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This digital document is an article from Industrial Engineer, published by Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE) on April 1, 2010. The length of the article is 420 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: This prosthesis recycles: artificial foot captures and releases energy for amputees.
Author: Unavailable
Publication: Industrial Engineer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2010
Publisher: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
Volume: 42Issue: 4Page: 16(1)

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mori Koben, Ōkuma Shigenobu, Terauchi Masatake, Shigeru Mizuki, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Kenkichi Ueda, Gyoshū Hayami, Fusanosuke Gotō, Hirotada Ototake. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Mori Koben (Japanese: , October 15, 1869August 23, 1945) was a Japanese businessman and adventurer, who was best remembered as one of the first Japanese pioneers in Micronesia. As a young man, Mori migrated from Japan to Chuuk, where he helped to establish Japanese businesses in Micronesia. Mori's guidance and direction helped to expand Japanese business interests throughout Micronesia during the Spanish and German colonial-era. After Japan annexed Micronesia from Germany in 1914, Mori was hired as an adviser to the Japanese administration in the South Pacific Mandate, and was instrumental in encouraging Japanese settlement in Micronesia. In his final years during World War II, Mori facilitated Micronesian support in the Japanese war efforts, but was already suffering from failing health from old age. He died within a few days after the Japanese surrender, and a sizeable minority of Micronesians with Japanese ancestry from Chuuk trace their ancestry back to Mori. Mori was born in Tosa Province (part of modern day Kchi Prefecture), Shikoku to a Samurai family. In his youth, Mori developed an aptitude for the study of Mathematics, Physics and Chinese classics. At the age of fifteen in 1884, Mori left his hometown to work as a houseboy for Oi Kentaro. At that time, Oi was plotting to raise an army to prepare for an invasion of Korea. Mori was inspired by Oi's, and often followed along Oi and his activist followers to carry out robbery and extortion to raise funds for the purchase of weapons. The police carried out a crackdown on Oi's followers the following year, and abo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24616758 ... Read more

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This up-to-date and comprehensive set of two CD-ROM discs provides a superb collection of official Federal government documents on the subject of amputees and prostheses. Amputees are people who have lost a limb or part of a limb. Your limbs are your arms and legs. Losing a limb or part of a limb can be the result of illness or injury. Some people lose limbs in accidents or during a war. In other cases, people lose limbs as the result of illnesses such as diabetes, cancer and vascular diseases. If a limb or part of a limb causes great pain or threatens your health, you may need an amputation - surgical removal. Some amputees have phantom pain, which is the feeling of pain in the missing limb. Other problems that can occur include grief, surgical complications and skin problems, if you wear an artificial limb. Many amputees use an artificial limb. Learning how to use it takes time. Physical therapy can help you adapt. There is also coverage of war injuries and related veterans health issues.For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the relevant institute for this disease, and others.In addition to the comprehensive disease-specific coverage, this disc set also includes our Medical Encyclopedia, a $19.95 value! The Encyclopedia presents a collection of official documents about a wide range of medical topics, diseases, illnesses, health and wellness. There is vital information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Cancer Institute, and more. Topics covered include: major diseases, including cancer, heart and vascular disease, stroke, blood diseases and disorders, lung diseases, and neurological disorders such as dementia and epilepsy * CDC Health Topics A to Z, Foodborne Illnesses, Infants and Children, Injuries, Occupational Health, Older Adults, Women * CDC Travelers' Health - Destinations, Vaccinations, Diseases, Mosquito, Tick, Food, Water, Clinics, Yellow Book, Children, Airplanes, Cruise Ships, Special Needs, Relief Workers, * Dietary Guidelines * NIH A to Z from abnormalities to X-rays.Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 67 of the best sites for medical information! Built-in weblinks let you quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government and the best commercial portals, news sites, reference/textbook/non-commercial portals, and health organizations. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish pronunciation: ; 29 September 1547 23 April 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus Don Quixote, often considered the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regularly regarded among the best novels ever written. His work is considered among the most important in all of literature. His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that Spanish is often called la lengua de Cervantes, Spanish for the language of Cervantes. He has been dubbed El Príncipe de los Ingenios The Prince of Wits. It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. The exact date of his birth is not known, but it's probable that he was born on 29 September - the feast day of Saint Michael the Archangel - given the tradition to name a child with the name of the feast day of his birth. Cervantes was baptized in Alcalá de Henares on October 9, 1547, at the parish church of Santa Maria la Mayor. The baptizmal act read: His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey. His siblings were Andrés (1543), Andrea (1544), Luisa (1546), Rodrigo (1550), Magdalena (1554) and Juan (unknown). In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order. He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid. In... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19444 ... Read more

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Chapters: Peter Stuyvesant, Philip Verheyen, Bas Van Der Voort. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions Peter Stuyvesant (originally Pieter or Petrus; Peter is never mentioned in historical records) (c. 1612 August 1672) served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (New York) from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City. Stuyvesant's accomplishments as director-general included a great expansion for the settlement of New Amsterdam (later renamed New York) beyond the southern tip of Manhattan. Among the projects built by Stuyvesant's administration were the protective wall on Wall Street, the canal that became Broad Street, and Broadway. Stuyvesant was probably born in Peperga, Friesland in the Netherlands, to Balthazar Johannes Stuyvesant, a minister, and Margaretha Hardenstein in 1612. He grew up in Scherpenzeel. He studied in Franeker, and joined the West India Company about 1635, and was director of the Dutch West India Company's colony of Curaçao from 1642 to 1644. In April 1644, he attacked the Spanish-held island of Saint Martin and was wounded, the lower part of his right leg was struck by a cannon ball. He returned to the Netherlands, where his right leg was amputated and replaced with a wooden peg. Supposedly, Stuyvesant was given the nickname "Old Silver Leg" because he used a stick of wood driven full of silver bands as a prosthetic limb. Peter Stuyvesant's arrival in Nieuw AmsterdamIn May of 1645 he was selected by the Dutch West India Company to replace Willem Kieft. He arrived in New Amsterdam on May 11, 1647. In September 1647, he appointed an advisory council of Nine Men as representatives of t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24968 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from DAV Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2005. The length of the article is 764 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Rick Monroe awarded commander's trophy at National Amputee Golf Association Tournament.
Author: Jim Hall
Publication: DAV Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 47Issue: 6Page: 36(2)

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: New Zealand Amputees, Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, Mark Inglis, Tawera Nikau, Charles Chilton, Terry Wiles, Clutha Mackenzie, Clint Hallam. Excerpt: Charlotte Lucy Cleverley-Bisman (born November 2003, Waiheke Island) became famous as the face of a New Zealand campaign to encourage vaccination against meningococcal disease after contracting and surviving the disease. She was nicknamed "Miraculous Baby Charlotte" by her fellow New Zealanders as a result of making headlines worldwide after recuperating from a series of life-threatening complications. She is believed to be the smallest baby to have ever survived such a full-blown infection and the subsequent quadruple amputations. Cleverley-Bisman is the daughter of Pam Cleverley and Perry Bisman. In 2004, New Zealand was in the thirteenth year of an epidemic of meningococcal disease, a bacterial infection which can cause meningitis and blood poisoning. Most Western countries have fewer than three cases for every 100,000 people each year, with New Zealand averaging 1.5 before the epidemic started in 1991; in 2001, the worst year of the epidemic in New Zealand, the rate hit 17. 5400 New Zealanders had caught the disease, 220 had died, and 1080 had suffered serious disabilities, such as limb amputations or brain damage. Eight out of 10 victims were under 20 and half were under 5 years of age. The internationally low proportion of deaths from the disease had been credited to wide publicity of the disease and its symptoms. In June 2004, Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman became the face of the epidemic. Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, showing meningococcal disease effect on arms.The morning of June 17, 2004, Cleverley-Bisman vomited and was unhappy, but the parents took it as anticipated teething pains. By mi... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12301324 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on March 22, 1993. The length of the article is 1076 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Apparatus used in teaching swimming to quadriplegic amputees.
Author: Christine F. Summerford
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 1993
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v9Issue: n3Page: p54(4)

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This digital document is an article from DAV Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1361 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Amputation no bar: vets enjoy NAGA golf.(National Amputee Golf Association )
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: DAV Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 49Issue: 1Page: 21(1)

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Chapters: Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, Mark Inglis, Tawera Nikau, Charles Chilton, Clint Hallam. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Charlotte Lucy Cleverley-Bisman (born November 2003, Waiheke Island) became famous as the face of a New Zealand campaign to encourage vaccination against meningococcal disease after contracting and surviving the disease. She was nicknamed "Miraculous Baby Charlotte" by her fellow New Zealanders as a result of making headlines worldwide after recuperating from a series of life-threatening complications. She is believed to be the smallest baby to have ever survived such a full-blown infection and the subsequent quadruple amputations. Cleverley-Bisman is the daughter of Pam Cleverley and Perry Bisman. In 2004, New Zealand was in the thirteenth year of an epidemic of meningococcal disease, a bacterial infection which can cause meningitis and blood poisoning. Most Western countries have fewer than three cases for every 100,000 people each year, with New Zealand averaging 1.5 before the epidemic started in 1991; in 2001, the worst year of the epidemic in New Zealand, the rate hit 17. 5400 New Zealanders had caught the disease, 220 had died, and 1080 had suffered serious disabilities, such as limb amputations or brain damage. Eight out of 10 victims were under 20 and half were under 5 years of age. The internationally low proportion of deaths from the disease had been credited to wide publicity of the disease and its symptoms. In June 2004, Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman became the face of the epidemic. Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, showing meningococcal disease effect on arms.The morning of June 17, 2004, Cleverley-Bisman vomited and was unhappy, but the parents took it as anticipated teething pains. By mid-morning she developed...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12301324 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on September 22, 1993. The length of the article is 695 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Health care reform and the amputee. (Editorial)
Author: David P. Beaver
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 1993
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v10Issue: n1Page: p4(1)

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Mike Dubois (a legless Vietnam veteran) has a power-behind-the-throne mentality. He possesses "The Gotcha File". A secret file compiled by FBI Chief John Monroe. The file can expose illegal acts of many powerful politicians still in office. Using it Mike gets his way until he goes up against organized crime.Wheel-chair bound, Mike can't outrun his enemies-he can only out-game them. The problem is his adversary is now the Mob, and they don't play games. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on February 19, 1998. The length of the article is 894 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fantasma en el cerebro. (los amputados y las funciones cerebrales)(TT: Phantoms of the brain) (TA: amputees and brain functions)
Author: José Gordon
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: February 19, 1998
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v44Issue: n2331Page: p67(1)

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"..A valuable resource of prosthetic information and the powerful stories of 38 amputees. They shre their gut level feelings about the physical and emotional pain, as well as the courage it takes to put pity aside and go on with life." 358 pages with b/w photos ... Read more

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This up-to-date and comprehensive set of two CD-ROM discs provides a superb collection of official Federal government documents on the subject of amputees and prostheses. Amputees are people who have lost a limb or part of a limb. Your limbs are your arms and legs. Losing a limb or part of a limb can be the result of illness or injury. Some people lose limbs in accidents or during a war. In other cases, people lose limbs as the result of illnesses such as diabetes, cancer and vascular diseases. If a limb or part of a limb causes great pain or threatens your health, you may need an amputation - surgical removal. Some amputees have phantom pain, which is the feeling of pain in the missing limb. Other problems that can occur include grief, surgical complications and skin problems, if you wear an artificial limb. Many amputees use an artificial limb. Learning how to use it takes time. Physical therapy can help you adapt. There is also coverage of war injuries and related veterans health issues.For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the relevant institute for this disease, and others.In addition to the comprehensive disease-specific coverage, this disc set also includes our Medical Encyclopedia, a $19.95 value! The Encyclopedia presents a collection of official documents about a wide range of medical topics, diseases, illnesses, health and wellness. There is vital information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Cancer Institute, and more. Topics covered include: major diseases, including cancer, heart and vascular disease, stroke, blood diseases and disorders, lung diseases, and neurological disorders such as dementia and epilepsy * CDC Health Topics A to Z, Foodborne Illnesses, Infants and Children, Injuries, Occupational Health, Older Adults, Women * CDC Travelers' Health - Destinations, Vaccinations, Diseases, Mosquito, Tick, Food, Water, Clinics, Yellow Book, Children, Airplanes, Cruise Ships, Special Needs, Relief Workers, * Dietary Guidelines * NIH A to Z from abnormalities to X-rays.Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 67 of the best sites for medical information! Built-in weblinks let you quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government and the best commercial portals, news sites, reference/textbook/non-commercial portals, and health organizations. ... Read more

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Chapters: Austrian Amputees, Paul Wittgenstein, Franz Fuchs, Matthias Lanzinger, Helmut Zilk, Martin Legner. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paul Wittgenstein (November 5, 1887 March 3, 1961) was an Austrian-born concert pianist, who became known for his ability to play with just his left hand, after he lost his right arm during the First World War. He devised novel techniques, including pedal and hand-movement combinations, that allowed him to play chords previously regarded as impossible for a five-fingered pianist. He commissioned several pieces for the left hand from prominent composers, including Richard Strauss, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel and, later, Benjamin Britten. He was the older brother of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein was born in Vienna to the industrialist Karl Wittgenstein. His brother Ludwig was born two years later. The household was frequently visited by prominent cultural figures, among them the composers Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Josef Labor and Richard Strauss, with whom the young Paul played duets. His grandmother, Fanny Wittgenstein, was a distant cousin of the violinist Joseph Joachim, whom she adopted and took to Leipzig to study with Felix Mendelssohn. He studied with Malvine Bree and later with a much better known figure, the Polish virtuoso Theodor Leschetizky. He made his public debut in 1913 and some favourable reviews were written about him. The following year, however, World War I broke out, and he was called up for military service. He was shot in the elbow and captured by the Russians during an assault on Poland, and his right arm had to be amputated. During his recovery in a prisoner-of-war camp in Omsk in Siberia, he resolved to continue h...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=88961 ... Read more