This paper explores the system of body part terms used in locative descriptions in Juchitán Zapotec or Juchiteco. In particular, it examines their semantic properties as heads of Ground phrases to determine whether they encode spatial and locative relations or whether they remain as object-part denoting nominals. The analysis shows that structural and functional analogy allows body part terms t...

Clinically differentiating between localisation related and generalised epilepsy is important because it carries significant implications for planning diagnostic management strategy. Asymmetry of body parts such as toes, popliteal crease levels, thumbs, cubital crease levels, and forehead and facial structures, are common in patients with localisation related epilepsy syndromes. We retrospectiv...

PNI provides the scientific foundation of several integrative therapies. PNI interventions or mind-body therapies can be categorized into four general mechanisms: sensory, cognitive, expressive, and physical. Some therapies are used in combination, and others incorporate more than one mechanism. Although PNI is limited as a purely biomedical framework, it is a valuable frame of reference becaus...

Recently, shape-morphing films (SMFs) have been actively researched due to their diverse applications such as soft robotics, grippers, and healthcare/wearable devices. Their complex movements are typically made by assembling multiple actuation elements in a single system. However, the unreliability during assembly process is critical issue, which has restricted practical usage. In order resolve...

Embodied theories of language propose that word meaning is inextricably tied to-grounded in-mental representations of perceptual, motor, and affective experiences of the world. The four experiments described in this article demonstrate that accessing the meanings of action verbs like smile, punch, and kick requires language understanders to activate modality-specific cognitive representations r...

background: the persian squirrel (sciurus anomalus) is a member of the family sciuridae in the middle east and very little information is available about the anatomy of the different organs of this animal. objectives: in this study, histological and macro anatomical structures of penis were examined on 6 adult male persian squirrels. methods: each animal was sacrificed after anesthesia with ket...

This study examined the contributions of two previously-identified brain regions -the extrastriate and fusiform body areas (EBA and FBA) -to the visual representation of the human form. Specifically we measured in these two areas the magnitude of fMRI response as a function of the amount of the human figure that is visible in the image, in the range from a single finger to the entire body. A se...