The need for STEM specialists is growing in current technologically-oriented economy. This calls new approaches evaluation and development of relevant abilities skills. However, the educational systems might miss some students who have high potential this field or can develop such potential. For example, according to results one Russian study, gifted children may be missed by existing methods t...

Introduction: Age related macular degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in the developed world. Currently no treatments exist for the majority of patients that suffer from this disease with injections only available to slow the advanced form of the disease. Patients can be offered various external devices above and beyond corrective glasses, however these are cumbersome and often...

I would like to thank my advisors, Drs. Sigrid Resh and Evan Kane, for their continued guidance and support in all things academic and research related during my Master of Science program. Thank you for believing in me and choosing me to work on this project. If it weren't for their collaboration, this project would never have happened. Thank you all for the input and advice revolving around so...

BACKGROUND Falls are a common adverse event in both elderly inpatients and patients admitted to rehabilitation units. The Hendrich Fall Risk Model II (HIIFRM) has been already tested in all hospital wards with high fall rates, with the exception of the rehabilitation setting. This study's aim is to address the feasibility and predictive performances of HIIFRM in a hospital rehabilitation depart...

Two people with homonymous right hemianopias were tested on a number of measures of non-conscious and conscious perception of shape in the blind field. Experiment 1 examined preparatory manual adjustments in grasping objects. Both subjects performed well above chance not only in three-dimensional location but also in preforming the hand to the shape, size and orientation of objects. In Experime...

Phosphocitrate [PC] is a powerful inhibitor of biological crystallization and a potential disease modifying drug for crystal associated diseases such as crystals associated osteoarthritis [OA]. Recently, it has been reported that a new PC complex salt, calcium sodium PC [CaNaPC], is much more powerful than its precursor, sodium PC [NaPC], in reducing the size of chemically-induced calcified pla...

Abstract A decisive factor in achieving the climate targets of German government is reduction CO2 through gradual electrification transport. In battery-electric vehicles, energy storage system typically positioned close to ground under passenger cell. Thus, crossing obstacles or typical load scenarios affecting underbody play a crucial role for vehicle safety. Currently, such battery protection...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Advancement in echocardiography has led to creation tremendous amounts data, while such data informs diagnosis/treatment decision, it is resource-intensive and time-consuming access analyze. This calls for a fast efficient workflow with interoperability among systems. Aim: assess impact workflow, easy accessing measurem...