This thesis proposes the use of CORDIS-ANIMA physical modeling formalism as a mean of designing musical sound transformations under the concept of instrumental interaction. It provides new results and new discussions in musical signal processing and in the design of digital audio effects. The aim is to investigate the possibilities of physical modeling to provide more “plausible” sound modifica...

A pair of monozygotic male twins discordant for ectopia vesicae urinariae is described. There is no reason to think that any exogenic factors contributed to the aetiology. There was no consanguinity and no history of congenital anomalies on either side of the family. Published reports concerning family incidence and twin reports are reviewed.

Ectopia cordis is a rare malformation presenting as an isolated lesion or as part of the Cantrell’s pentalogy syndrome characterized by midline closure defects. A preterm male baby who did not have antenatal follow-up was born by caesarean section with evisceration of the heart and major parts of the intraabdominal organs. Combination of these findings suggested the diagnosis of Cantrell’s pent...

A two-day-old female Toggenburg goat with thoracic ectopia cordis (EC) was diagnosed via radiography and computed tomography. The goat was born with EC, defects of the sternum and a supra-umbilical abdominal wall, but without the presence of Cantrell's syndrome. Necropsy and histopathological findings indicated the affected kid had malformation of the heart with an enlarged left ventricle. The ...

Duplication of the alimentary tract is uncommon but duplication of the appendix is rare. Basu et al. (1959), in reporting 28 cases of duplication of the alimentary tract, had no case of appendix duplex. Picoli ( 1892) reported the first case of apendix duplex in a female patient who had associated anomalies of duplication of the entire large bowel, two uteri with two vaginae, ectopia vesicae an...

This article continues the analyses in Medical History 52 (2008), 73-90, 365-86 of William Harvey's self-understanding as the philosopher and discoverer of the blood's circulation. Harvey brilliantly and subversively assumed the persona of the mythological Hercules to embody his own anatomical labour in De motu cordis et sanguinis (1628). He reprised the role in self-defence against accusations...

William Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood is possibly the most famous of all scientific discoveries, and the fourth centenary of the birth of its author is as important as any centenary celebrations. We now can celebrate the wonderful advances in physiology, medicine, and surgery which have developed from it, but it must be remembered that for two hundred years it made no diffe...

Brief Background Anas barbariae hepatis et cordis extractum 200CK HPUS) is a patented homeopathic preparation manufactured by a French-based company (Boiron Laboratories) that is marketed and widely used for the treatment and prevention of influenza symptoms. !e product is made from the heart and liver of wild duck and undergoes several dilutions (one part in 100; 200 times in a row [i.e., 200C...

The publication in 1628 of Harvey's Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis, was ignored by most of the faculties in the medical schools. Its experimental approach disturbed a world subdued by dogmatic medicine, and very few men realized the importance of the upheaval that was taking place in man's thinking. The Sorbonne was particularly conservative in this position, revealed by implacable scorn ...