Engineering Multimedia-Aware Personalized Ubiquitous Services

Ubiquitous computing focusing on users and tasks instead of devices and singular applications is an attractive vision for the future. Especially the idea of nomadic, mobile users poses new challenges on hardware and software. Mobile devices provide vastly different presentation capabilities and need to integrate into heterogeneous environments. Network bandwidth is far from being constant and services may be available only when online. This paper presents MUNDO, an infrastructure for ubiquitous computing that addresses these challenges. The infrastructure is intended to be non-monolithic with its parts supporting mobile computing using multi-modal user interfaces, mobile data delivery, and ad-hoc communication and networking

Specificity of emotion sequences in borderline personality disorder compared to posttraumatic stress disorder, bulimia nervosa, and healthy controls: an e-diary study

Background: Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) exhibit dysregulated emotion sequences in daily life compared to healthy controls (HC). Empirical evidence regarding the specificity of these findings is currently lacking. Methods: To replicate dysregulated emotion sequences in patients with BPD and to investigate the specificity of the sequences, we used e-diaries of 43 female patients with BPD, 28 patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 20 patients with bulimia nervosa (BN), and 28 HC. To capture the rapid dynamics of emotions, we prompted participants every 15 min over a 24-h period to assess their current perceived emotions. We analyzed group differences in terms of activation, persistence, switches, and down-regulation of emotion sequences. Results: By comparing patients with BPD to HC, we replicated five of the seven previously reported dysregulated emotion sequences, as well as 111 out of 113 unaltered sequences. However, none of the previously reported dysregulated emotion sequences exhibited specificity, i.e., none revealed higher frequencies compared to the PTSD group or the BN group. Beyond these findings, we revealed a specific finding for patients with BN, as they most frequently switched from anger to disgust. Conclusions: Replicating previously found dysregulated and unaltered emotional sequences strengthens the significance of emotion sequences. However, the lack of specificity points to emotion sequences as transdiagnostic features

Correction: Dependency on the TYK2/STAT1/MCL1 axis in anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

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Infobionik angewandt - Entwurf einer menschzentrierten Benutzerschnittstelle

In vielen Wissenschafts- und Technikzweigen ist der praktische Nutzen der Bionik anerkannt. Die Lösung technischer Probleme mit Hilfe biologisch motivierter Prinzipien wird erfolgreich praktiziert. Maschinenbau, Architektur, Materialwissenschaft und andere profitieren vom sprichwörtlichen Blick über den Tellerrand. Die Vorteile einer Kooperation von Informatik und Bionik dagegen sind bislang nicht Gegenstand eines gesteigerten Interesses gewesen. Tatsächlich existiert ein großes Potential für Innovationen auf dem Gebiet der Datenverarbeitung. Im Rahmen diese Beitrags soll exemplarisch die Gestaltung einer biologisch motivierten Benutzerschnittstelle diskutiert werden

Infobionik angewandt - Entwurf einer menschzentrierten Benutzerschnittstelle

In vielen Wissenschafts- und Technikzweigen ist der praktische Nutzen der Bionik anerkannt. Die Lösung technischer Probleme mit Hilfe biologisch motivierter Prinzipien wird erfolgreich praktiziert. Maschinenbau, Architektur, Materialwissenschaft und andere profitieren vom sprichwörtlichen Blick über den Tellerrand. Die Vorteile einer Kooperation von Informatik und Bionik dagegen sind bislang nicht Gegenstand eines gesteigerten Interesses gewesen. Tatsächlich existiert ein großes Potential für Innovationen auf dem Gebiet der Datenverarbeitung. Im Rahmen diese Beitrags soll exemplarisch die Gestaltung einer biologisch motivierten Benutzerschnittstelle diskutiert werden

Clinical benefit of wideband-tympanometry: a pediatric audiology clinical study

Wideband-tympanometry (WBT) could give more informative data about the tympanic condition than the conventional tympanometry. In the actual literature, the clinical profit of wideband-tympanometry in pediatric audiological settings is not well evaluated. The aim of this study was to analyze the additional clinical benefit

Specificity of emotion sequences in borderline personality disorder compared to posttraumatic stress disorder, bulimia nervosa, and healthy controls: an e-diary study

Abstract Background Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) exhibit dysregulated emotion sequences in daily life compared to healthy controls (HC). Empirical evidence regarding the specificity of these findings is currently lacking. Methods To replicate dysregulated emotion sequences in patients with BPD and to investigate the specificity of the sequences, we used e-diaries of 43 female patients with BPD, 28 patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 20 patients with bulimia nervosa (BN), and 28 HC. To capture the rapid dynamics of emotions, we prompted participants every 15 min over a 24-h period to assess their current perceived emotions. We analyzed group differences in terms of activation, persistence, switches, and down-regulation of emotion sequences. Results By comparing patients with BPD to HC, we replicated five of the seven previously reported dysregulated emotion sequences, as well as 111 out of 113 unaltered sequences. However, none of the previously reported dysregulated emotion sequences exhibited specificity, i.e., none revealed higher frequencies compared to the PTSD group or the BN group. Beyond these findings, we revealed a specific finding for patients with BN, as they most frequently switched from anger to disgust. Conclusions Replicating previously found dysregulated and unaltered emotional sequences strengthens the significance of emotion sequences. However, the lack of specificity points to emotion sequences as transdiagnostic features