Preliminary works have already been performed between IRCCyN, IRAP and CNES. In particular, the paper [1] proposes a blind estimation method under the assumption of a purely linear response. A possible direction of the proposed project could be to generalize the latter method. On the one hand, an affine model would be more realistic. On the other hand, a totally unsupervised method would be pre...

Recent advances in the study of spontaneous brain activity have demonstrated activity patterns that emerge with no task performance or sensory stimulation; these discoveries hold promise for the study of higher-order associative network functionality. Additionally, such advances are argued to be relevant in pathological states, such as disorders of consciousness (DOC), i.e., coma, vegetative an...

Quick and efficient processing of images is an important request of various disciplines and several applied fields. Many authors have studied specialized computing architectures (with electronic technology) devoted to image processing (see, for example, Refs. 1-5), but other authors have pointed out that optical computing architectures are more suitable for massive computation on images because...

Measuring responsiveness to gain accurate diagnosis in populations with disorders of consciousness (DOC) is of central concern because these patients have such complex clinical presentations. Due to the uncertainty of accuracy for both behavioral and neurophysiological measures in DOC, combined assessment approaches are recommended. A number of standardized behavioral measures can be used with ...

Effects of fire on biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystem are widely acknowledged, while few studies have focused on the bacterial community under the disturbance of long-term frequent prescribed fire. In this study, three treatments (burning every two years (B2), burning every four years (B4) and no burning (B0)) were applied for 38 years in an Australian wet sclerophyll forest. Resul...

the double object and the to-dative constructions. It is well known that the two differ semantically and syntactically. In some recent works, it is suggested that the semantic differences observed by Bresnan (1978), Oehrle (1976) and others, and the structural properties noted by Barss and Lasnik (1986), Larson (1988), and others, can both be captured by postulating an extra head for the Double...

MARTA FILICKOVA, PhD, Researcher at the Department of Pre-School and Elementary Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Presov in Presov, Slovakia; e-mail: marta. [email protected] doc. IVETA KOVALCIKOVA, PhD, Associate Professor at Department of Pre-School and Elementary Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Presov in Presov, Slovakia. IVAN ROPOVIK,...

OBJECTIVE To determine the light intensity emitted by light curing units (LCUs) and its effect on the cure characteristics of composites polymerised with it. DESIGN A laboratory based cross sectional study. SETTING Public and private dental clinics in Nairobi, Kenya. RESULTS Thirty five (42.17%) LCUs produced light of intensity ≤300mWcm⁻² while 43 (51.8%) LCUs had their intensities betwee...