We present a patient with metastatic colon carcinoma who developed paraplegia following a neurolytic splanchnic block. A 41-year old man with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon received a splanchnic neurolytic block using alcohol because of severe abdominal pain. Bilateral motor weakness and a sensorial deficit in both legs developed after the procedure. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging...

This paper describes how IEEE 802.11b wireless networks can be used to determine the position of a robot inside a building. For this purpose we carried on some experiments which have shown that localization using only a wireless network as the only sensorial information (without a motion model) is not possible without a preconstructed sensorial map. But with the use of a motion model (easy to i...

Contractile and metabolic properties of bovine muscles play an important role in meat sensorial quality, particularly tenderness. Earlier studies based on Myosin heavy chain isoforms analyses and measurements of glycolytic and oxidative enzyme activities have demonstrated that the third trimester of foetal life in bovine is characterized by contractile and metabolic differentiation. In order to...

Abordaremos los eventos festivos de la nobleza castellana en Baja Edad Media a través su universo sensorial. Durante las celebraciones castellanas bajomedievales, sus asistentes no solo vieron entorno sino que lo oyeron, olieron, tocaron y saborearon, por sentidos participaron construcción un modelo festivo cortesano. Esta propuesta se inscribe el denominado “giro sensorial” ciencias sociales a...

In this paper an adaptive multiagent robotic assembly system is presented. State of the art industrial equipment is utilized to perform various assembly tasks in a highly unstructured environment without the need for central control. The emphasis is given to the developed methods that address particular issues in such robotic assembly systems. Close collaboration and intertwined work with human...

Constructing narratives involves mobilising the traveller imagination and finding original ways to convey narrative intentions. When a traveller invents a story, there is a natural interaction with the local environment and the use of various means of expression. Our goal is to adopt a user-centred approach to envision new instruments, to support travellers when performing their activities. The...

Connecting words with senses, namely, sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch, to comprehend the sensorial information in language is a straightforward task for humans by using commonsense knowledge. With this in mind, a lexicon associating words with senses would be crucial for the computational tasks aiming at interpretation of language. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no syste...

The proposal of this work is to develop hardware and algorithms completely integrated with the sensorial systems of robots. The intention is adjust its movements in sensorial environments. In this context, the algorithms are called Artificial Proprioceptive Systems (APS), where these algorithms detail how to configure controllers for to provide the movement of robot-arm.This work initially intr...

Cured Iberian ham is one of the most valuable meat products of Spain and Portugal, with a first-rate consumer acceptance. Its sensorial characteristics are basically due to high intramuscular fat content and marbling, i.e. number, position, shape and size of intramuscular fat streaks. Our current attempts are to investigate the relationship between spatio-geometrical characteristics of fat stre...