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Journal articles on the topic "Duration and latency"
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Henao-Martínez, Andrés F., Sindhu Chadalawada, Wilmer E. Villamil-Gomez, Kristen DeSanto, Anis Rassi, and Carlos Franco-Paredes. "Duration and determinants of Chagas latency." JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports 17, no. 10 (2019): 2122–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.11124/jbisrir-d-18-00018.
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Gridley, Mark C., James L. Mack, and Grover C. Gilmore. "Age Effects on a Nonverbal Auditory Sustained Attention Task." Perceptual and Motor Skills 62, no. 3 (1986): 911–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1986.62.3.911.
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A nonverbal auditory test of sustained attention was administered to 20 young and 20 elderly women, screened to ensure good health. Groups were matched for intelligence. Older subjects performed as accurately as younger subjects. Neither group showed increases in response latency as a function of time spent on test. Older subjects took longer to respond than younger subjects, but only for a particular combination of stimulus duration and order of presenting stimulus durations. When subjects were presented long tones first, there was no difference in response latency associated with age or stimulus duration. When short tones were presented first, older subjects were slower than younger subjects in both duration conditions and in response to long tones were slower than all other subjects.
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Horstmann, Gernot. "Latency and duration of the action interruption in surprise." Cognition & Emotion 20, no. 2 (2006): 242–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699930500262878.
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Bachiocco, Valeria, Romano Bragaglia, and Giancarlo Carli. "Latency as predictor of postsurgical pain intensity and duration." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 7, no. 4 (1992): 190–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0885-3924(92)90073-q.
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Fremouw, Thane, Paul A. Faure, John H. Casseday, and Ellen Covey. "Duration Selectivity of Neurons in the Inferior Colliculus of the Big Brown Bat: Tolerance to Changes in Sound Level." Journal of Neurophysiology 94, no. 3 (2005): 1869–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00253.2005.
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At and above the level of the inferior colliculus (IC), some neurons respond maximally to a limited range of sound durations, with little or no excitatory response to durations outside of this range. Such neurons have been termed “duration tuned” or “duration selective.” In this study we examined the effects of varying signal amplitude on best duration, width of tuning, and first spike latency of duration tuned neurons in the IC of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Response areas as a function of stimulus duration and intensity took a variety of forms, including open (V-shaped), narrow and level tolerant (U-shaped), or closed (O-shaped). The majority (82%) of duration tuned neurons had narrow U-shaped or O-shaped duration response areas. Those with narrow U-shaped response areas retained their duration tuning across a broad dynamic range, ≤50 dB above threshold, whereas those with O-shaped response areas were narrowly tuned to both stimulus duration and amplitude. For about one-half (55%) of the neurons with either a U- or O-shaped response areas, best duration (BD) changed by <1 ms across the range of suprathreshold amplitudes tested. Changes in BD most often took the form of a shift to slightly shorter durations as stimulus level increased. For the majority (65%) of U- and O-shaped neurons, 50% width of duration tuning changed by <2 ms with increasing amplitude. Latency of response at BD remained stable across changes in sound level, suggesting that the relative strengths of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to duration tuned neurons remain in balance over a wide dynamic range of sound pressure levels.
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Losonczy-Marshall, Marta E. "GENDER DIFFERENCES IN LATENCY AND DURATION OF EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IN 7- THROUGH 13-MONTH-OLD INFANTS." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 36, no. 2 (2008): 267–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2008.36.2.267.
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A total of 82 infants aged 7 through 13 months were each presented with a randomized order of stimuli in a large descriptive study. All infants passed developmental screening tests (5-minute Apgar and Denver II; Apgar, 1953; Frankenburg & Dodds, 1990). Emotional expressions in response to the stimuli were recorded by video. Male and female infants' responses to 5 social stimuli (82 × 5 = 410 observations) were analyzed. Latency was the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the beginning of a facial expression in response to that stimulus. Duration was the time between the beginning of a facial expression and the end of that facial expression. Both latency and duration were measured in terms of time (seconds). Gender differences were found in latency: t = 2.41, p < .05, but not duration of emotional expression. Females had shorter latency to emotional expression and longer duration of emotional expression than males.
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Homma, Yuko, Yutaka Homma, Luis Teneud, et al. "Effects of rotation on the P13 mid-latency auditory evoked potential in Rat." Journal of Vestibular Research 12, no. 2-3 (2003): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ves-2003-122-306.
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The P13 mid-latency auditory evoked potential in Rat is a sleep state-dependent response thought to be equivalent to the human P50 potential, a measure of the output of the reticular activating system. The amplitude of these potentials can be considered a measure of level of arousal, while, using a paired stimulus paradigm, the degree of habituation of the responses also can be assessed. Different durations of rotation were found to reduce the amplitude of the P13 potential, which recovered in a duration-dependent manner. Different durations of rotation led to decreases in habituation of the P13 potential again in a duration-dependent manner. These results suggest that rotation may affect the level of arousal as well as habituation to repetitive sensory inputs. Such effects could be interpreted to imply the presence, following rotation of sufficient duration, of a deficit in sensory gating, or distractibility, and are relevant for the study of the effects of space motion sickness.
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Frolov, Roman V., and Irina I. Ignatova. "Speed of phototransduction in the microvillus regulates the accuracy and bandwidth of the rhabdomeric photoreceptor." PLOS Computational Biology 16, no. 11 (2020): e1008427. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008427.
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Phototransduction reactions in the rhabdomeric photoreceptor are profoundly stochastic due to the small number of participating molecules and small reaction space. The resulting quantum bumps (QBs) vary in their timing (latency), amplitudes and durations, and these variabilities within each cell are not correlated. Using modeling and electrophysiological recordings, we investigated how the QB properties depend on the cascade speed and how they influence signal transfer. Parametric analysis in the model supported by experimental data revealed that faster cascades elicit larger and narrower QBs with faster onsets and smaller variabilities than slower cascades. Latency dispersion was stronger affected by modification of upstream than downstream activation parameters. The variability caused by downstream modifications closely matched the experimental variability. Frequency response modeling showed that corner frequency is a reciprocal function of the characteristic duration of the multiphoton response, which, in turn, is a non-linear function of QB duration and latency dispersion. All QB variabilities contributed noise but only latency dispersion slowed and spread multiphoton responses, lowering the corner frequency. Using the discovered QB correlations, we evaluated transduction noise for dissimilar species and two extreme adaptation states, and compared it to photon noise. The noise emitted by the cascade was non-additive and depended non-linearly on the interaction between the QB duration and the three QB variabilities. Increased QB duration strongly suppressed both noise and corner frequency. This trade-off might be acceptable for nocturnal but not diurnal species because corner frequency is the principal determinant of information capacity. To offset the increase in noise accompanying the QB narrowing during light adaptation and the response-expanding effect of latency dispersion, the cascade accelerates. This explains the widespread evolutionary tendency of diurnal fliers to have fast phototransduction, especially after light adaptation, which thus appears to be a common adaptation to contain stochasticity, improve SNR and expand the bandwidth.
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IYASERE, O. S., I. J. JAMES, A. B. ADESUPO, I. C. NWOSU, and J. O. DARAMOLA. "PARTUM AND POST-PARTUM BEHAVIOURS OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF DOES AND KIDS." Journal of Agricultural Science and Environment 19, no. 1 (2020): 195–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.51406/jagse.v19i1.2026.
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Seventeen West African Dwarf does housed intensively were used for this study. Does were naturally mated and pregnancy was confirmed by non-return to oestrus. The predicted parturition date was calculated. Two days to the predicted date of parturition, the does were closely monitored until the day they actually kidded. The behaviours of the does (duration of parturition, and latency to groom kids) and the kids (latency to stand) were recorded. Data were subjected to independent T-test of SPSS statistical package. The mean duration of parturition in WAD does was 9.5±2.65 min and the latency of kids to stand was 10.5±3.45mins. Duration of parturition was greater (P<0.05) in the 1st than 2nd parity does. A significant negative correlation was established between parity and duration of parturition (r =-0.635, P˂0.05). Kids from 1st parity does stood up earlier (P<0.05) compared to those from the 2nd parity does. A positive correlation was established between parity and the latency of the kids to stand (r = 0.598, P˂0.05). In conclusion, the duration of parturition and latency of kid to stand were not affected by the sex of the kid delivered, however WAD does groomed female kids earlier than the male kids. 
 
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Puri, Manju, Neha Gami, and Seema Singhal. "An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Duration of Latency Period and Its Impact on Neonatal Outcome in Patients with PPROM." International Journal of Infertility & Fetal Medicine 3, no. 3 (2012): 87–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10016-1048.
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ABSTRACT Introduction Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) complicates approximately 3% of all births, but accounts for 30% of neonatal morbidity and mortality among premature gestations. Prediction of latency period for women with PPROM is imprecise and therefore consulting women with PPROM about their predicted latency period is a difficult task. The studies are limited, thus more information is required to support clinical decisions and to provide prognostic information in cases of expectant management following PPROM. Materials and methods We conducted a prospective observational study of women with singleton pregnancies presenting with rupture of membranes. A total of 120 women presenting with PPROM from 26 to 36 weeks with rupture of membrane were included in this study. Results Advanced maternal age >30 years was found to be associated with prolongation of latency period (p = 0.000). Nulliparity was found to be associated with shortening of latency period (p = 0.012). An inverse association between gestational age at the time of presentation and latency period was established. The average gain in duration of latency period by not doing a digital examination was found to be statistically significant (p = 0.000). Gestational age and duration of latency period were found to be the important predictors of neonatal outcome. Conclusion In the current study, several predictive factors were identified which affect the duration of the latency period in cases of PPROM. This information may assist clinician in risk stratification and in providing consultation regarding the natural course of expectant management for women presenting with PPROM. How to cite this article Singhal S, Puri M, Gami N. An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Duration of Latency Period and Its Impact on Neonatal Outcome in Patients with PPROM. Int J Infertility Fetal Med 2012;3(3):87-91.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Duration and latency"
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Lorthe, Elsa. "Rupture prématurée des membranes avant 33 semaines d'aménorrhée : prise en charge anténatale et déterminants du pronostic de l'enfant." Thesis, Paris 6, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA066350/document.
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La rupture prématurée des membranes avant terme (RPMAT) est une complication de la grossesse responsable d’une importante morbi-mortalité périnatale. La prise en charge anténatale vise à réduire les conséquences délétères de cette pathologie, liées à l’inflammation intra-utérine et à la prématurité, à la fois pour la mère et pour l’enfant. L’objectif de cette thèse était d’étudier les déterminants obstétricaux du pronostic de L’enfant prématuré né dans un contexte de RPMAT, à partir des données de la cohorte EPIPAGE 2. Nous avons d’abord évalué l’impact de la durée de latence, comprise entre la RPMAT et l’accouchement, sur le pronostic néonatal. Nos résultats montrent que pour un âge gestationnel de naissance donné, la durée de latence après une RPMAT entre 24 et 32 SA n’est pas associée à la survie ou à la survie sans morbidité sévère. Le principal déterminant du pronostic néonatal est l’âge gestationnel à la naissance. Nous avons ensuite étudié la tocolyse, un traitement médicamenteux largement utilisé après une RPMAT dans le but de prolonger la grossesse. L’administration d’une tocolyse après une RPMAT n’est associée ni à l’amélioration de la survie sans morbidité du prématuré, ni à la prolongation de la grossesse. Enfin, une analyse descriptive des cas de RPMAT entre 22 et 25 SA montre qu’à ces âges gestationnels extrêmes, la RPMAT est associée à un risque élevé de mortalité périnatale et de morbidité à court et à long terme, avec de grandes variations selon l’âge gestationnel à la rupture. Nos travaux fournissent des informations pertinentes pour les équipes médicales et les femmes enceintes et questionnent certaines pratiques obstétricales, notamment l’administration d’une tocolyse après une RPMAT. Ils soulèvent des questions qui feront l’objet de nouveaux projets de recherche, en particulier un essai contrôlé randomisé sur la tocolyse après RPMAT, financé par le PHRC-N 2016 (essai TOCOPROM)<br>Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is a complication of pregnancy responsible for significant perinatal mortality and morbidity. Antenatal management aims to reduce adverse consequences, relating to intrauterine inflammation and prematurity, for both mother and child. This thesis aimed to study obstetric determinants impacting the outcome of preterm babies born following PPROM, using data from the EPIPAGE 2 cohort. We first evaluated the impact of latency duration, i.e. the time from PPROM to delivery, on neonatal prognosis. For a given gestational age at birth, latency duration after PPROM at 24-32 weeks' gestation was not associated with survival or survival without severe morbidity. The principal determinant of neonatal prognosis was gestational age at birth. We then studied tocolysis, a treatment widely used after PPROM to prolong pregnancy. Administration of tocolysis after PPROM was not associated with either improved survival without morbidity of the preterm infant or prolongation of pregnancy. Finally, a descriptive analysis of cases of PPROM occurring at 22-25 weeks’ gestation demonstrated that, at these extreme gestational ages, PPROM was associated with high risks of perinatal mortality and short- and long-term morbidity, with large variations according to gestational age at rupture. Our work provides relevant information for medical teams and pregnant women and questions some obstetric practices, particularly the use of tocolysis after PPROM. They raise issues that will be the subject of future research projects, specifically a randomized controlled trial on tocolysis after PPROM, already funded by PHRC-N 2016 (TOCOPROM trial)
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Salian, Dilip. "En jämförelse av kortikal registrering mellan olika registreringspunkter vid Somatosensory evoked potentials." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-84599.
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Bakgrund- Sensorisk evoked potentials (SEP) är en neurofysiologisk undersökningsmetod som används för att monitorera svarspotentialer från kroppens sensoriska nervsystem efter en sensorisk stimulering. Registreringen av sensorisk evoked potentials sker med små elektriska stimuleringar över en perifer sensorisk nerv och registreras från tre olika registreringskanaler som benämns N9 över plexus brachialis, N13 Erb’s punkt och N20 för det primär sensoriska cortexområdet. Metod- I denna studie bearbetas data från 20 registreringar för N20-kanalen. Med registreringen av den klinisk använda standardmontaget C3’-Fz som används vid Karolinska universitetssjukhuset, som jämförs mot nya registreringsmontagen C3’-CPz, CP3-Fz CP3-CPz. Stimulering skedde unilateralt över höger nervus medianus på handledsnivå. Syftet med studien var att ta reda på om det fanns någon statistisk signifikant skillnad mellan standardmontaget C3’-Fz mot de alternativa montagen med avseende på amplitud, duration och latenstid mellan två registreringsomgångar. Den statistiska analysen genomfördes med Wilcoxsons teckenranktest för differenserna av registreringsomgångarna i amplitud, duration och latenstid. Spearmans rangkorrelationstest användes för att visa sambandet mellan standardmontaget och de nya registreringsmontagen i amplitud. Resultat- Resultatet visade ingen statistisk signifikant skillnad mellan standardmontaget mot de alternativa montagen för differenserna av amplitud, duration och latenstid mellan de två registringsomgångarna. Korrelationen för amplituderna visade att montaget CP3-Fz hade en starkare grad av samband mot standardmontaget C3’-Fz jämfört med registreringsmontagen C3’-CPz och CP3-CPz. Slutsats- Slutsatsen av denna studie är att det inte fanns någon statistisk signifikant skillnad i differenserna för amplitud, duration och latenstiderna vid jämförelse av standardmontaget mot de nya alternativa montagen. Dock visade montage CP3-Fz på ett starkare samband mot den klinisk använda C3-Fz jämfört med resterande montage med avseende på amplituden.<br>Background-Sensory evoked potentials (SEP) are a neurophysiological examination method used to monitor electrical response potentials from the body’s sensory nervous system. The registration follows three recording channels throughout the sensory pathway as N9 over plexus brachialis, N13 over cervical vertebrae mentioned as Erb’ point and N20 represented for the primary somatosensory cortex area. Method- In this study data was collected from 20 registrations for N20 channel. Registration for this study measured the clinical used cortical registration montage at Karolinska university hospital C3’-Fz against new registration montages C3'-CPz, CP3-Fz and CP3-CPz, with stimulation on the right median nerve at wrist level unilateral. The purpose of the study was to see if there exists any significant difference between the standard montage C3’-Fz against the new alternative registration montages in regard to amplitude, duration and latency after two registration rounds. Wilcoxson’s singed rank test were used to compare the difference in amplitude, duration and latency between registration rounds. Spearman’s correlation test were used to show the correlation between the standard montage and the new registration montages in amplitude. Result-The result showed no statistical significant difference between the standard montage and the new alternative montages in amplitude, duration and latency for the two registration rounds. The correlation showed registration montage CP3-Fz with a greater correlation towards the standard montage C3’-Fz compared to registration montages C3’-CPz and CP3-CPz in amplitude. Conclusions- This study showed no significant difference in amplitude, duration and latency when it compared the standard montage C3’-Fz against the new alternative montages. The correlation in amplitude showed montage Cp3-Fz with a stronger correlation towards the clinical used registration montage compared to the other new alternative montages.
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Alghamdi, Malak Mohammed. "Differences in Sleep Duration, Quality and Patterns Between Male and Female Kent State and King Abdulaziz Universities Students of varying BMI Statuses." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1573130828499225.
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Mai, Nadin. "The aesthetics of absence and duration in the post-trauma cinema of Lav Diaz." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22990.
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Aiming to make an intervention in both emerging Slow Cinema and classical Trauma Cinema scholarship, this thesis demonstrates the ways in which the post-trauma cinema of Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz merges aesthetics of cinematic slowness with narratives of post-trauma in his films Melancholia (2008), Death in the Land of Encantos (2007) and Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012). Diaz has been repeatedly considered as representative of what Jonathan Romney termed in 2004 “Slow Cinema”. The director uses cinematic slowness for an alternative approach to an on-screen representation of post-trauma. Contrary to popular trauma cinema, Diaz’s portrait of individual and collective trauma focuses not on the instantenaeity but on the duration of trauma. In considering trauma as a condition and not as an event, Diaz challenges the standard aesthetical techniques used in contemporary Trauma Cinema, as highlighted by Janet Walker (2001, 2005), Susannah Radstone (2001), Roger Luckhurst (2008) and others. Diaz’s films focus instead on trauma’s latency period, the depletion of a survivor’s resources, and a character’s slow psychological breakdown. Slow Cinema scholarship has so far focused largely on the films’ aesthetics and their alleged opposition to mainstream cinema. Little work has been done in connecting the films’ form to their content. Furthermore, Trauma Cinema scholarship, as trauma films themselves, has been based on the immediate and most radical signs of post-trauma, which are characterised by instantaneity; flashbacks, sudden fears of death and sensorial overstimulation. Following Lutz Koepnick’s argument that slowness offers “intriguing perspectives” (Koepnick, 2014: 191) on how trauma can be represented in art, this thesis seeks to consider the equally important aspects of trauma duration, trauma’s latency period and the slow development of characteristic symptoms. With the present work, I expand on current notions of Trauma Cinema, which places emphasis on speed and the unpredictability of intrusive memories. Furthermore, I aim to broaden the area of Slow Cinema studies, which has so far been largely focused on the films’ respective aesthetics, by bridging form and content of the films under investigation. Rather than seeing Diaz’s slow films in isolation as a phenomenon of Slow Cinema, I seek to connect them to the existing scholarship of Trauma Cinema studies, thereby opening up a reading of his films.
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Carter, Molly H. "Relationships Among Eye Gaze, Social Ability and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Pathway Activation in Children and Adolescents with Autistic Disorder." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1461587486.
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Paric, Gordana. "Identification and estimation of latent multivariate duration models." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0012/NQ59151.pdf.
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Zhao, Yuan. "Application of survival analysis methods to pulsed exposures: Exposure duration, latent mortality, recovery time, and the underlying theory of survival distribution models." W&M ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616920.
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Ecotoxicologists adopted median lethal concentration (LC50) methods from mammalian toxicology. This conventional LC50 approach has shortcomings. Fixing the exposure duration and selecting the 50% mortality level result in loss of ecologically relevant information generated at all other times. It also ignores latent mortality that can manifest after exposure ends. as a result, it cannot adequately predict pulsed exposure effects in which concentration, duration, and frequency of pulses change through time. The underlying theory of the dose-response models used to calculate LC50 values, stochastic versus individual effective dose (IED) theory, has not been tested rigorously either. In this study, the effects of exposure duration and concentration on mortality during and after exposures, and the effects of recovery time between two pulses on mortality during a second pulse were quantified. The influences of toxicant modes of action were discussed. The underlying theory for survival distribution models was further explored. Survival analysis was used to incorporate these factors into predictive models and to circumvent some of the aforementioned shortcomings. The experiments were conducted with two contrasting toxicants, copper sulfate (CuSO4) and sodium pentachlorophenol (NaPCP). The amphipod, Hyalella azteca, was used as the model organism. Latent mortality is significantly affected by exposure concentration and an integral part of the lethal effects of toxicants that cause cumulative damage. For toxicants that cause minimal cumulative damage during the exposure, the latent mortality is not significant and can be ignored. Exposure duration did not show any significant effect on latent mortality for either toxicant. It is recommended that for other experimental conditions the effect still needs to be considered. Recovery time had significant effect on mortality during the second pulse for both toxicants. to recover to a similar background level mortality, the time an exposed organism needed to return to a stage similar to its original resistance was much longer for CuSO4 than for NaPCP. The hypothesis that IED is the dominant explanation for the dose-response models was rejected for both toxicants. By effectively incorporating exposure duration and other factors, survival analysis better predicted pulsed exposure consequences than did the conventional LC50 methods.
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Lin, JiaCheng, and HaoRan Teng. "Influence of Nucleation Techniques on the Degree of Supercooling and Duration of Crystallization for Sugar Alcohol as Phase Change Material : Investigation on erythritol-based additiveenhanced Composites." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-257758.
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Utilizing Phase Change Materials (PCM) for Latent Thermal Energy Storage (LTES) applications have previously been extensively researched as a measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy consumption. In order to make use of the waste heat from industrial processes for LTES purposes, a new demand emerged for PCMs capable of phase change in mid-temperature ranges of 100 °C - 200 °C. This higher temperature requirement made most of the previously studied material inapplicable as they had much lower melting and solidification temperatures. With this in mind, a new generation of PCMs consisting of Sugar Alcohols (SA) has been proposed. Erythritol is seen as an especially promising SA with good thermophysical properties for LTES purposes. However, it has been shown to suffer from severe supercooling, which makes it unreliable in real applications. To eradicate this issue, two additives, Graphene Oxide (GO) and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) at varying mass fractions were mixed with pure erythritol to form a composite which was studied using the Temperature-history (T-history) method to determine its effectiveness in reducing supercooling. Results show that at its most effective mass fraction, GO reduces supercooling by 28 o C and a 31 o C reduction is seen by the addition of PVP. The impacts on the duration of crystallization was also documented and analyzed using the same method. It was observed that the duration of crystallization was increased with increasing mass fractions of the additives. Other important properties of the composites were also studied in order to determine the overall feasibility for industrial applications. It includes analysis of the storage capacity through latent heat, changes in viscosity along with impacts on thermal diffusivity of the composites.<br>Att använda fasändringsmaterial (PCM) för termisk energilagring i form av latent värme (LTES) har tidigare extensivt forskats och undersökts som en lösning för att minska utsläppen av växthusgaser från energiförbrukning. För att utnyttja spillvärme från industriella processer för LTES-ändamål uppstod en efterfrågan på PCM som ändrar fas i temperaturer mellan 100 °C - 200 °C. Detta krav på högre temperatur gjorde att de flesta av de tidigare aktuella materialen inte kunde tillämpas eftersom de hade mycket lägre smält- och kristalliseringstemperaturer. Med detta i åtanke har en ny generation av PCM bestående av sockeralkoholer (SA) föreslagits. Erytritol ses som ett särskilt lovande SA med goda egenskaper för LTES-ändamål. Den har dock visat sig drabbas av svår underkylning, vilket gör den opålitligt i verkliga tillämpningar. För att utrota detta problem blandades två tillsatser, Graphene Oxide (GO) och Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) vid olika massfraktioner med ren erytritol för att bilda en komposit som studerades med metoden Temperature-history (T-history) för att bestämma dess effektivitet på att minska underkylningen. Resultaten visar att GO på sin mest effektiva massfraktion minskar underkylningen med 28 o C och tillsats av PVP lyckats minska den med som mest 31 o C. Påverkningarna på varaktighet av kristallisering dokumenterades och analyserades med samma metod. Det var observerad att varaktigheten av kristallisering ökades med ökande massfraktioner av tillsatserna. Även andra viktiga egenskaper hos kompositerna studerades för att avgöra rimligheten att använda dessa för industriella tillämpningar. Det inkluderar analys av lagringskapaciteten genom latent värme, förändringar i viskositet tillsammans med påverkan på kompositernas termiska diffusivitet.
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Lin, Jiacheng, and Haoran Teng. "Influence of Nucleation Techniques on the Degree of Supercooling and Duration of Crystallization for Sugar Alcohol as Phase Change Material : Investigation on erythritol-based additiveenhanced composites." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264271.
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Utilizing Phase Change Materials (PCM) for Latent Thermal Energy Storage (LTES) applications have previously been extensively researched as a measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy consumption. In order to make use of the waste heat from industrial processes for LTES purposes, a new demand emerged for PCMs capable of phase change in mid-temperature ranges of 100 °C - 200 °C. This higher temperature requirement made most of the previously studied material inapplicable as they had much lower melting and solidification temperatures. With this in mind, a new generation of PCMs consisting of Sugar Alcohols (SA) has been proposed. Erythritol is seen as an especially promising SA with good thermophysical properties for LTES purposes. However, it has been shown to suffer from severe supercooling, which makes it unreliable in real applications. To eradicate this issue, two additives, Graphene Oxide (GO) and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) at varying mass fractions were mixed with pure erythritol to form a composite which was studied using the Temperature-history (T-history) method to determine its effectiveness in reducing supercooling. Results show that at its most effective mass fraction, GO reduces supercooling by 28 oC and a 31 oC reduction is seen by the addition of PVP. The impacts on the duration of crystallization was also documented and analyzed using the same method. It was observed that the duration of crystallization was increased with increasing mass fractions of the additives. Other important properties of the composites were also studied in order to determine the overall feasibility for industrial applications. It includes analysis of the storage capacity through latent heat, changes in viscosity along with impacts on thermal diffusivity of the composites.<br>Att använda fasändringsmaterial (PCM) för termisk energilagring i form av latent värme (LTES) har tidigare extensivt forskats och undersökts som en lösning för att minska utsläppen av växthusgaser från energiförbrukning. För att utnyttja spillvärme från industriella processer för LTES-ändamål uppstod en efterfrågan på PCM som ändrar fas i temperaturer mellan 100 °C - 200 °C. Detta krav på högre temperatur gjorde att de flesta av de tidigare aktuella materialen inte kunde tillämpas eftersom de hade mycket lägre smält- och kristalliseringstemperaturer. Med detta i åtanke har en ny generation av PCM bestående av sockeralkoholer (SA) föreslagits. Erytritol ses som ett särskilt lovande SA med goda egenskaper för LTES-ändamål. Den har dock visat sig drabbas av svår underkylning, vilket gör den opålitligt i verkliga tillämpningar. För att utrota detta problem blandades två tillsatser, Graphene Oxide (GO) och Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) vid olika massfraktioner med ren erytritol för att bilda en komposit som studerades med metoden Temperature-history (T-history) för att bestämma dess effektivitet på att minska underkylningen. Resultaten visar att GO på sin mest effektiva massfraktion minskar underkylningen med 28 oC och tillsats av PVP lyckats minska den med som mest 31 oC. Påverkningarna på varaktighet av kristallisering dokumenterades och analyserades med samma metod. Det var observerad att varaktigheten av kristallisering ökades med ökande massfraktioner av tillsatserna. Även andra viktiga egenskaper hos kompositerna studerades för att avgöra rimligheten att använda dessa för industriella tillämpningar. Det inkluderar analys av lagringskapaciteten genom latent värme, förändringar i viskositet tillsammans med påverkan på kompositernas termiska diffusivitet.
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Jallet, Sandrine. "Étude comparative des trajectoires criminelles des contrevenants sous responsabilité provinciale au Québec, selon le sexe." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/9655.
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Contexte et objectifs. La carrière criminelle est un sujet d’intérêt criminologique depuis plus de 80 ans. Les travaux sur cette question ont permis de mieux comprendre l’évolution des personnes contrevenantes et leurs crimes au fil du temps. Bien que beaucoup d’efforts aient été déployés pour étudier les hommes, les recherches portant sur les trajectoires criminelles des femmes demeurent relativement rares, ceci étant notamment attribuable à la petite taille des échantillons. L’objectif de ce mémoire est de réaliser une étude comparative de la carrière criminelle d’hommes et de femmes de 18 à 47 ans relevant de la juridiction de la province de Québec.
Méthodologie. L’échantillon est composé de 3320 délinquants sous responsabilité provinciale, soit 216 femmes (6,5 %) et 3104 hommes (93,5 %). Des statistiques descriptives seront réalisées afin de dresser un portrait de la clientèle et une approche par variable latente catégorielle sera utilisée pour modéliser les parcours criminels. Plus précisément, cette analyse permet d’estimer des sous-groupes de délinquants au sein de la population qui suivent des courbes de croissance distinctes. La proportion d’individus appartenant à chacun de ces sous-groupes peut donc être estimée.
Résultats. Les analyses indiquent que les femmes ont une fréquence de délits commis plus faible que les hommes, et ce, particulièrement au début de leur carrière criminelle. En effet, la différence quant à la fréquence tend à s’atténuer avec le temps, pour disparaître vers 40 ans. Également, il apparaît que les hommes et les femmes suivent un nombre de trajectoires criminelles similaires; cependant, la prévalence chez ces dernières apparaît relativement différente. En effet, il ressort que les femmes commencent plus tardivement leur carrière criminelle que les hommes, avec une proportion plus importante pour les crimes contre les biens. Finalement, les antécédents juvéniles influent sur la chronicité et la persistance, quel que soit le genre ou le type de crime.
Conclusion. Les résultats démontrent que la différence selon le sexe est un sujet d’intérêt criminologique primordial puisque les femmes présentent des risques différents quant à la fréquence et au type de crime. Qui plus est, ces dernières semblent commencer leur carrière criminelle plus tardivement que les hommes.<br>Context and objectives. Criminal careers has been a subject of interest among criminologists for over 80 years. This research has allowed a better understanding of the evolution of criminalised individuals over time. However, research focusing on the criminal careers of women are relatively rare, this being mainly attributed to the nature of the chosen sample. While overcoming the potential limitations found in previous studies, the objective of this research is to conduct a comparative study of criminal careers among men and women (as of 18 until 47 years old) under provincial jurisdiction.
Method. The sample consists of 3,320 offenders under provincial jurisdiction. The sample includes 216 female participants (6.5%) and 3104 male participants (93.5%). Descriptive statistics will be presented in order to provide a detailed portrait of offenders from 18 to 47 years old. Then, the categorical latent variable approach will be used. This type of analysis provides an estimate of sub-groups of offenders within the population that follow the growth curves separately. Thus, the proportion of individuals belonging to each of these subgroups can be estimated.
Results. Women have a lower incidence of crime than men especially at the beginning of a criminal career; however this difference disappears towards the age of 40. It appears that men and women, at a certain period of time have similarities in their criminal careers. However, the prevalence of criminality among women is quite different from men. Indeed, it appears that women begin their criminal careers later than men, with a higher proportion of crimes against property. The juvenile history of criminal offence influences the perseverance in criminal careers among men and women, regardless of the type of offence.
Conclusion. The results demonstrate the relevance of the difference between men and women during their criminal career. It should be one of the top interests for criminologists since women have different risks leading to offenses, as well as frequency and type of offense. Moreover, they appear to begin their criminal careers later than men.
Book chapters on the topic "Duration and latency"
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Hirsch, H., M. Kaegler, V. Hohmann, and B. Mues. "Latency of Recovery and Electrical Silence of Auditory Evoked Potentials and the Electrocorticogram After Peracute Complete Brain Ischemia of 2–30 Minutes’ Duration." In Advances in Neurosurgery. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74279-8_44.
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Piu, Pietro, Elena Pretegiani, Francesca Rosini, et al. "The cerebellum improves the precision of antisaccades by a latency-duration trade-off." In Progress in Brain Research. Elsevier, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2019.04.018.
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Furlow, Christopher M. "What Is Behavior?" In Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190843229.003.0001.
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Prior to implementing interventions, practitioners must first develop definitions of behavior that are objective. This chapter first provides a definition of behavior and provides three criteria for determining whether something is a behavior: it is demonstrated by a living organism, in interaction with the environment, and the interaction results in measurable change within the environment. Next, the chapter outlines how practitioners should develop operational definitions of behaviors of interest. Then, the chapter provides a description of the dead man’s test, a heuristic that practitioners often utilize when determining if something qualifies as a behavior suitable for intervention. Finally, the chapter describes the meaningful operant dimensions of behavior, such as frequency, duration, latency, and magnitude.
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"Durations and survival." In Generalized Latent Variable Modeling. Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203489437-18.
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Lee, Y. C. Gary. "Pleural tumours." In Oxford Textbook of Medicine, edited by Pallav L. Shah. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198746690.003.0440.
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Benign tumours are rare in the pleural cavity, with solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura the most frequent of these rarities. Malignant pleural tumours are common and can arise from the pleura (most commonly mesothelioma) or as metastases from extrapleural malignancies (especially lung and breast cancer). They typically present with breathlessness, chest pain, and a pleural effusion. Diagnosis requires histocytological confirmation of malignant cells from pleural fluid and/or pleural biopsies. Most cases are due to asbestos exposure, characteristically after a latent period of more than 20 years, with risk related to the duration and intensity of asbestos exposure and the fibre type (worst with needle-like amphiboles). Most tumours that have spread to the pleura are incurable.
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Hodzic, Migdat, and Ivan Kennedy. "Kalman Filter Harmonic Bank for Vostok Ice Core Data Analysis and Climate Predictions." In Glaciers and the Polar Environment. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94263.
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The Vostok ice core data cover 420,000 years indicating the natural regularity of Earth’s surface temperature and climate. Here, we consider four major cycles of similar duration, ranging from 86,000 to 128,000 years, comprising 15% of periods for the warming interglacials compared to some 85% of cooling periods. Globally, we are near the peak of a rapid warming period. We perform a detailed frequency analysis of temperature and CO2 cycles, as a primary stage in building a logical Climate Prediction Engine (CPE), illustrated with specific harmonics. This analysis can be repeated for all harmonics and various cycle combinations. Our time correlation estimates the CO2 time lag for temperature at 400–2300 years, depending on the cycle, longer on average than previously concluded. We also perform Fast-Fourier transform analysis, identifying a full harmonic spectrum for each cycle, plus an energy analysis to identify each harmonic amplitude − to achieve further prediction analysis using a Kalman filter harmonic bank. For Vostok data we can use combinations of different cycles compared to the most recent for learning and then the current ongoing cycle for testing. Assuming causal time regularity, more cycles can be employed in training, hence reducing the prediction error for the next cycle. This results in prediction of climate data with both naturally occurring as well as human forced CO2 values. We perform this detailed time and frequency analysis as a basis for improving the quality of our climate prediction methodologies, with particular attention to testing alternative hypotheses of the possible causes of climate change. These include the effect on albedo of suspended dust and increasing water vapor with temperature in initiating interglacial warming, the effect of temperature and pH values of surface water on ambient level of CO2 in the atmosphere and finding a larger latent heat capacity in the atmosphere required to sustain its circulatory motions, leading to friction and turbulent release of heat in boundary layer. All these potentials can be examined in an effective CPE.
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Riddell, Anna, and Marta Gonzalez Sanz. "Infections in the Immunocompromised Host." In Tutorial Topics in Infection for the Combined Infection Training Programme. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198801740.003.0050.
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An understanding of the main aspects and functions of the immune system is important, i.e. physical barriers, innate, humoral, and cell-mediated immunity (see Chapter 6, Basic Immunology), when caring for the immunocompromised patient. In adults, secondary immunodeficiency is much more common than primary, and is most often due to iatrogenic immunosuppression with drugs, e.g. corticosteroids, chemotherapy agents, immunosuppressive agents, ‘biological’ therapies. For example, treatment with corticosteroids for more than one month is enough to increase the risk of some fungal infections such as Candida and Pneumocystis jirovecii, such that PCP prophylaxis should be considered in patients receiving ≤ 20mg/day prednisolone for four or more weeks. Chemotherapy and immunosuppressive agents may cause profound immunosuppression. The degree and duration of immunosuppression following a transplant, and the conditioning regimen used before the transplant varies with respect to the type of transplant: heart and lung transplant recipients typically receive more significant immunosuppression, and so are at increased risk of opportunistic infection compared to other solid-organ transplant recipients. Infections (e.g. HIV), cancer, and autoimmune disorders and the treatment of these conditions can also affect the immune system. Other diseases are also considered immunosuppressive although the exact nature of this is less well defined, for example, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus increases the risk of candidal infections and common bacterial infections. Cirrhosis is also considered to be a relatively immunosuppressed state. Understanding the nature of immune defects in both primary and secondary immunodeficiency allows more accurate prediction of overall infection risk and risk of specific pathogens, allowing a rational approach to infection prevention and investigation when patients become unwell. The initial assessment of the immunocompromised host should be to identify why the patient is immunocompromised, how long they have been immunocompromised (is it a congenital or acquired immunodeficiency?), and whether there is potential for immune recovery. Clearly, a person with a congenital immunodeficiency will have lifelong susceptibility to specific infections, unlike an acquired deficiency due to chemotherapy or transplantation which may be transient. If the immunosuppression is due to a drug, is it possible to reduce or change the immunosuppression? If an infection is suspected, pre-immunosuppression infection screening results can help identify whether the current presentation represents reactivation of a latent infection or primary infection.
Conference papers on the topic "Duration and latency"
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Malhotra, C., D. Gunge, I. N. Advani, S. Boddu, S. Nilaad, and L. E. Crotty Alexander. "Impact of Age and Inhalant Use on Sleep Latency and Duration in Adolescents." In American Thoracic Society 2021 International Conference, May 14-19, 2021 - San Diego, CA. American Thoracic Society, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2021.203.1_meetingabstracts.a3202.
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Haji, Maha N., Jimmy Tran, Johannes Norheim, and Olivier L. de Weck. "Design and Testing of AUV Docking Modules for a Renewably Powered Offshore AUV Servicing Platform." In ASME 2020 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2020-18982.
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Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) missions are limited in range and duration by the vehicle’s battery capacity, and sensor payloads are limited by the processing power onboard which is also restricted by the vehicle’s battery capacity. Furthermore, the power consumption of a vehicle’s acoustic system limits the possibility of substantial data transmission, requiring the AUV be retrieved to download most data. The Platform for Expanding AUV exploRation to Longer ranges (PEARL), described in this paper, aims to extend the range and endurance of AUVs while reducing data latency and operating costs. PEARL is an integrated autonomous floating servicing station that utilizes renewable energy to simultaneously provide AUV battery recharging and data uplink via new generation high-bandwidth low-Earth orbit satellite constellations. This paper details the design and testing of two potential AUV docking modules of the PEARL system. The modules are uniquely located near the ocean surface, an energetic environment that presents a particular set of challenges for AUV docking. The results will be used to inform the design of a prototype system to be tested in an ocean setting.
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RajKumar, Ashwin, Chetan Arora, Barry Katz, and Vikram Kapila. "Wearable Smart Glasses for Assessment of Eye-Contact Behavior in Children With Autism." In 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dmd2019-3221.
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To promote eye contact learning and behavior in children with autism, there exist specialized environments as well as smartphone applications. However, few currently available techniques support the assessment of desired behavioral improvement during learning. In this paper, we describe recently developed wearable smart glasses instrumented with mechatronic sensors and controllers. The mechatronics glasses, worn by both an instructor and a child, quantitatively measure the eye contact behavior of the child. The instructor glasses connect with a smartphone application through Bluetooth low energy. A user interface is created and hosted on the smartphone to enable the instructor to customize the reward to the child based on improvements in eye contact behavior. Specifically, the smartphone application quantifies the eye contact duration, frequency, latency, and session time, allowing instructors, therapists, and clinicians to monitor and track the child’s progress in eye contact behavior. The results from preliminary user testing of the device with control subjects show that the device is capable of recording sessions details and supporting eye contact behavior assessment.
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Dudley-Rowley, Marilyn, Jun Okushi, Thomas Gangale, Pablo Flores, and Eduardo Diaz. "Design Implications of Latent Challenges to the Long-Duration Space Mission." In AIAA Space 2003 Conference & Exposition. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2003-6239.
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Rosamarlina, Jahiroh, Vivi Lisdawati, et al. "Duration of Work Improves Risk of Latent TB Infection in Health-Care Workers." In 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019). Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.053.
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Yasuda, Yusuke, Xin Wang, and Junichi Yamagishd. "End-to-End Text-to-Speech Using Latent Duration Based on VQ-VAE." In ICASSP 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icassp39728.2021.9414499.
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Tanaka, Yusuke, Tomoharu Iwata, Takeshi Kurashima, Hiroyuki Toda, and Naonori Ueda. "Estimating Latent People Flow without Tracking Individuals." In Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-18}. International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2018/494.
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Analyzing people flows is important for better navigation and location-based advertising. Since the location information of people is often aggregated for protecting privacy, it is not straightforward to estimate transition populations between locations from aggregated data. Here, aggregated data are incoming and outgoing people counts at each location; they do not contain tracking information of individuals. This paper proposes a probabilistic model for estimating unobserved transition populations between locations from only aggregated data. With the proposed model, temporal dynamics of people flows are assumed to be probabilistic diffusion processes over a network, where nodes are locations and edges are paths between locations. By maximizing the likelihood with flow conservation constraints that incorporate travel duration distributions between locations, our model can robustly estimate transition populations between locations. The statistically significant improvement of our model is demonstrated using real-world datasets of pedestrian data in exhibition halls, bike trip data and taxi trip data in New York City.
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Lorente, Sylvie. "Design of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage System From Constructal Approach." In ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2017-70594.
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This work presents a theoretical and numerical analysis of thermal energy storage obtained from Phase Change Materials. We start with a study of the early stages of natural convection in the liquid, followed by an analysis of the entire duration of the melting process. Both are based on scale analysis. The numerical simulations cover the entire process, and validate all the features predicted by theory. Next we apply the methodology to the design of an efficient storage system made of a tank filled with a Phase Change Material like paraffin wax. A hot fluid circulates through pipes located within the tank; it is heated by means of a solar panel. The total volume of tubes is fixed. We apply Constructal design to determine the optimal allocation of the hot tubes so that each transfer mode is used at the best moment. We demonstrate that the overall energetic performance can be improved by endowing the system with freedom to morph.
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Borghuis, Valentijn, Luca Angioloni, Lorenzo Brusci, and Paolo Frasconi. "Pattern-Based Music Generation with Wasserstein Autoencoders and PRC Descriptions." In Twenty-Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Seventeenth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-PRICAI-20}. International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2020/751.
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We demonstrate a pattern-based MIDI music generation system with a generation strategy based on Wasserstein autoencoders and a novel variant of pianoroll descriptions of patterns which employs separate channels for note velocities and note durations and can be fed into classic DCGAN-style convolutional architectures. We trained the system on two new datasets (in the acid-jazz and high-pop genres) composed by musicians in our team with music generation in mind. Our demonstration shows that moving smoothly in the latent space allows us to generate meaningful sequences of four-bars patterns.
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Kothari, Rohit, Dattaraj V. Vaidya, Vinay Shelke, Santosh K. Sahu, and Shailesh I. Kundalwal. "Experimental Investigation of Thermal Performance of Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials for Thermal Management of Electronic Components." In ASME 2019 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/power2019-1883.
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Abstract Present experimental investigation focuses on implementing passive cooling thermal management technique using heat sinks filled with paraffin wax as phase change material (PCM). Al2O3 nanoparticles are dispersed as thermal conductivity enhancer (TCE) in different weight fractions (φ) for improved performance in the PCM. Unfinned and two finned heat sinks are used in this investigation. Experimental analysis is performed on different configurations of heat sinks and nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) consisting various weight fraction of Al2O3 nanoparticles (φ = 0%, 0.5%, 4%, and 6%) for a constant heat flux of 2.0 kW/m2. Results show that latent heat and specific heat capacity decreases with increase in the Al2O3 nanoparticle loading. Addition of Al2O3 nanoparticles in the PCM results in the reduced melting time of PCM. While, pure PCM based heat sinks keeps heat sink base temperature lower for longer time duration.