An exact solution of the homogeneous wave equation which was found previously is treated from the point of view of the continuous wavelet analysis (CWA). Time being a fixed parameter the solution yields a new multidimensional mother wavelet for the CWA. Both the wavelet and its Fourier transform are given with explicit formulas and are exponentially localized. The wavelet is directional. The wi...

Institutional mapping is a technique that builds on the logic of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In GIS, coverages placed over a base map show spatial relations. Social institutions are more difficult to ‘‘map’’ physically. Institutional mapping uses three social coverages—scale, power, and capital. Four sets of institutions affecting watershed management—salmon restoration, water quality...

Accidents in the process industries can be attributed, at least in part, to human causes. Hazard studies are commonly used in industry to identify and manage risks. This paper describes a methodology, called HumHID, which potentially improves hazard identification associated with human factors. The approach is based on cognitive work analysis (CWA) techniques, human factors/error taxonomies and...

An exact solution of the homogeneous wave equation, which was found previously, is treated from the point of view of continuous wavelet analysis (CWA). If time is a fixed parameter, the solution represents a new multidimensional mother wavelet for the CWA. Both the wavelet and its Fourier transform are given by explicit formulas and are exponentially localized. The wavelet is directional. The w...

Current implantable antitachycardia devices use several methods for differentiating sinus rhythm (SR) from supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) or ventricular tachycardia (VT). These methods include sustained high rate, the rate of onset, changes in cycle length, and sudden onset. Additional methods for detecting VT include techniques based upon ventricular electrogram morphology. The morphologic...

凝固波形解析（clot waveform analysis: CWA）は，プロトロンビン時間（prothrombin time: PT）や活性化部分トロンボプラスチン時間（activated partial thromboplastin APTT）などの凝固時間測定において得られるフィブリン形成に基づく凝固反応から，包括的に凝固能を評価する方法である．古くからトロンボエラストグラムやトロンビン生成試験などと同じく，播種性血管内凝固症候群や血友病など様々な病態における血液凝固能の評価法として用いられてきた．CWAは専用の機器を必要とせず，ルーチン検査のPTやAPTT測定から自動的にデータを取得できるため，臨床検査への活用に期待されている．近年ではPTやAPTTにおけるCWAのみならず，添加する試薬を変えた新たなCWAが開発され，その有用性が報告されている．現在CWAの機能が実装されてい...

The purpose of this paper is to compare three types of non-monotonic semantics: (a) proof-theoretic semantics based on the closed world assumption, (b) model-theoretic semantics based on the notion of a minimal model and (c) model-theoretic semantics based on the notion of a minimal Herbrand model. All of these semantics capture the non-monotonicity of common sense reasoning, i.e. the ability t...

In Bell v. Cheswick Generating Station, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, holding that state common law tort actions were not preempted by the federal Clean Air Act (“CAA”). The Third Circuit found that the savings clause of the CAA was nearly identical to that of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), ...

JENKINS, J.M., ET AL.: Impact of FiItering Upon Ventricular Tachycardia Identification by Correlation Waveform Analysis. Signal analysis of digitized waveforms has been postulated as a method for improving sensitivity and specificity of ventricular tachycardia (VT) detection in implantable antitachycardia devices. Such improvement may alleviate the problem of unwarranted delivery oftherapy by a...

The formation of inclusion complexes of the water-soluble p-sulfonatocalix[n]arenes, where n = 4 or 6, with the Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) GD, or Soman, and commonly used dialkyl methylphosphonate simulants has been studied by experimental solution NMR methods and by Molecular Mechanics (MMFF) and semi-empirical (PM6) calculations. Complex formation in non-buffered and buffered solutions is d...