Page 567 Altered stimulus perception caused by a previous stimulus presentation is referred to as priming. Whereas crossmodal priming is comparatively well studied, intramodal priming received less attention. HoffmannHensel and Freiherr now recorded skin conductance as well as breathing data and measured reaction times for olfactory tasks. These recordings revealed that negative odors were more...

|Full Text: PDF (444 KB) 2. A tutorial on particle filters for online nonlinear/non-GaussianBayesian tracking Arulampalam, M.S.; Maskell, S.; Gordon, N.; Clapp, T. Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Volume 50, Issue 2, Date: Feb 2002, Pages: 174-188 Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/78.978374 Abstract |Full Text: PDF (355 KB) 3. A tutorial on hidden Markov models and selected applications ...

Background: Controversy persists as to whether all calf vein thrombi should be treated with anticoagulation or observed with duplex surveillance. We performed a systematic review of the literature to assess whether data could support either approach, followed by examination of its natural history by stratifying results according to early clot propagation, pulmonary emboli (PE), recurrence, and ...

This paper presents the design and performance of a compact dilution sampler (CDS) for characterizing fine particle emissions from stationary sources. The sampler is described, along with the methodology adopted for its use. Dilution sampling has a number of advantages, including source emissions that are measured under conditions simulating stack gas entry and mixing in the ambient atmosphere....

The ability to obtain reliable results from clinical trials of therapies for ocular allergic disease and dry eye disease is often limited because of inadequate control of variables, such as environment, patient life style, compliance, and individual fluctuations that occur from one assessment visit to another. The controlled allergen challenge (CAC) model of allergic conjunctivitis allows signs...

A BSTRACT Background Domestic violence is the most common cause of nonfatal injury to women in the United States. To identify risk factors for such injuries, we examined the socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics of women who were victims of domestic violence and the men who injured them. Methods We conducted a case–control study at eight large, university-affiliated emergency departments...

Satellite dishes like this owned by Wood Television Corp. in Bowling Green, Ohio, receive broadcast signals and retransmit them through the cable to subscribers. Rural local governments tend to regulate cable television (CTV) far less effectively than suburban local governments. That is the major conclusion from a survey of 119 small municipal governments in Maryland. Rural governments need to ...

Traditionally, the emotional attachment older adults have to their homes and the economic and health burden caused by residential moves have had a deterrent effect on mobility during old age� in spite of this static general trend, 20% of older europeans change their residential location after the age of 65� Some studies point out that this percentage will increase in the coming decades along wi...