The author discusses the recent development and implementation of The Teleporter Zone, a permanent interactive art installation commissioned by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity for the new Evelina Children’s Hospital in London. The article places the production and conception of this installation in the context of the author’s research in telematic and telepresent art over the past 15 years, alongs...

S. D. HART2*, K. KURIKI1*, N. ORF2, O. SHAPIRA3, F. SORIN2, B. TEMELKURAN1* AND Y. FINK1,2† 1Research Laboratory of Electronics, 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA; 4Department of Physics, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800,...

The aim of this study was to compare the roughness of the surface of one nanofill (Filtek Supreme XT 3M Espe, St. Paul, USA) and one silorane (Filtek Silorane, 3M Espe, St. Paul, USA) composite after polishing. Five specimens of each composite were polymerized under a polyester strip for 40 seconds. After curing four probes were polished with different Sof-Lex discs and one probe with Pogo for ...

In the United States, Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems have become a popular transportation alternative. Minnesota built its first light rail system in 2004 with the Hiawatha Line and additional projects are underway in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. While light rail systems are attractive to commuters, they are expensive to construct and careful planning is ongoing to ensure their effectiv...

In 1990, the AANA Council for Public Interest in Anesthesia (CPIA) in conjunction with Anesthesia Professional Liability Services Inc. and the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company surveyed AANA members to identify stressors that have the most impact on performance, health, and the risk of a lawsuit. The results were presented that year in the AANA Annual Meeting's keynote address. Among t...

Recent research indicates that anthropometrics can be used to study microevolutionary forces acting on humans. We examine the use of morphological traits in reconstructing the population history of Aleuts and Eskimos of the Bering Sea. From 1979 to 1981, W. S. Laughlin measured a sample of St. Lawrence Island Eskimos and Pribilof Island Aleuts. These samples included adult participants from St....

Arnold Catsburg,*1 Laura van Dommelen,†1 Vitaly Smelov,‡§ Henry J.C. de Vries,¶# Alevtina Savitcheva,‡ Marius Domeika,** Björn Herrmann,†† Sander Ouburg,* Christian J.P.A. Hoebe,‡‡, Anders Nilsson,†† Paul H.M. Savelkoul,* and Servaas A. Morré*†§§ *VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; †Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands; ‡D.O. Ott Research Institute of...

From the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Correspondence to Paul A. Friedman, MD, Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. The editor of Images in Cardiovascular Medicine is Hugh A. McAllister, Jr, MD, Chief, Department of Pathology, St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Texas Heart Institute, and Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Medical School and...

D. F. McAuley,* G. F. Curley,* U. I. Hamid, J. G. Laffey, J. Abbott, D. H. McKenna, X. Fang, M. A. Matthay, and J. W. Lee Centre for Infection and Immunity, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Department of Anestheisa, St. Michael’s Hospital, and the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Departm...

Eric A. F. Herbst, Rebecca E. K. MacPherson, Paul J. LeBlanc, Brian D. Roy, Nam Ho Jeoung, Robert A. Harris, and Sandra J. Peters Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; Roudebush V...