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Erratum: The role of visual preferences in architecture views
No full textThe article “The role of visual preferences in architecture views” by Ali Akbar Amini, Bahman Adibzadeh, published on 24 September 2020 in the Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 44(2), 122–127, https://doi.org/10.3846/jau.2020.12582 contained a following errors on:
122 p. The source is incorrectly cited in the text. The correct citation is:
(de la Fuente Suárez, 2016)
126 p. The references incorrectly indicate author name, lastname and title of article. The correct citation is:
de la Fuente Suárez, L. A. (2016). Towards experiential representation in architecture. Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 40(1), 47–58. https://doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2016.1163243
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Disomogeneità in ALI/ARDS
No full textIntroduzione
La ventilazione meccanica in pazienti ALI/ARDS può associarsi allo sviluppo di infiammazione locale e progressione della malattia. E’ stato ipotizzato che uno dei meccanismi del danno da ventilazione sia la presenza di regioni di disomogeneità che agiscono da moltiplicatori locali di pressione[1].
Obiettivi
Quantificare la disomogeneità polmonare in pazienti ALI/ARDS e verificare la relazione con la gravità della malattia; verificare se le regioni polmonari disomogenee presentano maggiore infiammazione.
Materiali e metodi
La disomogeneità polmonare è stata definita come il rapporto tra le frazioni di gas di due regioni polmonari adiacenti delle dimensioni approssimative di un acino polmonare (i.e. due regioni perfettamente omogenee avranno rapporto uguale a 1 mentre regioni non omogenee avranno rapporto > 1). Attraverso un software apposito abbiamo quantificato la disomogeneità polmonare su immagini TAC di 129 pazienti ALI/ARDS e sulle immagini 18-FDG CT/PET di 12 pazienti ALI/ARDS.
Risultati
La disomogeneità polmonare aumenta all'aumentare della gravità della malattia (1.3±0.10,1.38 ±0.13 e 1.44±0.16 con PaO2/FiO2 rispettivamente 200) e appare positivamente correlata alla frazione di spazio morto fisiologico (disomogeneità=1.03+Vd/Vt*0.59,r2= 0.32.p<0.0001), alla frazione di tessuto poco aerato (disomogeneità=1.17+poorly inflated tissue*0.67,r2 =0.38,p<0.0001) ed inversamente correlata alla frazione di tessuto ben aerato (disomogeneità=1.53+well * (-0.51)).
Nei 12 pazienti studiati con CT-PET la disomogeneità polmonare risulta correlata all'uptake di 18-FDG (Ki=-6.6+disomogeneità*8.04,r2=0.36,p1.4).(Ki=6.3±2.2 vs 8.2±3, p <0.0001)
Conclusioni
La disomogeneità polmonare appare correlata alla gravità della malattia quantificata in termini di scambi gassosi, morfologici e funzionali (infiammazione).
[1] Mead J, Appl Physiol. 1970 May;28(5):596-60
Anoplocheylus marivaniensis Khanjani, Hoseini & Amini, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textAnoplocheylus marivaniensis sp. nov. (Figs. 1–10) Female (n= 7). Dimensions of holotype (measurements of paratypes in parentheses): length of body (including gnathosoma) 725 (715–740), length of body (excluding gnathosoma) 570 (555–580); width 275 (305–317). Dorsum (Figs. 1–3). Peritremes (Fig. 2) present in membrane connecting gnathosoma and idiosoma, entirely chambered (approximately 28 chambers in each side); prodorsal shield with a pair of simple sensillae (sc 1) 72 (71–77) long (Fig. 3) and five pairs of simple setae v 1 27 (25–27), v 2 39 (41–44), sc 2 17 (16–18), sc 3 21 (20–23), with posterior pair (sc 4) very long 95 (96–99) and whip-like; one pair of eyes, located on anterolateral corners of prodorsal shield; opisthosoma with 17 pairs of short setae, (19–24) except for one pair of humeral setae (d 3) which is very long 102 (102–109), posterior opisthosomal setae (f 1) 67 (68–75) and two pairs of caudal setae 38 (30–45) anterior to anal opening are also much longer than most opisthosomal setae. Integument striated. Venter (Fig. 6). With 19 pairs of subequal setae 22 (20–22) (excluding pseudanal setae); anogenital area with three pairs of aggenital setae 15 (15–16) and three pairs of genital setae 10 (10–11); anal opening terminal with two pairs of pseudanal setae, ps 1 29 (28–33) dorsally and ps 2 35 (34–37) ventrally. FIGURES 1–6. Anoplocheylus marivaniensis sp. nov. (Female): 1. Dorsum, 2. Peritreme, 3. sensillae sc 1, 4. Gnathosoma, 5. Chelicera, 6. Venter. Gnathosoma (Fig. 4, 5). Infracapitulum with four pairs of setae, two pairs of subcapitular setae, seta m 18 (17–19), n 45 (43–49) and two pairs of adoral setae or 1–2 (43–49); chelicerae (Fig. 5) separate and with two setae, proximal setae 45 (42–45) more than twice length of anterior seta 15 (13–16). Palp (Fig. 4) four-segmented; trochanter without setae; femur with 4 simple setae; small genu with two setae; tibiotarsus with one terminal claw, two subapical spurs, one falcate seta and nine simple setae. Legs (Figs. 7–10). Legs with pretarsus stalked, annulated, bearing a pliable empodium; claws absent; measurements of leg I 453 (438 – 60), leg II 275 (260–290), leg III 346 (350–363), leg IV 410 (400–420). Leg femora divided; setal counts of leg segments (solenidia and seta κ not included) as follows: coxal fields 4 – 3 – 3 – 2, trochanters 1 – 1–2 – 1, basifemora 8 – 3 – 3 – 2, telofemora 6 – 3 – 3 – 3, genua 7 – 5 – 4 – 4 and tibiae 8 (φ+ 1 κ) – 5 – 5 – 5, tarsi 19 (1 ω) – 8 (1 ω) – 9 – 9. MALE. Unknown. Remarks. Anoplocheylus marivaniensis sp. nov. closely resembles A. tauricus Livshitz and Mitrofanov, 1973 in having setae sc 1 (sensillae) simple, five pairs of simple setae on the prodorsal shield, d 3 and f 1 the longest hysterosomal setae, and lengths of anal setae (ps 1 and ps 2) subequal, but it differs from the latter by: (1) coxal field I with four setae in the new species instead of three setae in A. tauricus, (2) basifemora I with eight setae vs. six in A. tauricus, (3) one pair of extra setae between setae f 2 and h 1 with one pair of extra setae opposed to absent in latter. The new species also is similar to A. aegypticus Baker & Atyeo, 1964 but can be readily distinguished from latter by: (1) lengths of pseudanal setae subequal [ps 1 (28-33) and ps 2 (34-37)] in the new species instead of ps 1 (28–35) shorter than ps 2 (41–54) in A. aegypticus, (2) basifemora I with eight setae instead of six setae in A. aegypticus, (3) one pair of extra setae between setae f 2 and h 1 opposed to absent in A. aegypticus. Etymology. This species is named after the type locality, the city of Marivan. Type materials. Holotype females and two paratype female from soil & rotten leaves of oak trees, Quercus brantii Lindl., and four paratype females from soil under Crataegus pontica L (Rosaceae), Marivan vicinity, Kurdistan province, (35 ° 26 ' N, 46 ° 13 ' E, 1320 m a.s.l.), 13 Apr. 2013; coll. Fatemeh Amini. The type materials are slide mounted specimens. The holotype female and five paratype females are deposited in the Acari collection of the Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bu– Ali Sina, Hamedan, Iran and one paratype female will be deposited in the Arachnida Collection of ARC –Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Anoplocheylus qorvehiensis sp. nov. (Figs. 11–19) Female (n= 2). Dimensions of holotype (measurements of paratypes in parentheses): length of body (including gnathosoma) 648 (675), length of body (excluding gnathosoma) 500 (525); width 243 (230). Dorsum (Figs. 11–12). Peritremes present in membrane connecting gnathosoma and idiosoma, entirely chambered; prodorsal shield with a pair of plumose sensillae (sc 1) 62 (64) long (Fig. 12) and four pairs of simple setae (sc 2 absent), v 1 54 (56), v 2 27 (29), sc 3 22 (23), with posterior pair (sc 4) very long 117 (125) and whip-like; one pair of eyes, located on anterolateral corners of prodorsal shield; opisthosoma with 13 pairs of short setae, (20–25) except for one pair of humeral setae (d 3) which is very long 118 (122), posterior opisthosomal setae (f 1) 100 (106), f 2 59 (61) and two pairs of caudal setae (32–45) anterior to anal opening are also much longer than most opisthosomal setae. Integument striated. Venter (Fig. 15). With 16 pairs of subequal setae 22 (24) (excluding pseudanal setae); anogenital area with three pairs of aggenital setae 19 (20) and two pairs of genital setae 10 (11); anal opening terminal with six pairs of pseudanal setae, ps 1 20 (20), ps 2 39 (41) ventrally. Gnathosoma (Figs. 13–14). Infracapitulum with four pairs of setae, two pairs of subcapitular setae, seta m 8 (10), n 37 (41) and two pairs of adoral setae or 1–2 (3–5); chelicerae (Fig. 14) separate and with two setae, proximal setae 38 (40) more than twice length of anterior seta 13 (16). Palp (Fig. 13) four-segmented; trochanter without setae; femur with four simple setae; small genu with two setae; tibiotarsus with one terminal claw, two subapical spurs, 1 falcate seta and nine simple setae; Legs (Figs. 16–19). Legs with pretarsus stalked, annulated, bearing a pliable empodium; claws absent. Measurements of leg I 425 (445), leg II 265 (278), leg III 330 (325), leg IV 375 (385). Leg femora divided; setal counts of leg segments (solenidia and seta κ not included) as follows: coxal fields 4 – 3 – 3 – 2, trochanters 1 – 1–2 – 1, basifemora 5 – 2 – 2 – 1, telofemora 6 – 3 – 3 – 3, genua 7 – 5 – 4 – 4, tibiae 8 (1 φ + 1 κ) – 5 – 5 – 5, tarsi 18 (1 ω) – 7 (1 ω)– 9 – 9. MALE. Unknown. FIGURES 11–15. Anoplocheylus qorvehiensis n. sp. (Female): 11. Dorsum, 12. Sensillae sc 1, 13. Gnathosoma, 14. Chelicera, 15. Venter. Remarks. The new species is unique in the genus Anoplocheylus by having prodorsal sensillae (sc 1) plumose in shape, but it does resemble A. paraclavatus Van Dis and Ueckermann, 1991 in having five pairs of setae on prodorsal shield, but differs from the latter by: 1) setae sc 1 plumose in new species but claviform in A. paraclavatus; 2) telofemora I with six setae instead of five setae in A. paraclavatus; 3) tarsi I–IV with 18 (ω) – 7 (ω) – 9 – 9 setae in A. qorvehiensis but 19 (ω)- 7 (ω)- 7 - 7 in A. paraclavatus. Etymology. This species is named after the type locality Qorveh. Type materials. Holotype female and one paratype female from Qorveh vicinity, Kurdistan province, soil under Astragalus sp. bushes, (47 ° 47 ' 06.33'' N, 35 ° 09' 03.62'' E, 1472 m a.s.l.), 20 March 2013; coll. Fatemeh Amini. The type material are slide mounted specimens. The holotype female deposited in the Acari collection of the Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamedan, Iran and one paratype female will be deposited in the Arachnida Collection of ARC –Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.Published as part of Khanjani, Mohammad, Hoseini, Mohammad Ahmad & Amini, Fatemeh, 2014, Two new Anoplocheylus species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Pseudocheylidae) from Kurdistan province of Iran, pp. 185-192 in Zootaxa 3861 (2) on pages 186-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/22730
sj-docx-1-jop-10.1177_02698811241234247 – Supplemental material for The effect of psychedelics on the level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor: A systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jop-10.1177_02698811241234247 for The effect of psychedelics on the level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Arman Shafiee, Razman Arabzadeh Bahri, Mohammad Ali Rafiei, Fatemeh Esmaeilpur Abianeh, Parsa Razmara, Kyana Jafarabady and Mohammad Javad Amini in Journal of Psychopharmacology</p
Microcontroller camera: a robotics application in fuzzy logic
No full textThe idea of Fuzzy Logic has been applied to different applications since it was founded by Dr. Zadeh in late 1950s. Theoretically, with no priori information, fuzzy model is obtained from an input-output data. The main features of fuzzy logic are: (1) a parameterized formulation; (2) a fuzzy algorithm and (3) Selection of system inputs along with their membership functions. The control system plays a key role when stability and overall performance of the system come into picture. Design of the system itself is naturally the crucial part of the development based on the needs. This report puts into perspective the use of non-linear multi-input, multi-output systems that enable fuzzy rules to meet given specifications and requirements. This generalized formulation is applied to analysis of stability and robustness of the proposed fuzzy logic control system. The herein application consists of a robotics system that would allow motion detection, object/pattern recognition and image processing. We apply the methodology to a microcontroller-based robot. Results are compared with complete analytical simulation and a heuristic fuzzy modeling technique. Examples from experimental applications in other published articles are given along with some discussion of the future of robotics.California State University, Northridge. Department of Engineering.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 34-37
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