No AccessEngineering NotesTime-Delay Margin and Robustness of Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion ControlYingzhi Huang, Ye Zhang, Daan M. Pool, Olaf Stroosma Qiping ChuYingzhi HuangNorthwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi’an, China*Associate Professor, School Power Energy; . Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, ZhangNorthwestern China†Associate Astronautics; AIAA (Corr...

BACKGROUND The original method for determining endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) speed involves components that are time consuming for clinicians. We sought to determine: (i) whether components described in the original method for determining ESWT speed held true and; (ii) the agreement between speeds derived using the original method and that equivalent to 85% of the peak speed achieved durin...

Multi-dimensional outlier detection (MOD) over data streams is one of the most significant data stream mining techniques. When multivariate data are streaming in high speed, outliers are to be detected efficiently and accurately. Conventional outlier detection method is based on observing the full dataset and its statistical distribution. The data is assumed stationary. However, this convention...

Few therapies exist for the relief of dyspnea in restrictive lung disorders. Accumulating evidence suggests that nebulized opioids selective for the mu-receptor subtype may relieve dyspnea by modulating intrapulmonary opioid receptor activity. Our respective primary and secondary objectives were to test the hypothesis that nebulized fentanyl (a mu-opioid receptor agonist) relieves dyspnea durin...

Prolonged bouts of hyperpnea or resisted breathing are known to result in respiratory muscle fatigue, as are primarily non respiratory exercises such as maximal running and cycling. These exercises have a large ventilatory component, though, and can still be argued to be respiratory activities. Sit-up training has been used to increase respiratory muscle strength, but no studies have been done ...

Exercise tests are often used to evaluate the functional status of patients with COPD. However, to the best of our knowledge, a comprehensive systematic comparison of these tests has not been performed. We systematically reviewed studies reporting the repeatability and/or reproducibility of these tests, and studies comparing their sensitivity to therapeutic intervention. A systematic review ide...

Baroreflex buffering plays an important role in arterial blood pressure control. Previous reports suggest that baroreflex sensitivity may be altered in endurance exercise-trained compared with untrained subjects. It is unknown, however, if in vivo baroreflex buffering is altered in the endurance exercise-trained state in humans. Baroreflex buffering was determined in 36 healthy normotensive men...

The study presented in this paper concerns the development of an algorithm, based on finite element analysis, for the dynamic simulation of a tethered lighter-than-air balloon when subjected to operational conditions. The main features of the algorithm are described, highlighting the advantages of this approach when performing dynamic analysis. The input parameters considered in the method are ...