Multi-modalities appear in several applications and could be broadly grouped into natural modalities and synthetic modalities.
Natural modalities also appear in sign language recognition where multi-stream HMM, based on hand position and movement, has been used [23].
It was sometimes associated with the statistical interpretation of natural modalities, for example by Thomas Aquinas who wrote that universal propositions are false and particular propositions are true in contingent matter (In Periherm. I.13, 168).
Thermal stimulation is a natural modality to induce nociception.
An essential distinguishing capability of multimodal systems is the use these systems make of two or more natural input modalities such as speech, handwriting, gestures, facial expressions, and other body movements.
While his critics may consider him controversial, he has certainly paved the way for many of us to learn about 'optimal wellness' through natural healing modalities.
OUP has begun to publish a series of textbooks on "integrative medicine," which is the emerging field of utilizing the best of the various natural treatment modalities and the best of conventional medicine.
Although modern physicians may point their collective finger at various "alternative" or "natural" treatment modalities as examples of quackery, it is conventional medical treatments today that are out-of-this-world expensive, and despite real questionable efficacy of their treatments, doctors give patients the guise of "science".
In HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) scenario, eye gaze means the pointer from the viewer's two eyes to an object, and gaze is a very useful natural input modality.
By "inflationary metaphysics," van Fraassen has in mind the scientific realists' typical beliefs in, for example, laws of nature, natural kinds, and objective modality.
"I utilize physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods, such as air, water, light, heat, earth, phototherapy, food and herb therapy, psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy, minor and orificial surgery, mechanotherapy, naturopathic corrections and manipulation, and natural methods or modalities, together with natural medicines, natural processed foods, and herbs and nature's remedies".
