The measurement of myocardial performance is of critical importance for the diagnosis and management of the patient with cardiac disease. Despite decades of investigation, the search for the optimal method to measure the contractile properties of the myocardium still continues. Extrapolations from experiments in isolated muscle preparations and the intact animal heart have resulted in invasive ...

The relations of fibrolite-biotite are discussed by presenting data from the Ardara aureole, NW Ireland. Biotite-fibrolite intergrowths are developed in all three aureole zones including: the outer kyanite-bearing andalusite zone, the middle kyanite-free andalusite zone and the inner prismatic sillimanite zone. A strain-assisted mechanism is proposed for the fibrolitisation of biotite in the Ar...

Predictive accuracy has been used as the main and often only evaluation criterion for the predictive performance of classification learning algorithms. In recent years, the area under the ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristics) curve, or simply AUC, has been proposed as an alternative single-number measure for evaluating learning algorithms. In this paper, we prove that AUC is a better measure...

The comprehension of the anisotropy impacts on mechanical properties of the rolled steel sheets was investigated using a non-quadratic anisotropic yield function. In this study, experimental and modelling determination regarding the behaviour of an industrial rolled sheet for a ferritic stainless low-carbon steel were carried out. The parameters of the associated yield equation, derived from th...