The measurement of the electrical impedance inside the esophagus provides information about its status, and is being explored in the study of the gastroesophageal reflux. This paper presents theoretical computation of impedance inside the esophagus. The results of the numerical solution for a simple geometry are compared against the solution formulated from the Green's function approach. The ef...

A detailed knowledge of the beam coupling impedance of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is required in order to operate this machine with a higher intensity for the foreseen Large Hadron Collider (LHC) luminosity upgrade. A large number of Beam Position Monitors (BPMs) is currently installed in the SPS, and this is why their contribution to the SPS impedance has to be assessed. This pape...

This paper presents a model of sound propagation in a duct, for the purpose of active noise control. A physical model generally different from those explored in much of the literature is derived, with non-constant acoustic load impedance at the one end, and a coupled disturbance loudspeaker model at the other end. Experimental results are presented which validate the derived transfer function. ...

In this paper, we consider the Dirichlet and impedance boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation in a non-locally perturbed half-plane. These boundary value problems arise in a study of timeharmonic acoustic scattering of an incident eld by a sound-soft, in nite rough surface where the total eld vanishes (the Dirichlet problem) or by an in nite, impedance rough surface where the total ...

A novel compact ring monopole antenna with double meander lines is proposed for wireless local area networks (WLAN) applications in IEEE 802.11b/g/a systems. The designed antenna, fed by a 50 Ω microstrip transmission line, is only 32 mm in height and 16 mm in width. By introducing a horizontal and a vertical branched strips to a closed rectangular strip ring, the proposed antenna can generate ...

We show that humans execute the postural control ingeniously by regulating the impedance properties of the musculo skeletal system as the motor command against the alteration of the environment. Adjusting muscle activity can control the impedance properties of the musculo -skeletal system. To quantify the changes in human arm viscoelasticity on the vertical plane during interaction with the env...

in exploration seismology, estimation of elastic parameters of rocks using seismic amplitudes is considered as inverse problems. nowadays, model-based and more generally optimization-based algorithms are of the most common methods of seismic inversion. these algorithms which are known as deterministic methods, are suffering from two main problems; first, vertical resolution of outputs is very l...

The electromechanical (E/M) impedance method is a powerful technique in active structural health monitoring (SHM). E/M impedance method utilizes as its main apparatus an impedance analyzer that reads the in-situ E/M impedance of piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) attached to the monitored structure. Present-day impedance analyzer equipments (e.g.HP4194) are bulky, heavy and expensive lab...

Abstract A new configuration for realizing high input impedance voltagemode biquadratic filters with two inputs and one output is presented. The proposed configuration uses two second generation current conveyors (CCII’s) of different polarity, two resistors, and two capacitors. The present configuration is capable of realizing band pass (BP), all pass (AP), and notch filter functions. The circ...

The aim of the BEST-project is to support laymen in judging their legal position through intelligent disclosure of case-law in the area of Dutch tort law. A problem we have to face in this context is the discrepancy between the terminology laymen use to describe their case and the terminology found in legal documents. We address this problem by supporting users to describe their case in common ...