Temporal information in a scene is thought to be an important cue for visual grouping of local image features into a single object. The majority of studies on this topic have attempted to determine the conditions that facilitate segregation of a figure from a cluttered background. Here we examine the temporal characteristics of two aftereffects that appear to have roles in visual integration: t...

In recent years, the advanced manufacturing industry is engaging in a “global production strategy – for simultaneous achievement of QCD”. A close look at the development designing and production process stage reveals an excessive repetition of “experiment, prototyping, and evaluation” that prevents the “scale-up effect” generated in the bridging stage between prototyping, experiment, evaluation...

CASE A 44-year-old man intentionally stabbed himself in the anterior neck and left thorax with a fruit knife. Physical examination revealed two open wounds entering the thoracic cavity in the front chest, and a stab wound entering the trachea at the neck. Two chest tubes were initially inserted for the left lung injury with open hemopneumothorax. Nevertheless, the worsening oxygenation required...

We herein report the case of a 75-year-old woman with a paradoxical cerebral air embolism (CAE). She developed a bilateral visual disturbance at the time of needle puncture during a computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous needle lung biopsy in the face down position. The air density within the descending aorta on chest CT suggested the presence of a cerebral air embolism. Brain MRI demonst...

The analysis of self-report data from 147 college undergraduates suggested that alcohol expectancies moderate the effect of a dispositional susceptibility to embarrassment elicited by undesired conspicuousness [center-of-attention-induced embarrassability (CAE)] on drinking behavior. Individuals unlikely to experience embarrassment when they engage in behaviors that make them stand out in a cro...

It is now commonplace for industrial systems to be automatically controlled by computers. Furthermore, it is becoming more common for industrial systems to use Model Predictive Control (MPC) software to optimize the behaviour of a physical process through manipulation of control variables. It has been shown that MPC control can be improved through coupling with Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) ...

This paper gives a brief overview about supercomputing and decentralized computing in industry. The historic definition of “supercomputer” is discussed and a new definiton is proposed. One goal in industry is to use all available resources, to increase the efficiency and to optimize the costs for these resources. Applications play an important role. In the paper we discuss some aspects of using...

Background: Opium consumption is associated with increased risk of atherosclerosis and a hyper-inflammatory state which are suggested as contributing factors to the development coronary artery ectasia (CAE). We aimed determine if opium an independent factor CAE. This study explore relationship between Methods: In this propensity score-matched study, we enrolled patients who underwent elective a...