Itako on screen

A new screen scanning system based on clustering screen objects

Many physically challenged users cannot interact with a computer through a conventional keyboard and mouse. They may interact with a computer through one or two switches with the help of a scanning mechanism. In this paper we present a new scanning technique based on clustering screen objects and then compare it with two other scanning systems by using a simulator. The analysis shows that the b...

Platypnea orthodeoxia pathophysiology on screen

A 64-year-old lady lying in supine position because multiple sclerosis, suffered a major stroke with no other plausible reasons but a huge right-to-left shunt confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with atrial septal aneurysm (ASA). Further examination with transesophageal echocardiography was not possible because of hostile esophageal tract. During rehabili...

Faith and Form on Screen

To understand any aspect of being-in-the-world in general or cinematic experience in particular, both reductionist and holistic approaches are needed. Psychological accounts can give us only functional explanations of human behaviour or responses to signifying artifacts such as art. To understand the significance of these experiences the psychological must be complemented by a study on a level ...

Fresnel Zones on the Screen

Mutants on the Small Screen

1058 Each of the three programmes in the series has a particular theme. The fi rst, ‘The Mystery of Growth’, is devoted mainly to skeletal disorders. We meet Carole Ozel, who copes with extraordinary courage with a terrible disease called fi brodysplasia ossifi cans progressiva (FOP), in which bony tissue forms throughout the body, gradually immobilizing the body in a second skeleton. Later we ...