Daily Archives:October 13, 2015
New study of robot faces helps resolve debate over “Uncanny Valley”
Roboticists are building some amazingly human-like robots these days, but many of us have had the unsettling experience of glancing at one of these marvels of modern technology only to find our skin crawling with revulsion. In
A new avenue in an effort to minimize injuries from acute myocardial infarction
Reperfusion therapy is currently the mainstay of acute myocardial infarction treatment; it salvages myocardial cells from ischemic cell death. However, abrupt restoration of coronary blood flow induces another type of cell death, called “lethal reperfusion injury”, which
What is the value of missing information when assessing decisions that involve actions for intervention?
Most decision support models in the medical domain provide a prediction about a single key unknown variable, such as whether a patient exhibiting certain symptoms is likely to have (or develop) a particular disease. However we seek
Does habitual Internet use affect our brain? Are both genders in danger?
The Internet has not only become our external memory and essential media source for social life and entertainment, it also has full potential to become addictive. Even though it is still a matter of discussion whether Internet
HIV-1 pathology: when metabolism meets immunology
“We are what we eat” To this day, the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is still a public health problem with more than 33 million affected people worldwide with a growing number of cases. Immunology
