A difference in skin temperature between the hands has been identified as a physiological correlate of the rubber hand illusion (RHI). The RHI is an illusion of body ownership, where participants perceive body ownership over a rubber hand if they see it being stroked in synchrony with their own occluded hand. The current study set out to replicate this result, i.e., psychologically induced cool...

The reptilian heart consists of a thick inner spongy myocardium that derives its oxygen and nutrient supply directly from the blood within the ventricular cavity, which is surrounded by a thin outer compact layer supplied by coronary arteries. The functional importance of these coronary arteries remains unknown. In the present study we investigate the effects of permanent coronary artery occlus...

Experimental Cerebral Infarction. II. Clinicopathological Model of Deep Cerebral Infarction • Injection of silicone rubber cylinders into the internal carotid system permits selective occlusion of the proximal middle cerebral artery segment in the dog. Occlusions of this segment obstruct the mouths of the lenticulostriate arteries and result in deep cerebral hemisphere infarctions. Surface vess...

in this study an empirical model which can be used to predict the rutting parameter (g*/sinδ) for neat and powder rubber modified bitumen describes. the model was developed using 36 unique powder rubber modified bitumen combinations, rubber concentrations were varied at 5% intervals between 5 and 20%. the effects of powder rubber particle size on model accuracy were also studied ultimately a mo...

Experimental Cerebral Infarction. I. Selective Segmental Occlusion of Intracranial Arteries in the Dog • 1. Cylinders of silicone rubber can be molded to any desired diameter and cut to length, yielding a highly pigmented, radio-opaque, elastic bolus suitable for intravascular injection and embolization. 2. Emboli of this type can be localized by x-ray in vivo and at post mortem for clinicopath...

 Experimental cerebral infarction was induced in 94 dogs by injecting one or two silicone rubber cylinders through the cervical internal carotid artery. The 47 large-sized infarctions of the cerebral hemisphere (LSICH) were more frequently created with a double silicone embolization (DSE; 76.2%) than with a single silicone embolization (42.5%). In the DSE method, the first emboliza tion ga...

We describe a new focal ischemia model consisting of unilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion with a silicone rubber cylinder attached to a nylon surgical thread inserted through the internal carotid artery in rats. Recirculation was accomplished by pulling the thread out of the artery. We evaluated the reliability of this model and studied the influence of reperfusion of the brain by measur...

We report a new illusion of elasticity in a rigid surface. A square frame is presented behind a concentric occluding cross. When the two surfaces are rotated rigidly, the square frame appears “rubbery”, that is, it appears to contract or expand during the rotation. The rubber square illusion is related to a number of other illusory phenomena involving motion and surface stratification. It is ge...

in this article the transient heat transfer in rubber parts has been studied. this study is usefull for estimation of the minimum curing time of the rubber parts and thereby to ensure the quality of the rubber. also is the temperature distribution during the rubber curing is well know, then the curing time could accurately be estimated, which will lead to a better curing process. in this regard...