Background: In certain conditions, there is a need for a specific and improved measure of cardiac performance.  Routine methods for assessing left ventricular (LV) function are based on image-analysis or right heart monitoring which do not allow evaluation of ventriculo-arterial interaction. Chen et al presented a noninvasive method allowing measurement of end-systolic pressure–volume relation ...

In this paper, we propose an algorithm for estimating dense shape and motion of dynamic piecewise planar scenes from region correspondences using factorization. Region correspondences are used since they are easier to establish and more reliable than either line or point correspondences. The image measurements required are the centroid and area for each region. Singular value decomposition is e...

We study several approximations for the LIBOR market models presented in 1, 2, 5]. Special attention is payed to log-normal approximations and their simulation by using direct simulation methods for log-normal random elds. In contrast to the conventional numerical solution of SDE's this approach simulates the solution directly at the desired point and is therefore much more eecient. We carry ou...

This article addresses the thermoelastic interaction due to inclined load on a homogeneous isotropic half-space in context of two-temperature generalized theory of thermoelasticity with dual-phase-lags. It is assumed that the inclined load is a linear combination of both normal and tangential loads. The governing equations are solved by using the normal mode analysis. The variations of the disp...

Yarn quality is judged according to the achieved values of tested yarn properties that are selected in dependence on yarn utilization. Quality level of the yarns can be assessed using the USTER® STATISTICS [2]. This tool is composed of graphs enabling users to compare their measured results of yarn (sliver, roving, fiber) with the corresponding worldwide established fibrous product quality refe...