Abstract The reliability and safety of any system is the most important qualitative characteristic of a system. This qualitative characteristic is of particular importance in systems whose functions are under various stresses, such as high temperature, high speed, high pressure, etc. A considerable point, which is rarely taken into account when calculating the reliability and safety of syst...

Flight dynamics is a topic often overlooked by operators of small satellites without propulsion systems, as two-line elements (TLE) are easily accessible and accurate enough for most ground segment needs. However, the advent cheap miniaturized global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers laser retroreflectors well modern, easy-to-use, open-source software tools have made it easier to acc...

BACKGROUND There is some evidence suggesting that leptin and its negative regulator, soluble-leptinreceptor (SLR) may be able to influence inflammatory and autoimmune processes. METHODS In this study, several variables including socio-demographics, health-related habits, depression score, serum molecules and blood parameters besides the SLR level were evaluated in patients with SLE (SLE-patie...

Phone Log-Likelihood Ratios (PLLR) have been recently proposed as alternative features to MFCC-SDC for iVector Spoken Language Recognition (SLR). In this paper, PLLR features are first described, and then further evidence of their usefulness for SLR tasks is provided, with a new set of experiments on the Albayzin 2010 LRE dataset, which features wide-band multi speaker TV broadcast speech on si...

Although construction has been known as a highly complex application field for autonomous robotic systems, recent advances in this field offer great hope for using robotic capabilities to develop automated construction. Today, space research agencies seek to build infrastructures without human intervention, and construction companies look to robots with the potential to improve construction qua...

OBJECTIVE To compare the sensitivity of 2 methods of performing the straight-leg raise (SLR) test, one in the supine position and the other in the seated position, in patients presenting with signs and symptoms consistent with lumbar radiculopathy. DESIGN A cohort study in which patients with signs and symptoms consistent with lumbar radiculopathy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results ...