In this paper, the author introduces a novel method for non-invasive, implicit human-computer interaction based on dynamically evaluated sitting postures. The research question addressed is whether or not the proposed system is able to allow for non-obtrusive screen content adaptation in a reading situation. To this end, the author has integrated force sensor array mats into a traditional offic...

BACKGROUND Adaptive postural control can be impaired in the presence of frailty syndrome, given that this condition causes homeostatic dysregulation in physiological systems. OBJECTIVES To compare the center of pressure (CoP) displacements of non-frail, pre-frail, and frail elderly subjects in the standing position before and after postural transition of sitting and rising from a chair, using...

Ligamentous injuries of the knee occur during sports and where there is extensive injury associated with subluxation or dislocation. We present a case of an obese female who sustained spontaneous non-traumatic posterior knee dislocation when she caught her foot while rising from the sitting down position. There was associated peroneal nerve injury but an angiogram confirmed no vascular compromi...

of further injections. The next morning1 was surprised tofind the patient sitting up in bed with a temperature of 101 ?K. Subsequently at the request of the same relatives she was given four more intravenous injections (one injection every evening) with no untoward results. On the fifth day her temperature had come down to 100?F and the pulse was fairly good, but on the sixth morning she died s...

aims: the installation of intravenous catheter is an unpleasant and painful experience for many patients. then, it is necessary to provide new methods to either reduce or remove pain in the patients’ injection point. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of positioning (either sitting or lying) during the installation of intravenous catheter on pain level and the following anxiet...