This paper proposes a new reduced complexity Volterra model called S-PARAFAC-Volterra. The proposed model is yielded by using the symmetry property of the Volterra kernels and their tensor decomposition using the PARAFAC technique. It takes advantage from previous results where an algorithm for the estimation of the memory and the order of the Volterra model has been presented. The proposed mod...

Karachi: Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi organized a three day Endocrine Surgical Course from June 17-19th 2013. Prof. Woong Youn Chung, Professor of Surgery and Director of Thyroid Cancer Clinic at Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul Korea was the invited guest speaker and Master Trainer. This 3-Day interactive Course with live demonstration of various surgical techniques i...

The effectiveness of FM auditory trainers, conventional hearing aids, and CROS aids in six children with varying degrees of unilateral hearing loss was compared. Word recognition unaided and with each of the forms of amplification was evaluated both in quiet and in noise in a classroom. With the conventional hearing aid and CROS aid fittings, word recognition actually decreased in noise. With t...

The Training for Remote Sensing and Manipulation (TRANSoM) group has developed a virtual environment (VE) system for training ROV operators. Currently, the training system does not contain a model for tether interaction with objects in the VE. This paper describes a part-task trainer that has been developed for training tether awareness. The part-task trainer can also be used for testing tether...

We present the prototype omVR, which is a Virtual Reality based safety training system in a petroleum refinery. It provides an advanced technique for personnel safety training and allows users to navigate through the training setup and interact with parts of the refinery. By using a head mounted display a high degree of immersion is achieved. omVR is the implementation of a training scenario, w...

Our scientific culture is such that new ideas and new technologies may be introduced into practice but usually meet resistance. Surgery is one such area. There is a good mix of manual dexterity and decision making that make surgery a good area for simulation assisted training; not to mention the serious consequences of training mistakes for the live patient. In any skill there exists the popula...

The U.S. Army Master Resilience Trainer (MRT) course, which provides face-to-face resilience training, is one of the foundational pillars of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program. The 10-day MRT course is the foundation for training resilience skills to sergeants and for teaching sergeants how to teach these skills to their soldiers. The curriculum is based on materials developed by the Uni...

The purpose of this study is to develop a wearable master-slave lower limb training device for a trainer and a trainee. The developed device is constructed with McKibben type rubber artiåcial muscles and an appliance, a torque sensor. In addition, to prevent applying an excessive torque to the trainee, a reaction torque from the trainee can be transmitted to the trainer by a bilateral type mast...

In this paper I propose a computer vision-based method for analyzing the human pose during physical exercises performed for a virtual trainer. Body part labeling and difference analysis between a measurement and reference silhouette are combined into a result consisting of a set of vectors per body part, indicating the errors made. The approach depends heavily on a statistical model of the huma...