A novel damage detection method is applied to a 3-story frame structure,to obtain statistical quantification control criterion of the existence,location and identification of damage.The mean,standard deviation,and exp...A novel damage detection method is applied to a 3-story frame structure,to obtain statistical quantification control criterion of the existence,location and identification of damage.The mean,standard deviation,and exponentially weighted moving average(EWMA)are applied to detect damage information according to statistical process control(SPC)theory.It is concluded that the detection is insignificant with the mean and EWMA because the structural response is not independent and is not a normal distribution.On the other hand,the damage information is detected well with the standard deviation because the influence of the data distribution is not pronounced with this parameter.A suitable moderate confidence level is explored for more significant damage location and quantification detection,and the impact of noise is investigated to illustrate the robustness of the method.展开更多
In patients with advanced cancer,the prevalence rate of cardiac autonomic neuropathy(CAN)is high,and the prognosis of patients with CAN is generally poor.Although mechanisms including inflammation,infection,metabolism...In patients with advanced cancer,the prevalence rate of cardiac autonomic neuropathy(CAN)is high,and the prognosis of patients with CAN is generally poor.Although mechanisms including inflammation,infection,metabolism,neurodegeneration,toxic processes,and cancer treatment have been proposed as etiologies of CAN in cancer patients,these mechanisms have not been completely elucidated,and their relationship has only been described indirectly.A study involving 127 cancer patients revealed that both the disease and its treatments can lead to a decrease in heart rate variability(HRV)indicating the autonomic imbalance.Because managing CAN is essential for improving the survival and quality of life of patients with cancer,patients and specialists can work together to customize cancer treatment and management using HRV as an index.展开更多
Standard deviation(SD)and standard error of the mean(SEM)have been applied widely as error bars in scientific plots.Unfortunately,there is no universally accepted principle addressing which of these 2 measures should ...Standard deviation(SD)and standard error of the mean(SEM)have been applied widely as error bars in scientific plots.Unfortunately,there is no universally accepted principle addressing which of these 2 measures should be used.Here we seek to fill this gap by outlining the reasoning for choosing SEM over SD and hope to shed light on this unsettled disagreement among the biomedical community.The utility of SEM and SD as error bars is further discussed by examining the figures and plots published in 2 research articles on pancreatic disease.展开更多
基金Natural Natural Science Foundation of China Under Grant No 50778077&50608036the Graduate Innovation Fund of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Under Grant No HF-06-028
文摘A novel damage detection method is applied to a 3-story frame structure,to obtain statistical quantification control criterion of the existence,location and identification of damage.The mean,standard deviation,and exponentially weighted moving average(EWMA)are applied to detect damage information according to statistical process control(SPC)theory.It is concluded that the detection is insignificant with the mean and EWMA because the structural response is not independent and is not a normal distribution.On the other hand,the damage information is detected well with the standard deviation because the influence of the data distribution is not pronounced with this parameter.A suitable moderate confidence level is explored for more significant damage location and quantification detection,and the impact of noise is investigated to illustrate the robustness of the method.
文摘In patients with advanced cancer,the prevalence rate of cardiac autonomic neuropathy(CAN)is high,and the prognosis of patients with CAN is generally poor.Although mechanisms including inflammation,infection,metabolism,neurodegeneration,toxic processes,and cancer treatment have been proposed as etiologies of CAN in cancer patients,these mechanisms have not been completely elucidated,and their relationship has only been described indirectly.A study involving 127 cancer patients revealed that both the disease and its treatments can lead to a decrease in heart rate variability(HRV)indicating the autonomic imbalance.Because managing CAN is essential for improving the survival and quality of life of patients with cancer,patients and specialists can work together to customize cancer treatment and management using HRV as an index.
基金BZ research was supported,in part,by the National Institutes of Health grant U24 AA026968the University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science grants UL1TR001453,TL1TR01454,and KL2TR01455.
文摘Standard deviation(SD)and standard error of the mean(SEM)have been applied widely as error bars in scientific plots.Unfortunately,there is no universally accepted principle addressing which of these 2 measures should be used.Here we seek to fill this gap by outlining the reasoning for choosing SEM over SD and hope to shed light on this unsettled disagreement among the biomedical community.The utility of SEM and SD as error bars is further discussed by examining the figures and plots published in 2 research articles on pancreatic disease.
