background: the time and frequency features of motor unit action potentials (muaps) extracted from electromyographic (emg) signal provide discriminative information for diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders. however, the results of conventional automatic diagnosis methods using muap features is not convincing yet. objective: the main goal in designing a muap characterization system...

basically, medical diagnosis problems are the most effective component of treatment policies. recently, significant advances have been formed in medical diagnosis fields using data mining techniques. data mining or knowledge discovery is searching large databases to discover patterns and evaluate the probability of next occurrences. in this paper, bayesian classifier is used as a non-linear dat...

This paper presents a modeling approach for three-dimensional simulation of hydraulic fracturing of jointed rock. The base for a successful computer based simulation for productive use is the ability to calculate the fractured volume with sufficient accuracy and efficiency. Especially in cases three dimensional effects have to be taken into account, the common commercial software tools in oil a...

OBJECTIVES Leaflet injury has been documented to occur during the deployment of valved stents (VSs). The pathological aspects, however, of this injury are difficult to quantify. Conversely, the hydraulic conductance of a (pericardial) membrane may be easily determined. The impact of crimping and deployment of VS on this parameter was therefore investigated. METHODS Bovine pericardial square (...

We tested the effects of growth characteristics and basic density on hydraulic and mechanical properties of mature Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) wood from six 24-year-old clones, grown on two sites in southern Sweden differing in water availability. Hydraulic parameters assessed were specific hydraulic conductivity at full saturation (ks100) and vulnerability to cavitation (Psi50), me...

The design of hydraulic systems is founded on deep physical connections. It needs creativity and, at the present time, it cannot be automated. Nevertheless, powerful design support in hydraulics is still possible. This paper presents a new view to the design of hydraulic systems and shows how sophisticated subtasks of the hydraulic design procedure can be tackled. We identify the “model synthes...

Increased drought frequency and severity may reshape tree species distribution in arid environments. Dioecious tree species may be more sensitive to climate warming if sex-related vulnerability to drought occurs, since lower performance of one sex may drive differential stress tolerance, sex-related mortality rates and biased sex ratios. We explored the effect of sex and environment on branch h...