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Remote monitoring of biodynamic activity using electric potential sensors
Previous work in applying the electric potential sensor to the monitoring of body electrophysiological signals has shown that it is now possible to monitor these signals without needing to make any electrical contact with the body. Conventional electrophysiology makes use of electrodes which are placed in direct electrical contact with the skin. The electric potential sensor requires no cutaneous electrical contact, it operates by sensing the displacement current using a capacitive coupling. When high resolution body electrophysiology is required a strong (capacitive) coupling is used to maximise the collected signal. However, in remote applications where there is typically an air-gap between the body and the sensor only a weak coupling can be achieved. In this paper we demonstrate that the electric potential sensor can be successfully used for the remote sensing and monitoring of bioelectric activity. We show examples of heart-rate measurements taken from a seated subject using sensors mounted in the chair. We also show that it is possible to monitor body movements on the opposite side of a wall to the sensor. These sensing techniques have biomedical applications for non-contact monitoring of electrophysiological conditions and can be applied to passive through-the-wall surveillance systems for security applications
Inclusion of new LHC data in MMHT PDFs
I consider the effects of including a variety of new LHC data sets into the
MMHT approach for PDF determination. I consider the impact of fitting new LHC
and Tevatron data, which leads to clear improvements in some PDF uncertainties.
There are specific issues with ATLAS 7 TeV jet data and I include a discussion
of the treatment of correlated uncertainties and briefly the effects of NNLO
corrections. I also present preliminary results with the inclusion of the high
precison final ATLAS 7 TeV rapidity-dependent data.Comment: 6 pages. To appear in proceedings of DIS2017 Worksho
Rebroadcast Rights: The Coming Battle in the War Between the Networks and the Affiliats
This Note will analyze the present rebroadcast dispute, examining the legal and practical issues that will arise and recommend how the parties should proceed in the controversy. The analysis will place this controversy within the larger context of how networks and affiliates are attempting to redefine their roles in the television industry.
The first section will address the history of networks and affiliates and how their relationships have changed as technology has advanced. The second section will then place the present controversy regarding cable rebroadcasts within the framework of the larger industry. It will also address how the present controversy could be resolved in negotiation, litigation, or settlement. The third and fourth sections will examine respectively the viability of the parties\u27 legal claims and remedies. Finally, this Note will draw conclusions based on the direction the television industry is moving and how such trends affect the parties\u27 strategy in the present controversy
Updates of PDFs in the MSTW framework
I present results on updates on PDFs which are obtained within the general
framework which led to the MSTW2008 PDF sets. There are some theory and
procedural improvements and a variety of new data sets, including many relevant
up-to-date LHC data. A new set of PDFs is very close to being finalised, with
no significant changes expected to the preliminary PDFs shown here.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures,Published in PoS DIS (2014
Signal specific electric potential sensors for operation in noisy environments
Limitations on the performance of electric potential sensors are due to saturation caused by environmental electromagnetic noise. The work described involves tailoring the response of the sensors to reject the main components of the noise, thereby enhancing both the effective dynamic range and signal to noise. We show that by using real-time analogue signal processing it is possible to detect a human heartbeat at a distance of 40 cm from the front of a subject in an unshielded laboratory. This result has significant implications both for security sensing and biometric measurements in addition to the more obvious safety related applications
Measurement of exclusive production of scalar meson in proton-(anti)proton collisions via decay
We consider a measurement of exclusive production of scalar
meson in the proton-proton collisions at LHC and RHIC and in
the proton-antiproton collisions at the Tevatron via decay. The corresponding amplitude for exclusive
double-diffractive meson production was obtained within the
-factorization approach including virtualities of active gluons and the
corresponding cross section is calculated with unintegrated gluon distribution
functions (UGDFs) known from the literature. The four-body reaction constitutes an irreducible background to the exclusive
meson production. We calculate several differential distributions
for process including absorptive
corrections. The influence of kinematical cuts on the signal-to-background
ratio is investigated. Corresponding experimental consequences are discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 10 figures, 2 table
CHARACTERISING SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL AERIAL MANOEUVRES IN PROFESSIONAL SURFING COMPETITIONS
Although aerials are an effective way for a competitive surfer to increase their score during surfing competitions, less than half of aerial attempts are landed successfully during competition. This study aimed to identify which characteristics of performing an aerial during competition were associated with either a successful or unsuccessful landing. Video images of 121 aerials performed during the finals series of the 201 5 World Championship Tour season were qualitatively analysed. The Frontside Air Reverse was found to be the most commonly performed aerial, with critical features of landing, particularly features that improved a surfer's balanced landing position, significantly associated with successful aerials. These results provide evidence upon which coaches can modify a surfer's technique to encourage higher successful aerial completion rates
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