Activity Sensors for Use in Psychiatric Evaluation

The need for objective methods of patient evaluation has long been recognized in clinical psychiatry. While the relationship between mood states and motor activity has been observed for many years, this relationship was never accurately defined due to the imprecise nature of the available observational techniques. This report describes two activity sensors and their related systems which objectively measure motor activity levels and patterns without affecting the patient's movements.     

Lung fixation by perfusion--a simple method to control the pressure in the perfusion circuit

A simple method which maintains the hydraulic pressure at a constant level during fixation of organs by perfusion is described. This is obtained by means of a glass tube interposed between a peristaltic pump and the organ to be perfused, the specially designed glass tube acting as a safety valve. The efficiency of the system is tested by electromagnetic pressure recording.     

Very low output-impedance RF system for a proton synchrotron withlow drive power requirements

In order to solve a power consumption problem of the driver stage in the cathode-follower RF system, a grid-cathode driving scheme is investigated by means of an isolation transformer. A very low output impedance can be realized together with a voltage gain a few tens of times higher than that of a cathode-follower. The model system has been tested under frequency modulation in the 1-3-MHz range at 40-Hz repetition; the output impedance is less than 30 Ω and the driver voltage 62 V to produce a 1.2-kV peak at the cavity gap