1.1 Power assist robot and its current applications Power assist robot is a human-robot cooperation that extends human’s abilities and skills in performing works (Kazerooni, 1993). Breakthrough in power assist robots was conceived in early 1960s with “Man-amplifier” and “Hardiman” (Kazerooni, 1993), but the progress of research on this significant field is not satisfactory yet. It is found thro...

The objective of this study was to investigate if a reduced milking frequency altered the effect of dietary energy restriction on the hepatic transcriptome of grazing dairy cows during early lactation. Multiparous Holstein-Friesian and Holstein-Friesian × Jersey cows (n = 120) were milked twice daily (2×) from calving until 34 ± 6 days in milk (mean ± SD). Cows were then allocated to one of fou...

Molecular imaging technique is an attractive tool to detect liver disease at early stage. This study aims to develop a simultaneous dual-isotope single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT imaging method to assist diagnosis of hepatic tumor and liver fibrosis. Animal models of liver fibrosis and orthotopic human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were established. The tracers of (131)I-NG...

Formal methods and testing are two important approaches that assist in the development of cyber physical systems. Formal specification can be used to assist testing and Formal methods and testing are seen as complementary. In this paper, we address the problem of generating test cases for cyber physical systems from formal specifications using differential dynamic logic(DL), a logic for specify...

hydatid disease, caused by echinococcusgranulosus, is a common parasitic infection of the liver. disseminated intra-abdominal hydatid disease may occur with the rupture of the hydatid cyst into the peritoneal cavity, producing secondary echinococcosis. but primary hydatid cyst in the pelvis is rare. we report a case of bilateral hydatid cyst of the pelvis in a 53years old woman presented with a...

CONTEXT Anesthetic drugs including halogenated anesthetics have been common for many years. Consequent hepatic injury has been reported in the literature. The mechanism of injury is immunoallergic. The first generation drug was halothane; it had the most toxicity when compared to other drugs. The issue becomes more important when the patient has an underlying hepatic dysfunction. EVIDENCE ACQ...