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Salomon G, Tarrat N, Schön JC, Rapacioli M. Low-Energy Transformation Pathways between Naphthalene Isomers. Molecules 2023; 28:5778. [PMID: 37570748 PMCID: PMC10420886 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28155778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The transformation pathways between low-energy naphthalene isomers are studied by investigating the topology of the energy landscape of this astrophysically relevant molecule. The threshold algorithm is used to identify the minima basins of the isomers on the potential energy surface of the system and to evaluate the probability flows between them. The transition pathways between the different basins and the associated probabilities were investigated for several lid energies up to 11 eV, this value being close to the highest photon energy in the interstellar medium (13.6 eV). More than a hundred isomers were identified and a set of 23 minima was selected among them, on the basis of their energy and probability of occurrence. The return probabilities of these 23 minima and the transition probabilities between them were computed for several lid energies up to 11 eV. The first connection appeared at 3.5 eV while all minima were found to be connected at 9.5 eV. The local density of state was also sampled inside their respective basins. This work gives insight into both energy and entropic barriers separating the different basins, which also provides information about the transition regions of the energy landscape.
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Affiliation(s)
- Grégoire Salomon
- ISAE-SUPAERO, 10 Avenue Édouard-Belin BP 54032, 31055 Toulouse CEDEX 4, France
- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29 Rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France
- MPI for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques LCPQ/IRSAMC, UMR5626, Université de Toulouse (UPS) and CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29 Rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France
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- MPI for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques LCPQ/IRSAMC, UMR5626, Université de Toulouse (UPS) and CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Andò B, Baglio S, Graziani S, Marletta V, Dibilio V, Mostile G, Zappia M. A Comparison among Different Strategies to Detect Potential Unstable Behaviors in Postural Sway. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:7106. [PMID: 36236223 PMCID: PMC9572117 DOI: 10.3390/s22197106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Assistive Technology helps to assess the daily living and safety of frail people, with particular regards to the detection and prevention of falls. In this paper, a comparison is provided among different strategies to analyze postural sway, with the aim of detecting unstable postural status in standing condition as precursors of potential falls. Three approaches are considered: (i) a time-based features threshold algorithm, (ii) a time-based features Neuro-Fuzzy inference system, and (iii) a Neuro-Fuzzy inference fed by Discrete-Wavelet-Transform-based features. The analysis was performed across a wide dataset and exploited performance indexes aimed at assessing the accuracy and the reliability of predictions provided by the above-mentioned strategies. The results obtained demonstrate valuable performances of the three considered strategies in correctly distinguishing among stable and unstable postural status. However, the analysis of robustness against noisy data highlights better performance of Neuro-Fuzzy inference systems with respect to the threshold-based algorithm.
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- Bruno Andò
- Department of Electric Electronic and Information Engineering, DIEEI, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Electric Electronic and Information Engineering, DIEEI, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Electric Electronic and Information Engineering, DIEEI, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Electric Electronic and Information Engineering, DIEEI, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy
- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy
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Scheurer S, Koch J, Kucera M, Bryn H, Bärtschi M, Meerstetter T, Nef T, Urwyler P. Optimization and Technical Validation of the AIDE-MOI Fall Detection Algorithm in a Real-Life Setting with Older Adults. Sensors (Basel) 2019; 19:s19061357. [PMID: 30889925 PMCID: PMC6470846 DOI: 10.3390/s19061357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Falls are the primary contributors of accidents in elderly people. An important factor of fall severity is the amount of time that people lie on the ground. To minimize consequences through a short reaction time, the motion sensor "AIDE-MOI" was developed. "AIDE-MOI" senses acceleration data and analyzes if an event is a fall. The threshold-based fall detection algorithm was developed using motion data of young subjects collected in a lab setup. The aim of this study was to improve and validate the existing fall detection algorithm. In the two-phase study, twenty subjects (age 86.25 ± 6.66 years) with a high risk of fall (Morse > 65 points) were recruited to record motion data in real-time using the AIDE-MOI sensor. The data collected in the first phase (59 days) was used to optimize the existing algorithm. The optimized second-generation algorithm was evaluated in a second phase (66 days). The data collected in the two phases, which recorded 31 real falls, was split-up into one-minute chunks for labelling as "fall" or "non-fall". The sensitivity and specificity of the threshold-based algorithm improved significantly from 27.3% to 80.0% and 99.9957% (0.43) to 99.9978% (0.17 false alarms per week and subject), respectively.
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- Simon Scheurer
- Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3401 Burgdorf, Switzerland.
- Oxomed AG, 3097 Liebefeld, Switzerland.
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- Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3401 Burgdorf, Switzerland.
- Oxomed AG, 3097 Liebefeld, Switzerland.
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- Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3401 Burgdorf, Switzerland.
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- Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3401 Burgdorf, Switzerland.
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- Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3401 Burgdorf, Switzerland.
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- Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3401 Burgdorf, Switzerland.
- Oxomed AG, 3097 Liebefeld, Switzerland.
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- Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, 3008 Bern, Switzerland.
- ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, 3008 Bern, Switzerland.
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- Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, 3008 Bern, Switzerland.
- ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, 3008 Bern, Switzerland.
- University Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
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