Maximal-ratio combining

Introduction: A Brief History Field hockey’s origins can be traced back 4000 years to ancient Egypt, Greece and Persia, although the game, as we have all come to know it, was developed in Britain in the late 19th century (Longstreth, 2014) . It is said to be the oldest team sport in history (Girasole, 2010) . Field Hockey’s original name was the “ball and stick” game. Hockey was initially played with a cube, instead of the ball we use today. Hockey was initially considered to be too dangerous for

of separation is known as the imaging slice. Protons only exchange energy efficiently if the frequency of the energy matches frequency of precession. So, the 90 and 180 degree pulses must be sent at the Larmor frequency of the proton. Hence, by combining this with gradients, a selected slice of the body can then be imaged. By altering the frequency of the 90 and 180 degree pulses, different protons will then experience excitation. Certain slices to be imaged can be selected by turning on the gradient

Cobalt Scarcity in US Economy EPA1321:  Systems  Modeling  Project       Due  to  an  increasing  global  demand  for  energy,  engineers  have  been  challenged  to  come   up  with  a  new  generation  synergy,  which  has  to  be  a  sustainable  energy  system.  One  of  the   major  capacity  additions  over  the  next  20  years  will  be  natural  gas  fired  power  plants,   which  utilize  gas  turbine  power  generation  equipment.  The  demand  for  cobalt  is  expected   to  increase

two transmit antenna. 1.2 LITERATURE REVIEW [1]S. M. Alamouti, describes a simple two-branch transmit diversity scheme. Using two transmit antenna and one receive antenna, the new transmit antenna provides the same diversity order as maximal-ratio receiver combining (MRRC) with one transmit and two receive antennas. The scheme easily be generated to two transmit antenna and M receive antenna to provide a diversity order of 2M. This scheme does not require any bandwidth expansion any feedback from

body's cooling system (Younge, 1998). Although no direct connections have been made, Jeff Reese was reported as using creatine when he died trying to make weight (Younge, 1998). My investigative report is aimed at uncovering the potential dangers of combining creatine supplementation with the excessive weight loss practices used by competitive wrestlers. For Younge's full report, titled "Weighing In," go to: http://www.mndaily.com/daily/1998/02/09/news/ then scroll down and click on the article.

affected in the people with MS that affects their activities of daily living.2 We assume that variability in the mechanics of TUG will increase with increase in cognitive disability. On the basis of result of the present research study, a protocol combining drug treatment, cognitive rehabilitation along with physical rehabilitation can be designed for improving quality of life of people MS.3 Methods: Participants: Ten men and women with a medical diagnosis of multiple sclerosis will be invited to

CLINICAL OVERVIEW - Esophageal Varices TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION o Esophageal varices are abnormal, enlarged veins in the lower part of the esophagus. Esophageal varices develop when normal blood flow to the liver is obstructed by scar tissue in the liver or a clot. Seeking a way around the blockages, blood flows into smaller blood vessels that are not designed to carry large volumes of blood. The vessels may leak blood or even rupture, causing life-threatening bleeding. CLASSIFICATION

Shapiro: Chapter 2: Capital-Budgeting Principles and Techniques QUESTIONS 1. a. What is the relationship between accounting income and economic profit? Answer: Accounting income is calculated by taking revenues and subtracting all cash and non-cash expenses (such as depreciation). Accounting income also often recognizes losses for tax purposes as well, even though the economic loss may have taken place at another time. Economic profit is the sum of the present values of all the cash flows

Abstract As a physician and a healthcare provider I have not only a lawful but also an ethical obligation to provide adequate medical and preventive care to my patients. If there are any available resources outside of usual scope of curative and preventative medicine it is my duty to provide and suggest any and all ideas. The proposed hypothesis of this paper is dietary supplements such as creatine improve athletic performance, strength and endurance when incorporated with a strict regimen of

Abstract. Data mining is concerned with analysing large volumes of (often unstructured) data to automatically discover interesting regularities or relationships which in turn lead to better understanding of the underlying processes. The field of temporal data mining is concerned with such analysis in the case of ordered data streams with temporal interdependencies. Over the last decade many interesting techniques of temporal data mining were proposed and shown to be useful in many applications. Since