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Symbol Synchronization for SDR Using a Polyphase Filterbank Based on an FPGA
This paper is devoted to the proposal of a highly efficient symbol synchronization subsystem for Software Defined Radio. The proposed feedback phase-locked loop timing synchronizer is suitable for parallel implementation on an FPGA. The polyphase FIR filter simultaneously performs matched-filtering and arbitrary interpolation between acquired samples. Determination of the proper sampling instant is achieved by selecting a suitable polyphase filterbank using a derived index. This index is determined based on the output either the Zero-Crossing or Gardner Timing Error Detector. The paper will extensively focus on simulation of the proposed synchronization system. On the basis of this simulation, a complete, fully pipelined VHDL description model is created. This model is composed of a fully parallel polyphase filterbank based on distributed arithmetic, timing error detector and interpolation control block. Finally, RTL synthesis on an Altera Cyclone IV FPGA is presented and resource utilization in comparison with a conventional model is analyzed
Experimental study and CFD analysis on vortex tube
Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, South Africa, 30 June - 2 July, 2008.In this experimental study of the vortex tube performance
has been carried out to investigate the parameters affecting
vortex tube operation. Four cases have been studied, in which
the influences of the tube length L, the number of entrance
nozzles Nz, cold air orifice diameters dc and inlet pressure
under various condition. The effects of these parameters on the
hot and cold outlet temperature as function of cold air mass
ratio (e ) are discussed and presented. And also the coefficient
of performance (COP) of the vortex tube as a refrigerator and
as a heat pump has been calculated.
Three Dimension numerical modelling of vortex tube has
been evolved through CFD analysis by using the k– turbulence
model. Axial, radial and tangential components of the velocity
together with the temperature and pressure fields within the
vortex tube are simulated. Predictions from the present CFD
simulations were compared with data obtained from our
experiments under the same geometrical and operating
conditions.vk201
Timing performance of a double layer diamond detector
In order to improve the time precision of detectors based on diamonds sensors we have built a detector with two scCVD layers connected in parallel to the same amplifier. This work describes the design and the first measurements of such a prototype performed on a particle beam at CERN. With this different configuration we have obtained an improvement larger than a factor of 1.6-1.7 for the timing precision of the measurement when compared to a one layer scCVD diamond detector.Peer reviewe
Community intervention for cardiovascular disease risk factors in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.
BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of a 2015-17 community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) risk factors is assessed in a Sri Lanka adult population, using a before-and-after study design. METHODS:Four contiguous Public Health Midwife (PHM) areas in Kalutara district (Western Province) were exposed to a Sri Lankan designed community health promotion initiatives (without screening) to lower CVD and T2DM risk factors. Pre- and post-intervention surveys (2014, n=1,019; 2017, n=908) were of 25-64 year males (M) and females (F) from dissimilar randomly selected clusters (villages or settlements) from PHMs, with probability of selection proportional to population size, followed by household sampling, then individual selection to yield equal-probability samples. Differences in resting blood pressure (BP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), total cholesterol, body mass index and tobacco smoking, adjusting for cluster sampling, age and socio-economic differences, were examined. RESULTS:Hypertension prevalence declined from 25% to 16% (F) (p<.0001), and 21% to 17% (M). Both mean systolic and diastolic BP declined. T2DM declined from 18% to 13% (F), and 18% to 15% (M), as did mean fasting plasma glucose. Elevated total cholesterol declined from 21% to 15% in women (p=0.003) and mean cholesterol declined. Frequency distributions, medians and means of these continuous CVD risk factors shifted to lower levels, and were mostly statistically significant (p< 0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Community health promotion can lower key CVD and T2DM risk factors. Lowering tobacco consumption in males and obesity remain challenges in Sri Lanka
Optical markers of magnetic phase transition in CrSBr
Here, we investigate the role of the interlayer magnetic ordering of CrSBr in
the framework of calculations and by using optical
spectroscopy techniques. These combined studies allow us to unambiguously
determine the nature of the optical transitions. In particular,
photoreflectance measurements, sensitive to the direct transitions, have been
carried out for the first time. We have demonstrated that optically induced
band-to-band transitions visible in optical measurement are remarkably well
assigned to the band structure by the momentum matrix elements and energy
differences for the magnetic ground state (A-AFM). In addition, our study
reveals significant differences in electronic properties for two different
interlayer magnetic phases. When the magnetic ordering of A-AFM to FM is
changed, the crucial modification of the band structure reflected in the
direct-to-indirect band gap transition and the significant splitting of the
conduction bands along the direction are obtained. In addition,
Raman measurements demonstrate a splitting between the in-plane modes
/, which is temperature dependent and can be assigned to
different interlayer magnetic states, corroborated by the DFT+U study.
Moreover, the mode has not been experimentally observed before.
Finally, our results point out the origin of interlayer magnetism, which can be
attributed to electronic rather than structural properties. Our results reveal
a new approach for tuning the optical and electronic properties of van der
Waals magnets by controlling the interlayer magnetic ordering in adjacent
layers.Comment: 33 pages, 15 figure
The geodesic approximation for lump dynamics and coercivity of the Hessian for harmonic maps
The most fruitful approach to studying low energy soliton dynamics in field
theories of Bogomol'nyi type is the geodesic approximation of Manton. In the
case of vortices and monopoles, Stuart has obtained rigorous estimates of the
errors in this approximation, and hence proved that it is valid in the low
speed regime. His method employs energy estimates which rely on a key
coercivity property of the Hessian of the energy functional of the theory under
consideration. In this paper we prove an analogous coercivity property for the
Hessian of the energy functional of a general sigma model with compact K\"ahler
domain and target. We go on to prove a continuity property for our result, and
show that, for the CP^1 model on S^2, the Hessian fails to be globally coercive
in the degree 1 sector. We present numerical evidence which suggests that the
Hessian is globally coercive in a certain equivariance class of the degree n
sector for n>1. We also prove that, within the geodesic approximation, a single
CP^1 lump moving on S^2 does not generically travel on a great circle.Comment: 29 pages, 1 figure; typos corrected, references added, expanded
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Test of Ultra Fast Silicon Detectors for the TOTEM upgrade project
This paper describes the performance of a prototype timing detector, based on 50 mu m thick Ultra Fast Silicon Detector, as measured in a beam test using a 180 GeV/c momentum pion beam. The dependence of the time precision on the pixel capacitance and bias voltage is investigated in this paper. A timing precision from 30 ps to 100 ps (RMS), depending on the pixel capacitance, has been measured at a bias voltage of 180 V.Peer reviewe
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