We acquired large data sets of calendar performance from two autistic calendar savants, DG and RN. An analysis of their errors and reaction times revealed that (1) both individuals had knowledge of calendar information from a limited range of years; (2) there was no evidence for the use of memorized anchor dates that could, by virtue of counting away from the anchors, allow correct responses to...

Immediately prior to publication, one of the authors of this book gave a public 'ecture entitled "Psychopathology and Homicide" to a medical audience. As a result ?f this, certain of the more informed, and therefore be it acknowledged, more sensitive doctors among his hearers came to the conclusion that both his own views and those to be expressed in the book would be that "many psychiatric pat...

u 20 and 21 Magna Græcia AORtic Interventional Project® (MAORI) 5th Symposium Complex Diseases of Thoracic and Thoraco-Abdominal Aorta Catanzaro, Italy Informations: Prof.Pasquale Phone: +39 09613695851 E-mail: [email protected] Site: maori.unicz.it/ u 21 to 24 WTSA 43rd Annual Meeting Colorado Springs, United States Informations: Heather Nutter E-mail: [email protected] Site: meetin...

Weather and climate parameters and their effects on crops, is one of the most effective factors in yield increase. Agro-climatic studies could be used to determine the potential of various regions and the exploit these resources to the maximum possible extent. In this study, in order to evaluate the agricultural climate of spring canola cultivation in selected stations in Hamedan province, the ...

FINTDI ha sido orientado hacia un contexto primordialmente educativo en el ámbito de la ingeniería, con el objetivo de dar a conocer y poner en común experiencias y resultados de innovación docente. Se buscaba un punto de encuentro para los docentes en ingeniería en el que valorar conjuntamente las prácticas utilizadas así como la repercusión de nuevos métodos e innovaciones tecnológicas. Entre...

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS This paper reports the results of a histological study of severe chronic oesophagitis. The material consisted of 46 specimens removed by oesophagogastrectomy. Two distinct types of lesion were found: chronic superficial oesophagitis and localized penetrating ulceration, the latter being found closely related to intrusions of gastric cardiac type (mucosa) into the lower oesoph...

While a calendar is generally thought of as a visual representation of a day, week, month or year; in its simplest form, a calendar consists of scheduled events with associated dates, times, locations and descriptions. In this paper we describe the design and evaluation of a web-based calendar prototype for blind individuals who use screen readers to access their computers and the Internet. Wit...

Today’s mobile communication devices often offer extensive calendar facilities. However the use of these is often very limited through cumbersome interfaces and inappropriate designs for small devices. Prompted by previous work in mobile calendar usability, this paper discusses how augmentation of calendar entries with mobile spatial information could provide potential advantages and improve th...