— Source separation arises in a surprising number of signal processing applications, from speech recognition to EEG analysis. In the square linear blind source separation problem without time delays, one must find an unmixing matrix which can detangle the result of mixing unknown independent sources through an unknown mixing matrix. The recently introduced ICA blind source separation algorithm ...

BACKGROUND Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) has been in the forefront recently for measuring cardiac pulse rates from live or recorded videos. It finds advantages in scenarios requiring remote monitoring, such as medicine and fitness, where contact based monitoring is limiting and cumbersome. The blood volume pulse, defined as the pulsative flow of arterial blood, gives rise to periodic chang...

BACKGROUND Understanding the breeding patterns of Aedes aegypti in households and the factors associated with infestation are important for implementing vector control. The baseline survey of a cluster randomised controlled trial of community mobilisation for dengue prevention in Mexico and Nicaragua collected information about the containers that are the main breeding sites, identified possibl...

This special hot-topic issue arose from a symposium at the IV CICA-STR International Conference held in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) in 2010, dealing on “Aggression, Political Violence, and Terrorism”. In order to put the symposium within the general frame of the conference, the issue starts with the opening words of its Chairman, focused at some important general topics related to aggression...

*Ricardo Carmona1, Servando Espejo1, Rafael Domínguez-Castro1, Ángel RodríguezVázquez1, Tamás Roska2, Tibor Kozek3, Leon O. Chua3 1 Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla-CNM-CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla. Edificio CICA, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n, 41012-Sevilla, Spain. Ph. No.: 34+ 954 239923, Fax: 34+ 954 231832 E-mail: [email protected] 2 MTA-SZTAKI, Analogic & Neural Computing Laboratory, ...

BACKGROUND Although glasses and bottles are frequently used as weapons in assaults, there is little knowledge on which prevention strategies can be based. DESIGN Scrutiny of a random sample of 1288 criminal injury compensation applications. OBJECTIVE To identify predictors and relative severity of glass and bottle injury. METHOD Injury site, severity, treatment, and demographic characteri...

A new approach technology, called the CICA GRID solution is presented which enables the expansion and replication of resources on demand in the service given by the Scientific Computer Centre of Andalusia to the research community. This approach is based on the current Cloud Computing trend. With a minimal technical staff effort, it quickly provides the resources any for demand beyond the norma...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate four phenotypic tests for the detection of metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a low MBL prevalence setting. METHODS Sixty clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa resistant to imipenem and/or meropenem and seven MBL-positive control strains were examined by: (i) MBL Etest; (ii) combined imipenem discs supplemented with EDTA (IPM-EDTA); (iii) ...

Since its inception some 34 years ago the CICB has dealt with over 1000000 applications and paid out over 1.6 bn pounds sterling to victims of violence. The recent changes to the scheme and the formation of the CICA have streamlined the process and resulted in a slight reduction in average payments, but with more consistency in the amounts paid. There is no indication that the steady increase o...