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Polytechnic University of Turin
Education•Turin, Piemonte, Italy•
About: Polytechnic University of Turin is a education organization based out in Turin, Piemonte, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Finite element method & Computer science. The organization has 11553 authors who have published 41395 publications receiving 789320 citations. The organization is also known as: POLITO & Politecnico di Torino.
Topics: Finite element method, Computer science, Nonlinear system, Context (language use), Population
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present guidelines for the acquisition and analysis of surface wave data by giving some basic principles and specific suggestions related to the most common situations, which are primarily targeted to non-expert users approaching surface wave testing, but can be useful to specialists in the field as a general reference.
Abstract: Surface wave methods gained in the past decades a primary role in many seismic projects. Specifically, they are often used to retrieve a 1D shear wave velocity model or to estimate the VS,30 at a site. The complexity of the interpretation process and the variety of possible approaches to surface wave analysis make it very hard to set a fixed standard to assure quality and reliability of the results. The present guidelines provide practical information on the acquisition and analysis of surface wave data by giving some basic principles and specific suggestions related to the most common situations. They are primarily targeted to non-expert users approaching surface wave testing, but can be useful to specialists in the field as a general reference. The guidelines are based on the experience gained within the InterPACIFIC project and on the expertise of the participants in acquisition and analysis of surface wave data.
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TL;DR: In this review, the basic principles of operation of linear electrode arrays for the detection of surface EMG signals are described, together with their most relevant current applications.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the ALICE measurement of K^0_S and Lambda production at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV is presented.
Abstract: The ALICE measurement of K^0_S and {\Lambda} production at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV is presented. The transverse momentum (pT) spectra are shown for several collision centrality intervals and in the pT range from 0.4 GeV/c (0.6 GeV/c for {\Lambda}) to 12 GeV/c. The pT dependence of the {\Lambda}/K^0_S ratios exhibits maxima in the vicinity of 3 GeV/c, and the positions of the maxima shift towards higher pT with increasing collision centrality. The magnitude of these maxima increases by almost a factor of three between most peripheral and most central Pb-Pb collisions. This baryon excess at intermediate pT is not observed in pp interactions at sqrt(s) = 0.9 TeV and at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. Qualitatively, the baryon enhancement in heavy-ion collisions is expected from radial flow. However, the measured pT spectra above 2 GeV/c progressively decouple from hydrodynamical-model calculations. For higher values of pT, models that incorporate the influence of the medium on the fragmentation and hadronization processes describe qualitatively the pT dependence of the {\Lambda}/K^0_S ratio.
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TL;DR: A simple model is proposed which reproduces many features of the biological system and shows that both the model and the real system exhibit a fractal behavior at small scales, followed at large scale by a random percolation behavior due to the coalescence of aggregates.
Abstract: Experiments of in vitro formation of blood vessels show that cells randomly spread on a gel matrix autonomously organize to form a connected vascular network. We propose a simple model which reproduces many features of the biological system. We show that both the model and the real system exhibit a fractal behavior at small scales, due to the process of migration and dynamical aggregation, followed at large scale by a random percolation behavior due to the coalescence of aggregates. The results are in good agreement with the analysis performed on the experimental data.
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TL;DR: The results do not support the establishment of a general relationship between spectral EMG variables and torque or recruitment strategy and indicate that volume conductor properties play an important role as confounding factors that may mask any relation between EMG spectral variables and estimated CV as a size principle parameter during ramp contractions.
Abstract: During isometric contractions of increasing strength, motor units (MUs) are recruited by the central nervous system in an orderly manner starting with the smallest, with muscle fibers that usually show the lowest conduction velocity (CV). Theory predicts that the higher the velocity of propagation of the action potential, the higher the power at high frequencies of the detected surface signal. These considerations suggest that the power spectral density of the surface detected electromyogram (EMG) signal may give indications about the MU recruitment process. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential and limitations of spectral analysis of the surface EMG signal as a technique for the investigation of muscle force control. The study is based on a simulation approach and on an experimental investigation of the properties of surface EMG signals detected from the biceps brachii during isometric linearly increasing torque contractions. Both simulation and experimental data indicate that volume conductor properties play an important role as confounding factors that may mask any relation between EMG spectral variables and estimated CV as a size principle parameter during ramp contractions. The correlation between spectral variables and CV is thus significantly lower when the MU pool is not stable than during constant-torque isometric contractions. Our results do not support the establishment of a general relationship between spectral EMG variables and torque or recruitment strategy.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Rodney S. Ruoff | 164 | 666 | 194902 |
Silvia Bordiga | 107 | 498 | 41413 |
Sergio Ferrara | 105 | 726 | 44507 |
Enrico Rossi | 103 | 606 | 41255 |
Stefano Passerini | 102 | 771 | 39119 |
James Barber | 102 | 642 | 42397 |
Markus J. Buehler | 95 | 609 | 33054 |
Dario Farina | 94 | 832 | 32786 |
Gabriel G. Katul | 91 | 506 | 34088 |
M. De Laurentis | 84 | 275 | 54727 |
Giuseppe Caire | 82 | 825 | 40344 |
Christophe Fraser | 76 | 264 | 29250 |
Erasmo Carrera | 75 | 829 | 23981 |
Andrea Califano | 75 | 305 | 31348 |
Massimo Inguscio | 74 | 427 | 21507 |