We analyse the effects of extrinsic noise on traveling waves of visual perception in a competitive neural field model of binocular rivalry. The model consists of two one-dimensional excitatory neural fields, whose activity variables represent the responses to left-eye and right-eye stimuli, respectively. The two networks mutually inhibit each other, and slow adaptation is incorporated into the ...

The deBroglie-Bohm pilot-wave theory is an interpretation of quantum theory in which the observer plays no fundamental role. In a pilot-wave theory, quantum systems are not only described by the state vector, but also by some additional variables. These additional variables, also called beables, can be particle positions, field configurations, strings, etc. In this paper we focus our attention ...

Ala~traet--Errors-in-variables problems are considered for the case of three variables, where the underlying relations among the noise-free variables are linear, and covariance information for the noisy variables is available. The static problem where the variables are complex (which can arise when narrowband filtering is used) is analysed in detail. Some results are also presented for the case...

We study motion of a relativistic charged particle in a plane slow electromagnetic wave and background uniform magnetic field. The wave propagates normally to the background field. The motion of the particle can be described by a Hamiltonian system with two degrees of freedom. Parameters of the problem are such that in this system one can identify slow and fast variables: three variables are ch...

Quantification of the electrocardiographic ventricular repolarization involving the T-U wave complex is usually performed with reference to the axis of the T wave and the QT interval duration. A novel quantitative approach to improve the description of ventricular repolarization was applied to the digitized electrocardiograms of 423 normal subjects. Six electrocardiographic repolarization chara...

A new formulation for wave propagation in an anelastic medium is developed. The phenomenological theory of linear viscoelasticity provides the basis for describing the attenuation and dispersion of seismic waves. The concept of a spectrum of relaxation mechanisms represents a convenient description of the constitutive relation of linear viscoelastic solids; however, Boltzmann's superposition pr...

BACKGROUND Left atrial volume (LAV) is a predictor of prognosis in patients with heart failure. OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the determinants of LAV in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). METHODS Ninety patients with DCM and left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ≤ 0.50 were included. LAV was measured with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (eco3D). The variables evalua...