Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAble-Bodied Individuals’ Initial Interaction Decisions Concerning a Partner in a WheelchairMelissa Ann Tafoya, Paul MongeauEstablishing and maintaining personal relationships is a quintessential part of the human experience, with a few notable exceptions, persons with disabilities have been virtually ignored by relationships scholars. This study seeks to advance disability research by examining how a wheelchair influences able-bodied participant’s perceptions of initial interactions. Using various scenarios, we asked students how they would react if they were … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 4 Dec 2018 · 7,768 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMulti-Controlled Wheelchair for Upper Extremities DisabilityChadi F. RimanPeople with motor disabilities are trying to be more autonomous by using an electric wheelchair with a conventional joystick control. However, a problem arises when these people are suffering from upper extremities disability such as tetraplegia. Several methods were implemented such as voice control, chin control, eye-blink, sip-and-puff, but each has its advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, in some situations a … …Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 3 Dec 2018 · 7,244 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Enhanced Training- Based Arabic Sign Language Virtual Interpreter Using Parallel Recurrent Neural NetworksMohamed A. AbdouIntelligent machine translation systems have a remarkable importance in integrating people with disabilities in community. Arabic to Arabic sign language systems are limited. Deep Learning (DL) was successfully applied to problems related to music information retrieval, image recognition and text recognition, but its use in sign language recognition is rare. This paper introduces an automatic virtual translation system from Arabic … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 2 · 20 Feb 2018 · 7,628 accessesView PDFCite
Literature ReviewOpen accessIn the abstractReview of Periprosthetic Infection of Brucellosis with Presentation of a Case ReportYuri Klassov, Talya Marina Klassov, Odelya Peretz, Vadim BenkovichNowadays there is an increase in number of arthroplasties performed worldwide. There are evidences that this trend will continue to rise on a yearly basis. Presence of a foreign body implant increases the risk for infection regardless the most meticulous infection control. Brucellosis is the most frequently encountered worldwide zoonotic disease. It is most often acquired from unpasteurized milk and … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 15 Aug 2016 · 7,592 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSpatial Representation to Support Visual Impaired PeopleAbbas Mohamad Ali, Shareef Maulod ShareefThe rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enhances the government services to its citizen. As a consequence affects the exchange of information between citizen and government. However, some groups can experience some difficulties accessing the government services due to disabilities, such as blind people as well as material and geographical constraints. This paper aims to introduce a novel … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 15 Apr 2015 · 6,194 accessesView PDFCite