The presence of neurological signs and disturbed psychomotor performance have been consistently confirmed by clinical studies in schizophrenic patients. These parameters are mainly assessed by using clinical rating scales. In recent years, new approaches such as ultrasonic movement analysis systems have been introduced in order to objectively evaluate motor disturbances in schizophrenic patient...

Tympanal sound receptors in moths evolved in response to selective pressures provided by echolocating insectivorous bats. The presence of these ultrasound detectors also set the stage for the later evolution of ultrasonic courtship signals in the tympanate moth families. Male moths have repeatedly exploited the bat-detection mechanisms in females for the purpose of finding, identifying and obta...

Abstract. This paper gives a review of research activities at the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives in Paderborn to the control of rotary travelling wave type ultrasonic motors. Based on a special designed hardware environment an advanced control scheme for inverter-fed travelling wave type ultrasonic motors is presented. After several modelling steps, including an averaged ...