Performance of the image statistics decoder in conjunction with the Goldstone-VLA array

During Voyager's Neptune encounter, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array (VLA) will be arrayed with Goldstone antennas to receive the transmitted telemetry data from the spacecraft. The telemetry signal from the VLA will drop out periodically, resulting in a periodic drop in the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The Image Statistics Decoder (ISD), which assumes a correlation between pixels, can improve the bit error rate (BER) for images during these dropout periods. Simulation results have shown that the ISD, in conjunction with the Goldstone-VLA array can provide a 3-dB gain for uncompressed images at a BER of 5.0 x 10(exp -3)

Frame synchronization performance and analysis

The analysis used to generate the theoretical models showing the performance of the frame synchronizer is described for various frame lengths and marker lengths at various signal to noise ratios and bit error tolerances

Is hyperkalaemia in heart failure a risk factor or a risk marker? Implications for renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitor use

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143644/1/ejhf1175.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143644/2/ejhf1175_am.pd

Validity of the Cauchy-Born rule applied to discrete cellular-scale models of biological tissues

The development of new models of biological tissues that consider cells in a discrete manner is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to PDE-based continuum methods, although formal relationships between the discrete and continuum frameworks remain to be established. For crystal mechanics, the discrete-to-continuum bridge is often made by assuming that local atom displacements can be mapped homogeneously from the mesoscale deformation gradient, an assumption known as the Cauchy-Born rule (CBR). Although the CBR does not hold exactly for non-crystalline materials, it may still be used as a first order approximation for analytic calculations of effective stresses or strain energies. In this work, our goal is to investigate numerically the applicability of the CBR to 2-D cellular-scale models by assessing the mechanical behaviour of model biological tissues, including crystalline (honeycomb) and non-crystalline reference states. The numerical procedure consists in precribing an affine deformation on the boundary cells and computing the position of internal cells. The position of internal cells is then compared with the prediction of the CBR and an average deviation is calculated in the strain domain. For centre-based models, we show that the CBR holds exactly when the deformation gradient is relatively small and the reference stress-free configuration is defined by a honeycomb lattice. We show further that the CBR may be used approximately when the reference state is perturbed from the honeycomb configuration. By contrast, for vertex-based models, a similar analysis reveals that the CBR does not provide a good representation of the tissue mechanics, even when the reference configuration is defined by a honeycomb lattice. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these results for concurrent discrete/continuous modelling, adaptation of atom-to-continuum (AtC) techniques to biological tissues and model classification

Solute transport within porous biofilms: diffusion or dispersion?

Many microorganisms live within surface-associated consortia, termed biofilms, that can form intricate porous structures interspersed with a network of fluid channels. In such systems, transport phenomena, including flow and advection, regulate various aspects of cell behaviour by controllling nutrient supply, evacuation of waste products and permeation of antimicrobial agents. This study presents multiscale analysis of solute transport in these porous biofilms. We start our analysis with a channel-scale description of mass transport and use the method of volume averaging to derive a set of homogenized equations at the biofilmscale. We show that solute transport may be described via two coupled partial differential equations for the averaged concentrations, or telegrapher’s equations. These models are particularly relevant for chemical species, such as some antimicrobial agents, that penetrate cell clusters very slowly. In most cases, especially for nutrients, solute penetration is faster, and transport can be described via an advection-dispersion equation. In this simpler case, the effective diffusion is characterised by a second-order tensor whose components depend on: (1) the topology of the channels’ network; (2) the solute’s diffusion coefficients in the fluid and the cell clusters; (3) hydrodynamic dispersion effects; and (4) an additional dispersion term intrinsic to the two-phase configuration. Although solute transport in biofilms is commonly thought to be diffusion-dominated, this analysis shows that dispersion effects may significantly contribute to transport

Are there excellent service firms, and do they perform well?

While the construct of business excellence, as defined in the very successful hook by Peters and Waterman, had a marked influence on managers in the 1980s, and in all likelihood in the 1990s, it met with some scepticism in academic circles. This was because the construct as conceptualised did not meet the more rigorous requirements of reliability and validity established by critical researchers, and also because many of the so-called excellent firms later showed themselves to be rather ordinary performers at best. Recently, an apparently successful instrument to measure the original Peters and Waterman excellence construct named EXCEL has been developed by Shama et al., in the United States. In this article the authors describe the use of EXCEL in a sample of large UK service firms and comment on its reliability and validity. Links are also established between excellence and overrall business performance in these firms.peer-reviewe

55 Eplerenone benefit in patients with elevated baseline heart rate in the EPHESUS trial

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106670/1/ehfs80020-7.pd

The Best Standard Songs for Sunday Schools Social Worship and Young People\u27s Meetings

The Best Standard Songs for Sunday Schools, Social Worship, and Young People\u27s Meetings, edited by R. H. Pitt and George A. Minor, published by Pitt & Dickson, Hume-Minor Co. Imprint on cover: Richmond, Va. : Virginia Baptist Depository. Index of Subjects: Assurance; Aspiration; Atonement; Activity; Adoration; Bible; Consecration; Church; Christian; Experience; Forgiveness; God; Heaven; Holy Spirit; Invitation; Immortality; Jesus; Judgment; Lord\u27s Supper; Missions; National and Anniversary; Parting; Repentance; Saints; Sabbath; Work; Warfare. Claims to preserve threatened tunes: Approach (#159); I Believe (#170); Entreaty (#208); Carroll (#180); Melody (#175); Come, Ye Sinners (#194); I Will Arise (#221); How Firm a Foundation (#200).https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/round-note-collection/1004/thumbnail.jp