Outage analysis is one of the primary objectives in the design and operation of the 3"' Generation (3G) micro-and pico-cellular mobile radio systems in order to increase spectrum efficiency and to control the Quality of Service (QoS) and Grade of Service (GoS) demands. This paper presents an alternative direct formulation of the outage probability for Nakagami fading channels in the presence of...

A new mixed, stabilized, discontinuous Galerkin formulation for Darcy flow is presented. The formulation combines several attributes not simultaneously satisfied by other methods: It is convergent for any combination of velocity and pressure interpolation higher than first-order, it exactly satisfies a mass balance on each element, and it passes twoand three-dimensional constant-flow ‘‘patch te...

In this paper, we will consider an hp-finite elements discretization of a highly indefinite Helmholtz problem by some dG formulation which is based on the ultra-weak variational formulation by Cessenat and Deprés. We will introduce an a posteriori error estimator and derive reliability and efficiency estimates which are explicit with respect to the wavenumber and the discretization parameters h...

We describe the numerical verifications of a multipole formulation for calculating the electromagnetic properties of the modes that propagate in microstructured optical fibers. We illustrate the application of this formulation to calculating both the real and the imaginary parts of the propagation constant. We compare its predictions with the results of recent measurements of a low-loss microst...

In animal species and humans, artesunate (AS) undergoes extensive and complex biotransformation to an active metabolite, dihydroartemisinin (DHA). The bioequivalence of two intravenous AS pharmaceutical products with 5% NaHCO3 (China Formulation) or 0.3 M PBS (WRAIR Formulation) was determined in rats in a twoformulation, two-period, and two-sequence crossover experimental design. Following sin...

Simultaneous 3D human shape estimation and motion tracking is a very challenging problem. Given the complicated nature of human shape and motion, it can be very difficult to perform robust tracking of body parts without using a motion or shape model. Modelling the human body as rigid parts linked in a kinematic structure is a simple yet reasonably accurate model for tracking purposes. Optical f...

An efficient formulation for the robust shape optimization of aerodynamic objects is introduced in this paper. The formulation has three essential features. First, an Euler solver based on a second-order Godunov scheme is used for the flow calculations. Second, a genetic algorithm with binary number encoding is implemented for the optimization procedure. The third ingredient of the procedure is...

Fat has an important role in creating texture, color and viscosity; but, it might be a source of many diseases in human. Mayonnaise is one of the most widely used sauces that contains fat in its formulation. There is an increase demand in reduction of the amount of fat in the diet or use of unsaturated fat. In the present study, mayonnaise samples containing various amounts of sesame oil were p...