The issue of radio frequency interference in Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks is of particular concern in urban areas with many strong radio sources nearby. This paper investigates in detail the mechanisms underlying the capacity reduction due to the presence of radio frequency signals from Amplitude Modulated (AM) broadcast stations in an ADSL network. An ADSL system, channel, and radio ...

Effects of the antiepileptic drug valproate on sodium and potassium currents in the nodal membrane of peripheral nerve fibers of Xenopus laevis were determined by voltage- and current-clamp experiments. Under voltage-clamp conditions, a reduction of both sodium and potassium conductance (in a ratio of 2:1) was observed. Typically, 2.4 mM (400 mg/L) valproate reduced the sodium current 54% and t...

In this paper, the minimum mean-square error (MMSE) ˇ-order estimator for multichannel speech enhancement is proposed. The estimator is an extension of the single-channel MMSE ˇ-order and multichannel MMSE short-time spectral amplitude estimators using Rayleigh and Gaussian distributions for the statistical models under the assumption of a diffuse noise field where the noise is estimated indepe...

Introduction: In the present work, spontaneous postsynaptic currents were assessed to investigate the postnatal development of excitatory postsynaptic currents in locus coeruleus neurons. Methods: In this study, AMPA and NMDA receptor-mediated spontaneous synaptic currents in the neurons of locus coeruleus were assessed using whole cell voltage-clamp recording during the first three weeks. ...

This paper presents a microfluidic system for cell type classification using mechanical and electrical measurements on single cells. Cells are aspirated continuously through a constriction channel with cell elongations and impedance profiles measured simultaneously. The cell transit time through the constriction channel and the impedance amplitude ratio are quantified as cell's mechanical and e...

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is an efficient method of data transmission for high speed communication systems. However, the main drawback of OFDM system is the high Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of the transmitted signals. OFDM consist of large number of independent subcarriers, as a result of which the amplitude of such a signal can have high peak values. Coding, phas...

Orthogonal Frequency division Multiplexing (OFDM) is an efficient method of data transmission for high speed communication systems. However, the main drawback of OFDM system is the high Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of the transmitted signals. OFDM consist of large number of independent subcarriers, as a result of which the amplitude of such a signal can have high peak values. Coding, phas...

In multicarrier systems, the transmitted timedomain signal exhibits large amplitude peaks. This peak-toaverage power ratio (PAPR) problem complicates the practical use of multicarrier systems: the amplifier used to transmit the signal saturates because of the large peaks and causes non-linear distortion. As this non-linear distortion frustrates severely the detection of the multicarrier signal,...

The propagating chemical fronts found in cubic autocatalytic reactiondiffusion processes are studied. Simulations of the reaction-diffusion equation near to and far from the onset of the front instability are performed and the structure and dynamics of chemical fronts are studied. Qualitatively different front dynamics are observed in these two regimes. Close to onset the front dynamics can be ...

PURPOSE To investigate whether there is a significant correlation between the photopic negative response (PhNR) of the electroretinogram (ERG) and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and optic disc topography in glaucomatous eyes. METHODS Ninety-nine eyes of 53 patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and 30 eyes of 28 normal volunteers were studied. Photopic ERGs were elicited by red stimuli ...