Sentences with phrase «measuring signal levels»

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The current signal in the raw version of this measure is, in my view, largely an artifact of a high - level top formation that has persisted for nearly two years.

With the S&P 500 within about 8 % of its highest level in history, with historically reliable valuation measures at obscene levels, implying near - zero 10 - 12 year S&P 500 nominal total returns; with an extended period of extreme overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions replaced by deterioration in market internals that signal a clear shift toward risk - aversion among investors; with credit spreads on low - grade debt blowing out to multi-year highs; and with leading economic measures deteriorating rapidly, we continue to classify market conditions within the most hostile return / risk profile we identify — a classification that has been observed in only about 9 % of history.

Signal - To - Noise Ratio (SNR): Sounds complicated but it is actually pretty simple: SNR measures the level of your audio to the level of unwanted background noise that any speaker makes.

To confirm this synergistic effect, the team measured serum levels of signaling proteins in tumor - bearing mice receiving OX40 agonist antibodies alone or in combination with GSK2636771.

Levels of a nerve cell signaling molecule called substance P — measured in tear samples — might be a useful marker of diabetes - related nerve damage (neuropathy), suggests a study in the July issue of Optometry and Vision Science, the official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.

Nabar may measure a signal and identify a high level of variation in results.

These gravitational waves we will to detect will almost be the size of visible universe, but we mean, they'll produce signatures, temperature — well, in this case, the polarization of the microwave background — signatures which are at the level, well, the next generation, the best we can imagine doing is getting a 1 [percent] admixture of a signal from gravitational waves compared to the signal of the temperature fluctuations that we, kind of, measure in the universe.

«In this study, a new «source analysis» method was used for the first time to measure functional networks in the infant brain: with the help of a computer model, the measured EEG signals were interpreted as activity in the infant cortex, which enabled the evaluation of the functional networking of neurons in a very versatile manner on the cortical level,» says Sampsa Vanhatalo, a professor in clinical neurophysiology and the head of the study.

Patients should undergo a blood test to measure levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-- the hormone that signals the adrenal glands to produce cortisol — to establish a primary adrenal insufficiency diagnosis.

Researchers at the Lifelong Brain and Cognition Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois have utilized the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilities available in Beckman's Biomedical Imaging Center to measure the moment - to - moment variability in brain activity, more specifically in the blood oxygenation level - dependent (BOLD) signal.

By analyzing these signals together, the sea level and its variation can be measured, up to 20 times per second.

When satellites pass over the sky, the GNSS tide gauge uses signals direct from the satellite and signals reflected off the sea surface to measure the sea level.

«We measure the sea level using the same radio signals that mobile phones and cars use in their satellite navigation systems,» says Johan Löfgren.

A new way of measuring sea level using satellite navigation system signals, for instance GPS, has been implemented by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

To quantify Dilp levels, Dilp and GFP signal intensities were measured on the same section using the ImageJ software (NIH).

We first assessed systemic levels of IIS signaling by performing western blot analyses to measure phospho - AKT levels in the wing discs.

Oceanographer Benjamin Hamlington set out to see if he could find an El Niño sea level rise signal around U.S. coasts, by putting together data from tide gauges and satellite altimeters, which measure sea surface heights.

It allows to measure fluorescence levels in closely associated sperm tails, through an exact distinction between positive and background signals, and provides background - corrected pixel intensity values that can directly be used for data analysis.

Another study gave nitrate - rich spinach to healthy participants and measured its effects on their levels of nitric oxide, a signaling molecule normally used in the body to widen the blood vessels.

The researchers measured brain activity — the blood oxygen level — dependent (BOLD) signal — in brain regions that have previously been associated with food reward processing.

There are a range of tools that researchers could use here — value - added measures that distinguish between the level of a school's test scores and gains of students on test scores (gains probably are what parents care about, and levels are a noisy signal of gains), school climate surveys, teacher observation instruments, descriptions of curricula.

In order to arrive at a measured value of the aiTSC, all we need to do is to identify a CO2 signal, against the background of natural noise, in the temperature / time graph, which we can prove was caused by increased levels of CO2.

They are ad hoc, improvised measures that assume, rather than discover, some spectral form or another for the underlying sea - level signal.

Then, measure outdoor signal levels to determine the ideal location for outdoor antenna placement.

Quickly measure signal strength, map indoor frequency levels and identify peak antenna alignment for cell phone signal boosters.

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Furthermore, a study investigating parasympathetic and sympathetic activity through the use of RSA in 12 patients with BPD and 28 healthy controls had ECG recorded for three 5 min stages (at rest or stressed) found BPD was associated with lower values of RSA suggesting increased levels of sympathetic activity and decreased levels of parasympathetic activity.33 Meyer et al recorded 5 min ECG signals on 27 participants with BPD, 23 in remission from BPD, 18 suffering from PTSD and 23 healthy controls.34 Significant differences were only found between PTSD participants and controls; however, BPD participants had reduced variability across linear time and frequency domain measures compared with controls.