Quantitative methods III

Iii. Sleep assessment methods.

Sleep is a complex phenomenon that could be understood and assessed at many levels. Sleep could be described at the behavioral level (relative lack of movements and awareness and responsiveness) and at the brain level (based on EEG activity). Sleep could be characterized by its duration, by its distribution during the 24-hr day period, and by its quality (e.g., consolidated versus fragmented). ...

Quantitative Methods in Finance

Comprehensive Examination Quantitative Methods

Corpus and quantitative methods

The core question at the heart of nearly all work in cognitive / usage-based linguistics is, how do characteristics of the cognitive system affect, or at least correlate with, the acquisition, representation, processing, use, and change of language? Thus, ever since Lakoff's (1990:40) formulation of the cognitive commitment – the "commitment to providing a characterization of general principles...

Quantitative methods in neuropathology

The last decade has seen a considerable increase in the application of quantitative methods in the study of histological sections of brain tissue and especially in the study of neurodegenerative disease. These disorders are characterised by the deposition and aggregation of abnormal or misfolded proteins in the form of extracellular protein deposits such as senile plaques (SP) and intracellular...