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The Display and Manipulation of Temporal Information

Abstract Because medical data have complex temporal features, special techniques are required for storing, retrieving, and displaying clinical data from electronic databases. One significant problem caused by the temporal nature of medical data has been called the temporal granularity problem. The temporal granularity problem is said to occur when the set of facts relevant to a specific problem changes as the time scale changes. We argue that what is needed to deal with changes in the relevant time scale are temporal granularity heuristics. One heuristic that we have explored is that, for any level of problem abstraction, and for each type of data item in the record, there exists an optimal level of temporal abstraction. We describe an implemented database kernel and a graphical user interface that have features designed specifically to support this temporal granularity heuristic. The basis for our solution is the use of temporal abstraction and temporal decomposition to support changes in temporal granularity. This heuristic encodes the relevant behvior of each type of event at different levels of temporal granularity. In doing so, we can define a specific behavior for each type of data as the level of abstraction changes.
Syrische Tradition in armenischer Adaption. Die armenische Rezeption des Geschichtswerks von Michael Syrus und der antichalcedonische Judenbrief an Kaiser Markianos

L'A. se penche sur la traduction et la reception de la litterature syrienne par les Armeniens, en prenant les exemples de l'oeuvre historique de Michael le Syrien, traduite au XIIIeme siecle, et de la Lettre des Juifs a l'empereur Markianos, ce dernier texte etant une fiction monophysite denoncant les chalcedoniens dont le sens a ete transforme lors de sa transposition en armenien. L'A. cherche la date de cette derniere traduction.
Towards a Structured Analysis of Quantitative Descriptors from Segmented Biological Image Data

Topological and morphological descriptions of (sub-)cellular structures play a central role in the understanding of biological processes. Deriving such descriptions from image data, however, is a challenging task that has so far only been addressed for individual objects at a coarse resolution with small numbers of samples. For larger samples, the structured analysis is highly challenging as little a priori knowledge exists. In this paper, we address the design of a generic parameter space for segmented objects that forms the basis for subsequent structural analysis. We detail theoretical considerations, discuss the proposed model using examples from electron microscopy, and summarize lessons learned for subsequent implementation and analysis.
A Phenomenological Model for the Momentumless Turbulent Wake in a Stratified Medium

Abstract : The growth and collapse of the turbulent wake behind a submarine in a stratified ocean is studied analytically using simple phenomenological models. The present analysis closely follows a previous integral approach based on the concept of local similarity and turbulent entrainment. A nonuniform entrainment rate, obtained by considering the three turbulent velocity components separately, marks the main difference to the previous approach. The present analysis is limited to a wake without swirl and does not include the energy leakage through the internal wave field.
ATM; The New Paradigm for Internet, Intranet and Residential Broadband Services and Applications

Foreword. Preface. Outline of This Book. Acknowledgments. I. Multimedia Applications Requirements. 1. Multimedia Applications and ATM. Interactive Multimedia Applications. An Ideal Communications Network. Summary and Outline of This Part. References. 2. Network Architectures: The Telephone Network, the Internet and Intranets. Introduction. Networking Architectures. Limitations of Today's Network Infrastructures. Summary. References. 3. An Application Classification. Introduction. Communications Applications. A Classification of Applications. Summary. References. 4. Application Traffic Requirements. Introduction. Traffic Generation Patterns. Bandwidth Requirements. Summary. References. 5. Application QoS Requirements. Introduction. Delay Requirements. Error Requirements. Summary. References. II. FUNDAMENTALS OF ATM. 6. Principles of ATM. Introduction. Principles of ATM. Advantages of ATM. Summary. References. 7. Overview of ATM. Introduction. Basic Elements of an ATM Network. Standard ATM Interfaces. ATM Layered Model. Basic ATM Network Operations. Call Negotiation and Renegotiation. VC Number and Translation. Virtual Channel and Virtual Channel Connection. Virtual Path Connection. VCC and VPC Usage. Summary. References. 8. The Protocol Reference Model of ATM, 143 Introduction. Layered Architecture. The Hourglass Model. Multi-Plane Model. B-ISDN PRM and ISO OSI Reference Model. Summary. References. 9. ATM Adaptation Layer. Introduction. End-to-end ATM Protocol Model. AAL Functions. AAL Service Classes and AAL Types. AAL Types. Summary. References. 10. ATM Access (UNI) Signaling. Introduction. ATM Signaling Concepts. ATM Connection Types. ATM UNI Signaling Protocol. Summary. References. 11. Traffic Management and ATM Service Categories. Introduction. Traffic Management. Traffic Contract. ATM Service Categories. ABR Service. Summary. References. Part III. RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND NETWORKS: ATM-TO-THE-HOME. 12. Residential Broadband Service and Network Architectures. Introduction. Legacy Residential Networks and Internet Access. Residential Broadband Service Requirements. Residential Broadband Service Architecture. Summary. References. 13. ATM Over xDSL Network Architecture. Introduction. Subscriber Loop Architecture. xDSL Technologies. ADSL-based Broadband Service Architecture. ADSL-based ATM-to-the-Home Architecture. Summary. References. 14. Hybrid Fiber/Coax Network Architecture. Introduction. Legacy Cable Network Architecture. The Hybrid Fiber Coax Network Architecture. ATM-to-the-Home over HFC Network. Summary. References.
Low-destortion switched-capacitor filter design techniques

The distortion mechanism in switched-capacitor (SC) filters are considered, and closed-form expression relating switched-capacitors filter distortion to circuit parameters are derived. Design techniques for low-distortion applications are discussed and are applied to a sixth-order experimental filter. The filter design uses a fully differential class A/B op amp with a continuous-time common-mode feedback circuit. Distortion measurements show that for 82-dB dynamic range (relative to noise floor) the total harmonic distortion of 0.02% within the whole 4-kHz bandwidth and 0.07% within 20-kHz bandwidth.
The Clinical, Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes of InpatientRehabilitation: A Systematic Review

Objective: To systematically review the clinical, functional and economic benefits of Inpatient Rehabilitation for the most common disorders of the nervous system: stroke, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. Methodology: PubMed, Embase, Scopus, CEA Registry, and NHS EED databases were searched using combinations of three sets of key words that included various terms for rehabilitation, benefits, and treatments. The outcomes considered included measures of independence in activities of daily living (ADL), motor function, disability, handicap, gait velocity, quality of life, and economics. Following the initial literature search, the abstracts and full texts of the identified studies were reviewed and assessed for inclusion by two independent researchers based on pre-determined criteria. The data of selected studies were extracted into a data extraction form and consequently were synthesized. Results: Forty-six articles met the inclusion criteria. Particularly, 21 studies evaluated inpatient rehabilitation subsequently to stroke, 15 studies evaluated inpatient rehabilitation after SCI, and seven studies evaluated inpatient rehabilitation of MS patients. The remaining three studies referred to mixed patient population. The majority of studies indicated that inpatient rehabilitation can provide clinical and functional benefits for all patient groups under consideration. Moreover, economic evaluations indicate that rehabilitation may be cost saving or cost-effective in certain patient groups such as those with fractures and stroke. Conclusion: The results of the present review demonstrate that existing studies in the literature indicate that inpatient rehabilitation may deliver significant health and economic benefits for patients suffering from stroke, spinal cord injury, or multiple sclerosis and for health systems. Further research is needed to improve the consistency and robustness of the available evidence.
Designing a clinical audit tool to measure processes of pregnancy care

Correspondence: SV Sinni Department of Obstetrics and gynaecology, Monash University and Southern health, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia email suzanne.sinni@monash.edu Abstract: This paper reports the development of a clinical audit tool as part of a larger project to evaluate a new maternity service, underpinned by a patient safety framework. Aim: The aim of this work is to describe the development of a clinical audit tool that measures the process of pregnancy care, and its application. Background: There are many reports about outcomes of healthcare provision, however there are limited studies examining the process of care. There is also limited evidence linking clinical audit with improvements in care delivery. Pregnancy care was chosen because there are well defined and agreed clinical standards against which to measure the delivery of pregnancy care. A clinical audit using these standards addresses both gaps in the literature. Methods: Standard methodological processes were used to develop the audit tool. Literature informed the processes. Data were collected in 2009–2010 using the tool described in the paper. Reliability testing was completed in September 2011. Results: An audit tool to measure pregnancy care was developed and applied to 354 health records to enable analysis of adherence to organizational expectations of care. Reliability testing of the tool achieved an overall kappa of 0.896. Conclusion: Developing an audit tool based on processes described in the literature is labor intensive and resource dependent, however it results in a robust, reliable, valid tool that can be used in diverse maternity services. Stakeholder participation from the outset ensures ongoing engagement for the duration of a clinically based project spanning several years.
Identifying key contributions to information science

Several alternative aproaches were examined to determine how one might identify the key contributions to “information science. ” The advice of experts provides some assistance, provided one is prepared to cope with their differing value systems. Reliance on current textbooks can also be helpful, provided it is recognized that they show very considerable variation in point of view, subject coverage and — apparently — in the selection of references. For example, of 911 distinct references contained in the six current texts that were analyzed, only 14% of them appeared in more than one of the books. The unclear selective patterns in current bibliographies in the information science field also presented problems. The present attempt to identify key contributions suggests that we are far from common agreement on the conceptual, methodological, or practical contributions to the information science field.
Transform Coding Based on Source Filter Model in the MDCT Domain

State‐of‐the‐art voice codecs have been developed to extend the input bandwidth to enhance quality while maintaining interoperability with a legacy codec. Most of them employ a modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) for coding their extended band. We propose a source filter model‐based coding algorithm of MDCT spectral coefficients, apply it to the ITU‐T G.711. 1 super wideband (SWB) extension codec, and subjectively test it to validate the model. A subjective test shows a better quality over the standardized SWB codec.
Intelligent Traffic Light Controller Using IR Sensors for Vehicle Detection

: The aim of project is to reduce the problem of traffic congestion which is becoming a very severe problem now a days. The present traffic light system consist of a per defined Hardware which has a fixed time for green light and red light . To optimize this problem made a framework for an intelligent traffic control system. Generally the conventional traffic light system is not depends upon the density of the traffic. So the purpose of a scheme in which the time period of green light and red light is assigned on the basis of the density of the traffic present at that time. This can be done by using IR sensors. Once the density is calculated, the glowing time of green light is assigned by the help of the microcontroller. The sensors which are present on either sides of the road detect the presence of the vehicles and sends the information to the microcontroller. On the basis of those information, micro-controller will decide the glowing time of green light and red light. It means that the timing of the traffic lights is set according to the density of the vehicles. This is going to be very helpful to minimize the traffic congestion and it has a scope in future.
Integra for penile coverage after traumatic degloving – case report

Penile soft tissue defects can be caused by tumor excision, trauma, burns, Fournier’s gangrene and self-mutilation. Reconstruction of such defects has been achieved through various methods (local or regional flaps, full-thickness or split-thickness skin grafts, skin substitutes). Although no consensus has been reached, it seems that split thickness skin grafts are the method of choice. Penis resurfacing is a delicate procedure, especially in potent men, as it aims normal coverage, sensibility, aesthetic aspect and restoring erectile function with sexual satisfaction. We present a case of traumatic avulsion of the anterior perineum successfully treated using split thickness skin grafts for the testicles and Integra for the penis. The follow-up period was 5 years. Functional result was excellent, the penile skin regaining its elasticity, flexibility and pliability. No urinary problems or erectile dysfunctions were noted. Due to its advantages (skin elasticity, limited hypertrophic scar formation and inhibited myofibroblasts contraction) Integra might be the optimal penile coverage solution.
SATELLITE IMAGERY ASSISTED ROAD-BASED VISUAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Abstract. There is a growing demand for unmanned aerial systems as autonomous surveillance, exploration and remote sensing solutions. Among the key concerns for robust operation of these systems is the need to reliably navigate the environment without reliance on global navigation satellite system (GNSS). This is of particular concern in Defence circles, but is also a major safety issue for commercial operations. In these circumstances, the aircraft needs to navigate relying only on information from on-board passive sensors such as digital cameras. An autonomous feature-based visual system presented in this work offers a novel integral approach to the modelling and registration of visual features that responds to the specific needs of the navigation system. It detects visual features from Google Earth* build a feature database. The same algorithm then detects features in an on-board cameras video stream. On one level this serves to localise the vehicle relative to the environment using Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM). On a second level it correlates them with the database to localise the vehicle with respect to the inertial frame. The performance of the presented visual navigation system was compared using the satellite imagery from different years. Based on comparison results, an analysis of the effects of seasonal, structural and qualitative changes of the imagery source on the performance of the navigation algorithm is presented. * The algorithm is independent of the source of satellite imagery and another provider can be used
Magnetic materials in design and construction of electrical motors

Electromechanical steels, currently used in the manufacture of electrical machines possess high induction of magnetic saturation (Bs/spl sim/2T), low coercive force (Hc<100 A/m), and they are characterised by low total losses P (1,5/50)=1-3 W/kg. The soft magnetic composite materials are characterised by their high losses (7-10 W/kg), due to the vortex flow, stimulated by the absence of interfaces between the magnetic circuit components. In the case of polymeric bound materials, the losses due to mixing are of the order 5-8 W/kg. To gain maximum benefit from the manufacturing of small electrical machines by using soft magnetic material, it is important to choose the suitable material for every application. Excellent high frequency performance, a similar average performance for several types of electrical machines, and an important cut in the manufacturing expense (material loss, simple technology) are the main characteristics for a soft magnetic material core made electrical motor. The paper presents the comparison between two single-phase motors, with a magnetic core manufactured with laminated steels, and soft magnetic composite materials respectively. The geometrical dimensions are identical.
Aging effects on neuromuscular activity in karate practitioners

Aging leads to a general decline in body functions that affects quality of life. Sports practice is recommended as a means to attenuate the impact of the aging process. The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the neuromuscular activity and its patterns on active karate practitioners and assess the effects of the aging process. Two groups of black belt male karate practitioners, one with nine practitioners over 50 years old and the other with 21 practitioners aged between 20-30 years old performed the frontal kick mae-geri. Kinematic and electromyographic data of five muscles were collected from the right leg. Results showed two distinct periods of muscular activation in the mae-geri performance, with similar muscles activity patterns between groups. Nevertheless, some differences were found in the muscles’ activity onset and offset, in root mean square and in inter-muscle delay and co-contraction periods. Those differences indicated that aging affects the neuromuscular activity in the mae-geri performance of the oldest karate practitioners. Nevertheless, the results showed that lifelong practice of karate can preserve the quality of the neuromuscular activity in older practitioners when they perform a kick, and this could be associated with benefits to balance control.
Object-Oriented Programming in Explicit Mathematics: Towards the Mathematics of Objects

Epilogue 115 Bibliography 119 Index 129 Prologue Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Edgar W. Dijkstra Few persons care to study logic, because everybody conceives himself to be proficient enough in the art of reasoning already. Charles S. Pierce This thesis deals with the mathematical meaning of object-oriented programming languages. We study denotational semantics for type systems with overloading and late-binding; and based on these investigations, we present a recursion-theoretic interpretation of Featherweight Java. The main tool for our research are systems of explicit mathematics with their recursion-theoretic and set-theoretic models. A lot of theoretical work has been carried out in order to gain a better insight into the concepts of object-oriented languages, see for instance the collection of papers edited by Gunter and Mitchell [50]. Over the past few years, many different object models have been proposed, such as the recursive record encoding (Cook, Hill and Canning [26] as well as Kamin and Reddy [69]), the existential encoding (Pierce and Turner [78]), the matching-based encoding (Bruce [11]) and several calculi which take " object " as a primitive notion (Abadi and Cardelli [1]). All these object models are based on Cardelli's [16] " objects as records " analogy according to which an object is modeled by a record encapsulating the methods which are defined for that object. Our work is concerned with another approach to objects, taking overloading and late-binding as basic rather than encapsulation. Theoretically speaking, overloading denotes the possibility that several functions f i with respective types S i → T i may be combined to a new overloaded function f of type {S i → T i } i∈I. We then say f i is a branch of f. If an overloaded function f is applied to an argument x, then the type of the argument selects a branch f i , and the result of f (x) is f i (x), i.e. the chosen 1 2 Prologue branch is applied to x. If the type at compile time selects the branch, then we speak of early-binding. If the selection of the branch is based on the run-time type, i.e. the type of the fully evaluated argument, then we call this discipline late-binding. Postponing the resolution of overloaded functions to run-time would not have any effect if types cannot change during the computation. Therefore, we need the concept of subtyping …
Internet Traffic Forecasting using Boosting LSTM Method

As Internet traffic is a kind of time series, the algorithms which are suitable for time series forecasting are also appropriate for Internet traffic. We study approaches for time series prediction firstly and then apply the algorithms to Internet traffic prediction in this paper. We present an ensemble method based on Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Network method for time series prediction with the aim of increasing the prediction accuracy of Internet traffic. We use AdaBoost algorithm to boost LSTM method because AdaBoost algorithm is the most widely used boosting algorithm. However, original AdaBoost algorithm is not suitable for prediction, in view of this fact, we use modified AdaBoost algorithm to be combined with LSTM in this paper. We use two data sets to experiment, and the results show that AdaBoost-LSTM algorithm is more accurate than single LSTM algorithm and even better than ARIMA in some situations. At last, we apply AdaBoost-LSTM algorithm to forecast the Internet traffic.
Distributed Track Reporting in a Heterogeneous Fusion Network

An improved method is presented for determining track responsibilities in a distributed and heterogeneous network based on the concept of joint intentions. This method reduces both the undesired redundancy transmitted between network participants and the overall tracking burden of the network while maintaining group situation awareness. The new method offers improvements even in heterogeneous networks where only a portion of the participants are implementing these algorithms and is robust to changes in data reporting such as the loss of participants or track transition to adjacent participant coverage areas.
Shadow Elimination in Traffic Video Segmentation

Shadow detection is critical for robust and reliable vision-based systems for traffic vision analysis. Shadow points are often misclassified as object points causing errors in localization, segmentation, tracking and classification of moving vehicles. This paper proposes a novel shadow elimination method SEBG for resolving shadow occlusion problems of vehicle analysis. Different from some traditional method which only consider intensity properties, this method introduces gradient feature to eliminate shadows. In this approach, moving foregrounds are first segmented from background by using a background subtraction technique. For all moving pixels, the approach SEBG using gradient feature to detect shadow pixels is presented in detail. This method is based on the observation that shadow regions present same textural characteristics in each frame of the video as in the corresponding adaptive background model. Gradient feature is robust to illumination changes. The method also needs no predefined parameters, which can well adapt to other video scene. Results validate the algorithm’s good performance on traffic video.