OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate modified coupling techniques of the Vibrant Soundbridge system in patients with mixed and conductive hearing loss and to compare it with conventional vibroplasty. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. METHODS Two different groups were evaluated: 1) nine cases of conventional incus vibroplasty in comparison with 2) nine patients with modified coupling of the flo...

The paper addresses a sequential changepoint detection problem, assuming that the duration of change may be finite and unknown. This problem is importance for many applications, e.g., signal image processing where signals appear disappear at unknown points in time or space. In contrast to conventional optimality criterion quickest requires minimization expected delay given average run length fa...

The aim of structural performance monitoring is to infer the state of a structure from measurements and thereby support decisions related to structural management. Complex structures may be equipped with hundreds of sensors that measure quantities such as temperature, acceleration and strain. However, meaningful interpretation of data collected from continuous monitoring remains a challenge. MP...

Blinking and eye movement are one of the most important abilities that most people have, even people with spinal cord problem. By using this ability these people could handle some of their activities such as moving their wheelchair without the help of others. One of the most important fields in Human-Robot Interaction is the development of artificial limbs working with brain signals. The purpos...

Digital filters are widely used in many digital signal processing applications. Therefore, digital filtering is one of the basic needs of digital signal processing. This paper introduces the definition and basic principles of FIR digital filters, and the design based on MATLAB.After the description of the process of design, the matlab program is used to implement FIR filter using modified coeff...

Due to slow time variation, variable run length and nonlinearity of sequencing batch reactor (SBR) wastewater treatment batch process, a multivariate statistical MPCA model based on double moving window along the time×variable axis and batch-axis is used for online monitoring the progress of sequencing batch reactor. Moving window MPCA along the time×variable axis can copy seamlessly with varia...

TV image is a subject of increasing interest due to the progress of the new technologies and fabrication of high resolution long range and fast microprocessors. A new technique for TV image tracking; advanced predicted window technique (APWT), is proposed. In this technique the tracking window is positioned at an advanced (predicted) position of the target moving center in a noisy background. I...