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We investigated the precision of binocular gaze control while observers performed a high-precision manual movement, which involved hitting a target hole in a plate with a hand-held needle. Binocular eye movements and the 3D-position of the needle tip were tracked. In general the observers oriented their gaze to the target before they reached it with the needle. The amplitude of microsaccades sc...

Blind systems have been introduced to provide visual and thermal comfort, as well as to reduce energy use in buildings. A wide variety of such systems exist in terms of thermal and optical properties, location (exterior, interior), and physical configuration (size, distance between the blind slats). The current problem with blinds is that their operation is not based on the dynamics of the room...

A model of manual control during perspective scene viewing is presented, which combines the Crossover Model with a simplified model of perspective-scene viewing and visualcue selection. The model is developed for a particular example task: an idealized constantaltitude task in which the operator controls longitudinal position in the presence of both longitudinal and pitch disturbances. An exper...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of chiropractic and massage therapy for the reduction of any type of pain. METHODS Systematic reviews of chiropractic and massage as a means of pain control were located and evaluated. RESULTS Six systematic reviews were found, 4 of chiropractic and 2 of massage therapy. Promising evidence emerged from some of these reviews but neither for chiropract...

The C-IPS approach provides a way to structure negotiating agents at an abstract level that is above strategic and protocol-related aspects. The benefits to modelling and implementation of negotiating agents have been shown previously. Based on the modularisation imposed by the C-IPS approach we extend previously specified fully autonomous agents by a support for dynamic degrees of delegation. ...