In recent years, there has been increased interest in a clinical syndrome characterized by excessive sexual thoughts, sexual urges, and/or sexual behaviors that has many aspects in common with impulse control disorders. This study provides a preliminary examination of the impulsive aspects of this syndrome, compulsive sexual behavior (CSB). Sixteen male subjects, eight CSB patients and eight no...

The purposes of this study were to assess unilateral and bilateral vertical jump performance characteristics, and to compare the vertical ground reaction force characteristics of the impulse and landing phase of a vertical jump between the dominant and non-dominant leg in soccer players. The sample consisted of 20 male soccer players (22.80 ± 2.71 years, 1.88 ± 0.06 m, 76.47 ± 8.80 kg) who comp...

Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is an impulse disorder or at least related to impulse control disorder. Deficits in executive functioning, including response monitoring, have been proposed as a hallmark feature of impulse control disorders. The error-related negativity (ERN) reflects individual's ability to monitor behavior. Since IAD belongs to a compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder, theor...

This paper presents a Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) implementation of pseudo-random testing for Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). The technique is based on Impulse Response (IR) evaluation using Maximum–Length Sequences (MLS). We will demonstrate the use of this technique and move forward to find the signature that is defined as the necessary samples of the impulse response needed to carry ou...

This paper experimentally investigates the nature of impulses in impulse learning. Particularly, we analyze whether positive feedback (i.e., yielding a superior payo in a game) or negative feedback (i.e., yielding an inferior payo in a game) leads to a systematic change in the individual choices. The results reveal that subjects predominantly learn from negative feedback.

Buried charges pose a serious threat to both civilians and military personnel. It is well established that soil properties have large influence on the magnitude variability of loading from explosive blasts in buried conditions. In this study, work has been undertaken improve techniques for processing pressure data discrete measurement apparatus; performed through testing truncation methodologie...

Existing literature suggests that substituting mineral aggregates with tire-derived aggregate (TDA) in concrete increases the ductility and toughness of at cost lowering its strength stiffness. Hence, TDA has applications dynamic systems, such as lateral resisting frames sustaining seismic loads. This study investigated application buckling-restrained braced (BRBFs). Buckling-restrained brace (...

A number of studies have looked how resultant stress concentrations in designs can a detrimental effect on finished parts. Recently student projects at Solent University experienced issues with uncertainty from laser cutting polymeric materials. This study looks conventional tensile testing to evaluate PMMA (acrylic) subjected testing, varying the presence fillet radii section changes, and comp...