OPTIMAL PITCH MAP GENERATION FOR SCANNING PITCH DESIGN IN SELECTIVE SAMPLING

The reverse engineering process represents one of the best known methodologies for creating three-dimensional (3D) virtual models starting from physical ones. Even if in the last few years its usage has significantly increased, the remarkable involvement of the operator has until now represented a significant constraint for its growth. Having regard to the fact that this process, and in particular its first step (that is the acquisition phase), strongly depends on the operator's ability and expertise, this paper aims at proposing a strategy for automatically supporting an "optimal" acquisition phase. Moreover, the acquisition phase represents the only moment in which there is a direct contact between the virtual model and the physical model. For this reason, designing an "optimal" acquisition phase will provide as output an efficient set of morphological data, which will turn out to be extremely useful for the following reverse engineering passages (pre-processing, segmentation, fitting, …). This scenario drives the researcher to use a selectivesampling plan, whose grid dimensions are correlated with the complexity of the local surface region analyzed, instead of a constant one. As a consequence, this work proposes a complete operative strategy which, starting from a first raw preliminary acquisition, will provide a new selectivesampling plan during the acquisition phase, in order to allow a deeper and more efficient new scansion. The proposed solution does not require the creation of any intermediate model and relies exclusively on the analysis of the metrological performances of the 3D scanner device and of the morphological behaviour of the surface acquired

Parent Education Seminar: Children\u27s Emotional Development

The purpose of this project was to examine how attachment theory and emotional reactivity intersect in emotional regulation and to develop an educational seminar that increases parent/caregiver\u27s awareness of behaviors that shape a child\u27s emotional development. Attachment is an emotional connection between the parent/caregiver and child that alleviates the child\u27s wariness and stress. Parent/caregiver and infant interactions form attachment patterns that: (a) describe the parent\u27s response to the child\u27s emotional reactivity, (b) result in relational styles, and (c) affect the quality of the emotional connection between them. The quality of the attachment affects the child\u27s emotional development and influences the child\u27s: (a) social, (b) academic, and (c) mental health

Apparatus and Methods for Fluid Storage and Delivery

An apparatus and method for storing and delivering fluid to a person comprises, in at least one specific embodiment, a fluid reservoir having an internal volume therein with an opening disposed through a first wall or a second wall of the fluid reservoir and located toward a first end of the fluid reservoir. A first portion of a tube can be exterior to the fluid reservoir and a second portion of the tube can be disposed through the opening and within the internal volume. At least one insulation layer can be disposed about the exterior of the first wall of the fluid reservoir. The second wall of the fluid reservoir can be configured for transferring heat from or to the internal volume or from the person. At least one baffle is disposed within the internal volume and connected to the first wall and the second wall of the fluid reservoir

Analisa Kelayakan Tarif Angkutan Umum Dalam Kota Kupang

Penentuan besaran tarif angkutan membutuhkan penanganan dan kebijakan yang arif karena dapat menjembatani kepentingan penumpang selaku konsumen dan pengusaha selaku operator angkutan umum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Biaya Operasi Kendaraan (BOK) dan tarif yang layak diberlakukan untuk trayek angkutan umum Kota Kupang dengan jarak terpendek dan jarak terpanjang. Trayek Terminal Kupang-Penfui adalah trayek angkutan Kota Kupang dengan jarak terpanjang (28,30 km) yang melayani kawasan pertokoan, pendidikan dan kawasan Perumahan, sedangkan trayek Terminal Kupang-Perumnas merupakan trayek angkutan kota dengan jarak terpendek (7,68 km) yang melayani kawasan pendidikan dan Perumahan. Kedua trayek ini memiliki penentuan tarif angkutan yang sama yaitu Rp 2000,- untuk pelajar dan Rp 3000,- untuk masyarakat umum. Analisa BOK dan kelayakan tarif dilakukan dengan metode perhitungan berdasarkan Keputusan Direktur Jenderal Perhubungan Darat Nomor: SK.687/AJ.206 /DRJD/2002 tentang Pedoman Teknis Penyelenggaraan Angkutan Penumpang Umum di Wilayah Perkotaan Dalam Trayek Tetap dan Teratur. Hasil analisa BOK untuk trayek Terminal Kupang-Penfui sebesar Rp 2.165,42/penumpang dan tarif yang layak diberlakukan sebesar Rp 2.381,96/penumpang, sedangkan BOK untuk trayek Terminal Kupang-Perumnas sebesar Rp 1.956,31/penumpang dan tarif yang layak diberlakukan sebesar Rp 2.151,94/penumpang. Determining the amount of transport fares require wise policy for it can bridge the interests of passengers as consumers and businessman as public transport operators. This study aims to determine the Vehicle Operating Cost (VOC) and the decent fares applied in Kupang City for the shortest and the longest route. The route of Terminal Kupang-Penfui is the longest ones that has a distance of 28.30 km, that serves the shopping area and the educational and residential areas; while the route of Terminal Kupang-Perumnas is the shortest route (7.68 km) which serves educational and residential area. Nowadays these two routes have the same transport fares is Rp. 2000, - for students and Rp 3,000, - for public in general. VOC and feasibility fare analysis conducted by the method of the Directorate General of Land Transportation No. SK.687/AJ.206/DrJD/2002. The VOC analysis results for Terminal Kupang-Penfui route is Rp. 2165.42 / passenger and the decent fare imposed is Rp. 2381.96 / passenger; while the VOC for Terminal Kupang-Perumnas is Rp 1956.31 / passenger and the decent fare imposed is Rp. 2151.94 / passenger

PENGARUH MOTIVASI RENDAH BIAYA DAN KEPEMIMPINAN TERHADAP KOMITMEN KERJA

ABSTRACT The stanting problem in North Central Timor Regency has increased.  The data shows that the highest number is at the Manumean Health Center at 28.3% and the lowest at the Lurasik Health Center at 19.7%.  This is indicated due to weak work commitment.  This study aims to determine the partial and simultaneous effect of low-cost motivational variables (X1) and leadership variables (X2) on work commitment to the stunting reduction acceleration team in TTU Regency.  This study focuses on all teams for the acceleration of stanting reduction and in the field of family health and nutrition at the TTU District Health Office with a total of 40 respondents.  The data analysis technique used is inferential analysis.  The results of inferential analysis show that the low-cost motivation variable (X1) has a significant influence on work commitment (Y).  The leadership variable (X2) has a significant effect on work commitment (Y).  Meanwhile, the low cost motivation variable (X1) and the leadership variable (X2) simultaneously have a significant effect on work commitment. Keywords: Low Cost Motivation, Leadership, and Work Commitmen

Migraine and risk of haemorrhagic stroke in women: prospective cohort study

Objectives To examine the association between migraine and migraine aura status with risk of haemorrhagic stroke

Neural activity during a simple reaching task in macaques is counter to gating and rebound in basal ganglia–thalamic communication

Task-related activity in the ventral thalamus, a major target of basal ganglia output, is often assumed to be permitted or triggered by changes in basal ganglia activity through gating- or rebound-like mechanisms. To test those hypotheses, we sampled single-unit activity from connected basal ganglia output and thalamic nuclei (globus pallidus-internus [GPi] and ventrolateral anterior nucleus [VLa]) in monkeys performing a reaching task. Rate increases were the most common peri-movement change in both nuclei. Moreover, peri-movement changes generally began earlier in VLa than in GPi. Simultaneously recorded GPi-VLa pairs rarely showed short-time-scale spike-to-spike correlations or slow across-trials covariations, and both were equally positive and negative. Finally, spontaneous GPi bursts and pauses were both followed by small, slow reductions in VLa rate. These results appear incompatible with standard gating and rebound models. Still, gating or rebound may be possible in other physiological situations: simulations show how GPi-VLa communication can scale with GPi synchrony and GPi-to-VLa convergence, illuminating how synchrony of basal ganglia output during motor learning or in pathological conditions may render this pathway effective. Thus, in the healthy state, basal ganglia-thalamic communication during learned movement is more subtle than expected, with changes in firing rates possibly being dominated by a common external source

Field Theory in Noncommutative Minkowski Superspace

There is much discussion of scenarios where the space-time coordinates x^\mu are noncommutative. The discussion has been extended to include nontrivial anticommutation relations among spinor coordinates in superspace. A number of authors have studied field theoretical consequences of the deformation of N=1 superspace arising from nonanticommutativity of coordinates \theta, while leaving \bar{theta}'s anticommuting. This is possible in Euclidean superspace only. In this note we present a way to extend the discussion by making both \theta and \bar{theta} coordinates non-anticommuting in Minkowski superspace. We present a consistent algebra for the supercoordinates, find a star-product, and give the Wess-Zumino Lagrangian L_{WZ} within our model. It has two extra terms due to non(anti)commutativity. The Lagrangian in Minkowski superspace is always manifestly Hermitian and for L_{WZ} it preserves Lorentz invariance.Comment: 8 pages, added references, two-column format, published in PR

Differences in Quadriceps Activation During Return-to-play in Lower Body Resistance-Trained Females

Muscular activation in the quadriceps is indicative of proper muscular function, which is the sole determinant of a return-to-play assessment. Specifically, the activation within the knee extensors is essential to the evaluation of ACL tears. PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to bilaterally compare muscular activation of the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM), and rectus femoris (RF) during isokinetic knee extensions across velocities. METHODS: 8 lower-body resistance-trained females (n=8; age= 19 ±1, height= 169.06 ±3.85 cm, weight= 64.46 ±4.76 kg) completed this study. Using an isokinetic dynamometer, subjects performed continuous isokinetic knee extensions at velocities of 60°/sec, 180°/sec, and 240°/sec. Three separate 4-pin surface electromyography (EMG) sensors were used to record activation within the VL, VM, and RF during the protocol. Average root mean squared (RMS) values were calculated via manual editing techniques across the contractions at all three velocities. A three-way mixed factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) (velocity [60°/sec v 180°/sec v 240°/sec] x muscle [VL v VM v RF] x leg [dominant v non-dominant]) was used to compare average RMS values during the differing velocities. RESULTS: There were no significant velocity x muscle x leg interactions (p\u3e0.05) in the RMS values. However, when collapsed by muscle and leg, there was a significant main effect (p\u3c0.05) for muscle activation at each separate velocity. CONCLUSION: These could be due to evaluation and EPOC windows during manual editing techniques, which account for potential electromechanical delays and onset of torque production

A Bilateral Comparison of Overuse Shoulder Rotation in Overhead Throwing Athletes

Repetition of an unnatural movement may lead to skeletal muscle and/or connective tissue injury resulting in bilateral deficits. These discrepancies can be identified via the assessment of electromyographic activation and peak torque (PT) values during concentric internal and external rotation. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the bilateral differences in PT output and root mean squared (RMS) values during isokinetic internal and external shoulder rotation with association to overuse injuries. METHODS: Six overhead throwing athletes (n=6, age=19 ± 1 year; height=181.8 ± 7.5 cm; weight= 85.1 ± 7.9 kg) completed bilateral isokinetic internal and external rotation of the shoulder using an isokinetic dynamometer (Biodex System 4) while seated in an upright position. Subjects completed three contractions on command through 90 degrees of external rotation and 30 degrees of internal rotation at 60°/sec, 120°/sec, and 180°/sec. Two separate four-pin surface electromyography (EMG) sensors were used to record activation in the anterior and posterior deltoids. The PT and RMS values were averaged across contractions of the three separate velocities and used for statistical comparisons. Three separate two-way mixed factorial analysis of variance (ANOVAs) (rotation [internal v external] x arm [dominant v non-dominant]) were used to compare PT at the chosen velocities. Two separate two-way mixed factorial ANOVAs (velocity [60°/sec v 120°/sec v 180°/sec] x arm [dominant v non-dominant]) were used to compare RMS values at the chosen velocities for each muscle. RESULTS: For PT, there were no significant rotation x arm interaction (p\u3e0.01). However, when collapsed by arm there was a significant main effect for rotation (p0.05). CONCLUSION: Greater internal PT production during low velocity contractions is expected as torque and angular velocity are inversely proportional. Comparisons between internal and external PT is significant as overhead throwing mechanics require more proficiency in internal rotation than external rotation. Additionally, non-significant bilateral comparison may suggest that the subjects have been well trained to overcome expected deficiencies with overuse in sports specific tasks