ABSTRACT The performance characteristics of the cell averaging (CA), greatest of (GO), and smallest of (SO) constant false alarm rate (CFAR) processors in homogeneous environment are analyzed and compared when receiving antenna diversity is employed in the pseudonoise code acquisition of directsequence code division multiple access systems. From the simulation results, it is observed that the C...

We use our experience as consultants to a regional mental health planning project in South Australia to describe three practical aspects of regional health planning. First, we systematically summarised various data on socio-demographic indicators, health status and health service use along with qualitative opinion about needs and services from consultations with over 200 stakeholders. In additi...

We study the origins of adult mental health using early life income fluctuations. Combining a time series of real producer prices of cocoa with a nationally representative household survey in Ghana, we show that a one standard deviation rise in the cocoa price in early life decreases the likelihood of severe mental distress in adulthood by 3 percentage points (or half the mean prevalence) for c...

The value of the SU(3) coupling constant is estimated in the framework of the scale-relativistic minimal standard model. It is evolved, thanks to its renormalization group equation, from the GUT scale (which is identified with the Planck mass in scale relativity) where its value is conjectured to be 1/4π, to the Z boson scale, where its value is predicted to be 0.115. We also discuss the emerge...

The existence of a maximal acceleration for deterministic finsle-rian models at the Planck scale is argued. Possible phenomenological relativity groups O(1, 6), O(1, 7) and O(2, 6) are introduced from the perspective of finslerian deterministic models. The effect of maximal acceleration delaying the speed of light is studied. Finally, a mechanism generating maximal acceleration in connection wi...