... relation to each participant's shoulder position A "virtual hand" corresponds to the location and movement ofthe paretic hand via a magnetic marker placed either in the palmar surface ofa glove ... replacing the stylus and attached to the end ofthe index finger PHANToM was a DOF model with the stylus placed in the web space ofthe hand and secured to the thumb with an elastic band http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/4/1/21 ... onto the dorsum ofthe hand at the 3rd metacarpal head Both visual and auditory feedback indicates successful collision ofthe "virtual hand" with a cube B) Interface for practice trial configuration...
... gender and migration by studying the experiences of Chinese new migrants in Singapore The first part ofthe thesis focuses on the private sphere (marriage and family) and argues that women are active ... Nicola Piper and Mina Roces, “Introduction: Marriage and Migration in an Age of Globalization”, in Nicola Piper and Mina Roces (eds.), Wife or Worker? Asian Women and Migration (Lanham : Rowman ... Nicola Piper and Mina Roces, “Introduction: Marriage and Migration in an Age of Globalization”, in Nicola Piper and Mina Roces (eds.), Wife or Worker? Asian Women and Migration (Lanham: Rowman...
... Okinawa represent If the United States is to remain the guarantor of security in Northeast Asia, and to hold together a de facto alliance whose other main pillars are Korea and Japan maintaining ... leadership rather than that ofthe United Nations, as the failure ofthe UN mission in the Balkans andthe relative success of NATO operations there attests Nor can the United States assume a ... advantages at risk Today’s U.S conventional forces are masters ofa mature paradigm of warfare, marked by the dominance of armored vehicles, aircraft carriers and, especially, manned tactical aircraft,...
... Systems and Cultural Differences: An Exploratory Studyof Switzerland, Australia, and Singapore List of Abbreviations AGSM Australian Graduate School of Management CA Conjoint Analysis CH Switzerland ... on the internal service gaps andthe impact Internal Service Systems and Cultural Differences: An Exploratory Studyof Switzerland, Australia, and Singapore of dimensions of national culture and ... COMPARISON OF WORKING HOUR STATISTICS IN SWITZERLAND, AUSTRALIA , AND SINGAPORE 135 TABLE 29: ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH 137 TABLE...
... Rizzo AA, Kim G: A SWOT analysis ofthe field of virtual rehabilitation and therapy Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments in press Rizzo AA, Schultheis MT, Kerns K, Mateer C: Analysis of ... virtual reality? Factors that differ among many ofthe laboratories claiming to use virtual realityand that also emerge amongst this group of papers include field of view, the presence of stereo ... rehabilitation Assist Technol 2004, 16:54-62 Sherman W, Craig A: Understanding virtual reality: Interface, application, and design California: Morgan Kaufmann; 2002 Stanney KM: Handbook of Virtual...
... thestudyand analized CT scans and cadaveric specimens and drafted the manuscript MC analized cadaveric specimens and participate in Kappa study GG analized CT scans and participate in Kappa study ... column ofthe scapula glenoid (α) andthe upper between the major the coracoid(β) axis andthe base ofcraneo-caudal process axis and angle Measure 4of angle between the major craneo-caudal glenoid ... ofthe scapula was measured in the true posterior view The angle between the major craneo-caudal glenoid axis andthe base ofthe coracoid process andthe angle between the major craneo-caudal...
... features and an example of business model of healthcare partner robot according to the market demand MARKET ANALYSIS 2.1 Healthcare, Homecare market in Japan The percentage ofthe population of Japanese ... ofthe ankle joint in the stance phase in normal gait was 28kgf of ankle Dorsiflexion; on the other hand, the peak ofthe load in the spastic gait was 8kgf of ankle dorsiflexion The load by ankle ... propose anew type of handle instead of ordinary oval shape, which has a structure of four parallel linkages In the case ofnew handle, it can be operated by only forward or backward motion of the...
... these additional banks are owner managed rather than professionally managed, and therefore not provide a good laboratory for testing the agency costs ofthe separation of ownership and management.19 ... where the weights are each other bank’s share ofthe total of that input or output of all the other banks in the market A bank’s price is then the weighted average ofthe prices it faces in each of ... or alternative profit efficiency, and ECAPi is the ratio of equity capital to gross total assets The use of ECAPi as an inverse measure of leverage is standard in banking research in part because...
... with a higher prevalence of USA300 had a greater proportion of blacks, Hispanics, females, and children, and had measures indicative ofa disadvantaged socioeconomic status As more households had ... MT, and MP participated in the design and coordination ofthestudy All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements Funding for this study was provided as research grants ... attributed to greater access to healthcare (and antimicrobial agents) Indeed, increased antibiotic consumption has been postulated as a protective factor against CA-MRSA in certain populations [3]...
... attachment and detachment clothes and change of posture, standing up andthe support in the case ofa walk, opening and/ or closing ofa door, operation ofa switch, the rescue in case of emergency and ... or evaluating the calculated time for each task To resolve the wastes, Kaizen ideas are applied to the virtual manual operation process, andthe effects ofthe ideas are evaluated Until the effect ... developed based on Jack in this study CASE STUDY 4.1 Test case Figure shows a test case A worker sets a main part on a pallet, and then assembles a part A on it with a screw B, anda part C After assembling,...
... improvement ofthe contact-tip andthe additional ofa vertical translational joint REFERENCES Asada H and By A B (1985) Kinematic Analysis of Workpart Fixturing for Flexible Assembly with Automatically ... Using these data, same machining operations are compared Figure shows the analyzed results of cost evaluation As shown in the Figure, the dry machining is largest, andthe MQL machining andthe ... DISTURBANCE IN PRODUCTION PROCESS G Han1 M Koike2 H Wakamatsu1 A Tsumaya1 E Araf andK Shirase3 Department of Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Eng., Osaka University 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suite,...
... simultaneously, the error of measured acceleration value was 15% on the calculated value, andthe error of angular acceleration value was 6% The error of angular acceleration was similar to the value ... FANLJC Ltd., Oshino, Yamanashi 401-0597, JAPAN Materials Fabrication Laboratory, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RTKEN), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, JAPAN ABSTRACT The ... confirm the validity of our proposal, the acceleration and angular-acceleration sensor was manufactured As the results ofthe triaxial acceleration measurement, the validity of our sensor was confirmed...
... total number of them is 250 The top surface ofthe array has the same height as the glass contact surface The shapes to be machined are the microgrooves andthe glass contact surface Fluidity of ... Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Kanazawa University 2-40-2, Kodatsuno, Kanazawa City, Tshikawa, Japan Honda Engineering Co., Ltd Haga-dai 16-1, Haga Town, Tochigi, Japan ABSTRACT ... 7.0 [kg], and has 28 DOF in its major joints Each leg has DOF, the trunk has DOF, each arm has DOF andthe neck has DOF In addition, fingers are attached to each hand SDR-4X1I adopts the OPEN-R...
... shows the verification ofthe objective functions ofthe individual holons andthe whole HMS The vertical axis andthe horizontal axis in the figures ofthe left and middle are the average ofthe ... Generation of load chart: The load chart of all the machining equipment is drawn based on the scheduling results STEP Calculation of average balanced load: The average balanced load (ABL) is estimated ... Load Balancing The load balancing means here to reallocate all the machining features and their machining processes to the suitable machining equipment, in order that the load of all the machining...
... indoor and outdoor mobile robots; some of them are map-based (Kidono, Miura, and Shirai 2002, Maeyama, Oya, and Yuta 1997) and some are view-based (Katsura et al 2003, Matsumoto, Inaba, and Inoue ... onto the floor Using this model andthe LRF (laser range finder) data, the robot searches the indicated area for the elevator and sets the origin ofthe elevator local coordinates at the center of ... cm high and has a camera with a fixed orientation to look ahead at the floor The task is to move along a given path to a destination The size of Io and If in pixels is 64 x 54 and that of Ic is...
... associating each demands and each WIPs in the order of time passing a certain gate for each materials type, we carry out the allocation of demands and WIPs In the case of due time of allocated demands ... that Rudd (2004) developed, five types of capital assets are specifically included: Natural Capital, Manufactured Capital, Human Capital, Social Capital, and Financial Capital Each capital asset ... but also portable data terminals Figure shows the status display for one particular association ofthe demand andthe WIP, including the parts which demands and WIPs consists of In each table...
... (Sn) ofthe antenna (a) , and radiation patterns ofthe antenna in XZplane (b), XY-plane (c), and YZ-plane (d) 308 First, the radiation pattern was measured in the XZ-plane (refer to Figure 1) and ... 2002) The smaller the spacing between points aand e, the lower the resonance frequency andthe higher the impedance (Ali 2000) The final layout was obtained through trial and error The antenna is ... these human task, or human work, data can be used as basic data these results at the time of creation ofa "work standard document." CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH SUBJECTS The conceptual framework...
... near antennas affect their performance in many ways Placing a conductive surface near an antenna has advantages and disadvantages In some cases a metallic plate near an antenna can act as a reflector ... the block of tags andthe centre ofthe reader antenna were placed at the same height The tag grid andthe reader antenna face each other at a distance of either or m Measurement data was collected ... anda transponder (i.e tag) A tag contains a microchip and an antenna The microchip stores the identification data ofthe tag Passive RFID tags have no internal source of energy and thereby they...
... rotational axes, Aand C (as B) axis as 368 shown in Figure The rotary motions around Xaxis as well as axis andthe Z axis are designated as A, C (as B) and C|S respectively The inclination and ... against the frame ofthe harvester head Loss of contact between the stem andthe frame ofthe harvester head causes the distance between the stem andthe frame to be added to the diameter Tf the ... measurement using the measurement data from the state variables that are accessible By using these state-variable estimates rather than their measured values one can usually achieve an acceptable...
... 113-8656, Japan, : /Yamatake Corporation, 4-1-1 Samukawa-Machi, Kohza-Gun, Kanagawa, 253-0113, Japan ABSTRACT In control valves, the sealing characteristics of gland packing has a close relation to the ... was formed of circles etched to the ground plane ofthe antenna Circles having diameter d\ and d2 were arranged in a square lattice having period a\ and a2 for high band and low band antenna, ... necessary to clarify the behavior ofthe gland packing The sealing characteristics of gland packing are strongly affected by the magnitude ofthe contact pressure between packing andthe stem or the...