Sea level rise (SLR) in small island countries such as Kiribati and Tuvalu have been a significant issue for decades. There is an urgent need more accurate reliable scientific information regarding SLR its trend informed decision making. This study uses the tide gauge (TG) dataset obtained from locations Betio, Funafuti, with sea corrections vertical land movement (VLM) at these data by Global ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate effects of tracheostomy tube on the movement of the hyoid bone and larynx during swallowing by quantitative analysis of videofluoroscopic swallowing study. METHOD 19 adult stroke patients with tracheostomies, who met the criteria of decannulation participated. Serial videofluroscopic swallowing studies were done over 14 days before decannulation, within 24 hours befor...

Assistive software is designed to enable access to a computer interface for people with a range of disabilities. At Newcastle University we currently have a range of assistive software available across the campus computer network but much of this software, such as screen-reading and text magnification packages, is complex and requires significant training before it can be used proficiently. Scr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Scapular excursion and the wrist speed were studied before and after instruction and practice designed to achieve symmetrical scapular movement. SUBJECTS Subjects were 10 female and 6 male patients, aged 44 to 78 years (chi=60.3, SD=11.2), with diagnosed shoulder pathologies. METHODS Subjects were videotaped performing a reaching task. Pain status was monitored. The s...

OBJECTIVE To identify the skeletal, dentoalveolar, and soft tissue changes that occur during Class II correction with the Cantilever Bite Jumper (CBJ). MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective cephalometric study was conducted on 26 subjects with Class II division 1 malocclusion treated with the CBJ appliance. A comparison was made with 26 untreated subjects with Class II malocclusion. Lateral ...

Voltage-driven activation of Kv channels results from conformational changes of four voltage sensor domains (VSDs) that surround the K(+) selective pore domain. How the VSD helices rearrange during gating is an area of active research. Luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET) is a powerful spectroscopic ruler uniquely suitable for addressing the conformational trajectory of these helices. ...

I have noticed a striking effect that vision can have on movement: when a person makes circular motions with both hands, clockwise with the left hand, counterclockwise with the right hand, while watching the reflection of one hand in a parasagitally placed mirror, if one arm makes a vertical excursion, the other arm tends to make the same vertical excursion, but not typically if the excursing a...

Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are expansive facilities that require substantial inspection and maintenance. A fully automated inspection robot increases the efficiency of maintenance work, reduces operating and maintenance costs, and improves safety and work conditions for service technicians. This paper describes a climbing robot that is capable of performing inspection and maintenance...

This paper presents a method for the on-line identification of the payload carried by a single-link flexible manipulator whose movement is constrained to the vertical plane. The vertical movement of the robot makes the effect of gravity not negligible, and determines therefore, the non-linear behaviour of the analysed system. The proposed estimator is based on the algebraic derivative approach ...