A 5GHz, 56dB voltage gain Low Noise Amplifier with built-in tunable center frequency and 30MHz bandwidth channel selection filter was implemented using 0.18μm CMOS process. Using compact high quality-factor 3-dimensional solenoid on-chip inductors, the LNA drains 0.9mA current from the 1.5V power supply and has 6.5dB noise figure. The power consumption can be further reduced if a smaller gain i...

To improve the photophysical performance of colloidal quantum dots for laser applications, sophisticated core/shell geometries have been developed. Typically, a wider bandgap semiconductor is added as a shell to enhance the gain from the quantum-dot core. This shell is designed to electronically isolate the core, funnel excitons to it, and reduce nonradiative Auger recombination. However, the s...

In the health sciences, a wide range of computer-based courseware is now available. The aim of the study described in this paper has been to compare the effectiveness of a computer-based learning (CBL) software package and a traditional lecture (TL) for the delivery, of introductory material on pain. Nineteen undergraduate nursing students were divided into two groups to attend a one-hour learn...

in this paper‎, ‎we introduce the notion of $(m,n)$-‎algebr‎aically compact modules as an analogue of algebraically‎ ‎compact modules and then we show that $(m,n)$-algebraically‎ ‎compactness‎ ‎and $(m,n)$-pure injectivity for modules coincide‎. ‎moreover‎, ‎further characterizations of a‎ ‎$(m,n)$-pure injective module over a commutative ring are given‎.

the polarimetric entropy and the alpha angle are two important parameters for analyzing polarimetric synthetic aperture radar data. they demonstrate the degree of randomness in the polarization of the received signal and scattering mechanism of scatterers respectively. recently, there has been an increasing interest in compact polarimetry due to its advantages in comparison with full polarimetr...

With existing techniques for mode-locking, the bandwidth of ultrashort pulses from a laser is determined primarily by the spectrum of the gain medium. Lasers with self-similar evolution of the pulse in the gain medium can tolerate strong spectral breathing, which is stabilized by nonlinear attraction to the parabolic self-similar pulse. Here we show that this property can be exploited in a fibe...

This paper increases directivity and gain of Small Planar Dipole Antenna (SPDA) by using Symmetrical Pyramidal Block (SPB) which operates in X band at 11 GHz. The SPB consists four sides; each of which is metamaterial with Epsilon Negative Medium (ENG) and Epsilon Near-Zero (ENZ). The results simulated using the High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) show that the SPB is capable of enhancing...