Publications by authors named "S Zane"
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- * A new shape-changing haptic interface (Shape) was tested, showing that individuals with VI were able to locate virtual targets much faster and more efficiently using Shape compared to traditional vibration feedback.
- * Shape received better user experience ratings than vibration feedback, and its performance matched that of natural vision, indicating potential for this technology in enhancing navigation for those with VI.
Article Synopsis
- The Milky Way's center contains a dormant black hole, Sagittarius A (Sgr A), with a mass of about 4 million solar masses and low luminosity compared to active galactic nuclei.
- Researchers have studied X-ray reflections from surrounding dense gas to investigate Sgr A's past activity, suggesting it flared up significantly in the past.
- Observations from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer revealed a 31% polarization degree in X-rays, indicating Sgr A was much more active around 200 years ago, with luminosity similar to that of a Seyfert galaxy.
Purpose: To study familial factors associated with child maltreatment in a birth population, Alaska piloted a mixed-design method that linked child welfare data with the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). We replicated this approach in Oregon and validated it in both states.
Methods: We linked vital records, child welfare, and PRAMS data to create two 2009 birth cohorts for each state: one based on vital records (full birth cohort) and one on PRAMS (stratified random sample).
Background: Nocardia caishijiensis is a rare soil actinomycete first described in Anhui province, China, in 2003. There has been only one reported instance of human infection caused by this species in the current literature.
Case Presentation: We present a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia caishijiensis in a fifty-two-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus infection and concomitant use of high-dose dexamethasone for cervical myelopathy, treated successfully with amikacin and thrimetroprim-sulfametoxazole, antibiotic resistance pattern was obtained, although interpretation may be limited.
Background: Prior research indicates that correctional treatment programmes can be highly effective in reducing reoffending. Less studied, however, is whether such programmes are economically efficient.
Aims: To review the research literature on the economic efficiency of correctional treatment programmes.