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A new method to analyze basic rest-activity cycle.

M Shono·H Shono·M Takasaki·Y Ito·M Muro·T Iwasaka·H Sugimori
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A new method was proposed to analyze a basic rest-activity cycle (BRAC), termed BRAC-A. This method calculates a significant cycle length by chi-squared method and the starting points of a resting phase and an active one by analysis of the array consisting of the segmented time series in the same length. Using 20 3-day computer-simulated time series of standard deviation in fetal heart rate fluctuation with known periodicity of the BRAC, we demonstrated that the BRAC-A was a useful tool to reveal the characteristics of the BRAC.

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M Shono, H Shono, M Takasaki, Y Ito, M Muro, T Iwasaka, H Sugimori. 2001. A new method to analyze basic rest-activity cycle.. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00811.x

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