... is the case in the MAC and BC channels), then the multiplexing gain is significant However, when joint processing is not possible neither at the transmit nor receive sides, as is the case forthe ... d between the transmitter and the receiver, the channel is therefore given as h= A , dα/2 (13) The radius R0 of the primary exclusive region is determined by the outage constraint on the primary ... result of the random distribution of the cognitive nodes in the cognitive band of Figure 4.3 Thescaling law of a cognitive network We now study thescaling law of the sum capacity as the number...
... reading for homework, first give the title of the reading and ask students to predict what they will learn This will force them to review their existing knowledge of the topic and raise their curiosity ... language teaching, a cross- cultural approach seeks the ways to understand the Other in the other side of the border by learning his/her national language and culture 8 Being aware of the differences ... specific to the culture of study but are unfamiliar to the students The students are given clues or background information about the objects and ideas so that they can incorporate the new information...
... against the wall, their features all changed, and they neither saw, heard, nor spake, and their clothes were still smouldering where the gunpowder had burned them As I was looking at them with ... the patient, I asked first before I applied it, what the other surgeons did forthe first dressing; which was to put the said oil, boiling well, into the wounds, with tents and setons; wherefore ... earth For our natural disposition, is, as it were, the soil; the tenets of our teacher are, as it were, the seed; instruction in youth is like the planting of the seed in the ground at the proper...
... mobility of the holoform compared to the effect seen forthe apo-form (Fig 3, compare left and middle lanes) Likewise, in the gel-filtration experiments the elution volume of the holo-protein in the presence ... 0.172 ± 0.034 mL forthe apo-A-PCP and 0.209 ± 0.029 mL forthe holo-A-PCP Taken together, these findings suggest that binding of the inhibitor to the holo-form caused an additional conformational ... of the highly homologous protein tyrocidine synthetase I (TycA) in its apo-form They found that the addition of the substrates slowed down the proteolysis of the protein, mostly by decreasing the...
... address the issue of keeping high channel mobility together with low dielectric leakage current The properties of rare earth oxides, promising forthe realization of the HiK and the future scaling, ... Architectures forthe Nano-CMOS Era HiK, …), Si based CMOS will be scaled beyond the ITRS as the future System-on-Chip Platform integrating also new disruptive devices For these devices, the low parasitics ... nanoelectronics to reach the end of the roadmap in section The challenges for Core CMOS and memory devices architectures scaling are addressed in sub sections and The various architectures and the physics...
... December 2007 Because of fund lack forthe entire project the remaining of 13 971 Euro was carried to 2008 Therefore the report submitted to PPA states that the foreseen value is 182 710.00 euro, ... has 10% execution insurance Neither banks or insurance companies can issue a bank guaranty without the evidence for contract signingtherefore the insurance was performed after contract signing ... from the gymnasium “Haxhi Zeka” we found certain irregularities such as: - - The tender dossier requests that before signing the agreement with the winning entity, the winner awarded with the...
... modification of the German coding schedule was made to account for a distinction between oiliness of the 'side of nose' versus the 'nose', the US moderator on the other hand, used only the 'nose' ... lead the lines of inquiry too much?' 'Does the detailed coding activities focus too much on the detail versus the bigger picture?' and 'Is it really necessary forthe moderators to perform the ... identified the major focus group themes and issues which seem important, these themes and issues were then summarized in a final focus group report Typically, the involvement of moderators ended as they...
... assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient, which was 0.85 forthe total scale, 0.49 for oral symptoms, 0.66 for functional limitations, 0.85 for emotional well-being and 0.63 for social ... itemtotal correlation coefficients Test-retest reliability was assessed by calculating the intraclass correlationcoefficient (ICC) with a two-way random effects model forthe CPQ11–14 score using the ... Following these steps, the adaptation of any health and quality of life instrument can be accomplished The aim of the present study was to carry out the cross- cultural adaptation of the CPQ11–14 to the...
... and the DEGG signal first maximum of the crosscorrelation and autocorrelation functions The OQ is then deduced by calculating the ratio between the open phase and the pitch period The crosscorrelation ... parts The third step computes the crosscorrelation function between the obtained two parts for estimating the open phase duration, and the autocorrelation of the negative part for estimating the ... to the DEGG signal, we apply the Henrich correlation approach on the newly obtained signal and not on the EGG one Therefore, we can give an estimation of the pitch period and the OQ from the...
... and Robbins 12 and Erdos 13 proved the case r and p of the above ¨ theorem The case r and p of the above theorem was proved by Spitzer 14 An and Yuan studied the weighted sums of identically distributed ... log n for some < α ≤ Let bn < α ≤ If |ani |α n n Aα,n i 1/γ 1.7 for some γ > Furthermore, suppose that EX E|X|α < ∞, for α > γ, E|X|α log|X| < ∞, E|X|γ < ∞, where for α γ, 1.8 for α < γ, then ... 1≤j≤n 1.9 i We find that the proof of Theorem C is mistakenly based on the fact that 1.5 holds for αp Hence, the Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund-type strong lawsfor ρ∗ -mixing sequence have not...
... y−w b Before proving the theorem, a few clarifying notes follow If there is no “useful information” see Zitikis forthe meaning about the location of the means E v X and E w Y inside the intervals ... probability P A is the expectation E 1{A} of the indicator 1{A}, which is a random variable taking on the value if the event A happens, and otherwise Hence, C x, y is equal to thecovariance Cov ... respectively, then the two information coefficients A and B are equal to by definition, and thus − A − B is equal to Furthermore, if there is no “useful dependence information” between X and Y , then D...
... algorithm on the PHY layer and a backoff algorithm on the MAC layer The protocol is an excellent example of the gains to be had by a joint design across these two layers The paper “Further development ... problem: how to use the transmit buffer information at the receiver (TBIR) when the transmitter has a partial channel state information The author develops a design framework for systems that utilize ... feedback and feed-forward information in block fading channels TBIR is used at the receiver to efficiently quantize and report the state of the fading channel back to the transmitter The results show...
... THP-1 cells at a 10:1 cell ratio for 24 hours in the presence of different monoclonal antibodies (see the Materials and methods section for further information) The TNF concentration in cell-free ... resulting in the synthesis of TNF This finding opens the possibility of exploring new therapeutic targets for RA and probably other chronic inflammatory disor- Page of 11 (page number not for citation ... performed the flow cytometry analysis PR-N obtained purified NK cells EF-R and DS participated in the design of the study and helped to draft the manuscript FS-M participated in the design of the...
... subset of thecovariance matrix and the nonzero elements of the inverse are discussed TABULAR METHODS FORTHECOVARIANCE MATRIX AND THE INVERSE Thecovariance of marked QTL (MQTL) effects for given ... be written as thecross product of t1 (Ai I2 ) , where thecross i product of any matrix, say B, is B B Since the nonzero elements of Ai are the elements of the matrix Qi , thecross product ... needed forthe inverse, i.e., the relationship of the two parents, but this does not increase the computational task because Csd is needed for computing Cii Forthe example pedigree, the set...
... such relationships cross patterns We notate the set of cross patterns between all the rows of the initial matrix and all the columns of the final matrix by I0 ↦In The specific cross pattern would ... proteins The x-axis is the growth defect score of the particular protein after treatment with a small molecule and the y-axis is the density plot The purple region shows the overlap between the two ... significance in discussing the individual cross patterns The level of confidence in each cross pattern is further distinguished by the thickness of the line as shown in each of the three result figures...
... possible forthe virus to be passed to the unborn baby, and the remaining 8% did not know whether the virus can be passed from mother to child The survey shows that 159 (83%) mothers in the rural ... acceptance rates for these medications were high Role of male partner Forthe women living with their husbands, the majority of women (339 or 89%) informed them that they had come to the antenatal ... square tests for independence 72%) thought that their husbands would accept the HIV test for themselves The analysis shows that the rural and urban mothers were equally likely to inform their husbands...
... Benjamin Nganda for their efforts in gathering cost data at the country level; and Tessa Tan Torres for her input in the development of the methods used The work represents the views of the authors ... gives the median and not the mean The smearing method described by Duan (1983) corrects forthe back transformation bias [74] This was done by multiplying the anti log of the product of the model ... validity of the results for extrapolation to a wider number of countries We also recognize that the mathematical specification of the model we report here, the log-log form, does not allow the identification...
... the contribution of the different particles depends solely on the product of their fluorescence yields in the two detectors Because there are no complexes formed forthe negative control, the cross- correlation ... cross- correlation function (CCF) On the other hand, the fluctuation correlation function requires the calculation of the intensity time average before calculating thecorrelation functions The fluorescence intensity ... distinguishes the products from the free reactants via the amplitude of the CCF, as compared to the weak dependence of the ACF with the mass of the complexes Assuming that there is no cross- talk...
... within the cell and between cells It is used for transmitting the forward access channel (FACH) for access grant and the paging channel (PCH) for paging, both of which carry control information Information ... the chip rate increased For a chip rate of 0.96 Mcps, the BER performance was close to the computer simulated BER performance with L=1 The performance with 7.68 Mcps spreading became almost the ... Standard forthe UTRA FDD Air Interface 19 Figure 14 Average BER Performance with Variable Chip Rate ETSI Wideband CDMA Standard forthe UTRA FDD Air Interface 20 5.0 CONCLUSION The framework for the...