The performance of the adaptive projection receiver (PR), a recently proposed joint detector for CDMA with error control coding, is investigated. It is shown that the adaptive version of the PR performs better than the algebraic PR as well as the modi ed PR. A close approximation of the error probability for the adaptive PR is derived. The performance improvement of the adaptive PR, which is of...

Plant diseases significantly reduce crop yields, threatening food security and agricultural sustainability. Fungi are the most destructive type of phytopathogen, they responsible for major yield losses in some crucial crops grown across world. In this study, a fungus isolate was detected from infected tomato plants molecularly identified as Pythium aphanidermatum (GenBank accession number MW725...

A novel tetradendate ligand derived from a tris(pyrrolyl-α-methyl)amine (H3tpa) and rhodamine-based conjugate (PR) has been designed for use as a sensor, synthesized and characterized spectroscopically. PR {(tris(5-rhodamineiminopyrrol-2-ylmethyl)amine)} serves as a selective colorimetric as well as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn(2+) in acetonitrile/water (1 : 1, v/v). In the presence of Zn(2...

Relatively resource-rich but property inferior-Ce-Fe-B magnet can be improved by partial replacement of Ce Nd and/or Pr. In addition to the amount Nd/Pr, their distribution profile in microstructure plays an important role. From our first principles density functional theory (DFT) calculation, substitution energy Pr/Nd is negative <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink=...

Accumulating evidence indicates that progestins are involved in controlling mammary gland tumorigenesis. Here, we assessed the molecular mechanisms of progestin action in breast cancer models with different phenotypes. We examined C4HD cells, an estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptor-positive murine breast cancer model in which progestins exert sustained proliferative response, the LM3 mu...

Magnetic materials with pyrochlore crystal structure form exotic magnetic states due to the high lattice frustration. In this work we follow effects of coupling and electronic degrees freedom in two praseodymium-based pyrochlores ${\mathrm{Pr}}_{2}{\mathrm{Zr}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{7}$ ${\mathrm{Pr}}_{2}{\mathrm{Ir}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{7}$. either these materials, presence interactions does not lead ...

The reactivity of the amino(cyano)borane (i)Pr(2)NBH(CN) (2) towards [RuH(2)(η(2)-H(2))(2)(PCy(3))(2)] (3) was investigated. Our study reveals that the formation of the bis(isocyanoborane) ruthenium complex [RuH(CN)(CN-BHN(i)Pr(2))(2)(PCy(3))(2)] (6) occurs via the intermediacy of the bis(σ-B-H) ruthenium complex [RuH(CN)(H(2)BN(i)Pr(2))(PCy(3))(2)] (5). This transformation involves BCN linkage...

INTRODUCTION Although there are several studies in the international literature regarding hepatic steatosis, few large-scale studies of risk factors are available. OBJECTIVE To verify potential risk factors associated with hepatic steatosis, such as: alcohol consumption, overweight, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS This is a case series study including a con...

In this paper a series of eight Ti(IV) piperazine based complexes have been prepared and fully characterised in the solid-state by X-ray crystallography and in solution via NMR spectroscopy. In the solid-state either Ti(2)(L)(O(i)Pr)(6) or Ti(2)(L)(2)(O(i)Pr)(4) were observed depending upon the nature of the starting ligand. For complexes with less sterically demanding ligands (1H(2) and 2H(2))...