Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen
Nov 9, 2018
BACKGROUND: In the future, modern technologies could make a significant contribution to a self-determined life in one's own environment when in need of care. Robots might alleviate everyday domestic life and promote participation. In the nursing scie...
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Nov 8, 2018
OBJECTIVE: The implementation of drones in the medical security system requires a proper planning of the cooperation of different services, dividing the area into sectors, assessing potential risks, and other factors. This study refers to the cost an...
Does the presence of a robot co-worker influence the performance of humans around it? Studies of motor contagions during human-robot interactions have examined either how the observation of a robot affects a human's movement velocity, or how it affec...
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Nov 7, 2018
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to evaluate the learning curve effect on the safety and feasibility of robot-assisted liver resection (RALR).
The present study seeks to present a single-blind, randomized control trial of a hypothermic anti-inflammatory device, the endorectal cooling balloon (ECB), to assess whether regional hypothermia could improve 90-day and time to pad-free continence f...
Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community
Nov 3, 2018
Hospitalization is a stressful experience for children. Socially assistive robots (SARs), designed to interact with humans, might be a means to mitigate a child's stress and support its well-being. A systematic state-of-the-art review was performed t...
Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association
Nov 2, 2018
PURPOSE: To measure contact forces (CFs) at standardized locations representative of clinical articular cartilage defects on the medial and lateral femoral condyles during robotic tests with simulated weightbearing knee flexion.
Sperm cells undergo a wide variety of swimming patterns by a beating flagellum to maintain high speed regardless of the rheological and physical properties of the background fluid. In this work, we develop and control a soft robotic sperm that underg...
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