Abstract Previous studies have highlighted that affective touch delivered at slow velocities (1–10 cm/s) enhances body-part embodiment during multisensory illusions, yet its role towards whole-body is less established. Across two experiments, we investigated the of subjective a whole mannequin body within full illusion, amongst healthy females. Participants perceived to be more pleasant than no...

We aimed to compare the assay performance characteristics of HER2 status in mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) by ToGA (Trastuzumab for Gastric Cancer) biopsy versus ToGA surgical specimen methods. Forty-nine tissue microarray (TMA) samples of mucinous EOC from Asian women were analyzed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) tests using ToGA trial HER2...

Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women worldwide.The human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) is a transmembrane receptor in the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor family located at the long arm of human chromosome 17 (17q12). Diagnostic assays for HER2 in breast cancer provide important prognostic information and independently help guide management by ident...

BACKGROUND/AIM The Epi proLung® BL Reflex Assay [short stature homeobox gene two methylation assay (SHOX2 assay)] (Epigenomics AG, Berlin, Germany) utilizes quantitative methylation-sensitive real-time polymerase chain reaction (QMSP) for the quantification of methylated short stature homeobox gene two (SHOX2) DNA. In the present study, the diagnostic utility of the SHOX2 assay was tested with ...

OBJECTIVES To assess compliance with the protocol for the management of women with Chlamydia trachomatis diagnosed in community family planning (FP) clinics; to assess the rate of attendance at genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics by these women; to assess the rate of adequate treatment and to assess the level of communication between GUM clinics and FP clinics. METHOD Retrospective review of...

AIMS Exercise stress testing is often used as the initial non-invasive diagnostic test in symptomatic patients with suspected obstructive coronary artery disease. Positive standard ECG criteria are quite specific for obstructive coronary artery disease, but there may be a substantial number of false negative tests, including patients with severe coronary artery disease. Also, exercise stress te...

Adaptively secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) is an essential and fundamental notion in cryptography. In this work, we construct Universally Composable (UC) MPC protocols that are adaptively secure against all-but-one corruptions based on LWE. Our protocols have a constant number of rounds and communication complexity dependant only on the length of the inputs and outputs (it is independent o...

Thirty patients in whom others found equivocal plantar reflexes were studied clinically and electromyographically (EMG-og flexor hallucis brevis, extensor hallucis longus, and tibialis anterior), during mechanical stimulation of the sole. Bias of recording or interpretation of EMG was excluded. The study was repeated after one week; the EMG outcome was reproducible in 26 patients (87%). Of thes...