OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between performance on an endoscopic sinus surgery simulator (ES3) and fundamental perceptual, visuospatial, and psychomotor abilities. DESIGN Validation study. SETTING Tertiary care medical center. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-four medical students and 4 otolaryngology residents voluntarily enrolled. INTERVENTIONS Subjects performed tasks on the ES3, minimall...

This paper presents Mist2 (Mist 2nd generation), an overlay infrastructure for privacy-preserving communication. Nodes are arranged in concentric rings, which reduce average overlay hop latencies. Mist2 builds on the strengths of previous work on Mist, and significantly improves on the communication overhead, resilience to router failures, and the distributed nature of the algorithm. Mist2 prov...

This article describes the development of the Milwaukee Inventory for Subtypes of TrichotillomaniaAdult Version (MIST-A), which was designed to assess “automatic” and “focused” pulling subtypes of trichotillomania (TTM). Participants reporting symptoms of TTM (n=1,697) completed an internet survey; participants were later randomly assigned to either Exploratory (n=848) or Confirmatory (n=849) A...

Detached leaves of Valencia oranges, Citrus sinensis Osbeck, emanated ethylene at markedly higher rates and contained more endogenous ethylene when placed under water stress at 55% relative humidity than when placed in water-saturated air. Water stress induced defoliation from detached branches. Relieving the water stress of such leaves by transfer to a mist chamber resulted in lowering of the ...

In three experiments, the effect of water mist spray on self-injurious and collateral behaviors was compared with either facial screening or forced arm exercise. Water mist spray was as effective as facial screening in suppressing face-slapping in Experiment 1. However, it was not as effective as facial screening for self-injurious finger-licking in Experiment 2 or forced arm exercise for exces...

Aim: The goal of the present study was to validate the Czech version of the Memory for Intentions (Screening) Test (MIST, 2010). We included standardized testing material, translation of administration and scoring, and assessment of normative data for the MIST in the Czech population. Introduction: Prospective memory (PM), i.e., the ability to remember and implement intentions after a delay, is...