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BehindTheMedspeak: Remotely track tremor severity

From the website:

Track Tremor Degree Remotely With The Online Spiral Drawing Test

How it works

Spiral drawing is one of the standard tests used to assess tremor severity for the clinical evaluation of medical treatments.

Motoom allows the observer to evaluate test results not only qualitatively, but also quantitatively.

It calculates deviations from the reference path, acceleration changes, and other useful parameters.

It also allows the observer to track the dynamics of these results.

Motoom enables remote testing, as the observer provides the test taker with a unique link to the web page of the test.

Using the mouse cursor on their own laptop or desktop computer, the test taker draws a spiral.

The test results automatically appear in Motoom for observer analysis.

We take into account the possible state of the test taker, so the test interface is extremely simple, and registration is not required.

Motoom does not make a diagnosis.

Only a certified doctor can evaluate the condition of the test taker.

"Using Motoom with one observable is free of charge" — the way we like it.

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Goya Ripe Plantains — So good out of the microwave, you'll think you're in Jamaica

Last week, browsing the ethnic frozen foods section at Kroger, I happened on the Goya area.

As a rule I don't buy anything you can't microwave and most Goya frozen products aren't microwaveable.

You have to look very closely at the box to see if you can nuke the contents.

If so, almost invisibly it says "Microwaveable."

Anyway, you zap these plaintains for 5 minutes and you're in for a very toothsome dining experience.

I've had much worse in restaurants.