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Systems identification and application systems development for monitoring the physiological and health status of crewmen in space
The use of automated, analytical techniques to aid medical support teams is suggested. Recommendations are presented for characterizing crew health in terms of: (1) wholebody function including physiological, psychological and performance factors; (2) a combination of critical performance indexes which consist of multiple factors of measurable parameters; (3) specific responses to low noise level stress tests; and (4) probabilities of future performance based on present and periodic examination of past performance. A concept is proposed for a computerized real time biomedical monitoring and health care system that would have the capability to integrate monitored data, detect off-nominal conditions based on current knowledge of spaceflight responses, predict future health status, and assist in diagnosis and alternative therapies. Mathematical models could play an important role in this approach, especially when operating in a real time mode. Recommendations are presented to update the present health monitoring systems in terms of recent advances in computer technology and biomedical monitoring systems
Neural regulation of cardiovascular response to exercise: role of central command and peripheral afferents
During dynamic exercise, mechanisms controlling the cardiovascular apparatus operate to provide adequate oxygen to fulfill metabolic demand of exercising muscles and to guarantee metabolic end-products washout. Moreover, arterial blood pressure is regulated to maintain adequate perfusion of the vital organs without excessive pressure variations. The autonomic nervous system adjustments are characterized by a parasympathetic withdrawal and a sympathetic activation. In this review, we briefly summarize neural reflexes operating during dynamic exercise. The main focus of the present review will be on the central command, the arterial baroreflex and chemoreflex, and the exercise pressure reflex. The regulation and integration of these reflexes operating during dynamic exercise and their possible role in the pathophysiology of some cardiovascular diseases are also discusse
Aerospace medicine and biology. A continuing bibliography with indexes, supplement 186
This bibliography lists 159 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System in October 1978
Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes, supplement 184
This bibliography lists 139 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in August 1978
The influence of voluntary upper body exercise on the performance of stimulated paralysed human quadriceps
In this study the influence of voluntary upper body exercise on the performance of stimulated paralysed human quadriceps was investigated in five subjects with spinal cord lesions in the thoracic spine. The experimental setup consisted of computer-controlled stimulation of the quadriceps using electrodes on the surface of the skin, a dynamometer for isometric or isokinetic loading of the lower leg, and a rowing ergometer for upper body exercise. In all subjects, quadriceps fatigue tests were conducted to study the influence of upper body exercise on knee torque during sustained continuous or intermittent stimulation of quadriceps. The relative asymptotic torque appeared to be significantly higher with the presence of upper body exercise than without. This was consistently found both between trials (starting with or without upper body exercise) as well as within trials, when upper body exercise was started or stopped during the trial. No significant influence of upper body exercise on the time constant of initial torque decline was found
Incremental construction of LSTM recurrent neural network
Long Short--Term Memory (LSTM) is a recurrent neural network that
uses structures called memory blocks to allow the net remember
significant events distant in the past input sequence in order to
solve long time lag tasks, where other RNN approaches fail.
Throughout this work we have performed experiments using LSTM
networks extended with growing abilities, which we call GLSTM.
Four methods of training growing LSTM has been compared. These
methods include cascade and fully connected hidden layers as well
as two different levels of freezing previous weights in the
cascade case. GLSTM has been applied to a forecasting problem in a biomedical domain, where the input/output behavior of five
controllers of the Central Nervous System control has to be
modelled. We have compared growing LSTM results against other
neural networks approaches, and our work applying conventional
LSTM to the task at hand.Postprint (published version
Modeling the pulse signal by wave-shape function and analyzing by synchrosqueezing transform
We apply the recently developed adaptive non-harmonic model based on the
wave-shape function, as well as the time-frequency analysis tool called
synchrosqueezing transform (SST) to model and analyze oscillatory physiological
signals. To demonstrate how the model and algorithm work, we apply them to
study the pulse wave signal. By extracting features called the spectral pulse
signature, {and} based on functional regression, we characterize the
hemodynamics from the radial pulse wave signals recorded by the
sphygmomanometer. Analysis results suggest the potential of the proposed signal
processing approach to extract health-related hemodynamics features
Study, definition and analysis of pilot/system performance measurements for planetary entry experiments
Definition analysis for experimental prediction of pilot performance during planetary entr
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