virtual reality a new era in surgical training

... this as an input to a separate "playback" application The "playback" is not strictly a playback in the sense that users are still allowed to move about and interact in the virtual world An example ... such as voice commands and gestures 14.7 VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING/MANUFACTURING AND VR The terms virtual prototyping and virtual manufacturing are commonly used in academia and industry and can be easily ... The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is a relative newcomer in the field of VR software It was originally conceptualized as a language for Internet-based VR applications but is gaining...

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... the initial data are promising It can be anticipated that several clinical trials exploring this approach will be reported in the near future Competing interests Conclusion The available data in ... blockade for 14 days in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (haematoxylin–eosin staining; original magnification ×400) After active treatment there was a marked reduction in synovial cellularity, ... migration selectively [20] In that study a highly specific neutralizing antibody against IL-8 was administered in several types of acute inflammatory disease, including lipopolysaccharide/IL-1 induced...

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... National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers ... Albert Narath, Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired), Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Harvard University, V Adrian Parsegian, National Institutes of Health, Julia Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, ... process should be maintained as the principal factor in determining how federal research funds are awarded PHYSICS IN A NEW ERA Recommendation 9: Physics Information The federal government, together...

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... subsidiaries 32% 25% Including sustainability objectives in employee performance assessment 27% Investing in training employees to manage sustainability 26% 25% Incorporating sustainability issues into ... and a determination to integrate sustainability objectives into core business CEOs’ belief in the centrality of sustainability means that their companies are beginning to take real and innovative ... unnecessary packaging and wastage, as well as using more sustainable materials Leading companies are setting ambitious targets: for example, Procter & Gamble aim to use 100 percent renewable or...

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... well as public training providers ENAs have completed a one-year certificate programme that also has an entrance requirement of at least grade 10 There are also special terms for nurses in training: ... et al (2006) refer to a study of XDR TB at a rural hospital in KwaZulu-Natal that showed alarmingly high mortality rates and attracted international attention They say XDR TB is an important cause ... Médecins Sans Frontières National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union National Human Resources for Health Planning Framework National Qualifications Framework National Student Financial Aid...

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... subjects and in individuals with hemiparesis by comparing movement kinematics of identical tasks made in a physical and a virtual environment Since reaching and grasping deficits have been well characterized ... brain damage critically depends on the motivation of the individual and the intensity of training [10,11] Virtual reality represents a novel training environment in which a wide variety of tasks ... used similar movement strategies in a physical and a limited virtual environment suggests that VR technology is a valuable tool for studying and retraining reaching, grasping and placing movements...

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... Leoncini, Karin Schuerfeld, Ahmed Abdalla Mohamedani, Giuseppe Lattanzio, Sandra Rosini and Vincenzo Stracca Pansa Part 225 Globalization and Space 267 Chapter 14 Globalization in the Brazilian Amazon ... González-Carbajal Pascual and Ludmila Martínez Leyva Chapter Sport in Asia: Globalization, Glocalization, Asianization 119 Peter Horton Part Chapter Globalization and Human Being 147 Simularizing Tradition ... and a fear of competition in the job market Other than China, there are also Taiwanese schools in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Ming City, Indonesia’s Surabaya City and Jakarta City, and Malaysia’s Seberang...

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... semiconductor manufacturing manufacturing facilities; an automatic ZIP code reading machine; a sorting machine for agricultural or marine products The word “mechatronics” was initially defined as integrated ... Parameters or Time-Derivatives Hirai, S Planning of Knotting Manipulation Wakamatsu, H., Kato, T., Tsumaya, A. , Arai, E., Hirai, S 77 81 87 vii Planning Analyzing and Evaluating Robot Motion Algorithm ... stating "dangerous operation" and S of "safe operation" "Dangerous operation" leads to a stopping operation (a brake is applied to Ihc Skill-Assist), and "sale operation" to continuing the operation...

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... BY MANY ROLLERS Y Kobayashi ! , H Seki', Y Kamiya ! , M Hikizu ! , M Maekawa , Y Chaya and Y Kurahashi3 Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, 920-1192, ... manual and powered wheelchairs Since the lift doesn't have any electrical parts, it has water-resistance and easy maintenance Tt can 49 Rack Ascend Pinion gaer a ckPinion gaer Sprockets Chain ... horizontal positioning and active positioning using linear actuator, and passive spherical joint with pneumatic-releasing breaking The pneumatic-releasing braking mechanisms could be released only...

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... G Han1 M Koike2 H Wakamatsu1 A Tsumaya1 E Araf andK Shirase3 Department of Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Eng., Osaka University 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suite, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan Department ... Yoshikawa.H and Tomiyama.T (1989,1990):,Intelligent CAD, Asakura-syoten, Tokyo Japan [2] Pahl.G and Beitz.W(l 988), Engineering Design Systematic Approach, Springer-Verlag, Berlin [3] Arai.E, Okada.K, ... of automatically generating a process plan from a solid model representation of a part is normally subdivided into several activities such as: selection of the machining operations and so on A...

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... Laboratory, FANLJC Ltd., Oshino, Yamanashi 401-0597, JAPAN Materials Fabrication Laboratory, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RTKEN), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, JAPAN ABSTRACT ... of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama, Sakura-ku, Shimo-Ohkubo, 255, Japan Department of Computer Controlled Mechanical systems, Graduate School ... MEANS OF ULTRAPRECISION MACHINING F Andou1, A Yamamoto2, T Kawai3, H Ohmori4, T Ishida1 and Y Takeuchi1 Dept of Mechanical Eng., Graduate School ofEng., Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita,...

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... Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Kanazawa University 2-40-2, Kodatsuno, Kanazawa City, Tshikawa, Japan Honda Engineering Co., Ltd Haga-dai 16-1, Haga Town, Tochigi, Japan ABSTRACT ... exploring neural network based human-like planning with grounded representations A simulation of applying the approach to a random walk task was performed and a basic plan was obtained in the working ... Mochiyama Robotics and Automation Laboratory, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan ABSTRACT In this paper, we investigate an application of a working memory...

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... Holon Machining Cost Objective function values S Machining Time / Total Time S (Machining Accuracy of Resources Required Machining Accuracy of Jobs) I (Machining Time + Waiting Time) S (Machining ... Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan ABSTRACT In case of small batch productions with dynamic changes in volumes and varieties of products, the conventional manufacturing systems are not adaptable and ... Starting time and due time of job holons (2) Candidate machining sequence of machining features and candidate sequences of machining equipment (3) Machining time of machining features (4) Alternative...

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... models and the interactive teaching method with several teaching examples TASK MODEL-BASED INTERACTIVE TEACHING Interaction between the user and a robot is useful for an efficient and easy teaching ... assigns a label number to a continuous pixel area, after calculating the bit map image of a CCD camera The circular value (Value shows circle-likeness) is calculated to each labelling area A circular ... Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan ABSTRACT Visual attention is an essential mechanism of an intelligent robot Existing research typically specifies in advance...

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... specifically included: Natural Capital, Manufactured Capital, Human Capital, Social Capital, and Financial Capital Each capital asset is composed of a 'stock' that provides a 'flow' of value, goods and ... for an advanced factory governance system Five capital assets are distinguished: Natural, artificial, human, social, and financial A factory's operations involve and affect these five capital assets ... Implementing shared data space among agents • Virtualizing agents within the shared data name space • Controlling message passing among agents • Implementing mutual execution primitives • Prompting agents...

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... Optimization, and Machine Learning, Addison-Wesley Holland J.H (1975) Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems, University of Michigan Press Sato S., Inamori Y., Nakano M., Suzuki T and Miyajima ... Conceptual Modeling (ER 2001), November 27-30, Yokohama, Japan International Workshop on Conceptual Modeling of Human/ Organizational/ Social Aspects of Manufacturing Activities, HUMACS 2001 Yamada ... PREPARATION PROCESS FOR OVERSEA FACTORY Shuichi Sato1, Yutaka Inamori1, Masaru Nakano1, Toshiyuki Suzuki2, Nobuaki Miyajima2 Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1192, Japan Toyota...

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... near antennas affect their performance in many ways Placing a conductive surface near an antenna has advantages and disadvantages In some cases a metallic plate near an antenna can act as a reflector ... Yoshitsugu Kamiya Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan ABSTRACT In this paper, effects of a current controller on dynamic characteristics ... performance of a label-fabricated folded dipole-type tag antenna The maximum read ranges of a single tagged carton and two tagged cartons are measured and compared The effect of the aluminium foil in...

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... Engineering, 69:10, 1423-1428 [2] Kakino Y., Ihara Y., Iwasaki Y, Matsubara A. , Otsubo H.(1993) Study on Amendable Machining System by Using Machining and Measuring Center —Amendable Grinding ... values are introduced in Table in the appendix The classical control system theory assumes that all state variables are available for feedback In practice, however, not all state variables are ... rotational axes, A and C (as B) axis as 368 shown in Figure The rotary motions around Xaxis as well as axis and the Z axis are designated as A, C (as B) and C|S respectively The inclination and...

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... 113-8656, Japan, : /Yamatake Corporation, 4-1-1 Samukawa-Machi, Kohza-Gun, Kanagawa, 253-0113, Japan ABSTRACT In control valves, the sealing characteristics of gland packing has a close relation to ... component In this way, the signal collected has non-zero acceleration in the acceleration variation phase and zero acceleration in the continuous acceleration phase After having filtered the acceleration, ... France ABSTRACT Nowadays, driving simulators are interactive virtual reality tools that are useful in the human factors studies The difficulty to reproduce in reality some road situations, mainly...

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... Robotics and Automation, Apr 26 - May 1, New Orleans, LA, USA 431 LINK LENGTH CONTROL USING DYNAMICS FOR PARALLEL MECHANISM WITH ADJUSTABLE LINK PARAMETERS W Tanaka1, T Arai1, K Inoue1, T Takubo1, ... experimental device several experiments, such as calibrating, workspace investigating, position accuracy and repeat accuracy testing, have been carried out, as well as a cutting test with stainless ... of a search ball with rotating cameras Cameras Providing View of Entire Circumstance Generally, cameras, microphones, infrared sensors and CO2 sensors are said to be effective for searching inside...

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