Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
October 2024
Organophosphorus and carbamate Insectiside is common in Asia-Pacific region consisting of 63% of the Global death. Organophosphorus and Carbamate poisoning can lead into different complications in the respiratory,digestive,neurological aspects and maybe fatal in certain cases.Besides medical management of the same,early rehabilitation is also required to manage different kinds of neurological aspects caused due to Organophosphorus and carbamate poisoning.
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June 2024
Ann Indian Acad Neurol
August 2023
There are no established standards for the diagnosis of infection (CDI), even though the importance of this infection in humans is well known. The effectiveness of the commercially available techniques, which are all standardized for use with human feces, is also limited in terms of the accuracy of the tests. Furthermore, the current approach lacks a point-of-care diagnosis with an acceptable range of sensitivity and specificity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new artificial intelligence (AI) supported T-Ray imaging system designed and implemented for non-invasive and non-ionizing screening for coronavirus-affected patients. The new system has the potential to replace the standard conventional X-Ray based imaging modality of virus detection. This research article reports the development of solid state room temperature terahertz source for thermograph study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new disease known as COVID-19 caused by the SARS CoV2 virus has engulfed the entire world and led to a global pandemic situation. Till December 9, 2020, the disease has infected 68 million people worldwide and more than 1.56 million people have been killed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The global health crisis in the form of COVID-19 has forced people to shift their routine activities into a remote environment with the help of technology. The outbreak of the COVID-19 has caused several organizations to be shut down and forced them to initiate work from home employing technology. Now more than ever, it's important for people and institutions to understand the impact of excessive use of mobile phone technology and electronic gadgets on human health, cognition, and behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn human history, the paper has long been used as a platform to record and preserve information. However, over the decades, paper has found its application in Biomedical Sciences, too. Both paper-based microfluidic devices (μPADs) and paper-based cultures and scaffolds have shown immense potential to be used as a sensor as well as a supporting material for in vitro tissue engineering.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe whole world at present is dealing with the COVID 19 pandemic. As per studies worldwide SARS-CoV-2 by sequencing analysis is 95% homogenous similar to the bat coronavirus and almost 70% similar to the SARS-CoV-1. SARS CoV 2 is a respiratory problem which in its worst form of disease causes ARDS and hampers the patient's ability to breathe on his own and has to be put on Ventilator.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn December 2019, a new disease with pneumonia-like symptoms was spreading throughout Wuhan in China which was entitled as novel coronavirus disease or COVID -19 caused by the virus SARS CoV-2. Within a span of a few days, this disease became a global threat and was termed as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, since then the disease has affected more than 1.5 crore people worldwide and around 6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Repetitive TMS (rTMS), a non-invasive neuro-stimulation tool based on the principle of electromagnetic induction is recently being employed both for investigational and interventional purposes. The stimulating effect of rTMS on motor cortex areas of the brain leads to increased motor activity and decreased muscle tone in spastic cerebral palsy (CP) patients.
Objective: This modulatory effect of rTMS is used in this study to evaluate its effect on motor function and spasticity by increasing the number of therapy session and keeping frequency of 10Hz and pulse train of 2500 constant.
Introduction: Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a new tool that has been employed to modulate the neuronal activity of brain by its excitatory and inhibitory property. In cerebral palsy (CP) learning of any new task is an extremely slow process due to damage in sensory and motor areas of brain affecting the cognitive ability of the child and putting constraints in achieving timely developmental milestones. For such patients the electroencephalogram (EEG) is one of the most cost effective diagnostic tools used that minimizes hospital stay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Neuromodulation is emerging as a new therapeutic field towards treatment of neurological disorders through advances in medical devices. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is one such neuromodulatory device that has received increasing interest as a tool for modulating cortical excitability that influence motor activity in both normal and diseased population. However, the therapeutic effect of rTMS varies depending on stimulation frequency, intensity, pulse trains, duration, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, significant advances over the past decade have been made in robotics, artificial intelligence and other cognitive related fields, allowing development of highly sophisticated bio-mimetic robotics systems. In addition, enormous number of robots have been designed and assembled by explicitly realising their biological oriented behaviours. To enhance skill behaviours and adequate grasping abilities in these devices, a new phase of dexterous hands has been developed recently with bio-mimetically oriented and bio-inspired functionalities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpastic cerebral palsy (CP) is the one of most common neurological disorders occurring due to damage to the immature brain or any other brain lesion at the time of birth. To aid in making the life of the CP patient meaningful, several interventions such as medical, surgical and rehabilitation have been employed to date. Besides these, recently repetitive Transcranial magnetic stimulation (r-TMS) is a new found approach which is being employed for treating various neurological and psychological conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFElectromyography (EMG) signals that represent the electrical activity of muscles can be used for various clinical and biomedical applications. These are complicated and highly varying signals that are dependent on anatomical location and physiological properties of the muscles. EMG signals acquired from the muscles require advanced methods for detection, decomposition and processing.
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November 2013
Abstract In this investigation the jaw-mouth-lip (JML) co-ordination is quantified using cross-correlation (CC) between facial electromyography (EMG) while speaking words 'zero to nine'. The facial EMG data of four prominent facial muscles, namely Zygomaticus Major (ZM) from the mouth region, Levator Labii Superioris (LLS), Orbicularis Oris Inferioris (OOI) from the lip region and Anterior Belly of Diagastric (ABD) from the jaw region are collected and analysed. A total of six muscle pairs, (1) ABD-ZM, (2) ZM-LLS, (3) OOI-ZM, (4) ABD-LLS, (5) ABD-OOI and (6) LLS-OOI, are formed based on their position.
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March 2014
Obesity is a global epidemic that imposes a financial burden and increased risk for a myriad of chronic diseases. Presented here is an overview of a prototype automated ingestion detection (AID) process implemented in a health monitoring system (HMS). The automated detection of ingestion supports personal record keeping which is essential during obesity management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOsteoarthritis (OA) is progressive joint disease characterized by joint inflammation and a reparative bone response and is one of the top five most disabling conditions that affects more than one-third of persons > 65 years of age, with an average estimation of about 30 million Americans currently affected by this disease. Global estimates reveal more than 100 million people are affected by OA. The financial expenditures for the care of persons with OA are estimated at a total annual national cost estimate of $15.
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February 2013
Gender identification has its unique importance in sports and forensic sciences. However, the social issues are major constraints to identify the gender of a human being. A novel approach for gender classification using facial EMG is presented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnnu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
August 2012
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and is a cause of many major chronic diseases. In most cases, obesity is a result of an imbalance between food intake and calories burned. Steps toward automated ingestion detection are being made.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnnu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
July 2012
Continued miniaturization of electronic devices and technological advancements in wireless communications has made wearable body-centric telemedicine systems viable. Antennas play a crucial role in characterizing the efficiency and reliability of these systems. The performance characteristics such as the radiation pattern, gain, efficiency of the antennas get adversely affected due to the presence of lossy human body tissues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLife-saving medical implants like pacemakers and defibrillators face a big drawback that their batteries eventually run out and patients require frequent surgery to have these batteries replaced. With the advent of technology, alternatives can be provided for such surgeries. To power these devices, body energy harvesting techniques may be employed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdvancements are being made towards a cheap and effective means for health monitoring. A mobile monitoring system is proposed for monitoring a bicycle rider using light weight, low power wireless sensors. Biometric and environmental information pertaining to the bicycle rider is captured, transmitted to, and stored in a remote database with little user interaction required.
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