In this Issue

- Year-End Equipment
Discounts
- New iWorx Releases
- New Lab exercises for
Marieb's lab courses
- New psychophysiology
lab manual
- New LabScribe v1.8
installation CD
- Add-on transducer set for
PK/214
- Web resources
- iWorx 2006 Catalog
- Clearance Items

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The iWorx newsletter is a FREE monthly publication dedicated to sharing teaching laboratory techniques and other useful information with educators in the fields of Anatomy and Physiology. We will also be sending you technical information and info on new developments at iWorx that we feel may be of use to you in your teaching and research activities.

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September 2006

Year-End Special Offer on Select iWorx Equipment
with Free Shipping

Whether you are planning new physiology lab curricula or replacing worn lab equipment, take advantage of iWorx end of the year equipment promotion with free shipping (North America only).

Save 20% on a selection of the most widely used stimulators, electrodes, transducers, probes, accessories and Web teaching tools used in iWorx physiology teaching labs. Go to www.iworx.com/specialoffers to see the full listing, descriptions, and prices of discounted equipment and order today. Offer ends December 31, 2006.

New Versions of the iWorx Physiology Lab Exercises for
Courses using Elaine Marieb’s Human Anatomy &
Physiology Laboratory Manual, 8^th Edition, Benjamin
Cummings, Publishers

This supplemental lab manual compliments the activities in the 8^th edition of the Human Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory Manual, authored by Elaine Marieb and published by Benjamin Cummings. The collection of experiments permits eight activities presented in the Marieb manual to be completed using the iWorx physiology lab teaching system. The areas studied include: electromyograms (EMG) and muscle strength; electroencephalograms (EEG), galvanic skin responses (GSR), reaction times; electrocardiograms (ECG); peripheral circulation; cardiac muscle activity; and, respiration. Locked versions of these experiments can be found here.

Registered iWorx users can download a high resolution, press-optimized copy of this supplement to the Marieb manual, suitable for printing, by clicking here. Copies of the individual experiments in the supplement, that are also the helper files that appear on the computer screen to assist students, are available below. The group of settings files designed to configure the recording software for recording these experiments is available here.

Electrocardiography
Heart Activity
Electroencephalography
Pulse Measurement
Human Electromyography
Respiratory Variations
Galvanic Skin Response
Reaction Time
Full Marieb Manual

New iWorx Laboratory Manual for the PK/256NI Psychophysiology Teaching Kit

This manual is designed for use with the PK/256NI psychophysiology teaching system that uses the iWorx ETH-256 combination amplifier and LabScribeNI recording software on computers equipped with National Instruments (NI) data acquisition cards or units. The experiments include a tutorial on the LabScribe recording software and the following studies: electroencephalograms (EEG) and cortical arousal; galvanic skin responses (GSR) and emotional states; stress and embarrassment; blood pressure and vagal tone; and cynicism and hostility. Locked copies of the individual experiments are available here.

Users with either the HK/256NI or AHK/256NI physiology teaching kits can perform the experiments in this manual with the addition of the PS/214 Add-On Transducer Set that is described below.

Registered iWorx users can download a high resolution, press-optimized copy of this PK/256NI manual, suitable for printing, by clicking here. Copies of the individual experiments in the PK/256NI manual, that are also the helper files that appear on the computer screen to assist students, are available below. The group of settings files designed to configure the recording software for recording the experiments in this manual is available here.

New LabScribe V1.8 Installation CD

The latest version of the LabScribe V1.8 Installation CD is available from the iWorx Users Area. This CD includes the latest update of the iWorx Physiology Lab Manual-Version 3 (IPLMV3-Rev3) and its corresponding settings group. The experiments that require the recording of blood pressures have been updated to include directions for the use of the BP-600 non-invasive blood pressure sensor. Also, an additional experiment studying antagonistic muscles in the forearm has been added to complement the other muscle experiments. Finally, the installer has been upgraded to facilitate the installation of the iWorx data recording hardware on computers with the latest Windows XP service pack.

Users Area: Log-in or Register for Access to LabScribe
Installers, Lab Manuals, and Settings Files

Whether you plan to download any of the experiments announced in recent editions of the iWorx Newsletter or a new copy of the LabScribe Installation CD, you need a password and an ID to access the download sites for these items.

To register for a new ID and password, please go here. After you receive confirmation that user account has been activated, return to the same site and click on the Enter link.

Registered users can log-in here.

To download screen or press optimized copies of the latest lab experiments and Tech Notes published in the iWorx Newsletters, go here and select the lab experiment of interest.

If you plan to use any of the experiments or manuals announced in recent editions of the iWorx Newsletter, you should obtain a copy of the settings group used to configure LabScribe for these experiments. To download the settings file, right click here and choose "Save Target As" in the Internet Explorer browser or "Save Link As" in the Firefox browser. Save the file in your LabScribe Folder. When you launch LabScribe, the settings group will be available from Load Group command in the Settings menu.

The write-ups and the settings files for the blood pressure experiments in the iWorx Physiology Manual have been updated. The latest version of the LabScribe Installer CD that contains the updates, is available for free on the iWorx Users Area.

Featured Equipment: The PS/214 Add-On Transducer Set

The PS/214 Add-On Transducer Set includes: a GSR-200 Galvanic Skin Response Amplifier with a set of electrodes (see tech note); a RM-204 Respiration Monitor (see tech note); and A-E-264 Reusable Ag/AgCl Button Electrodes with a tube of conductive gel and a headband (see tech note).

This set enables the psychological physiology experiments in the iWorx Physiology Lab Manual-Version 3 (IPLMV3) to be performed with HK/214, HK/214S, AHK/214, or AHK/214S kits. This set also enables the experiments in the PK/256NI laboratory manual to be performed with HK/256NI or AHK/256NI kits.

PS/214 Add-On Transducer Set

Learn more about the brain and nervous system by going to the external Web resources page.

On this page we have also accumulated a host of links to informative, external physiology Web sites and conveniently categorized them into major sub categories for easy reference.

New iWorx 2006 Catalog

iWorx 2006 Physiologist's Toolbook is now available in print and on a new interactive CD. The catalog contains full descriptions and photographs of iWorx full line of integrated physiology teaching kits, Web tools, and courseware, as well as the complete range of advanced systems and components for physiology research.

The new interactive CD version provides links to iWorx ecommerce Web site for easy ordering in North America.

Request your copy today!

Clearance Items

iWorx has a large supply of new and trade-in items at up to 70% discount. Also check with us about trade in allowances for your older Powerlab or Biopac equipment. Customers in the U.S. and Canada can order directly online. See specials