virtual reality and body dissatisfaction across the eating disorder s spectrum

... hardware and software, the input and output devices, the data and the users These systems are classified as immersive, non-immersive or augmented reality: • Immersive systems totally surround the user, ... industry for a range of different tasks Some see its use as a specialist activity and, as yet, no company is using it across all functions Virtual reality is most widely used at the later stages ... interviews with practitioners across the construction sector and in other leading sectors The book asks many questions It asks how professionals within the project team – architects, engineers, construction...

Ngày tải lên: 29/04/2014, 15:46

... CAD vs Desktop vs Immersive Systems 14.5.2 Desktop VR Systems Desktop VR systems are typically more economical than immersive systems Desktop systems let users view and interact with entities in ... woodworking shop Other systems include the 3-Draw system30 and JDCAD system.31 The 3-Draw system uses a 3D input device to let the designer sketch out ideas in three dimensions The JDCAD system uses a ... configuration As in desktop systems, they typically require the user to wear the lightweight LCD glasses and use standard position trackers to track the user 's head and hand position Examples of this approach...

Ngày tải lên: 23/01/2014, 07:20

... physical and virtual objects by healthy adults and those with hemiparesis Sveistrup presents current work on motor rehabilitation using virtual environments and virtual reality and, where possible, ... analysis of the field of virtual rehabilitation and therapy Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments in press Rizzo AA, Schultheis MT, Kerns K, Mateer C: Analysis of assets for virtual reality ... Back-projection is often used instead of front-projection to insure that the projected scene is not obscured by the subject 's body These systems usually have a wide field of view and can be multi-walled and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... the clinical trial case, the physical therapists, will use to gain access to the systems A valid password has been stored in the memory, which the system compares with the user s supplied password ... glasses A Survey of Some Virtual Reality Tools and Resources 23 Some users find that stereoscopic viewing enhances their spatial understanding, however such display systems should only be used ... Multi-user issues have been reported as one of the main advantages of these systems and designers must consider the handover of control between users as this technology develops Virtual environments...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... hypothesis test of composite normality Average data is expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean in the text and the figures, unless otherwise stated For all statistical comparisons the significance ... assess the usability aspects of the RGS, the acceptance of the training and overall satisfaction concerning the use of RGS, the group of patients (n = 9) that performed the transfer task and the ... others [29] Based on these observations, RGS assumes that the first person view should provide the most effective drive onto these multi-modal populations of neurons simply because this is the...

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... t-test The statistical significance of inter-conditional differences of [O2Hb]stim and [HHb]stim as well as for [HHb] rest and [O 2Hb] rest were first assessed across all conditions Then, if a significant ... 13 the analysis The median was chosen instead of the mean as it is more robust to outliners that may have statistically unbalanced the analysis in our relatively small subject sample The statistical ... interests Acknowledgements The authors thank all participants for their assistance in carrying out this research and the Swiss Society for Neuroscience (SSN), the International Brain Research...

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... whereas visuo-spatial memory was evaluated by means of Corsi s span [36] The VR-Maze Test The VR-Maze test is based on the Wisc-R Maze subtest (see Figure 1) [43] It is composed by different virtual ... was maintained with patients’ group, who also performed an additional neuropsychological assessment before starting the VR task Two sessions were scheduled for each patient: in the first session ... was impaired in two visuo-spatial tasks, assessing line orientation judgment and visuo-spatial planning abilities (for details about neuropsychological results, see Table 2) VR Mazes Results...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... real and virtual exposure in the two groups of eating disorder patients CTR subjects showed similar STAI -S and VAS-A scores in all conditions (Figures and 5) Variations in physiological responses ... administrative and workers' staff of the hospitals Exclusion criteria for the AN and BN groups were the presence of lifetime psychiatric diseases other than eating disorders, major medical diseases, neurological ... disorders (ED) [11-14] Various studies have used virtual stimuli instead of real ones to assess and treat eating behaviors in ED patients [15,16], but the first systematic attempts to evaluate the usefulness...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... sailors’ frequent reports of seeing phantom ships From the Gulf of Mexico, across the Atlantic, and to the South China Sea, sailors often claim that such vessels haunt the seas One of the most ... redness, bleeding, and pain To reduce these risks, consumers are advised to be sure that their surgeon is board-certified Which sentence best expresses the essential information of this passage? ... pain The Civil War was the first American war when anesthesia was widely used in surgery on soldiers Usage tips Anesthesia and anesthetic are often used interchangeably Parts of speech anesthetic...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 15:20

... proteins to the thylakoid membrane occurs on a substantial scale and is essential for thylakoid biogenesis The cpSRP pathway Classical SRP systems can be found in the cytoplasm of both prokaryotes and ... the Sec translocon consists minimally of SecA, SecE and SecY [8] In the bacterial system, the signal peptide of the preprotein interacts post-translationally with SecA in the cytoplasm The SecA–preprotein ... transportation into the chloroplast, this transit peptide is cleaved off by a processing peptidase in the stroma exposing the second transport signal, which then mediates transport across the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 03:20

... (38) In the abolitionist theater, the slave s body still confesses a truth about the master and displays the master s will, which was always manifested through the slave s body, whether as labor ... as token of submission, or in this instance, as a transcript of the master s violence and coercion As Hartman states, “These performances of blackness are in no way the ‘possession’ of the enslaved ... between self and other, sound and silence, the person and the collective, the visible and the invisible, emerges in situations where authentication of self and discourse has been withheld and refused,...

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Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 15:20

... this is only useful if it is passed on to those who need to see it and use it Senior managers should provide and share this with staff Note: Now that end-of-key stage assessment is in the hands ... down suggestions from the class, once they have become familiar with the process For class use, the two processes should be used separately, especially with young learners or those with less secure ... and success criteria Take about 10 minutes to discuss Then, ask group members (initially in pairs and then as a group) to consider, in the light of the previous discussion: i) their own classrooms...

Ngày tải lên: 10/03/2014, 05:20

... becoming less and less of an issue with the development of silicon implementations of the JVM such as the aJile Systems’ aJ-100 microcontroller or the Zucotto Systems’ Xpresso family of processors Both ... languages for speed is a notoriously difficult process, much like the standard apples and oranges comparison, and other researchers have found other values In some regards, speed comparisons can ... is a carry if and only if the first number is a and the second number is a 1; in other words, the carry is simply the AND of the two addends, while the sum (excluding the carry) is if the first...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 02:20

... that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world RAND s publications not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors R® is a registered ... • Most observers expect Taiwanese businesses especially companies in the island s IT sector to continue to skirt regulations while at the same time pressing Taipei for further concessions Taiwanese ... exports to the United States, which is also in the midst of a sluggish economy are the real culprits The cross-Strait dynamic has instead led to a new division of labor across the Strait, with the...

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... mV, was applied across the membrane Miniature magnetic stir bars stirred the solutions on both sides of the membrane The currents across the bilayer were measured, and the conductance (G) was determined ... that the N-terminus is exposed to the trans side of the membrane Furthermore, values of the I+ ⁄ I – ratio larger than 1, as measured for those mutants, strongly suggest a trans position of Ser1 ... Deletion of the first five amino acid residues (D5) and positive charge addition (S1 C-MTSET+) had the greatest effect The strong asymmetry of the I ⁄ V curves of D5 and S1 C-MTSET+ provides the first indication...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20

... anxiety disorders) In both classification systems, posttraumatic stress disorder is discussed along with anxiety disorders In the following, the effectiveness of VR-assisted treatment of various syndromes ... words, through the successful enaction of the subject s intentions using the tool, he/she becomes physically present in the tool [33] These studies confirm that the subject locates himself/herself ... Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) [13] sorts them within a separate chapter, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) [14] includes them in the chapter „Neurotic, Stress and Somatoform Disorders”...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 15:20

... 6.8 10.2 observed value is the PRESS residual The sum of squares of the PRESS residuals yields the PRESS statistic.15 R2 from PRESS gives pred information about the regression equation s predictive ... regression Stepwise multiple regression was used to predict TBSMM from BIS, validated against DXA The developed muscle equations were cross-validated with PRESS statistics In PRESS, each subject ... (3.7) H75/1930a Women Men a SPSS (SPSS, 14.0 and 16.0 for Windows, SPSS Inc.) was used for all statistical analysis, except PRESS and 50 kHz (resistance and reactance)-values which were calculated...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... displaying a spirit of restless selfishness, eager emulation, and craftiness." He thought the softness, earnestness, and repose of European woodland scenery were far more pleasing, and that these formed ... venomous scorpions, and still more deadly serpents, keep the human species circumspect, and fevers and dysenteries the work of death The Guayas is the largest river on the Pacific coast; and Guayaquil ... of enterprise or business Not even grass grows in the streets the usual sign of life in the Spanish towns It is also one of the filthiest; and though it has been many times thoroughly shaken by...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 11:21

... Modeling and Animation: Synthesis and Analysis Techniques for the Human Body Nikos Sarris Michael G Strintzis IRM Press 3D Modeling and Animation: Synthesis and Analysis Techniques for the Human Body ... of the main components of three-dimensional and multiview visual processing techniques The real-time aspects of these techniques are discussed and the ways in which these aspects affect the software ... USA Chapter XI Synthesis and Analysis Techniques for the Human Body: R&D Projects 341 Nikos Karatzoulis, Systema Technologies SA, Greece Costas T Davarakis, Systema Technologies SA,...

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