The performance of a conventional intensity modulation direct detection analog optical links is limited by the high noise power associated with large optical carrier power. This optical carrier can be suppressed by using optical frequency modulation in conjunction with a frequency discriminator. In this paper, we propose a design of an integrated optical frequency discriminator, based on optica...

Eight laboratories in six countries cooperated to clarify several issues concerning the phenotypes of heterozygous carriers of hemophilia "A." Plasma levels of factor VIII (F.VIII:C, formerly VIII:C) and von Willebrand factor (VWF:Ag, formerly VIIIR:Ag) of carriers and normal women were determined by various "in-house" methods; a single lyophilized plasma standard was used for all assays. Analy...

In this letter, we propose a blind multiuser detector based on a new data precoding technique for direct-sequence codedivision multiple-access signals. In this technique, the modulus of all users' data is block encoded, using a sequence that is unique for each user. This precoding method, together with the analytical constant modulus algorithm for detection, enables a closedform, one-shot detec...

In this study, we use hierarchical modulation technology to estimate the carrier frequency offset (CFO) caused by the Doppler effect; and hierarchical modulation has been implemented in the orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system. Different threshold levels have been used to demodulate various bits of the hierarchical modulated symbols and it has the characteristic that the bit...

Abstract The main aim behind the growth of software defined radio is the skill to reconfigure radios, thereby increasing the efficiency in the usage of radio resources. In wireless communication the multipath effect produce interference and also changes in the phase of the signal. In order to correctly recover the transmitted data with minimum error, carrier synchronization is essential. One of...

background and objective: staphylococcus aureus is an important infection in hemodialysis patients. we studied the prevalence of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) and its antibiotic resistance pattern in patients receiving hemodialysis as well as in dialysis unit staff. materials and methods: from june to september 2012, we evaluated 74 cases including 61 pati...

BACKGROUND The annual number of parental karyotypes in cases of repeated miscarriage is increasing gradually in The Netherlands. The efficiency of offering parental karyotyping in couples with repeated miscarriage has not been evaluated before, especially not for the group with miscarriages at advanced maternal age. METHODS A historical cohort study and nested case-control study were conducte...

The results of infrared spectroscopic investigations into the band assignments, vibrational relaxation, and solvation dynamics of the common anti-tuberculosis treatment Isoniazid (INH) are reported. INH is known to inhibit InhA, a 2-trans-enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase enzyme responsible for the maintenance of cell walls in Mycobacterium tuberculosis but as new drug-resistant strains of t...

background: equine piroplasmosis is caused by two haemoprotozoan parasites: babesia caballi and theileria equi . negative economic impact on international trade has been associated to endemic sites. this is the reason why carrier detection requires reliable diagnostic methods. various diagnostic modalities can be used alone or in combination including pcr. however, genetic variation of commonly...

This application note highlights percentage level analysis of hydrogen on an Agilent Micro GC using a mixed carrier gas. Hydrogen is typically analyzed with argon carrier gas on a thermal conductivity detector. Argon however, will result in a decreased sensitivity for the other permanent gases. Helium carrier gas is, in most cases, also not a suitable alternative. Mixtures of helium and hydroge...