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Exploring dynamic lighting, colour and form with smart textiles
This paper addresses an ongoing research, aiming at the development of smart
textiles that transform the incident light that passes through them – light transmittance – to
design dynamic light without acting upon the light source. A colour and shape change
prototype was developed with the objective of studying textile changes in time; to explore
temperature as a dynamic variable through electrical activation of the smart materials and
conductive threads integrated in the textile substrate; and to analyse the relation between textile
chromic and morphologic behaviour in interaction with light. Based on the experiments
conducted, results have highlighted some considerations of the dynamic parameters involved in
the behaviour of thermo-responsive textiles and demonstrated design possibilities to create
interactive lighting scenarios.This work is supported by FEDER funds through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors – COMPETE and National Funds through FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology within the scope of the projects SFRH/BD/87196/2012, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007136 and UID/CTM/00264. The authors also like to acknowledge Smart Textiles Design Lab for the support on the prototype development.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Emergence of qualia from brain activity or from an interaction of proto-consciousness with the brain: which one is the weirder? Available evidence and a research agenda
This contribution to the science of consciousness aims at comparing how two different theories can
explain the emergence of different qualia experiences, meta-awareness, meta-cognition, the placebo
effect, out-of-body experiences, cognitive therapy and meditation-induced brain changes, etc.
The first theory postulates that qualia experiences derive from specific neural patterns, the second
one, that qualia experiences derive from the interaction of a proto-consciousness with the brain\u2019s
neural activity. From this comparison it will be possible to judge which one seems to better explain
the different qualia experiences and to offer a more promising research agenda
Characteristics of veterans and military service members who endorse causing harm, injury, or death to others in the military.
ObjectiveThe purpose of the present research was to examine the demographic and mental health characteristics of veterans and service members who endorsed having caused harm, injury, or death to another person on deployment, while taking these individuals' total number of other lifetime traumas into account.MethodData for the present study were collected as part of the standard clinical evaluation for 228 treatment-seeking veterans and service members.ResultsThose who reported having caused harm, injury, or death to another person on deployment (22.4%) were more likely to be male, to have served in the Marines, to have served post 9/11, and to endorse other traumas commonly reported on deployment than those who did not endorse causing harm, injury, or death. Those who endorsed causing harm on deployment were less likely to have served in the Air Force, and to have experienced sexual assault than those who did not cause harm. Causing harm, injury, or death was associated with higher levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), drug use, and expressive anger at the bivariate level, but was no longer associated with mental health problems after accounting for the number of other lifetime traumas.ConclusionsExamining the role of causing harm in isolation may lead to false conclusions. Clinicians and researchers should assess for veterans' and service members' entire trauma histories. (PsycINFO Database Recor
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Characteristics of veterans and military service members who endorse causing harm, injury, or death to others in the military.
ObjectiveThe purpose of the present research was to examine the demographic and mental health characteristics of veterans and service members who endorsed having caused harm, injury, or death to another person on deployment, while taking these individuals' total number of other lifetime traumas into account.MethodData for the present study were collected as part of the standard clinical evaluation for 228 treatment-seeking veterans and service members.ResultsThose who reported having caused harm, injury, or death to another person on deployment (22.4%) were more likely to be male, to have served in the Marines, to have served post 9/11, and to endorse other traumas commonly reported on deployment than those who did not endorse causing harm, injury, or death. Those who endorsed causing harm on deployment were less likely to have served in the Air Force, and to have experienced sexual assault than those who did not cause harm. Causing harm, injury, or death was associated with higher levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), drug use, and expressive anger at the bivariate level, but was no longer associated with mental health problems after accounting for the number of other lifetime traumas.ConclusionsExamining the role of causing harm in isolation may lead to false conclusions. Clinicians and researchers should assess for veterans' and service members' entire trauma histories. (PsycINFO Database Recor
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Erratum for "A Pilot Study of Tailored Cognitive-Behavioral Resilience Training for Trauma Survivors With Subthreshold Distress".
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