Gesture production patterns in aphasic discourse: In-depth description and preliminary predictions Kazuki Sekine, Miranda L. Rose, Abby M. Foster, Michelle C. Attard & Lucette E. Lanyon To cite this article: Kazuki Sekine, Miranda L. Rose, Abby M. Foster, Michelle C. Attard & Lucette E. Lanyon (2013) Gesture production patterns in aphasic discourse: Indepth description and preliminary predictio...

BACKGROUND The role of small airway obstruction in the clinical expression of asthma is incompletely understood. OBJECTIVE We tested the hypotheses that markers of small airway obstruction are associated with (i) increased asthma severity, (ii) impaired asthma control and quality of life and (iii) frequent exacerbations. METHODS Seventy-four adults with asthma and 18 healthy control subject...

The mechanisms underlying not well-controlled (NWC) asthma remain poorly understood, but accumulating evidence points to peripheral airway dysfunction as a key contributor. The present study tests whether our recently described respiratory system reactance (Xrs) assessment of peripheral airway dysfunction reveals insight into poor asthma control. The aim of this study was to investigate the con...

For synchronous 3 phase electrical generator machine design, the ability to predict the subtransient reactance of a particular machine design is of prime importance. The subtransient reactance has a significant impact on the magnitude of the fault currents generated within the machine during an event such as a 3 phase short-circuit. Power system designers routinely use the generator subtransien...

Two experiments examined how individuals respond to a restriction presented within an approach versus an avoidance frame. In Study 1, working on a problem-solving task, participants were initially free to choose their strategy, but for a second task were told to change their strategy. The message to change was embedded in either an approach or avoidance frame. When confronted with an avoidance ...

This paper analyses and designs a kind of wireless power transmission system via near field resonant coupling. It introduces the wireless power transmission technology, and combination of traditional inductive coupling and resonance. The project consists of modeling and construction of the hardware to prove the feasibility of wireless power transmission using near field resonant coupling. The h...

The calculation of antenna has been an interesting and a controversial topic for years. In this paper, we first give a rigorous study of antenna by introducing a complete description of the complex power balance relation for an antenna system. Using the complex Poynting theorem, we have shown that the antenna is essentially equivalent to a one port lossy network. The Foster reactance theorem is...

User workarounds are a growing problem in many complex system implementations including healthcare settings. Anecdotal evidence from the healthcare informatics as well as the information systems (IS) fields suggest that many system users are employing workarounds in order to bypass the system’s functionality. Yet, little theory exists on the topic. This study proposes a theoretical model to inv...