Abstract: We present an open-source application for mobile devices called VASIR that provides a reliable and sensitive tool for accessible intelligibility rating using visual analog scales. VASIR is ...

A vertical "visual analogue scale" asks the person to mark their pain on a vertical line, a bit like imagining "filling up" with pain. Take time to explain the pain scale consistently, remembering ...

In the three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine has lost swaths of land, managing to regain some thanks to military aid from its Western allies. Millions of Ukrainians ...

The human pain experience is a complex multi-faceted symptom. Effective pain management begins with a comprehensive assessment. However, a plethora of existing assessment tools for pain assessment ...

Following this trend, [Miro Pavleski] built a digital weighing scale with an analog display that not only looks neat, but also serves as a good demonstration of the way that modern scales work.