A 46-year old Ghanaian man presented with immobilizing arthralgias in all joints except the forefoot, with a periarticular swelling most pronounced around the wrists and ankles. He had erythema nodosu...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) primarily affects infants and children and can manifest as upper airway dysfunction. Patients at the highest risk of increased morbidity and mortality from RSV includ...
Hydrocephalus is a rare diagnosis and can be mistaken for dementia in elderly people. Symptoms such as urine incontinence, gait dysfunction and cognitive impairment may be reversible with appropriate ...
Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is a novel manufacturing paradigm designed to fully leverage the advantage of humans and robots, efficiently and flexibly accomplishing customized manufacturing tasks. ...
Compared to traditional lower-limb prostheses (LLPs), intelligent LLPs are more versatile devices with emerging technologies, such as microcontrollers and user-controlled interfaces (UCIs). As emergin...
With the arrival of Industry 4.0, intelligent construction sites have seen significant development in China. However, accidents involving digitized tower cranes equipped with smart systems continue to...
Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) have gained popularity as they allow for an effortless and natural interaction between the user and the machine by processing information gathered from a single or mult...
Designing human-machine interactive systems requires cooperation between different disciplines is required. In this work, we present a Dialogue Manager and a Language Generator that are the core modul...
Chorea can be an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). It has been mostly described in younger female adults in association with other manifes...
Intravascular cardiac pacemakers are an established therapy for bradycardic indications. Recently, a new class of leadless pacemakers have mitigated some of the complications related to pacemaker lead...
Fifteen patients undergoing non-emergent open-heart surgery were enrolled. A midline incision was made just below the xiphoid process, and substernal tunneling was used to create a pocket for the devi...
The test device was successfully implanted in all 15 patients. There were no device or procedure-related adverse events. The first five implanted patients had no pacing capture at maximum stimulation ...
In a first-in-human experience with a novel extravascular pacemaker, this study demonstrated the feasibility of pericardial ventricular pacing via a subxiphoidal approach. Further chronic studies are ...
