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Garret N. Curtis, Holly A. Weber, Vy Tran, Christopher A. Childs, Kyungsup Shin and Carlos Garaicoa-Pazmino
Background: Scarce evidence is available regarding the occurrence and prevalence of hard/soft tissue deficiencies among patients undergoing surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) as compared to non-surgical rapid maxillary expansion (NSRME...
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Jesus Alejandro Serrato-Pedrosa, Guillermo Urriolagoitia-Sosa, Beatriz Romero-Ángeles, Guillermo Manuel Urriolagoitia-Calderón, Salvador Cruz-López, Alejandro Urriolagoitia-Luna, David Esaú Carbajal-López, Jonathan Rodolfo Guereca-Ibarra and Guadalupe Murillo-Aleman
Plantar pressure distribution is a thoroughly recognized parameter for evaluating foot structure and biomechanical behavior, as it is utilized to determine musculoskeletal conditions and diagnose foot abnormalities. Experimental testing is currently bein...
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Grzegorz Ilewicz and Edyta Ladyzynska-Kozdras
The surgical robots currently used in cardiac surgery are equipped with a remote center of motion (RCM) mechanism that enables the required spherical workspace. The dynamics model of the surgical robot?s RCM mechanism presented in this work includes a di...
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Cristina Mesas, Beatriz Segura, Gloria Perazzoli, Maria Angeles Chico, Javier Moreno, Kevin Doello, Jose Prados and Consolación Melguizo
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children, constitutes approximately 40% of all recorded soft tissue tumors and is associated with a poor prognosis, with survival rates of less than 20% at 3 years. The development of resista...
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Asumi Yamazaki, Akane Koshida, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Masashi Seki and Takayuki Ishida
Recently, some facilities have utilized the dual-energy subtraction (DES) technique for chest radiography to increase pulmonary lesion detectability. However, the availability of the technique is limited to certain facilities, in addition to other limita...
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Valentina Cavedon, Chiara Milanese, Franco Sacristani and Carlo Zancanaro
Karate is a widely practiced combat sport. Karatekas? body composition has typically been obtained in small groups using skinfolds or bioelectric impedance. In this work, we assessed three-compartment body composition using the accurate dual-energy X-ray...
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Enze Shao, Qichang Mei, Tongjun Ye, Bálint Kovács, Julien S. Baker, Wei Liu and Yaodong Gu
Interval running methodologies simulate competition and training conditions, with the aim of enhancing an athletes? ability to cope with constant deceleration, acceleration, and sudden changes in direction, as associated athletic and performance challeng...
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Christine Linnenberg, Benjamin Reimeir, Robert Eberle and Robert Weidner
Occupational shoulder exoskeletons need to provide meaningful torques to achieve the desired support, thereby high pressures can occur within the physical human?machine interface (pHMI) of exoskeletons that may lead to discomfort, pain, or soft tissue in...
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Zsofia Jokkel, Marcell Szily, Marton Piroska, Helga Szabó, Anita Hernyes, Gergely Szabó, Ildikó Kalina, Pál Maurovich-Horvat, David Laszlo Tarnoki and Adam Domonkos Tarnoki
Background: Recurrent upper airway obstruction during sleep is a common feature of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Risk factors for the development of OSA include obesity, male gender and smoking. In addition, anatomical factors contribute to the developm...
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Clara Freijo, Joaquin L. Herraiz, Fernando Arias-Valcayo, Paula Ibáñez, Gabriela Moreno, Amaia Villa-Abaunza and José Manuel Udías
Chest X-rays (CXRs) represent the first tool globally employed to detect cardiopulmonary pathologies. These acquisitions are highly affected by scattered photons due to the large field of view required. Scatter in CXRs introduces background in the images...
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