A quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of laparascopy and endoscopy virtual reality simulators

The increasing use of virtual reality (VR) simulators in surgical training makes it imperative that definitive studies be performed to assess their training effectiveness. Indeed in this paper we report the meta-analysis of the efficacy of virtual reality simulators in (1) the transference of skills from the simulator training environment to the operating room and (2) their ability to discriminate between the experience levels of its users. The task completion time and the error score were the two study outcomes collated and analyzed in this meta-analysis. Sixteen studies were identified from a computer-based literature search (1996-2004). The meta-analysis of the random-effects model (because of the heterogeneity of the data) revealed that training on virtual reality simulators did lessen the time taken to complete a given surgical task as also clearly differentiate between the experienced and the novice trainees. Meta-analytic studies such as the one reported here would be very helpful in the planning and setting up of surgical training programs and for the establishment of reference ‘learning curves’ for a specific simulator and surgical task. If any such programs already exist they can then indicate the improvements to be made in the simulator used such as providing for more variety in their case scenarios based on the state and/or rate of learning of the trainee.     

Credibility and applicability of virtual reality models in design and construction

In this paper, we present the findings from an extensive study of the use of virtual reality (VR) models in large construction projects. The study includes two parts: The first part presents a quantitative questionnaire designed to investigate how VR models are experienced and assessed by the workforce at a building site. The second part includes a qualitative field survey of how VR models can be applied and accepted by professionals in the design and planning process of a large pelletizing plant. Through mainly studying persons who had little or no experience with advanced information technology (IT), we hoped to reveal the attitudes of the average person working at a construction site rather than of an IT expert. In summary, the study shows that the VR models in both projects have been very useful and well accepted by the users. Today’s information flow is, from a general point of view, considered to be insufficient and the hypothesis is that using VR models in the construction process have the potential to minimize waste of resources and improve the final result.     

Frames of Reference in Mobile Augmented Reality Displays.

In 3 experiments, the authors investigated spatial updating in augmented reality environments. Participants learned locations of virtual objects on the physical floor. They were turned to appropriate facing directions while blindfolded before making pointing judgments (e.g., "Imagine you are facing X. Point to Y"). Experiments manipulated the angular difference between the learning heading and the imagined heading and between the actual heading and the imagined heading. The effect of actual-imagined on pointing latency was observed for naive users but not for users with brief training or instructions concerning the fact that objects can move with body movements. The results indicated that naive users used an environment-stabilized reference frame to access information arrays, but with experience and instruction the nature of the representation changed from an environment stabilized to a body stabilized reference frame. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

小型回旋加速器虚拟样机技术

小型回旋加速器虚拟样机技术是把小型回旋加速器的理论计算、分析、信息技术与机械设计、加工、装配、调试、运行、维修等专家知识进行有机结合，在系统仿真和虚拟现实基础上发展起来的一种新概念技术。基于虚拟样机，可以实现创新设计，有效降低探索风险。文章探讨了回旋加速器虚拟样机系统框架，讨论了虚拟样机系统的体系结构和回旋加速器产品的全生命周期仿真，提出了基于全生命周期集成和多学科协同设计的回旋加速器虚拟样机的开发思路。     

Implicit, long-term spatial contextual memory.

Learning and memory of novel spatial configurations aids behaviors such as visual search through an implicit process called contextual cuing (M. M. Chun & Y. Jiang, 1998). The present study provides rigorous tests of the implicit nature of contextual cuing. Experiment 1 used a recognition test that closely matched the learning task, confirming that memory traces of predictive spatial context were not accessible to conscious retrieval. Experiment 2 gave explicit instructions to encode visual context during learning, but learning was not improved and conscious memory remained undetectable. Experiment 3 illustrates that memory traces for spatial context may persist for at least 1 week, suggesting a long-term component of contextual cuing. These experiments indicate that the learning and memory of spatial context in the contextual cuing task are indeed implicit. The results have implications for understanding the neural substrate of spatial contextual learning, which may depend on an intact medial temporal lobe system that includes the hippocampus (M. M. Chun & E. A. Phelps, 1999). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

招远金矿集中区金矿富集规律及找矿标志

招远金矿集中区是我国最大的金矿集中区，区内金矿床在时间和空间上的分布规律十分明显。该区矿化类型主要有石英脉型、蚀变岩型及二者之间的过渡类型，其在空间上的分布规律为综合信息找矿及矿床定位预测提供地质信息，并可作为进一步的找矿标志。     

Temporal and spatial aspects of an environmental stimulus influence the dynamics of behavioral regulation of the Aplysia siphon-withdrawal response.

Exposure to turbulence, an environmental stimulus, produces behavioral adaptation in the Aplysia siphon-withdrawal response (SWR). The authors show that the duration and spatial extent of turbulence influence adaptation recovery. In terms of duration, recovery in whole animals and reduced preparations (tail, siphon, and CNS) was more rapid after longer exposures to turbulence (10 min) than after briefer exposures (10 s-5 min). In terms of spatial extent, recovery in reduced preparations was more rapid after diffuse turbulence (tail and siphon together) compared with focal turbulence (siphon alone). Furthermore, spatial extent and duration interact: Duration regulates recovery only when turbulence is diffuse. Results suggest that SWR adaptation reflects a composite of cellular processes, including short-term synaptic enhancement in L30 inhibitory interneurons. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

高功率激光系统通过空间滤波和中继成像抑制自聚焦

讨论了由光束自聚焦引起的细丝形成和光束分裂，为了克服聚焦造成的破坏要求在光束传播中采用中继成像和空间滤波。     

多专题多比例尺水系河网管理模型研究

随着水利行业GIS系统的快速发展和对性能要求的不断提高,迫切需要解决多比例尺水系河网信息统一访问、关系维护等问题。本文提出多专题多比例尺地图管理模型,通过对地图信息依据不同比例尺和专题进行目录层次和专题层次的划分,实现水系河网信息的全国分布式统一管理和共享系统。文中给出了该模型下的水系河网表示和专题中对象间关系,分析了为形成一套基于空间数据库和空间化分析方法的分布式水系河网信息共享系统所需进行的下一步工作。该模型下的全国水系河网管理系统具有较好的可扩展性,支持有效获取不同比例尺的地图,较少信息冗余和保证信息最大可能。     

桌面式天线虚拟实验系统

将天线数值仿真技术与虚拟现实技术结合,构建一个桌面式天线虚拟实验系统,可以解决天线实验课开设成本高、场地受限等问题.