Optimization technique for increasing resolution in computed tomography imaging.

Starting from the importance of conforming to biological reality in medicine, in this paper we propose an optimization technique for increasing resolution of computed tomography (CT) images acquired using various existing scanners. Considering a three-dimensional Hounsfield Units (HU) array, together with the corresponding spatial metadata of interest (pixel sizes and slice thickness), the procedure is based on halving each voxel along the directions of the device's Cartesian frame of reference and find those values which are both satisfying the X-Rays attenuation coefficient average requirement and minimizing the HU distance to classical interpolation points. The discussed method was tested by implementing a C# .

Single qubit neural quantum circuit for solving Exclusive-OR.

The main goal of this work was designing a single qubit neural quantum circuit for performing Exclusive-OR, a concrete example of an operation requiring multiple layers in classical neural networks. The corresponding Qiskit code was tested on both simulators and IBM's "ibmqx2" five-qubit quantum processor. Further analyses along training the proposed neural quantum circuit are currently in progress.

Emotional Dysregulation Mechanisms in Psychosomatic Chronic Diseases Revealed by the Instability Coefficient.

In the present work, we analyzed some emotional mechanisms (emotion dysregulation-ED, negative affect-NA, and emotional vulnerability) involved in chronic diseases by means of an interdisciplinary approach. We started from the conceptualization of emotions as a complex dynamic system that can be investigated and understood within a framework inspired by Chaos Theory. An "instability coefficient" Δ was computed to analyze ED mechanisms, NA, and emotional vulnerability in different disease groups (blood cancer, breast cancer, hypertension) as well as in healthy persons.

Application of Chaos Theory in the Assessment of Emotional Vulnerability and Emotion Dysregulation in Adults.

In this work, we propose an interdisciplinary chaos analysis of emotion dysregulation (ED) and emotional vulnerability in adults. One of the main goals was the assessment of incongruences that occur in the evaluation of one's own emotional dysregulation mechanisms in the presence of an extremely weak stimulus (Butterfly Effect). Thus, we considered a "flavor" of the Lyapunov Function method based on the assumption that the effort of answering to the test is itself a small perturbation.