• The spectral properties of ergodic measure symbolic systems are investigated for applications to signal processing, pattern recognition, and anomaly detection in real-time uncertain dynamical systems. underlying algorithm is built upon the concept sequences measure-preserving transformations (MPTs) on probability spaces construction non-stationary probabilistic finite state automata (PFSA) by...

We have demonstrated previously the importance of histaminergic neurons in arousal mechanisms. In addition to their ascending axons, these neurons also send heavy descending inputs to the mesopontine tegmentum (MPT), which plays a key role in cortical activation during wakefulness (W). This anatomical link suggests histaminergic control of the mechanisms of the MPT relevant to behavioral states...

Creative cognition, defined as the generation of new yet appropriate ideas and solutions, serves important adaptive purposes. Here, we tested whether and how middle adolescence, characterized by transformations toward life independency and individuality, is a more profitable phase than adulthood for creative cognition. Behavioral and neural differences for creative problem solving in adolescent...

Motivational priming theory (MPT) and preparedness theory generate competing hypotheses about the impact of an aversive US on responses to an affective foreground. MPT predicts the aversive US will facilitate negative emotional reactions to unpleasant pictures and inhibit positive emotional reactions to pleasant pictures. Preparedness theory predicts an aversive US will increase negative emotio...

Dissociation was one of the roots of the nosopoetic construct "schizophrenia", and a link seems to exist between psychotic and dissociative phenomena. We explored the relationship between dissociation and schizoidia as defined by the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) total score and the schizoidia subscale of the Munich Personality Test (MPT), respectively. The study comprised 43 outpatients...

The paper addresses the problem of numerical issues and degeneracies in the parametric quadratic programming (pQP) algorithm, used for computing partitions of explicit model predictive controllers (eMPC) with the Multi-Parametric Toolbox (MPT). We summarise the pQP problem setup and the basic algorithm, analyse its implementation in MPT, expose the numerical issues and suggest a series of impro...

Background For multimodal pain therapy (MPT), a bio-psycho-social therapy approach for patients suffering from chronic pain, a core outcome set (COS) is currently lacking. Following the recommendations from initiatives such as Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) and Harmonizing Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME), the study “Validation and Application of a patient relevant core set of out...

Ideas from Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) are suggested as a framework around which a statistics syllabus for accounting students can be built at undergraduate level. There are motivational benefits, and many opportunities for interesting project work involving use of real data. Perhaps the most compelling attraction, however, is that a core concern in MPT is the measurement of variability, the ...