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101-595: The Training School changed its name several times. According to the website of the Vineland Training School, the original official name was "The New Jersey Home for the Education and Care of Feebleminded Children" (1888). This was changed to "The New Jersey Training School" in 1893. In 1911, the name was changed again to "The Training School at Vineland". In 1965 its name was changed to American Institute for Mental Studies- The Training School Unit , or

202-501: A humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ). As of the 2020 United States census , the county's had 154,152 people, 51,360 households, and 34,309 families. The population density was 318.7 inhabitants per square mile (123.1/km ). There were 57,119 housing units at an average density of 118 per square mile (45.6/km ). The racial makeup was 45.4% White , 18.0% African American , 0.9% Native American , 1.2% Asian , and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 34.4% of

303-509: A seizure is occurring. This is known as an ictal recording, as opposed to an interictal recording, which refers to the EEG recording between seizures. To obtain an ictal recording, a prolonged EEG is typically performed accompanied by a time-synchronized video and audio recording. This can be done either as an outpatient (at home) or during a hospital admission, preferably to an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) with nurses and other personnel trained in

404-472: A voltmeter . Recording these voltages over time gives us the EEG. The electric potential generated by an individual neuron is far too small to be picked up by EEG or MEG. EEG activity therefore always reflects the summation of the synchronous activity of thousands or millions of neurons that have similar spatial orientation. If the cells do not have similar spatial orientation, their ions do not line up and create waves to be detected. Pyramidal neurons of

505-705: A combined EEG/MEG (EMEG) approach has been investigated for the purpose of source reconstruction in epilepsy diagnosis. EEG has also been combined with positron emission tomography . This provides the advantage of allowing researchers to see what EEG signals are associated with different drug actions in the brain. Recent studies using machine learning techniques such as neural networks with statistical temporal features extracted from frontal lobe EEG brainwave data has shown high levels of success in classifying mental states (Relaxed, Neutral, Concentrating), mental emotional states (Negative, Neutral, Positive) and thalamocortical dysrhythmia . The brain's electrical charge

606-665: A county-wide office since 2020. New Jersey's 2nd congressional district includes all of Cumberland County. For the 118th United States Congress , New Jersey's 2nd congressional district is represented by Jeff Van Drew ( R , Dennis Township ). The 14 municipalities of Cumberland County are part of two legislative districts. Erik K. Simonsen (R) The remainder of this district includes portions of Atlantic County & Cape May County . Dave Bailey (D) The remainder of this district includes portions of Gloucester County & Salem County . The New Jersey Department of Corrections operates three correctional facilities in

707-628: A farm, operated by the students. The Training School was often involved with agricultural research in its early years. It researched growing peaches with the New Jersey State Experimental Station in 1905, and growing grapes for the U.S. Department of Agriculture . It created the Vineland International Egg Laying and Breeding Contest in 1916. In 1917 it devoted 10 acres (40,000 m) to the study of 80 different varieties of grapes for

808-441: A female householder with no husband present and 29.6% were non-families. Of all households, 24% were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.26. Of the population, 24% were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

909-444: A longer duration in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) or at home with an ambulatory EEG. In addition, there are activating maneuvers such as photic stimulation, hyperventilation and sleep deprivation that can increase the diagnostic yield of the EEG. At times, a routine EEG is not sufficient to establish the diagnosis or determine the best course of action in terms of treatment. In this case, attempts may be made to record an EEG while

1010-541: A person is. The range of frequencies one observes are between 1 and 30 Hz, and amplitudes will vary between 20 and 100 μV. The observed frequencies are subdivided into various groups: alpha (8–13 Hz), beta (13–30 Hz), delta (0.5–4 Hz), and theta (4–7 Hz). Alpha waves are observed when a person is in a state of relaxed wakefulness and are mostly prominent over the parietal and occipital sites. During intense mental activity , beta waves are more prominent in frontal areas as well as other regions. If

1111-456: A relaxed person is told to open their eyes, one observes alpha activity decreasing and an increase in beta activity. Theta and delta waves are not generally seen in wakefulness - if they are, it is a sign of brain dysfunction. EEG can detect abnormal electrical discharges such as sharp waves , spikes, or spike-and-wave complexes, as observable in people with epilepsy ; thus, it is often used to inform medical diagnosis . EEG can detect

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1212-462: A reporter with an active license as a registered nurse, got hired into the institution's infirmary for two weeks May, 1980. The state of New Jersey took over operations for several months. The Elwyn Institutes of Media, Pennsylvania took the school over in 1981 to avoid it being closed. In 1987, the School began to move its residents into community group homes and vocational centers. This transition

1313-506: A research method). In cases where significant brain injury is suspected, e.g., after cardiac arrest, EEG can provide some prognostic information. If a patient with epilepsy is being considered for resective surgery to treat epilepsy, it is often necessary to localize the focus (source) of the epileptic brain activity with a resolution greater than what is provided by scalp EEG. In these cases, neurosurgeons typically implant strips and grids of electrodes or penetrating depth electrodes under

1414-410: A smaller parcel of brain surface) allow for better spatial resolution to narrow down the areas critical for seizure onset and propagation. Some clinical sites record data from penetrating microelectrodes. Sometimes it is more convenient or clinically necessary to perform ambulatory EEG recordings in the home of the person being tested. These studies typically have a duration of 24–72 hours. EEG and

1515-428: A span of hours. Therefore, research has been directed to developing dry and semi-dry EEG bioelectronic interfaces. Dry electrode signals depend upon mechanical contact. Therefore, it can be difficult getting a usable signal because of impedance between the skin and the electrode. Some EEG systems attempt to circumvent this issue by applying a saline solution. Others have a semi dry nature and release small amounts of

1616-513: A total of 96,165 registered voters in Cumberland County, of whom 31,945 (33.2%) were registered as Democrats , 23,867 (24.8%) were registered as Republicans , and 38,531 (40.1%) were registered as unaffiliated . There were 1,822 voters (1.9%) registered to other parties. In the 2008 United States presidential election , Barack Obama carried the county with over 60% of the vote, which he did so again in 2012 . However, since then,

1717-431: A wider group of communities. School districts include: EEG Electroencephalography ( EEG ) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain . The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex and allocortex . It is typically non-invasive, with the EEG electrodes placed along

1818-553: Is a coastal county located on the Delaware Bay in the Southern Shore Region of the U.S. state of New Jersey . As of the 2020 census , the county was the state's 16th-most-populous county , with a population of 154,152, a decrease of 2,746 (−1.8%) from the 2010 census count of 156,898. Its county seat is Bridgeton . Cumberland County is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland . The county

1919-872: Is a part of Vicinage 15 of the New Jersey Superior Court (along with Gloucester County and Salem County ), seated in Woodbury in Gloucester County; the Assignment Judge for the vicinage is Benjamin C. Telsey. The Cumberland County Courthouse is in Bridgeton. In January 2023, John P. Capizola Jr. was appointed to fill the commissioner seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by George Castellini until he resigned from office earlier that month. Democrats have not won

2020-447: Is a reliable indication of the occurrence of neural output. Not only do EEGs capture dendritic currents almost exclusively as opposed to axonal currents, they also show a preference for activity on populations of parallel dendrites and transmitting current in the same direction at the same time. Pyramidal neurons of cortical layers II/III and V extend apical dendrites to layer I. Currents moving up or down these processes underlie most of

2121-413: Is about 10 μV to 100 μV in amplitude when measured from the scalp. Since an EEG voltage signal represents a difference between the voltages at two electrodes, the display of the EEG for the reading encephalographer may be set up in one of several ways. The representation of the EEG channels is referred to as a montage. When analog (paper) EEGs are used, the technologist switches between montages during

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2222-525: Is an integrated system made of an array of capacitive sensors with local integrated circuitry housed in a package with batteries to power the circuitry. This level of integration was required to achieve the functional performance obtained by the electrode. The electrode was tested on an electrical test bench and on human subjects in four modalities of EEG activity, namely: (1) spontaneous EEG, (2) sensory event-related potentials, (3) brain stem potentials, and (4) cognitive event-related potentials. The performance of

2323-463: Is attached to an individual wire. Some systems use caps or nets into which electrodes are embedded; this is particularly common when high-density arrays of electrodes are needed. Electrode locations and names are specified by the International 10–20 system for most clinical and research applications (except when high-density arrays are used). This system ensures that the naming of electrodes

2424-463: Is comprised of seven members who are elected at large by the citizens of Cumberland County in partisan elections and serve staggered three-year terms in office, with either two or three seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. Each Commissioner is assigned responsibility for one of the county's departments. In 2016, freeholders were paid $ 15,000 and the freeholder director was paid an annual salary of $ 16,000. As of 2024 , members of

2525-413: Is confirmatory of epilepsy in nearly all cases (high specificity ), however up to 3.5% of the general population may have epileptiform abnormalities in an EEG without ever having had a seizure (low false positive rate ) or with a very low risk of developing epilepsy in the future. When a routine EEG is normal and there is a high suspicion or need to confirm epilepsy, it may be repeated or performed with

2626-506: Is consistent across laboratories. In most clinical applications, 19 recording electrodes (plus ground and system reference) are used. A smaller number of electrodes are typically used when recording EEG from neonates . Additional electrodes can be added to the standard set-up when a clinical or research application demands increased spatial resolution for a particular area of the brain. High-density arrays (typically via cap or net) can contain up to 256 electrodes more-or-less evenly spaced around

2727-436: Is known for its maritime industries. Its main maritime export was oysters until the 1950s when disease destroyed the oyster population. With the oyster industry came shipbuilding in 1780. Later, the industrial revolution and railroad development increased the number of ships and the types of ships being made. By the late 19th century, ships switched from the sloop model to the schooner to be more useful for oystering. Whaling

2828-410: Is maintained by billions of neurons . Neurons are electrically charged (or "polarized") by membrane transport proteins that pump ions across their membranes. Neurons are constantly exchanging ions with the extracellular milieu, for example to maintain resting potential and to propagate action potentials . Ions of similar charge repel each other, and when many ions are pushed out of many neurons at

2929-452: Is processed in the same manner as digital scalp EEG (above), with a couple of caveats. ECoG is typically recorded at higher sampling rates than scalp EEG because of the requirements of Nyquist theorem – the subdural signal is composed of a higher predominance of higher frequency components. Also, many of the artifacts that affect scalp EEG do not impact ECoG, and therefore display filtering is often not needed. A typical adult human EEG signal

3030-423: Is stored electronically and can be filtered for display. Typical settings for the high-pass filter and a low-pass filter are 0.5–1  Hz and 35–70 Hz respectively. The high-pass filter typically filters out slow artifact, such as electrogalvanic signals and movement artifact, whereas the low-pass filter filters out high-frequency artifacts, such as electromyographic signals. An additional notch filter

3131-465: Is the gold standard diagnostic procedure to confirm epilepsy . The sensitivity of a routine EEG to detect interictal epileptiform discharges at epilepsy centers has been reported to be in the range of 29–55%. Given the low to moderate sensitivity, a routine EEG (typically with a duration of 20–30 minutes) can be normal in people that have epilepsy. When an EEG shows interictal epileptiform discharges (e.g. sharp waves, spikes, spike-and-wave , etc.) it

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3232-670: Is the only limited-access road in the county which provides access to Interstate 76 , Interstate 295 , and the Philadelphia area to the north. The only YMCA in the county is the Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA in Vineland. In 2001, the board of directors of what was the Vineland YMCA changed the name to include Atlantic County and Cape May County as the members wanted the Vineland YMCA to reflect

3333-469: Is then filtered (next paragraph), and the EEG signal is output as the deflection of pens as paper passes underneath. Most EEG systems these days, however, are digital, and the amplified signal is digitized via an analog-to-digital converter , after being passed through an anti-aliasing filter . Analog-to-digital sampling typically occurs at 256–512 Hz in clinical scalp EEG; sampling rates of up to 20 kHz are used in some research applications. During

3434-600: Is typically used to remove artifact caused by electrical power lines (60 Hz in the United States and 50 Hz in many other countries). The EEG signals can be captured with opensource hardware such as OpenBCI and the signal can be processed by freely available EEG software such as EEGLAB or the Neurophysiological Biomarker Toolbox . As part of an evaluation for epilepsy surgery, it may be necessary to insert electrodes near

3535-621: The Cohansey River and Maurice River made Cumberland County a resourceful environment for early native groups to utilize. Archaeological materials such as stone tools and pottery have been excavated in sites in Bridgeton and in Fairfield , Greenwich and Stow Creek townships. Some of the earliest cultures that inhabited Cumberland County utilized clovis spear points which date to the Paleoindian period (10,000 BC to 8000 BC). As

3636-737: The County Clerk and County Surrogate (both elected for five-year terms of office) and the County Sheriff (elected for a three-year term). The county's constitutional officers are: The Cumberland County Prosecutor is Jennifer Webb-McRae of Vineland . First nominated by Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine in January 2010, Webb-McRae was nominated for a second five-year term by Chris Christie in November 2016 and sworn into office after confirmation in January 2017. Cumberland County

3737-886: The Delaware Valley Combined Statistical Area . The county is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland who is best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rising at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, which made him immensely popular throughout parts of Britain. The first people to populate Cumberland County were early descendants of the Lenape , also known as the Delaware, who include all Native American people who have lived in New Jersey Water sources such as

3838-629: The U.S. Census Bureau , as of the 2020 Census, the county had a total area of 677.85 square miles (1,755.6 km ), of which 483.36 square miles (1,251.9 km ) was land (71.3%) and 194.49 square miles (503.7 km ) was water (28.7%). Cumberland is a low-lying, generally featureless coastal county, with many salt marshes near the Delaware Bay. The highest elevation is at one of 12 areas in Upper Deerfield Township that stand approximately 140 feet (43 m) above sea level;

3939-716: The University of Hawaii in 1925, he was succeeded by Edgar A. Doll . Doll directed research in birth injuries, EEG techniques, and adaptive behavior. Doll published the Vineland Social Maturity Scale in 1935. This was adapted for use by the US Army in World War II . By the time Doll left in 1945, the Training school had an established international reputation. Pearl S. Buck wrote about

4040-548: The dura mater , through either a craniotomy or a burr hole . The recording of these signals is referred to as electrocorticography (ECoG), subdural EEG (sdEEG), intracranial EEG (icEEG), or stereotactic EEG (sEEG). The signal recorded from ECoG is on a different scale of activity than the brain activity recorded from scalp EEG. Low-voltage, high-frequency components that cannot be seen easily (or at all) in scalp EEG can be seen clearly in ECoG. Further, smaller electrodes (which cover

4141-428: The scalp (commonly called "scalp EEG") using the International 10–20 system , or variations of it. Electrocorticography , involving surgical placement of electrodes, is sometimes called "intracranial EEG" . Clinical interpretation of EEG recordings is most often performed by visual inspection of the tracing or quantitative EEG analysis . Voltage fluctuations measured by the EEG bioamplifier and electrodes allow

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4242-517: The "AIMS". Finally in 1988 the name "The Training School at Vineland" was restored. However, the literature also makes reference to the "Vineland Training School for Backward and Feeble-minded Children" and "Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys" and other variations. The Psychological Research Laboratory at the Training School was founded in 1906, and was the first research facility devoted to studying mental deficiencies in

4343-526: The 1850s. Cumberland County's population has historically been "majority-minority". Cumberland County went from holding one hundred and twenty enslaved people in 1790, to two by 1830. Cumberland County included several towns settled by Black Americans many of whom escaped slavery. Parts of the county were used for the Underground Railroad, and housed Harriet Tubman and William Still. In addition to agriculture and glassware, Cumberland County

4444-634: The Cumberland County Board of County Commissioners (with party affiliation, residence, and term-end year listed in parentheses) are (with terms for director and deputy director ending every December 31): Pursuant to Article VII Section II of the New Jersey State Constitution , each county in New Jersey has have three elected administrative officials known as "constitutional officers." These officers are

4545-458: The Department of Agriculture. In 1926, the Training School was involved in a study of irrigation , again for the Department of Agriculture. Author Pearl S. Buck placed her daughter Carol in the Vineland Training School. 39°29′05″N 74°59′51″W  /  39.4848°N 74.9974°W  / 39.4848; -74.9974 Cumberland County, New Jersey Cumberland County

4646-557: The Duke of Cumberland. Cumberland County's economic exploits were agricultural and manufacturing, more specifically the county focused on fruits and vegetables, as well as glassware and preserved foods. America's early successes in glassmaking began in Southern New Jersey during the 18th century and eventually led to John Landis Mason of Vineland New Jersey to invent the mason jar for storing and preserving food at home during

4747-431: The EEG technique include evoked potentials (EP), which involves averaging the EEG activity time-locked to the presentation of a stimulus of some sort (visual, somatosensory , or auditory). Event-related potentials ( ERPs ) refer to averaged EEG responses that are time-locked to more complex processing of stimuli; this technique is used in cognitive science , cognitive psychology , and psychophysiological research. EEG

4848-615: The Hereditary of Feeble-mindedness , a very early study linking mental incapacity and genetics. However, this study has since been widely discredited. At the request of the US government, Goddard studied immigrants arriving at Ellis Island . Dr. Goddard claimed that 80% of arriving immigrants were feeble-minded. Dr. Goddard also is renowned for having coined the term " moron ". The Army Intelligence Tests used in World War I were developed at

4949-656: The Nanticoke tribe who make up the Native American people from Southern New Jersey and the Delmarva Peninsula. Early European settlement began with the Swedish who called what is now New Jersey New Sweden during the first half of the 17th century. Prior to the United States gaining its independence from Great Britain, Cumberland County was deemed separate from Salem County in 1748 and was named after

5050-621: The Training School. Goddard resigned in 1918 and was replaced by Stanley Porteus . Porteus focused on cephalometry , linking head size to intelligence, and X-ray studies. Porteus also developed his own nonverbal intelligence test, the Porteus Maze Test after his experiences administering the Binet tests about 1912 while working as a head teacher at a school for feeble-minded children in Melbourne , Australia . When Porteus left for

5151-796: The US. Cumberland County Senator Stephen Ayres Garrison unsuccessfully attempted to secure funding for a school for intellectually disabled children in New Jersey in 1845. Instead, a facility in Elwyn, Pennsylvania was funded by the New Jersey State legislature. Reverend S. Olin Garrison was offered the Scarborough Mansion and 40 acres (160,000 m) to establish a facility for mentally disabled people in Vineland, New Jersey by philanthropist B. D. Maxham. On March 1, 1888,

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5252-552: The Vineland Training School and her daughter's experience in 1950 for the Reader's Digest and Ladies Home Journal in an article entitled "The Child Who Never Grew". This article drew a lot of attention to the Training School. The Division of Emotional Disturbance was established at the Training School in 1970. In July and August 1980, the institution was the subject of a six-month undercover investigation by The Record of North Jersey, after Billy Kemner, boy from Emerson, Bergen County

5353-402: The activity of cortical neurons near the electrodes on the scalp. Deep structures within the brain further away from the electrodes will not contribute directly to an EEG; these include the base of the cortical gyrus , mesial walls of the major lobes , hippocampus , thalamus , and brain stem . A healthy human EEG will show certain patterns of activity that correlate with how awake

5454-400: The advent of high-resolution anatomical imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT). Despite its limited spatial resolution, EEG continues to be a valuable tool for research and diagnosis. It is one of the few mobile techniques available and offers millisecond-range temporal resolution, which is not possible with CT, PET, or MRI. Derivatives of

5555-401: The average family size was 3.30. About 23.8% of the population was under age 18, 7.5% was from age 18 to 24, 39.3% was from age 15 to 44, and 15.7% was age 65 or older. The median age was 38.1 years. The gender makeup was 51.7% male and 48.3% female. For every 100 females, there were 107.1 males. The median household income was $ 54,587, and the median family income was $ 65,022. About 13.2% of

5656-582: The brain after concussion, however, at this time there are no advanced imaging techniques that can be used clinically to diagnose or monitor recovery from concussion. Several other methods to study brain function exist, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), magnetoencephalography (MEG), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR or MRS), electrocorticography (ECoG), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and event-related optical signal (EROS). Despite

5757-418: The care of patients with seizures. Outpatient ambulatory video EEGs typically last one to three days. An admission to an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit typically lasts several days but may last for a week or longer. While in the hospital, seizure medications are usually withdrawn to increase the odds that a seizure will occur during admission. For reasons of safety, medications are not withdrawn during an EEG outside of

5858-574: The climate switched from a tundra to woodlands during the archaic period (8000 BC to 1000 BC), ancestors of the Lenape developed axe technology, and later pottery during the woodland period (1000 BC to 1600 AD). The prehistoric period ended when European exploration and settlement arrived in the area bringing with it greater technology which ultimately supplanted much of the Native populations. Today, many Lenape people still reside in Cumberland County, such as

5959-501: The cortex are thought to produce the most EEG signal because they are well-aligned and fire together. Because voltage field gradients fall off with the square of distance, activity from deep sources is more difficult to detect than currents near the skull. Scalp EEG activity shows oscillations at a variety of frequencies. Several of these oscillations have characteristic frequency ranges , spatial distributions and are associated with different states of brain functioning (e.g., waking and

6060-416: The cortex, inside sulci , in midline or deep structures (such as the cingulate gyrus or hippocampus ), or producing currents that are tangential to the skull, make far less contribution to the EEG signal. EEG recordings do not directly capture axonal action potentials . An action potential can be accurately represented as a current quadrupole , meaning that the resulting field decreases more rapidly than

6161-806: The county had a total of 1,271.74 miles (2,046.67 km) of roadways, of which 643.65 miles (1,035.85 km) were maintained by the local municipality, 539.14 miles (867.66 km) by Cumberland County and 88.95 miles (143.15 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation . Cumberland is served only by state and county routes. Major county routes that pass through include County Route 540 , County Route 548 (only in Maurice River Township), County Route 550 , County Route 552 , County Route 553 , and County Route 555 . State routes include Route 47 , Route 49 , Route 55 , Route 56 , Route 77 , and Route 347 . Route 55

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6262-462: The county has taken a shift to the right and voted for Hillary Clinton by 6.1% in 2016 . Joe Biden won the county by a slightly smaller 6.0% in 2020 despite the fact that Democrats improved their national popular vote total by 3.2%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election , Republican Chris Christie received 41.75% of the vote (14,079 votes) to Democratic Governor Jon Corzine 's 50.69% (17,092 votes), while Independent Chris Daggett received 5.82% of

6363-559: The county: Bayside State Prison , South Woods State Prison , and Southern State Correctional Facility . The three facilities employ 1,500 people and house one of every three state prisoners. In 2007, while the state was preparing to close Riverfront State Prison in Camden , it considered establishing a fourth state prison in Cumberland County. Cumberland County tends to lean toward the Democratic party. As of April 1, 2024 there were

6464-526: The dry electrode compared favorably with that of the standard wet electrodes in terms of skin preparation, no gel requirements (dry), and higher signal-to-noise ratio. In 1999 researchers at Case Western Reserve University , in Cleveland , Ohio , led by Hunter Peckham, used 64-electrode EEG skullcap to return limited hand movements to quadriplegic Jim Jatich. As Jatich concentrated on simple but opposite concepts like up and down, his beta-rhythm EEG output

6565-574: The evaluation of normal brain activity . As the electrical activity monitored by EEG originates in neurons in the underlying brain tissue , the recordings made by the electrodes on the surface of the scalp vary in accordance with their orientation and distance to the source of the activity. Furthermore, the value recorded is distorted by intermediary tissues and bones, which act in a manner akin to resistors and capacitors in an electrical circuit . This means that not all neurons will contribute equally to an EEG signal, with an EEG predominately reflecting

6666-608: The first single and also multichannel dry active electrode arrays using micro-machining. The single channel dry EEG electrode construction and results were published in 1994. The arrayed electrode was also demonstrated to perform well compared to silver / silver chloride electrodes. The device consisted of four sites of sensors with integrated electronics to reduce noise by impedance matching . The advantages of such electrodes are: (1) no electrolyte used, (2) no skin preparation, (3) significantly reduced sensor size, and (4) compatibility with EEG monitoring systems. The active electrode array

6767-454: The following disorders: It can also: EEG can also be used in intensive care units for brain function monitoring to monitor for non-convulsive seizures/non-convulsive status epilepticus, to monitor the effect of sedative/anesthesia in patients in medically induced coma (for treatment of refractory seizures or increased intracranial pressure ), and to monitor for secondary brain damage in conditions such as subarachnoid hemorrhage (currently

6868-414: The gel upon contact with the scalp. Another solution uses spring loaded pin setups. These may be uncomfortable. They may also be dangerous if they were used in a situation where a patient could bump their head since they could become lodged after an impact trauma incident. Currently, headsets are available incorporating dry electrodes with up to 30 channels. Such designs are able to compensate for some of

6969-675: The hospital. Ambulatory video EEGs, therefore, have the advantage of convenience and are less expensive than a hospital admission, but they also have the disadvantage of a decreased probability of recording a clinical event. Epilepsy monitoring is often considered when patients continue having events despite being on anti-seizure medications or if there is concern that the patient's events have an alternate diagnosis, e.g., psychogenic non-epileptic seizures , syncope (fainting) , sub-cortical movement disorders , migraine variants, stroke, etc. In cases of epileptic seizures, continuous EEG monitoring helps to characterize seizures and localize/lateralize

7070-409: The interpretation of EEGs for clinical purposes. This is done by visual inspection of the waveforms, called graphoelements. The use of computer signal processing of the EEG – so-called quantitative electroencephalography – is somewhat controversial when used for clinical purposes (although there are many research uses). In the early 1990s Babak Taheri, at University of California, Davis demonstrated

7171-660: The lowest elevation is sea level. In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Bridgeton have ranged from a low of 25 °F (−4 °C) in January to a high of 87 °F (31 °C) in July, although a record low of −13 °F (−25 °C) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 101 °F (38 °C) was recorded in July 1966. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.94 inches (75 mm) in February to 4.30 inches (109 mm) in March. Cumberland has

7272-904: The mid-19th century, such as the Syracuse State School in 1853 in New York State , the Private Institute for Imbeciles in Harlem, New York in 1856 and the Newark State School in New York in 1878. In 1900 Garrison died, and he was succeeded by Professor Edward R. Johnstone . Johnstone founded the Psychological Research Laboratory at the Training School in 1906 under Henry H. Goddard . The Binet-Simon Intelligence Test

7373-473: The ones produced by the current dipole of post-synaptic potentials. In addition, since EEGs represent averages of thousands of neurons, a large population of cells in synchronous activity is necessary to cause a significant deflection on the recordings. Action potentials are very fast and, as a consequence, the chances of field summation are slim. However, neural backpropagation , as a typically longer dendritic current dipole, can be picked up by EEG electrodes and

7474-419: The onset and spatio-temporal (location and time) evolution of seizures and the presence of status epilepticus . It is also used to help diagnose sleep disorders , depth of anesthesia , coma , encephalopathies , cerebral hypoxia after cardiac arrest , and brain death . EEG used to be a first-line method of diagnosis for tumors , stroke , and other focal brain disorders, but this use has decreased with

7575-415: The population were below the poverty line , including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over. The 2010 United States census counted 156,898 people, 51,931 households, and 36,559 families in the county. The population density was 324.4 inhabitants per square mile (125.3/km ). There were 55,834 housing units at an average density of 115.4 per square mile (44.6/km ). The racial makeup

7676-399: The population. Of the 51,360 households, of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were married couples living together, 18.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 9.3% had a male householder with no wife present and 33.2% were non-families, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and

7777-542: The recording in order to highlight or better characterize certain features of the EEG. With digital EEG, all signals are typically digitized and stored in a particular (usually referential) montage; since any montage can be constructed mathematically from any other, the EEG can be viewed by the electroencephalographer in any display montage that is desired. The EEG is read by a clinical neurophysiologist or neurologist (depending on local custom and law regarding medical specialities ), optimally one who has specific training in

7878-422: The recording, a series of activation procedures may be used. These procedures may induce normal or abnormal EEG activity that might not otherwise be seen. These procedures include hyperventilation, photic stimulation (with a strobe light), eye closure, mental activity, sleep and sleep deprivation. During (inpatient) epilepsy monitoring, a patient's typical seizure medications may be withdrawn. The digital EEG signal

7979-677: The region of the brain from which a seizure originates. This can help identify appropriate non-medication treatment options. In clinical use, EEG traces are visually analyzed by neurologists to look at various features. Increasingly, quantitative analysis of EEG is being used in conjunction with visual analysis. Quantitative analysis displays like power spectrum analysis, alpha-delta ratio, amplitude integrated EEG, and spike detection can help quickly identify segments of EEG that need close visual analysis or, in some cases, be used as surrogates for quick identification of seizures in long-term recordings. An EEG might also be helpful for diagnosing or treating

8080-434: The related study of ERPs are used extensively in neuroscience , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , neurolinguistics , and psychophysiological research, as well as to study human functions such as swallowing. Any EEG techniques used in research are not sufficiently standardised for clinical use, and many ERP studies fail to report all of the necessary processing steps for data collection and reduction, limiting

8181-500: The relatively poor spatial sensitivity of EEG, the "one-dimensional signals from localised peripheral regions on the head make it attractive for its simplistic fidelity and has allowed high clinical and basic research throughput". Thus, EEG possesses some advantages over some of those other techniques: EEG also has some characteristics that compare favorably with behavioral testing: Simultaneous EEG recordings and fMRI scans have been obtained successfully, though recording both at

8282-607: The reproducibility and replicability of many studies. Based on a 2024 systematic literature review and meta analysis commissioned by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), EEG scans cannot be used reliably to assist in making a clinical diagnosis of ADHD. However, EEG continues to be used in research on mental disabilities, such as auditory processing disorder (APD), ADD , and ADHD . EEGs have also been studied for their utility in detecting neurophysiological changes in

8383-911: The same time effectively requires that several technical difficulties be overcome, such as the presence of ballistocardiographic artifact, MRI pulse artifact and the induction of electrical currents in EEG wires that move within the strong magnetic fields of the MRI. While challenging, these have been successfully overcome in a number of studies. MRI's produce detailed images created by generating strong magnetic fields that may induce potentially harmful displacement force and torque. These fields produce potentially harmful radio frequency heating and create image artifacts rendering images useless. Due to these potential risks, only certain medical devices can be used in an MR environment. Similarly, simultaneous recordings with MEG and EEG have also been conducted, which has several advantages over using either technique alone: Recently,

8484-408: The same time, they can push their neighbours, who push their neighbours, and so on, in a wave. This process is known as volume conduction. When the wave of ions reaches the electrodes on the scalp, they can push or pull electrons on the metal in the electrodes. Since metal conducts the push and pull of electrons easily, the difference in push or pull voltages between any two electrodes can be measured by

8585-401: The scalp. Each electrode is connected to one input of a differential amplifier (one amplifier per pair of electrodes); a common system reference electrode is connected to the other input of each differential amplifier. These amplifiers amplify the voltage between the active electrode and the reference (typically 1,000–100,000 times, or 60–100  dB of power gain). In analog EEG, the signal

8686-437: The signal quality degradation related to high impedances by optimizing pre-amplification, shielding and supporting mechanics. EEG has several limitations. Most important is its poor spatial resolution. EEG is most sensitive to a particular set of post-synaptic potentials: those generated in superficial layers of the cortex, on the crests of gyri directly abutting the skull and radial to the skull. Dendrites which are deeper in

8787-458: The surface of the brain, under the surface of the dura mater . This is accomplished via burr hole or craniotomy . This is referred to variously as "electrocorticography (ECoG)" , "intracranial EEG (I-EEG)" or "subdural EEG (SD-EEG)". Depth electrodes may also be placed into brain structures, such as the amygdala or hippocampus , structures, which are common epileptic foci and may not be "seen" clearly by scalp EEG. The electrocorticographic signal

8888-591: The training school officially opened with 55 children. In 1892 Garrison instituted the "cottage plan" in which the residents lived in small bungalows on the grounds. Some claim that the Vineland Training School became the 3rd facility of its kind in the US. The first was the Walter E. Fernald State School , established in 1848. The second was the Elwyn Training School , established in 1852. However, there were also several related institutions established in

8989-433: The two is complex, with a combination of EEG power in the gamma band and phase in the delta band relating most strongly to neuron spike activity. In conventional scalp EEG, the recording is obtained by placing electrodes on the scalp with a conductive gel or paste, usually after preparing the scalp area by light abrasion to reduce impedance due to dead skin cells. Many systems typically use electrodes, each of which

9090-420: The various sleep stages ). These oscillations represent synchronized activity over a network of neurons. The neuronal networks underlying some of these oscillations are understood (e.g., the thalamocortical resonance underlying sleep spindles ), while many others are not (e.g., the system that generates the posterior basic rhythm). Research that measures both EEG and neuron spiking finds the relationship between

9191-415: The vote (1,962 votes), thus making Cumberland and nearby Camden County the only southern New Jersey counties to back the governor's re-election that year. In the 2013 gubernatorial election , Republican Governor Chris Christie received 56.7% of the vote (17,943 votes) to Democrat Barbara Buono 's 41.4% (13,129 votes). In the 2017 gubernatorial election , Republican Kim Guadagno received 11,876 (41.8%) of

9292-585: The vote, and Democrat Phil Murphy received 15,686 (55.3%) of the vote. In the 2021 gubernatorial election , Republican Jack Ciattarelli received 55.6% of the vote (17,794 ballots cast) to Democratic Governor Phil Murphy's 43.6% (13,978 votes), making it one of three counties that Ciattarelli flipped. The 14 municipalities in Cumberland County (with most 2010 Census data for population, housing units, and area) are: The following public-use airports are located in Cumberland County: As of 2010 ,

9393-412: Was 36.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 106.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 106.9 males. The Bureau of Economic Analysis calculated that the county's gross domestic product was $ 5.9 billion in 2021, which was ranked 17th in the state and was a 3.8% increase from the prior year. Cumberland County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners which

9494-434: Was 62.74% (98,430) White , 20.23% (31,741) Black or African American , 1.11% (1,746) Native American , 1.22% (1,907) Asian , 0.04% (59) Pacific Islander , 11.15% (17,492) from other races , and 3.52% (5,523) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 27.06% (42,457) of the population. Of the 51,931 households, 31.4% had children under the age of 18; 45.2% were married couples living together; 18.6% had

9595-546: Was also an industry in Cumberland County until 1775 when settlers turned to livestock, farming, and trapping. Caviar was a short-lived industry in the area from the 1860s to 1925, when sturgeon had been overfished. There are 19th and 20th century maritime related artifacts such as ship models, building plans, tools, and rigging equipment at the John Dubois Maritime Museum in Bridgeton . According to

9696-470: Was analysed using software to identify patterns in the noise. A basic pattern was identified and used to control a switch: Above average activity was set to on, below average off. As well as enabling Jatich to control a computer cursor the signals were also used to drive the nerve controllers embedded in his hands, restoring some movement. In 2018, a functional dry electrode composed of a polydimethylsiloxane elastomer filled with conductive carbon nanofibers

9797-458: Was completed in 1996, and the School now operates 47 group homes and numerous day and work programs in southern New Jersey for adults with developmental disabilities. In recent years, The Training School has been renamed Elwyn New Jersey, in accordance to the role Elwyn Institutes in Media, Pennsylvania has with the campus. The current executive director is William Hartley. The Training School owned

9898-496: Was formally created from portions of Salem County on January 19, 1748. The county is part of the South Jersey region of the state. The most populous municipality is Vineland , which had a 2020 population of 60,780; the largest municipality by area is Maurice River Township , which covered 95.76 square miles (248.0 km ). This county is part of the Vineland - Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area , as well as

9999-499: Was murdered in one of the school's residential cottages. The Record series documented widespread negligence and physical and sexual abuse of AIMS residents by staff. The president of the school, William Smith, was arrested, charged with covering up instances of assaults upon residents. Two high ranking administrators, Thomas Lewis and Noble Prettyman, were arrested and charged on morals violations. The article, by reporters Henry Goldman and Valerie James, won several journalism awards. James,

10100-522: Was reported. This research was conducted at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory . EEG technology often involves applying a gel to the scalp which facilitates strong signal-to-noise ratio. This results in more reproducible and reliable experimental results. Since patients dislike having their hair filled with gel, and the lengthy setup requires trained staff on hand, utilizing EEG outside the laboratory setting can be difficult. Additionally, it has been observed that wet electrode sensors' performance reduces after

10201-404: Was translated from French at the Training School in 1908, and standardized by testing 2000 Vineland public school children in the early 20th century under Goddard's direction. In 1911, the school fed children thyroid, pituitary and pineal glands obtained from animals as part of an experiment to "cure" them of their "feeble-mindedness". In 1912, Goddard published The Kallikak Family , A Study in

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