BACKGROUND It is very important to assess the effectiveness of prone positioning (PP) in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, it is difficult to identify patients who may benefit from PP. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether prone positioning potential (PPP) can be predicted by lung ultrasound in patients with ARDS. METHODS In this prospect...

Zu Beginn des Jahres 1981 wurde entgegen skeptischen Stimmen an der Sektion Theoretische und angewandte Sprachwissenschaft (TAS) der Leipziger Universität mit der Bildung eines Forschungskollektivs der Aufbau der Forschungsrichtung "Automatische Sprachverarbeitung" (ASV) in Angriff genommen. Die Leitung war dem Verfasser dieser Mitteilung übertragen worden, de facto teilte er sie sich mit Rudi ...

The present study evaluates MBCM and GMM solutions for both ASV and ASI problems involving text-independent telephone speech from the King speech database. The MBCM's accuracy is enhanced by selectively removing those classi ers within the model which perform worst (pruning). An unpruned MBCM outperforms a GMM for ASV and speakers taken from within the same dialectic region (San Diego, CA). Onc...

In this chapter, the authors address main issues of Navigation, Guidance, and Control (NGC) and vision system of Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASV). These issues compose research problems and related research findings in recent years. Related research results are reviewed first; then the hardware and subsystem of ASVs is introduced. For the typical rudder-propeller, three degrees of freedom horiz...

The avian sarcoma virus transforming gene product pp60src has been partially purified by using ion exchange or immunoaffinity chromatography. These preparations contain a cyclic AMP-independent protein kinase activity capable of transferring radiolabel from [gamma-32P]ATP to immune rabbit IgG, casein, and the heavy chain purified from normal rabbit IgG. The casein kinase activity is specificall...

An increasing number of independent studies have confirmed the vulnerability of automatic speaker verification (ASV) technology to spoofing. However, in comparison to that involving other biometric modalities, spoofing and countermeasure research for ASV is still in its infancy. A current barrier to progress is the lack of standards which impedes the comparison of results generated by different...

To the Editor: Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) allows clinicians to set a maximum plateau pressure (PP) and a desired minute ventilation. Thus, ASV automatically determines the respiratory rate and tidal volume (VT) based on its algorithms and hereto adjusts VT to keep PP below the set maximum. In a lung model with varying mechanics, all mimicking acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), ...

This article presents a novel Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) that was designed and manufactured specifically for the monitoring of water resources, resources that are not only constantly drained, but also face the growing threat of mass proliferation (bloom) of noxious cyanobacteria. On one hand, the distribution of these blooms in a given water body requires a surveillance of biological data ...

The long term goals of this research activity are to significantly increase the performance and affordability of small AUV systems by eliminating their need for expensive navigation equipment by providing exact position updates through an acoustic uplink system with a geographically positioned ASV. The mobile surface acoustic link shall also allow the AUV to communicate data while in transit an...