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Chandrasekhar, Chaya. "Pāla-Period Buddha Images: their hands, hand gestures, and hand-held attributes." The Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1092830047.

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Chandrasekhar, Chaya. "Påla-period Buddha images their hands, hand gestures, and hand-held attributes /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1092830047.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.
Document formatted into pages; contains xvi,375 p.; also contains graphics. Includes bibliographical references. Abstract available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2009 Aug. 18.
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Cockayne, William R. "Two-hand, whole-hand interaction." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA356098.

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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998.
"September 1998." Thesis advisor(s): Michael Zyda, Rudy Darken. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-48). Also available online.
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Kalenja, Adela. "The hard hat and the hand-held : communication with hand-held computing in the construction process." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59111.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.
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Computer hand-held devices have the potential to revolutionize the methods of communication in the construction process. The compelling feature of hand-held computers is their ability to integrate GPS, video cameras, magnetometers and other sensors with an array of construction-relevant data layers in a highly portable form factor. This technology has the capacity to locate people in space, give them information relevant to who they are and where they are as well as allow them to input information into the system on the go. Through extensive research and interviews conducted with architects, construction managers and foremen, this thesis will assess problems inherent in the construction process and propose a new vision for methods of communication. This vision will be expressed through the design of a new hand-held application prototype.
by Adela Kalenja.
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Hale-Hanes, Heidi A. "Hand In Hand Home Health Care." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10164122.

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The need for home health care is a growing need in the United States due to the shift of the “baby-boomers” into the post retirement years. However, there is a growing niche market within this aging population: the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) elders who have lived their adult lives “out of the closet” and who are facing difficulty receiving care which is compassionate and culturally sensitive at the same time. The mission of Hand-In-Hand Home Health Care is to provide exceptional home health care with a team of professionals that provide patient-centered care which is culturally sensitive and compassionate, achieved with employee training developed by SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Hand-In-Hand Home Health Care will achieve economic viability within the first year through optimal cash flow management with Axxess client software and the initial capital assistance with a 7a Small Business Loan.

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Lindfors, Berger Ditte, and Emma Lundberg. "ART och skola - hand i hand?" Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-32899.

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Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka och få kunskap om elevers upplevelse av sin situation på en skola som bedriver ART- programmet och arbetar för integrering av ART i övrig undervisning och verksamhet.(ART - Aggression Replacement Training) Vi har även forskat i hur lärarna på den specifika skolan upplever situationen för eleverna i såväl skolgång som socialt samt hur lärarna arbetar med ART. Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod där intervjuer med sammanlagt sju informanter ligger som grund för vårt forskningsresultat. Till vår kvalitativa undersökning kopplar vi bland annat teorin om fenomenologi, vilken utgår från en strävan att åsidosätta vår tidigare empiri och genom det få möjlighet att gripa tag i den subjektiva erfarenheten hos informanten. Vi vill också lyfta fram begreppet kontextualism, det vill säga att vi har en vilja att undersöka individer i det sammanhang de befinner sig i. Resultatet av intervjuerna med informanterna visar att lärarna anser att de ser en stor förändring hos elever som placeras på den specifika skola vi undersökt samt vilka genomgått eller genomgår ART: s program. De menar att efter genomgånget program visar eleverna prov på mognad och utveckling vilket resulterar i en positiv förändring i både skolarbetet samt i den sociala situationen. De ser en fördel med att ha ART integrerad i övrig verksamhet förutom de lektioner som är avsedda för programmet. Eleverna upplevde även de en förändring i sin livssituation sedan de börjat på den specifika skolan och deltagit i ART-programmet. De ansåg att ART hjälpt dem att hantera sin aggressivitet och givit dem verktyg för att kunna handla annorlunda. De uttryckte att det som skiljde deras förra skola från den nya är att de på den nya skolan får det stöd de behöver, till exempel genom ART:s metoder och strategier, samt att det finns fler pedagoger per elev och att klasserna är mindre. Följden av detta är att eleverna upplevde att deras koncentration ökade vilket resulterat i att skolgången blivit förbättrad. Slutsatsen av undersökningen är att ART integrerat i en skolverksamhet kan stödja aggressiva elever i att bryta sitt beteende. Vidare är slutsatsen att lärare och elever som ingår i en verksamhet med ART integrerad upplever skolsituationen som mer hållbar och positivt utvecklande än då eleverna ingick i en skolverksamhet utan ART eller där ART inte var integrerad i övrig verksamhet och i bemötande av eleverna.
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Lind, Marie-Louise. "Hairdressers - hand eczema, hair dyes and hand protection /." Stockholm, 2006. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/91-7140-900-9/.

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Guttmann, Oliver. "Hand eczema." Diss., lmu, 2008. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-88559.

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Lee, Geoffrey R. "In hand." Connect to this title online, 2008. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1211389315/.

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Nilsson, Anna, and Cathrine Wallmark. "Helping Hand." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-30447.

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Vi har i denna uppsats diskuterat och belyst hur den optimala vägledningen skulle kunna se ut. Anledningen till detta är att vi planerar att starta ett eget företag inom vägledning och vi har genom detta examensarbete lagt grunden till en affärsidé kring hur vårt företag i framtiden kan arbeta med studie- och yrkesvägledning. Detta har vi gjort genom intervjuer med studie- och yrkesvägledare på Infoteket och Malmö högskola samt intervjuer med sökande som varit och besökt dessa verksamheter. Vi har kommit fram till att varken Malmö högskola eller Infoteket bedriver det som vi efter denna uppsats anser vara den optimala vägledningen. Verksamheterna har inte någon möjlighet att individanpassa vägledningen på ett sådant sätt att vi kallar det optimalt, de väljer ibland att inte klargöra ramar och samtalsinnehåll för de sökande dessutom känner de sökande ibland att de inte satt igång någon process överhuvudtaget när de gått därifrån. Utifrån detta arbete har vi insett att det krävs en hel del för att kunna erbjuda den optimala vägledningen. Det allra viktigaste, och kanske svåraste, som vi kommit fram till är att vägledningen alltid måste individanpassas. Det som är optimal vägledning för en sökande är inte den optimala för en annan. För att kunna individanpassa samtalen har vi kommit fram till att det krävs flexibilitet, resurser m.m. Detta för att kunna skapa ett forum där det finns möjlighet att anpassa miljön, samtalsklimatet och vägledningsprocessen till varje individ. Vi vill dock tillägga att det viktigaste av allt är att den optimala vägledningen ska utgå ifrån att den sökande känner sig nöjd och fått den hjälp som han eller hon var ute efter.
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Arrué, Collahua Melanie Amy Elizabeth, Tejada Karen Antuane Cespedes, Cuba Carlos Alberto Rodriguez, and Hidalgo Carlos Enrique Rodriguez. "Hand roll." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656654.

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El presente trabajo es realizado por alumnos de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, la idea de negocio se elaboró con el fin de ayudar en la alimentación de las personas y la practicidad o poco tiempo de los consumidores. Nuestro principal objetivo es la creación, distribución y comercialización de hand rolls de pollo furai y un Hand Roll de verduras y de regalo se dará a un vaso de chicha completamente gratis. Se identificó que el principal problema es la falta de tiempo en la elaboración de alimentos, snacks saludables, alimentos en la media mañana o media tarde, por lo que se busca ayudar a estas personas a que ahorren tiempo y sean más prácticos; por lo que se creó un pack de Hand Roll listos para disfrutar. Yan Ken Roll surge de la sinergia de las palabras “Yan ken Po”, siendo un nombre original y único, sobre todo una marca peruana. Este pack de Hand Roll tendrá los ingredientes básicos son el pollo, el arroz y las verduras. Será distribuida de forma únicamente por delivery, principalmente al distrito de San Miguel y aledaños. Finalmente, determinamos que nuestro hand roll está orientada al público en general, sin embargo, nuestro público objetivo está representado por personas quienes buscan algo rápido al paso y nutritivo, que les permita mantener un estilo de vida saludable y a la vez poder satisfacer su alimentación. Nuestro propósito es que YAN KEN ROLL transcienda y se sitúe en el top of mind del consumidor.
This work is carried out by students of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, the business idea was developed in order to help feed people and the practicality or short time of consumers. Our main objective is the creation, distribution and commercialization of furai chicken hand rolls and a vegetable hand roll and as a gift it will be given to a glass of chichi completely free. It was identified that the main problem is the lack of time in the preparation of food, healthy snacks, food in the mid-morning or mid-afternoon, so it seeks to help these people to save time and be more practical; reason why a pack of Hand Roll ready to enjoy was created. Yan Ken Roll arises from the synergy of the words "Yan ken Po", being an original and unique name, especially a Peruvian brand. This pack of Hand Roll will have the basic ingredients are chicken, rice and vegetables. It will be distributed solely by delivery, mainly to the San Miguel district and surrounding areas. Finally, we determine that our hand roll is oriented to the general public, however, our target audience is represented by people who are looking for something fast-paced and nutritious, which allows them to maintain a healthy lifestyle and at the same time be able to satisfy their diet. Our purpose is for YAN KEN ROLL to transcend and be in the top of mind of the consumer.
Trabajo de investigación
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Guttmann, Oliver Philipp. "Hand eczema." kostenfrei, 2008. http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/8855/.

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Rathi, Ritesh. "Hand gestures." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28158.

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Nilsson, Alexandra, and Peter Hamlén. "Från second hand till first hand : -En undersökning av konsumentens inställning till second hand kläder." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-176665.

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Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur klädesaffärer kan skapa en mer positiv syn på second hand kläder bland konsumenter. Undersökningen utfördes genom att använda Tricomponent Attitude modellen och erkända strategier för attitydförändring. Tricomponent Attitude modellen utgörs av den kognitiva, affektiva samt konativa delen medan attitydstrategierna utgörs av tillvägagångssätt för att förändra attityden. En kvantitativ enkätundersökning utfördes och sändes ut till respondenterna med hjälp utav sociala nätverk och forum. Totalt samlades 343 svar in. Det visade sig att konsumentens inställning till second hand kläder mestadels utgjordes av den kognitiva delen av Tricomponent Attitude modellen, men att det samtidigt existerade ett klart samspel mellan modellens tre delar. Dock fick alla strategier till attitydförändring svaga resultat och skulle på så vis inte påverka konsumenterna att köpa mer second hand kläder. Den huvudsakliga upptäckten var att klädesaffärerna inte har en tillräckligt stark position för att påverka konsumenternas inställning till second hand kläder men att konsumentens positiva uppfattning om second hand kläder visar att förutsättningarna för en ökad konsumtion finns.
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Kontoudis, Georgios Pantelis. "Adaptive, Anthropomorphic Robot Hands for Grasping and In-Hand Manipulation." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87404.

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This thesis presents the design, modeling, and development of adaptive robot hands that are capable of performing dexterous, in-hand manipulation. The robot hand comprises of anthropomorphic robotic fingers, which employ an adaptive actuation mechanism. The mechanism achieves both flexion/extension and adduction/abduction, on the finger's metacarpophalangeal joint, by using two actuators. Moment arm pulleys are employed to drive the tendon laterally, such that an amplification on the abduction motion occurs, while also maintaining the flexion motion. Particular emphasis has been given to the modeling and the analysis of the actuation mechanism. Also, a model for spatial motion is provided that relates the actuation modes with the finger motion and the tendon force with the finger characteristics. For the hand design, the use of differential mechanisms simplifies the actuation scheme, as we utilize only two actuators for four fingers, achieving affordable dexterity. A design optimization framework assess the results of hand anthropometry studies to derive key parameters for the bio-inspired actuation design. The model assumptions are evaluated with the finite element method. The proposed finger has been fabricated with the Hybrid Deposition Manufacturing technique and the actuation mechanism's efficiency has been validated with experiments that include the computation of the finger workspace, the assessment of the force exertion capabilities, the demonstration of the feasible motions, and the grasping and manipulation capabilities. Also, the hand design is fabricated with off-the-shelf materials and rapid prototyping techniques while its efficiency has been validated using an extensive set of experimental paradigms that involved the execution of grasping and in-hand manipulation tasks with everyday objects.
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This thesis presents the design, modeling, and development of adaptive robot hands that are capable of performing selective interdigitation, robust grasping, and dexterous, in-hand manipulation. The robotic fingers employ an adaptive actuation mechanism. The design is minimal and the hand is capable of performing selective interdigitation, robust grasping, and dexterous, in-hand manipulation. Particular emphasis has been given to the modeling and the analysis of the actuation mechanism. For the hand design, the use of differential mechanisms simplifies the actuation scheme, as we utilize only two actuators for four fingers, achieving affordable dexterity. A design optimization framework assess the results of hand anthropometry studies to derive key parameters for the actuation design. The robotic fingers and the anthropomorphic hand were fabricated using off-the-self materials and additive manufacturing techniques. Several experiments were performed to validate the efficacy of the robot hand.
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Anani, Sani. "Hand Reader – A hand Geometry Based Personal Verification System." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-58124.

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This report presents my bachelor thesis performed at the Department of Applied Physics and Electronics at UmeåUniversity. The Digital Media Lab was the assigner, supervising and assisting me during the project.   A simple and smart system to verify a person’s identity using hand geometry as a biometrical identity is developed. The system should tolerate some deviation in hand placement and will not use pins or pegs. A complete system, hardware and software, is delivered. A webcam based hand-scanner is constructed and designed to operate on a PC utilizing Matlab for image processing.
Denna rapport beskriver mitt examensarbete utfört vid institutionen för Tillämpad Fysik och Elektronik vid Umeå Universitet. Uppdragsgivare var Digital Media Lab som har stöttat och assisterat mig under hela projektet.   Målet med projektet var att utveckla ett system som ska verifiera en persons identitet genom att använda handens geometri som en biometrisk identitet. Systemet skall tolerera några avvikelser i handplaceringar och kommer inte att använda stift eller pinnar. Systemet består även av olika bildbehandlingsmetoder programmerade i Matlab. Systemet är byggt för att fungera på en PC.
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Au, Kin-hei Timothy, and 區建熙. "Quantitative assessment of hand function by hand motion analysis usingcyberglove." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47849988.

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Hand motion analysis methods have been providing researchers with motion investigation initiatives, revealing motion features and mechanisms in both healthy subjects and patients suffering from hand dysfunctions. Technical advancements have led to the maturation of motion capturing methods such as goniometric gloves. In this project, the CyberGlove as a manufactured product was chosen as a potential tool for the development of a hand function assessment system that would ultimately distinguish between healthy subjects and patients suffering from hand dysfunctions. In this study, the evaluation of the CyberGlove as a feasible clinical tool and its technical adaptations were done in parallel. The sensor output characteristics were investigated using X-ray photography as a spatial golden standard and the sensors were shown to exhibit linear qualities with optimal nonlinearities at 0.6%. The measurement sensitivity and accuracy by the CyberGlove was improved by establishing a calibration protocol suiting the sensor characteristics. Through a calibration protocol using calibration tools made by thermoplastics, the angular measurement error was found to decrease from 7.2% to 1.2%. The technical development of the software part of the project involved the inclusion of data preprocessing, display and analysis modules. To investigate the motion exhibited by healthy subjects, 32 healthy subjects were recruited and they were asked to complete a series of motion according to a designed motion protocol involving a static trial, a timed-grip trial and a rapid-grip trial. Motion features were extracted from recorded motion data by identification and quantification of temporal or spatial characteristics in motion such as joint sequence of events, angular kinematics, finger tip path features and phase diagram features. Some features were evaluated by pattern correlation analysis by linear regression, and healthy subjects all shared similar patterns resulting in high levels of regression coefficients R2 and low levels of slope deviations m. The establishment of motion features along with a prototype motion measurement system allows the continuous development on the CyberGlove as a hand function assessment tool when supported by later clinical adaptations or studies.
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Sporrong, Psarakis Konstantinos K., Sara Nikkhakian, and Camilla Johnsson. "Second Hand i Första Hand : En undersökning om second handklädesmarknaden." Thesis, Stockholm University, School of Business, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-5960.

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Vi har valt att undersöka second handklädesmarknaden. På senare tid har intresset för andra handskläder ökat markant. Det finns två huvudsakliga aktörer på marknaden. De består av biståndsorganisationer som syftar till välgörande ändamål, samt de second handbutiker som har som mål att bevara gamla moden. I och med en ökad efterfrågan har marknaden utvecklats rejält. Från att ha burit en stämpel av fattigdom och skam har second handklädesmarknaden blivit ett mer naturligt val för många individer. Kundgruppen har utökats till att inte enbart inbegripa fattiga människor, utan även människor med intresse för mode. Denna kraftiga tillväxt har resulterat i en prisökning, varför vår undersökningsfråga ska besvara varför priset på second handkläder har ökat. Som syfte ämnade vi att först och främst ge en beskrivande bild av priset second handklädesmarknaden i förhållande till nyproduktionsmarknaden. Detta gjordes genom en kvantitativ studie, i form av en prisjämförelse. För att ge en mer förklarande bild till varför det ser ut som det gör genomfördes en intervju, som kvalitativ undersökning. För att finna svar på vår fråga har vi tagit hjälp av teorier om köpbeteende och priskänslighet. I analysen kopplade vi sedan samman dessa teorier med resultat från empirin.

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Kärkkäinen, Heli. "Hand i hand? : Möten mellan kvinnor i 1890-talets Stockholm." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-9429.

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Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vilka hinder som fanns att få till stånd jämlika möten över- och underklassen under det sena 1800-talet i Stockholm. Ett ytterligare syfte är att granska hur den borgerliga kvinnan respektive arbetarkvinnan konstruerades av sig själv och av varandra. Materialet som granskas är anteckningar från Samkväm för kvinnor ur olika yrkesgrupper och protokoll från Stockholms Allmänna Kvinnoklubb.Metoden som används är hermeneutisk och teorierna som används är den där Simone de Beauvoir beskriver hur den andra konstrueras, samt Karin Johannissons slutsatser om hur arbetarkvinnan närmast ansågs som en annan ras under det sena 1800-talet.Undersökningen visar att det fanns en uppriktig vilja bland de borgerliga kvinnorna att mötas på jämlika villkor. Men de ekonomiska skillnaderna skapade hinder för det, liksom tidens föreställningar om arbeterskan.Hur den borgerliga kvinnan konstrueras av arbeterskorna framträder inte tillräckligt tydligt för att kunna dra några generella slutsatser av, medan hon av ”de sina” betraktas som det självklara subjektet. Arbetarkvinnan ser sig som ett subjekt i Kvinnoklubben, medan hon ser sig som ett objekt i den omgivande världen. För de borgerliga kvinnorna blir hon det objekt genom vilket de själva konstruerar sig som subjektet.
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O'Mara, Myles. "Predicting Hand Surface Area from a Two-Dimensional Hand Tracing." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7070.

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Recent occupational health studies have focused on dermal exposure at the hands, but have been unable to accurately express dose without knowing the HSA. There is no standard method to calculate HSA, though some researchers have derived HSA formulas based on dimensions from a Taiwanese population. This research paper describes a shortcut method to estimate the hand surface area (HSA) of a human hand from a two-dimensional hand tracing, and repeated a Taiwanese HSA study in order to explore the viability of its HSA formula in an American university population. A sample of nine adult men and nine adult women, each representing one third of the population percentile in hand length and hand breadth, were selected from a population within the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. Hand length, breadth, a 2D hand tracing and a 3D light hand scan were collected from each participant. A linear regression was used to analyze the data sets and found a correlation (R=0.94) between 2D HSA and 3D HSA and slope of 2.6 (SD=0.2), with a regression equation of Y=2.6(X). A paired t-test was used to compare the Taiwanese HSA formula data against the 3D HSA. Results found that the Taiwanese data sets were significantly different from the 3D HSA (p<0.001), averaging 57 cm2 less than the 3D HSA. A jackknife analysis was implemented on the 2D HSA hand tracing data, and a paired t-test was performed between the jackknife estimate predictions and 3D HSA. Mean differences were not significantly different (p=0.97), with 0.87 cm2 difference between means. Results indicate that the USF Hand Tracing Method will provide a better estimate of HSA than the Taiwanese method, and can be used as a tool in HSA estimation.
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To, James Jiann Hua. "Hand-in-Hand, Heart-to-Heart:Qiaowu and the Overseas Chinese." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Social and Political Sciences, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4288.

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Following the violent crackdown on students demonstrating in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, tens of thousands of sympathetic ethnic Chinese and nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from across the globe (hereafter described as the Overseas Chinese or OC1) unified in protest against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While some were too afraid to speak out, others were much more critical and antagonistic by calling for democratic reform on the mainland.2 Fearing an escalation of anti-CCP sentiment amongst a diaspora crucial to its national interests, Beijing promptly intensified qiaowu gongzuo (hereafter described as qiaowu or OC work) to deal with the precarious situation. It employed a foreign legion of diplomats, attaches from various government ministries and specialist qiaowu cadres to aggressively manage and control strategic OC communities under a comprehensive set of influential tools and persuasive techniques.3 Over the next two decades, the CCP continually developed and improved qiaowu to the extent that it had become more successful with these methods in the current period than any other era – particularly so with new migrants and PRC students. Such prowess became apparent in 2008, when large numbers of the OC again took to the streets in heated protest. This time their response was not in defiance of the regime, but in strong support of China and its leaders. How has qiaowu been able to influence and manage the OC in this way? Why have qiaowu efforts worked with such success? Why has the CPP become so confident in advancing OC work since the crisis of 1989? This thesis explains the nature and development of qiaowu, details its specific work methods, and analyzes the platforms employed to advance relations with the OC diaspora. By assessing a wide range of Chinese language references, primary source policy documents and internal memoranda, this thesis argues that over decades of counter-efforts from rival political factions, gradual cultural assimilation, changes in OC demographics, technology and the international geo-political climate, qiaowu has served as an accomplished and necessary component of the CCP’s modernized propaganda and thought work system for influencing, managing and unifying a heterogeneous population of OC for Beijing’s national interests.
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Otto-de, Haart E. Grace. "Hand movements and the hemispheres : asymmetries in hand and hemispace." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424986.

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This thesis presents a series of experimental investigations into left and right hand performance in right-handed participants.  The experiments were designed to identify differences in movement kinematics when task characteristics varied in aiming and prehension movements, particularly along dimensions that were thought to differ between the hemispheres. The first part of the thesis reviews the existing literature on the relevant topics of motor control.  There is extensive evidence to argue for distinct but complementary contributions from each hemisphere in the control of movements, with the emphasis on the left hemisphere, which plays a significant role in the organization of movements on both sides of the body.  There is also support for the claim that the right hemisphere has a specialised role in visually-guided movements when visuo-spatial processing is involved in the form of localizing target positions.  Furthermore, performance differences are investigated with respect to hemisphere. The second part of the dissertation presents a series of investigations of neurologically intact participants.  In Experiment 1 and 2, 22 participants were required to make pointing movements with the index finger across the hemisphere in visual and non-visual conditions.  The main finding of this study was ipsilateral movement advantages for both hands.  Contrary to previous claims, these ipsilateral advantages, even when no vision was available, were the consequences of biomechanical factors rather than within-hemispheric processing.  A right hand advantage was found for movement duration.  In Experiment 3, 22 participants were required to point to suddenly-appearing targets aligned along the horizontal midline. The focus of this study was on right hemisphere participation in a pointing task in which the visuo-spatial demands were manipulated in the form of target location uncertainty.  Contrary to previous claims, no evidence was found for the attenuation of right hand performance or even the facilitation of left hand performance.  The dominant hand was noticeably more accurate and took less time decelerating.  Main findings of this study were ipsilateral movement advantages for both hands.  In Experiment 4, 20 participants were required to grasp and pick up target blocks of differing length and width to examine whether increased precision would exacerbate a previously reported hand difference on a grip aperture timing measure.  The left hand reached maximum grip aperture earlier than the right hand but, contrary to expectations, this hand difference was not influenced by the manipulation of precision demands.  Hemispatial effects were found for transport and grip related dependent measures.  In the final Experiment 5, the area of hand performance differences was explored while both hands were grasping targets simultaneously by requiring 14 participants to grasp and pick up objects of the same or different lengths.  The manipulation of hemispace resulted in a common movement duration of the limbs.  An overall larger grip aperture was found for the left hand but was not affected by the task requirement of the right hand such that grip apertures of the hands were independently scaled.
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Tooth, Constance. "Hand to Ground." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32948.

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(Constance) Stanzie Tooth’s thesis exhibition titled, Hand to Ground, explores ideas of origin; both the mythology of a personal origin as well as the origins of painting and representation. Interrogating the history of landscape painting, the exhibition skews notions of identity by reconsidering representations of the landscape. Inspired by Margaret Atwood’s novel Surfacing, and paired with reminiscences of her childhood in rural Ontario, Tooth’s paintings unfold oblique narratives of a communion with land. These questions of personal ecology are filtered through an intense material expression, reinforcing the idea of coming into being. The exhibition was on view at the Karsh Masson Gallery in Ottawa from August 1st to September 10th, 2015.
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Sturman, David Joel. "Whole-hand input." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68270.

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Poudel, Rudra P. K. "3D hand tracking." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2014. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21557/.

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The hand is often considered as one of the most natural and intuitive interaction modalities for human-to-human interaction. In human-computer interaction (HCI), proper 3D hand tracking is the first step in developing a more intuitive HCI system which can be used in applications such as gesture recognition, virtual object manipulation and gaming. However, accurate 3D hand tracking, remains a challenging problem due to the hand’s deformation, appearance similarity, high inter-finger occlusion and complex articulated motion. Further, 3D hand tracking is also interesting from a theoretical point of view as it deals with three major areas of computer vision- segmentation (of hand), detection (of hand parts), and tracking (of hand). This thesis proposes a region-based skin color detection technique, a model-based and an appearance-based 3D hand tracking techniques to bring the human-computer interaction applications one step closer. All techniques are briefly described below. Skin color provides a powerful cue for complex computer vision applications. Although skin color detection has been an active research area for decades, the mainstream technology is based on individual pixels. This thesis presents a new region-based technique for skin color detection which outperforms the current state-of-the-art pixel-based skin color detection technique on the popular Compaq dataset (Jones & Rehg 2002). The proposed technique achieves 91.17% true positive rate with 13.12% false negative rate on the Compaq dataset tested over approximately 14,000 web images. Hand tracking is not a trivial task as it requires tracking of 27 degreesof- freedom of hand. Hand deformation, self occlusion, appearance similarity and irregular motion are major problems that make 3D hand tracking a very challenging task. This thesis proposes a model-based 3D hand tracking technique, which is improved by using proposed depth-foreground-background ii feature, palm deformation module and context cue. However, the major problem of model-based techniques is, they are computationally expensive. This can be overcome by discriminative techniques as described below. Discriminative techniques (for example random forest) are good for hand part detection, however they fail due to sensor noise and high interfinger occlusion. Additionally, these techniques have difficulties in modelling kinematic or temporal constraints. Although model-based descriptive (for example Markov Random Field) or generative (for example Hidden Markov Model) techniques utilize kinematic and temporal constraints well, they are computationally expensive and hardly recover from tracking failure. This thesis presents a unified framework for 3D hand tracking, using the best of both methodologies, which out performs the current state-of-the-art 3D hand tracking techniques. The proposed 3D hand tracking techniques in this thesis can be used to extract accurate hand movement features and enable complex human machine interaction such as gaming and virtual object manipulation.
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Lindström, Konni, and Vedran Zurapovic. "Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37146.

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This thesis is a development project for a myoelectric prosthetic hand. That means a mechanical hand that is controlled and actuated by the user's own muscles on the residual limb. The thesis has led to a theoretical concept of a complete prosthesis and a non-complete physical prototype that provides proof of concept and functions. The thesis was as a means of providing the mechanical development of an alternative model of the prosthesis that is more functional and has the ability to offer the users a lower price than current models. The foundation of the project is that the development has been done on a user needs basis. This leads to customer requirements that are derived from the users themselves. The development begun with a wide research to obtain user feedback as well as technical data of different mechanical solutions. The focal point of the thesis is the mechanical aspect of the prosthetic while the electronic and sensory systems were implemented with the use of standardized components.
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Žampachová, Lenka. "Hand-made film." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta výtvarných umění, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-232283.

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Bennett, Aaron Michael. "One Hand Clapping." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1544184098973667.

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Morris, Ryan L. "Hand/Face/Object." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent155655052646378.

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Strömberg, Trygve. "Vibration-induced neuropathy in the hand." Lund : Dept. of Hand Surgery, Lund University, 1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=8hxsAAAAMAAJ.

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Ng, Yee-ting Omi. "Handwashing practice in Hong Kong during SARS (2003) and bird flu (2004)." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43958588.

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Rydberg, Nancy. "A discussion of the application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to policies toward children and youth on the streets a case study of a municipal program in Buenos Aires, Argentina /." CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2007. http://dspace.wrlc.org/hand/1961/4123.

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Eng, Johan, and Madeleine Granberg. "Krutetskiis matematiska förmågor och elevers betyg : Går de hand i hand?" Thesis, Kristianstad University, School of Teacher Education, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-6904.

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Vårt syfte med uppsatsen är att se vilka av Krutetskiis matematiska förmågor som kommer till uttryck under problemlösning och om det är de högpresterande eleverna som visar på flest förmågor. Uppsatsens fallstudie genomfördes i slutet av vårterminen på två skolor i mindre orter i södra Sverige. Undersökningsgruppen bestod av 14 elever i skolår åtta som delades in i fyra grupper. Gruppsammansättningen varierade, i en grupp var majoriteten högpresterande och i en annan var majoriteten lågpresterande. De fyra grupperna visade alla prov på förmågan att samla matematisk information. I två grupper visade eleverna dessutom förmågan att tänka flexibelt och förmågan att generalisera. Den fjärde gruppen innehöll en elev som ensam visade de fem förmågor vi hoppades skulle komma fram, förmågan att memorera matematiskt material är det svårt för oss att avgöra om de har då vi inte vet vad de har sysslat med tidigare. Vi förväntade oss inte heller att förmågan att tänka baklänges skulle visas. Av de 14 elever som ingick i undersökningen fanns där en elev som visade mer matematisk begåvning än vad elevens betyg indikerade. Avslutningsvis kan vi i vår undersökning inte se något samband mellan elevers betyg och antalet förmågor de visar upp vid problemlösning.

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Kamineni, Hari Prasad. "Study of the loading of the hand during hand tool operation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0005/MQ43551.pdf.

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Zhang, Jing. "The correlation among three hand srength [sic] measurement methods : hand dynamometer." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1020143.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation among three hand strength measurement methods: Hand dynamometer, MDD (Middle Digital Extension Isokinetic Dynamometer), and Cybex. Five students (2 males, 3 females) from Ball State University were asked to participate in this study. Both right and left lower arm data were collected from these subjects. A Cybex 340 (Lumax Cor.) was employed to determine wrist flexion and extension isokinetic peak torque, total work, and power at 30 degrees/second and 60 degrees/second. A MDD was used to determine third digit eccentric torque, work, and power. A hand dynamometer (Lafayette Instrument Co., Model 76618) was used to determine grip force. Pearson product moment correlation coefficients were used to determine correlation among these variables. Significant correlations were noted between isometric grip strength and isokinetic 30 and 60 degrees/second wrist flexion power, as well as between isometric grip strength and isokinetic 30 degrees/second wrist extensor power. The results of this study indicate there is very little relationship between the three clinically used measurement tools.
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Bullock, Ian Merrill. "Understanding Human Hand Functionality| Classification, Whole-Hand Usage, and Precision Manipulation." Thesis, Yale University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10584937.

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A better understanding of human hand functionality can help improve robotic and prosthetic hand capability, as well as having benefits for rehabilitation or device design. While the human hand has been studied extensively in various fields, fewer existing works study the human hand within frameworks which can be easily applied to robotic applications, or attempt to quantify complex human hand functionality in real-world environments or with tasks approaching real-world complexity. This dissertation presents a study of human hand functionality from the multiple angles of high level classification methods, whole-hand grasp usage, and precision manipulation, where a small object is repositioned in the fingertips.

Our manipulation classification work presents a motion-centric scheme which can be applied to any human or hand-based robotic manipulation task. Most previous classifications are domain specific and cannot easily be applied to both robotic and human tasks, or can only be applied to a certain subset of manipulation tasks. We present a number of criteria which can be used to describe manipulation tasks and understand differences in the hand functionality used. These criteria are then applied to a number of real world example tasks, including a description of how the classification state can change over time during a dynamic manipulation task.

Next, our study of real-world grasping contributes to an understanding of whole-hand usage. Using head mounted camera video from two housekeepers and two machinists, we analyze the grasps used in their natural work environments. By tagging both grasp state and objects involved, we can measure the prevalence of each grasp and also understand how the grasp is typically used. We then use the grasp-object relationships to select small sets of versatile grasps which can still handle a wide variety of objects, which are promising candidates for implementation in robotic or prosthetic manipulators.

Following the discussion of overall hand shapes, we then present a study of precision manipulation, or how people reposition small objects in the fingertips. Little prior work was found which experimentally measures human capabilities with a full multi-finger precision manipulation task. Our work reports the size and shape for the precision manipulation workspace, and finds that the overall workspace is small, but also has a certain axis along which more object movement is possible. We then show the effect of object size and the number of fingers used on the resulting workspace volume – an ideal object size range is determined, and it is shown that adding additional fingers will reduce workspace volume, likely due to the additional kinematic constraints. Using similar methods to our main precision manipulation investigation, but with a spherical object rolled in the fingertips, we also report the overall fingertip surface usage for two- and three-fingered manipulation, and show a shift in typical fingertip area used between the two and three finger cases.

The experimental precision manipulation data is then used to refine the design of an anthropomorphic precision manipulator. The human precision manipulation workspace is used to select suitable spring ratios for the robotic fingers, and the resulting hand is shown to achieve about half of the average human workspace, despite using only three actuators.

Overall, we investigate multiple aspects of human hand function, as well as constructing a new framework for analyzing human and robotic manipulation. This work contributes to an improved understanding of human grasp usage in real-world environments, as well as human precision manipulation workspace. We provide a demonstration of how some of the studied aspects of human hand function can be applied to anthropomorphic manipulator design, but we anticipate that the results will also be of interest in other fields, such as by helping to design devices matched to hand capabilities and typical usage, or providing inspiration for future methods to rehabilitate hand function.

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Gäwerth, Daniel, and Jamal Alipour. "Dimensioneringsdifferens mellan hand– och databeräkningsmetoder : En jämförelse mellan hand- och datadimensionering." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-36544.

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Tekniken är i full framfart, allt mer blir datoriserat och automatiserat. Detta är en process som ständigt utvecklas för att få bättre lösningar på olika problem. Inom betongbranschen finns det tekniska lösningar som hjälper produktionen att bli mer effektiv. En av de stora anledningarna till att dessa tekniska lösningar framförs är för att spara en viktig resurs, tid. Dessa lösningar är bland annat dataprogram som underlättar olika stadier under produktionens gång.Inom betongbranschen används allt mer dataprogram i dimensioneringsstadiet. Konstruktörer har i många år genomfört sina arbeten med traditionella handberäkningar. På senare tid har dataprogram som bland annat WIN-Statik ändrat arbetssätten i dimensioneringsstadiet. Jämförelser mellan befintliga dimensioneringsprogram har genomförts och det har visat sig vara markanta skillnader i armeringsåtgång. Detta leder till frågeställningen: Ifall det är markanta skillnader i materialåtgång när man jämför olika dimensioneringsprogram, hur stor blir då skillnaden i materialåtgång när man jämför ett av det mest använda dimensioneringsprogrammet WIN-Statik mot handberäkningar?För att genomföra undersökningen har ett befintligt projekt valts ut som beräkningarna ska baseras på. Båda beräkningsmetoder är genomförda under samma förutsättningar när det gäller de yttre dimensioneringsmåtten så som balk/pelarens yttermått. Andra nämnbara gemensamma förutsättningar är livslängden för byggnaden, betongkvaliteten, armeringsarea för både pelare och balk, och sist men inte minst värdet på sprickvinkeln (cot).Resultaten från handberäkningarna ger att det krävs totalt 55 801 kg armering för byggnadens stomme, medan det krävs 51 516 kg från beräkningar från WIN-Statik. Detta innebär att det krävs 4285 kg mer armering om man genomför beräkningarna för hand istället WIN-Statik, vilket motsvarar 8,32 procent mer. Denna skillnad på 8,32 procent motsvarar en ökad kostnad på drygt 35 000 kr i endast materialåtgång.
The technology is in full progress, much is increasingly becoming computerized and automated. This is a process that is constantly evolving to get better solutions to various problems. In the concrete industry, there are technical solutions that make the production more efficient. One of the main reasons that these solutions are made is to save an important resource, time. These solutions include computer programs that facilitate various stages during production.Computer programs are getting more used in the dimensioning stage in the concrete industry. Structural engineers have for many years carried out their work with traditional hand calculations. Lately computer programs, including WIN-Statik has changed the working procedures in the dimensioning stage. Previous comparisons between existing dimensioning programs have proved that there are differences in reinforcement consumption. This leads to the issue: If there are marked differences in material consumption when comparing different dimensioning programs, then how much will the difference in material consumption be when comparing one of the widely used design software WIN-Statik against hand calculations?To implement this research, an existing building has been selected as the calculations shall be based on. Both calculation methods are conducted under the same conditions regarding the external dimension measurements. Other common conditions are the lifetime of the building, the concrete quality, reinforcing thickness for both pillars and beams, and last but not least the value of the crackangle (cot).The results from hand calculation equalize about 55 801 kg reinforcement that is required for the building, while the calculations from WIN-Statik requires 51 516 kg. This difference of 4285 kg means it requires 8.32 percent more reinforcement with hand calculation, which is equal to a cost increase of 35 000 (SEK) in only material consumption.
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Light, Colin Michael. "An intelligent hand prosthesis and evaluation of pathological and prosthetic hand function." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342845.

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Nasser, Bilal. "A virtual hand assessment system for efficient outcome measures of hand rehabilitation." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2016. http://digitool.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=27529.

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Roesch, J. Richard. "Hand grip performance with the bare hand in the extravehicular activity globe." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91148.

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Astronauts have complained of difficulty in grasping tools, hand fatigue, and hand/forearm pain during extravehicular activities. This study was conducted to examine hand grip performance with a bare hand and in a spacesuit glove at two different pressures, with three hand positions and two elbow positions. Sixteen subjects, selected from the suited-subject pool at the Johnson Space Center, gripped a hand dynamometer encased in a vacuum chamber designed to simulate the operating pressures in space. The results for the bare hand condition showed a significant effect for hand position and a significant elbow/hand interaction. The spacesuit glove at operating pressure was responsible for an average 42% grip strength decrement from the bare hand condition. A new procedure for determining hand size from projected hand surface area revealed that bare and gloved-hand grip strength was highly correlated with hand size, as were body weight, height, and forearm circumference.
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Ray, Zachary J. "Hand Orientation Feedback for Grasped Object Slip Prevention with a Prosthetic Hand." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1461181998.

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Nguyen, Minh Nghiep, and Olivia Wärmlöv. "Att gå hand i hand med döden: En kvalitativ litteraturstudie om ALS." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap (HV), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100542.

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Bakgrund: Amyotrofisk lateral skleros (ALS) är än så länge en obotlig sjukdom som årligen drabbar omkring 250 personer i Sverige. Sjukdomen innebär ett successivt försvagande och förtvining av kroppens muskler då nervcellerna som styr musklerna dör. Den som drabbas avlider oftast inom fem år.  Syfte: Syftet var att belysa patienters upplevelse av att leva med Amyotrofisk lateral skleros (ALS).  Metod: Kvalitativ litteraturstudie med induktiv ansats och manifest innehållsanalys baserad på fem självbiografier, skrivna 2004–2019, av personer med ALS. Resultat: Tre kategorier med tillhörande sex underkategorier utkristalliserades. Kategorierna inkluderade Maktlöshet med tillhörande underkategorier Orättvisa och skuld och Beroende av omgivning.Mental påverkan med tillhörande underkategorierSvårt att acceptera och Rädslan att lämna. Hoppet är det sista som lämnar med tillhörande underkategorier Viljan att leva och Livskvalité trots sjukdom.  Slutsats: Studiens resultat visade att patienterna med ALS upplevde olika känslor kring deras sjukdom. De upplevde både sorg och frustration över att behöva vara beroende av omgivningen men samtidigt en tacksamhet och lycka i de små stunderna i vardagen. Stödet från familj var viktigt för att uppleva mening och livskvalité.
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Prieur, Urbain. "High-level planning of dexterous in-hand manipulation using a robotic hand." Paris 6, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA066788.

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This work considers a robot equipped with an anthropomorphic hand and aims at providing it with efficient autonomous in-hand manipulation skills. While fine in-hand action planning algorithms have interesting state-of-the-art solutions, we built a competitive high-level control layer to plan the complete in-hand manipulation activity. Our solution generates a sequence of subgoals from an initial to a final configuration provided by the task, thus decomposing in-hand manipulation into simple transitions that can be easily planned by the low-level algorithms. We use a Markov decision process (MDP) to generate the sequence, taking into account the object influence and the desired final subgoal. We use a simple state representation for the sugoals: canonical grasp types from a taxonomy, enabling fast and on-line computation. The transitions between grasp types are modelled as probabilities of success. The simple formulation of the sequence leaves the complete configurations and transitions to be planned by the low-level layer, which can ask for a different subgoal path if required. The MDP can generate the appropriate behaviour if the in-hand action skills of the robot are known. They can be learnt by self-exploration of the robot if possible. Otherwise, the behaviour can be directly learnt from human demonstration. We boost the learning process using an empirical guess of the transition probabilities and an active learning algorithm. We implemented our solution on a real platform. The planning of in-hand manipulation relies on the grasp sequence generated which probability of success is used as an insight of the task achievability for the initial grasp choice
Jusqu’ici, les solutions apportées à la problématique de manipulation dextre robotique par une main anthropomorphe se concentraient sur la planification bas niveau des différents types de mouvements fins. Aussi, une solution complète de planification, prenant en compte l’étendue de ces différentes actions, reste à développer. Tel est le fondement de ce travail : pour une tache définie, caractérisée par des configurations initiale et finale, une séquence de configurations intermédiaires est générée : la totalité de l’activité complexe se trouve donc décomposée en une succession de transitions simples à planifier par le bas niveau. Afin de générer cette séquence, influencée par l’objet et la configuration finale, on utilise un processus de décision markovien (MDP). Les configurations intermédiaires sont représentées par des types de saisies tirés d’une taxonomie existante, les transitions sont formulées par des probabilités de succès : si ces approximations assurent la rapidité de l’algorithme, elles requièrent du bas niveau la planification des configurations complètes et le détail des transitions. En cas d’impossibilité d’exécution, des séquences alternatives peuvent être proposées. Le MDP doit connaître les capacités du robot à réaliser les transitions, par auto-apprentissage, ou par observation de mouvements humains. Nous utilisons un processus d’apprentissage actif initialisé par une estimation empirique des probabilités de succès des transitions. La solution a été implémentée avec succès sur un robot réel, prenant un rôle central dans la commande de la manipulation fine, jusqu'à propager l’influence de la tâche sur la saisie initiale
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Kloster, Andrea. "Auftraggebergemeinschaften der öffentlichen Hand /." Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, Peter,, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2009. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=017139366&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Blumtritt, Ute, and Monika Ullmann. "Alles aus einer Hand." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-24453.

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Wissen Sie, was das Besondere an dem Buch „RFID-Techniken und Datenschutzrecht“ von Sven Polenz ist? Natürlich ist es der Inhalt, denn dieses Buch ist gleichzeitig die Dissertation von Herrn Polenz. Für uns gibt es aber noch einen anderen Gesichtspunkt, weshalb das Buch für immer einen Ehrenplatz in den Beständen der Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz erhält: es ist das erste Buch, das im Universitätsverlag Chemnitz erschienen ist. Sie haben richtig gelesen: Seit Anfang 2009 gibt es den Universitätsverlag Chemnitz und damit den ersten universitätseigenen Verlag Sachsens. Er ist Bestandteil der Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz.
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Gingir, Emrah. "Hand Gesture Recognition System." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612532/index.pdf.

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This thesis study presents a hand gesture recognition system, which replaces input devices like keyboard and mouse with static and dynamic hand gestures, for interactive computer applications. Despite the increase in the attention of such systems there are still certain limitations in literature. Most applications require different constraints like having distinct lightning conditions, usage of a specific camera, making the user wear a multi-colored glove or need lots of training data. The system mentioned in this study disables all these restrictions and provides an adaptive, effort free environment to the user. Study starts with an analysis of the different color space performances over skin color extraction. This analysis is independent of the working system and just performed to attain valuable information about the color spaces. Working system is based on two steps, namely hand detection and hand gesture recognition. In the hand detection process, normalized RGB color space skin locus is used to threshold the coarse skin pixels in the image. Then an adaptive skin locus, whose varying boundaries are estimated from coarse skin region pixels, segments the distinct skin color in the image for the current conditions. Since face has a distinct shape, face is detected among the connected group of skin pixels by using the shape analysis. Non-face connected group of skin pixels are determined as hands. Gesture of the hand is recognized by improved centroidal profile method, which is applied around the detected hand. A 3D flight war game, a boxing game and a media player, which are controlled remotely by just using static and dynamic hand gestures, were developed as human machine interface applications by using the theoretical background of this study. In the experiments, recorded videos were used to measure the performance of the system and a correct recognition rate of ~90% was acquired with nearly real time computation.
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Gustavsson, Julia, and Klara Albertsson. "CASEUS : Din hjälpande hand." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-36047.

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Development and modernization takes place all the time and everywhere in today's society. Although we handle and slices hard cheese in the same way that we did decades ago. The way we handle cheese nowadays is not only unhealthy, but can also be a difficult moment for some people. The goals to develop a functional, modern and food-approved kitchen tool adapted to today’s society are the main factors for this bachelor thesis. Along with stakeholders for the project, the requests and demands set up for the prototype progressively have been worked out. Wellknown methods and market surveys have been used to ensure the need of the product. Researches in relevant subjects have also shown that the market is in need of a new product. The product called CASEUS has after studies shown to have a broad target group. The name CASEUS, came from the Latin word for cheese (Caseus) and from the English word case, as the product will be like a case around the cheese. The kitchen tool is designed with a simple mechanical solution, in a hygienic material. The handle is designed according to EU: s standard dimensions for handles. Therefore, it is considered suitable for the majority of the population in Sweden. Thus, there is a market for the product both at hotels and restaurants, as well as in private households. In the final stage of the project a prototype of CASEUS has been produced by Havd Group, which is a stakeholder in the project. The prototype has been funded by a scholarship and contributions from ALMI Business partner. To be able to continue with CASEUS after the end of the project, new possible working paths have been investigated. With promotion, more scholarship or a collaboration with an existing manufacturer in the industry, the project team hopes to be able to get CASEUS out on the market.
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Fosnough-Osburn, Jennifer L. "Flight and Hand Imagery." Digital Commons @ Butler University, 1995. http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/grtheses/23.

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This paper will fill in the gaps in the current criticism regarding Toni Morrison's use of flight imagery and will also introduce a parallel line of criticism regarding Morrison's narrative focus on hands and hand gestures, an important and overlapping phenomenon in her novels. This phenomenon serves to elucidate Morrison's larger ideological project, in which she points out the core of one's life is creativity. Flight imagery and hand gestures work together to show a progression in Morrison's novels; thus, they must be considered together in order to completely comprehend characters and their actions as Morrison had intended.
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Barr, Lauren. "Giving metamaterials a hand." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34561.

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The focus of this thesis is the interaction of electromagnetic fields with chiral structures in the microwave regime. Through this study, which focuses on three regimes of electromagnetic interactions, I aim to develop a deeper understanding of the consequences and manifestations of chiral interactions The structures are on the order of, or smaller than, the wavelength of the probing radiation. As the structures are chiral, they have broken inversion symmetry, and exist in two states where one is the mirror image of the other. The results in this thesis can have impacts on future optical communications technologies and methods of sensing biological molecules. To begin with, the manipulation of the circular polarisation of a propagating beam by bilayer chiral metasurfaces is investigated. The metasurfaces consist of two layers of stacked crosses with a twist between top and bottom layers, forming chiral metamolecules. A broad frequency region of dispersionless polarisation rotation appears between two resonances, due to alignment between electric and magnetic dipoles. The dependence of this effect on the layer separation is studied for two similar metasurfaces. Evanescent chiral electromagnetic fields are the focus of the next chapter. An array of chiral antennas produces chiral near-fields at their resonant frequency. Aligned and subwavelength helices placed within this field interact differently depending on the handedness of the field with respect to the handedness of the helices. This difference in interaction strength is measured for the helices and an effective medium model where multipolar interactions are forbidden. Comparison of these two systems leads to the conclusion that the contribution to a chiral interaction from multipolar modes is minimal, in contrast to previous publications. The third study concentrates on the electromagnetic wave bound to an "infinitely long" metal helix. The helix has infinite-fold screw symmetry, and this leads to interesting features in the energy-dispersion of the waves it supports. The broad frequency range of high, tunable, dispersionless index is interpreted using a geometrical approach, and the factors that limit the bandwidth explained. A modified geometry is suggested for increased bandwidth. The final part of the thesis is dedicated to future work, based on the results presented thus far. Three suggestions for future study are presented, including chiroptical signals from higher-order chiral arrangements, the effect of reflecting surfaces next to chiral objects and the possible use of orbital angular momentum for chiroptical measurements.
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OLSSON, FELICIA, and TOVA LINDSTRÖM. "Sortimentsstyrning inom second-hand." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18021.

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Det finns olika strategier för företag att styra sitt sortiment och sortimentsstyrningen är av viktig betydelse för ett företags lönsamhet. Second-hand företag skiljer sig vanligtvis i sin sortimentsstyrning från hur man traditionellt sätt arbetar med att bygga upp ett sortiment. Det beror bland annat på att de oftast bygger upp sitt sortiment av skänkt gods vilket gör att de inte kan styra över sortimentets utseende på samma sätt som ett traditionellt företag kan. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att ta reda på hur second-hand företag arbetar med sin sortimentsstyrning för att sedan sätta det i relation till det traditionella styrningssättet. Vi har valt att undersöka två olika second-hand företag, Emmaus Björkå, en ideell förening och Beyond Retro, ett vinstdrivande vintage företag som på olika sätt arbetar med att bygga upp sitt sortiment. Den teoretiska referensramen består främst av teorier ur Lönsamhet i butik (2010) som förklarar sortimentets uppbyggnad. Men även en del vetenskapliga artiklar som förklarar det traditionella sättet att styra ett sortiment så som Classification into levels for fashion apparel (2001). Vi har sammanställt det empiriska materialet om företagen genom att skriva om respektive företags sortimentsstyrningsarbete. I analysen har vi satt det empiriska materialet i relation till den teoretiska referensramen. Eftersom att vi inte kunde få in det djup av undersökningsmaterial från Beyond Retro som vi hade hoppats på har vi valt att främst analysera Emmaus Björkås sortiment. Det undersökningsmaterial som vi fått in från Beyond Retro har istället fungerat som kompletterande material för en jämförande analys av företagen som talar för deras likheter och olikheter. Vi kan konstatera att det finns olika sätt för second-hand företag att arbeta med sin sorti-mentsstyrning. Det vanligaste inom second-hand företag är att bygga upp sitt sortiment utifrån skänkt gods, det här sättet bidrar oftast till ett brett sortiment på grund av den stora mängd varor som man får in. Men det finns second-hand företag som har börjat ta efter det tradition-ella sättet att bygga upp sitt sortiment, vilket innebär att man köper in sina varor från noga utvalda leverantörer, man arbetar mer aktivt med service och kvalité samt exponering och inspiration i butiken.

Program: Butikschef, textil och mode

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