In this paper, we explore the benefits of space-time reversal (STR) techniques in the context of information retrieval in wireless sensor networks under the recently proposed Active Wireless Sensing (AWS) framework. In AWS, individual sensors are differentiated via their distinct space-time signatures and STR schemes exploit these sensor signatures. In the downlink, STR techniques are proposed ...

Many diverse studies have shown that a mechanical displacement of the axonal membrane accompanies the electrical pulse defining the action potential (AP). We present a model for these mechanical displacements as arising from the driving of surface wave modes in which potential energy is stored in elastic properties of the neuronal membrane and cytoskeleton while kinetic energy is carried by the...

AIMS It was investigated whether the allele A9 of the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1; SLC6A3) is associated with alcoholism, delirium tremens (DT), alcohol withdrawal seizures (AWS), or the daily alcohol intake. METHODS A group of 102 healthy subjects and 216 alcoholics, including 97 patients with a history of mild withdrawal symptoms, 65 with a history of AWS and 83 with a history of DT wer...

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This paper describes an architecture to deploy scalable Software Practice Environments (SPE) to support the practice lessons that require computer resources that can be remotely accessed. The architecture enables (i) to dynamically and on-demand provision the required computing resources from different IaaS Cloud providers, (ii) to perform the automatic software configuration to satisfy the req...