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Item Development of a smartphone device for reading aimed at low-vision people(Revista Univap) Silva, Bruno Procópio da; Mendes, Alessandro Correa; Lima, Fernanda Púpio Silva; Pinto, Ana Paula; Souza, Gabriela Aparecida da Silveira; Lopes-Martins, Rodrigo Alvaro Brandão; Lima, Mário OliveiraMany people with total or partial visual impairment can use assistive technology (AT) to facilitate daily living activities. Smartphones and, especially, their applications, can be a tool of easy access and applicability as AT. The aim of this study was to develop an application for use on a smartphone or tablet to improve the visual ability of people with low visual acuity. The software, called Oftcam, was developed using the ANDROID operating system, written in Java Android under the Java version JDK 1.7, supporting the minimum version of Android 2.2. Its operating mechanism includes capturing and adjusting the image of interest to the users according to their needs: expansion, change of background and decentralization of the image of interest. The development of this free, easy-to-handle application will provide the possibility of integration between the user and the auxiliary professional, being, in practice, a mobile resource of health. Considering that most people have an increasing access to phones and tablets, we believe the use of this application is a good alternative to integrate the need and practicality in the daily lives of the visually impaired people.Item Biomechanical analysis of experimental spinal cord injury treated with photobiomodulationBeloni, Luís Filipe Karatanasov; Lima, Leonardo Borges; Neves, Marcele Florencio; Lima, Mario Oliveira; Lima, Fernanda Pupio Silva; Lopes-Martins, Rodrigo Alvaro Brandão; Sant’Anna, Luciana Barros; Arisawa, Emilia Angela Lo Schiavo; Ribeirão PretoSpinal cord injury (SCI) is a terrible condition that can affect humans. It is characterized by the interruption of the neurological signal, affecting sensorimotor functions, with social and psychological losses and high treatment costs. There is still no cure for SCI, encouraging research for new therapeu- tic approaches. In this context, Photobiomodulation (PBM) has shown promising results regarding the inflammatory, pain, im- munological, and antifibrotic response, favoring the healing process in several tissues. Objective: To evaluate the motor function in rats treated with PBM after SCI by hemisection us- ing quantitative movement analysis techniques. Methodology: 15 male rats were distributed in three groups: Control (C), In- jury (I), and Photobiomodulation (PBM, continuous wave, 780nm). Groups I and PBM were submitted to SCI between T9/T10, by hemisection of the spinal cord. The Sciatic Func- tional Index (SFI) and average speed were evaluated by kine- matic analysis of the gait of these animals for 28 days, with 7- day intervals. Results: The PBM group showed a significant in- crease in the average speed at 7, 14, and 21 experimental day times evaluated and improvement in SFI. Conclusion: The kin- ematic and thesciatic functional index analysis are reliable eval- uating tools for motor function in rats treated with PBM after SCI, showing increased gait speed and range of motion im- provement on the 14th and 21st-day post-SCI.