Introduction: Cardiovocal hoarseness (Ortner’s syndrome) is hoarseness of voice due to recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement secondary to cardiovascular disease. Recurrent laryngeal nerve in its course (especially the left side) follows a path that brings it in close proximity to numerous structures. These structures interfere with its function by pressure or by disruption of the nerve caused b...

Transmission over wireless ad hoc networks is a challenging problem, because the wireless channel is characterized by limited bandwidth, multihop connectivity, mobility of nodes, and dynamically varying network topology. Current unipath routing protocols result in performance degradation in mobile networks due to unreliability of the wireless infrastructure and mobility of nodes. Multipath rout...

Cooperative communication in which multiple basestations (BSs) jointly transmit to mobile users is a major advantage of the cloud radio-access network (C-RAN) architecture. This paper considers the use of wireless multicast for sharing user messages at multiple BSs in the C-RAN backhaul for cooperation purpose. To combat fading and path-loss in the wireless channels to the different BSs, this p...

Drawing on a representative sample of 152 couples, the main purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-lagged relationships between sub-threshold psychopathic traits in men and couple distress in both men and women over a twelve-month period. Path analyses showed that couple distress in men was related to an exacerbation of their primary psychopathic traits. There was a bidirectional re...

We have used NIRSPEC on Keck II to obtain K-band spectroscopy of several magnetic cataclysmic variables. These data reveal that the secondary stars in these binary systems have spectra that are consistent with normal, late-type dwarfs in both their atomic and molecular line strengths, as well as in the slopes of their continuua. This result is in stark contrast to the infrared spectra of their ...

We propose a novel local spectrum knowledgebased distributed stable path routing protocol for cognitive radio ad hoc networks (CRAHNs) where the unlicensed secondary users (SUs) make use of the licensed channels of the Primary Users (PUs) when the latter are not actively using the channels. We model a time-variant CRAHN of SUs with links between any two SUs if they have at least one common PU c...

Pilocarpus species have been exploited as the only source of the imidazole alkaloid pilocarpine (used in glaucoma treatment), since its isolation up to the present. Almost all Pilocarpus species are native from Brazil. Because of the medicinal importance of pilocarpine, several of them are in the path of extinction. Other secondary metabolites, such as coumarins, flavonoids and terpenes, were d...

It is well known that optimisation of structures where instability phenomena are present can result in severe imperfection sensitivity [9, 10]. Classical examples are the simple Augusti model and stiffened plates [2, 4]. In both examples, the imperfection sensitivity is due to the interaction of two buckling modes. If the critical loads corresponding to the two buckling modes are well separated...

This paper presents a stochastic analysis of the Filtered-X LMS algorithm. The mean weight vector recursion is derived for slow adaptation and for a white reference signal without use of independence theory. The Wiener solution is determined explicitly as a function of the input statistics and the impulse responses of the primary and secondary signal paths. It is shown that the steady-state mea...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the influence of ongoing task display "compellingness" on attention allocation patterns and assessed its interaction with interrupting task salience and importance. BACKGROUND There are some concerns that the compellingness of flight deck tunnel displays renders the task they support more resistant to interruptions, thus preventing the pilot from noticing cues signal...