Focal atrial tachycardia (AT) is the least common type of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), which could be successfully treated with catheter radiofrequency ablation (CA) in majority of patients. P-wave morphology (PWM) of the surface electrocardiogram (ECG) has been proved a very helpful tool to predict the localization of focal AT. Some studies demonstrated that ATs of the left-sided pulmon...

A compact planar monopole UWB antenna with quadruple band-notched characteristics is analyzed and presented. By introducing a C-shaped slot, nested C-shaped slot in the radiating patch and U-shaped slot in the feed line, quadruple band-notched characteristics are achieved at frequencies of 2.5, 3.7, 5.8 and 8.2 GHz. The proposed antenna has been fabricated and tested. Measured impedance bandwid...

Damage and fracture mechanisms of two 2198 Al-Li thin sheet alloys having different thicknesses (2 and 6 mm) are investigated. Two heat treatments are studied: T3 and T8. Mechanical tests are carried out on flat specimens including smooth tensile samples and U-notched specimens (with various notch radii). Test data are used to identify the parameters of constitutive equations describing plastic...

Two groups of PLGA specimens with different geometries (notched and unnotched) were injection molded under two melting temperatures and flow rates. The mechanical properties, morphology at the fracture surface, and residual stresses were evaluated for both processing conditions. The morphology of the fractured surfaces for both specimens showed brittle and smooth fracture features for the major...

A compact printed ultra wideband (UWB) monopole antenna with multi-notched characteristics is presented. By inserting multiple E-shaped slot in micro strip feed line and ground plane, additional resonances are excited. The multi notch has been created by embedding a pair of – L shaped arm in the radiating patch and a modified E-slot defected ground structure in the feeding line. The designed an...

The present paper is concerned with modelling damage and fracture in notched woven fabric composites. Previous experimental work has shown that damage at a notch in a variety of GFRP and CFRP composites based on woven fabric reinforcement comprises matrix damage and fibre tow fracture along the plane of maximum stress. It is these experimental observations that inform the failure modelling deve...

We present a compact ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna integrated with sharp notches with a detailed analysis of the mutual coupling of the multiple notch resonators. By utilizing complementary split ring resonators (CSRR) on the radiating semi-circular patch, we achieve the sharp notch-filtering of various bands within the UWB band without increasing the antenna size. The notched frequency bands in...

In this paper Cobalt-Chromium-Molybdenum (Co-Cr-Mo) specimens produced by Selective Laser Melting (SLM) for biomedical field were studied. particular, fatigue tests carried out comparing as-built condition with Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) and a heat treatment under vacuum condition. The influence on microstructure properties was investigated plain V-notched geometry. Both HIP had effects the i...

Magnetoencephalographic measurements (MEG) were used to examine the effect on the human auditory cortex of removing specific frequencies from the acoustic environment. Subjects listened for 3 h on three consecutive days to music "notched" by removal of a narrow frequency band centered on 1 kHz. Immediately after listening to the notched music, the neural representation for a 1-kHz test stimulus...

The present paper is concerned with modelling damage and fracture in notched woven fabric composites. Previous experimental work has shown that, under tensile loading, damage at a notch in a variety of GFRP and CFRP composites based on woven fabric reinforcement comprises matrix damage and fibre tow fracture along the plane of maximum stress. It is these experimental observations that inform th...