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... Furthermore, the channel gain is modeled as a log-normal random variable Therefore, in order to make the analysis theoretically tractable, certain simplifying assumptions are made The channel gain ... Niranjayan, A Nallanathan and B Kannan, “Exact Modeling of Multiple Access Interference and BER Derivation for TH-PPM UWB”, WCNC 2005, Accepted for publication [5] S Niranjayan, A Nallanathan and ... technologies to choose the right candidate for the purpose of implementation or standardization It is important to have theoretical tools to evaluate these performance measures accurately, especially the...
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... the remaining stain (if any) dried Such photos were then analyzed to measure the surface stain area using an image analysis system (IAS) We chose the above timing because we found by trial and error ... Meylan, France), the hardware and software of which have been described by Brugal and colleagues [13] This system is fitted witha standard axioplan microscope with an automated stage (Carl Zeiss; ... of each suture line were analyzed to measure the width of the scar using the IAS described earlier STATISTICAL ANALYSIS The unpaired two-tailed student t test was used to compare the means among...
... can get acquainted withthe ballot more quickly and shorten the task over each sample evaluation We compared this alphabetized approach witha randomized attribute presentation and found that ... such as pizza, chocolate, vanilla ice cream, fried chicken and mashed potatoes and gravy Pizza and chocolate produced the strongest emotions based on Analysis of Variance The terms active, adventurous, ... variations and has been named the EsSense Profile In addition, a 9-point hedonic scale was incorporated into the ballot to evaluate overall acceptability of the product and provide an anchor to...
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... of the UNFCCC database and the NAPAs Like the latter, most cases are from sub-Saharan Africa, followed by South and Central Asia and Latin America, but in addition it shows that the vast majority ... Climate Change in Bangladesh The IFC clearly have the potential to play an important catalytic role in the objective of engaging the private sector in Climate Change Adaptation by both managing a ... interface which is a gateway to information on adaptation practices worldwide – the Local Coping Strategies Database It provides a summary of adaptation practices by a large range of organizations,...
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... data, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing; CA: collection and/or assembly of data, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing; RS: data analysis and interpretation, manuscript ... FA, Ventura JL, Casas M, Casas H, Pages T, Rama R, Ricart A, Palacios L, Viscor G: Erythropoietin acute reaction and haematological adaptations to short, intermittent hypobaric hypoxia Eur J Appl ... participation in the installation of the hypobaric chamber and annexed facilities We are also grateful to Mr Juan A Silva from Universidad de Antofagasta (Chile) by his collaboration in some data collection,...