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    Method of synchronization and data processing from differents inertial sensors kits sources for the human gait analysis

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    The article talks about results of data synchronization measurements sourced from two recording gait systems for human gait analyses. Two systems are Xsens sensor kits: MT Awinda, Xbus Kit. The article cover file format used to save data and synchronization method for sensor measurement from above mentioned kits. On the basis of the studies carried out, sensor measurement from different places on human body are unify to a common frame of reference. The discussed method provides also progressive data processing for angles range from -180° to 180° conversion to the absolute angle value from initial sensor settings

    The role of bariatric surgery in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

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    Thermoelectric properties of heavy fermion compound Ce3Co4Sn13

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    The heavy fermion compound Ce3Co4Sn13 was studied in terms of its thermoelectric properties. To enhance its gure of merit we milled the solid sample and then pressed to obtain a consistent granulated material. The main properties, such as the Seebeck coe cient, thermal conductivity and electronic resistivity were measured at low (< 300 K) temperatures for both, the solid and the granulated sample. Thermal conductivity was diminished and the Seebeck coe cient was slightly enhanced, while the resistivity of produced material was increased. We explain it by strong electron scattering on defects and grain boundaries present in the sample. The resulting gure of merit ZT was found to be enhanced almost across the whole measured T region

    Digital Twin of the Mining Shaft and Hoisting System as an Opportunity to Improve the Management Processes of Shaft Infrastructure Diagnostics and Monitoring

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    The following chapter presents a concept of a virtual model of a mine shaft equipped with a hoisting system for the purpose of improving the processes of diagnostics management of shaft infrastructure and its monitoring. The chapter presents a proposal of improvement of broadly known processes such as: diagnostics and monitoring of shaft infrastructure using digital models of 3D structures, the BIM and Digital Twin idea. Implementation of such systems in the operating mine working was presented together with expected results of monitoring. As the presented solution is currently only a concept, development of such system in real application is necessary to asses real benefits of application of Digital Twin system

    Do precision electroweak constraints guarantee e+ee^+e^- collider discovery of at least one Higgs boson of a two-Higgs-doublet model?

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    We consider a CP-conserving two-Higgs-doublet type II model with a light scalar or pseudoscalar neutral Higgs boson (\h=\hl or \h=\ha) that has no ZZ/WWZZ/WW coupling and, thus, cannot be detected in \epem\to Z\h (Higgs-strahlung) or \nu\anti\nu \h (via WWWW fusion). Despite sum rules which ensure that the light \h must have significant t\anti t or b\anti b coupling, for a wedge of moderate \tanb, that becomes increasingly large as \mh increases, the \h can also escape discovery in both b\anti b \h and t\anti t \h production at a \rts=500-800\gev \epem collider (for expected luminosities). If the other Higgs bosons happen to be too heavy to be produced, then no Higgs boson would be detected. We demonstrate that, despite such high masses for the other Higgs bosons, only the low-\tanb portion of the no-discovery wedges in [\mh,\tanb] parameter space can be excluded due to failure to fit precision electroweak observables. In the \tanb\gsim 1 regions of the no-discovery wedges, we find that the 2HDM fit to precision electroweak observables has small Δχ2\Delta\chi^2 relative to the best minimal one-doublet SM fit.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures. 1st two figures have been reformatted to improve readabilit

    MTARC1 and HSD17B13 Variants Have Protective Effects on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

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    The severity of hepatic steatosis is modulated by genetic variants, such as patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 (PNPLA3) rs738409, transmembrane 6 superfamily member 2 (TM6SF2) rs58542926, and membrane-bound O-acyltransferase domain containing 7 (MBOAT7) rs641738. Recently, mitochondrial amidoxime reducing component 1 (MTARC1) rs2642438 and hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 13 (HSD17B13) rs72613567 polymorphisms were shown to have protective effects on liver diseases. Here, we evaluate these variants in patients undergoing bariatric surgery. A total of 165 patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and intraoperative liver biopsies and 314 controls were prospectively recruited. Genotyping was performed using TaqMan assays. Overall, 70.3% of operated patients presented with hepatic steatosis. NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) was detected in 28.5% of patients; none had cirrhosis. The increment of liver fibrosis stage was associated with decreasing frequency of the MTARC1 minor allele (p = 0.03). In multivariate analysis MTARC1 was an independent protective factor against fibrosis ≥ 1b (OR = 0.52, p = 0.03) and ≥1c (OR = 0.51, p = 0.04). The PNPLA3 risk allele was associated with increased hepatic steatosis, fibrosis, and NASH (OR = 2.22, p = 0.04). The HSD17B13 polymorphism was protective against liver injury as reflected by lower AST (p = 0.04) and ALT (p = 0.03) activities. The TM6SF2 polymorphism was associated with increased ALT (p = 0.04). In conclusion, hepatic steatosis is common among patients scheduled for bariatric surgery, but the MTARC1 and HSD17B13 polymorphisms lower liver injury in these individuals

    Complete On-Shell Renormalization Scheme for the Minimal Supersymmetric Higgs Sector

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    Systematic on-shell renormalization programme is carried out for the Higgs and gauge boson sectors of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. Complete 1-loop results for the 2- and 3-point Green's functions are explicitly given. The Higgs boson masses and the cross sections for the neutral scalar production in the e+ee^+e^- colliders are calculated.Comment: 64 pages, 10 figures (not included, availaible on request in PostScript format), LaTeX, preprint no MPI-Ph/92-117 and DFPD 93/TH/1

    Deployment of Image Analysis Algorithms under Prevalence Shifts

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    Domain gaps are among the most relevant roadblocks in the clinical translation of machine learning (ML)-based solutions for medical image analysis. While current research focuses on new training paradigms and network architectures, little attention is given to the specific effect of prevalence shifts on an algorithm deployed in practice. Such discrepancies between class frequencies in the data used for a method's development/validation and that in its deployment environment(s) are of great importance, for example in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) democratization, as disease prevalences may vary widely across time and location. Our contribution is twofold. First, we empirically demonstrate the potentially severe consequences of missing prevalence handling by analyzing (i) the extent of miscalibration, (ii) the deviation of the decision threshold from the optimum, and (iii) the ability of validation metrics to reflect neural network performance on the deployment population as a function of the discrepancy between development and deployment prevalence. Second, we propose a workflow for prevalence-aware image classification that uses estimated deployment prevalences to adjust a trained classifier to a new environment, without requiring additional annotated deployment data. Comprehensive experiments based on a diverse set of 30 medical classification tasks showcase the benefit of the proposed workflow in generating better classifier decisions and more reliable performance estimates compared to current practice
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