Typical training simulation systems adopt distributed network architecture designs composed of personal computers because of cost, extensibility, and maintenance considerations. In this design, the functions of the entire system are easily affected by failures or errors from any computer during operation. Thus, adopting appropriate fault-tolerance processing mechanisms to ensure that the normal...

[Purpose] To compare the effects of treadmill training with partial body weight support (TTPBWS) and conventional physical therapy (PT) on subjects with anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 40 subjects were randomly allocated to either a treatment group or a control group. Subjects received either treadmill training with partial body weight support (trea...

AbstructFor operation planning before the cardiac plastic surgery, a cardiac surgeon needs to touch the cardiac muscle to know where thin and soft regions of the muscular wall due to myocardial infraction and dilate cardiomyopathy are located. Since the opportunity to palpate the cardiac muscle of the diseased heart is limited to the operative scene, young, inexperienced cardiac surgeons strong...

Short term load forecasting is very essential to the operation of electricity companies. It enhances the energy-efficient and reliable operation of power system. Artificial neural networks have long been proven as a very accurate non-linear mapper. ANN based STLF models generally use Back propagation algorithm which does not converge optimally & requires much longer time for training, which mak...

In this paper, a new robust training algorithm for the generation of a set of bias-removed, noise-suppressed reference speech HMM models directly from a training database collected in adverse environment suffering with both convolutional channel bias and additive noise is proposed. Its main idea is to incorporate a signal biascompensation operation and a PMC noise-compensation operation into it...

The process of sorting marble plates according to their surface texture is an important task in the automated marble plate production. Nowadays some inspection systems in marble industry that automate the classification tasks are too expensive and are compatible only with specific technological equipment in the plant. In this paper a new approach to the design of an Automated Marble Plate Class...

©2003 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.85B4.14217 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2003;85-B:478-83. The management of the multiply-injured patient has been revolutionised during the past century. Advances in prehospital care, resuscitation, implants and intensive-care medicine have all contributed to better treatment of the patient in physiological crisis a...