{"title":"Quantification of Collateral Flows in Patients with Severe Coronaropathies","authors":"A. Drochon, A. Anselmi, H. Corbineau, J. Verhoye","doi":"10.18280/i2m.190309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.190309","url":null,"abstract":"Received: 10 May 2019 Accepted: 24 September 2019 The aim of this work is to obtain an indirect evaluation of the pressures and flow rates in the coronary network, in locations where direct measurements are not possible, or invasive, or too expansive, ... More precisely, the study is focused on the role of collateral flows in three-vessel disease patients, before and after bypass grafting, depending on the severity of the stenoses and thromboses. A model of the coronary circulation based on hydraulic / electric analogy has been developed; it is patient’s specific because some of the parameters are determined using per-operative classical measurements. Results show that the complete revascularization is fully justified for these patients, that collateral flows remain low in any cases, and that capillary and collateral resistances have a major impact on the flows and pressures everywhere in the network. The simulations also bring some arguments to current medical debates, such as flow competitions between the grafts and native vessels, or long-term effect of Drug Eluting Stents, or the use of the FFR index to evaluate the severity of stenoses.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43234401","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}
D. Ligot, Christine Marguet, B. Favre, B. Messaoudi, D. Gervasoni, P. Litaudon
{"title":"Noninvasive Instrumentation for Respiratory Activity Recording in Freely Moving Rats Placed a Large Experimental Space","authors":"D. Ligot, Christine Marguet, B. Favre, B. Messaoudi, D. Gervasoni, P. Litaudon","doi":"10.18280/i2m.190303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.190303","url":null,"abstract":"L’etude du lien entre la respiration et les rythmes cerebraux fait l’objet d’un interet croissant. Pour etudier, chez les rongeurs, l’impact de ce lien sur les fonctions cognitives, l’activite respiratoire doit etre enregistree chez un animal libre de ses mouvements. Nous avons choisi d’utiliser un capteur EPIC qui detecte les changements du potentiel electrique spatial environnant, sans perturbations, et donc les deplacements de charges electriques induits par les mouvements respiratoires. Apres avoir valide l’utilisation de ce capteur sur un animal anesthesie, nous avons caracterise sa sensibilite grâce a l’utilisation d’un fantome permettant de simuler les mouvements respiratoires a differentes frequences. La derniere serie d’experiences menee chez un animal vigile demontre que ce capteur permet de recueillir a distance l’activite respiratoire tant pendant les periodes de respiration lente (eveil calme – sommeil) que lors des phases de flairage (respiration rapide) lorsque l’animal explore son environnement.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68083174","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}
Kedi Zhou, Patrick Bouriat, Nelly Hobeika, A. Touil, Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse, D. Broseta, Ross Brown
{"title":"Small But Powerful Optically: Glass Microcapillaries for Studying Complex Fluids or Biological Systems with Submicrolitre Samples under Harsh Conditions","authors":"Kedi Zhou, Patrick Bouriat, Nelly Hobeika, A. Touil, Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse, D. Broseta, Ross Brown","doi":"10.18280/i2m.190307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.190307","url":null,"abstract":"Received: 19 December 2019 Accepted: 28 March 2020 Glass micro-capillaries are the simplest yet most versatile, robust, practical and cheap microfluidic devices. Their small size and high optical quality favour detailed investigation under the optical microscope. Here we first review some of their applications, such as determining contact angles and the observation of tenuous wetting films under harsh conditions of pressure and temperature. We further explore how an optical cusp formed by reflection off the inner wall of a glass capillary may be used to monitor the refractive index of its fluid content. Finally, we illustrate how the above advantages may be put to use in the study of extremophile microorganisms, for example in recreating under the microscope the conditions prevailing on the ocean floors.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45387588","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":"Electrical Characterization of Calcium Oxalate Hydrate in Urine","authors":"Nida Nasir, Shaima Raji, Mahmoud Al Ahmad","doi":"10.18280/i2m.190104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.190104","url":null,"abstract":"Urolithiasis is a very usual problem affecting humans and animals both globally. Calcium-oxalate is the main component of the urinary stones, largely because of the excess consumption of oxalate-rich foods. The occurrence of urinary oxalate occurs by endogenous synthesis. In a normal, healthy individual the excretion of oxalate ranges from 10mg to 45mg per day, based on the age and gender, but risk of stone formation starts at 25mg per day reliant on the individual health history. This study determines a sensitive method for sensing the existence of calcium oxalate in urine. This can be done by measuring the variant amounts of calcium oxalate hydrate (CaC 2 O 4 .H 2 O) in urine and analyzing the dielectric properties of each sample. The proposed method can distinguish dynamic changes in the samples’ electrical properties over a time interval. Even for the urine sample containing calcium oxalate hydrate as low as 10μg per ml. This makes the proposed method appropriate for identifying changes that are unrecognized by conventional methods. The potential to detect very small quantity of stone salts makes it a lucrative tool for sensing and quantifying stones in kidney.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43968325","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}
A. Abdou, O. Safer, T. Bouchala, A. Bendaikha, B. Abdelhadi, A. Guettafi, A. Benoudjit
{"title":"An Eddy Current Nondestructive Method for Crack Detection in Multilayer Riveted Structures","authors":"A. Abdou, O. Safer, T. Bouchala, A. Bendaikha, B. Abdelhadi, A. Guettafi, A. Benoudjit","doi":"10.18280/i2m.180508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.180508","url":null,"abstract":"Received: 8 June 2019 Accepted: 12 September 2019 It is a challenging task to detect the hidden cracks in multilayer riveted structures in a nondestructive manner. This paper puts forward an eddy current nondestructive method for crack detection in such structures based on the electric conductivity of the rivets. Specifically, an eddy current sensor was designed with a ferrite core coil to evaluate the surface and inner defects of different layers. The magnetic phenomena during the detection process was simulated based on the magnetic potential and the scalar electrical potential, and the magnetic potential vector was solved by finite-element method. The proposed method was compared with the eddy current detection method without considering rivet conductivity through an experiment on a three-layer riveted aluminum structure. The length and position of each defect on each layer were changed in the experiment. The results show that the proposed method achieved better accuracy than the contrastive method, and its sensitivity depends on two issues: the position of the defect relative to the separation of the layers and the length of the defect relative to the length of the rivet head. The research results are of great significance for nondestructive testing of multilayer riveted structures in many fields.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46382620","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}
Rouan Serik Habib, Bounif Abdelhamid, B. Mohamed, A. Larbi
{"title":"Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flow of Two Turbulence Models Based on Probability Density Function","authors":"Rouan Serik Habib, Bounif Abdelhamid, B. Mohamed, A. Larbi","doi":"10.18280/i2m.180511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.180511","url":null,"abstract":"Received: 17 June 2019 Accepted: 25 September 2019 This paper mainly numerically simulates the reactive flow of a hydrogen flame diluted with nitrogen. The behavior of this flame was simulated by two turbulence models: the standard kepsilon (k-ε) model and the Reynolds stress model (RSM). The combustion process was modelled by the probability density function (PDF), in association with the flamlete regime. For comparison, the authors measured the reactive flow of the said flame in a simple configuration under the simulation conditions. The measured results agree well with the simulation results: the RSM consistently outputted better results than the k-ε model in all flame zones. The research results are of great significance to the numerical visualization of turbulent gas flows.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48604291","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":"3D Visualization of Landslide Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry","authors":"Chenguang Zhang, Daohan Zha, Shaoxiong Zhou, Hongxia Zhou, Haidong Jiang","doi":"10.18280/i2m.180507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.180507","url":null,"abstract":"1 College of Geographic Sciences, Henan Key Laboratory for Synergistic Prevention of Water and Soil Environmental Pollution, Southern Henan Center for Mineral Rock and Gem-Jade Identification and Processing, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China 2 Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring (Central South University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410083, China 3 Hunan Key Lab of Land & Resource Evaluation & Utilization, Changsha 410007, China 4 No.3 Institute of Geo-Environment Survey of Henan, Xinyang 464000, China 5 School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University of Technology, Guiyang 550003, China","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46620908","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}
Abdelkarim El Khantach, Mohamed Hamlich, N. Belbounaguia
{"title":"Real-Time False Data Detection in Smart Grid Based on Fuzzy Time Series","authors":"Abdelkarim El Khantach, Mohamed Hamlich, N. Belbounaguia","doi":"10.18280/i2m.180503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.180503","url":null,"abstract":"Received: 5 June 2019 Accepted: 12 August 2019 False measurements pose a major challenge to the stable operation of the smart grid. This paper aims to develop a real-time detection method for false measurements in the smart grid, especially when the error is in the function of Jacobean matrix. Considering its high robustness and excellent short-term prediction effect, the fuzzy time series was selected as the basis for our model. The detection is realized in three steps: fuzzification, fuzzy relationship determination and defuzzification. The established model was tested on a 30-node network using the PSSE. The results show that our model can accurately detect the false measurement that are inputted in the Jacobian matrix, which are not detectable by conventional systems.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49173548","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}
R. Mihoub, A. Amroune, S. Bekkouche, R. Djeffal, Abdelaziz Benkhelifa
{"title":"A Novel Temperature Estimation Model for Limestone Soil","authors":"R. Mihoub, A. Amroune, S. Bekkouche, R. Djeffal, Abdelaziz Benkhelifa","doi":"10.18280/i2m.180509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.180509","url":null,"abstract":"Received: 11 July 2019 Accepted: 20 August 2019 This paper designs a novel estimation model for the temperature of limestone soil, which is abundant in Ghardaia in the Sahara of Algeria. The model was developed based on the radial basis function (RBF), and used to predict soil heat based on two inputs, namely, air temperature and solar radiation. The raw data were collected over more than three years by a meteorological station in the study area. For comparison, the soil temperature was also measured by soil probes arranged at an equal interval. The soil heat predicted by our model based on the raw data were contrasted with the results of field measurement. On this basis, the thermal comfort range of limestone soil for air-conditioning systems was determined. The results show that our model can effectively estimate the temperature of limestone soil in the study area, the thermal comfort range of limestone soil falls between 17.43°C and 29.90°C at the depth of 0.40m, and the temperature near the soil surface (<5m) has seasonal variations.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43988799","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":"An Adaptive Approach for Ultra-Wideband Positioning in Complex Environment","authors":"Bo Song, Sheng-lin Li, M. Tan, W. Zhong","doi":"10.18280/i2m.180502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18280/i2m.180502","url":null,"abstract":"Received: 28 March 2019 Accepted: 19 July 2019 The machine learning methods for ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) environment either mitigates the NLOS ranging errors after identifying the NLOS signals (indirect mitigation methods) or directly mitigates the errors (direct mitigation methods). Despite their positioning accuracy, the indirect mitigation methods face two problems: the positioning system faces a high computing load, for lots of samples are needed to train the classification model and the regression model, respectively; the uneven distribution of the NLOS signal samples is often ignored, reducing the generalization ability of the regression model. To solve the two problems, this paper designs an adaptive approach to reduce the complexity and improve the positioning accuracy of UWB system in complex environment. Under this approach, the moment-based imbalanced binary classification (MIBC) is firstly adopted to identify the NLOS signal samples, and divides the samples into mild and severe obstruction propagation signals, according to the magnitude of NLOS signal ranging errors; then, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) and Gaussian process regression (GPR) were combined into the F-GPR to mitigate the ranging errors of the two types of the signals. The excellence of the proposed adaptive approach was fully proved through simulations, in comparison with the hybrid method and the global GPR.","PeriodicalId":38637,"journal":{"name":"Instrumentation Mesure Metrologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49097010","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}