This paper reports on the development of a hand to machine interface device that provides
real-time gesture, position and orientation information. The key element is a glove and the …

A non-contact sensor based on the interaction of a person with electric fields for human-computer
interface is investigated. Two sensing modes are explored: an external electric field …

Citizen science projects can collect a wealth of scientific data, but that data is only helpful if
it is actually used. While previous citizen science research has mostly focused on designing …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of nonwoven bioabsorbable
nanofibrous membranes of poly (lactideco-glycolide) for prevention of postsurgery-…

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease (GSS), a cerebello-pyramidal syndrome
associated with dementia and caused by mutations in the prion protein gene (PRNP), is …

Loss of adipose tissue in cancer cachexia has been associated with tumour production of a
lipid-mobilizing factor (LMF) which has been shown to be homologous with the plasma …

The in vitro destruction of tumor cells by specifically sensitized mouse lymphocytes was
inhibited by adenosine; this inhibition was markedly potentiated by the presence of an inhibitor …

President Xi Jinping first presented China’s vision for a “Silk Road Economic Belt” during a
2013 speech in Kazakhstan. The idea was to “forge closer economic ties, deepen cooperation…

Marching along the DARPA SyNAPSE roadmap, IBM unveils a trilogy of innovations towards
the TrueNorth cognitive computing system inspired by the brain's function and efficiency. …

The acquisition of increasingly large plankton digital image datasets requires automatic
methods of recognition and classification. As data size and collection speed increases, manual …