... Organization ofThe Thesis The following thesis is organized as follows Chapter will give a brief literature review on the architectures of IR UWB beamforming transmitter and receiver The sub GHz ... θ is the polar co-ordinate, N is the number of antenna elements, d is the spacing between the antenna elements, is the angle at which the main lobe ofthe beam is focused and k=2π/ is the propagation ... Given the research gaps described above, we look into various novel ways of improving the performance of UWB transceiver and beamformer The contributions of this research are listed below: For...
... Section 2.2.2 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 1.5 Organization ofthe Thesis 24 1.5 Organization ofthe Thesis The following highlights the contents of each ofthe remaining chapters Chapter ... reformulated to take into account: (i) the effect of w(t) and (ii) the interpretations of constraints (1.6d) and (1.6e) in the presence of w(t) Forthe control of system (1.10), one novel MPC approach ... 125 5.A.5 Proof of Theorem 5.3.3 126 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.A.6 Proof of Theorem 5.4.1 ix 128 Designof Feedback...
... 1982) The elements ofthe vocabulary of a control language are names of PSs, and the well-formed strings ofthe language define just those sequences of PS applications which are allowed The user ... cit) It follows that the generator must provide compilations of these defintions in the language ofthe kernel machine The implementation ofthe control generator is an adaptation of B a d e ... V Unfortunately, we know of no language as suitable forthe description of data as FP forthe description of control The reason is that at this moment, we are insufficiently confident of the...
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... narrow the enquiry to one ofthe areas available Although the system may request specific information (as in the turn above), the user may supply rather more than this Using the heuristics ofthe ... details ofthe service they offer: in the case of a Travel Expert instance this will be a schedule; in the case of an Event Expert instance a programme of shows In a more realistic implementation the ... (here the Travel Expert), the system analyses the supplied information, to try to establish the context ofthe transaction, and then to process the transaction within that context Again, the system...
... identify the errors, if any, present in the former and to formulate some hypotheses about their causes On the basis of these hypotheses, the Tutor selects the next exercise which will test the student ... process This information includes, for example, the kind of clause (main, coordinate, subordinate), whether the clause has a verb to be solved, the voice and form ofthe clause, the kind of event described ... teaching a foreign language can constitute a good benchmark for evaluating the soundness and completeness of such theories In the field of foreign language teaching, on the other hand, the only...
... error-detecting Their design properties guarantee for detecting the onset of errors because of failures, regardless of any error-free region following the beginning of a burst of errors Consider designing ... In addition, there is a difficult analytical approach to accurate the measures ofthe detection performances ofthe ABFT technique using wavelet codes [11,12] Figure 1, [13], shows the basic architecture ... evaluation The methods discussed in this article are programmed using the MATLAB programming tool The MATLAB code forms the basis for a simulation program that ¯ ¯ explores the role ofthe threshold...
... systems forthe fabrication of nanostructures and creation of seamless links between the individual single-walled CNT elements ofthe branched structures, thereby reducing the interfacial thermal ... design based on the use of carbon nanocones and carbon nanotubes in the form of a conical and branched structure In the Description of structure section, we give the detailed description ofthe ... been done on the optimum designofthe heat conduction structures from the confined interior to the exterior of electronic devices and from nanoto micro-spaces The objective ofthe present work...
... In the first design step this procedure is used either forthedesignofthe SFB or the AFB prototype filter (3) Forthe second and final design step (cf Section 4), we use the deviation ofthe ... (i) dΩ(i) (73) Therefore the evaluation ofthe integral in (71) is reduced to the determination ofthe zeroth coefficient ofthe inverse discrete-time Fourier transform ofthe following expression: ... shown that the mean value ofthe group delay is restricted to integer multiples ofthe number of channels Forthe first design step we have introduced a novel procedure forthedesignof low- delay...
... purposes [16] The role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the management of MMGB Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has been described forthe management of these lesions The first report of LC for MMGB ... lymphadenectomy ofthe hepatoduodenal ligament [18] In their review, the authors divided the management of melanoma ofthe gallbladder to primary and metastatic lesions Their review ofthe literature ... this malignancy to the GI tract occurs with a frequency of 2%-4% [4] Of these, the gallbladder is a site of metastasis with a frequency of 15% [4] Of all metastatic lesions to the gallbladder,...
... evaluated for distribution and safety The functional characteristics resulting from these two studies will form the basis for formulation development of a rectal microbicide for administration of water ... significantly different from the results of all the other cases Testing ofthe four placebo products using the ASTM method showed both ofthe lipid products failed to meet the acceptance criteria ... based formulations could be acceptable forthe rectal administration of a microbicide The rheological properties designed in the placebos provide the clinician with a choice of physical performance...
... transferred to the precast beam if there is a bond between them The reduction ofthe post-tensioning force in the slab and the additional force introduced into the beam should be considered in thedesign ... help clarify the intent ofthe information provided throughout the document Unless otherwise noted, the terms are as defined in ACI 116R and are repeated here forthe convenience ofthe reader ... precipitation The edges of an open parking structure may be subject to the same weather conditions as the roof, and other areas may experience runoff from the roof All floors are subject to moisture in the...
... being the relative permittivity ofthe substrate k ρρ is the + εr surface wave pole located on thereal axis ofthe complex k ρ plane, and the symbol Res denotes the residues ofthe integrand at the ... FIG 3.8: PHOTOGRAPH OFTHE FABRICATED CHEBYSHEV BANDPASS FILTER 71 FIG.3.9: CHEBYSHEV BANDPASS FILTER (A) LAYOUT OFTHE BANDPASS FILTER (B) SMALL DOMAIN OFTHE BANDPASS FILTER L=22.45, W=1.27, ... WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBERING OFTHE ROOFTOP BASIS FUNCTION ON THE BANDPASS FILTER AFTER ITERATIVE SWEEP 76 FIG.3.12: CONVERGENCE OFTHE SOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF ITERATIVE SWEEPS...
... include the setbased approach [21, 47, 56, 60, 61], where the effect ofthe disturbances is accounted for through the use of strengthened constrained sets Compared with the min-max MPC approach, the ... ofthe piecewise nature of PWL systems and the effect of disturbances under such a structure One key problem in the controller designfor PWLBD systems is the lack of convexity ofthe domain of ... a large XN via the use of a short N The size of X f depends on the choice of K Similarly, K affects the size of F∞ from (2.32) for a fixed W Hence, the choice of K is a trade-off between two...
... ofthe optical filterThe linear response ofthe synthesized optical filter is the same as that ofthe discrete filterforlow input intensity The nonlinear phase shift response ofthe ARMA filter ... synthesized optical filter is the same as that ofthe discrete filterforlow input intensity The nonlinear phase shift response ofthe AR filter is shown in Figure as a function ofthe normalized ... discrete ARMA filter (N poles and N zeros) is designed The discrete filterdesign procedure for designing AR and ARMA filters is described below Thedesign needs to meet the constraints of linear...
... Approaches There is no given mathematical functional form for a production function The best known of these functional forms is the so-called Cobb-Douglas production function which has the form as follows: ... states that thedesignofthe service delivery system should support the realization ofthe service concept and different service concepts require different approaches to thedesignof service ... and Apte, 2007) Theapproach divides service system into the front office and the back office The front office has been described as “where the customers are”, while the back office is not directly...
... soil to the point of allowing for mat foundations and shallow footings instead of more traditional pile foundations Without the need for 60- to 80- foot piles, the shallow foundations also allowed ... required for offices, versus heavier structural frames are required forthe warehouse The dilatation joint between them helps isolate the structures, but not the soil reactions Therefore, a mat ... being designed for a small office building with a total live load of 250 kips and dead load of 500 kips Find: (a) the depth Df for a fully compensated foundation, (b) the depth Df if a soft clay...