An ambulatory hip fixation-traction splint frame includes a supporting frame having an upper end arranged for positioning below an armpit of a treated patient and a lower end arranged for positioning below a hip portion of the treated patient, and a side splint assembly for supporting a side body of the treated patient. A straightness measuring apparatus for measuring the curvature of a cord automatically by detecting the coordinates of three longitudinal points of the cord. The bubble nucleation section is heated faster that the rest of the heater to cause formation of a gas bubble in the liquid and ejection of the bubbled liquid through the corresponding nozzle. , for example, for tauopathies, Alzheimer’s disease, skin cancer, melanoma, viral diseases, bacterial diseases, or protozoal diseases. The controller permits the display to display the plurality of the communication rate when a difference between the plurality of communication rates is larger than a predetermined value. A pre-boot image handler may generate a pre-boot image, based on the image capture request and on the executing operating system.