Three experiments explored the effectiveness of continuous auditory displays, or sonifications, for conveying information about a simulated anesthetized patient's respiration. Experiment 1 established an effective respiratory sonification. Experiment 2 showed an effect of expertise in the use of respiratory sonification and revealed that some apparent differences in sonification effectiveness c...

This article describes a training programme for people simulating the role of a patient with aphasia. Using the skills they had learned, the simulated patients (SPs) eventually took part in a pilot communication skills exercise, in which 86 nursing students participated and which was evaluated using a semi-structured questionnaire. The students reported that the SPs' portrayal of a patient with...

Analysis of gene expression microarray data for pathophysiology of sepsis is crucial for sepsis diagnosis and treatment. With several limitations of gene expression profiling experiment, statistically accurate simulated microarray datasets is an economical method for disease diagnosis. In this work, control and sepsis patient models are developed. This is done by incorporating the variation in ...