In this paper, we present a frequency-domain receiver for ZP-OFDM schemes (Zero-Padded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) where the duration of the channel impulse response is a significant fraction of the duration of the OFDM block. The proposed receiver has a relatively low complexity, allowing an FFT-based (Fast Fourier Transform) implementation. The proposed receiver is suitable to...

The human genome has linkage disequilibrium (LD) blocks, within which single-nucleotide polymorphisms show strong association with each other. We examined data from the International HapMap Project to define LD blocks and to detect DNA sequence features inside of them. We used permutation tests to determine the empirical significance of the association of LD blocks with genes and Alu repeats. V...

Background: Tuberculosis has been detected in some extra pulmonary ecological niches. Although extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is less frequent than Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB), its incidence has increased worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of EPTB and MDR-EXPT in Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue blocks among different samples in Kerma...

Deformations and stresses during the transport manipulation of large ship blocks within assembly erection stages are a common significant issue, particularly in construction complex ships variable production mix, as is case many European shipyards. The appearance deformations requires adequate addressing with aim their early determination reduction goal to reduce number working hours spent for ...