The vibro-tactile alarm was easier to learn than the auditory alarm (p<0.05). The performance of the vibro-tactile alarm was significantly better than the auditory alarm in identification rate (p<0.002) and accuracy (p<0.002). Surprisingly, the combined vibrotactile and auditory alarm was not better than the vibro-tactile alarm alone due to an increased rate of misinterpreted alarms. Most users...

Alarm timing for a forward collision warning system plays an important role in system effectiveness. It is necessary to determine the appropriate alarm timing by considering a driver’s response to not only true alarms but also how drivers respond when an alarm should have been issued but was not (missed alarms) to evaluate both the increased system effectiveness and decreased over-reliance on t...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) represents one of the most common reasons for primary care visits and consultation with a gastroenterologist. It is characterized by abdominal discomfort, bloating and disturbed defecation in the absence of any identifiable physical, radiologic or laboratory abnormalities indicative of organic gastrointestinal disease. IBS is a costly disorder, responsible for sig...

abstract background : today, as many as 1.5 million americans use ventilators once in a year. .response to mechanical ventilation alarms remains to be one of the most challenging tasks facing physicians, nurses or other medical personnel in the icu. in the present study we aimed to compare the response times to “vocal alarms” and “visual or audible ones”. methods : in the present study we devel...