A unique milestone

Influenza: A Unique Disease

Dear Editor-in-Chief, Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus (1). Symptoms can be mild to severe (2). The most common symptoms include: high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, sneezing, and feeling tired (1). Three of the four types of influenza viruses affect people, Type A, Type B, and Type C (3, 4). Type D ha...

A milestone reached?

Death: a major life milestone.

Death: a major life milestone To the Editor: As senior nursing students, we took a great interest in the article “Nurse-Patient Advocacy and the Right to Die” by Susan C. Ball, MNSc, RN, APN (December 2006, Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 36-42). We know this is an issue we will likely be presented with early on in our careers, considering the increasing aging population. We applaud the author’s ability t...

Milestone Report

Typical obstacle-recognition systems on mobile robots use stereo-vision or laser ranging to perform classification. The Yeti Robot, a robot designed to perform medium range autonomous traverses in Antarctica and Greenland, is not currently equipped with vision or LADAR, but has a proprioceptive sensor suite including 6-axis IMU, wheel encoders, wheel motor current, and GPS. The purpose of this ...

Tom Hurlbutt Milestone #2

This paper presents the current progress of my research, focusing on the testing and evaluation of my prototype. After discussing the believed benefits of the interaction technique, discussion will be given to the proposed evaluation plan to test for these perceived benefits. Discussion will also be given to the current status of the development of the prototype and to how the development of th...