Quotient space theory (QST), a new granule computing tool dealing with imprecise, incomplete and uncertain knowledge, uses a triplet, including the universe, its structure and attributes, to describe a problem space or simply a space. As one of important theories of granular computing (GrC), QST is very helpful to the study of cognitive informatics (CI). This article summarizes the quotient spa...

Objectives When pain is assessed in research, it is most commonly assessed using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS). These measures can provide information about pain severity, distress and qualities, but they are unable to provide information about the underlying mechanisms contributing to pain perception. Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) comprises non-invasive tests which can identif...

We propose a scheme to realize the conditional phase gate (CPG) and quantum state transfer (QST) between two qubits (acted by nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers) based on off-resonant quantum Zeno dynamics. We also consider the entanglement dynamics of two qubits in this system. Since no cavity photons or excited levels of the NV center is populated during the whole process, the scheme is immune to ...

Results: Compared with patients who had warm CRPS, patients who had cold CRPS more often reported a history of serious life events (p 0.05) and chronic pain disorders (p 0.05). In cold CRPS, the incidence of CRPS-related dystonia was increased (p 0.05), and cold-induced pain had a higher prevalence (p 0.01). Furthermore, QST revealed a predominant sensory loss in patients with cold CRPS (p 0.05...

Abstract Introduction Patients with haemophilia (PwH) may experience increased sensitivity to pain. Based on the assessment of somatosensory system, a recent study showed specific pain profile in PwH when compared controls by using Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST). Aim This aimed evaluate affected joints (knee or ankle joints) and non‐affected site (dominant hand) adult over 1‐year period. Me...

Abstract Holographic metasurfaces and their applications have garnered significant attention owing to role in polarization control. In this study, we demonstrate that the quantum properties of holographic can be obtained by state tomography (QST) process (QPT). We perform QST obtain experimental output states extracting information from holograms encoded on metasurface, develop a QPT-based meth...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Although it is well known that fire acts as a selective pressure shaping plant phenotypes, there are no quantitative estimates of the heritability of any trait related to plant persistence under recurrent fires, such as serotiny. In this study, the heritability of serotiny in Pinus halepensis is calculated, and an evaluation is made as to whether fire has left a selection si...

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) affects 5.7-26.6% women worldwide. 55% have no obvious pathology and 40% have associated endometriosis. Neuropathic pain (NeP) is pain arising as a consequence of a lesion/disease affecting the somatosensory system. The prevalence of NeP in women with CPP is not known. The diagnosis of NeP is challenging because there is no gold-standard assessment. Questionnaires have...