Circulating annexin A5 levels after atrial switch for transposition of the great arteries: relationship with ventricular deformation and geometry

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Vascular health late after Kawasaki disease: implications for accelerated atherosclerosis

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Functional Assessment for Congenital Heart Disease

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Color-tunable and Phosphor-free White-light Multi-layered Light-emitting Diodes

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Microbial-flora of root canals at the time of root filling and the outcome of treatment

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Investigative study on the development of a green UWB antenna

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Effects of ground-plane size on planar UWB monopole antenna

Planar monopole antennas have found widespread applications in wireless communication systems. Their advantages of compact size, omnidirectional radiation pattern and wide impedance bandwidth make them good candidates for the designs of ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas. This paper investigates the effects of the dimensions of the rectangular ground-plane on the return loss and efficiency of an elliptical planar monopole antenna for UWB applications. Computer simulation and measurement are carried out on a group of nine antennas with different rectangular ground plane sizes. The simulated and measured results on return loss agree well. However, the simulated and measured efficiencies do not agree well in the lower UWB band. The measured efficiency shows that the efficiency is affected more by the width rather than by the length of the ground plane while the length of the ground plane affects the lower cutoff frequency. © 2010 IEEE.published_or_final_versionThe 2010 IEEE Region 10 International Conference (TENCON 2010), Fukuoka, Japan, 21-24 November 2010. In TENCON (IEEE Region 10 Conference) Proceedings, 2010, p. 422-42

Vascular mechanics at Rest and During Exercise after Arterial Switch Operation for Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries

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Triple band-notched UWB antenna using meandered ground stubs

In this paper, three pairs of meandered ground stubs are used to create a triple band-notched characteristic for a compact planar-monopole antenna used in the ultrawide band (UWB). The three band notches include the IEEE 802.16 (WiMax) band (3.3-3.6 GHz), the lower wireless area network (WLAN) band (5.15-5.35 GHz) and the higher WLAN band (5.725-5.825 GHz). The center frequencies and bandwidths of the notches can be adjusted using the dimensions of the meandered ground stubs. Prototype of the proposed antenna is designed and fabricated. The band-notched characteristics, return loss, radiation patterns, peak gains and efficiencies of the antenna are studied using both computer simulation and measurements. ©2010 IEEE.published_or_final_versionThe 2010 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC 2010), Loughborough, U.K., 8-9 November 2010. In Proceedings of LAPC, 2010, p. 341-34

An antenna for UWB and Bluetooth standards with band-notched characteristic

This paper presents the design and results of a small size, integrated Bluetooth and Ultrawideband (UWB) planar monopole antenna with a band-notched characteristic in the WLAN band. The antenna consists of a dual-ring radiator as the primary radiation element for the Bluetooth and UWB bands and a complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR) to produce a notched characteristic at the center frequency of 5.5GHz. The return loss, voltage-standing-wave ratio (VSWR), radiation pattern and peak gain of the antenna are studied by computer simulation and verified by measurements which agree well with the simulation results. © 2009 IEEE.published_or_final_versionThe 2009 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB 2009), Vancouver, BC., 9-11 September 2009. In Proceedings of ICUWB, 2009, p. 170-17