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Syntéza elektronicky rekonfigurovatelných kmitočtových filtrů / Synthesis of the electronically reconfigurable frequency filtersMichalička, Filip January 2020 (has links)
This diploma thesis deals with design of reconection-less electronically reconfigurable filter structures which have single input and single output using unconventional active elements, which have ability to adjust one of their parameter e.g. gain or transconductance. The first part describes basic parameters of frequency filters, the division of filters by frequency transfer response and used circuit elements, their operational modes, the principle of reconnection-less electronically reconfiguration and the circuit design method MUNV. Second part describes all active elements used in the proposal of filters, their properties and the implementation using existing transistor-level models. The third part contains the design of three reconnection-less electronically reconfigurable filters and the simulations results obtained from simulation programs OrCAD Capture and PSpice. The obtained results were compared with theoretical behaviour. This part also contains results of these analyses: sensitivity, parasitic, Monte Carlo and temperature to determine the behaviour in varied cases.
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Elektronicky rekonfigurovatelné kmitočtové filtry / Electronically reconfigurable frequency filtersGajdoš, Adam January 2016 (has links)
The aim of the thesis was design of reconnection-less and electronically reconfigurable filters of SISO type with non-traditional active elements. Adjustability of bandwidth or quality factor is also required. First part of the thesis deals with theoretical analysis of filters, their operation modes and design of frequency filters using Signal-flow graph method aswell. Last but not least, electronical reconfiguration of transfer function and parasitic analysis was discussed. Another part describes active elements used in the practical part of thesis. Behaviors and design of active elements using existing circuits (e.g. UCC,EL2082) are described and their transformation into the Signal-flow graph form too. In the practical part five reconnection-less and reconfigurable filters of SISO type was designed using SNAP program. Simulations were done using Orcad program with ideal and real simulation models of active elements. Last part deals with filter design in EAGLE and experimental measurement.
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Optické měření elektromechanických projevů srdečních buněk / Optical Measurement of Electromechanical Characteristics of Heart CellsČmiel, Vratislav January 2016 (has links)
Dissertation is focused on the application of optical measurement methods using techniques of optical microscopy and fluorescence microscopy in measurements of electromechanical characteristics of isolated cardiac cells and clusters of differentiated cardiomyocytes. The first proposed method uses a practical combination of fluorescence microscopy equipped with fluorescent fast and high-resolution camera and atomic force microscopy for simultaneous measurement of calcium transients and contraction of cardiomyocyte clusters. The signals obtained undergoes filtration, processing and analysis. Result function parameters obtained by analyzing signals after application of caffeine are evaluated by comparison with functional parameters obtained during the control measurement. The second proposed method is applied to the cardiomyocyte clusters for the purpose of cardiomyocyte contraction signals measurement. The signals obtained by optical methods are analyzed and compared with the reference signal obtained using atomic force microscopy. Optical measurement method of cell contractins based on detection of cell ends using adjusting of microscopy images by re-sharpening and fluorescence method for cardiomyocyte contractions measurements were designed to increase realiability in simultaneous measurement of cell contractions simultaneously with calcium transients in isolated cardiomyocytes experiments.
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Les mécanismes sous-jacents aux effets pathologiques cardiaques de l’angiotensine II dans le remodelage électrique et contractile entre les sexesMathieu, Sophie 10 1900 (has links)
No description available.
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Measurement and relevance of rhythmic and aperiodic human brain dynamicsKosciessa, Julian Q. 11 November 2020 (has links)
Menschliche Hirnsignale von der Kopfhaut bieten einen Einblick in die neuronalen Prozesse, denen Wahrnehmung, Denken und Verhalten zugrunde liegen. Rhythmen, die historisch den Grundstein für die Erforschung großflächiger Hirnsignale legten, sind ein häufiges Zeichen neuronaler Koordination, und damit von weitem Interesse für die kognitiven, systemischen und komputationalen Neurowissenschaften. Typischen Messungen von Rhythmizität fehlt es jedoch an Details, z. B. wann und wie lange Rhythmen auftreten. Darüber hinaus weisen neuronale Zeitreihen zahlreiche dynamische Muster auf, von denen nur einige rhythmisch erscheinen. Obwohl aperiodischen Beiträgen traditionell der Status irrelevanten „Rauschens“ zugeschrieben wird, attestieren neuere Erkenntnisse ihnen ebenfalls eine Signalrolle in Bezug auf latente Hirndynamik. Diese kumulative Dissertation fasst Projekte zusammen, die darauf abzielen, rhythmische und aperiodische Beiträge zum menschlichen Elektroenzephalogramm (EEG) methodisch zu dissoziieren, und ihre Relevanz für die flexible Wahrnehmung zu untersuchen. Projekt 1 ermittelt insbesondere die Notwendigkeit und Durchführbarkeit der Trennung rhythmischer von aperiodischer Aktivität in kontinuierlichen Signalen. Projekt 2 kehrt diese Perspektive um und prüft Multiscale Entropy als Index für die Unregelmäßigkeit von Zeitreihen. Diese Arbeit weist auf methodische Probleme in der klassischen Messung zeitlicher Unregelmäßigkeit hin, und schlägt Lösungen für zukünftige Anwendungen vor. Abschließend untersucht Projekt 3 die neurokognitive Relevanz rhythmischer und aperiodischer Zustände. Anhand eines parallelen multimodalen EEG-fMRT-Designs mit gleichzeitiger Pupillenmessung liefert dieses Projekt erste Hinweise dafür, dass erhöhte kognitive Anforderungen Hirnsignale von einem rhythmischen zu einem unregelmäßigen Regime verschieben und impliziert gleichzeitige Neuromodulation und thalamische Aktivierung in diesem Regimewechsel. / Non-invasive signals recorded from the human scalp provide a window on the neural dynamics that shape perception, cognition and action. Historically motivating the assessment of large-scale network dynamics, rhythms are a ubiquitous sign of neural coordination, and a major signal of interest in the cognitive, systems, and computational neurosciences. However, typical descriptions of rhythmicity lack detail, e.g., failing to indicate when and for how long rhythms occur. Moreover, neural times series exhibit a wealth of dynamic patterns, only some of which appear rhythmic. While aperiodic contributions are traditionally relegated to the status of irrelevant ‘noise’, they may be informative of latent processing regimes in their own right. This cumulative dissertation summarizes and discusses work that (a) aims to methodologically dissociate rhythmic and aperiodic contributions to human electroencephalogram (EEG) signals, and (b) probes their relevance for flexible cognition. Specifically, Project 1 highlights the necessity, feasibility and limitations of dissociating rhythmic from aperiodic activity at the single-trial level. Project 2 inverts this perspective, and examines the utility of multi-scale entropy as an index for the irregularity of brain dynamics, with a focus on the relation to rhythmic and aperiodic descriptions. By highlighting prior biases and proposing solutions, this work indicates future directions for measurements of temporal irregularity. Finally, Project 3 examines the neurocognitive relevance of rhythmic and aperiodic regimes with regard to the neurophysiological context in which they may be engaged. Using a parallel multi-modal EEG-fMRI design with concurrent pupillometry, this project provides initial evidence that elevated demands shift cortical dynamics from a rhythmic to an irregular regime; and implicates concurrent phasic neuromodulation and subcortical thalamic engagement in these regime shifts.
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Feeding and Feedback in the Circumgalactic Medium(CGM) of Low-redshift Spiral Galaxies: a gastronomical talein X-ray, 21-cm, and Sunyaev-Zel’dovich EffectDas, Sanskriti 08 September 2022 (has links)
No description available.
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Integrated Frequency-Selective Conduction Transmission-Line EMI FilterLiang, Yan 20 March 2009 (has links)
The multi-conductor lossy transmission-line model and finite element simulation tool are used to analyze the high-frequency attenuator and the DM transmission-line EMI filter. The insertion gain, transfer gain, current distribution, and input impedance of the filter under a nominal design are discussed. In order to apply the transmission-line EMI filter to power electronics systems, the performance of the filter under different dimensions, material properties, and source and load impedances must be known. The influences of twelve parameters of the DM transmission-line EMI filter on the cut-off frequency, the roll-off slope, and other characteristics of the insertion gain and transfer gain curves are investigated. The most influential parameters are identified. The current sharing between the copper and nickel conductors under different parameters are investigated. The performance of the transmission-line EMI filter under different source and load impedances is also explored.
The measurement setups of the DM transmission-line EMI filter using a network analyzer have been discussed. The network analyzer has a common-ground problem that influences the measured results of the high-frequency attenuator. However, the common-ground problem has a negligible influence on the measured results of the DM transmission-line EMI filter. The connectors and copper strips between the connectors and the filter introduce parasitic inductance to the measurement setup. Both simulated and measured results show that transfer gain curve is very sensitive to the parasitic inductance. However, the insertion gain curve is not sensitive to the parasitic inductance. There are two major methods to reduce the parasitic inductance of the measurement setup: using small connectors and applying a four-terminal measurement setup. The transfer gain curves of three measurement setups are compared: the two-terminal measurement setup with BNC connectors, the two-terminal measurement setup with Sub Miniature version B (SMB) connectors, and the four-terminal measurement setup with SMB connectors. The four-terminal measurement setup with SMB connectors is the most accurate one and is applied for all the transfer gain measurements in this dissertation.
This dissertation also focuses on exploring ways to improve the performance of the DM transmission-line EMI filter. Several improved structures of the DM transmission-line EMI filter are investigated. The filter structure without insulation layer can greatly reduce the thickness of the filter without changing its performance. The meander structure can increase the total length of the filter without taking up too much space and results in the cut-off frequency being shifted lower and achieving more attenuation. A prototype of the two-dielectric-layer filter structure is built and measured. The measurement result confirms that a multi-dielectric-layer structure is an effective way to achieve a lower cut-off frequency and more attenuation.
This dissertation proposes a broadband DM EMI filter combining the advantages of the discrete reflective LC EMI filter and the transmission-line EMI filter. Two DM absorptive transmission-line EMI filters take the place of the two DM capacitors in the discrete reflective LC EMI filter. The measured insertion gain of the prototype has a large roll-off slope at low frequencies and large attenuation at high frequencies. The dependence of the broadband DM EMI filter on source and load impedances is also investigated. Larger load (source) impedance gives more attenuation no matter it is resistive, inductive or capacitive. The broadband DM EMI filter always has more high-frequency attenuation than the discrete reflective LC EMI filter under different load (source) impedances. / Ph. D.
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Exotic Decays of a Vector-liketop Partner at the LHCSkwarcan-Bidakowski, Alexander January 2019 (has links)
An evaluation of how sensitive some ATLAS searches for new physics are to a new beyond standard model (BSM) vector-like quark (VLQ) and a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson (pNGB) scalar. This was done by simulating a signal containing these new particles and making a recast of it onto existing verified ATLAS searches for new physics at center-of-mass (CM) energy of 13 TeV (Run 2) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Signals for recasting were tailored such that their final states would be appropriate in relation to each respective ATLAS search in order to use the same selection criteria as applied in the existing searches. The results are summarized in the form of significances (Z) for each masspoint of the new top-partner and S particle. Significances did not show any expectiation of excluding any masspoint in the examined mass range for the recasts at 95% CL. This suggests that a dedicated search for these particles in the considered masspoints would be required.
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Rehabilitación Virtual Motora: una Evaluación al tratamiento de pacientes con Daño Cerebral AdquiridoAlbiol Pérez, Sergio 30 June 2014 (has links)
El uso de la Realidad Virtual dentro del campo de la Rehabilitaci on Motora en
pacientes con Da~no Cerebral Adquirido (DCA) es un hecho cient camente contrastado
en los ultimos a~nos. Los prometedores y satisfactorios resultados que se
est an obteniendo en esta l nea de investigaci on (tanto a nivel cognitivo, como a
nivel motor), en conjunci on con los procesos terap euticos tradicionales, proporcionan
el auge de un nuevo hito dentro de la rehabilitaci on tradicional conocido
como Virtual Motor Rehabilitation cuyo acr onimo es (VMR), describi endolo como
Rehabilitaci on Virtual Motora (RVM).
Hoy en d a, el Da~no Cerebral Adquirido es uno de los principales problemas de
discapacidad y muerte en el mundo, donde las metodolog as propuestas dentro del
campo de la rehabilitaci on tradicional, proporcionan resultados prometedores y
esperanzadores. No obstante, este tipo de terapias presentan inconvenientes como
son la falta de motivaci on del paciente, que lleva a una limitada adherencia al
tratamiento, o las limitaciones de tiempo, espacio o coste que surgen en el proceso
rehabilitador.
Tradicionalmente, los principales experimentos realizados dentro del campo de la
Rehabilitaci on Motora, se han realizado en pacientes DCA post-agudos y agudos,
con escasas publicaciones basadas en el proceso rehabilitador motor de pacientes
DCA cr onicos. En la presente tesis se han desarrollado sistemas de Rehabilitaci on
Virtual para que, gracias al uso de dispositivos de bajo coste y las aportaciones
obtenidas por los especialistas cl nicos, se haya validado la hip otesis:
Mediante t ecnicas de rehabilitaci on virtual es posible obtener en pacientes
cr onicos una recuperaci on del equilibrio estad sticamente signi-
cativa, y similar a la que es posible obtener en pacientes agudos.
Los experimentos realizados en el proceso rehabilitador, junto con las validaciones
cl nicas realizadas en el Hospital Valencia al Mar, y el Instituto Valenciano de la
Discapacidad, han servido para obtener unos resultados contrastables y satisfactorios,
que corroboran la hip otesis de trabajo planteada. / Albiol Pérez, S. (2014). Rehabilitación Virtual Motora: una Evaluación al tratamiento de pacientes con Daño Cerebral Adquirido [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/38450
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Risk-averse periodic preventive maintenance optimizationSingh, Inderjeet,1978- 21 December 2011 (has links)
We consider a class of periodic preventive maintenance (PM) optimization problems, for a single piece of equipment that deteriorates with time or use, and can be repaired upon failure, through corrective maintenance (CM). We develop analytical and simulation-based optimization models that seek an optimal periodic PM policy, which minimizes the sum of the expected total cost of PMs and the risk-averse cost of CMs, over a finite planning horizon. In the simulation-based models, we assume that both types of maintenance actions are imperfect, whereas our analytical models consider imperfect PMs with minimal CMs. The effectiveness of maintenance actions is modeled using age reduction factors. For a repairable unit of equipment, its virtual age, and not its calendar age, determines the associated failure rate. Therefore, two sets of parameters, one describing the effectiveness of maintenance actions, and the other that defines the underlying failure rate of a piece of equipment, are critical to our models. Under a given maintenance policy, the two sets of parameters and a virtual-age-based age-reduction model, completely define the failure process of a piece of equipment. In practice, the true failure rate, and exact quality of the maintenance actions, cannot be determined, and are often estimated from the equipment failure history.
We use a Bayesian approach to parameter estimation, under which a random-walk-based Gibbs sampler provides posterior estimates for the parameters of interest. Our posterior estimates for a few datasets from the literature, are consistent with published results. Furthermore, our computational results successfully demonstrate that our Gibbs sampler is arguably the obvious choice over a general rejection sampling-based parameter estimation method, for this class of problems. We present a general simulation-based periodic PM optimization model, which uses the posterior estimates to simulate the number of operational equipment failures, under a given periodic PM policy. Optimal periodic PM policies, under the classical maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian estimates are obtained for a few datasets. Limitations of the ML approach are revealed for a dataset from the literature, in which the use of ML estimates of the parameters, in the maintenance optimization model, fails to capture a trivial optimal PM policy.
Finally, we introduce a single-stage and a two-stage formulation of the risk-averse periodic PM optimization model, with imperfect PMs and minimal CMs. Such models apply to a class of complex equipment with many parts, operational failures of which are addressed by replacing or repairing a few parts, thereby not affecting the failure rate of the equipment under consideration. For general values of PM age reduction factors, we provide sufficient conditions to establish the convexity of the first and second moments of the number of failures, and the risk-averse expected total maintenance cost, over a finite planning horizon. For increasing Weibull rates and a general class of increasing and convex failure rates, we show that these convexity results are independent of the PM age reduction factors. In general, the optimal periodic PM policy under the single-stage model is no better than the optimal two-stage policy. But if PMs are assumed perfect, then we establish that the single-stage and the two-stage optimization models are equivalent. / text
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