Abilities among school-aged children with cerebral palsy with different patterns and levels of motor function were evaluated. Children within spasticity patterns (33 with quadriplegia, 25 with hemiplegia, 19 with diplegia) and Gross Motor Function Classification System levels were compared (level I, walking = 47%; level II-III, restricted ambulation = 18%; level IV-V, wheelchair needs = 34%,). ...

Various aspects related to controlling induction motors are investigated. Different control strategies are explored. The direct torque control (DTC) strategy is studied in details and its relation to space vector modulation (SVM) is emphasized. An SVM-based DTC strategy is suggested and a controller design based on this strategy is presented. A Simulink model representing the controller is deve...

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Behavior is derived from the configuration of synaptic connectivity among functionally diverse neurons. Fine motor behavior is absent at birth in most mammals but gradually emerges during subsequent postnatal corticospinal system maturation; the nature of circuit development and reorganization during this period has been largely unexplored. We investigated connectivity and synaptic signaling am...

The paper considers that playing volleyball requires maximum manifestation of physical capabilities, willpower and the ability to use acquired skills from athletes. Physical training is one most important components athletes specializing in volleyball. It aimed at development such motor qualities, namely: strength, speed, endurance, flexibility coordination abilities. usually divided into gener...

When we hold an object in our hand, the mass of the object alters the physics of our arm, changing the relationship between motor commands that our brain sends to our arm muscles and the resulting motion of our hand. If the object is unfamiliar to us, our first movement will exhibit an error, producing a trajectory that is different from the one we had intended. This experience of error initiat...

ECAs ought to be entities endowed with dialogic and expressive capabilities. They are used in interactive systems in which they can communicate with users. Being involved in a communicative process implies to perceive signs displayed by the other interactants and to emit signs. ECAs ought to have qualities over two main computational domains: perception and generation. We consider another domai...

In recent decades it has become clear that the cerebellum is involved in associative motor learning, but its exact role in motor learning as such is still controversial. Recently, a contribution of the cerebellum to different cognitive abilities has also been considered, but it remains unclear whether the cerebellum contributes to cognitive associative learning. We compared nine patients with a...