Surgical interventions in the nasal cavity are accompanied by reactive phenomena in the postoperative period. On their background the process of physiological regeneration is disorganized resulting in impaired physiological functions of the nasal cavity. The objective of the research was to study the recovery process of the main physiological functions of the nasal cavity in patients with aspir...

Ectothermic species living in temperate regions can experience rapid and potentially stressful changes in body temperature driven by abrupt weather changes. Yet, among amphibians, the physiological impacts of short-term temperature variation are largely unknown. Using an ex situ population of Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, an aquatic North American salamander, we tested the hypothesis that natur...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In recent years, the nursing profession used technology and pharmacology to relieve conditions such as pain, anxiety and insomnia that were once treated with massage. However, interest in massage has grown with the move to more holistic nursing. This review examines the physiological and psychological effects of slow-stroke back massage and hand massage on relaxation in olde...

The introduction of centrifugal pumps as artificial heart devices has spawned a number of interesting controls problems including magnetic levitation and motoring of a thin, gyroscopic impeller subject to significant but poorly characterized fluid couplings; parameter estimation based observation of magnetic circuits to determine impeller position; and potentially complex coordination of impell...

This paper describes a new interface for mobile music creation, the MobileMuse, that introduces the capability of using physiological indicators of emotion as a new mode of interaction. Combining both kinematic and physiological measurement in a mobile environment creates the possibility of integral music control—the use of both gesture and emotion to control sound creation—where it has never b...

Accurate and reliable pain management in newborn infants has been a challenging task that has been investigated extensively in the neonatal infant population. Today, several scales and measures are available to evaluate pain; however, instruments and techniques that are absolutely valid, reliable and clinically feasible are not yet in place. There is lack of research in the area of physiologica...

In order to further understand our emotional reaction to music, a museum-based installation was designed to collect physiological and self-report data from people listening to music. This demo will describe the technical implementation of this installation as a tool for collecting large samples of data in public spaces. The Emotion in Motion terminal is built upon a standard desktop computer ru...

Chills (goose bumps) have been repeatedly associated with positive emotional peaks. Chills seem to be related to distinct musical structures and the reward system in the brain. A new approach that uses chills as indicators of individual emotional peaks is discussed. Chill reactions of 95 participants in response to seven music pieces were recorded. Subjective intensity as well as physiological ...

Matrix metalloproteinases are a class of enzymes involved in the degradation of extracellular matrix molecules. While these molecules are exceptionally effective mediators of physiological tissue remodeling, as occurs in wound healing and during embryonic development, pathological upregulation has been implicated in many disease processes. As effectors and indicators of pathological states, mat...

One of the more common post-SCI health conditions is Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD) and poor management of AD can be life threatening. Key physiological indicators of AD include an altered heart rate and pathological sweating above the injury site. Utilizing commercially-available galvanic skin resistance (GSR), heart rate, and skin temperature sensors, we developed a mobile computer application to...