An integrated model for magnetoencephalography (MEG) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is proposed. In the proposed model, MEG and fMRI outputs are related to the corresponding aspects of neural activities in a voxel. Post synaptic potentials (PSPs) and action potentials (APs) are two main signals generated by neural activities. In the model, both of MEG and fMRI are related to t...

In this study, we focused on the gait of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and presented a gray box model for it. We tried to present a model for basal ganglia structure in order to generate stride time interval signal in model output for healthy and PD states. Because of feedback role of dopamine neurotransmitter in basal ganglia, this part is modelled by “Elman Network”, which is a neural network stru...

marine industry requires continued development of new technologies in order to produce oil. an essential requirement in design is to be able to compare experimental data from prototype structures with predicted information from a corresponding analytical finite element model. in this study, structural model updating may be defined as the fit of an existing analytical model in the light of measu...

in addition to its primary role of providing financial protection for other industries the insurance industry also serves as a medium for fund mobilization. in spite of the harsh economic environment in nigeria, the insurance industry has been crucial to the consummation of business plans and wealth creation.  however, the continued downturn experienced by many countries, in the last decade, se...

This paper presents the foundations that lead to the EKV MOS transistor compact model. It describes all the basic concepts required to derive the large-signal and smallsignal charge-based model that is valid in all modes of inversion, from weak to strong inversion through moderate inversion. The general small-signal model valid in quasistatic and non-quasi-static operation is also presented and...

In this paper we present a modular neural network structure for global modeling of microwave transistors (MESFET/HEMT). The model is able to accurately represent both, the small-signal and the large-signal behavior of the device. This is achieved by means of an original neural architecture, which is composed of two main modules. The first module captures the nonlinear dynamic I/V characteristic...

An approach to the analysis of large-signal stability of a Boost converter via the small-signal loop gains is presented. The large-signal stable region of the small-signal designed bilinear Boost converter is estimated in light of the Input-output stability concept. By doing so, the effects of small-signals on large-signal stability are revealed. The effectiveness of the presented approach is v...

We report on the experimental results obtained for direct intensity modulation of widely tunable sampled-grating distributed Bragg-reflector (SGDBR) lasers. These devices operate in the C-band (1525 – 1562 nm range) and are directly modulated with analog and digital signals. The results obtained show a 6-GHz small-signal bandwidth, and an undistorted EyePattern for a NRZ signal modulation with ...

In the disproof of the Strong Simplex Conjecture presented in [1], a counterexample signal set was found that has higher average probability of correct optimal decoding than the corresponding regular simplex signal set, when compared at small values of the signal-to-noise ratio. The latter was defined as the quotient of average signal energy and average noise power. In this paper, it is shown t...