Understanding the way humans inform themselves about their environment is pivotal in helping explain our susceptibility to stimuli and how this modulates behaviour and movement patterns. We present a new device, the Human Interfaced Personal Observation Platform (HIPOP), which is a head-mounted (typically on a hat) unit that logs magnetometry and accelerometry data at high rates and, following ...

Various methods for inducing an illusory force sensation to present a sense of users in energy-saving and space-saving systems have been proposed. One them is the illusion induced by cutaneous sensory stimulation. In this study, we hypothesized empirically verified that lateral skin stretch alone on face can induce direction stretch. We focused anterior temporal cheekbone regions, which cushion...

Gap junctions are intercellular channels that link the cytoplasm of neighboring cells. Because a gap junction channel is composed of two connexons docking head-to-head with each other, the channel voltage-gating profile is symmetrical for homotypic channels made of two identical connexons (hemichannels) and asymmetric for the heterotypic channels made of two different connexons (i.e., different...

background: tubulin protein being the fundamental unit of microtubules is actively involved in cell division thus making them a potential anti-cancer drug target. in spite of many reported drugs against tubulin, few of them have started developing resistance in human β-tubulin due to amino acid substitutions. methods: in this study we generated three mutants (f270v, a364t and q292e) using model...

Interactive haptics-assisted docking provides a virtual environment for the study of molecular complex formation. It enables the user to interact with the virtual molecules, experience the interaction forces via their sense of touch, and gain insights about the docking process itself. Here we use a recently developed haptics software tool, Haptimol_RD, for the rigid docking of protein subunits ...

The majority of known bacteriophages have long noncontractile tails (Siphoviridae) that serve as a pipeline for genome delivery into the host cytoplasm. The tail extremity distal from the phage head is an adsorption device that recognises the bacterial receptor at the host cell surface. This interaction generates a signal transmitted to the head that leads to DNA release. We have determined str...

Recently, in spite of advanced and high technology, there is still some problems for positioning head and chin of dental patients treatment for getting photographs of teeths. Furthermore, it is very important to get previous head and shoulder positions of dental patients for comparison present head position and chin of dental patients. In this study, a new designed system method is introduced f...

Coordinate system alignment is usually performed by localizing a set of coils attached to the subject’s head in both the coordinate systems of the head and a whole-head neuromagnetometer device. This conventional approach may cause instability of neuronal source localization when the estimated coil positions are not stable or when the coils are not tightly attached. This paper presents a new co...

The confronting problem faced by the handicapped, paralyzed, disabled, and quadriplegic people is their independent mobility. They need external assistance to perform daily life activities. This paper aims solve that smart designing deployment of robotic wheelchair for those who cannot voluntary activities movements. proposed automated comprises two parts; first part user's helmet works as a ma...

Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease pertained to the human immune system. Given its crucial role in viral replication, HIV-1 protease (HIV-1 PR) is a prime therapeutic target in AIDS therapy. In this regard, the dynamic aspects of ligand-enzyme interactions may indicate an important role of conformational variability in HIV-1 PR in...