Hand tremor and activity sensor

System detects hand tremor and activity and transmitting signals over distance of at least 3 meters to receiver system. Designed for use in studies of effect of fatigue on individual's judgement or reaction time, sensor is installed within mounting of finger-ring; no external wiring or power source is needed

Accelerometer telemetry system

An accelerometer telemetry system incorporated in a finger ring is used for monitoring the motor responses of a subject. The system includes an accelerometer, battery, and transmitter and provides information to a remote receiver regarding hand movements of a subject wearing the ring, without the constraints of wires. Possible applications include the detection of fatigue from the hand movements of the wearer

The evolution of the Schlemiel hero in the works of Woody Allen

The genesis of this paper is a twenty-year tracking of Woody Allen’s career born out of my fascination with a five-foot-five, one-hundred-twenty-five-pound, red-headed, Jewish, intellectual comic. He was searching for his identity in the 1960’s, when being ethnic and neurotic was not only fashionable but mandatory. My interest was heightened in those early days after seeing him preform as a stand-up comic at the Bitter End in New York and learning that he changed him name from Konigsberg to Allen while I changed my name to Konigsberg

Local Public Health Perspectives on the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Epidemic

This article focuses on the perspectives and roles of local public health officials dealing with a wide variety of aspects of the AIDS epidemic, including epidemiology, surveillance, public health control measures, community organization and patient care and treatment networks