Inappropriate sinus tachycardiaInappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) is a type of cardiac arrhythmia. Inappropriate sinus tachycardia is caused by electrical signals in the body speeding up the heart, rather than a physical deformity of the heart. This may be caused by a disturbance and/or failure of the autonomic nervous system. Research into the mechanism and etiology (cause) of inappropriate sinus tachycardia is ongoing. While sinus tachycardia is very common and is the most common type of tachycardia, it is rare to be diagnosed with Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia as an independent symptom that is not part of a larger condition.
Wavelet transformIn mathematics, a wavelet series is a representation of a square-integrable (real- or complex-valued) function by a certain orthonormal series generated by a wavelet. This article provides a formal, mathematical definition of an orthonormal wavelet and of the integral wavelet transform. A function is called an orthonormal wavelet if it can be used to define a Hilbert basis, that is a complete orthonormal system, for the Hilbert space of square integrable functions.
Instantaneous phase and frequencyInstantaneous phase and frequency are important concepts in signal processing that occur in the context of the representation and analysis of time-varying functions. The instantaneous phase (also known as local phase or simply phase) of a complex-valued function s(t), is the real-valued function: where arg is the complex argument function. The instantaneous frequency is the temporal rate of change of the instantaneous phase. And for a real-valued function s(t), it is determined from the function's analytic representation, sa(t): where represents the Hilbert transform of s(t).
Tierce majeureEn musique, une tierce majeure est un intervalle de quatre demi-tons. Elle est très utilisée dans la musique occidentale, et forme la base de la gamme majeure. Dans un tempérament égal à douze demi-tons (gamme tempérée), elle est l'équivalent enharmonique de la quarte diminuée. La tierce majeure est l'intervalle séparant deux sons dont les fréquences fondamentales sont dans le rapport , quand elle est pure. C'est un intervalle de deux tons, que l'on nomme parfois « diton » (seulement dans le cas où il s'agit de deux tons majeurs, donc d'une tierce pythagoricienne).
PéricarditeUne est une inflammation du péricarde, le sac fibro-séreux translucide qui entoure le cœur. Elle peut s'accompagner ou non d'un épanchement péricardique et en cas de fibrose et calcifications (avec alors épaississement du péricarde) évoluer vers une péricardite constrictive qui gêne le fonctionnement du cœur (insuffisance cardiaque droite, qui aura aussi des effets négatifs collatéraux sur le foie). Elle est dite « chronique » si elle n'a pas disparu après 6 mois.
Undertone seriesIn music, the undertone series or subharmonic series is a sequence of notes that results from inverting the intervals of the overtone series. While overtones naturally occur with the physical production of music on instruments, undertones must be produced in unusual ways. While the overtone series is based upon arithmetic multiplication of frequencies, resulting in a harmonic series, the undertone series is based on arithmetic division. The hybrid term subharmonic is used in music in a few different ways.
