In long-term care facilities for the elderly, understanding physical anomalies or daily living conditions is important to improve the quality of care. Internet of Things (IoT) sens...
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The demand for telemedicine systems has increased following the COVID-19 pandemic. Conventional telemedicine systems provide video and acoustic transferring functions using smartph...
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A cluster of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases occurred in a 40-bed private hospital in Oita City, Japan. This study examined the effect of heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) w...
Background: The impact of instability resistance training (IRT) on the biomechanical properties and muscle activation patterns of persons with different arch heights is not well re...
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Quality of life (QOL) measurement is essential in evaluating effective interventions for persons with dementia. Essentially, QOL is assessed based on self-ratings. As the disease p...
The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of reducing somatosensory feedback by foot cooling on the medial gastrocnemius muscle. Using a system identification technique, ...
Early prediction of the risk of postoperative recurrence can help formulate treatment strategies for patients with lung cancer; however, few medical techniques accurately predict c...
Demand is increasing for foods that are both palatable and beneficial for physical and mental health. This study investigates the influences of flavored jelly beverage consumption ...
Microneedle arrays (MNAs) consisting of numerous tiny needles have attracted considerable attention for selective intradermal and subcutaneous delivery of pharmaceutical agents. Si...
For the application of brain-computer interfaces in fields such as medicine, a method of classifying brain activity with high accuracy using small amount of training data is needed...
Motor imagery (MI)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have received increasing attention in recent years. While most of the existing electroencephalogram (EEG) based MI-BCIs ha...
Research reporting significant cognitive improvement in patients with severe dementia following non-pharmacological interventions is scarce. Furthermore, few studies have focused o...
A coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) occurs when the wall of the coronary artery that surrounds and nourishes the heart becomes locally dilated. Coronary aneurysms are asymptomatic; ho...
Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is a minimally invasive approach for treating ear diseases. TEES requires simultaneous insertion of an endoscope and surgical instruments t...
Background: Ankle sprains are very common in badminton, and chronic ankle instability (CAI) often develops in players after these injuries. CAI badminton players (CAIBP) are more s...
Controlling cell orientation is of paramount importance in bioengineering processes. While several surface modification techniques have emerged to guide cell orientation, they ofte...
Kinesthetic illusion induced by visual stimulation (KINVIS) is a phenomenon in which a virtual kinesthetic perception is induced by watching virtual limb movements mimicking actual...
Purpose: In this study, we attempted to construct an improved anomaly detection system. In our previous study, we developed an anomaly detection system for the elderly. However, th...
