Reports of perceptual experiences are found throughout history. However, the phenomena considered worthy of note have not been those that nurture our survival (the veridical features of perception) but the oddities or departures from the common and commonplace accuracies of perception. Some oddities (like afterimages) could be experienced by everyone, whereas others were idiosyncratic. Such phe...

background: the purpose of this study is to fabricate inexpensive in-house low cost homogeneous and heterogeneous human equivalent thorax phantom and assess the dose accuracy of the treatment planning systems (tps) calculated values for different lung treatment dosimetery. it is compared with thermoluminescent dosimeter (tld) measurement. materials and methods: homogeneous and heterogeneous tho...

Following the amputation of a limb, many amputees report that they can still vividly perceive its presence despite conscious knowledge that it is not physically there. However, our ability to probe the mental representation of this experience is limited by the intractable and often distressing pain associated with amputation. Here, we present a method for eliciting phantom-like experiences in n...

background: this study assessed the clinical usefulness of the solid phantom, which may compensate for the disadvantages of the water phantom, by comparing the radiological doses between the two depending on their depths. materials and methods: the experimental equipment used was a linear accelerator for medical use, water phantom, solid phantom, farmer type ion chamber and electrometer. the di...

Transsexuals are individuals who identify as a member of the gender opposite to that which they are born. Many transsexuals report that they have always had a feeling of a mismatch between their inner gender-based "body image" and that of their body's actual physical form. Often transsexuals undergo gender reassignment surgery to convert their bodies to the sex they feel they should have been b...

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been reported to alleviate pain in chronic patients. Currently, there is limited knowledge how TENS affects can cause cortical neuromodulation and lead modulation of non-painful painful sensations. Our aim was therefore investigate the effect conventional, high-frequency on activation perceived sensations healthy subjects. We recorded somat...

Pseudocyesis or phantom pregnancy is a false belief of being pregnant that associated with objective signs and reported symptoms pregnancy, which may include abdominal enlargement, reduced menstrual flow, amenorrhea, subjective sensation fetal movement, nausea, breast engorgement secretions, labor. Though it very rare condition, often seen in women undergoing fertility treatment developing coun...

keep the abstract under 1⁄2 of a page) Phantom limb pain adversely affects 64% of amputees and most treatment options are ineffective. The long term goal of my research is to develop a non-invasive, home-based therapy for treating phantom limb pain. This proposal focuses on the development of mathematical models for predicting effective electrode configurations and stimulation parameters in ord...