OBJECTIVE To compare variations of plethysmographic wave amplitude (DeltaPpleth) and to determine the percent difference between inspiratory and expiratory pulse pressure (DeltaPp) cutoff values for volume responsiveness in a homogenous population of postoperative cardiac surgery patients. INTRODUCTION Intra-thoracic pressure variations interfere with stroke volume variation. Pulse pressure v...

Multipath propagation in the interstellar medium distorts radio pulses, an effect predominant for distant pulsars observed at low frequencies. Typically, broadened pulses are analyzed to determine the amount of propagation-induced pulse broadening, but with little interest in determining the undistorted pulse shapes. In this paper we develop and apply a method that recovers both the intrinsic p...

Detection thresholds for biphasic symmetric pulses were measured in fourteen human subjects implanted with the Cochlear Corporation Nucleus 22 Implant. The effects of phase duration on thresholds were studied using single pulses, and 500 ms pulse trains at 100 pps. Psychophysical detection thresholds decreased as a function of phase duration with a change in slope at approximately 0.5 ms/phase....

in this paper, the results of design and implementation of the subsystems for generating loran pulse are proposed based on method of carrier’s pulse width change. in order to generate the desired pulse, firstly a pwm signal generated and then it is applied to a class-d switching amplifier. the results show that by generating appropriate pulses in digital fpga subsystem for application in switch...

Two well established experimental stressors, hand immersion in cold water, and mental stimulation with dichotomous listening, were applied to 37 normal subjects after the ingestion of a standard meal. Orocaecal transit was measured by serial exhaled breath hydrogen sampling. Cold water significantly delayed transit compared with warm water control (warm water 71.8 +/- 3.6 mins v cold water 93.2...

In this paper, we have examined the possibility of incorporating pulse compression techniques into a conventional medical B-scan imaging scheme. Linear frequency modulation fm, one form of pulse coding among many others, has been used in this study. With this approach, one can overcome current peak intensity limitations. A theoretical framework that includes medium propagation effects, transduc...

The importance of endothelial dysfunction in the development and clinical expression of cardiovascular disease is well recognized. Impaired endothelial function has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Endothelial function may be evaluated in humans by assessing vasodilation in response to stimuli known to induce the release of nitric oxide. A novel pulse amplitude t...

Different functions have been used to model the lightning return-stroke current with the aid of direct current measurements at tall structures. In this paper, a comparison between the Pulse function and Heilder function is carried out to find out the suitability of each of these functions for simulating the lightning return-stroke current, measured at the CN Tower. An automated system for deter...

The purpose of this paper is a spectrum analysis signals various nature, construction the signal scalogram using Morlet wavelet, modification to obtain more informative graphic representation signal. Spectral constructed by means Fourier transform. A graphical result wavelet transform has been developed with help Mathematica system. For this, used as two-dimensional original scale introduced on...