The 24th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2011, took place at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, on 27th to 30th June 2011. As a special feature, instead of the traditional (since 2005) special track on “healthgrids”, i.e. grid computing for biomedicine and healthcare, latterly encompassing cloud computing also, the conference HealthGrid 2011 colo...

Tangible devices, two handed interaction and colocation are well known concepts in the 3D user interface community. Many researchers believe that these concepts can improve the quality of interaction and enhance the sensation of presence in a virtual environment. In this workshop contribution we show how we have integrated these concepts in the Personal Space Station (PSS), a near field desktop...

Fibulin-2 (FBLN2) is a new extracellular matrix protein that has been considered a candidate gene for Marfan syndrome type 2 (locus MFS2) based on chromosomal colocation at 3p24.2-p25 and disease phenotype. In the absence of polymorphic markers reported for FBLN2, direct sequencing of the gene was performed and two intragenic polymorphisms were identified. Linkage was excluded between FBLN2 and...

Modern theories of human evolution converge on the belief that our brain has been designed to cope with problems that occurred intermittently in our evolutionary past. Evidence suggests that, during over 99 percent of the evolutionary process leading to the emergence of our species, our ancestors communicated in a synchronous and colocated manner, and employing facial expressions, body language...

[1] Aerosol optical properties that include the extinction coefficient, single scattering albedo, and asymmetry factor are needed to calculate the radiative effects of aerosols. However, measurements of these properties are typically limited to a few wavelengths, and direct measurements of the asymmetry factor are not available. We describe and evaluate a retrieval methodology that uses commonl...

Coordinating in a world of small devices can take many forms. For colocated people, often that is through traditional conversational cues. However, this is more difficult if they are latecomers to a pre-existing conversation. Establishing common ground as a latecomer when everyone has their own small screens is even more difficult. While we are motivated to study this by the needs of students a...