Effective Computer Network Defense requires close cooperation and collaboration between government and industry, science and education, national and international efforts. The Netherlands offers a concrete example of a successful public-private partnership aimed at improving overall cyber security for its society in general, including government, industry, and citizens. This requires more that ...

background: footwear with a curved “rollover” sole is prescribed to improve walking capability. shoes with a curved sole profile have been reported to alter ankle, knee and hip kinematics and posture and thought to able to modify head and neck, and trunk posture. therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the immediate effects of rollover footwear on standing posture of head and neck, ...

Inamoto, Saitoh E, Shibata S, Kagaya H, Nakayama E, Ota K, Onogi K, Kawamura Y. Effectiveness and applicability of a specialized evaluation exercise-chair in posture adjustment for swallowing. Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 2014; 5: 33-39. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of a newly-developed evaluation exercise-chair, Swallow Chair (SC), in terms of simplicity, applicability, and comfort for dyspha...

Numerous observational methods for analysis of working posture of the wrist/forearm have been reported in the literature yet few of these methods have been validated for the accuracy of their posture classification. The present study evaluated the accuracy of estimates of working posture made by 28 experienced ergonomists using methods of scaling upper limb posture typical of those reported in ...

Importance of human-computer interaction (HCI) systems is increasing since they revolutionized the way people interact with computers. Gesture and posture analysis, especially hand gesture and posture recognition, is one of the more recent areas in the HCI with ever widening field of applications. In this paper we propose an algorithm for hand posture recognition that is based on skin detection...

Hand posture estimation attracts researchers because of its many applications. Hand posture recognition systems simulate the hand postures by using mathematical algorithms. Convolutional neural networks have provided the best results in the hand posture recognition so far. In this paper, we propose a new method to estimate the hand skeletal posture by using deep convolutional neural networks. T...

STUDY DESIGN A cohort study using data from the Locomotive Syndrome and Health Outcome in Aizu Cohort Study, a population-based prospective cohort study of residents of the towns of Tadami and Minamiaizu in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to clarify the association between kyphotic posture and falls, and to investigate the presence or absence of sex difference...

Digital human modeling (DHM), as a convenient and cost-effective tool, is increasingly incorporated into product and workplace design. In product design, it is predominantly used for the development of driver-vehicle systems. Most digital human modeling software tools, such as JACK, RAMSIS and DELMIA HUMANBUILDER provide functions to predict posture and positions for drivers with selected anthr...

Aim: In children, gait and posture assessment provides a crucial marker for the early characterization, surveillance and treatment evaluation of early onset ataxia (EOA). For reliable data entry of studies targeting at gait and posture improvement, uniform quantitative biomarkers are necessary. Until now, the pediatric test construct of gait and posture scores of the Scale for Assessment and Ra...