In this paper we use UWB measurements for bandwidths up to 3GHz to present a framework for statistical modeling of the indoor radio channel propagation characteristics that are pertinent to precise indoor geolocation using time-of-arrival (TOA) estimations. Accuracy of indoor geolocation systems relies on the strength and TOA of the direct path (DP) in the channel profile. Based on UWB measurem...

Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) is usually recognized as a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease and highly associated with sexual activities in reproductive age group. However, even rare, TOA can be presented in a woman with genitourinary malignancy, diabetes mellitus, and usage of intrauterine device (IUD) in postmenopausal age group. Air in ovarian vein is a rare CT finding of TOA. We prese...

Normal gait data reported show variability depending on specific equipment and techniques. Reference values of initial contact angle (ICA) and toe-off angle (TOA) are still lacking. We present a normative gait database of 292 healthy adults using the APDM Movement Monitoring inertial sensor system across a large age span of adulthood. Data were collected as participants completed a walk test fo...

We investigated the optical properties of colloidal-synthesized ZnO spherical nanoparticles prepared from 1-octadecene (OD), a mixture of trioctylamine (TOA) and OD (1:10), and a mixture of trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and OD (1:12). It is found that the green photoluminescence (PL) of samples from the mixture of TOA/ OD and TOPO/OD is largely suppressed compared with that from pure OD. Moreo...

The authors evaluate 23 coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation models from phase 5 of CMIP (CMIP5) in terms of their ability to simulate the observed climatological mean energy budget of theAntarctic atmosphere. While the models are shown to capture the gross features of the energy budget well [e.g., the observed two-way balance between the top-of-atmosphere (TOA) net radiation and horizo...

—Because of the good penetration into many common materials and inherent fine resolution, Ultra­ Wideband (UWB) signals are widely used in remote ranging and positioning applications. On the other hand, because of the high sampling rate, coherent Time of Arrival (TOA) estimation algorithms are not practical for low cost, low complexity UWB systems. In order to improve the precision of TOA estim...

A series of novel ligustrazine-oleanolic acid (TOA) derivatives were designed, and synthesized by conjugating amino acids to the 3-hydroxy group of TOA by ester bonds. Their cytotoxicity was evaluated on four cancer cell lines (HepG2, HT-29, Hela and BGC-823) by standard MTT assays. The ClogP values were calculated by means of computer simulation, and logP values of both 3β-glycine ester olean-...

Climate models differ in their responses to imposed forcings, such as increased greenhouse gas concentrations, due to different climate feedback strengths. Feedbacks in NCAR’s Community Atmospheric Model (CAM) are separated into two components: the change in climate components in response to an imposed forcing and the “radiative kernel,” the effect that climate changes have on the top-of-theatm...

[1] Using broadband shortwave radiance measurements from the Clouds and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites, empirical angular distribution models (EADM) are constructed for smoke aerosols. These EADMs are constructed for smoke aerosols emitted during the biomass burning season (August‐October), in South America. All available years (2000–2008) of b...

Composition, antioxidant capacities and cell inhibition properties of curcuminfree turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) oils from different sources were evaluated by chromatographic method, two different in vitro antioxidative activity assays (DPPH* free radical scavenging assay and reducing power assay) and two different cancer cell lines (Caco-2 and MCF-7). Turmeric oil A (TOA) contains zingiberene, t...