Virtual Worlds Round Table

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The Virtual Round Table: A Collaborative Augmented Multi-User

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Virtual Machines for Virtual Worlds

Multi User Virtual Worlds provide a simulated immersive 3D environment that is similar to the real world. Popular examples include Second Life and OpenSim. The multi-user nature of these simulations means that there are significant computational demands on the processes that render the different avatar-centric views of the world for each participant, which change with every movement or interact...

Round Table III: Mycoplasma Arthritis

Tendons and tendon sheaths and periarticular tissues are frequently involved in arthritides associated with mycoplasmas. It was therefore thought relevant to enlarge the title to "Arthritis and tenosynovitis." The arthritic conditions associated with mycoplasma infection were considered in turn for the rabbit, the rat and mouse, the chicken and turkey, the human patient, the pig, and cattle, sh...

Discussion and Round Table Presentation

Chairman Terblanche: Most of the discussion time will be spent reviewing the long-term management of patients after a variceal bleed. In the last 10 minutes we will attempt to place the role of prophylactic therapy in perspective. In my view there are some end-stage patients who should not be subjected to either emergency or definitive treatment. Unfortunately they are frequently difficult to i...