Switching performance of an optical label switch using optical digital-to-analog conversion-based header processor with self-gate-pulse-generator and power equalizer

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Uenohara
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Generator ◽  
Switching Performance ◽  
Gate Pulse ◽  
Digital To Analog

You Can't Always Get What You Want: The Influence of Expectations on Voluntary Task Switching Performance

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Starla M. Weaver ◽  
Glenn R. Wylie ◽  
Marina Shpaner ◽  
John J. Foxe
Keyword(s):  
Task Switching ◽  
Voluntary Task Switching ◽  
Switching Performance

Increasing the information capacity of a fiber-optic multi-sensor converter of binary mechanical signals into electrical signals

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
V. M. Grechishnikov ◽  
E. G. Komarov
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Information Capacity ◽  
Parallel Structure ◽  
Optical Scheme ◽  
Digital To Analog Converter ◽  
Electrical Signals ◽  
Mechanical Signals ◽  
Analog Converter ◽  
Output Code ◽  
Digital To Analog

The design and operation principle of a multi-sensor Converter of binary mechanical signals into electrical signals based on a partitioned fiber-optic digital-to-analog Converter with a parallel structure is considered. The digital-to-analog Converter is made from a set of simple and technological (three to five digit) fiber-optic digital-to-analog sections. The advantages of the optical scheme of the proposed. Converter in terms of metrological and energy characteristics in comparison with single multi-bit converters are justified. It is shown that by increasing the number of digital-analog sections, it is possible to repeatedly increase the information capacity of a multi-sensor Converter without tightening the requirements for its manufacturing technology and element base. A mathematical model of the proposed Converter is developed that reflects the features of its operation in the mode of sequential time conversion of the input code vectors of individual fiber-optic sections into electrical analogues and the formation of the resulting output code vector.

Implanted vagus nerve stimulation in 126 patients: surgical technique and complications

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (7) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Vocal Cord ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Pulse Generator ◽  
Operative Procedure ◽  
Intractable Epilepsy ◽  
Vagal Nerve ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Nerve Stimulator

Introduction: Vagus nerve stimulation is a palliative treatment for patients with refractory epilepsy to reduce the frequency and intensity of seizures. A bipolar helical electrode is placed around the left vagus nerve at the cervical level and is connected to the pulse generator placed in a subcutaneous pocket, most commonly in the subclavian region. Methods: Between March 1998 and October 2019, we performed 196 procedures related to the vagal nerve stimulation at the Neurosurgery Department in Motol University Hospital. Of these, 126 patients were vagal nerve stimulator implantation surgeries for intractable epilepsy. The cases included 69 female and 57 male patients with mean age at the time of the implantation surgery 22±12.4 years (range 2.1−58.4 years). Results: Nine patients (7.1%) were afflicted by complications related to implantation. Surgical complications included postoperative infection in 1.6%, VNS-associated arrhythmias in 1.6%, jugular vein bleeding in 0.8% and vocal cord paresis in 2.4%. One patient with vocal cord palsy also suffered from severe dysphagia. One patient (0.8%) did not tolerate extra stimulation with magnet due to a prolonged spasm in his throat. The extra added benefit of vagus stimulation in one patient was a significant reduction of previously regular severe headaches. Conclusion: Vagus nerve stimulation is an appropriate treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who are not candidates for focal resective surgery. Implantation of the vagus nerve stimulator is a relatively safe operative procedure.

Androgenic and oestrogenic steroid participation in feedback control of luteinizing hormone secretion in male sheep

1983 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. D'Occhio ◽  
B. D. Schanbacher ◽  
J. E. Kinder
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Pulse Generator ◽  
Hormone Secretion ◽  
Pulse Interval ◽  
Serum Concentrations ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Secretion ◽  
Lh Release ◽  
Lh Secretion ◽  
Additional Feedback ◽  
Male Sheep

Abstract. The acute castrate ram (wether) was used as an experimental model to investigate the site(s) of feedback on luteinizing hormone (LH) by testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and oestradiol. At the time of castration, wethers were implanted subdermally with Silastic capsules containing either crystalline testosterone (three 30 cm capsules), dihydrotestosterone (five 30 cm capsules) or oestradiol (one 6.5 cm capsule). Blood samples were taken at 10 min intervals for 6 h 2 weeks after implantation to determine serum steroid concentrations and to characterize the patterns of LH secretion. Pituitary LH response to exogenous LRH (5 ng/kg body weight) were also determined at the same time. The steroid implants produced serum concentrations of the respective hormones which were either one-third (testosterone) or two-to-four times (dihydrotestosterone, oestradiol) the levels measured in rams at the time of castration. Non-implanted wethers showed rhythmic pulses of LH (pulse interval 40–60 min) and had elevated LH levels (16.1 ± 1.6 ng/ml; mean ± se) 2 weeks after castration. All three steroids suppressed pulsatile LH release and reduced mean LH levels (to below 3 ng/ml) and pituitary LH responses to LRH. Inhibition of pulsatile LH secretion by all three steroids indicated that testosterone as well as its androgenic and oestrogenic metabolites can inhibit the LRH pulse generator in the hypothalamus. Additional feedback on the pituitary was indicated by the dampened LH responses to exogenous LRH.

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