PURPOSE To experimentally examine the effect of corneal modulus on Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) and Tono-pen (Tono-pen XL, Reichert, Inc., Depew, NY) measurements of intraocular pressure (IOP) in a canine eye model. METHODS Twenty-one canine globes were recovered from healthy animals. IOP was controlled at 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 mm Hg and measured by GAT and Tono-pen following standar...

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect pen stocking density on animal performance, social behavior, and dirtiness in fattening bulls. Two hundred sixty-three bulls (250 ± 24.7 kg BW, 193 13.2 d age) were group-housed fed concentrate unprocessed straw separately, both ad libitum. Animals assigned one 2 different treatments: 1) LOW (n=112), 14 bulls/pen (5.1 m2/bull 5 bulls/fee...

Using affinity diagramming as an example, we investigate interaction techniques for supporting collaborative design activities. Based on an observational study, we identified design guidelines that need to be addressed to find a close fit to embodied practice. Using this knowledge, we designed and implemented AffinityTable, a hybrid surface for supporting affinity diagramming. The tool combines...

The sharable content object reference model (SCORM) includes a representation of distance learning contents and a behavior definition of how users should interact with the contents. Generally, SCORMcompliant systems were based on multimedia and Web technologies on PCs. We further build a pervasive learning environment, which allows users to read SCORM-compliant textbooks with multimodal learnin...

Simulation of the model of Muir and Schinckel containing genetic competition effects was initiated to determine how well REML could untangle variances due to direct and competition genetic effects and pen effects. A two-generation data set was generated with 6 unrelated males, each mated to 5 unrelated females to produce 300 progeny from which 30 females (one per mating in previous generation) ...

Tono-Pen and TonoVet have been used in rabbits to measure intraocular pressure (IOP) and investigate the effect of IOP lowering therapies. Therefore, their reliability and accuracy are very important and deserve careful evaluation. Our results showed that the with-subject deviation (Sw) and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of the TonoVet and Tono-Pen were 0.61 mmHg/0.83 mmHg and 0.97/0....

Several methods exist for manipulating spectral models either by applying transformations via higher level features or by providing in-depth offline editing capabilities. In contrast, our system aims for direct, full, intuitive, real-time control without exposing any spectral model features to the user. The system extends upon previous machine learning work in gesture-synthesis mapping by apply...