Assistive Technology in Occupational Therapy

In this chapter, occupational therapists from leading specialists exploring ways they can collaborate with assistive technology (AT) users to help them get the most out of these devices. By gratefully acknowledging the advances in technology of the last century, people with disabilities can live independent lives, contribute to their communities, attend regular schools, and work in a career. This technological development means medically switching to a social model of technology presentation, where users are as much focused on social reintegration as their physical abilities. This change means that field workers will not be able to focus on delivering technology on their own but will have to go one step further and partner with consumers and communities to ensure that the aids are used in the best possible way

Frequency of temporomandibular disorder signs and symptoms among call center employees

Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the frequency of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) among call center employees

Synthesis, characterization and antioxidant activity of new dibasic tridentate ligands: X-ray crystal structures of DMSO adducts of 1,3-dimethyl-5-acetyl-barbituric acid o-hydroxybenzoyl hydrazone copper(II) complex

o-Hydroxybenzoyl hydrazine and p-hydroxybenzoyl hydrazine react with 1,3-dimethyl-5-acetyl-barbituric acid in ethanol to give H2L1 (85% yield) and H2L2 (91% yield) respectively. The copper(II) complexes with DMSO adducts, [Cu(L-1)(DMSO)] and [Cu(L-2)(DMSO)], were prepared by the stoichiometric reaction of the CuCl2 center dot 5H(2)O with the H2L1 and H2L2 in a molar ratio (M:L) of 1:1 in DMSO/water mixture. All compounds have been fully characterized using conventional spectroscopic techniques. X-ray structure analysis was carried out on the [Cu(L-1)(DMSO)] which crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. In addition, both ligands were applied several antioxidant assays including total antioxidant activity by phosphomolybdate, ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and scavenging activity on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The results from antioxidant assays have shown that both ligands have excellent activities. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved