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The human-machine interface (HMI) and bio-signals have been used to control rehabilitation equipment and improve the lives of people with severe disabilities. This research depicts a review of electromyogram (EMG) or electrooculogram (EOG) signal-based control system for driving the wheelchair for disabled. For a paralysed person, EOG is one of the most useful signals that help to successfully communicate with the environment by using eye movements. In the case of amputation, the selection of muscles according to the distribution of power and frequency highly contributes to the specific motion of a wheelchair. Taking into account the day-to-day activities of persons with disabilities, both technologies are being used to design EMG or EOG based wheelchairs. This review paper examines a total of 70 EMG studies and 25 EOG studies published from 2000 to 2019. In addition, this paper covers current technologies used in wheelchair systems for signal capture, filtering, characterisation, and classification, including control commands such as left and right turns, forward and reverse motion, acceleration, deceleration, and wheelchair stop.
Prior studies have reported time perception impairment in children and adolescents with ADHD but the results were inconsistent.

The current meta-analysis reviews 27 empirical studies published in English after year 2000 that compared time perception competence among children and adolescents with and without ADHD.

Results from 1620 participants with ADHD and 1249 healthy controls showed significant timing deficits in ADHD. Children/adolescents with ADHD perceived time less accurately (Hedges'
 > 0.40), less precisely (Hedges'
 = 0.66) and had higher tendency to overestimate time than their healthy counterparts. Moderator analyses indicated that the discrepancy of time perception between groups was not affected by the type of timing tasks nor the modality of stimuli used in the tasks. Nonetheless, results were moderated by age and gender.

These findings may update current understanding of the underlying neuropsychological deficits in ADHD and provide insight for future research in clinical assessments and treatments for ADHD.
These findings may update current understanding of the underlying neuropsychological deficits in ADHD and provide insight for future research in clinical assessments and treatments for ADHD.
The use of non-invasive clinical markers for predicting CRS recurrence is still not well investigated.

The aim of this study was to investigate the comprehensive effects of non-invasive clinical markers on the recurrence of CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).

A total of 346 consecutive CRSwNP patients undergoing endoscopic functional sinus surgery were recruited. The demographic characteristics and clinical parameters were recorded. Machine learning algorithm were used for evaluating the predictive value of asthma history and blood eosinophils percentage.

Finally, 313/346 patients completed the study. The average follow-up time was 24 months after the first surgery. For the CRSwNP with asthma patients, the blood eosinophils percentage cut-off value was 3.7%. However, for the CRSwNP without asthma patients, the blood eosinophils percentage cut-off value was high, at 6.9%.

Combined asthma history and blood eosinophils percentage can predict CRSwNP recurrence, while asthma history can reduce the threshold of blood eosinophils percentage to predict CRSwNP recurrence.

For the CRS patients, combined asthma history and blood eosinophils percentage can predict recurrence, while asthma history can reduce the threshold of blood eosinophils percentage to predict recurrence.
For the CRS patients, combined asthma history and blood eosinophils percentage can predict recurrence, while asthma history can reduce the threshold of blood eosinophils percentage to predict recurrence.We performed a comparative study looking at the aesthetic outcomes of using a digital artery vascularized adipose flap (DAAF) for treatment of Wassel type IV radial polydactyly versus a fillet flap technique. Clinical charts and pictures of patients between 2002 and 2017 were reviewed to evaluate the appearance of 16 reconstructed thumbs using a visual analogue scale. Selleck AS601245 Our results showed that the DAAF technique resulted in better outcomes with regard to contour of the thumb than the fillet flap group, with significantly less conspicuous scarring in the DAAF group. We conclude that the DAAF can produce better aesthetic outcomes in the reconstruction of radial polydactyly than conventional fillet flaps.Level of evidence III.Reducing structural drivers of intimate partner violence (IPV), including gender inequity in education, employment, and health, surrounding women worldwide represents a clear public health priority. Within countries, some women are at disproportionate risk of IPV compared to other women, including sexual minority women, immigrant women, and women in poverty. However, limited research has assessed women's IPV risk and related circumstances, including police involvement following IPV experiences and IPV-related worry, across sexual orientation, immigration status, and socioeconomic status in a population-based survey of women across countries. Further, few studies have examined IPV against minority women as a function of gender-based structural stigma. This study aimed to determine whether gender-based structural stigma is associated with IPV and related circumstances among European women; examine minority-majority IPV disparities; and assess whether structural stigma is associated with IPV disparities. We used the population-based 2012 Violence Against Women Survey (n = 42,000) administered across 28 European Union countries 724 (1.7%) identified as sexual minority, 841 (2.0%) as immigrant, and 2,272 (5.4%) as living in poverty. Women in high gender-based structural stigma countries had a greater risk of past-12-month IPV (AOR 1.18, 95% CI = 1.04, 1.34) and IPV-related worry (AOR 1.09, 95% CI = 1.04, 1.15) than women in low structural stigma countries. All minority women were at disproportionate risk of IPV and IPV-related worry compared to majority women. Associations between gender-based structural stigma and IPV and related circumstances differed across minority status. Country-level structural stigma can possibly perpetuate women's risk of IPV and related circumstances. Associations between structural stigma and IPV and related circumstances for sexual minority women, immigrant women, and women in poverty call for research into the IPV experiences of minority populations across structural contexts.
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