Ideas of message passing are applied to the problem of removing the effects of intersymbol interference (ISI) from partial-response channels. Both bit-based and state-based parallel message-passing algorithms are proposed. For a fixed number of iterations less than the block length, the bit-error rate of the statebased algorithm approaches a nonzero constant as the signalto-noise ratio (SNR) ap...

ultrasound guidance for pain interventions is becoming increasing recognized as a useful imaging tool. one of the common interventions where it is gaining wider acceptance is during the performance of a stellate ganglion block. the following is a unique report where intravascular and neuronal injury occurred during the performance of an ultrasound guided stellate ganglion block followed by dysp...

Robyn Ott is the 2004-2005 Managing Editor for the Oklahoma Journal of Law and Technology. She wrote this eBrief while working under the direction of Professor Drew Kershen on the Project on Intellectual Property Rights in Living Matter. Below, Ms. Ott gives an overview of patentability requirements in India for plants, animals, and microorganisms. India is a signatory country to the Trade Rela...

It is known that multicast is an efficient method of supporting group communication as it allows the transmission of the packets to multiple destinations using fewer network resources. Along with the widespread deployment of the third generation cellular networks and the fast-improving capabilities of the mobile devices, content and service providers are increasingly interested in supporting mu...

Recently Ott, Tomforde and Willis introduced a notion of one-sided shifts over infinite alphabets and proposed a definition for sliding block codes between such shift spaces. In this work we propose a more general definition for sliding block codes between Ott-Tomforde-Willis shift spaces and then we prove Curtis-Hedlund-Lyndon type theorems for them, finding sufficient and necessary conditions...

VALADARES – AND CHASSIGNY: ONE EJECTION EVENT? E.V. Korochantseva 1,2 , S. P. Schwenzer 3,4 , A.I. Buikin 1,2 , J. Hopp 1 , U. Ott 3 , and M. Trieloff 1 , 1 Institut für Geowissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234-236, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (e-mail: [email protected]), 2 Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry, Kosygin St. 19, 119991 Mosc...