When lifting an object, the brain uses visual cues and an internal object representation to predict its weight and scale fingertip forces accordingly. Once available, tactile information is rapidly integrated to update the weight prediction and refine the internal object representation. If visual cues cannot be used to predict weight, force planning relies on implicit knowledge acquired from re...

Falls are a leading cause of occupational injuries and fatalities. A substantial proportion of occupational falls results from loss of postural stability. Load lifting perturbs postural stability, and thus is often associated with an increased incidence of falls. Although aged people are at higher fall risks, few studies have examined age effects on postural stability during lifting. Therefore,...

In an age of increasing numbers of lifestyle diseases and plasticity of longevity, exercise and weight training have been increasingly recognized as both preventing and mitigating the severity of many illnesses. This study was designed to determine whether significant weight-lifting gains could be realized through the Anatoly Gravitational System. Specifically, this study sought to determine wh...

Every video coding standard includes and requires motion estimation compensation. The full search algorithm, which provides the best estimation, has a very high computation cost. Researchers have developed several algorithms to reduce cost of computation. However, most these become trapped in local minima during search. Population-based evolutionary are widely used develop computationally effic...

Background: Manual handling, lifting, or carrying of material is responsible for non-fatal injuries among employees in industries. It is the second most prevalent reported risk factor in workplaces that can lead to potential manual handling accidents and longer-term musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The aim of this study was the evaluation of manual material handling using the American National...

background: manual handling, lifting, or carrying of material is responsible for non-fatal injuries among employees in industries. it is the second most prevalent reported risk factor in workplaces that can lead to potential manual handling accidents and longer-term musculoskeletal disorders (msds). the aim of this study was the evaluation of manual material handling using the american national...