{"title":"MR-Based Metabolic Characterization of Skeletal Muscle: Methods and Applications","authors":"M. Krššák","doi":"10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779985","url":null,"abstract":"Assessment of the tissue metabolism gained a new opportunity with advent and dissemination of the in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and imaging methods. Skeletal muscle is readily accessible for non-invasive investigation. While MRI allows for the assessment macroscopic fat distribution, MRS allows for the quantification of ectopic of fat compartments and metabolic profiling of skeletal muscle. Volume selected proton MRS can be applied for the assessment of intramyocellular lipids, creatine, acetylcarnitine, and carnosine. Characterization of glucose fluxes from biopsy specimen could have been replaced by 13C and 31P MRS, which was able to quantify defects of glucose metabolism in diabetes and other insulin resistant states. Basal and stimulated intracellular energy metabolism can be monitored by 31P MRS and combination of spectroscopy and physiologic examinations of the skeletal muscle function and energetic metabolism can help to identify the links between impaired metabolism, function, aging and or training status. Selected issues with respect to methodological issues of skeletal muscle MRS and research oriented applications will be presented and discussed.","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116614051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Mortar Filled by Polymer Filaments by Pulse Transient Technique","authors":"V. Boháč, P. Dieška, R. Tiwari","doi":"10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779852","url":null,"abstract":"The thermophysical properties of building construction materials are demanded at each application where the materials are used in the final utilization. The mortar filled with polyvinyl polymer fibers is intended to use as the thermal contact filler in energetic needles to improve the heat transfer in between the heat exchanger pipe and the stainless steel embodiment. The problem is with the pores of mortar that should be filled by silicone oil that is part of thermal heat silicone compound (Dow Corning) used to improve the heat transfer between the probes and specimen body. Adding some oil-proof layer causes additional disturbance effects at the measurement. The aim of this work was to avoid these effects. The solution was found in the model that accounts the contact resistance between the heat source and specimen as well as the heat capacity of the heat source that are active during the recording of the temperature response to the heat pulse.","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126338114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Imaging Methods of Biological Objects","authors":"","doi":"10.23919/measurement47340.2019.8780022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/measurement47340.2019.8780022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127485098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Krzysztof Przystupa, I. Vasylkivskyi, V. Ishchenko, V. Pohrebennyk, Orest Kochan, J. Su
{"title":"Assessing Air Pollution from Nuclear Power Plants","authors":"Krzysztof Przystupa, I. Vasylkivskyi, V. Ishchenko, V. Pohrebennyk, Orest Kochan, J. Su","doi":"10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8780088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8780088","url":null,"abstract":"The main sources of radioactivity inside a typical nuclear power plant are analyzed. The paper presents the results of case study research of the environmental pollution near the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Concentrations of radionuclides in air emissions are measured: the largest concentrations are found for Nitrogen-16, Argon-41, Krypton-83m, Xenon-131m, and Tritium. Concentrations of harmful non-radioactive chemicals in the air are found to be below the permissible limit except nitrogen dioxide.","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130808284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two-Port Frequency-Domain Measurement of Material Parameters Using Network Analysis Method","authors":"R. Dosoudil, K. Lisý, V. Ďurman","doi":"10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779996","url":null,"abstract":"The two-port transmission line method has been described and used to determine the complex (relative) permeability µ and permittivity ∊ of materials under test in the frequency range from 10 MHz to 6.5 GHz by means of a vector network analyser. The µ and ε were extracted from the measured scattering parameters or corresponding reflection and transmission coefficients using Nicolson-Ross-Weir algorithm. For high-frequency measurements, a segment of coaxial transmission line with 50 Ω of characteristic impedance was made and verified. Measurement results of a (representative) soft magnetic material are presented, and some phenomena (or effects) such as phase displacement fault and half-wave divergence are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126906161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Šebok, M. Kučera, M. Gutten, D. Korenčiak, M. Kubiš
{"title":"Non-Destructive Measurement for High-Voltage Transformer of Ignition System","authors":"M. Šebok, M. Kučera, M. Gutten, D. Korenčiak, M. Kubiš","doi":"10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779859","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes evaluation principles of electrical parts of the ignition system, using conventional automotive diagnostic systems, based on evaluation of current and voltage waveforms and also the non-destructive thermovision method. The thesis deals with the analysis of fault status of the ignition system where thermograms of the temperature distribution of the ignition coils and the analysis of high voltage ignition curves allow us to evaluate the failure state of the electrical system adequately.","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122263869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"More Detailed Increment between Isopotential Lines Reveals New Features of QRS Complex Maps in Healthy Young Population","authors":"K. Kozlíková, M. Trnka","doi":"10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8779923","url":null,"abstract":"Group mean isopotential maps of initial parts of ventricular depolarization (QRS complex) in 3 age groups (approximately 10, 14 and 19 years) of young healthy subjects (girls and boys) were analyzed using different increments between isopotential lines. It was found that the increment 0.1 mV masks some features of the maps which are seen only by smaller increment (0.02 mV): the time of appearance of maximum and minimum on the anterior chest, different voltage values of the extrema as normally seen in older subjects, much smaller voltages in the youngest groups compared to the older ones. From this follows that the often applied criterion for the QRS onset - the increasing maximum on the anterior chest - should be reconsidered at least when it concerns the isopotential maps of children.","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128206637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimation of Uncertainties in Indirect Multiparameter Measurements of Correlated Quantities","authors":"Z. Warsza, J. Puchalski","doi":"10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8780042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8780042","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents an upgraded version of the vector method of evaluation of multiparameter measurement uncertainties stated in the Supplement 2 to GUM guide. This was done on the example of two-parameter jointed measurements. It consists of the correlation of individual components of the type A and/or type B uncertainty of input measurands. The general formulas for the covariance matrix, final uncertainties, and correlation coefficient were determined. The 3D graph shows the correlation coefficients of the output quantities as a function of the type B contributions in the uncertainty of two input quantities. It has been demonstrated that the inclusion of correlations of uncertainty components makes the uncertainty evaluations more reliable and accurate.","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128004926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methods for Measurements Evaluation in Metrology","authors":"","doi":"10.23919/measurement47340.2019.8780023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/measurement47340.2019.8780023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134609956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Jurák, J. Halámek, P. Leinveber, F. Plesinger, I. Viscor, V. Vondra, M. Matejkova, J. Lipoldova
{"title":"High-Frequency Cardiac Electrophysiology","authors":"P. Jurák, J. Halámek, P. Leinveber, F. Plesinger, I. Viscor, V. Vondra, M. Matejkova, J. Lipoldova","doi":"10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8780076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MEASUREMENT47340.2019.8780076","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to introduce and discuss the benefits of measuring the electrical signals of the heart (electrocardiogram - ECG) at high frequencies beyond the commonly used limits. The article shows the principles of high-frequency ECG (HFECG), particularly the capabilities of acquisition systems, compares the information benefits of high and low frequencies, discusses the measurement conditions and the new information content of high-frequency oscillations. Diagnostics are especially beneficial if they are followed by effective therapy. A specific example of high-frequency ECG measurement and analysis is linked to cardiac resynchronization therapy. It has been shown that HFECG can be used to select patients who will benefit from resynchronization, to select the optimal pacing technology and, finally, to perform optimal parameter setting.","PeriodicalId":129350,"journal":{"name":"2019 12th International Conference on Measurement","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115428447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}