The ultimate aim of this study is to make detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) useful for everyone. It introduces a practical method for making a device that can check cyclic rhythm in nature, such as the heartbeat. This book presents empirical evidence revealed by a modified DFA (mDFA). A heartbeat-checking algorithm, DFA, was made by Peng et al. in the mid-1990s. However, the technique has not been incorporated in a device for practical use. With a view to creating a device DFA, mDFA was made by modifying Peng's DFA--and a former graduate student (Katsunori Tanaka) created the program under supervision of the author. To verify mDFA, hundreds of cyclic phenomena were studied and recorded. Crustacean hearts have more than a 100-year history in biology and physiology. They are advantageous for conducting experiments such as isolated-heart electrophysiology. Crustacean hearts are thus good models for human hearts. DFA techniques are essentially just tools quantifying the state of the heartbeat and its control. This book does not describe details about DFA, but it does describe how mDFA works and it is useful for analyzing fluctuation of various cyclic behaviors such as heart movements. In conclusion, mDFA is a useful tool for studying the heart function interms of biomedical technology, engineering and animal physiology. --

Modified Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (Mdfa)

Science & Math

Kahlen, Franz-Josef

Yazawa, Toru

Technology

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Recent studies by professional organizations devoted to engineering education, such as Vision 2030 (ASME) and Vision 2025 (ASCE), highlight the need for the restructuring of engineering education. Deficiencies of many engineering graduates include poor systems thinking and systems analysis skills, lack of sensitivity for sustainability issues, poorly developed problem solving skills and lack of training to work in (multi-disciplinary) teams, as well as a lack of leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, and project management skills. The book's contents include an analysis of current shortfalls in engineering education and education related to professional practice in engineering. Further, the authors describe desirable improvements as well as advocacy for the use of lean tenets and tools to create a new future for engineering education. This book presents, for the first time, an outside-in lean engineering perspective of how this commonly accepted and widely practiced and adapted engineering perspective can shape the direction in which the engineers of the future are trained and educated. By its very nature, lean engineering demands systems thinking and systems analysis as well as problem solving skills. In this sense, "Lean Engineering" immediately talks to sustainability of operations. Hence, this book adds to the body of knowledge regarding engineering education. It blends the perspectives and expertise of mechanical, industrial and production engineers and academics and the perspective from social sciences on the challenges encountered in engineering education. Because of the unique mix of authors, the book presents a well-rounded perspective of how lean thinking can address shortcomings in engineering education.

Lean Engineering Education: Driving Content and Competency Mastery

Computers & Technology

Flumerfelt, Shannon

Alves, Anabela

Computer Science

Recent studies by professional organizations devoted to engineering education, such as Vision 2030 (ASME) and Vision 2025 (ASCE), highlight the need for the restructuring of engineering education. Deficiencies of many engineering graduates include poor systems thinking and systems analysis skills, lack of sensitivity for sustainability issues, poorly developed problem solving skills and lack of training to work in (multi- disciplinary) teams, as well as a lack of leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, and project management skills. The book's contents include an analysis of current shortfalls in engineering education and education related to professional practice in engineering. Further, the authors describe desirable improvements as well as advocacy for the use of lean tenets and tools to create a new future for engineering education. This book presents, for the first time, an outside-in lean engineering perspective of how this commonly accepted and widely practiced and adapted engineering perspective can shape the direction in which the engineers of the future are trained and educated. By its very nature, lean engineering demands systems thinking and systems analysis as well as problem solving skills. In this sense, "Lean Engineering" immediately talks to sustainability of operations. Hence, this book adds to the body of knowledge regarding engineering education. It blends the perspectives and expertise of mechanical, industrial and production engineers and academics and the perspective from social sciences on the challenges encountered in engineering education. Because of the unique mix of authors, the book presents a well-rounded perspective of how lean thinking can address shortcomings in engineering education.

Momentum Press

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