In this paper we describe an experiment whose goal is to investigate the role of footstep sounds and soundscapes to affect the pace of a person who is walking in place, e.g., mimicking the act of walking without leaving the current position. The results of a preliminary experiment with nine subjects show that people change their walking pace when exposed to different soundscapes.

OBJECTIVE to determine whether low serum carotenoid levels, an indicator of low intake of fruits and vegetables, are associated with the progression of disability in older women. DESIGN longitudinal analysis in a population-based cohort. SETTING moderately-severely disabled women, >or=65 years, living in the community in Baltimore, Maryland (the Women's Health and Aging Study I). PARTICIP...

Several methods have been described for gene walking by PCR on uncloned DNA (2 — 13). In general, they suffer from limitations: they either avoid high-complexity whole genomes, require delicate manipulation or give contaminated products. This report describes a reliable and simple PCR (1) adaptation for gene walks from any specific genomic locus: unpredictably primed PCR (UP-PCR). Besides its s...

Sleep disorders encompass a wide spectrum of diseases with significant individual health consequences and high economic costs to society. To facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, this review provides a framework using the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Primary and secondary insomnia are differentiated, and pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments ...

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The aim of this study was to investigate walking and health among woman age 75 yr or older, in the associations between the highest step up performed without support by an individual and balance, walking, and health among women age 75+. Records of the highest step, balance, walking, and health were made for 307 women age 75-93 yr living in the community. Eighty percent managed to climb steps hi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) for healthy Caucasian children and adolescents of a population-based sample from the age of 3 to 18 years. STUDY DESIGN Two hundred and eighty boys and 248 girls completed a modified test, using a measuring wheel as incentive device. RESULTS Median 6MWD increased from the age of 3 to 11 years in boys and girls alike and increased fu...

A 16-year-old Caucasian female presented to the pulmonary clinic for a followup on her asthma. Due to the worsening of allergy-related symptoms, therapy with montelukast 10 mg daily was started and resulted in good relief of the patient's symptoms. In the nights following initiating therapy with montelukast, the patient's mother reported daily parasomnias in the form of sleeptalking and sleepwa...