scholarly journals DYNAMIC SIGNALS FILTRATION IN HIGH LEVEL NOISE CONDITION

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matsvei Hvozdzeu ◽  
Maksim Karpovich
Keyword(s):  
Approximation Method ◽  
Harmonic Signal ◽  
Local Approximation ◽  
Experimental Setup ◽  
Approximation Methods ◽  
Noise Condition ◽  
Bulk Solids ◽  
Harmonic Signals ◽  
High Level ◽  
To Receive

To examine the opportunity of measuring bulk solids consumption the experimental setup was developed. The main problem was the presence of a non-harmonic signal at the output. Almost always there are some difficulties to build measuring circuits using non-harmonic signals. It is necessary to use one of the approximation methods to receive a wanted signal without noise. For this purpose, the local approximation method was chosen. The developed technique confirmed its positive aspects and allowed to solve the questions that were posed before the experimental setup.

scholarly journals Clinical presentation of strokes confined to the insula: a systematic review of literature

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Di Stefano ◽  
Maria Vittoria De Angelis ◽  
Chiara Montemitro ◽  
Mirella Russo ◽  
Claudia Carrarini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Insular Cortex ◽  
Affective Processing ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Insula Cortex ◽  
Atypical Presentations ◽  
High Level ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Insular Region

Abstract Background and purpose The insular cortex serves a wide variety of functions in humans, ranging from sensory and affective processing to high-level cognition. Hence, insular dysfunction may result in several different presentations. Ischemic strokes limited to the insular territory are rare and deserve a better characterization, to be quickly recognized and to receive the appropriate treatment (e.g. thrombolysis). Methods We reviewed studies on patients with a first-ever acute stroke restricted to the insula. We searched in the Medline database the keywords “insular stroke” and “insular infarction”, to identify previously published cases. Afterwards, the results were divided depending on the specific insular region affected by the stroke: anterior insular cortex (AIC), posterior insular cortex (PIC) or total insula cortex (TIC). Finally, a review of the clinical correlates associated with each region was performed. Results We identified 25 reports including a total of 49 patients (59.7 ± 15.5 years, 48% male) from systematic review of the literature. The most common clinical phenotypes were motor and somatosensory deficits, dysarthria, aphasia and a vestibular-like syndrome. Atypical presentations were also common and included dysphagia, awareness deficits, gustatory disturbances, dysautonomia, neuropsychiatric or auditory disturbances and headache. Conclusions The clinical presentation of insular strokes is heterogeneous; however, an insular stroke should be suspected when vestibular-like, somatosensory, speech or language disturbances are combined in the same patient. Further studies are needed to improve our understanding of more atypical presentations.

Residual stress determination in surface treated alumina samples applying beam limiting masks

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. S77-S81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorsten Manns ◽  
André Rothkirch ◽  
Berthold Scholtes
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Ccd Camera ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Real Space ◽  
Experimental Setup ◽  
Stress Determination ◽  
Small Gauge ◽  
Position Sensitive ◽  
To Receive

This paper deals with the implementation of a theoretically described method to determine residual stresses in real space directly by means of small gauge volumes. For this purpose, beam limiting masks were designed, manufactured, and investigated in first experiments. Image series taken with a position sensitive CCD camera demonstrate the ability to detect interferences from gauge volumes beneath the sample surface by defined slit geometries. The experiments show that due to the highly absorbing masks the amount of detectable photons is poor, and thus long exposure times are necessary to receive suitable data. For increasing measurement depths (altering masks) a decrease in the intensity can be detected which leads to the assumption that the diffracted photons originate from deeper regions in the material. A model was developed to simulate the diffraction conditions with different mask layouts and material properties. Modeling yields consistent results with experimental data, and thus provides a basis for further improvements of the experimental setup and the realization and assessment of residual stress measurements.

scholarly journals Strong convergence for nonexpansive mappings by viscosity approximation methods in Hadamard manifolds

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Mandeep Kumari ◽  
Renu Chugh
Keyword(s):  
Nonexpansive Mapping ◽  
Strong Convergence ◽  
Approximation Method ◽  
Nonexpansive Mappings ◽  
Approximation Methods ◽  
Hadamard Manifolds ◽  
Viscosity Approximation Method ◽  
Viscosity Approximation ◽  
Viscosity Approximation Methods

<p>In 2010, Victoria Martin Marquez studied a nonexpansive mapping in Hadamard manifolds using Viscosity approximation method. Our goal in this paper is to study the strong convergence of the Viscosity approximation method in Hadamard manifolds. Our results improve and extend the recent research in the framework of Hadamard manifolds.</p>

scholarly journals High Sucrose Levels and Abnormal Enzyme Activity as a Function of Nutritional Stress in Sugarcane

1969 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-333
Author(s):  
Alex G. Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Deficiency ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Nutritional Stress ◽  
Nutrient Supply ◽  
Oxidative Enzymes ◽  
Sand Culture ◽  
High Level ◽  
To Receive ◽  
High Sucrose ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus

Deficiencies of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and calcium were gradually induced in sugarcane grown by sand culture. There were three objectives: 1, To determine whether nutritional stress in general is a means of inducing higher sucrose production; 2, to determine whether sucrose increases can be triggered without reaching nutrient-deficiency levels which would reduce tonnage; and 3, to ascertain whether increased sucrose production can be traced to common behavior patterns of hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes. All plants received a moderately high level of all nutrients until 14 weeks of age. Thereafter, individual nutrients were gradually lowered at intervals of 2 weeks, while control plants continued to receive the original levels. All plants subjected to nutritional stress accumulated higher leaf sucrose than control plants, regardless of the nutrient withheld. In each instance sucrose increases were recorded before nutrient supply had reached deficiency proportions. General nutritional stress thus appears to trigger variations in sugar level, with nutritional imbalance rather than actual deficiency being a critical factor. All plants under nutritional stress revealed a concurrent suppression of amylase as sucrose increased. Peroxidase was greatly stimulated by all nutritional treatments. Phosphatase was suppressed by decreasing nitrate and phosphorus, but was generally unaffected by the potassium and calcium treatments. Several distinct mechanisms of increased sucrose formation are indicated by the enzyme data. Sensitivity of amylase to changing nutrient supply is discussed from the standpoint of a possible indicator of approaching deficiency.

The Politics of Global Health Agenda Setting

2018 ◽  
pp. 324-345
Author(s):  
Stephanie L. Smith ◽  
Jeremy Shiffman
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Trade Regimes ◽  
High Level ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Health Agenda

This chapter examines the politics of global health agenda setting, the process by which global health issues come to receive attention from actors that control or influence the allocation of financial, technical, human, and other kinds of resources. It suggests that the global health agenda is shaped by the capabilities of actors, including policy entrepreneurs, high-level champions, and networks; ideas, especially those surrounding problem definition, solutions, and causal stories; powerful interests, such as the economic and security concerns of wealthy countries and industries; and institutions, such as international law and trade regimes. Most studies of global health agenda setting are of a single case, and many are descriptive. To build the field, future research should supplement these studies with comparative, theoretically grounded inquiry.

Reality from Fantasy

2010 ◽  
pp. 291-310
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Balzac
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Short Time Period ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Level ◽  
Short Time ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Live Action ◽  
Conflicting Goals ◽  
Personal Stake

A major difficulty with teaching ethics is that it is relatively easy for participants to state the “right” thing to do when they have no personal stake in the outcome. One way of dealing with this problem is to teach ethics through engrossing, immersive, predictive scenario games in which players are forced to deal with ethical issues as they arise, where they have a personal stake in the outcome, and where there is not always a clear right answer. Predictive scenario games are a form of serious live-action roleplaying in which participants take on the roles of people involved in complex situations. In these games, knowledge of the game world is distributed among the players through overlapping and conflicting goals, and in which ethical dilemmas emerge naturally, without fanfare, much as they would in the real world. There is a high level of tension between cooperation and competition among the players. This structure creates the opportunity for players to experience the consequences of their own judgment in realistic, ethically fraught situations, to receive feedback, and to engage in constructive discussion, within a relatively short time period.

Efficient Second Harmonic Generation in Hydrazone, Derivatives of Substituted Aromatic Aldehydes

1989 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S. Potember ◽  
Robert C. Hoffman ◽  
Karen A. Stetyick
Keyword(s):  
Second Harmonic Generation ◽  
Harmonic Generation ◽  
Second Harmonic ◽  
Harmonic Signal ◽  
Aromatic Aldehydes ◽  
Dihydrogen Phosphate ◽  
Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate ◽  
Harmonic Signals ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Second Harmonic Signal

ABSTRACTHydrazone, 1,1-dimethylhydrazone, methylhydrazone, phenylhydrazone and p-nitrophenyl hydrazone derivatives of substituted aromatic aldehydes were prepared and screened for second harmonic generation using the Kurtz powder technique. One compound, 4-nitro-3-methoxybenzaldehyde hydrazone exhibited a second harmonic signal up to 32 times that of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP) and 4-nitrobenzaldehyde hydrazone exhibited a second harmonic signal five times higher than previously reported, up to 40 times that of ADP. 3-methyl-4-nitrobenzaldehyde hydrazone, 4-nitrobenzaldehyde phenylhydrazone, 1-naphthaldehyde phenylhydrazone, 1-pyrenecarboxaldehyde phenylhydrazone exhibited second harmonic signals 25, 2.5, 5 and 20 times that of an ADP standard.

scholarly journals A Novel MFDFA Algorithm and Its Application to Analysis of Harmonic Multifractal Features

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiming Li ◽  
Xinyan Ma ◽  
Meng Zhao ◽  
Xuezhen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Detrended Fluctuation Analysis ◽  
Harmonic Signal ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Fluctuation Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis ◽  
Fractal Characteristic ◽  
Harmonic Signals ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Detrended Fluctuation

A power grid harmonic signal is characterized as having both nonlinear and nonstationary features. A novel multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MFDFA) algorithm combined with the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) theory and template movement is proposed to overcome some shortcomings in the traditional MFDFA algorithm. The novel algorithm is used to study the multifractal feature of harmonic signals at different frequencies. Firstly, the signal is decomposed and the characteristics of wavelet transform multiresolution analysis are employed to obtain the components at different frequency bands. After this, the local fractal characteristic of the components is studied by utilizing the novel MFDFA algorithm. The experimental results show that the harmonic signals exhibit obvious multifractal characteristics and that the multifractal intensity is related to the signal frequency. Compared with the traditional MFDFA algorithm, the proposed method is more stable in curve fitting and can extract the multifractal features more accurately.

scholarly journals The examination of work-related musculoskeletal discomforts and risk factors in veterinarians

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mesut Ergan ◽  
Ferdi Başkurt ◽  
Zeliha Başkurt
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Large Animal ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Musculoskeletal Problems ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
High Level ◽  
Job Related Stress ◽  
To Receive

Abstract This study aimed to determine the frequency of work-related musculoskeletal discomforts (WMSDs) observed in veterinarians and the risk factors that may bring about these. Two hundred and seven veterinarians working in three provinces in south west Turkey were included in the study. The demographic and occupational information on the participants was recorded. The Modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was used to evaluate the musculoskeletal problems of different body parts, which cause difficulties at work and result in staying away from work. 49.8 % of veterinarians mostly have problems with lower back, 41.1 % with back, and 39.1 % with neck. The frequency of WMSDs tends to increase with the progress of professional experience. Three work-related activities during which veterinarians experience most difficulties while at work are obstetric procedures (28 %), vaccination (25.6 %), and driving (23.2 %). It is statistically significant that arm problems are observed more in veterinarians working with large animal types (p<0.05). The high level of job related stress and low job satisfaction statistically significantly affect the formation of WMSDs (p<0.05). The study showed that a large number of veterinarians experienced work-related musculoskeletal pain and discomforts that could be caused by some physical and psychosocial risk factors. Therefore, it is recommended for veterinarians to receive education on ergonomics and exercise from the beginning of their professional lives to prevent WMSDs.

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