singularity loci for serial and parallel manipulators
… serial manipulators, to 3UPS and 3UPU parallel wrists, to 3UPU parallel translational manipulators, and to 3RRR planar manipulators are reported in the work.
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Towards the development of a dynamic device for the evaluation of hypertonia of the upper extremity
… varying levels of hypertonia in the hands and wrists. Volunteers’ wrist flexor tone was also assessed by three clinicians using the MAS score.
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Positioning Techniques to Reduce the Occurrence of DeQuervain’s Tendonitis in Nursing Mothers
… mothers to experience due to the demands their wrists are placed in with having a baby. Treatment options include rest, hot/cold modalities, anti-inflammatories, and splinting, steroid injection and surgery. The purpose of this paper is to review the current literature on deQuervain's tendonitis …
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A computing task ergonomic risk assessment tool for assessing risk factors of work related musculoskeletal disorders
… statistically shows a significant value for wrists/hands (χ²=7.942; p=0.047), lower back (χ²=13.478; p=0.000), knees (χ²=7.001; p=0.008), and ankle/leg (χ²=5.098; p=0.024). The usability testing shows that the OFFERA method was easy and quick to be used (mean 4.48 ± 0.821) and applicable for …
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Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and ergonomic risk assessment among production workers in manufacturing industries
… shoulder (52.0%), upper back (51.6%) and hands/wrists (50.8%). For QEC tool, all workers were found to have Moderate exposure level except for the back region which for movement tasks with High exposure level (mean=31.18, SD = 6.604). Based on REBA tool, the risk factors on trunk and upper arm …
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Occupational Biomechanics of Tree-Planters: A study of musculoskeletal symptoms, posture and joint reaction forces in Ontario tree-planters
… pain and discomfort were reported in the feet, wrists and back, while the highest frequency of pain was reported in the back. Upper body and trunk postures were recorded during the tree-planting task in the field using digital video and inclinometers. Results indicated that deep trunk flexion …
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Wrist Motion Simulation With a Rigid Body Spring Model Comparing Different Elements Modeling Approaches
… to result validation using data from multiple wrists, further enhancements of ligaments and muscles modeling will improve the accuracy of these wrist models.
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