Dispharynxiasis in a Captive Princess Parrot

Finding a Princess in a Palace: a Pursuit-Evasion Problem

This paper solves a pursuit–evasion problem in which a prince must find a princess who is constrained to move on each day from one vertex of a finite graph to another. Unlike the related and much studied ‘Cops and Robbers Game’, the prince has no knowledge of the position of the princess; he may, however, visit any single room he wishes on each day. We characterize the graphs for which the prin...

Princess Cassie: An Embodied Cognitive Agent in a Virtual World

This thesis presents the development of an embodied cognitive agent called Princess Cassie and her implementation as a cognitive actor in a Virtual Reality drama. This work effectively bridges the gap between, and builds upon previous work carried out on cognitive agent modeling and development and work carried out on the development of dramatic agents that are richly expressive, believable and...

Design of the PRINCESS trial: pre-hospital resuscitation intra-nasal cooling effectiveness survival study (PRINCESS)

BACKGROUND Therapeutic hypothermia (TH, 32-34°C) has been shown to improve neurological outcome in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. Earlier initiation of TH may increase the beneficial effects. Experimental studies have suggested that starting TH during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may further enhance its neuroprote...

The Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon.

A Molecular Survey on Chlamydial Infection in Pet and Zoo Captive Reptiles in Tehran

Introduction: Chlamydiosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by different microorganisms in the order Chlamydiales. The aim of this study was to detect and determine the prevalence of Chlamydia infection in pet and zoo reptiles in Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods: In a period of 10 months from April 2015 to February 2016, swab samples were collected from cloaca and conjunctiva of 130 pe...