The photoemissive stability of as-deposited and heat-treated CsI, KI and KBr evaporated thin "lms under UV radiation is examined in this paper. After the deposition, some photocathodes were annealed for several hours at 903C in vacuum and their performance was then compared to the performance of non-heated samples. We observed that the post-evaporation thermal treatment not only increases the p...

This paper proposes a unique low complexity semi-blind channel estimation and data detection receiver for downlink MC-CDMA systems. In this iterative scheme, the CSI is predicted through short range wireless channel prediction algorithm initially. With the predicted CSI, the novel data detection based on PIC is employed to achieve the data decision results. The refined CSI is acquired from the ...

In this paper we study Lorentzian spacetimes for which all polynomial scalar invariants constructed from the Riemann tensor and its covariant derivatives are constant (CSI spacetimes) in three dimensions. We determine all such CSI metrics explicitly, and show that for every CSI with particular constant invariants there is a locally homogeneous spacetime with precisely the same constant invarian...

This paper discusses an adaptive modulation technique combined with space-frequency block coded OFDM(SFBC OFDM) over frequency selective channels and evaluates the performance in terms of the outdated channel state information(CSI) in mobile environments. This paper employs the Alamouti’s diversity scheme in multiple input multiple output OFDM (MIMO OFDM) and an adaptive modulation with enhance...

Current media ISA extensions such as Sun’s VIS consist of SIMD-like instructions that operate on short vector registers. In order to exploit more parallelism in a superscalar processor provided with such instructions, the issue width has to be increased. In the Complex Streamed Instruction (CSI) set exploiting more parallelism does not involve issuing more instructions. In this paper we study h...

It was shown previously that CsI sensitivity can be substantially reduced by intense UV irradiation. In the present study we measure the influence of negative and positive electric fields on the degradation of CsI photocathode sensitivity when it is subject to a large dose UV irradiation. The UV sensitivity of positively biased CsI photocathodes did not decay as fast as in case of negatively bi...

In this study, head injury criteria (HIC) and chest severity index (CSI) assessments are made based on finite element simulation. Simulations are carried out through nonlinear finite element analysis software LS-Dyna. The effect on the occupant’s injury of introducing aluminum alloy, AA5182, to automotive side members is highlighted in comparison to the existing model made of steel. The HIC and...

Coherent communication over fading wireless channels requires channel state information (CSI). Therefore, CSI has value. Communication systems that require CSI must devote some system resources to obtaining it. CSI has associated cost. When the cost can be used to train either the transmitter or the receiver, then the optimal solution is to allocate the training where it will have the highest v...

This study sought to establish the psychometric properties of a Coping Strategies Inventory Short Form (CSISF) by examining coping skills in the Jackson Heart Study cohort. We used exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson's correlation, and Cronbach Alpha to examine reliability and validity in the CSI-SF that solicited responses from 5302 African American men and women between the ...

Background Although chemotherapy is used routinely in pediatric medulloblastoma (MB) patients, its benefit for adult MB is unclear. We evaluated the survival impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in adult MB. Methods Using the National Cancer Data Base, we identified patients aged 18 years and older who were diagnosed with MB in 2004-2012 and underwent surgical resection and adjuvant craniospinal i...