Delay embeddings of time series data have emerged as a promising coordinate basis for data-driven estimation of the Koopman operator, which seeks a linear representation for observed nonlinear...

Coherence is a frequency-domain measure of linear dependence between input and output of a system, e.g. a hearing aid, and describes the cumulative effect of different forms of signal corruption, e.g. noise and non-linear distortion. From the coherence function, a general frequency-dependent signal- …

This paper presents the results of a study performed with a lab-scale batch DAF unit fed with previously coagulated (with FeCl3 or cationic polymer) effluent from a pilot scale up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating domestic sewage. The adequate coagulation/flocculation conditions- …

While provisional patent applications are never published and cannot become prior art, recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit illustrate that parties can nonetheless m...

Objective To investigate the prognostic significance of serum procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients with sepsis and those with septic sho...

Job crafting has the potential to be used as a holistic OT intervention strategy to improve work-related self-efficacy among workers with work limitations and disabilities.

It appears that variance in diagnostic and investigative practice between consultant neurologists exists and may result in differing management. Mean diagnostic certainty was associated with greater diagnostic peer-agreement and lower investigation rates. Metrics reflecting concordance with peers, a …

Choices and decisions involve a series of complex cognitive processes, and the time-frequency analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals can help understand the brain activities in different cognitive tasks. In this study, a decision-making cognitive task of rock-paper-scissors was designed, and …

Among the main electric components in power systems, load models have great effect on power system time- domain dynamic simulations. However, owing to the characteristics such as time-variation, randomness and so on, it is difficult to construct load model. In addition, in order to analyze the uncertainties, Monte-Carlo method is often used to estimate the probability density function of the desired output, which requires many sample data obtained from repeated simulations, therefore the uncertainty studies on power system stability are few. This paper studies the effect of the uncertainties of dynamic load proportion on power system dynamic stability based on Probabilistic Collocation Method (PCM). It could be concluded that using the proposed method the desired output is directly described as a polynomial in the uncertain parameter of the system. Consequently, high calculation accuracy could be reached by low-dimensionality polynomial functions and fewer time-domain simulations. Cases study verifies the validity of the proposed method.

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an emerging non-invasive neuromodulation technique that serves as treatment tool to neurological disorders. However, the mechanism of how the stimulation modulates ongoing brain activity and connectivity is still not fully understood. Simultaneous ac …

Research into the use of transitional objects (Winnicott, 1971) by adult clients in psychotherapy has given little attention to the question of how a transitional object (TO) works. This question is addressed through the use of a semi-structured interview. Data was collected on the clinical practice …