IMU-based classification of resistive exercises for real-time training monitoring on board the international space station with potential telemedicine spin-off.

The microgravity exposure that astronauts undergo during space missions lasting up to 6 months induces biochemical and physiological changes potentially impacting on their health. As a countermeasure, astronauts perform an in-flight training program consisting in different resistive exercises. To train optimally and safely, astronauts need guidance by on-ground specialists via a real-time audio/video system that, however, is subject to a communication delay that increases in proportion to the distance between sender and receiver.

Reproducing a decision-making network in a virtual visual discrimination task.

We reproduced a decision-making network model using the neural simulator software neural simulation tool (NEST), and we embedded the spiking neural network in a virtual robotic agent performing a simulated behavioral task. The present work builds upon the concept of replicability in neuroscience, preserving most of the computational properties in the initial model although employing a different software tool. The proposed implementation successfully obtains equivalent results from the original study, reproducing the salient features of the neural processes underlying a binary decision.

Evaluation of the effect of a single dose of tinidazole (Fasigyn) in giardiasis.

The effect of tinidazole in a single dose in the treatment of giardiasis has been evaluated in 165 cases, found in 5 villages in Kazeroon, Southern Iran. A reduction of 94.5 per cent in the positive stool tests in treated cases was obtained, while this reduction was only 10 per cent in 30 control cases.