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Background: Patients with major mental illness have an increased risk of victimization. Nevertheless, this topic was not thoroughly studied in Egyptian patients with major mental illness. Objectives: The objectives of this study are to investigate the rates of victimization and understand its profile, psycho-demographic and clinical correlates among a sample of Egyptian patients with major mental illness. Participants and Methods: A total of 300 patients (100 patients with schizophrenia, 100 with bipolar and 100 with major depression) were recruited from the inpatient wards and outpatient clinics at Ain Shams University. They were subjected to a demographic questionnaire, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), Clinical Global Impression (CGI) and a Victimization Questionnaire (VQ). Results: In our study population, 130 (43.3%) of patients were victimized, of them 52 (40%) were diagnosed with major depressive disorder, 48 (36.9%) with bipolar disorder and 30 (23.1%) with schizophrenia. Victimization was more in female, married, unemployed individuals and those living in rural areas. Patients exposed to domestic violence or abuse during childhood had higher rates of victimization. All victimized patients were subjected to emotional victimization, 64.6% were physically victimized and 53.8% were subjected to miscellaneous types of victimization. Patients were victimized mainly by acquaintance followed by family members. The majority of patients did not report their victimization and considered it as a personal issue or not important enough to be reported. Conclusion: Patients with major mental illness are susceptible to significant victimization. Clinicians should explore possible history of abuse or victimization in their patients, empower and support the victimized ones.

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This paper presents a practical design and control for a delta robot based on a low-cost microcontroller. The main purpose of the proposed delta robot is to improve and enhance industrial productivity such as fast pick-and-place tasks and fully autonomous production lines. Additionally, during a global pandemic similar to (COVID-19), some medical and food products suffer from a sudden increase and demand. Moreover, kinematics, workspace dynamics analysis took into consideration an optimized approach to achieve a viable yet efficient model representing them. Furthermore, stress analysis and material selection have been applied, targeting to achieve high customizability of the manipulator linages. Taking availability into considerations, most components are available locally for ease of manufacturing. To add a touch of machine vision to the robot, a camera module is mounted in an optimized fashion to optimize the robot's performance and increase its accuracy. Finally, various interchangeable end effectors can be mounted including a magnetic gripper, vacuum suction cup, soft-robotics grippers, and other types to suit our requirements and needs.

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