A REDUNDANTLY ACTUATED CHEWING ROBOT BASED ON HUMAN MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOMECHANICS: DIFFERENTIAL KINEMATICS, STIFFNESS ANALYSIS, DRIVING FORCE OPTIMIZATION AND EXPERIMENT

A Redundantly Actuated Chewing Robot Based on Human Musculoskeletal Biomechanics: Differential Kinematics, Stiffness Analysis, Driving Force Optimization and Experiment

Human masticatory system exhibits optimal stiffness, energy efficiency and chewing forces needed for the food breakdown due to its unique musculoskeletal actuation redundancy.We have proposed a 6PUS-2HKP (6 prismatic-universal-spherical chains, 2 higher kinematic pairs) redundantly actuated parallel robot (RAPR) based on its musculoskeletal biomech

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Patients’, physicians’, nurses’, and pharmacists’ preferences on the characteristics of biologic agents used in the treatment of rheumatic diseases

Luciana Scalone,1 Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini,2 Luigi Sinigaglia,3 Carlomaurizio Montecucco,4 Roberto Giacomelli,5 Giovanni Lapadula,6 Ignazio Olivieri,7,8,† Angela Maria Giardino,9 Paolo Angelo Cortesi,1 Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani,1 Monica Mecchia9On behalf of the CARA Study Group1Centre of Research on Public Health, University of Milano-Bicocc

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KEBIJAKAN DAN PENGELOLAAN RISIKO KREDIT PERBANKAN (STUDI PADA SALAH SATU KANTOR WILAYAH DAN KANTOR CABANG BANK KONVENSIONAL)

Perbankan di Indonesia memiliki peranan penting sebagai penggerak perekomian.Aktivitas penyaluran kredit merupakan sumber pendapatan utama bank dan merupakan menjadi risiko bisnis terbesar.Penyaluran kredit modal kerja dan kredit investasi mendukung aktivitas bisnis yang sehat dalam percepatan ekonomi global.Ditengah gencarnya penyaluran kredit bag

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Students as Partners in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

This essay reflects upon lessons learning from engaging students as partners in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).The project described here aimed to engage undergraduate students in SoTL research-based learning using the case study teaching method.Student partners were actively involved in synthesis of original case studies for teach

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