Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive and high-density imaging device used for the evaluation of cognitive functions by measuring oxygenated haemoglobin (HbO) deoxygenated (HHb) levels in prefrontal cortex. The present study determined utilisation fNIRS detecting cerebral oxygenation level during coordination simple stimulation activities healthy young volunteers. Thir...

The static loading plate tests have been done in different engineering works and particularly in earthwork quality control. At Portugal AFNOR NF P94-117-1 and DIN 18134 standards are frequently used for this purpose. These standards differ on the test protocol and on test interpretation, which reflects on the final elastic modulus obtained. Attempting the importance that this parameter assumes ...

A method has recently been described (Elek, 1948) for the detection in vitro of toxin-producing organisms including C. diphtheriae. The present paper has two purposes. The first is the examination of a larger series of strains of C. diphtheriae with a view to establishing the reliability of the procedure, for if the method is to be of any practical value for clinical purposes it must demonstrat...

A flexible software based platform for number plate recognitions applications is described. It breaks the processing into several explicit modules, with the implementation for each module provided by a software plugin using a DLL interface. The modular structure greatly facilitates the comparison between different algorithms for a particular step, and allows code to be reused between applications.

Similar results were obtained when testing human sera for Salmonella antibodies by the tube agglutination test and by the Microtiter plate agglutination test. The plate test was easier to perform and saved time, space, antigen, and serum.

Background and objectives: Halo interference around antibiogram disc is one of the problems seen in Agar media. This study aimed at applying graded plate method to reduce this problem. Material and Methods: Forty-eight millimeter plates, before putting disc, were graded and the location of discs was determined. Instead of full disc, we used half-disc and then compared the haloe interference, ba...

Purpose: to conduct a comparative analysis of psychomotor abilities in athletes cyclic sports (short track), martial arts (karate, taekwondo) and esports (CS:GO). Materials, participants methods: The study involved percussion (n=10, age 18,9±0,12, candidates for master sports), elite players semi-professional CS:GO teams 19,2±0,50), short track speed skaters 19±0,09, masters sports). choice rea...

Impact is a complicated phenomenon. A collision lasts for only a short period of time but results in tremendous forces and accelerations during that time. The fact that so many sports and games involve impact reflects the both the power and the difficulty in using it. This thesis studies the use of impulsive forces to manipulate objects in order that the methods, techniques, and strategies of t...

A mathematical model for the transient thermal behaviour of main trough a blast furnace (BF) is presented. The proposed consists heat equation with mixed radiation-convection boundary conditions to cooling process. coupled an integral posed on inner boundary, which models radiative exchange internal cavity formed by and refractory cover placed over trough. scope this work address evolution temp...