Andrea Falcon, Aristotelismo

Andrea Musacchio

refinements of this equipment. There was a direct analogy with the voltage clamp approach in nerve, but now length or force became the controlled parameter in place of voltage. This approach was applied in a quantitative study of the relation between the steady force produced by an active muscle fiber and its length: Huxley showed that force is proportional to overlap between the thick and thin...

Andrea Pimentel

SIR, We previously reported an autoinflammatory disease associated with nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing protein 2 (NOD2) gene mutations, designated as NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease (NAID) [1, 2]. To date, none of the studies of NOD2 mutations have demonstrated spontaneous inflammation in NOD2-associated diseases [3]. Herein we report a patient with NAID to illust...

Falcon City: An Integration of Novint Falcon in Virtual Reality

Haptic Devices enable various tactile feedback and allow users to interact with a virtual environment in a more immersive way. The current Virtual Reality (VR) interface in the market is largely comprised of devices designed for visual and auditory feedback, with Head Mounted Display (HMD) devices such as Oculus Rift leading the industry by providing significant visual immersion. However, there...

Andrea Rassell exegesis

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Ogilvie syndrome, or acute colonic pseudo-obstruction, is a severe distension of the colon caused by decreased large bowel motility in the absence of a mechanical obstruction. It can be a consequence of medical treatment such as with clozapine. An 82-year-old male with Alzheimer disease under treatment with antipsychotics (clozapine) was admitted with abdominal distension and constipation. On e...