Anomalous diffusion processes are ubiquitous in biology and arise in the transport of proteins, vesicles and other particles. Such anomalously diffusive behavior is attributed to a number of factors within the cell including heterogeneous environments, active transport processes and local trapping/binding. There are a number of microscopic principles—such as power law jump size and/or waiting t...

Address for Correspondence: Dr Rajarshi Roy, Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata-700020, West Bengal, India. Mobile no.: 9433110980 E-Mail: [email protected] Backgrounds: The vertebral artery, being a part of the subclavian arterial system, has significant contribution in cerebral vasculature. Several researchers ...

This work describes a Virtual Reality Environment (VRE), through which users are able to view and test ceramic tile s that allowed them to feel "engaged" with the products. Users could choose between different kinds of products and test them out in order to know how they would look in a real-world context. In the VRE several Mood-Induction Procedures for inducing relaxation were included. The V...

In recent years, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gradually become a hot topic with the public’s increasing concern. In this study, authors briefly introduce some reviews and concepts of CSR, and then combine the idea of Game Theory and Matrix linear equations method to conduct an empirical analysis between enterprises with enterprises and enterprises with government. By analysis, we f...

In this paper we report the development of TWISTER [3][8] (Telexistence Wide-angle Immersive STEReoscope), which realize the concept of “Mutual Telexistence”. In contrast to conventional telexistence, where people in remote places can be appeared with a realistic sense of presence, in mutual telexistence, the figure of the observer him/herself can be displayed to remote users and all of the use...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of the physical similarity of avatars with the user on emotion regulation strategy training. In this study twenty-four teenagers observed an avatar (either physically similar to the participant or neutral) that gets frustrated with his/her computer, after which he/she applies an emotion regulation strategy (slow breathing). The intensity of the...

Product designers have a need to experience the environment where their product will be used. Such a sense of presence is conventionally achieved by hanging pictures and sketches on the wall or creating larger scale moodboards or collages of the intended audience or environment (Kolli, Stuyver, Hennessey, 1993). As the interaction and possibilities of products become more and more complex, desi...

This paper presents the preliminary results of a research project aimed at exploring the perceived sense of presence incorporated in diverse technologies used in Virtual Museums. It initially presents the selection criteria and the five museum websites involved in the analysis. Then, it describes the evaluation process, in which a group of subjects explored the museums’ on-line resources and co...

-

Based on phylogenetic analysis of 18S rRNA sequences and clade taxon composition, this paper adopts a biogeographical approach to understanding the evolutionary relationships of the human and primate infective trypanosomes, Trypanosoma cruzi, T. brucei, T. rangeli and T. cyclops. Results indicate that these parasites have divergent origins and fundamentally different patterns of evolution. T. c...