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Chronobiology International
The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
Volume 7, 1990 - Issue 4
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Original Article

The Thermometer and the Calorimeter, or the Best Choice for Data Acquisition in the Sampling of Biological Rhythms

Pages 341-347 | Received 01 Mar 1990, Accepted 01 Jul 1990, Published online: 07 Aug 2009
 

Abstract

The comparison between measurements effected by different apparati shows that a given class of instruments provides an integral set of measurements. This characteristic has a certain disadvantage: the modification of the spectral bandwidth is limited to an attenuation of 3 dB. However, it also has certain advantages. The integral measurement (or the counting measurement) makes it possible to satisfy Shannon's sampling criteria by avoiding the necessary anti-aliasing filtering which is commonly impossible to realize on measurements of a biological nature. A second advantage is linked to the reduction of the background noise on the band.

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