简介:Echocardiographyisthemostfrequentlyusedimagingmodalitytodeterminecardiacfunction.Leftventricularejectionfractionthemostwidelyusedparameterforevaluationofsystolicfunction,providesimportantprognosticvalueinclinicalpractice,andformspartoftheevidencebaseformanydecisionsaboutcardiovascularcare.However,ejectionfractionhasseveralsubstantiallimitationsandisinsensitivetosubtlechangesinsystolicfunction.Theassessmentofmyocardialdeformationwithechocardiographyhasbeenstudiedfortwodecades,andisincreasinglyusedintheclinicalsetting.Thistechniquecanpreciselycharacterizethemechanicsofmyocardialcontractionandrelaxation.Themostcommonlyusedparameterisgloballongitudinalstrain,whichismoresensitivethanejectionfractionforthemeasurementofsystolicfunction.Thisreviewfocusesontheprognosticvalueofgloballongitudinalstraininpredictingadverseoutcomesincardiovasculardisease.
简介:Objective:Establishnormativedatafortympanicelectrocochleography(TMECochG)parametersinnormalhearingadultswithoutMeniere'sdisease's(MD)symptoms.DescribeTMECochGvariablesthathelptodistinguishnormalfromMDears.Materialandmethods:Weenrolled100subjects(N?200ears),59females,agedbetween19and71yearsfrom09/2010to04/2014.Inclusioncriteria:normalotomicroscopy,hearingthresholds25dBnHLfrom250to4000Hz,normaltympanogram,nosymptomsofMDaccordingtotheAAO-HNS1995criteriaandGibson'sscore<7.Weexcludedsubjectswithdizziness,auralfullnessorothersymptomsofendolymphatichydrops.Thefollowingparameterswereanalyzed:SP/APamplituderatio,SP/AParearatioandthedifferencebetweenAPlatencywithrarefactionandcondensationstimuli.Results:Therewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenrightandleftears(Intraclasscorrelationcoefficient<0.6).SP/APamplituderatiovariedbetween0.084and0.356andSP/AParearatiobetween0.837and1.671(percentiles5and95).TheAPlatencydifferencetorarefactionandcondensationclickswasbetween0.0and0.333ms.Conclusion:NormativedataforTMECochGparameterswereestablishedin100normalhearingsubjectswithoutMD.Thesedatacanbeusedtodistinguishnormalfrompathologicalfindingsandinfollow-upofMDpatients.
简介:Thephysicalmeasuresofmacroscopicseismicintensityhavebeenextensivelystudiedbasedonthenewunderstandingofseismicintensityandthenewanalyticalmethodandnewdatabaseofstronggroundmotion.Newphysicalmeasuresofseismicintensityhavebeenproposed.
简介:在这份报纸,从钱的时间价值的观点,我们与折扣因素为公事包向量学习风险措施。为公事包向量的现金subadditive风险措施被建议。表示结果被是凸的分析并且扩大空间的二个不同方法给。特别,凸的分析的方法做推理和表示结果的线更简单。同时,看到向量也被介绍,并且在他们之间的关系被调查并且为公事包提交风险措施。
简介:WeconsiderthehomogeneousCantorsetswhicharegeneralizationofsymmetricperfectsets,andgiveaformulaoftheexactHausdorffmeasuresforaclassofsuchsets.
简介:Themultifractalformalismforsinglemeasureisreviewed.Next,amixedgeneralizedmultifractalformalismisintroducedwhichextendsthemultifractalformalismofasinglemeasurebasedongeneralizationsoftheHausdorffandpackingmeasurestoavectorofsimultaneouslymanymeasures.Borel-CantelliandLargedeviationsTheoremsareextendedtohigherordersandthusappliedforthevalidityofthenewvariantofthemultifractalformalismforsomespecialcasesofmulti-doublingtypemeasures.
简介:SinceChinabegantopursuethepoliciesofreformandopening,itsironandsteelindustryhasbeenfollowingthestrategicprincipleofmakinguseof"tworesources,twomarketsandtwokindsoffunds,"andhasmadeeyecatchingprogressinexpandingopeningtotheoutsideworldandinternationalcooperation.In1993,theindustryutilizedsomeUS$900millioninforeigncapital,
简介:§0.IntroductionLetXbearealseparableBanachspaceandX*beitsdualspace,LetB(X)betheBorelfield,i.e.,thetopologicalσ-field.Afunctionalu:X→R’iscalledaboundedsmoothfunctional,ifn∈N,f1,…,fn∈X*andφ∈Cb∞(Rn),suchthat
简介:Thispaperstudiesthecontrollabilityandobservabilitymeasuresofstructuralvi?brationandacousticradiationandproposesameasureofmodalobservabilitybasedonacousticpressureoutputsandmeasuresofcontrollabilityandobservabilityofacousticradiationbycombiningthemeasuresofmodalcontrollabilityandobservabilityofvibrationmodeswithcorrespondingmodalacousticradiationefficiencies.Aplatewithcontrolforceinputsandvibrationalresponseoutputsandacousticpressureoutputsisinvolvedtoshowthemodalcontrollabilityandobservabilitymeasuresofvibrationmodesandmeasuresofcontrollabilityandobservabil?ityofstructuralvibrationandacousticradiation.Observabilitymeasuresbasedonvibrationalresponseoutputsandacousticpressureoutputsarecomparedandtheemphasisisonthemea?suresbasedontheacousticpressureoutputs.Finallytheapplicationandusefulnessofthecontrollabilityandobservabilitymeasurestoactivecontrolofstructuralvibrationandacous?ticradiationareillustratedandcompared.Itshowsthatthecontrollabilityandobservabilitymeasuresprovideusefulguidanceforactivecontroldesignespeciallyinoptimalactuatorandsensorplacement.