A Quadruped Duck

"If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...it must be a duck": anticoagulation in stroke patients with suspected atrial fibrillation.

Quadruped Animation

Films like Shrek, Madagascar, The Chronicles of Narnia and Charlotte’s web all have something in common: realistic quadruped animations. While the animation of animals has been popular for a long time, the technical challenges associated with creating highly realistic, computer generated creatures have been receiving increasing attention recently. The entertainment, education and medical indust...

If It Looks Like a Duck, Swims Like a Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck—Does It Have to Be a Duck?

On 2nd July 2013, a 29-year-old HIV-positive woman presented herself to the outpatient clinic at the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, Uganda. Her weight had decreased from 46 kg to 42 kg in the past few weeks. In addition, she complained about abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and evening fevers during the week leading up to her visit (see Table 1 and Fig 1 for patient characteristic...

DUCK : a deDUCtive Keyboard

Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). CHI 2013 Mobile Accessibility Workshop, April 28, 2013, Paris, France. Abstract This paper presents the deDUCtive Keyboard (DUCK), aiming to improve text entry for visually impaired users on AZERTY/QWERTY based layout on software keyboards. Relying on a predictive system, DUCK allows rapid text entry without any precision on keyboard hits. A preliminary...

Malignant Melanoma in a Female Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

Melanomas are malignant neoplasms originating from melanocytes. They reported in birds.  In this  case, macroscopic and microscopic (the histopathologic and IHC) findings supported a final diagnosis  of cutaneous malignant melanoma in a mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos). A female mallard duck  (Anas platyrhynchos) was observed with a mass on the ventral portion of the neck. Th...