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- 1Agarwal, Kshitij
- 1Hamid D. Taghirad
- 1Hongjun Xing
- 1Jomah, Mohammed A
- 1Mahdi Tavakoli
- 285Biological Sciences, Department of
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Fall 2023
Motoneuron properties and their firing patterns undergo significant changes throughout development and in response to neuromodulators like serotonin. In this thesis we examined intrinsic motoneuron properties in 50 typically developing participants ranging in age from 7 to 53 years. The primary...
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Does botulinum toxin type A alter the consequences of recurrent laryngeal nerve transection in the rat model?
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Introduction: Laryngeal paralysis (LP) is a disorder that impacts significantly the health and the quality of life of patients. It causes a dysfunction of vocal folds (VF) movement as a result of affection of the laryngeal neural supply. While several theories have been proposed to explain the...
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Spring 2023
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) have been reported as a major issue among construction workers, and governments have spent billions of dollars on the problem. However, the number of case reports is still growing steadily year by year. Multiple factors can lead to WMSDs, but the two...
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2018
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences
This is an image of the tooth of an Elephant Specimen. This specimen is observed in Survey of Vertebrates, Zoology 224. This image was created as part of the University of Alberta OER image database project in Biological Sciences. Identifier 2027I.
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2018
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences
This is an image of the tooth of an Elephant Specimen. This specimen is observed in Survey of Vertebrates, Zoology 224. This image was created as part of the University of Alberta OER image database project in Biological Sciences. Identifier 2027I.
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2018
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences
This is an image of the tooth of an Elephant Specimen. This specimen is observed in Survey of Vertebrates, Zoology 224. This image was created as part of the University of Alberta OER image database project in Biological Sciences. Identifier 2027I.
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EMG Measurement of the fatigability of paraspinal muscles of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
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This thesis aimed to address two separate questions, 1) Are current exercise approaches to scoliosis based on a strong foundation in the literature? And 2) Do the paraspinal muscles of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) differ in endurance properties from controls? The first...
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EMG-based Hybrid Impedance-Force Control for Human-Robot Collaboration on Ultrasound Imaging
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Teng Li, Hongjun Xing, Hamid D. Taghirad, Mahdi Tavakoli
ABSTRACT: Ultrasound (US) imaging is a common but physically demanding task in the medical field, and sonographers may need to put in considerable physical effort for producing high-quality US images. During physical human-robot interaction on US imaging, robot compliance is a critical feature...
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2018
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences
This is an image of fish gill rakers. This specimen is observed in Survey of Vertebrates, Zoology 224. This image was created as part of the University of Alberta OER image database project in Biological Sciences. Identifier 2035I.
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2018
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences
This is an image of molariform teeth in fish. This specimen is observed in Survey of Vertebrates, Zoology 224. This image was created as part of the University of Alberta OER image database project in Biological Sciences. Identifier 2051I.