OBJECTIVE To investigate the accuracy of intrapartum transvaginal digital examination in defining the position of the fetal head before instrumental delivery. PATIENTS AND METHODS In 64 singleton pregnancies undergoing instrumental delivery the fetal head position was determined by transvaginal digital examination by the attending obstetrician. Immediately after or before the clinical examina...

This paper reports on the development of a domestic userinterface robot that is able to have natural human interaction by speech and emotional feedback. Natural interaction with the user is achieved by means of a mechanical head able to express emotions. Additionally, our robot is aware not only of its position in the environment but also of the position and intentions of the users. The localiz...

This paper reports on the development of a domestic user-interface robot that is able to have natural human interaction by speech and emotional feedback. Natural interaction with the user is achieved by means of a mechanical head able to express emotions. Additionally, our robot is aware not only of its position in the environment but also of the position and intentions of the users. The locali...

BACKGROUND The sniffing position is recommended for conventional laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion. However, there has been a high success rate of LMA insertion with the head in the neutral position. The effect of a difficult airway on the ease of LMA insertion is not clear. In this study, we compared the ease of LMA ProSeal™ (PLMA) insertion and the fiberoptic scoring according to the head...

Coordinated movements of the eye, head, and body are used to redirect the axis of gaze between objects of interest. However, previous studies of eye-head gaze shifts in head-unrestrained primates generally assumed the contribution of body movement to be negligible. Here we characterized eye-head-body coordination during horizontal gaze shifts made by trained rhesus monkeys to visual targets whi...