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4 hours ago · The function of vision is actually realized through image schemas. The visual system has the function of tracking dynamically-random information without the indication of any form, capturing and organizing the corresponding representations, and connecting these representations in a structured way. All of this is accomplished through image schemas.
4 hours ago · Pulse volume recordings (PVRs) use plethysmography to create a visual representation of the changes in limb volume that occur at various levels of the limb with each heartbeat (Fig. 4.3). To obtain a PVR, a pneumatic cuff is placed at various levels of the lower extremity (most commonly high thigh, low thigh, calf, ankle, and metatarsal) and ...
4 hours ago · Multiple sclerosis ( MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. [3] This damage disrupts the ability of parts of the nervous system to transmit signals, resulting in a range of signs and symptoms, including physical, mental, and sometimes psychiatric problems.
4 hours ago · The primary criteria for evaluating the utility of a potential animal model are the ability to conduct research using the model that otherwise would not be possible or feasible in the primary system of interest (e.g., humans) and the generalizability and validity of the results obtained in the model to the primary system of interest . Therefore ...
4 hours ago · Anatomy and blood flow of coronary arteries can be visualized because of the injection of a radiocontrast agent into coronary arteries . ICA videos allow the evaluation of luminal stenosis. However, visual estimation assesses the severity percentage, which could be affected by subjectivity and has high interobserver variability [11, 24].
4 hours ago · To illustrate the point he aligns the representation of history in what he calls postmodern ‘nostalgia films’ to the older system of historical representation described by Lukács in The Historical Novel and suggests that in these films history is transformed ‘into a visual commodity’ for mass consumption, with only ‘the surface sheen ...
1 day ago · Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. [1] [2] [3] However, definitions of music vary depending on culture, [4] though it is an aspect of all human societies and a cultural universal. [5]
