... approximately doubled when measuredby Nevrokard as compared to F-EXTRACT Increasing values of x, 3x, and 5x measuredby F-EXTARCT will be measuredas 2x, 6x and 10x, respectively, by Nevrokard And ... was almost times higher when measuredby the Nevrokard system Similar to most time- domain variables, the total power measuredby the Nevrokard system was approximately twice of that measuredby ... Figure 11-4: Bar charts of mean time- domain parameters at various gestationalagesasmeasuredby Nevokard and F-EXTRACT 186 Comparisonof novel versus commercial HRV softwares 500 70 60 Normalized...
... visualization of the data An automated computation of time- and frequency-domain parameters offoetal HRV was necessary because manual measurement of RR -intervals from raw foetalECG signal is time- consuming ... gestation, and may reflect the slower maturation of the foetal parasympathetic system as compared to the sympathetic system This implies that the sympathetic control of the foetal heart rate ... reflect true beat-to-beat fHR data Hence, it may be due to this reason that the foetalECG was successful in detecting both the normal and ectopic beats and thus gave an accurate measure of the true...
... onset of atrial depolarization to the onset of ventricular depolarization, 118 ECGof healthy foetuses Table 7-6: Comparisonoffoetalcardiactimeintervalsatdifferentgestationalagesasmeasured ... example of the raw abdominal ECG strip comprising of both maternal andfoetalECG complexes, the online display offoetaland maternal heart rates, as well as the average foetalECG complex, indicating ... Gestational age fECG- FoetalECG Values are presented as p (n) where p- percentage of successful fECG waveform measuredand n- number of fECG recordings where fECG waveform was successfully measured...
... Success rates offoetalECG recording…………………… 103 4.2 Cardiactimeintervalsandgestational age……………… 105 4.3 Cardiactimeintervalsand gender………………………… 112 4.4 Intrapartum cardiactimeintervals ……………………… ... 14 The foetalECG waveform CHAPTER THE FOETALECG WAVEFORM The foetalECG waveform 15 Morphology andtimeintervalsof the foetalECG Like the adult ECG, the foetalECG consists of P, QRS and T ... adequate reduction of noise and maternal ECG signals so that foetalcardiactimeintervals may be measured Serial fECGs were recorded in 100 foetuses from 18 weeks of gestation till full-term, and...
... use of spectral analysis offoetal HRV as an indirect indication Limitations of the study and future directions 205 of the development offoetalcardiac autonomic activity from 18 weeks of gestation ... activity, and it is reassuring to obtain a CTG that shows accelerations ofat least 15 beats per minute for 15 seconds or longer that often occur with foetal movements Thus, by including foetal ... Influence ofgestational age andfoetal heart rate on the foetal mechanical PR interval J Matern Foetal Neonatal Med 2004; 15(5): 303-305 47 Bonnemeier H, Richardt G, Potratz J, Wiegand UK, Brandes...
... spectral estimation, signal detection and classification, and higher-order spectra Professor Boashash is a Fellow of Engineers of Australia, Fellow of IREE, and Fellow of IEEE EURASIP Journal on ... cross-validation method [24] Given a dataset of size N, this method simply consists of splitting the dataset in a set of N − training data and one test data So, for events (seizure and nonseizure) at ... School of Science and Technology, Bond University, as a Professor of electronics In 1991, he joined Queensland University of Technology as the Foundation Professor of signal processing and Director...
... levels of the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system exhibit a trade-off relationship, so the possibility of estimating the state of sympathetic nervous system activity by ... citation purposes) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2007, 4:36 teen minutes of heart rate data for each observation condition and calculated the changing of the LF/HF ratio by moving ... each titles of Figure Sex M = male, F = female No sign, 750-Intv, and 3500-Intv + = Increase of LF/HF ratio, - = Decrease of LF/HF ratio from the first phase to the last phase Page of 10 (page...
... a measure of patterns of variation that are present across a range oftime scales Given that the frequency of occurrence of variations is inversely proportional to their magnitude and that magnification ... conclusion was that neonatal heart rate data are predominantly nonstationary and that they become more nonstationary in the early course of sepsis The elements of HRC consist of various statistics and ... associated with a stressed physiologic state and/ or activation of the sympathetic response Nonetheless, alteration of variability offers a clinically useful and quantifiable measure of alteration...
... found a 71% and 63% increase of the GM and WM rate of atrophy as compared to the rates they estimated in their previous cross-sectional analysis, showing that when a larger period oftime (3 to ... highlighted an annual rate of sulcal CSF increase for men and women of 2.1 and 0.06 cm3/year, respectively By contrast, we estimated an annual rate of CSF increase (including sulcal and ventricular ... significantly associated with an increased severity of WMH in our cohort of subjects (Dufouil et al., 2001) Finally, as opposed to what was found for the GM, there were only few areas of accelerated WM atrophy...
... pranayamas), the breath rate was lower, approximately breaths per minute In the present study the breath rate was not recorded during the practice ofdifferent yoga breathing techniques The breath rates ... Healthcare, Deutschland, Germany) and recording was made using a Standard Limb Lead I configuration Data were acquired at the sampling rate of 1024 Hz and were analyzed offline Noise free data were used ... yoga there was a significant decrease in self-rated fear, anxiety, sadness, disturbed sleep, and in the breath rate The main limitation of the study was that there was no control group Comparisons...
... that naringenin and hesperetin up-regulate adiponectin expression, and both activate the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) which has been recognized as the master regulator of ... self-report ratings of symptoms increases confidence in the safety of the combination as well as in the blinding procedure used in this study Strengths of the study are the use of randomized placebo-controlled ... normal ranges of 121/74 mm Hg and 70 BPM At the conclusion of the study (75 min.), no increases in either systolic or diastolic blood pressures or heart rate were observed None of the baseline-ending...
... value was calculated from VO2 and VCO2 The RER was used as an index of fat and carbohydrate oxidation Heart rate (Polar HR Moni- http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2011, tor, Stamford, CT) and ... in nasal decongestants and is not a constituent of C aurantium Because of the known cardiovascular effects of nor-epinephrine and ephedrine, it has generally been assumed that consumption of p-synephrine ... from 20 to 30 of this session as subjects breathed through a one-way breathing valve Expired air was collected in Douglas bags and contents measuredby Ametek Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Analyzers...
... consumption of certain food groups (meat, fish and eggs, fruit and their products, and fats and oils) in rural-dwelling seniors It was suggested that food distribution systems and decreased buying ... beliefs and behaviours As people age, these factors often lead to alterations in food selection and decreases in food intake.25,36-39 Such modifications may be mediated by marital status, smoking, ... profile in older people.47,73 Collective Determinants of Healthy Eating Food choice in seniors is motivated by individual attributes that are mediated in the larger arena by familial, social and...
... incubations were at 37 °C PAI-1 was incubated at a concentration of 20 lgÆmL)1 andat various time- points, aliquots were taken for preparation of a twofold dilution series in a 96-well plate with ... towards uPA of representative PAI-1 variants asmeasured in a peptidolytic assay PAI-1 (20 lgÆmL)1) was incubated in HBS supplemented with 0.25% gelatine at 37 °C andat the indicated time- points, ... towards uPA was determined in a peptidolytic assay and expressed as percentage of the theoretical maximum The activity was monitored over timeand the rate of latency transition expressed as the functional...
... score of younger (black) or older (grey) subjects, and each pair of bars one task combination Error indicators are 20% of the corresponding standard deviation An age-related deficit of dual-task ... walking as a task, but unfortunately, the resultant data are inconclusive Some of the latter studies compared single- and dual-task performance on only one of the two concurrent tasks, and thus ... al k+ sp e ll Figure Mean dual-task costs of all task combinations in our present and previous study Mean dual-task costs of all task combinations in our present and previous study [31] Each bar...
... (decrease of blood pressure and increase of heart rate), hypoadrenergic orthostatic hypotension (decrease of blood pressure without an increase of heart rate) and postural tachycardia syndrome (massive ... increase of heart rate without decrease in blood pressure) by recording heart rate and blood pressure [31] The tilt table is an apparatus that has become an important part in the evaluation of patients ... investigate if it leads to a stabilization of blood circulation, prevention of neurally mediated syncope in an early state of rehabilitation, decrease in spasticity, prophylaxis of osteoporosis and...
... is a possibility that the number of repetitions in this experiment was too small for adaptation, and should investigate adaptation in the case of watching other video images and VR experience ... changed based on real -time information of his head-position, which is sometimes used in VR system, there is a possibility that he watches unexpected images, such as upside-down or rotating, and then ... experiment and Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2007, 4:35 performed the analysis of data AT participated in the design of the study...
... subjective view of increased heart rate and muscle fatigue was also assessed using Borg rating scale, ranging from to 20 [7,8] Data were gathered via questionnaires and interviews Assessment of the functional ... work related injuries Similarly, despite mechanization the number of occupational diseases, as well as cumulative trauma disorders (CTD) caused by overwork, has rapidly increased in Latvia They ... accumulation of K+ in the t-tubules and interfibre spaces of the muscle LFF is characterized by a relative loss of force at low frequencies of stimulation and a slow recovery over the course of hours...
... with the patophysiology of effort angina One of the limitations of this study is the determination of the time, when patient was asleep For the reliability of the correct determination of the night ... We derived timedomain parameters by calculating the mean and standard deviation of the IHR in the intervalsand two time series of the frequency-domain parameters of the IHR: fraction of the total ... University of Ljubljana Currently, he is a Full Professor in the Faculty of Computer and Information Science at the University of Ljubljana, and a Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
... at the stem base was 21° The tree was 110 years old and its total height was 33 m Logs (20 cm high) were taken at various heights (6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20 and 22 m) and the directions of measurements ... compression strength parallel to grain of compression wood was an object of interest as early asat the end of the 19th century Nördlinger (1890) was the first to state that spruce compression wood will ... correlation coefficient of the selective sample ranged between 0.321 and 0.538, which confirms a middle level of dependence of wood strength on the ring width All the measured data was used to create...