Orientation, Navigation and Mobility are perhaps three of the most important aspects of ordinary human life. Most aspects of the dissemination of information to aid navigation and cues for active mobility are passed to humans via the most complex sensory system, the vision system. This visual information forms the basis for most navigational tasks and so with impaired vision an individual is at...

We have demonstrated high mobility MOS transistors on high quality epitaxial SiGe films selectively grown on Si (100) substrates. The hole mobility enhancement afforded intrinsically by the SiGe channel (60%) is further increased by an optimized Si cap (40%) process, resulting in a combined ∼100% enhancement over Si channels. Surface orientation, channel direction, and uniaxial strain technolog...

We present a study about the use of current electronic travel aids to help blind people navigate through familiar and unfamiliar environments. We also discuss the main strengths and weaknesses of electronic travel aids and propose guidelines to design and use them adequately. We provide a proposal to develop and use traveling aids. As a result, this can be a first step towards defining major as...

As more Latinos experience upward social mobility, it is increasingly necessary to challenge oppositional cultural assumptions to explain how perceived minority status barriers may influence their academic achievement. The present study builds on previous work that identified 3 distinct minority status orientations among Latino college students entering elite colleges-which the authors call ass...

background and objectives: mental health is one of the most important components of healthy life. culture, particularly religious orientation, is one of the factors whose role in promoting mental health is increasingly being emphasized. the aim of this study was to investigate correlation between religious orientation and mental health among the staff of pars special economic energy zone (pseez...

There is a real need to have systems for people with visual disabilities to be able to improve their orientation and mobility skills, and especially for children to be able to improve their autonomy into the future. However, these systems must be designed according to available objectives, methodologies and resources, as well as by taking the interests and ways of interacting of the end users i...

MF-$Q, 83 HC-41.67 Plus Postage. *Blind; Diagnostic Teaching; Elementary Education; Exceptional Child Research; *Instructional Materials; Material Development; Multiply Handicapped; *Programed Instruction; *Severely Handicapped; *Visually Handicapped Mobility; *Visually Handicapped Orientation A research project was conducted to investigate sensory, concept, and locomotion skills in severe mult...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of blind rehabilitation training on self-reported mobility function in visually impaired adults. Mobility function was assessed with a questionnaire administered before and 2 months after subjects completed a comprehensive blind rehabilitation program that included orientation and mobility training. Subjects rated the level of difficulty perfo...