Abstract: Tilt beam characteristic by changing the length of finite-sized square dielectric substrate of one arm rectangular spiral antenna has been investigated. Rectangular spiral is printed on a finite sized dielectric substrate (εr=3.27) backed by a finite-sized conducting plane. Rectangular spiral radiates in Right Handed Circular Polarization (RHCP). Horizontal spiral arm length (HL) is v...

OBJECTIVE Many hospitals utilize antimicrobial management teams (AMTs) to improve patient care. However, most function with minimal computer support. We evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a computerized clinical decision support system for the management of antimicrobial utilization. DESIGN A randomized controlled trial in adult inpatients between May 10 and August 3, 2004....

This paper presents the simulation, implementation and control problem for a class of hyper redundant manipulators – the tronconic tentacle arms. A tentacle robot changes its configuration by bending a continuous backbone formed of sections connected in a serial configuration. Such tentacle arm has a variable length and theoretically it can achieve any position and orientation in 3D space. A te...

The aim of this study was to investigate somatic properties and force production of leg extensor muscles measured in the countermovement jump test (CMJ), as well as to analyse kinematic variables of sprint surface butterfly swimming. Thirty-four male competitive swimmers were recruited with an average age of 19.3 ± 1.83 years. Their average body height (BH) was 183.7 ± 5.93 cm, body fat content...

a binuclear macrocyclic ligand containing dissimilar n(amine)2o2 and n(imine)2o2 coordination sites sharing two phenolic oxygen atoms, was prepared by cyclic condensation of dialdehyde precursor l1h2 with 1,3-diaminopropane. the ligand includes two propionitrile pendant arms on the amine nitrogen atoms. the homobimetallic complex [znl2zn(oac)]pf6 was synthesized by one step procedure. heterobim...

[Purpose] We developed a new arm sling with an elastic bandage which we hearafter refer to as "the elastic arm sling". This study investigated the immediate effects of the elastic arm sling on the gait patterns of stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Thirteen stroke patients were enrolled in this study after providing their informed consent. They walked on a GAITRite mat twice, with a 5-min ...

We assume that the vascular apparatus of the lower limb did not evolutionary adapt to leg mass and volume. The lower limb is greater in length and volume that the upper limb, and therefore the arteries should have a bigger diameter and cross-sectional area. During pathoanatomic autopsies at the Department of Pathology of University Hospital Center Osijek we have taken segments of 1 cm of length...

He had two perforating ulcers, one on the right heel about one-and-a-half inches in depth and the other on the second toe about half-an-inch in depth on the same foot. He had also white discoloured patches over the left cheek and on the outer surface of the left arm, on the outer side of the left leg and on the dorsal surface of the left foot. These patches were not anaesthetic. He also suffere...

In this work, we present linear exact repair schemes for one or two erasures in decreasing monomial-Cartesian codes (DM-CC), a family of which provides framework polar codes. the case erasures, positions should satisfy certain restriction. We families augmented Reed-Muller (ARM) and Cartesian (ACar) are evaluation obtained by strategically adding vectors to codes, respectively. develop these Un...