physiology and pharmacology experiments
in virtual laboratories
almost like in the real world
- Perfect for online teaching and remote learning -
These of weekends are the glue that holds the Indian diaspora together. An Indian in New York or London does not miss the traffic or the heat. They miss this—the cousin sleeping on their arm, the sound of the pressure cooker at dawn, the argument over the last piece of jalebi .
Dinner is the grand jury of the Indian day. Everyone is tired. Defenses are down. This is when the real stories emerge.
The family sits for evening snacks—samosas and murukku. Everyone is present physically. But mentally? Rajesh checks office emails. Priya scrolls Instagram (wedding reels, which terrify her). Aarav texts his crush. Rekha watches a cooking reel (even though she has been cooking for 25 years).
Meanwhile, gets her only hour of silence. She lies on the couch, watching a soap opera on a tablet. The soap opera, ironically, is about a dysfunctional family much louder than her own. She cries at the TV drama, but she never cries about her own life. That would be "creating tension."
The Indian family lifestyle is not a postcard. It is a pressure cooker—loud, steamy, prone to whistling—but ultimately, it cooks the most flavorful life.
The day often begins before sunrise with personal hygiene followed by spiritual devotion, such as lighting a lamp or performing a pooja . Many families maintain a strict rule of taking a bath before entering the kitchen to ensure cleanliness and purity.
The Fabric of Forever: Indian Family Lifestyle and Daily Life Stories
The Heart of the Home: A Glimpse into Indian Family Life Indian family lifestyle is a vibrant tapestry of ancient traditions and rapid modernization. At its core, the Indian family is not just a social unit but a "cocoon" that provides emotional and economic security through deep-rooted loyalty and interdependence. The Rhythms of Daily Life
running on all Windows platforms,
from Win 7 to Win 11, 32 bit as well as 64 bit versions
without any specific requirements (see Technical Specifications)
including platform-independent Online Versions
for experiments via the Virtual Physiology server
existing so far for SimHeart and SimVessel
with beta-versions of SimMuscle and SimNeuron
SimHeart offers a virtual laboratory for recordings of heart contractions in the Langendorff set-up in response on the most relevant transmitters and drugs, including a drug laboratory for the adjustment of the appropriate solutions.
SimVessel offers a virtual laboratory for the examination of smooth muscle contractions of vessels and the intestine.
The experiments can be done with muscle stripes, placed in an organ bath to which physiologically relevant signal substances and widely used drugs can be added. Preparing the appropriate dilutions can be trained, as in SimHeart, in a drug laboratory.
The virtual “SimMuscle” laboratory contains two nerve-muscle preparations and all the apparatus that you will need for experimentation in a simplified but quite realistic form.
When entering the lab you first need to switch on all the devices (POWER buttons). Then drag one of two already prepared nerve-muscle preparations from the Petri-dish to hang it in the suspension apparatus. This includes a mechano-electrical converter transforming changes of either the muscle force or muscle length, selectable by a toggle switch, into an electric potential. You can pre-stretch the muscle hanging one or more weights in the loop at which the muscle is fixed.
Muscle contractions are induced by current pulses delivered from a stimulation apparatus to the electrodes on which the nerve is placed. Stimuli as well as muscle contractions are displayed on a dual beam storage oscilloscope, appropriately displayed with accordingly adjusted voltage amplification and time base (via the rotary switches) and zero lines. Single or double pulses as well as trains of stimuli of selectable amplitude and intervals can be applied.
The example shows muscle contractions, here changes of the muscle length, in response to different trains of voltage pulses inducing isolated twitches, incomplete and complete tetanic contractions depending on the intervals in which the pulses are applied.
These of weekends are the glue that holds the Indian diaspora together. An Indian in New York or London does not miss the traffic or the heat. They miss this—the cousin sleeping on their arm, the sound of the pressure cooker at dawn, the argument over the last piece of jalebi .
Dinner is the grand jury of the Indian day. Everyone is tired. Defenses are down. This is when the real stories emerge.
The family sits for evening snacks—samosas and murukku. Everyone is present physically. But mentally? Rajesh checks office emails. Priya scrolls Instagram (wedding reels, which terrify her). Aarav texts his crush. Rekha watches a cooking reel (even though she has been cooking for 25 years).
Meanwhile, gets her only hour of silence. She lies on the couch, watching a soap opera on a tablet. The soap opera, ironically, is about a dysfunctional family much louder than her own. She cries at the TV drama, but she never cries about her own life. That would be "creating tension."
The Indian family lifestyle is not a postcard. It is a pressure cooker—loud, steamy, prone to whistling—but ultimately, it cooks the most flavorful life.
The day often begins before sunrise with personal hygiene followed by spiritual devotion, such as lighting a lamp or performing a pooja . Many families maintain a strict rule of taking a bath before entering the kitchen to ensure cleanliness and purity.
The Fabric of Forever: Indian Family Lifestyle and Daily Life Stories
The Heart of the Home: A Glimpse into Indian Family Life Indian family lifestyle is a vibrant tapestry of ancient traditions and rapid modernization. At its core, the Indian family is not just a social unit but a "cocoon" that provides emotional and economic security through deep-rooted loyalty and interdependence. The Rhythms of Daily Life
SimNeuron offers virtual laboratories for voltage- and current-clamp experiments in an easy to overlook lab design
In fully licensed versions there is the possibility to select to which specific features of the program the students shall have access. This can be done in so-called pre-settings window which you can open from the labs via the SETTINGS button in the switch bank. In demo versions the pre-settings are fixed with most functions enabled. Dinner is the grand jury of the Indian day
