Wireless Kick Pedal

The goal of the project is to build a wireless kick pedal that allows accessibility to drummers that have leg or foot disabilities and add versatility to multi-instrumentalists looking to add percussion while playing another instrument. The proposed pedal is designed in two main parts, a wearable band that tracks the player’s movement, and a hammer mechanism that receives actuation commands from the wearable band to move the hammer and deliver a drumbeat. The band is designed to be worn on several parts of the body, including the ankle, knee, thigh, or even the arm depending on the user’s situation. This is to allow compatibility for musicians of differing ability. The team plans to communicate from the band to the hammer mechanism over a short-range wireless communication protocol, so that the response time to deliver a beat is as close to human response time as possible. The hammer mechanism for physically delivering the drumbeat is to be designed such that the hammer strikes the drum similarly to how a commercial pedal would. With this pedal design, the team hopes to invite more people to play the drums and spark new ideas in the future of instrument innovations

Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais: Vochysiaceae

(Flora of the Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais: Vochysiaceae). The study of the family Vochysiaceae is part of the project "Flora of Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil". The family is represented there by 22 species of the genera Callisthene, Qualea, Salvertia, and Vochysia, respectively with four, four, one and thirteen species. Key to the genera and species, descriptions, illustrations and comments on the geographic distribution, habitat, phenology and morphological variations are presented.(Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais: Vochysiaceae). O estudo da família Vochysiaceae é parte do projeto "Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brasil". Esta família está representada na área por 22 espécies dos gêneros Callisthene, Qualea, Salvertia e Vochysia, respectivamente com quatro, quatro, uma e treze espécies. São apresentadas chaves para gêneros e espécies, descrições, ilustrações e comentários sobre distribuição geográfica, hábitat, fenologia e variações morfológicas

S2k guidelines (consensus statement) for diagnosis and therapy of dermatitis herpetiformis initiated by the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)

Introduction: Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a chronic, pruritic, gluten-induced skin disorder characterized by subepidermal granular IgA deposition and a variable degree of enteropathy identical to that seen in coeliac disease. So far, there has been no European consensus about the management of DH. Methods: The guidelines were created by small subgroups of a guideline committee consisting of 26 specialists from various medical fields and one patients’ representative. The members of the committee then discussed the guidelines and voted for the final version at two consensus meetings. The guidelines were developed under the support of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) and in collaboration with the European Dermatology Forum (EDF). Results: The guidelines summarize evidence-based and expert-based recommendations (S2 level) for the management of DH (see Appendix). Conclusion: These guidelines will improve the quality of management of DH and support dermatologists in their diagnostic and therapeutic decisions