A novel method of calculating the weight of Adaptive Side-Lobe Cancellation

2015 ◽  
pp. 275-278
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2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Zarko Rosic ◽  
Olivera Mihic ◽  
Danijela Aleksic ◽  
Dejan Drajic

We will propose a useful method for 5G mm wave antenna array synthesis, based on Genetic Algorithm for the synthesis of linear array with nonuniform interelement spacing. Our design method was used to obtain the optimal position of the elements in order to get the minimum side lobe level and nulls in desired directions. The simulation results verify that proposed method outperforms the previously published methods in terms of suppression side lobe level while maintaining nulls in specified directions. The flexibility of proposed algorithm shows good potential for the antenna array synthesis.


2012 ◽  
Vol 529 ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Ya Ming Xi ◽  
Rong Jiu Huang ◽  
Yan Jing Han ◽  
Qing Zhang

In this paper, a novel method for pulse integration in radar-probing system is proposed to yield a low sidelobe response. According to m-sequence widely used in spread spectrum communication system, a bipolar pulse sequence is designed in this paper. At the receiving end, the envelop-detected signal is processed by a corresponding algorithm which dilutes the range sidelobe influence much. Because of the good autocorrelation and cross-correlation properties, waveforms yield a low sidelobe response and major lobe to side lobe ratio can reach 30dB or more, which is easy to satisfy the practical requirements. Simulation results show the good performance of the proposed approach. Furthermore, the approach is compatible to the conventional radars and can also be applied to the upgrade of radar.


Author(s):  
M.A. Gregory ◽  
G.P. Hadley

The insertion of implanted venous access systems for children undergoing prolonged courses of chemotherapy has become a common procedure in pediatric surgical oncology. While not permanently implanted, the devices are expected to remain functional until cure of the primary disease is assured. Despite careful patient selection and standardised insertion and access techniques, some devices fail. The most commonly encountered problems are colonisation of the device with bacteria and catheter occlusion. Both of these difficulties relate to the development of a biofilm within the port and catheter. The morphology and evolution of biofilms in indwelling vascular catheters is the subject of ongoing investigation. To date, however, such investigations have been confined to the examination of fragments of biofilm scraped or sonicated from sections of catheter. This report describes a novel method for the extraction of intact biofilms from indwelling catheters.15 children with Wilm’s tumour and who had received venous implants were studied. Catheters were removed because of infection (n=6) or electively at the end of chemotherapy.


GeroPsych ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Franke ◽  
Christian Gaser

We recently proposed a novel method that aggregates the multidimensional aging pattern across the brain to a single value. This method proved to provide stable and reliable estimates of brain aging – even across different scanners. While investigating longitudinal changes in BrainAGE in about 400 elderly subjects, we discovered that patients with Alzheimer’s disease and subjects who had converted to AD within 3 years showed accelerated brain atrophy by +6 years at baseline. An additional increase in BrainAGE accumulated to a score of about +9 years during follow-up. Accelerated brain aging was related to prospective cognitive decline and disease severity. In conclusion, the BrainAGE framework indicates discrepancies in brain aging and could thus serve as an indicator for cognitive functioning in the future.


2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (S 02) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Photiadis ◽  
M. Musci ◽  
O. Miera ◽  
S. Ovroutski ◽  
A. Mekkawy ◽  
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1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Nieuwenhuizen ◽  
I. A. M. van Ruijven-Vermeer ◽  
F. Haverkate ◽  
G. Timan

A novel method will be described for the preparation and purification of fibrin(ogen) degradation products in high yields. The high yields are due to two factors. on the one hand an improved preparation method in which the size heterogeneity of the degradation products D is strongly reduced by plasmin digestion at well-controlled calcium concentrations. At calcium concentrations of 2mM exclusively D fragments, M.W.= 93-000 (Dcate) were formed; in the presence of 1OmM EGTA only fragments M.W.= 80.000 (D EGTA) were formed as described. on the other hand a new purification method, which includes Sephadex G-200 filtration to purify the D:E complexes and separation of the D and E fragments by a 16 hrs. preparative isoelectric focussing. The latter step gives a complete separation of D (fragments) (pH = 6.5) and E fragments (at pH = 4.5) without any overlap, thus allowing a nearly 100% recovery in this step. The overall recoveries are around 75% of the theoretical values. These recoveries are superior to those of existing procedures. Moreover the conditions of this purification procedure are very mild and probably do not affect the native configuration of the products. Amino-terminal amino acids of human Dcate, D EGTA and D-dimer are identical i.e. val, asx and ser. in the ratgly, asx and ser were found. E 1% for rat Dcate=17-8 for rat D EGTA=16.2 and for rat D- dimer=l8.3. for the corresponding human fragments, these values were all 20.0 ± 0.2.


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