During 2018—2020 items with Champleve enamels were presented to Sumy Regional Museum by residents, S. I. Gutsan and R. A. Bobkov. They shown at an exhibition dedicated the 100th anniversary of in September 2020. The collection consists more than 70 (tabl. 1). There are brooches (horseshoe-shaped, triangular, round), pendants (cruciform, lunnula), chains, bracelets, diadems, torques, appliquй, f...

The materials of the catacomb burial, investigated in 1988 by expedition Kharkiv Historical Museum under leadership V. H. Borodulin, located on main site early medieval burial ground near Verkhnii Saltiv village (Verkhnii Burial Ground-I, hereinafter — VSBG-I), are introduced into scientific circulation. had a long (6.3 m) and deep (5.05 dromos, western part which path re-entry chamber was fixa...

Building upon the idea of Douglass Bailey (1994) that prehistoric figurines represent actual individuals, it is suggested here their makers represented people in manner they perceived them, following role models familiar from own society. This further implies that, on grounds certain indicators, may be possible to identify social differences depending age, sex/gender, and possibly other modes i...

Context Technologies for detecting alcohol use among drivers have advanced rapidly in recent years. Private sector businesses that supply alcohol monitoring products, such as portable breath testers, ignition interlocks or transdermal monitoring bracelets, are motivated to educate government authorities about their wares. The authorities may know about some alcohol biomarkers GGT, AST, MCV, ALT...

Intra-body communication (IBC), using the human body as the channel to transmit data, has lower power consumption, less radiation, and easier linking than common wireless communication technologies such as Bluetooth, ZigBee, and ANT. As a result, IBC is greatly suitable for body area network (BAN) applications, such as the medical and health care field. Furthermore, IBC can be implemented in we...

A fall is defined as unintentionally coming to rest on the ground, floor, or other lower level, but not as a result of syncope or overwhelming external force. Falling is a common cause of morbidity and the leading cause of nonfatal injuries and trauma-related hospitalizations in the United States. Complications include bone fractures, injury to the soft tissues, increased functional dependence,...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute stroke education has focused on stroke symptom recognition. Lack of education about stroke preparedness and appropriate actions may prevent people from seeking immediate care. Few interventions have rigorously evaluated preparedness strategies in multiethnic community settings. METHODS The Acute Stroke Program of Interventions Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparit...

This chapter considers the use of haptics for learning fundamental rhythm skills, including skills that depend on multi-limb coordination. Different sensory modalities have different strengths and weaknesses for the development of skills related to rhythm. For example, vision has low temporal resolution and performs poorly for tracking rhythms in real-time, whereas hearing is highly accurate. H...