Binocular diplopia is a debilitating visual symptom requiring immediate intervention for symptomatic control, whether or not definitive treatment is eventually possible. Where prismatic correction is infeasible, the current standard is occlusion, either by a patch or an opaque contact lens. In eliminating one problem-diplopia-occlusive techniques invariably create another: reduced peripheral vi...

INTRODUCTION New tests for improved diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) are useful. MATERIAL AND METHODS We evaluated the utility of automated nerve conduction study (NCS) of the sural nerve with a new portable device for the diagnosis of DPN in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study included 114 T2DM patients (58 men) with mean age 64.60 ±8.61 years. Exclusio...

To investigate the efficacy of the finger method using a new microvibration sensation measurement device in the evaluation of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). A cross-sectional study of 52 type 2 diabetic outpatients was performed. Patients were evaluated for DPN using American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria, Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument, and the finger method. Patients we...

The aim of this study was to assess the role of add-on devices for the prevention of phlebitis and other complications associated with the use of peripheral catheters. Patients admitted to an infectious diseases ward and requiring the insertion of a peripheral catheter for at least 24h were randomly allocated to be managed with or without add-on devices. Incidence of phlebitis and all complicat...

the article introduced the flow and design scheme of fruit automated sorting system, the computer technology and automatic technology is used in agriculture production and management .In this system, the application of some technology, such as the detection and control technology, the digital image processing technology, the computer peripheral device and interface technology, Pattern Recogniti...

BACKGROUND Patients with a patent foramen ovale (PFO) who suffered from stroke, TIA or peripheral paradoxical embolism are at substantial risk for recurrent neurologic events and in need for secondary prevention. Interventional closure of PFO has been performed for over 20 years. Numerous devices have been developed and used for treatment. We investigated PFO closure with the third generation O...

The aim of this research is to design, develop, evaluate and manufacture an assistive/adaptive computer peripheral to facilitate interaction and navigation within Virtual Learning Environments and related learning content for people with physical learning and disabilities. The function of the device will be software specific; however the most common primary functions are those of selection, nav...

This paper addresses the physical hardware requirements necessary for a co-design hardware/software virtual machine to not only exist, but to also provide comparable performance with other implementation techniques for virtual machines. The discussion will center on requirements of the reconfigurable device and it’s peripheral connections to main memory and the general-purpose processor.

ALI = acute limb ischemia, APSAC = antistreplase, MTD = mechanical thromboembolectomy device, PAT = percutaneous aspiration thromboembolectomy, pro-UK = prourokinase, RPA = reteplase, r-UK = recombinant urokinase, SK = streptokinase, STILE = Surgery versus Thrombolysis for Ischemia of the Lower Extremity [study], tPA = tissue plasminogen activator, TOPAS = Thrombolysis or Peripheral Arterial Su...

This report describes an original, removable, peripheral device: a microinjector that injects a single dose of fluid chemical into a particular site in the brain of freely moving rats. The microinjector was constructed especially for simultaneous use with a microdrive for microelectrode recording of single neuron activity but can be utilized alone. The microinjector is simple, lightweight, smal...