Detection of ventricular fibrillation using the autocorrelation function analysis of the ECG

2003

A method is developed for the detection of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and life-threatening arrhythmias. The method is based on direct and simple peak analysis of the autocorrelation function (ACF). It can differentiate between VF (coarse and fine) and non-VH rhythms. ECG records during ventricular tachycardia (VT) and VF were obtained, and 4-s-long segments were digitized at 200 Hz and then split in three groups (VT, VF regular, and VF irregular). ACFs were computed, and positive peak P(j) (j=1, 2, . . .), RPL(j)=P(j)/2SE(1), TR(1)=P(1) width/lag P(1), and D(j)=P(j)-P(j+1) were measured and calculated for each sample. Results show that: (a) RPL(j)(j=1, 2, 3) together with D(j) present hi…

Controlling Domains with High Levels of Hysteresis Using Qualitative Modelling

1997

Abstract Dans ce papier, on se propose I'architecture d'un systeme expert pour controle a temps reel basee sur un modele qualitatif- Le susteme de controle utilise le modele qualitatif pour predire problemes futures et pour manier dounees incompletes et imprecises des sensors. Cettes habilites sout tres precieses pour controler systemes avec une grande niveau d'hysteresis, et foumissent un controle doux et rapide. Nous avans applique l'architecture proposee a le domaine du control de trafic urbain, caracterise par grandes problemes d'hysteresis.

Constructing Good Solutions for the Spanish School Timetabling Problem

1996

In the school timetabling problem a set of lessons (combinations of classes, teachers, subjects and rooms) has to be scheduled within the school week. Considering classes, teachers and rooms as resources for the lessons, the problem may be viewed as the scheduling of a project subject to resource constraints. We have developed an algorithm with three phases. In Phase I an initial solution is built by using the scheme of parallel heuristic algorithm with priority rules, but imbedding at each period the construction of a maximum cardinality independent set on a resource graph. In Phase II a tabu search procedure starts from the solution of Phase I and obtains a feasible solution to the proble…

Measurement of the mass and lifetime of the Ω(−)(b) baryon

2016

A proton-proton collision data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{-1}$ collected by LHCb at $\sqrt{s}=7$ and 8 TeV, is used to reconstruct $63\pm9$ $\Omega_b^-\to\Omega_c^0\pi^-$, $\Omega_c^0\to pK^-K^-\pi^+$ decays. Using the $\Xi_b^-\to\Xi_c^0\pi^-$, $\Xi_c^0\to pK^-K^-\pi^+$ decay mode for calibration, the lifetime ratio and absolute lifetime of the $\Omega_b^-$ baryon are measured to be \begin{align*} \frac{\tau_{\Omega_b^-}}{\tau_{\Xi_b^-}} &= 1.11\pm0.16\pm0.03, \\ \tau_{\Omega_b^-} &= 1.78\pm0.26\pm0.05\pm0.06~{\rm ps}, \end{align*} where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic and from the calibration mode (for $\tau_{\Omega_b^-}$ only). A measurement …

Toxicologie predictive: les voies du futur

2010

Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study

2021

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus-2, the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019 represented a global emergency accounting for more than 2.5 million deaths worldwide.1 It has had an unprecedented influence on cardiac surgery internationally, resulting in cautious delivery of surgery and restructuring of services.2 Understanding the influence of COVID-19 on patients after cardiac surgery is based on assumptions from other surgical specialties and single-center studies. The COVIDSurg Collaborative conducted a multicenter cohort study, including 1128 patients, across 235 hospitals, from 24 countries demonstrating perioperative COVID-19 infection…

Overview of the JET results with the ITER-like wall

2013

Following the completion in May 2011 of the shutdown for the installation of the beryllium wall and the tungsten divertor, the first set of JET campaigns have addressed the investigation of the retention properties and the development of operational scenarios with the new plasma-facing materials. The large reduction in the carbon content (more than a factor ten) led to a much lower Zeff (1.2-1.4) during L- and H-mode plasmas, and radiation during the burn-through phase of the plasma initiation with the consequence that breakdown failures are almost absent. Gas balance experiments have shown that the fuel retention rate with the new wall is substantially reduced with respect to the C wall. T…

Gastrointestinal symptoms and association with medication use patterns, adherence, treatment satisfaction, quality of life, and resource use in osteo…

2016

The Medication Use Patterns, Treatment Satisfaction, and Inadequate Control of Osteoporosis Study (MUSIC-OS) is a prospective, observational study of women with osteoporosis in Europe and Canada. At baseline, patients with gastrointestinal symptoms reported lower adherence to osteoporosis treatment, treatment satisfaction, and health-related quality of life, than those without gastrointestinal symptoms. INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to examine gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and the association between GI symptoms and treatment adherence, treatment satisfaction, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among osteoporotic women in Europe and Canada. METHODS: Baseline results are re…

Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score

2021

The British journal of surgery 108(11), 1274-1292 (2021). doi:10.1093/bjs/znab183

De la carrière au cimetière, nouvelles approches archéologiques sur les sarcophages mérovingiens en trachyte du Puy de Dôme (Massif central, France)

2017

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Acquisition et traitements automatiques d'images numériques haute résolution de glaciers polaires

2011