Kinematic analysis of an upper extremity stroke rehabilitation orthosis by Yang, Fang

“…The first one is to simulate the hand and orthosis’ motion in virtual environment, and found the optimistic design for the orthosis linkages. …”
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Kinect-based automatic sign language recognition by Khor, Gladys Chiao Yuin

“…This project implements static hand signs recognition that operates interactively with users on depth data. …”
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A narrowband ultrasonic ranging method for multiple moving sensor nodes by Ashhar, Karalikkadan, Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Mohammad Omar Khyam, Soh, Cheong Boon

“…Accurate ranging using narrow-band ultrasonic transducers in small-scale environments can be used for indoor localization, human motion capture, and robotic navigation. …”
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The bach bang : effects of tonal vs. atonal music on finger tapping by Tan, Jian Rong.

“…No effect was observed for the right hand. Conclusion: Tonal music, with its melodious characteristics, seems to have an effect on task enjoyment and facilitates randomness in finger movement on the left hand. …”
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Manual laterality, grip types and tool use styles of andaman long-tailed macaques. by Tan, Say Hoon.

“…Coding from videotapes was done to obtain data. Ten different hand grips and seven tool use styles were documented. …”
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Effect of intra-articular corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis on the subsequent use of pain medications: a UK CPRD cohort study by Hawley, S, Prats Uribe, A, Matharu, GS, Delmestri, A, Prieto Alhambra, D, Judge, A, Whitehouse, MR

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We conducted a cohort study of patients registered in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD primary care database with an incident diagnosis of knee, hip, hand, or shoulder osteoarthritis between 2005-2019. …”

How well do total factor productivity explain the patterns of specialization of selected Asian economies? by Teo, Eng Chong

“…To the extend that the growth of East Asian economies goes hand in hand with the rapid changes in their economic structures and thus patterns of specialization, it is instructional to examine how well factor accumulation and technological improvement explain the relative rises or declines of industries in these economies.…”
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Attracting foreign direct investments into Burundi (Africa) : lessons from Singapore. by Evariste, Nduwayo., Loke, Swee Pan.

“…The objective of this study is to explore what lessons can other developing countries, Burundi in particular can learn from this success story. On one hand, what the reasons are behind this economic stagnation of countries like Burundi, and on the other hand, what the drivers of economies like Singapore have been.…”
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Measurement and evaluation of library services to childcare centres in Singapore by Fauziah Hassan Mohamed

“…Although much effort is being applied to improve the quality of services of childcare programmes, very few childcare centres are working hand in hand with the libraries in Singapore to enhance preschool education.…”
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Modelling and Design of a Synergy-based Actuator for a Tendon-driven Soft Robotic Glove by Xiloyannis, Michele, Cappello, Leonardo, Khanh, Dinh Binh, Yen, Shih-Cheng, Masia, Lorenzo

“…Being portability one of our main objectives, we use only 1 motor to move 8 degrees of freedom of the hand. To achieve this we use an underactuation strategy based on the human hand’s first postural synergy, which explains alone 60% of activities of daily living. …”
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Exploiting signed TV broadcasts for automatic learning of British Sign Language by Buehler, P, Everingham, M, Zisserman, A

“…<br> Knowledge of the hand position and hand shape is a pre-requisite for automatic sign language recognition. …”

Coherent diffraction imaging by Muhammad Khairul Ismail

“…On the other hand, experimental work would be conducted to verify the results obtained. …”
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Immersing into 360 virtual reality by Lim, Zijie

“…The objective of this project looks at how amidst various limitations, an interactive 360 virtual reality video controlled via hand gestures could be produced without the need for overpriced equipment. …”
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End-effector camera usage investigation for dual-arm industrial robot by Gao, Chuanchao

“…It covers the key parameters for robot perception system, like camera calibration, stereo camera usage, hand camera usage, and robot motion control. The robot integrates with a Kinect stereo camera, two hand cameras, and two grippers. …”
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Electromyography signal processing based on time and time-frequency representations for prosthesis application by Mahdavi, Farzaneh Akhavan

“…Accordingly, using EMG signal for controlling a prosthetic hand has been developed remarkably in recent years. …”
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Fairness analysis in algorithm design by Guo, Yuewen

“…On the other hand, the algorithms can be designed to be more fair and ob- jective. …”
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Non-local sparse models for image restoration by Mairal, J, Bach, F, Ponce, J, Sapiro, G, Zisserman, A

“…On the other hand, explicitly exploiting the self-similarities of natural images has led to the successful non-local means approach to image restoration. …”

A Novel Approach to Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures Utilizing a Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Traction and Stabilization Device by Oeding, Jacob F., Bockman, Sam, Chiu, Harriet, Hua, Cheyenne, Connor, James, Slocum, Alexander

“…A prototype was manufactured, and tests were conducted by a practicing hand surgeon. Both qualitative and quantitative tests using a phantom arm were performed. …”
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Enhancing the photo-electrocatalytic properties of g-C3N4 by boron doping and ZIF-8 hybridization by Atta, Mahmood Riyadh, Maizatul Shima, Shaharun, Khan, Maksudur Rahman Md, Bawadi, Abdullah, Al-Mahmodi, Akram Fadhl, Nur Diyan, Mohd Ridzuan, Munusamy, Thurga Devi, Jun Wei, Lim

“…The physicochemical properties of the catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, UV–VIS, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy and elemental mapping. The band gap energies increased from 1.878 eV for g-C3N4 to 2.36, 2.28 and 2.42 eV for B-g-C3N4, g-C3N4/ZIF-8 and B-g-C3N4/ZIF-8, respectively. …”
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Common visual pattern discovery and analysis by Wang, Zhenzhen

“…It is a long-standing but challenging task. On the one hand, patterns are frequently occurring visual primitives, and they are present in various forms, such as local features, semantic visual parts or visual objects. …”
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