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The “FAME” Interactive Space
This paper describes the “FAME” multi-modal demonstrator, which integrates multiple communication modes – vision, speech and object manipulation – by combining the physical and virtual worlds to provide suppor...
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How severe is organ shortage in Eurotransplant?
In 1967, a proposal was made to set up an international structure to be called Eurotransplant for the organization of organ exchange and transplantation (Van Rood 1967). The main reason for this proposal was t...
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Receptor subtypes — Molecular biology and pharmacology
Molecular cloning studies have demonstrated structural and functional diversity in neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. To date, seven a subunits (a2 to a8) and three α subunits (α2 to α4) have been cha...
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Results of acute heart retransplantation in Eurotransplant
In 1988 a special programme for acute retransplantation was introduced in Eurotransplant, giving patients awaiting acute retransplantation priority in the selection procedure. Due to scarcity of donor hearts t...
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Legal and Practical Consequences of the Commercial Use of Human Cells and Tissues
With increasing frequency, human organs and tissues are being placed in the stream of commercial transactions to be treated as commodities. The transplant community, the media, and legislative bodies are follo...
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Systems Thinking in the Study of Culture
This paper presents a short overview of my research on systems thinking in the study of culture. In a brief account misunderstandings can arise because some topics have to be condensed or omitted. I hope in th...
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Donor age in cadaveric renal transplantation
The number of cadaveric kidneys available for transplantation continues to be insufficient in most parts of the world. The persistent shortage of donor kidneys is reflected by increasing waiting lists of patie...
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Overview on Topic 2: Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Nets are being taken seriously as one of the tools which might turn software development into an engineering discipline. However, there are two different viewpoints on the role they have to play:
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The Role of the Primate Flocculus During Vestibular and Optokinetic Nystagmus: Single Cell Recordings and Lesion Studies
Optokinetic nystagmus is composed of two processes: a rapid initial increase in slow phase velocity followed by a slower rise to a steady state level (Cohen et al., 1977). The rapid rise is believed due to act...
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The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Arc
Three topics related to Vestibulo-Ocular Reflexes will be considered in this chapter: (1) The function of eye movements induced by the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Arc. (2) The pattern of eye movements induced by v...
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Failure Experience with and Failure Anticipation in Titanium Components
The initial use of many technological developments and/or the utilization of new materials, particularly when they are used in highly loaded structures, often incurs some risk of serious failures. In fields su...