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Review of \u3ci\u3eThe Big Empty: The Great Plains in the Twentieth Century\u3c/i\u3e by R. Douglas Hurt
The Big Empty: The Great Plains in the Twentieth Century endeavors to synthesize a history that is as almost as vast and challenging as the region itself. Not surprisingly, R. Douglas Hurt succeeds most fully when addressing his specialty, agricultural history. Less masterful but still effective are the book\u27s sections concerning energy development, Plains Indians, Latinos, and political economy. The Big Empty has little to say, by contrast, about shifting perceptions of the Plains, the decline of railroads, and the rise of federal highways, while Hurt\u27s insistence on the fundamental stasis of the Plains environment seems to contradict the many cases of environmental change he analyzes
Shallow sea bottom farming: Multicrop system developed at Vizhinjam
Even though marilculture technology for
various organisms like mussels, pearl oysters,
lobsters and crabs has been developed during
the last three decades by the CMFRI and several
other institutions in India, there has been considerable
practical difficulties for commercialising
these programmes in Indian waters due to the
rough weather conditions during the two monsoon
periods as well as due to the nonavailability
of adequate protected bays along the
Indian coasts
Intervalence Band Stark Effect of the Special Pair Radical Cation in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
STEER: Beam Selection for Full-Duplex Millimeter Wave Communication Systems
Modern millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems rely on beam alignment
to deliver sufficient beamforming gain to close the link between devices. We
present a novel beam selection methodology for multi-panel, full-duplex mmWave
systems, which we call STEER, that delivers high beamforming gain while
significantly reducing the full-duplex self-interference coupled between the
transmit and receive beams. STEER does not necessitate changes to conventional
beam alignment methodologies nor additional over-the-air feedback, making it
compatible with existing cellular standards. Instead, STEER uses conventional
beam alignment to identify the general directions beams should be steered, and
then it makes use of a minimal number of self-interference measurements to
jointly select transmit and receive beams that deliver high gain in these
directions while coupling low self-interference. We implement STEER on an
industry-grade 28 GHz phased array platform and use further simulation to show
that full-duplex operation with beams selected by STEER can notably outperform
both half-duplex and full-duplex operation with beams chosen via conventional
beam selection. For instance, STEER can reliably reduce self-interference by
more than 20 dB and improve SINR by more than 10 dB, compared to conventional
beam selection. Our experimental results highlight that beam alignment can be
used not only to deliver high beamforming gain in full-duplex mmWave systems
but also to mitigate self-interference to levels near or below the noise floor,
rendering additional self-interference cancellation unnecessary with STEER
Histone acetyltransferase-deficient p300 mutants in diffuse large B cell lymphoma have altered transcriptional regulatory activities and are required for optimal cell growth
Tube choledochoureterostomy: A simple method for bile diversion
A technique of bile diversion by tube choledochoureterostomy has been devised for the purpose of studying the role of bile in the intestinal absorption of drugs. This method was used in six dogs. No technical difficulties or major complications developed, as are inevitable with alternative methods, including external fistula. © 1990 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted
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