This paper presents the application of nonlinear channel equalizers, based on fuzzy IF-THEN rules, for Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication applications. Two types of fuzzy filters namely Type–1 TSK (Takagi – Sugeno – Kang) fuzzy adaptive filter (FAF) and Type–2 TSK FAF are considered for performance comparison. The equalizers proposed can be trained with very short training signal of 2...

An interval type-2 TSK fuzzy logic system can be obtained by considering the membership functions of its existed type-1 counterpart as primary membership functions and assigning uncertainty to cluster centers, standard deviation of Gaussian membership functions and consequence parameters. In many cases it has been difficult to determine the spread percentages for these parameters to obtain an o...

Clinical studies have reported that body core temperature decreases during prolonged anesthesia. Though this finding has been attributed primarily to increased heat loss resulting from exposure of body cavities and infusion of cold solutions, it is generally recognized that anesthesia possibly interferes with the thermoregulatory system. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether m...

Natural language generation needs an input language whose expressive power is sufficient for generating texts with the level of quality desired by various NLP applications. In oar generator, DIOGENES(e.g., Nirenburg et al., 1989), we use the text meaning representation language TAMERLAN(Nirenburg and Defrise, 1989 and forthcoming). Expressions in this language are used as input by the DIOGENES ...

Romanovsky, Andrej A., Andrei I. Ivanov, and Yury P. Shimansky. Selected Contribution: Ambient temperature for experiments in rats: a new method for determining the zone of thermal neutrality. J Appl Physiol 92: 2667–2679, 2002. First published February 22, 2002; 10.1152/japplphysiol. 01173.2001.—There is a misbelief that the same animal has the same thermoneutral zone (TNZ) in different experi...

Recent work suggests an influence of the mean body skin (Tsk) and deep body temperatures (Tb) on coldinduced vasodilatation (CIVD). For example, minimum finger temperature (Tfi,min)was lower, and the maximum finger temperature (Tfi,max) was greater during CIVD when Tb was elevated, and the onset time of the CIVD response was reduced at higher Tsk. Question remain, though, about the influence of...

Sports Research and Innovation Institute, Lithuanian Sports University, Sporto St. 6, LT-44221 Kaunas, Lithuania The effect of single acute cold water exposure on the cognitive function (short-term, working memory and attention) was examined in 25 male subjects who were exposed to 14 °C cold water (air temperature ~22 °C, rh ~45%) in the semi-recumbent posture (up to the shoulders) until the re...