introduction: field plots are widely used in studies related to the measurements of soil loss and modeling of erosion processes. research efforts are needed to investigate factors affecting the data quality of plots. spatial scale or size of plots is one of these factors which directly affects measuring runoff and soil loss by means of field plots. the effect of plot size on measured runoff or ...

abstract one of the most variability of atmospheric parameter is precipitation, which changes seasonally. it is important to understand exact characteristic of rainfall seasonal variable. therefore, it is unavoidable to study rainfall season in hamedan province, because hameden is one of the important centers of agriculture in iran. in this research, the seasonal variability of rainfall is cons...

Reliable characterization of subsurface soil in urban areas is a major concern in geotechnical and geological engineering projects. In this regard, this research deals with development of a 3D geological engineering model on Mashhad City soil using Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS) approach. The intense variability of soil in the study area has sometimes caused serious problems in civil engi...

Heart rate variability (HRV) is a vital measure of the autonomic nervous system functionality and a key indicator of cardiovascular condition. This paper proposes a novel method, called pattern tree which is an extension of Willem’s context tree to real-valued data, to investigate HRV via an atypicality framework. In a previous paper atypicality was developed as method for mining and discovery ...

This paper presents a new algorithm for the detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) from a single electrocardiogram lead. It is based on the alterations that OSA patients present in the LF and HF bands of the heart rate variability power spectrum. The algorithm calculates the power of the spectrum in two bands that roughly corresponding with the LF and HF bands. Then the ratio between the po...

This paper describes a long-term cardiorespiratory sensor system, which is supposed to be used for monitoring sleep condition at home environment. This system consists of belt sensor probe, data acquisition and communication devices, and the data processing algorithms. New wearable sensor probe with a couple of conductive fabric sheets material and a PVDF film material is developed. To obtain c...

In accordance with dynamic systems theory, we assume that variability is an important developmental phenomenon. However, the standard methodological toolkit of the developmental psychologist offers few instruments for the study of variability. In this article we will present several new methods that are especially useful for visualizing and describing intra-individual variability in individual ...