Social interaction is an important aspect of people’s quality of life. Since social networks are becoming more spatially spread as a result of the development of transportation and communication technology, it is interesting to investigate to which extent local social interactions still take place. This paper therefore analyses to what extent local social interactions are affected by characteri...

The F508del mutation, the most frequent in cystic fibrosis (CF), impairs the maturation of the CFTR chloride channel. The F508del defect can be partially overcome at low temperature (27°C) or with pharmacological correctors. However, the efficacy of correctors on the mutant protein appears to be dependent on the cell expression system. We have used a bronchial epithelial cell line, CFBE41o-, to...

Background: Numerous studies have reported long and short term effects of Yoga training on reaction time (RT), but few have evaluated differential effects of training in asana and pranayama. Hence the present study was done to elucidate effects of such differential training on RT in health professions students attending Yoga training. Materials: 134 healthy young adults studying BSc Nursing at ...

Background: Sleep deprivation (SD) refers to getting less than the required amount of sleep, which for adults ranges from 7 9 h sleep per night and can be caused by social biological factors. College students experience SD, affect their academic performance, health, mood. Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT), an upcoming method intervention, has been used in other psychological conditions with positiv...

Objective: The physiological-induced conductive response has been visualised for evaluation in specific muscle compartments under hybrid ( EMS) of electrical stimulation (EMS) and voluntary resistance training (VRT) by impedance tomography (EIT). Methods: In the experiments, tendency conductivity distribution images σ over time was clearly detected three compartments, which are called AM 1 comp...

Virtual reality (VR) describes a family of technologies which immerse users in sensorily-stimulating virtual environments. Such have increasingly found applications the treatment neurological and mental health disorders. Depression, anxiety, other mood abnormalities are concern growing older population—especially those who reside long-term care facilities (LTCFs). The transition from familiar h...

Vibration–rotation–tunneling ~VRT! spectroscopy has been extended to the 4 THz spectral region through the observation of a second intermolecular vibration of (D2O)4 . Analysis of the precisely measured perpendicular transition confirms the previously reported cyclic homodromic structure and reveals a dramatically increased ~303! hydrogen bond rearrangement rate in the excited state. © 1999 Ame...

In this paper a collection of prototype applications developed by VRT –as part of the ICoSOLE project– are described: Moments, Trademark and the Wall. Together, they form the The Wall of Moments. The aim is to collect valuable usergenerated content, in order to create a near-to live immersive experience for event visitors as well as people who can’t attend an event. Author

We tested the hypothesis that the magnitude of the pregnancy-induced increase in exercise hyperpnea is predictable based on the level at which Pa CO2 is regulated at rest. We performed a detailed retrospective analysis of previous data from 25 healthy young women who performed exercise and rebreathing tests in the third trimester (TM(3); 36.5+/-0.2 weeks gestation; mean+/-SEM) and again 20.4+/-...