Although maximal-ratio combining (MRC) has become a widespread diversity-combining technique, its performance under interference is still not very well understood. Since the interference received at each antenna originates from the same set of interferers, but partially de-correlates over the fading channel, it exhibits a complicated correlation structure across antennas. Using tools from stoch...

The rat W3/25 antigen that appears to be equivalent to human CD4 (T4) antigen is expressed on thymocytes and T helper cells and plays a role in the response of T helper cells to antigen. The W3/25 and anti-T4 antibodies also label macrophages. In this paper we examine whether the macrophage antigen is the same as that on T cells. New monoclonal antibodies against the rat CD4 antigen, MRC OX-35 ...

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