ARMOUR AND WEAPONS IN TIBET FROM YONGLE TO YOUNGHUSBAND

Armour and Weapons in Tibet from Yongle to Younghusband

This paper presents an overview of the origins bicycles and development of research into various types of arms and armour used in Tibet from approximately the fifteenth century to the early twentieth century.Incorporated into this are a brief survey of well recognised examples and a review of the wide multiplicity of rare and less familiar forms, i

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Development of an Assistive Technology for Cognition to Support Meal Preparation in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: User-Centered Design Study

BackgroundAlthough assistive technology for cognition (ATC) has Dice Accessories enormous potential to help individuals who have sustained a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) prepare meals safely, no ATC has yet been developed to assist in this activity for this specific population.ObjectiveThis study aims to conduct a needs analysis as a first s

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Harnessing case isolation and ring vaccination to control Ebola.

As a devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues, non-pharmaceutical control measures including contact tracing, quarantine, and case isolation are being implemented.In addition, public health agencies are scaling up efforts to test and deploy candidate vaccines.Given the experimental nature and limited initial supplies of vaccines, a mass

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