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Head Impact Severity Measures for Small Social Robots Thrown During Meltdown in Autism
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Springer Netherlands
, 2019 , Article)
Social robots have gained a lot of attention recently as they have been reported to be effective in supporting therapeutic services for children with autism. However, children with autism may exhibit a multitude of challenging ...
Driving behaviour and sustainable mobility-policies and approaches revisited
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MDPI AG
, 2018 , Article)
Climate change is receiving increasing attention in recent years. The transportation sector contributes substantially to increased fuel consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and poor air quality, which imposes a ...
Quality, safety and efficiency in practice: Risk assessment and standardisation of anesthesia equipment and supplies in operating theaters of high-volume tertiary-care academic medical center
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American University of Beirut
, 2019 , Article)
Background: Operating theatres (OTs) are valuable and costly resources that need to be appropriately designed and stocked for efficient, quality and safe patient care. We assessed the logistic inefficiency including the ...
Switchless power decoupling and switchless leakage current elimination in grid-tied inverters
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents a grid-tied single-phase transformerless inverter that eliminates simultaneously the leakage current issue and the double grid frequency power pulsation without additional active circuitry. The control ...
Treatment outcomes of fixed-dose combination versus separate tablet regimens in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with or without diabetes in Qatar
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BioMed Central Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Background
Tuberculosis is considered the second most common cause of death due to infectious agent. The currently preferred regimen for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ...
Data on the impact of an object with different thicknesses of different soft materials at different impact velocities on a dummy head
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
The purpose of this data is to investigate the effect of different thicknesses of different soft materials samples added to an object on the resultant head acceleration of a developed dummy head upon impact. The object was ...
A Modified Layer of Protection Analysis for Cyber-Physical Systems Security
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) is the most commonly used approach for quantitative safety risk assessment in the process control industry to protect a Cyber- Physical System (CPS) from accidental hazards-causing ...
Influence of the shape and mass of a small robot when thrown to a dummy human head
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springer link
, 2019 , Article)
Social robots have shown some efficacy in assisting children with autism and are now being considered as assistive tools for therapy. The physical proximity of a small companion social robot could become a source of harm ...
Safety experiments for small robots investigating the potential of soft materials in mitigating the harm to the head due to impacts
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springer link
, 2019 , Article)
There is a growing interest in social robots to be considered in the therapy of children with autism due to their effectiveness in improving the outcomes. However, children on the spectrum exhibit challenging behaviors ...
Head Impact Severity Measures for Small Social Robots Thrown During Meltdown in Autism
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springer link
, 2019 , Article)
Social robots have gained a lot of attention recently as they have been reported to be effective in supporting therapeutic services for children with autism. However, children with autism may exhibit a multitude of challenging ...