Estimation of Time of Fetal Death in the Second Trimester by Placental Histopathological Examination

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Jacques ◽  
Faisal Qureshi ◽  
Anthony Johnson ◽  
Aziz A. Alkatib ◽  
David C. Kmak
Keyword(s):  
Fetal Death ◽  
Histopathological Examination ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Time Of Death ◽  
Second Trimester ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Group I ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Umbilical Cords

It has been suggested that certain placental histopathological changes may be useful in predicting the time of death in stillborn fetuses. We retrospectively evaluated 36 placentas from therapeutic terminations in which the time interval between fetal death and delivery was relatively short and well-documented to determine the earliest stillbirth-associated changes and the utility of placental examination in timing death in the second trimester. In each case, termination had been initiated by creating fetal asystole with intracardiac KCl injections. The gestational age ranged from 18–23 wk. The time from asystole to placental delivery range was 2.8–52.0 h. Placental groups were categorized by time intervals from asystole to delivery: I,<12h[ n = 4(11%)]; II, 12–24 h [ n = 15 (42%)]; III, 24–36 h [ n = 14 (39%)]; IV, > 36 h [ n = 3 (8%)]. Among eight histopathologic changes involving the umbilical cord or chorionic villi evaluated, only three were present in a significant number of cases and also appeared to be the result of stillbirth. Degeneration of cord vascular smooth muscle was present in 33% of umbilical cords in group I, but was seen in 100% of cords in groups II–IV; the extent of these changes increased significantly with increasing time intervals. Intravascular karyorrhexis was present in villous blood vessels in 75, 73, 64, and 100%, respectively, for groups I–IV. Villous blood vessel luminal abnormalities were seen in 25, 7, 21, and 67%, respectively, for groups I–IV. These findings indicate that these are the earliest morphological changes in stillbirth in second trimester placentas, but they cannot be used to accurately predict time of death in the relatively short time intervals evaluated in this study.

scholarly journals Neural Network Approach for Global Solar Irradiance Prediction at Extremely Short-Time-Intervals Using Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1213
Author(s):  
Ahmed Aljanad ◽  
Nadia M. L. Tan ◽  
Vassilios G. Agelidis ◽  
Hussain Shareef
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Particle Swarm Optimization ◽  
Solar Irradiance ◽  
Particle Swarm ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Backpropagation Neural Networks ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Short Time

Hourly global solar irradiance (GSR) data are required for sizing, planning, and modeling of solar photovoltaic farms. However, operating and controlling such farms exposed to varying environmental conditions, such as fast passing clouds, necessitates GSR data to be available for very short time intervals. Classical backpropagation neural networks do not perform satisfactorily when predicting parameters within short intervals. This paper proposes a hybrid backpropagation neural networks based on particle swarm optimization. The particle swarm algorithm is used as an optimization algorithm within the backpropagation neural networks to optimize the number of hidden layers and neurons used and its learning rate. The proposed model can be used as a reliable model in predicting changes in the solar irradiance during short time interval in tropical regions such as Malaysia and other regions. Actual global solar irradiance data of 5-s and 1-min intervals, recorded by weather stations, are applied to train and test the proposed algorithm. Moreover, to ensure the adaptability and robustness of the proposed technique, two different cases are evaluated using 1-day and 3-days profiles, for two different time intervals of 1-min and 5-s each. A set of statistical error indices have been introduced to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm. From the results obtained, the 3-days profile’s performance evaluation of the BPNN-PSO are 1.7078 of RMSE, 0.7537 of MAE, 0.0292 of MSE, and 31.4348 of MAPE (%), at 5-s time interval, where the obtained results of 1-min interval are 0.6566 of RMSE, 0.2754 of MAE, 0.0043 of MSE, and 1.4732 of MAPE (%). The results revealed that proposed model outperformed the standalone backpropagation neural networks method in predicting global solar irradiance values for extremely short-time intervals. In addition to that, the proposed model exhibited high level of predictability compared to other existing models.

scholarly journals Optimal Perturbations of an Oceanic Vortex Lens

Fluids ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Meunier ◽  
Claire Ménesguen ◽  
Xavier Carton ◽  
Sylvie Le Gentil ◽  
Richard Schopp
Keyword(s):  
Normal Mode ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Horizontal Structure ◽  
Azimuthal Wave ◽  
Wave Numbers ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Short Time

The stability properties of a vortex lens are studied in the quasi geostrophic (QG) framework using the generalized stability theory. Optimal perturbations are obtained using a tangent linear QG model and its adjoint. Their fine-scale spatial structures are studied in details. Growth rates of optimal perturbations are shown to be extremely sensitive to the time interval of optimization: The most unstable perturbations are found for time intervals of about 3 days, while the growth rates continuously decrease towards the most unstable normal mode, which is reached after about 170 days. The horizontal structure of the optimal perturbations consists of an intense counter-shear spiralling. It is also extremely sensitive to time interval: for short time intervals, the optimal perturbations are made of a broad spectrum of high azimuthal wave numbers. As the time interval increases, only low azimuthal wave numbers are found. The vertical structures of optimal perturbations exhibit strong layering associated with high vertical wave numbers whatever the time interval. However, the latter parameter plays an important role in the width of the vertical spectrum of the perturbation: short time interval perturbations have a narrow vertical spectrum while long time interval perturbations show a broad range of vertical scales. Optimal perturbations were set as initial perturbations of the vortex lens in a fully non linear QG model. It appears that for short time intervals, the perturbations decay after an initial transient growth, while for longer time intervals, the optimal perturbation keeps on growing, quickly leading to a non-linear regime or exciting lower azimuthal modes, consistent with normal mode instability. Very long time intervals simply behave like the most unstable normal mode. The possible impact of optimal perturbations on layering is also discussed.

Active Optimum Control of Orthotropic Plates Using Piezoelectric Stiffeners

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Birman ◽  
Sarp Adali
Keyword(s):  
Time Interval ◽  
Short Time Interval ◽  
Bending Moments ◽  
Optimum Control ◽  
Orthotropic Plates ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Control Forces ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Alternating Voltage ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Active control of orthotropic plates subjected to an impulse loading is considered. The dynamic response is minimized using in-plane forces or bending moments induced by piezoelectric stiffeners bonded to the opposite surfaces of the plate and placed symmetrically with respect to the middle plane. The control forces and moments are activated by a piece-wise constant alternating voltage with varying switch-over time intervals. The magnitude of voltage is bounded while the switch-over time intervals are constantly adjusted to achieve an optimum control. Numerical examples presented in the paper demonstrate the effectiveness of the method and the possibility of reducing the vibrations to very small amplitudes within a short time interval which is in the order of a second.

scholarly journals Design and interpretation of cell trajectory assays

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (88) ◽  
pp. 20130630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie G. Bowden ◽  
Matthew J. Simpson ◽  
Ruth E. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Short Time Interval ◽  
Trajectory Data ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Long Time ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Cell Trajectory ◽  
Short Time

Cell trajectory data are often reported in the experimental cell biology literature to distinguish between different types of cell migration. Unfortunately, there is no accepted protocol for designing or interpreting such experiments and this makes it difficult to quantitatively compare different published datasets and to understand how changes in experimental design influence our ability to interpret different experiments. Here, we use an individual-based mathematical model to simulate the key features of a cell trajectory experiment. This shows that our ability to correctly interpret trajectory data is extremely sensitive to the geometry and timing of the experiment, the degree of motility bias and the number of experimental replicates. We show that cell trajectory experiments produce data that are most reliable when the experiment is performed in a quasi-one-dimensional geometry with a large number of identically prepared experiments conducted over a relatively short time-interval rather than a few trajectories recorded over particularly long time-intervals.

scholarly journals VARIABILITY OF ARTERIAL PRESSURE AT SHORT-TERM TIME INTERVALS

2019 ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
S. M. Zakharov
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Arterial Pressure ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Short Time

The time and spectral analysis of blood pressure signals (BP of systolic, diastolic, pulse) obtained in real time and reflecting the work of the heart at short time intervals is presented. As a time interval, a sequence of one hundred cardiac cycles was chosen. The main parameters of variability are determined. The proposed method of analysis is an analogue of heart rate variability (HRV), based on the study of RR cardiointervals. Spectral analysis of blood pressure signals shows differences in the degree of orderliness or disorder of individual frequencies or the spectrum as a whole. The presented methodology will allow to reveal further features for use in the diagnosis of various pathologies.

Geomagnetic secular variation from 14 C-dated lava flows on Hawaii and the question of the Pacific non-dipole low

1982 ◽  
Vol 306 (1492) ◽  
pp. 211-222 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lava Flow ◽  
Secular Variation ◽  
Lava Flows ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Angular Dispersion ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Palaeomagnetic Data ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Geological Information ◽  
Short Time

New palaeomagnetic data from 106 14C-dated lava flows ranging in age from 200 to 31000 years b.p. yield an estimated angular dispersion value of 9.5°. These data and other new geological information permit a more precise estimate of the time interval recorded by lava flow sequences previously used to measure palaeosecular variation in Hawaii. When weighted according to revised estimates of recording interval, the combined Brunhes lava sequences yield an angular dispersion of 11.21));j) degrees, still lower than that predicted by global models of the secular variation. Several of the lava flow sequences previously thought to have recorded quiet intervals of geomagnetic behaviour actually record only very short time intervals.

scholarly journals Corrosion and Inhibition Effects of Mild Steel in Hydrochloric Acid Solutions Containing Organophosphonic Acid

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish Gupta ◽  
Jyotsna Mishra ◽  
K. S. Pitre
Keyword(s):  
Corrosion Rate ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Electrochemical Techniques ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Voltammetric Method ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Long Time ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Short Time

A study has been made on the mechanism of corrosion of mild steel and the effect of nitrilo trimethylene phosphonic (NTMP) acid as a corrosion inhibitor in acidic medium, that is, 10% HC1 using the weight loss method and electrochemical techniques, that is, potentiodynamic and galvanostatic polarization measurements. Although corrosion is a long-time process, but it takes place at a faster rate in the beginning which goes on decreasing with due course of time. The above-mentioned methods of corrosion rate determination furnish an average value for a long-time interval. Looking at the versatility and minimum detection limit of the voltammetric method, the authors have developed a new voltammetric method for the determination of corrosion rate at short-time intervals. The results of corrosion of mild steel in 10% HC1 solution with and without NTMP inhibitor at short-time intervals have been reported. The corrosion inhibition efficiency of NTMP is 93% after 24 h.

Time Estimation and Juvenile Delinquency

1994 ◽  
Vol 79 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1559-1565 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Carrillo-De-La-Peña ◽  
M. A. Luengo
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Time Perception ◽  
Time Estimation ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Delinquent Activity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Relationship

Certain empirical evidence suggests that subjects prone to delinquent activity may have faster internal clocks than others. To investigate the relationship between antisocial behavior and time perception and its dependence on the experimental time interval and method and on whether the subject is institutionalized we obtained verbal and production estimates of 5-, 15-, 30-, and 60-sec. intervals from 249 adolescents (156 school attenders and 93 institutionalized subjects) classified into 3 groups according to the intensity of their antisocial activity. Results provide no support for the hypothesis that overestimation of short time intervals is associated with either juvenile delinquency or institutionalization.

scholarly journals A Study on Imbibition and Syneresis in Four Commercially Available Irreversible Hydrocolloid (Alginate) Impression Materials

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Sanjeev Mittal ◽  
Sanjay Bansal ◽  
Shushant Garg ◽  
Gagandeep Kansal
Keyword(s):  
Measured Quantity ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Impression Materials ◽  
Group I ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Irreversible Hydrocolloid ◽  
Insignificant Difference ◽  
The One ◽  
Post Hoc

ABSTRACT Purpose To evaluate imbibition and syneresis in four commercially available irreversible hydrocolloid (alginate) impression materials at different time intervals (10, 20 and 30 minutes). Materials and methods Eighty samples of four commercially available irreversible hydrocolloid (alginate) impression materials Algitex (DPI, Mumbai), Plastalgin (Septodont, Cedex, France), Zelgan 2002 (Dentsply), Finndent (Pyrex Polykem) were made. Twenty samples each of four irreversible hydrocolloid (alginate) impression materials were grouped into four groups (I, II, III and IV). Measured quantity of alginate powder and liquid was used to make samples. The samples were evaluated for imbibition and syneresis at different time intervals (i.e.10, 20, and 30 minutes) by weighing on electronic analytic balance. The data were analyzed using the one-way ANOVA, post hoc test and t-test. Results The statistical data revealed that imbibition within four groups of irreversible hydrocolloid (alginate) impression materials were not significant. Regarding syneresis there was insignificant difference between the four groups but within the group itself they showed significant difference between them depending upon the time interval. It was observed that Group I showed significant difference in syneresis at time interval of 10 to 20 minutes. Group II showed significant difference in syneresis at time interval of 10 to 30 minutes. Conclusion This study demonstrated that four groups of irreversible hydrocolloid (alginate) impression materials showed different rates of imbibition and syneresis at time interval of 10, 20 and 30 minutes depending upon molecular weight, calcium concentration and environmental conditions. How to cite this article Garg S, Mittal S, Bansal S, Kansal G. A Study on Imbibition and Syneresis in Four Commercially Available Irreversible Hydrocolloid (Alginate) Impression Materials. Int J Prosthodont Restor Dent 2012;2(1):1-4.

Evaluation of time memory in acutely depressed patients, manic patients, and healthy controls using a time reproduction task

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 430-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Mahlberg ◽  
Thorsten Kienast ◽  
Tom Bschor ◽  
Mazda Adli
Keyword(s):  
Internal Clock ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Short Time Interval ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Reproduction Task ◽  
Time Reproduction ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Manic Patients

AbstractPatients with affective disorders have often been reported to experience subjective changes in how they perceive the flow of time. Time reproduction tasks provide information about the memory component of time perception and are thought to remain unaffected by pulse rate disturbances in the pacemaker of the internal clock.In our study, 30 patients with acute depression, 30 patients with acute mania, and 30 healthy subjects of all age groups were presented with a time reproduction task. Participants were asked to observe a stimulus presented on a computer screen for a certain length of time and, subsequently, to reproduce the stimulus for a similar length of time by pressing the space bar on the computer keyboard. Stimuli were presented to each subject for 1, 6, and 37 s.On average, the time intervals reproduced by manic patients were shorter than those reproduced by depressed patients. Manic patients reproduced the short time interval (6 s) correctly, but under-reproduced the long time interval (37 s, P < 0.001). Depressed patients correctly reproduced the long time interval, but over-reproduced the short time interval (P < 0.001).Remembering time intervals as having been longer than they actually were may lead to a slowed experience of time, as has been described in depressed patients; precisely the converse seems to apply to manic patients.

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