Introduction In Germany, advance directives (AD) are written documents explaining what medical treatment the individual would prefer in the future, should that individual lack mental capacity. AD are legally binding. When a patient has lost mental capacity, the treating physician judges whether the AD is applicable or not. The AD is applicable if the patient’s present condition matches the clin...

It currently requires years of education and practice before a skilled user can successfully program a sophisticated robot platform to perform a given task. We are exploring ways in which statistical machine learning techniques can enable Learning from Demonstration, an approach where users ‘reprogram’ a robot without writing code. In this scenario, a user demonstrates the desired task and the ...

This paper describes an interactive audio-visual musical installation, namely MOTUS, that aims at being deployed using low-cost hardware and software. This was achieved by writing the software as a web application and using only hardware pieces that are built-in most modern personal computers. This scenario implies in specific technical restrictions, which leads to solutions combining both tech...

I am writing this letter to discuss a very important issue that we face in Ophthalmology training in the current day scenario in our country. India is home to a quarter of the blind population of the world, but unfortunately, the number of trained ophthalmologists is lagging behind the current need.[1,2] Our country needs 25,000–30,000 ophthalmologists till 2020, which means adding 300 training...

A generation method of scenarios using differential information between normal scenarios is presented. Behaviours of normal scenarios belonging to the same problem domain are quite similar. We derive the differential information between them and apply the information to generate new alternative/exceptional scenarios. Our method will be illustrated with examples. This paper describes (1) a langu...

Internet growth has induced the development of a large number of collaborative tools for online writing and information sharing. Educators quickly realized the benefits of such tools for learners, allowing them to work online, to share their knowledge and help each other. Distance learning is a key concept in today’s educational research; collaborative learning environments are becoming widespr...

Writing is a way for students to develop and use their critical thinking skills as well as to demonstrate learning. The links below provide ways that writing can be used both informally and formally throughout the college curriculum and include specific methods for handling all aspects of the writing process from assignment-making to responding and grading. The final link for faculty is a mega-...