Npn-1 Primes Limbs for Motion

Npn-1 Primes Limbs for Motion

During neural development, the axons of sensory and motor neurons must extend over long distances—meters in some animals—to reach the most distant parts of the limbs. The axons of these neurons adhere tightly together to form spinal nerves that project over these distances to their peripheral targets. This process, called fasciculation, controls axon outgrowth and guidance. However, the underly...

Autonomous Motion Planning for Avatars Limbs

In this work, a new algorithm for autonomous avatar motion is presented. The new algorithm is based in the Rapidly-exploring Random Tree (RRT) and an appropriate ontology. It uses a novel approach for calculating the motion sequence planning for the different avatar limbs: legs or arms. First, the algorithm uses the information stored in the ontology concerning the avatar structure and the Degr...

Looming motion primes the visuomotor system.

A wealth of evidence now shows that human and animal observers display greater sensitivity to objects that move toward them than to objects that remain static or move away. Increased sensitivity in humans is often evidenced by reaction times that increase in rank order from looming, to receding, to static targets. However, it is not clear whether the processing advantage enjoyed by looming moti...

Inertial sensors for motion detection of human upper limbs

Purpose – This paper seeks to present an inertial motion tracking system for monitoring movements of human upper limbs in order to support a homebased rehabilitation scheme in which the recovery of stroke patients’ motor function through repetitive exercises needs to be continuously monitored and appropriately evaluated. Design/methodology/approach – Two inertial sensors are placed on the upper...

1 Arithmetic progressions in primes