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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus – an Aging Condition
NPH is a neuropathy caused by abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that normally surrounds the brain . The symptoms are usually described as a classic triad of gait disturbance, dementia...
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Posture Detection with Feedback
Forward Head Posture (FHP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder correlated with neck pain that affects a large percentage of the population. Though much medical research has suggested methods for...
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Waiting bus paradox
Waiting bus paradox One stochastic textbook example I’m experiencing every day. To win the battle against this, I need a smart phone and a GPS bus tracking system… Back to the days when app like...
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China’s one-child policy
In order to limit the growth of its population, the Chinese government decided to limit families to having just one child. An alternative that was suggested was the “one-son” policy: as long as a woman...
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Gait Speed Monitoring for Aging Conditions
Gait speed is a particularly important parameter in geriatrics, as it is the number one predictor of mortality in adults over 65 years old, with differences of just a couple tenths of a meter per...
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Data cursor precision in matlab
Tired of changing the data cursor display precision? You could change it permanently if you have a copy of Matlab on your local machine (i.e. it’s not a server version Matlab). Locate file:...
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Matlab Figure Plot Font Size Permanent Change
Tired of changing font size of titles and labels after plotting the figure in order to get intelligible characters in smaller scale? Matlab’s recommended solution is to get the figure handle by calling...
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Install NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn on Mac OS X for data miners
Add on and summarized from blog http://penandpants.com/2012/02/24/install-python/ Outline: 1. install Xcode –> 2. install pip –> 3. install brew –> 4. install NumPy –> 5. install gfortran...
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Individuals with walking disabilities as a result of cerebral palsy (CP), stroke, muscular dystrophy, brain injury, or many other conditions are often prescribed ankle foot orthoses (AFOs), as shown in...
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When it comes to measuring metabolism, the majority of the medical world adopted an approach called breath-by-breath measurement. It is probably the most common method to assess energy expenditure...
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