Changes In Signal Power Research Articles

Isoflurane anesthesia suppresses gastric myoelectric power in the ferret.

Gastric myoelectric signals have been the focus of extensive research; although it is unclear how general anesthesia affects these signals, and studies have often been conducted under general anesthesia. Here, we explore this issue directly by recording gastric myoelectric signals during awake and anesthetized states in the ferret and explore the contribution of behavioral movement to observed changes in signal power. Ferrets were surgically implanted with electrodes to record gastric myoelectric activity from the serosal surface of the stomach, and, following recovery, were tested in awake and isoflurane-anesthetized conditions. Video recordings were also analyzed during awake experiments to compare myoelectric activity during behavioral movement and rest. A significant decrease in gastric myoelectric signal power was detected under isoflurane anesthesia compared to the awake condition. Moreover, a detailed analysis of the awake recordings indicates that behavioral movement is associated with increased signal power compared to rest. These results suggest that both general anesthesia and behavioral movement can affect the signal power of gastric myoelectric recordings. In summary, caution should be taken in studying myoelectric data collected under anesthesia. Further, behavioral movement could have an important modulatory role on these signals, affecting their interpretation in clinical settings.

The results of navigation spacecrafts observations with asymmetry of the onboard antenna amplitude radiation pattern

The received in the Earth surface layer satellite radio signal power depends on the space navigation vehicle onboard antenna parameters, primarily it depends on the amplitude radiation pattern shape. The spacecraft onboard antenna radiation pattern has a complex shape in order to compensate for radio navigation signal power changes as a result of the removal (or approach) of the navigation satellite from the signal consumer. For this reason, the shape of the radiation pattern must have axial symmetry, i.e. it has to be close to the rotation fi gure. As a result of the global navigation satellite system GLONASS radio navigation signals energy characteristics monitoring, VNIIFTRI evaluated amplitude radiation patterns of the onboard antenna-feeder devices of satellites from the orbital constellation, the amplitude radiation patterns asymmetry of some of them was discovered. The asymmetry of the radiation pattern leads to the radio navigation signal (received by the consumer) power dependence on the device angle of the, i.e. on the position of the onboard radiating antenna system of the relative to the signals consumer. The probable reason for the asymmetry is the gradual aging of the active devices in the antenna system. The article purpose is to pay attention of competent specialists to the existing problem.

Beta-band MEG signal power changes in older adults after physical exercise program with and without additional cognitive training

Physical exercise has been considered to be an efficient mean of preserving cognitive function and it influences both the structural and functional characteristics of the brain. It has especially been shown to increase brain plasticity, the capacity to re-structure brain properties in response to interaction, such as cognitive practice. Studies have also examined the potential additive effect of cognitive training on the documented benefit of physical exercise, commonly, however, not at the neural level. We monitored, using magnetoencephalography (MEG), the brain processes associated with executive functions in older individuals who participated in a 12-month randomized controlled trial including two research arms: physical and cognitive training vs physical training alone. Measurements were conducted at 0 months, 6 months, and 12 months. The addition of cognitive training was associated with better performance in the Stroop test that reflects executive control. The extra benefit of cognitive training was also manifested as decreased modulation of beta frequency band (15–25 Hz) especially to difficult distractors. As beta band activity is associated with attentional control, this indicates fewer resources needed to inhibit irrelevant sensory inputs. These results imply an enhancing role of cognitive elements integrated with physical training in improving or maintaining executive functions in older individuals.

Rhythmic Change of Cortical Hemodynamic Signals Associated with Ongoing Nociception in Awake and Anesthetized Individuals: An Exploratory Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Study.

Patients undergoing surgical procedures are vulnerable to repetitive evoked or ongoing nociceptive barrage. Using functional near infrared spectroscopy, the authors aimed to evaluate the cortical hemodynamic signal power changes during ongoing nociception in healthy awake volunteers and in surgical patients under general anesthesia. The authors hypothesized that ongoing nociception to heat or surgical trauma would induce reductions in the power of cortical low-frequency hemodynamic oscillations in a similar manner as previously reported using functional magnetic resonance imaging for ongoing pain. Cortical hemodynamic signals during noxious stimuli from the fontopolar cortex were evaluated in two groups: group 1, a healthy/conscious group (n = 15, all males) where ongoing noxious and innocuous heat stimulus was induced by a contact thermode to the dorsum of left hand; and group 2, a patient/unconscious group (n = 13, 3 males) receiving general anesthesia undergoing knee surgery. The fractional power of low-frequency hemodynamic signals was compared across stimulation conditions in the healthy awake group, and between patients who received standard anesthesia and those who received standard anesthesia with additional regional nerve block. A reduction of the total fractional power in both groups-specifically, a decrease in the slow-5 frequency band (0.01 to 0.027 Hz) of oxygenated hemoglobin concentration changes over the frontopolar cortex-was observed during ongoing noxious stimuli in the healthy awake group (paired t test, P = 0.017; effect size, 0.70), and during invasive procedures in the surgery group (paired t test, P = 0.003; effect size, 2.16). The reduction was partially reversed in patients who received a regional nerve block that likely diminished afferent nociceptive activity (two-sample t test, P = 0.002; effect size, 2.34). These results suggest common power changes in slow-wave cortical hemodynamic oscillations during ongoing nociceptive processing in conscious and unconscious states. The observed signal may potentially promote future development of a surrogate signal to assess ongoing nociception under general anesthesia.

Brain activity during meditation in first-time meditators

Aim of the study The electrophysiological correlates of meditation states in both short and long-term meditators have been increasingly documented; however, little is known about the brain activity associated with first-time meditation experiences. The goal of this study was to investigate the electrophysiological correlates of a single guided mindfulness meditation session in subjects with no previous meditation experience. Materials and methods We analyzed electroencephalogram (EEG) changes in signal power, hemispheric asymmetry, and information flow between EEG channels, in 16 healthy subjects who were new to meditation practice. Results Our results show that information flow decreases in the theta (4–8 Hz) and alpha ranges (8–13 Hz) during mindfulness meditation exercise as compared to control: a passive listening condition. These changes are accompanied by a general trend in the decrease of alpha power over the whole scalp. One possible interpretation of these results is that there is an increased level of alertness/vigilance associated with the meditation task rather than reaching the target state. Conclusions Our study expands on the existing body of knowledge concerning neural oscillations during breathing meditation practice by showing that in participants with no previous meditation training, EEG correlates are different from the electrophysiological signatures of mindfulness meditation found in studies of more advanced practitioners.

Heralded Interaction Control between Quantum Systems.

Quantum mechanical expectation values for subsets can differ substantially from those for the whole ensemble. This implies that the effect of interactions between two systems can be altered substantially by conditioning. Here, we experimentally demonstrate that, for two light fields ψ_{S} (signal) and ψ_{A} (ancilla) that have only weakly interacted with one another, subsequent measurements on the ancilla can produce substantial conditional amplification, attenuation, or phase shift of ψ_{S}. We observe conditional signal power changes over a large range of 30, and phase shift up to π/2, induced by measurements in ancilla bases that differ only slightly from one another. The method is generically applicable to a variety of systems, and allows one to modify or boost a given interaction by trading in success probability for interaction strength.

Decline of long-range temporal correlations in the human brain during sustained wakefulness

Sleep is crucial for daytime functioning, cognitive performance and general well-being. These aspects of daily life are known to be impaired after extended wake, yet, the underlying neuronal correlates have been difficult to identify. Accumulating evidence suggests that normal functioning of the brain is characterized by long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs) in cortex, which are supportive for decision-making and working memory tasks. Here we assess LRTCs in resting state human EEG data during a 40-hour sleep deprivation experiment by evaluating the decay in autocorrelation and the scaling exponent of the detrended fluctuation analysis from EEG amplitude fluctuations. We find with both measures that LRTCs decline as sleep deprivation progresses. This decline becomes evident when taking changes in signal power into appropriate consideration. In contrast, the presence of strong signal power increases in some frequency bands over the course of sleep deprivation may falsely indicate LRTC changes that do not reflect the underlying long-range temporal correlation structure. Our results demonstrate the importance of sleep to maintain LRTCs in the human brain. In complex networks, LRTCs naturally emerge in the vicinity of a critical state. The observation of declining LRTCs during wake thus provides additional support for our hypothesis that sleep reorganizes cortical networks towards critical dynamics for optimal functioning.

IoTs Enable Active Contour Modeling Based Energy Efficient and Thermal Aware Object Tracking on FPGA

Object tracking based on active contour modeling is an image processing related technology that uses snapshots of the object under consideration to track it via robot in the real world. Nowadays, the word is moving towards the internet of things (IoTs) and having significant effect on our daily life. In this work, we have designed IoTs enable power efficient and thermal aware frame buffer to store the frames and uses that frame to detect changes in object position. In order to make IoTs enable design, we are embedding a 128-bit IPv6 address into frame buffer. In order to test the compatibility of this design with wireless network, we are operating this design with different operating frequency of WLAN channel. The operating frequency of WLAN Channel 802.11ah, 802.11b/g/n, 802.11y, 802.11a/h/j/n/ac, 802.11p and 802.11d are 900 MHz, 2.4, 3.6, 5, 5.9 and 60 GHz respectively. There is no change in signal power, clock power, IO power, when we scale down ambient temperature from 70 to 30 °C. There are 98---89 % saving in signal power, 2---85 % reduction in clock power, 90---99 % saving in IO power with WLAN Channel 802.11ah, 802.11b/g/n, 802.11y, 802.11a/h/j/n/ac, 802.11p in compare to power dissipation with 802.11ad. There is 71.11, 72.60, 73.96, 74.28, and 74.42 % reduction in leakage power with WLAN Channel 802.11ah, 802.11b/g/n, 802.11y, 802.11a/h/j/n/ac, and 802.11p, when we scale down ambient temperature from 70 to 30 °C. IoTs enable frame buffer design can be controlled from any part of this globe. Another design characteristic of this frame buffer is that it is 3-D frame buffer which gives us an added advantage over 2-D frame buffer that store image only in X, Y orientation. Capability to analyze third dimension helps us to track object more efficiently.

DIHAT: Differential Integrator Handover Algorithm with TTT window for LTE-based systems

Abstract Handover is one of the key operations in the mobility management of long-term evolution (LTE)-based systems. Hard handover decided by handover margin and time to trigger (TTT) has been adopted in third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE with the purpose of reducing the complexity of network architecture. Various handover algorithms, however, have been proposed for 3GPP LTE to maximize the system goodput and minimize packet delay. In this paper, a new handover approach enhancing the existing handover schemes is proposed. It is mainly based on the two notions of handover management: lazy handover for avoiding ping-pong effect and early handover for handling real-time services. Lazy handover is supported by disallowing handover before the TTT window expires, while early handover is supported even before the window expires if the rate change in signal power is very large. The performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated and compared with two well-known handover algorithms based on goodput per cell, average packet delay, number of handovers per second, and signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio. The simulation with LTE-Sim reveals that the proposed scheme significantly enhances the goodput while reducing packet delay and unnecessary handover.

Chronic stimulation of cultured neuronal networks boosts low-frequency oscillatory activity at theta and gamma with spikes phase-locked to gamma frequencies

Slow wave oscillations in the brain are essential for coordinated network activity but have not been shown to self-organize in vitro. Here, the development of dissociated hippocampal neurons into an active network with oscillations on multi-electrode arrays was evaluated in the absence and presence of chronic external stimulation. Significant changes in signal power were observed in the range of 1–400 Hz with an increase in amplitude during bursts. Stimulation increased oscillatory activity primarily in the theta (4–11 Hz) and slow gamma (30–55 Hz) bands. Spikes were most prominently phase-locked to the slow gamma waves. Notably, the dissociated network self-organized to exhibit sustained delta, theta, beta and gamma oscillations without input from cortex, thalamus or organized pyramidal cell layers.

Gain stability in a distributed Raman amplifier for a wavelength-division multiplexing system

This study demonstrates the gain variation of a distributed Raman amplifier (DRA) for wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) system. Experiments on a six-channel WDM system with DRA show a gain variation of less than 0.02 dB under the situation of dropping channels. Results show that the DRA system significantly improved gain variation arising from adding or dropping channels and changes in input signal power compared to an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) system. Therefore, without employing any gain stabilization methods adopted, the DRA system can support more stable gain than an EDFA system when the input signal power changes and channels are added or dropped.

Recent Advances in Single-Carrier Frequency-Domain Equalization and Distributed Antenna Network

Broadband wireless technology that enables a variety of gigabit-per-second class data services is a requirement in future wireless communication systems. Broadband wireless channels become extremely frequency-selective and cause severe inter-symbol interference (ISI). Furthermore, the average received signal power changes in a random manner because of the shadowing and distance-dependant path losses resulted from the movement of a mobile terminal (MT). Accordingly, the transmission performance severely degrades. To overcome the performance degradation, two most promising approaches are the frequency-domain equalization (FDE) and distributed antenna network (DAN). The former takes advantage of channel frequency-selectivity to obtain the frequency-diversity gain. In DAN, a group of distributed antennas serve each user to mitigate the negative impact of shadowing and path losses. This article will introduce the recent advances in FDE and DAN for the broadband single-carrier (SC) transmissions.

The effect of voluntary sway control on the early and late components of the vestibular-evoked postural response

Electrical stimulation of the human vestibular nerve evokes a postural response which, unlike visually evoked sway, is unaffected by stimulus predictability. However, responses can be modified by changes in the level of background sway. Here, the effect of voluntary changes in sway magnitude upon the response to vestibular stimulation is investigated. Subjects were asked to stand either relaxed or still while stochastic vestibular stimulation (SVS) was applied to the mastoid processes (1 mA root-mean-square; 0.05-5 Hz). Calf muscle activity, ground-reaction force and sway responses were characterised in the frequency and time domains using cross-spectra and cross-correlations (CC), respectively. SVS induced coherent EMG, lateral force and sway responses. Differences in response gain between still and relaxed conditions largely reflected differences in signal power across frequencies, and peak EMG CC responses correlated strongly with background EMG changes. However, when data were normalised to account for changes in signal power, early EMG responses were almost identical between conditions, but after 232 ms, they diverged. Standing still caused heavy attenuation of the late component of the EMG response, reducing response duration by 825 ms. Similar effects were observed in force and sway, and all postural signals showed less phase lag with SVS below 2 Hz when standing still. These results demonstrate that the vestibular-evoked postural response consists of two parts: an early high-frequency component, which scales with background activity but is otherwise inflexible, and a late low-frequency component, which can be heavily attenuated by voluntary control resulting in earlier termination of the sway response.

Photonic RF phase shifter and tunable photonic RF notch filter

A new photonic RF phase shifter structure for phased array antennas is presented. It is based on a single dual-output modulator and two optical switches and optical attenuators. This can realize continuous phase shifting of 0/spl deg/-360/spl deg/ without altering the signal amplitude. It has the advantages of wide bandwidth, fast response time, and fine tuning resolution. Experimental results demonstrate phase shifts over a 360/spl deg/ phase range, with RF signal power changes of less than 0.2 dB, which is in close agreement with predictions. A tunable photonic RF notch filter, which is based on the new phase shifter, is also presented. Experimental results demonstrate continuous tuning of the photonic notch filter over a wide tuning range, which covers the full free spectral range, which is in good agreement with predictions.

Analysis of gain dynamics of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for wavelength-division-multiplexing networks

The gain dynamics in erbium-doped fibers (EDFs) with various numerical apertures (NAs) and cutoff wavelengths used in amplifiers employed in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) networks is investigated by using the time-dependent amplifier model. The calculation shows that the transient response at a time immediately after some channels have been dropped depends on the cutoff wavelength, and the cutoff wavelength for the highest transient response is independent of NA. The calculation also shows that the transient response for a constant cutoff wavelength increases with an increase in NA. Experimental results for the transient response of EDFs with similar NAs and different cutoff wavelengths agree with the calculated results for various input signal powers, input signal power changes, and surviving channel wavelengths when there is no influence of neglection of amplified spontaneous emission and EDF background loss on the calculation.

Wavelet and short-time Fourier transform analysis of electromyography for detection of back muscle fatigue.

Measurement of the time-varying characteristics of the frequency content of trunk muscle electromyography is a method to quantify the amount of fatigue endured by workers during industrial tasks, as well as a tool that may guide the training and rehabilitation of healthy and injured workers. Quantification of the change of signal power within specific frequency ranges may shed greater insight into the fatigue process. Sixteen healthy male subjects performed isometric trunk extension at 70% of their maximum voluntary contraction. Surface electromyography from medial and lateral erector spinae, and latissimus dorsi locations were processed using the short-time Fourier transform (STFT) and wavelet transform. Linear regression quantified the time rate of change of median frequency as well as frequency specific STFT filter and wavelet scale measures. The median frequency from the short-time Fourier transform declined by 22 Hz/min from an initial value of 77 Hz on average. The wavelet and STFT filter measures demonstrated this decline to be caused by a reduction in 209-349 Hz signal power in addition to an increase in 7-88 Hz signal power. A significant reduction in median frequency and significant elevation in 13-22 Hz wavelet signal component was detected in about 90% of the cases, indicating their use for detecting and quantifying fatigue.

THE EFFECT OF A RANDOM NOISE BACKGROUND UPON THE DETECTION OF A RANDOM SIGNAL

A noise distributed in phase and power according to a Rayleigh law is studied in terms of its effect upon the detectability of a signal of similar phase and amplitude distribution. An expression is derived for the probability distribution of the ratio of the power of the signal plus noise to that of the noise in the absence of the signal. The corresponding result is given for the ratio of the averages over several observations. Also derived is the probability distribution of the fractional change in noise plus signal power due to a given fractional change in signal power.