This paper describes a recent composition, No More Together, in which performers’ interactions directly influence the sound of the piece. The composition provides a structure for group interactions, and is performed with the onbody and in-space components of ’PESI’, an interactive spatial performance system. Our composition attempts to compose social interactions, drawing upon notions of partic...

This paper introduces a novel collaborative environment in which performers are not only free to move and interact with each other but where their social interactions contribute to the sonic outcome. The PESI system is designed for co-located collaboration and provides embodied and spatial opportunities for musical exploration. To evaluate the system with skilled musicians, a user-test jam sess...

INTRODUCTION Computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) has not only become the method of choice for diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism (PE), it also allows for risk stratification of patients with PE. To date, no study has specifically examined the predictive value of CTPA findings to assess short-term prognosis in elderly patients with acute PE who are particularly vulnerable to advers...

Salmonella Infantis is a poultry-adapted enterica serovar that increasingly reported in broilers and also regularly identified among human salmonellosis cases. An emerging S. mega-plasmid (pESI), carrying fitness, virulence antimicrobial resistance genes, found. We investigated the prevalence, genetic characteristics risk factors for (pESI-carrying) broilers. Faecal samples from 379 broiler flo...

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequent cause of death, but not all patients are at high risk of an adverse early outcome. It has been proposed that selected patients may be considered for early discharge and home treatment, but it was only recently that improved risk assessment strategies permitted advances in the identification of low-risk PE. Clinical prediction rules, such as the Pulmon...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains one of the leading causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality [1]. Acute PE has a spectrum of clinical syndromes and varying clinical outcomes [2, 3]. Estimation of patient prognosis helps to prioritise appropriate management strategies. Risk stratification of patients with PE may identify patients at high risk of early PE-related death who may benefit from...

In contrast to other retroviruses, foamy viruses (FVs) generate their Pol protein precursor independently of the Gag protein from a spliced mRNA. The exact mechanism of Pol protein incorporation into the viral capsid is poorly understood. Previously, we showed that Pol encapsidation critically depends on the packaging of (pre-) genomic RNA and identified two distinct signals within the cis-acti...