Motivated by a consideration of the machine-mediated nature of human interaction in web-based tutoring, we propose the construction of artificial expressions, displays which reflect users’ felt bodily experience, to support the development of greater empathy in remote interaction. To demonstrate the concept of artificial expressions we have implemented a system for the real-time visual display ...

We propose a simulation framework to simulate the computed tomography acquisition process. It includes five components: anatomic data, respiration modelling, automatic parametrisation, X-ray simulation, and tomography reconstruction. It is used to generate motion artefacts in reconstructed CT volumes. Our framework can be used to evaluate CT reconstruction algorithm with motion artefact correct...

Exercise capacity and performance strongly associate with metabolic and biophysical characteristics of skeletal muscle, factors that also relate to overall disease risk. Despite its importance, the exact mechanistic features that connect aerobic metabolism with health status are unknown. To explore this, we applied artificial selection of rats for intrinsic (i.e., untrained) aerobic treadmill r...

abstract: the new neonatal ventilation methods have been developed along with utilization of new technological tools.this device is synchronized with the patient’s respiratory efforts. the ideal synchronized breath needs to be synchronous with initiation, size, and termination of the breath without delay in detecting of initial resiratory effort by device .the synchrony of respiration contribut...

Specific patterns of autonomic activity have been reported when people experience emotions. Typical autonomic signals that change with emotion are wrinkles, blushing, sweating, tearing and respiration. This article explores whether these signals can also influence the perception of emotion in embodied agents. The article first reviews the literature on specific autonomic signal patterns associa...

background respiration management is an important and critical issue in prehospital transportation phase of multiple trauma patients. however, the quality of this important care has not been assessed in iran emergency medical services’ (ems). objectives this study was conducted to investigate the quality of prehospital respiration management in patients with multiple trauma, referred to the sha...

objective(s): to understand the role of mitochondrial respiration in cisplatin sensitivity, we have employed wild-type and mitochondrial dna depleted rho0 yeast cells. materials and methods: wild type and rho0 yeast cultured in fermentable and non-fermentable sugar containing media, were studied for their sensitivity against cisplatin by monitoring growth curves, oxygen consumption, ph changes ...

On June 22nd I opened the abdomen, all instruments, ligatures and dressings being boiled in the sterilizer lent me from the station hospital. I made a vertical incision downwards over the tumour over the right rectus muscle. The rectus sheath having been incised, the rectus was deflected and the peritoneum opened. A large cystic tumour very tense on palpation then appeared. (At this moment pati...

Since ancient times many different methods have been used to revive newborns. Although subject to the vagaries of fashion for 2000 years, artificial respiration has been accepted as the mainstay of neonatal resuscitation for about the last 40. Formal teaching programmes have evolved over the last 20 years. The last 10 years have seen international collaboration, which has resulted in careful ev...

A successfully treated patient with myxedema coma of pituitary origin is reported. A forty-three year old woman, having a typical history of Sheehan's syndrome, was precipitated into the state of shock and coma. The coma was characterized with clinical features of myxedema coma, such as hypothermia, bradycardia and shallow respiration. The patient recovered from shock after intravenous administ...