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The Effect of Fatigue on the Performance of Online Writer Recognition. Cognit Comput 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12559-021-09943-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Online Handwriting, Signature and Touch Dynamics: Tasks and Potential Applications in the Field of Security and Health. Cognit Comput 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12559-021-09938-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AbstractOnline handwritten analysis presents many applications in e-security, signature biometrics being the most popular but not the only one. Handwriting analysis also has an important set of applications in e-health. Both kinds of applications (e-security and e-health) have some unsolved questions and relations among them that should be addressed in the next years. We summarize the state of the art and applications based on handwriting signals. Later on, we focus on the main achievements and challenges that should be addressed by the scientific community, providing a guide for future research. Among all the points discussed in this article, we remark the importance of considering security, health, and metadata from a joint perspective. This is especially critical due to the risks inherent when using these behavioral signals.
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Bykanov AE, Pitskhelauri DI, Grachev NS, Semenov DE, Sufianov RA, Yashin KS, Matuev KB. Endogenous and Exogenous Factors Affecting the Surgical Technique (Review). Sovrem Tekhnologii Med 2020; 12:93-99. [PMID: 34513059 PMCID: PMC8353673 DOI: 10.17691/stm2020.12.2.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this review, we analyzed essential factors affecting precise manual movements in microsurgery described in the medical literature. The search for publications in English and Russian languages was conducted in the PubMed database without limitation by the date of publication. The search was carried out according to the following descriptors: surgical procedures, dexterity, microsurgery, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, physical exercise, sleep deprivation, posture. Only randomized and cohort studies involving doctors and students with surgical specialties were included in the analysis. We did not include papers in which only psychological (non-motor) aspects were studied. Due to the limited number of publications meeting the inclusion criteria and conflicting results in some of them, the presented review does not allow us to formulate unambiguous conclusions and recommendations. Further studies (deep and fundamental) of endogenous and exogenous factors affecting the microsurgical technique are needed.
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- A E Bykanov
- Researcher, N.N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 16, 4 Tverskaya-Yamskaya St., Moscow, 125047, Russia
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- Professor, Head of the 7 Neurosurgical Department, N.N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 16, 4 Tverskaya-Yamskaya St., Moscow, 125047, Russia
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- PhD Student, N.N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 16, 4 Tverskaya-Yamskaya St., Moscow, 125047, Russia
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- Student, Faculty of Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8/2 Malaya Trubetskaya St., Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Clinical Resident, 7 Neurosurgical Department, N.N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 16, 4 Tverskaya-Yamskaya St., Moscow, 125047, Russia
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- Assistant, Department of Traumatology, Orthopedics, and Neurosurgery, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
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- Professor, Head of the Scientific and Educational Department, N.N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 16, 4 Tverskaya-Yamskaya St., Moscow, 125047, Russia
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Dynamic signatures: A review of dynamic feature variation and forensic methodology. Forensic Sci Int 2018; 291:216-229. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Grace N, Johnson BP, Rinehart NJ, Enticott PG. Are Motor Control and Regulation Problems Part of the ASD Motor Profile? A Handwriting Study. Dev Neuropsychol 2018; 43:581-594. [PMID: 30124332 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2018.1504948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The primary aim of this study was to kinematically assess how children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) plan and control their handwriting actions. Forty-three boys aged between 8 to 12 years were included in the present analysis; 23 with ASD and 20 typically developing (TD) controls. Sophisticated objective and quantifiable assessment of movement metrics and dynamics was applied across a series of basic cursive handwriting sequences. Children with ASD demonstrated atypical control of handwriting metrics and dynamics, as well as significantly greater neuromotor noise relative to age-matched peers. They also engaged in less regular monitoring and regulation of their movement during the handwriting task. This study provides new insights into the way children with ASD plan and sequence their handwriting movements. Overall, results revealed that even at a basic level, children with ASD appear to have a breakdown in their ability to control and regulate their handwriting movements. This has important implications for the school-aged child who constantly engages in handwriting tasks within the classroom environment and provides insight into possible directions for future intervention.
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- Nicci Grace
- a Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Psychological Sciences , Monash University , Melbourne , Australia
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- b Bellgrove Laboratory, Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Psychological Sciences , Monash University , Melbourne , Australia
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- c School of Psychology, Faculty of Health , Deakin University , Melbourne , Australia
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- d Cognitive Neuroscience Unit and Deakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology , Deakin University , Melbourne , Australia
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Lopez-de-Ipina K, Solé-Casals J, Faúndez-Zanuy M, Calvo PM, Sesa E, Roure J, Martinez-de-Lizarduy U, Beitia B, Fernández E, Iradi J, Garcia-Melero J, Bergareche A. Automatic Analysis of Archimedes' Spiral for Characterization of Genetic Essential Tremor Based on Shannon's Entropy and Fractal Dimension. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2018; 20:E531. [PMID: 33265620 PMCID: PMC7513055 DOI: 10.3390/e20070531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Among neural disorders related to movement, essential tremor has the highest prevalence; in fact, it is twenty times more common than Parkinson's disease. The drawing of the Archimedes' spiral is the gold standard test to distinguish between both pathologies. The aim of this paper is to select non-linear biomarkers based on the analysis of digital drawings. It belongs to a larger cross study for early diagnosis of essential tremor that also includes genetic information. The proposed automatic analysis system consists in a hybrid solution: Machine Learning paradigms and automatic selection of features based on statistical tests using medical criteria. Moreover, the selected biomarkers comprise not only commonly used linear features (static and dynamic), but also other non-linear ones: Shannon entropy and Fractal Dimension. The results are hopeful, and the developed tool can easily be adapted to users; and taking into account social and economic points of view, it could be very helpful in real complex environments.
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- Karmele Lopez-de-Ipina
- Systems Engineering and Automation Department, EleKin Research Group, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain
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- Data and Signal Processing Research Group, University of Vic—Central University of Catalonia, 08500 Barcelona, Spain
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- Escola Superior Politècnica Tecnocampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
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- Systems Engineering and Automation Department, EleKin Research Group, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain
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- Escola Superior Politècnica Tecnocampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
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- Escola Superior Politècnica Tecnocampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Electronic Technology, EleKin Research Group, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain
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- Department of Mathematics, EleKin Research Group, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 1006 Gasteiz, Spain
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- Systems Engineering and Automation Department, EleKin Research Group, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain
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- Department of Enterprises Organization, EleKin Research Group, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, EleKin Research Group, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 1006 Gasteiz, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience, BioDonostia Health Institute, 20014 Donostia, Spain
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Selection of Entropy Based Features for Automatic Analysis of Essential Tremor. ENTROPY 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/e18050184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Children with ADHD-combined type (ADHD-CT) display fine and gross motor problems, often expressed as handwriting difficulties. This study aimed to kinematically characterize the handwriting of children with ADHD using a cursive letter l's task. METHOD In all, 28 boys (7-12 years), 14 ADHD-CT and 14 typically developing (TD), without developmental coordination disorder (DCD) or comorbid autism, wrote a series of four cursive letter l's using a graphics tablet and stylus. RESULTS Children with ADHD-CT had more inconsistent writing size than did TD controls. In addition, ADHD-CT symptom severity, specifically inattention, predicted poorer handwriting outcomes. CONCLUSION In a sample of children with ADHD-CT who do not have DCD or autism, subtle handwriting differences were evident. It was concluded that handwriting might be impaired in children with ADHD in a manner dependent on symptom severity. This may reflect reports of underlying motor impairment in ADHD.
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Danna J, Paz-Villagrán V, Velay JL. Signal-to-noise velocity peaks difference: a new method for evaluating the handwriting movement fluency in children with dysgraphia. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2013; 34:4375-4384. [PMID: 24139714 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This study evaluated handwriting movement dysfluency related to dysgraphia. A new variable, the Signal-to-Noise velocity peaks difference (SNvpd), was proposed to describe abnormal velocity fluctuations in cursive handwriting. This variable was compared to two variables most frequently used variables for assessing handwriting fluency. This comparison was carried out for three different groups, children with dysgraphia, proficient children, and adults, all of whom wrote the same single word. The adults were taken as the reference. Results revealed that, of the three variables studied, the SNvpd proved most efficient in discriminating children with dysgraphia, and that furthermore, it had the significant advantage of facilitating the localization of dysfluency peaks within a word. Our results also showed that the movement dysfluency of children with dysgraphia was specific to certain letters. In light of these results, we discuss the methodological and theoretical relevance of this new variable to the analysis of handwriting movement with the aim of characterizing dysgraphia.
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- Jérémy Danna
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, UMR 7291, CNRS - Aix-Marseille Université, France; Brain and Language Research Institute, LPL, CNRS - Aix-Marseille Université, France.
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Handwriting is the result of a process in which linguistic, psychomotor and biomechanical factors interact with physical maturation, cognitive development and learning. Digital tablets, which record the writing in real time, allow a kinematic analysis of written trace: the implemented algorithms analyze parameters as length, duration and speed of the components (trace between two pen-lifts) and strokes (trace between two minima of curvilinear velocity). The purpose of this work is to fill, at least for Italy, the lack of normative data on typical handwriting processes. This cross-sectional study will present data on 218 right-handed and Italian mother-tongue students, attending classes from 2nd to 8th grade. They performed specific tasks (tests of writing speed; transcription of a sentence accurately vs. speedily) by a digital tablet. The analysis showed many changes of the considered parameters across the classes, as in the horizontal, curvilinear mean and peak velocities of components and strokes, with higher values in the last years of schooling and a parallel decrease in the number of strokes/letter (improvement of automation). In conclusion, some of these parameters are useful for studying development and learning of writing and their values can be used as references to evaluate samples with different characteristics.
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Johnson BP, Phillips JG, Papadopoulos N, Fielding J, Tonge B, Rinehart NJ. Understanding macrographia in children with autism spectrum disorders. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2013; 34:2917-2926. [PMID: 23816627 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 06/02/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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It has been consistently reported that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show considerable handwriting difficulties, specifically relating to accurate and consistent letter formation, and maintaining appropriate letter size. The aim of this study was to investigate the underlying factors that contribute to these difficulties, specifically relating to motor control. We examined the integrity of fundamental handwriting movements and contributions of neuromotor noise in 26 children with ASD aged 8-13 years (IQ>75), and 17 typically developing controls. Children wrote a series of four cursive letter l's using a graphics tablet and stylus. Children with ASD had significantly larger stroke height and width, more variable movement trajectory, and higher movement velocities. The absolute level of neuromotor noise in the velocity profiles, as measured by power spectral density analysis, was significantly higher in children with ASD; relatively higher neuromotor noise was found in bands >3 Hz. Our findings suggest that significant instability of fundamental handwriting movements, in combination with atypical biomechanical strategies, contribute to larger and less consistent handwriting in children with ASD.
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- Beth P Johnson
- School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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Accardo AP, Genna M, Borean M. Development, maturation and learning influence on handwriting kinematics. Hum Mov Sci 2013; 32:136-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2011] [Revised: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Faundez-Zanuy M, Sesa-Nogueras E, Roure-Alcobe J, Garre-Olmo J, Mekyska J, Lopez-de-Ipiña K, Esposito A. A Preliminary Study of Online Drawings and Dementia Diagnose. NEURAL NETS AND SURROUNDINGS 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35467-0_36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Scholey AB, Benson S, Neale C, Owen L, Tiplady B. Neurocognitive and mood effects of alcohol in a naturalistic setting. Hum Psychopharmacol 2012; 27:514-6. [PMID: 22847648 DOI: 10.1002/hup.2245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 06/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The current pilot study aimed to assess the effects of drinking alcohol in a naturalistic setting on aspects of performance. METHODS Thirty individuals were approached and tested individually in a university campus bar. They provided details regarding alcoholic drinks consumption. Each was breathalysed before and after completion of a computerised test battery administered on a handheld device. The battery consisted of visual analogue mood scales, a series of alcohol-sensitive psychomotor and cognitive tests. RESULTS There were highly significant correlations between measured blood alcohol concentrations, estimated units of alcohol consumed and scores on a 'sober-drunk' VAS (p < 0.001 in all cases). For performance, there was a characteristic alcohol-associated shift in the speed/accuracy trade-off (SATO), which was reflected as significantly more errors with less effect on speed across several measures (including maze performance and Serial Sevens). Individuals who were more intoxicated were also significantly less alert. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that controlled laboratory tests into the effects of alcohol intoxication may have ecological validity, with SATO shifts amongst the characteristic impairments seen in both controlled and naturalistic settings.
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- A B Scholey
- Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Sesa-Nogueras E, Faundez-Zanuy M, Mekyska J. An Information Analysis of In-Air and On-Surface Trajectories in Online Handwriting. Cognit Comput 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s12559-011-9119-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kim JH, Park SW. A study on the measurement of hangul signature by SHWI. ANALYTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.5806/ast.2010.23.2.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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