The results of an extensive search for short and moderatelength polynomial convolutional encoders for time-invariant tail-biting representations of block codes at rates R = 1=4; 1=3; 1=2; and 2=3 are reported. The tail-biting representations found are typically as good as the best known block codes.

The results of an extensive search for short and moderatelength polynomial convolutional encoders for time-invariant tail-biting representations of block codes at rates R = 1=4; 1=3; 1=2; and 2=3 are reported. The tail-biting representations found are typically as good as the best known block codes.

Trials of metofluthrin-impregnated multilayer paper strips against mosquitoes in shelters with no walls were carried out at 3 sites in Lombok, Indonesia. Major reductions in human biting by Culex quinquefasciatus, Anopheles balabacensis, and An. sundaicus were achieved. The device is a very practical measure of preventing outdoor mosquito biting, with no need for electricity or heating to evapo...

Corresponding Author: Dr. Shalini Joshi Professor, Dept. of Prosthodontics, AME's Dental College & Hospital, Raichur Karnataka, India. 584103. Contact: +918532240540 Email: [email protected]

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Trellis Representations for Linear Block Codes Heide Gluesing-Luerssen University of Kentucky Department of Mathematics 715 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY 40506 USA During the last decade conventional and tail-biting trellis representations of linear block codes have gained a great deal of attention. A tail-biting trellis for a block code of length n is an edge-labeled layered graph on th...

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