Dunn et al. (2011) argue for the following four theses. First, they argue that there is no evidence of a crosslinguistic word order correlation between certain pairs of elements for which a correlation has been claimed in the previous literature. Second, they argue that although some correlations do exist, they are specific to individual families and not universal. Furthermore, they argue that,...

Received 11-12-2014, Accepted 18-12-2014, Available Online 22-01-2015 PrivateClinic, Pendik, Istanbul, DDS, PhD. Turkey IstanbulUniversity, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of OperativeDentistry, DDS, PhD. Turkey Istanbul University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of OperativeDentistry, DS. Turkey *Corresponding Author: Isil BayrakE-mail: [email protected] Esthetic rehabilitation of congen...

Pneumatic muscle is a new type of flexible actuator with advantages in terms of light weight, large output power/weight ratio, good security, low price and clean. In this paper, an ankle rehabilitation robot with two degrees of freedom driven by pneumatic muscle is studied. The force control method with an impedance controller in outer loop and a position inner loop is proposed. The demand of r...

Background Australian subacute rehabilitation facilities face significant challenges from the ageing population with increased burden of chronic disease. High risk foot complications are a negative consequence of many chronic diseases. With the rapid expansion of subacute services, it seems imperative to investigate the prevalence of foot complications in this population. The primary aim of thi...

Injuries to the ankle may be a source of great discomfort and the long-term effects can negatively influence the future health of the individual who has suffered the injury. Wobble boards represent a relatively inexpensive type of equipment that may be used to train one’s ankles preventively or as part of the rehabilitation process once the damage has been done. However, individuals in need of ...

Betweenness centrality is a distance-based invariant of graphs. In this paper, we use lexicographic product to compute betweenness centrality of some important classes of graphs. Finally, we pose some open problems related to this topic.

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted, subject to final approval, an agreement containing a proposed consent order with Cooperativa de Farmacias Puertorriqueñas (“Coopharma” or “Respondent”). The agreement settles charges that Coopharma violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 45, by negotiating, entering into, and implementing agreements among its mem...

The aim of this research was to examine the subjective quality of life in blind and partially sighted people in relation to the type of impairment, duration of impairment and participation in psychosocial rehabilitation. The study used a sociodemographic and health questionnaire, and the Personal Wellbeing Index for adults to examine participant satisfaction with different life domains. The res...