The effects of low-frequency vibrations on hepatic profile of blood

Body vibrations training has become popular in sports training, fitness activity, it is still a rare form of physical rehabilitation.. Vibrations are transmitted onto the whole body or some body parts of an exercising person via a vibration platform subjected to mechanical vertical vibrations. During the training session a participant has to maintain his body position or do exercises that engage specific muscles whilst vibrations of the platform are transmitted onto the person's body. This paper is the continuation of the earlier study covering the effects of low-frequency vibrations on selected physiological parameters of the human body. The experiments were conducted to find the answer to the question if vibration exposure (total duration of training sessions 6 hours 20 min) should produce any changes in hepatic profile of blood. Therefore a research program was undertaken at the University of Science and Technology AGH – UST to investigate the effects of low-frequency vibration on selected parameters of hepatic profile of human blood. Cyclic fluctuations of bone loading were induced by the applied harmonic vibration 3.5 Hz and amplitude 0.004 m. The experiments utilizing two vibrating platforms were performed in the Laboratory of Structural Acoustics and Biomedical Engineering AGH-UST. The applied vibrations were harmless and not annoying, in accordance with the standard PN-EN ISO 130901-1, 1998. 23 women volunteers had 19 sessions on subsequent working days, at the same time of day. during the tests the participants remained in the standing position, passive. The main hypothesis has it that short-term low-frequency vibration exposure might bring about the changes of the hepatic profile of blood, including: bilirubin (BILIRUBIN), alkaline phosphatase (Alp), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and albumin (ALBUMIN) levels. Research data indicate the low-frequency vibrations exposure produces statistically significant decrease of bilirubin level [umol/l] in blood serum from 14.05 to 9.70 for 82% of participants, the probability level being p = 0.000041.     

Free interfacial vibrations in cylindrical shells

The 2D equations in the Kirchhoff-Love theory are subjected to asymptotic analysis in the case of free interfacial vibrations of a longitudinally inhomogeneous infinite cylindrical shell. Three types of interfacial vibrations, associated with bending, super low-frequency semi-membrane, and extensional motions, are investigated. It is remarkable that for extensional modes natural frequencies have asymptotically small imaginary parts caused by a weak coupling with propagating bending waves. Bending and extensional vibrations correspond to Stonely-type plate waves, while semi-membrane ones are strongly dependent on shell curvature and do not allow flat plate interpretation. The paper represents generalization of the recent authors' publication [Kaplunov et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107, 1383-1393 (2000)] dealing with edge vibrations of a semi-infinite cylindrical shell.     

Determining Eigenfrequencies and Homogeneous Widths of Lines of Intermolecular Vibrations in Water and in Aqueous Solutions of Hydrogen Peroxide Using Raman Spectroscopy

We have examined low-frequency Raman spectra of intermolecular vibrations of weak aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide and water. The differences between the observed Raman frequencies and the data from the literature on the IR-absorption frequencies of the same vibrations, as well as the interrelations between the frequencies and the widths of Lorentzian contours that approximate the vibrational spectra of the dynamic susceptibility, have been discussed. Based on a model of free damped vibrations of a classical oscillator with an inhomogeneous broadening, we have explained these effects for the first time. The homogeneous line widths and the damping times of the observed intermolecular vibrations have been determined. The eigenfrequencies of these vibrations have been calculated, and they have been shown to agree well with the data from the literature on the frequencies of IR absorption of water. We have shown that these parameters of intermolecular vibrations for water and for aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide differ from each other.     

Lattice and molecular dynamics in (C2H5)4NFeX4(X=Cl,Br)

We have measured the thermal dependence of thef factor and the line shift of the title compounds, in order to determine the (−2) and (+2) moments of the Fe frequency spectrum. The latter is approximated by a superposition of an acoustic-wave band and an intramolecular optical mode. Our results show that both frequency bands are well separated, owing to a relatively weak interaction between tetrahedral units. Optical frequencies thus determined are consistent with Raman data. Debye temperatures were obtained for the low-frequency vibrations of both crystals.     

Low-frequency optical lattice vibrations in Hg<Subscript>1 − <Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>Cd<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>Te alloys

The lattice reflection spectra of the Hg_{1 ? x} Cd _x Te (x = 0.06–0.70) alloys measured in the low-frequency range of optical vibrations (the region of the anomalous mode of Hg-Te vibrations in HgTe) at room temperature are interpreted. The low-frequency modes observed at frequencies of 98, 105, and 112 cm^?1 for all compositions of the Hg_{1 ? x} Cd _x Te alloy are assigned to the modes of Hg-Te vibrations, as was previously done for modes of Cd-Te vibrations in the quasi-molecular approximation. According to the double-well potential model for the Hg atom in the crystal lattice of the alloy, the Hg atom either can occupy the center of the anion tetrahedron or can be located in the off-center position. The fundamental strong mode of Hg-Te vibrations at a frequency of about 120 cm^?1 (at T = 300 K) corresponds to the vibrations of the off-center Hg atom, and the low-frequency vibration modes correspond to the vibrations of the Hg atom located at the center of the anion tetrahedron.     

Lattice dynamics and Raman scattering spectrum of elpasolite Rb<Subscript>2</Subscript>KScF<Subscript>6</Subscript>: Comparative analysis

Raman scattering spectra of elpasolite Rb₂KScF₆ are studied in a wide temperature range including two phase transitions: from the cubic to the tetragonal phase and then to the monoclinic phase. The experimental Raman scattering spectrum is compared with the lattice vibration spectra of these phases calculated using an ab initio approach. A number of anomalies (caused by structural rearrangement during the phase transitions) are revealed and quantitatively analyzed in the ranges of both the intramolecular vibrations of the octahedron molecular ScF₆ ions and low-frequency intermolecular lattice vibrations. The interaction between low-frequency intramolecular vibrations and the intermolecular modes is found to be significant, and strong resonance interaction of the rotational soft modes (which are recovered below the phase transition points) with hard low-frequency vibrations of the rubidium ion sublattice is detected. These interactions are shown to substantially complicate the spectra.     

Pulsed Sounding of Cracks with the Use of the Modulation of Ultrasound by Vibrations

The possibility of using the effect of the modulation of ultrasound by vibrations due to the presence of cracks for the nonlinear acoustic detection of cracks is demonstrated. The method is based on a pulsed ultrasonic sounding with gating the received signal and simultaneously exciting low-frequency vibrations in the sample. The presence of a crack is characterized by the modulation of the ultrasonic wave reflected from the crack. The visualization of the crack position in a model object (a metal rod) is performed. The possibility of selecting a crack on the background of an intense signal reflected from a cavity is experimentally demonstrated. The manifestation of the nonlinear properties of a crack is studied as a function of the polarization of the flexural vibrations of the rod.     

垂直振动床中的能量传递与耗散

本文采用数值方法分析了一维垂直振动床内颗粒动能/温度、能量耗散以及体积分数的分布规律.离散元模拟结果表明:当床底做低频、小振幅振动时,床层内颗粒整体随床底上下运动,沿床高方向颗粒动能逐渐增加;对于高频振动,床层内的颗粒做无规则的运动,沿床高方向颗粒动能逐渐降低.在不同振动频率(高频、低频)下体积分数、能量耗散也表现出不同的分布规律.将离散元模拟结果与动力学理论计算值对比,当系统做高频振动时,两模型所得结果基本吻合;而对于低频、小振幅振动,所得结果存在较大差异.由于低频、小振幅振动时床内颗粒并非做无规则运动,动力学理论的适用性需进一步完善.     

Punctuated quadrature phase-shifting interferometry

We describe a method and algorithm for reducing the sensitivity of phase-shifting interferometry to external vibrations. Using an interline-transfer camera, a shutter, and a fast phase shifter, we acquire a series of paired interferograms in quadrature, with the pairs spaced to maximize residual phase-error cancellation. The rapid acquisition of quadrature pairs significantly improves resistance of interferometry to low-frequency vibrations.     

Anomalous vibrational states of a monatomic surface film

Vibrational states of a one-dimentional chain of atoms which models peculiarities of a monatomic surface film are considered. A set of nontrivial equilibrium states of the system is determined in whose vicinity almost linear band vibrations are possible. Peculiarities of anomalous branches of vibrational states are discussed. It is shown that the low-frequency gap of vibrational states disappears under certain conditions. This determines the possibility of appearance of low-frequency sound vibrations which are not possible for a trivial equilibrium distribution of atoms in the film.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika No. 7, pp. 22–25, July, 1982.     

α稳定噪声环境下多频微弱信号检测的参数诱导随机共振现象

本文将α稳定噪声与双稳随机共振系统相结合, 研究了不同α稳定噪声环境下高低频(均为多频)微弱信号检测的参数诱导随机共振现象, 探究了α稳定噪声的特征指数α(0 < α ≤ 2)和对称参数β (-1≤ β ≤ 1)及随机共振系统参数a, b对共振输出效应的作用规律. 研究结果表明, 在不同分布的α稳定噪声环境下, 通过调节系统参数a和b均可诱导随机共振来实现多个高、低频微弱信号的检测, 且存在多个a, b参数区间均可诱导随机共振, 这些区间不随α或β的变化而变化; 在高、低频微弱信号检测中, α或β对随机共振输出效应的作用规律相同. 本研究结果将有助于α稳定噪声环境下参数诱导随机共振现象中系统参数的合理选取, 进而可为实现基于随机共振的多频微弱信号检测方法的工程应用奠定基础. 关键词： 随机共振 α稳定噪声')" href="#">α稳定噪声 多频微弱信号检测 平均信噪比增益     

Mass-analyzed Threshold Ionization Spectroscopy of Rotamers of p-ethoxyphenol Cations and Configuration Effect

利用双色双光子质量分辨的阈值电离光谱技术,研究了对位乙氧基苯酚顺式和反式两种构型的离子态振动特性. 测得顺式和反式精确的绝热电离势分别为61565±5和61670±5 cm^-1. 与对位甲氧基苯酚实验结果比较,顺式和反式的测得的绝热电离势分别降低了645和643 cm^-1. 从所得到的两种构型的高分辨离子态光谱中,可知顺式和反式不同构型对苯环平面的振动影响很小,而低频率的C-OC₂H₅弯曲振动在两种构型中都很活跃.     

Shear- and vibration-induced order-disorder transitions in granular media

By molecular dynamics simulations we investigate the order-disorder transitions induced in granular media by an applied drive combining vibrations and shear. As the steady state is attained, the pack is found in disordered configurations for comparatively high intensities of the drive; conversely, ordering and packing fractions exceeding the random close packing are found when vibrations and shear are weak. As forcing amplitudes get smaller, we find diverging time scales in the dynamics, as the system enters a jamming region. Under this perspective, our picture supports the intuition that externally applied forcing has, in driven granular media, a role similar to temperature in thermal systems.     

A solution to diffraction biases in sonoelasticity: the acoustic impulse technique.

Several methods have been proposed to estimate the viscoelastic properties of soft biological tissues using forced low-frequency vibrations (10-500 Hz). Those methods are based on the measurement of phase velocity of the shear waves (approximately 5 m/s). It is shown in this article that the measurements of velocity as well as attenuation are subjected to biases. These biases are related to reflected waves created at boundaries, to the nonnegligible size of the piston source which causes diffraction effects and to the influence of a low-frequency compressional wave. Indeed, a theoretical analysis of the field radiated by a point source explains how mechanical vibrations of a piston generate a shear wave with a longitudinal component and how this component can interfere with a low-frequency compressional wave. However, by using a low-frequency transient excitation, these biases can be avoided. Then the precise numerical values of elasticity and viscosity can be deduced. Experiments in phantoms and beef muscles are shown. Moreover, a relative hardness imaging of a phantom composed of two media with different elasticities is presented.     

Specific features in low-frequency vibrations of nanocrystals in fluorophosphate glassy matrices

A Raman scattering study of low-frequency vibrational spectra of mixed cadmium sulfoselenide nanocrystals in a fluorophosphate glassy matrix is reported. The measurements have revealed a low-frequency feature in the nanocrystal density of states, whose frequency is related to the glass-matrix annealing time and, hence, to the size of the nanocrystals prepared, which is interpreted as a manifestation of the size quantization effect. Besides the line associated with the constraints on the longitudinal acoustic wave in a nanocrystal, a lower-frequency feature assigned to torsional vibrations of a nonspherical nanocrystal has been found. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 1306–1309 (July 1999)     

Calculation of kinetic energy terms for the vibrational Hamiltonian: Application to large-amplitude vibrations using one-, two-, and three-dimensional models

One-, two-, and three-dimensional models involving large-amplitude vibrations have been used to calculate kinetic energy terms. Principle G matrix elements as well as cross terms in the kinetic energy were determined. Calculations were done on models involving the ring-puckering and PH inversion vibrations for 3-phospholene and the ring-puckering, ring deformation, and SiH₂ in-phase rocking vibrations for 1,3-disilacyclobutane. Kinetic energy expansions for g₄₄ and g₄₅ type terms were determined. Calculations show a coordinate dependence of the principle G matrix elements as well as of the g₄₅ terms. The vectorial models used in these calculations make it possible to treat vibrations in a one-, two-, or three-dimensional model separate from the other vibrations without carrying out a coordinate transformation, which would be necessary for the Wilson GF high- or low-frequency separation.     

Intracavity Stimulated Low-Frequency Raman Scattering

Intracavity stimulated low-frequency Raman scattering on elastic vibrations of submicrometer latex particles in an aqueous suspension is experimentally implemented for the first time.     

Dielectric loss of liquid hydrocarbons in the millimetre and submillimetre wavelength regions

The dielectric-loss tangent of liquid cyclohexane, n-hexane, n-heptane and n-octane has been determined in the frequency range 4–300 cm⁻¹ (120 GHz-9 THz) by means of power absorption measurements using rapid-scan FTS. The results agree with literature data for cyclohexane obtained with dispersive FTS and link up well with existing microwave results, corroborating the existence of a low-frequency dielectric-loss maximum with the n-alkanes. The origin of the dielectric loss of these low-loss liquids is considered to be due to relaxational processes of weak permanent dipoles and low-lying intramolecular vibrations in the case of the n-alkanes, and to interaction-induced absorption in the case of cyclohexane.     

Excitation of Vortex Flows on the Free Surface of a Liquid by a Vibrating Plate

Technical Physics - The surface flows of a liquid in the presence of a partially submerged vibrating plate are investigated. In the case of low-frequency plate vibrations, two vortices are formed...     

Determination of local polarization properties of PLZT ceramics by PS-OCT

Femtosecond pump-probe laser technique has been applied for the diagnostics of a film adhesion to a substrate. A low frequency motion additional to acoustic vibrational modes of the film has been detected and related to film oscillation as a lumped mass element at a weak adhesion bond. The measurements of this low-frequency provide information on the strength of the interface. Long life time of the observed oscillation has remained unexplained.