|Using performance analysis of Reduced State Sequence Estimators (RSSE), we characterize dominant error events for a Noise Predictive Maximum Likelihood (NPML) detector. The error event characterization may be used to determine distance enhancing constraints that improve the reliability of NPML/RSSE detection. An example of a constraint that provides approximately :8 dB asymptotic coding gain f...

Introduction TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by gain-of-function mutations in the TNF superfamily receptor 1A (TNFRSF1A) gene encoding 55 kDa TNF receptor type I (TNFR1). TRAPS is characterized by episodes of fever accompanied by severe abdominal pain, arthralgia, myalgia, rash, chest pain, enlarged glands and red, swollen eyes. Duration...

Based on the VMS survey of the compact array antenna CA02, the effects of gravity deformation were examined in AT 39.3/115. The dominant cause of gain loss and beam distortion was identified to be the deformation of the main reflector surface with elevation. This report examines whether active displacements in the sub-reflector and/or feed might compensate for the aperture wavefront errors. All...

To investigate the influence of the prolactin receptor 3 (PRLR3) gene and the retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) gene on the production traits of swine, genotyping was performed on 156 and 141 Berkshire pigs, respectively, that were carefully selected for economic traits. The frequencies of allele A in the PRLR3 locus and allele B in the RBP4 locus were 0.50 and 0.42, respectively. Neither locus ...

The relative plasticity hypothesis predicts that alternative tactics are associated with changes in steroid hormone levels. In species with alternative male reproductive tactics, the highest androgen levels have usually been reported in dominant males. However, in sociable species, dominant males show amicable behaviors to gain access to females, which might conflict with high testosterone leve...

Abstract Fresnel diffraction dominated fields propagating at glancing angles in a wide planar and rectangular optical waveguides are considered. Both schemes are characterized numerically with multi-harmonic interaction. Resonant effect in terms of the energy gain versus geometry parameter is demonstrated. It is found that adjacent harmonics play a dominant role in the performance at short wave...

We derive an analytical expression for the broadening of a Gaussian input pulse in an arbitrary linear slow light medium. The expression consists of two terms, one corresponding to amplitude broadening (low-pass filtering of the pulse bandwidth) and another corresponding to phase broadening (phase dispersion around the resonance). It is shown that for a Lorentzian gain profile, the amplitude br...

Introduction Cryopyrin associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are caused by autosomal dominant gain of function mutations in the NLRP3 gene. However, up to 50% of clinically diagnosed CAPS patients with typical clinical features and good response to anti-IL-1b treatment have no mutation detected by conventional Sanger DNA sequencing. Recent studies suggest that somatic NLRP3 mosaicism may account...

The factors that limit both the continuous wave (CW) and the pulsed output power of broad-area laser diodes driven at very high currents are investigated theoretically and experimentally. The decrease in the gain due to self-heating under CW operation and spectral holeburning under pulsed operation, as well as heterobarrier carrier leakage and longitudinal spatial holeburning, are the dominant ...

Power Method We now describe the power method for computing the dominant eigenpair. Its extension to the inverse power method is practical for finding any eigenvalue provided that a good initial approximation is known. Some schemes for finding eigenvalues use other methods that converge fast, but have limited precision. The inverse power method is then invoked to refine the numerical values and...