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Robots for Elderly Care: Their Level of Social Interactions and the Targeted End User.

Robots for older adults have a lot of potential. In order to create an overview of the developments in this area a systematic review of robots for older adults living independently was conducted. Robots were categorized based on their market readiness, the type of provided support (i.e., physical, non-physical, non-specified), and the activity domain they claim to support. Additionally, the commer...

Jan 1 2017 28873841

Design of a Behavior of Robot That Attracts the Interest of the Mildly Demented Elderly.

In this study, using the unexpected intervention overturning the interaction amount of the field and the mental model, an interaction of a robot system that enables sustained nonverbal communication with the mildly demented elderly was proposed and its effectiveness was shown in the group home of the mildly demented elderly.

Jan 1 2017 28873844
Development of a Risk Assessment Assistance Tool for Robotic Care Devices.

Aiming to eliminate a labor shortage caused by the aging of society, many kinds of service robots are under development. Nursing care for the elderly ...

Jan 1 2017 28873852
Leveraging Event Reporting Through Knowledge Support: A Knowledge-Based Approach to Promoting Patient Fall Prevention.

Patient falls are a common safety event type that impairs the healthcare quality. Strategies including solution tools and reporting systems for preven...

Jan 1 2017 29295245
Current state of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in Egypt.

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) continue to increase in number worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although continuous ambulat...

Jan 1 2017 29265049
Comparative Effects of Buprenorphine and Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvants to Bupivacaine Spinal Anaesthesia in Elderly Male Patients Undergoing Transurethral Resection of Prostrate: A Randomized Prospective Study.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Transurethral resection of the prostate is a commonly performed urological procedure in elderly men with spinal anaesthesia being...

Jan 1 2017 29284844
A Deep Learning Approach to Neuroanatomical Characterisation of Alzheimer's Disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurological degenerative disorder that leads to progressive mental deterioration. This work introduces a computational ...

Jan 1 2017 29295334
PREVALENCE OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND HYPOVITAMINOSIS D AT SIRIRAJ METABOLIC BONE DISEASE CLINIC.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of osteoporosis and hypovitaminosis D among patients at the Siriraj Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) Clinic, and to ...

Jan 1 2017 29375256
A Dual Targeting Drug Delivery System for Penetrating Blood-Brain Barrier and Selectively Delivering siRNA to Neurons for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment.

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of most serious threats to human beings, however, the treatment is hindered by blood-brain barrier and poo...

Jan 1 2017 29484985
Imaging and machine learning techniques for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common health problem in elderly people. There has been considerable research toward the diagnosis and early detection o...

Dec 1 2016 27518905
Decreased Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in Robot-assisted Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy Compared With Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy.

BACKGROUND: Postoperative delirium (POD) is one of messy complications related with increased mortality and hospital costs. Patients undergoing esopha...

Dec 1 2016 27846169
Possible Parkinson's Disease Induced by Chronic Manganese Supplement Ingestion.

OBJECTIVE: The objective is to report a case of possible neurotoxicity resulting from an incorrect dietary supplement for osteoporosis taken at a toxi...

Dec 1 2016 28074748
Myricetin protects hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons and improves learning and memory impairments in rats with Alzheimer's disease.

There is currently no treatment for effectively slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease, so early prevention is very important. Numerous studie...

Dec 1 2016 28197195
[DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE].

According to consensus definition, chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes urinary excretion of albumin >30 mg/day and/ or reduction in kidney function ...

Dec 1 2016 29087161
[Safety and Feasibility of Pancreatic Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer in Elderly Patients].

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of pancreatic surgery for pancreatic cancer in elderly patients.

Nov 1 2016 28133043
[Clinical analysis of Cervus and Cucumis Polypeptide injection based on real world hospital information system].

To analyze the clinical application of Cervus and Cucumis Polypeptide injection in the real world, in order to define the characteristics of clinical ...

Nov 1 2016 28929696
A Pilot Longitudinal Study on Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Tau Protein in Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia.

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) has high a prevalence rate, high medical costs, and care difficulties, and has become a serious social and econom...

Oct 25 2016 28638201
A Novel and Intelligent Home Monitoring System for Care Support of Elders with Cognitive Impairment.

BACKGROUND: Assistive technology, in the form of a smart home environment, is employed to support people with dementia.

Oct 18 2016 27636843
Application of advanced machine learning methods on resting-state fMRI network for identification of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

The study of brain networks by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) is a promising method for identifying patients with demen...

Sep 1 2016 26363784
Relationship between magnitude of applied torque in pre-swing phase and gait change for prevention of trip in elderly people.

Elderly people are at risk of tripping because of their narrow range of articular motion. To avoid tripping, gait training that improves their range o...

Aug 1 2016 28269657
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