How FPGAs Can Help Create Self-Recoverable Antenna Arrays

Self-injury behavior: how can nurses help?

Although historical, religious, and cultural examples provide some understanding of SIB, the importance of further research, especially in adolescent SIB, cannot be underestimated. Nursing research is needed to explore the correlation between SIB and the spiritual needs of adolescents. Shannon (2005) stated that SIB is a common precursor to suicide. If adolescents at risk for this behavior are ...

How acupuncture can help

People with vertigo have the illusion that the environment is moving about them, or that they are moving with respect to the environment.(DTB 2009) The condition usually originates in the peripheral nervous system, for example, due to a disorder of the inner ear such as Ménière's disease, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), or labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis. It can also be due t...

How to create beam-forming smart antennas using FPGAS

 If you could squeeze two or three times more cellular telephone conversations into the same amount of bandwidth, how much would that be worth? To most wireless companies, the answer is, millions of dollars. The art and science of "beam forming" allows normal cellular towers to aim their radio waves at the right user instead of off in all directions. The result is more efficient use of bandwid...

Bracketology: How can math help?

Every year, people across the United States predict how the field of 65 teams will play in the Division I NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament by filling out a tournament bracket for the postseason play. This article discusses two popular rating methods that are also used by the Bowl Championship Series, the organization that determines which college football teams are invited to which bowl games. ...

How Food Industries Can Help in Preventing Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome?