Alcohol is frequently involved in psychological trauma and often used by individuals to reduce fear and anxiety. We examined the effects of alcohol on fear acquisition and extinction within a virtual environment. Healthy volunteers were administered alcohol (0.4g/kg) or placebo and underwent acquisition and extinction from different viewpoints of a virtual courtyard, in which the conditioned st...

We describe a system that uses laser rangefinders to track the positions of people in typical environments and then builds predictive models of the observed movement patterns and interactions between persons. We represent all human activity as detected by the laser rangefinder system as a probability distribution over the space of possible displacements. The assumption is that different activit...

Sound propagation between a courtyard and an adjacent street canyon, as influenced by a wide range of meteorological conditions, was investigated by means of a real-life experiment in a dense urban setting. During several months, test signals were emitted on a regular base by an outdoor loudspeaker in the courtyard and recorded by wall-mounted microphones in the courtyard and the street canyon....

The courtyard is one of the architectural features used in ancient times for many purposes, such as climate modifiers, a place family gatherings, and playground children. Over time, gradually disappeared, it no longer has special presence residential buildings. study deals with exploring courtyards old modern buildings central region Kingdom Saudi Arabia, which was characterized by its strong t...

The ‘wind-rain’ house has a courtyard with glazed roof, which allows more direct sunlight to come into indoor spaces during the winter. The glazed roof can be partially opened or closed and automatically controlled to provide natural ventilation in order to adjust for indoor thermal conditions and the roof area can be shaded by reflective insulation materials during the summer. Two field studie...

We present the case of complete post-mortem decapitation of a 43 years old man killed by gunshots discharged from a distance of 40 - 50 cm. The corpse was left in the courtyard of his isolated carpentry and a mongrel dog lived in that courtyard, maybe attracted by the blood gushed from the wound, got a depredation of the corpse till the complete decapitation and the removal of all intrathoracic...

One way to achieve high energy efficiency in buildings and a reliable architectural system is use the experiences of local architecture. In this connection, central courtyard an element that was used past create comfort hot dry climates Kashan, Iran. A large part literature has focused on space investigated factors such as height, length, presence water courtyard, which are directly related stu...