Heteroplasmy in the mitochondrial genomes of human lice and ticks revealed by high throughput sequencing. by Haoyu Xiong, Stephen C Barker, Thomas D Burger, Didier Raoult, Renfu Shao

“…The mt genomes of the human body louse, Pediculus humanus, and the human head louse, Pediculus capitis, however, are extensively fragmented and contain 20 minichromosomes, with one to three genes on each minichromosome. …”
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Head tracking using an optical soft tactile sensing surface by Bhoomika Gandhi, Lyudmila Mihaylova, Sanja Dogramadzi

“…This research proposes a sensor for tracking the motion of a human head via optical tactile sensing. It implements the use of a fibrescope a non-metal alternative to a webcam. …”
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Low cost head tracking system for a desktop-based VR system using webcam by Yap, Hwa Jen, Taha, Zahari, Ng, Sock Wee, Chew, Jouh Yeong

“…Then, a computer vision technique is used to track the position of the human head in sequence of the frames of the video stream. …”
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Detection of head position using chain code algorithm by Fuad, Norfaiza

“…Nowadays, autonomous vision-based system has been applied to handle human job that reliability and efficiency of any intelligent system gain improvement and enhancement. Human head detection is the first step of an autonomous human recognition system. …”
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Detection of head position using chain code algorithm by Fuad, Norfaiza

“…Nowadays, autonomous vision-based system has been applied to handle human job that reliability and efficiency of any intelligent system gain improvement and enhancement. Human head detection is the first step of an autonomous human recognition system. …”
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EBG Based Microstrip Patch Antenna for Brain Tumor Detection via Scattering Parameters in Microwave Imaging System by Reefat Inum, Md. Masud Rana, Kamrun Nahar Shushama, Md. Anwarul Quader

“…A compact and efficient microstrip patch antenna is used in the imaging technique to transmit equivalent signal and receive backscattering signal from the stratified human head model. Electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure is incorporated on the antenna ground plane to enhance the performance. …”
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Carbapenem resistance and Acinetobacter baumannii in Senegal: the paradigm of a common phenomenon in natural reservoirs. by Marie Kempf, Jean-Marc Rolain, Georges Diatta, Saïd Azza, Bissoum Samb, Oleg Mediannikov, Amy Gassama Sow, Seydina M Diene, Florence Fenollar, Didier Raoult

“…This study shows for the first time a reservoir of bla(OXA23-like)-positive gene in human head lice and stool samples in Senegal.…”
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Metaphor of Terrorism by George L. Ganat

“…The visual parallel between the planes piercing the World Trade Center Towers and bullets piercing a human head may have inspired “metaphoric horror,” but, as in all of George Lakoff’s “Metaphors of Terror,” this narrative effectively screens out the brutal reality of September 11th: human beings were trapped in those “bullets” and “heads.”…”
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Design of protective headgear for soccer players through experimental and computational analysis by Hassan, Mohd Hasnun Arif

“…The validated soccer ball and human head finite element models were assembled to perform soccer heading simulations. …”
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Mechanical Strength Study of a Cranial Implant Using Computational Tools by Pedro O. Santos, Gustavo P. Carmo, Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa, Fábio A. O. Fernandes, Mariusz Ptak

“…The human head is sometimes subjected to impact loads that lead to skull fracture or other injuries that require the removal of part of the skull, which is called craniectomy. …”
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Brain injury risk estimation of collegiate football player based on game video of concussion suspected accident by Shigeru AOMURA, Yuelin ZHANG, Hiromichi NAKADATE, Takayuki KOYAMA, Akiyoshi NISHIMURA

“…Then the data obtained were input to two helmeted finite element (FE) human head models as the initial condition, and the brain injury risk was evaluated by using the impact analysis. …”
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Computational Modeling of Skull Bone Structures and Simulation of Skull Fractures Using the YEAHM Head Model by Alcino Barbosa, Fábio A. O. Fernandes, Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa, Mariusz Ptak, Johannes Wilhelm

“…The human head is a complex multi-layered structure of hard and soft tissues, governed by complex materials laws and interactions. …”
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The Strain Rates in the Brain, Brainstem, Dura, and Skull under Dynamic Loadings by Mohammad Hosseini-Farid, MaryamSadat Amiri-Tehrani-Zadeh, Mohammadreza Ramzanpour, Mariusz Ziejewski, Ghodrat Karami

“…In this paper, a validated finite element human head model is used to investigate the biomechanics of the head in impact and blast, leading to traumatic brain injuries (TBI). …”
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Evidence that head and body lice on homeless persons have the same genotype. by Aurélie Veracx, Romain Rivet, Karen D McCoy, Philippe Brouqui, Didier Raoult

“…Human head lice and body lice are morphologically and biologically similar but have distinct ecologies. …”
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Human Height Estimation by Color Deep Learning and Depth 3D Conversion by Dong-seok Lee, Jong-soo Kim, Seok Chan Jeong, Soon-kak Kwon

“…The topmost point of the human head region is extracted as the top of the head and the bottommost point of the human body region as the bottom of the foot. …”
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Scalp-Implanted Ultra-Wideband Circularly Polarized MIMO Antenna for Biotelemetry Systems by Zhiwei Song, Youwei Shi, Xianren Zheng, Yuchao Wang

“…The proposed antenna system’s performance was evaluated with a seven-layer homogeneous human head model, a real human head model, and minced pork. …”
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Skull Thickness Calculation Using Thermal Analysis and Finite Elements by Mucahit Calisan, Muhammed Fatih Talu, Danil Yurievich Pimenov, Khaled Giasin

“…To better understand the heat transfer of 3D object models, finite element models (FEM) of the human head have been reported in the literature. The FEM can more accurately model the complex geometry of a 3D human head model. …”
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Biomechanical Modelling of the Human Skull Stress State under Impact by Cylindrical Solid by Sergei M. Bosiakov, Sergei A. Pronkevich, Igor A. Moroz, Gennadi I. Zaluzhni

“…The aim of the study is to assess the stress-strain state of the human head under impact on the basis of finite element modelling. …”
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Design of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coils With Optimized Stimulation Depth by Jose A. Vilchez Membrilla, Mario F. Pantoja, Ana P. Valerga Puerta, Victor H. Souza, Clemente Cobos Sanchez

“…Novel coil geometries that readily adapted to human head have been studied to provide focal stimulation in areas on both prefrontal cortex and right temporal lobe. …”
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Deep brain temporally interfering magnetic stimulation via parametric characterized spatial array by Xiao Fang, Shaolong Wang, Yaoyao Luo, Yu Lin, Wenlong Yang, Tao Zhang

“…Compared to the traditional TMS systems, the TI-TMS with PCS array can realize selective and focalized stimulation in the deep brain and increase the average attenuation ratio of the induced temporally interfering E-fields by more than 1.93 times. A real human head model containing gray matter was also employed in this paper to verify our results.…”
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