The recently proposed concept of spring back reflectors has revolutionised the field of deployable antenna structures. The whole structure is made as a single piece from composite material, without any expensive and potentially unreliable joints, and it is simply folded elastically about a central axis, like a taco shell. Shape distortions occur during manufacturing and are difficult to correct...

In this paper, we present a novel technique for real-time cloth simulation. The method combines dynamic simulation and geometric techniques. Only a small number of particles (a few hundred at maximum) are controlled using dynamic simulation to simulate global cloth behaviors such as waving and bending. The cloth surface is then smoothed based on the elastic forces applied to each particle and t...

We test for a causal role of social capital, as measured by self-reported trust, in determining access to basic health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. To skirt the reverse-causality problems between social capital and basic health, we rely on instrumental-variable (IV) estimates. A one standard-deviation increase in trust is predicted to lead to a 0.22 standard-deviation fall in doctor absent...

This article explores the use of unauthorised projection-based artworks and messages as a form activism, contextual street art. The issues authority permission that are central to political nature art unique in case projection ephemeral temporary light-based installations skirt some fundamental objections most graffiti such damage physical surfaces. Through changes imposed on urban forms by lig...

Stepped impedance resonator with harmonic suppression and capability of frequency tuning have been incorporated into a bandpass filter design. A tapped-in U-shaped feed structure is introduced in the design to suppress harmonic and to reduce the passband insertion losses. The passband flexibility is accomplished by using a pair of tuning varactors. A simple method to implant a zero in the frequ...

In this paper, microstrip coupled line band pass filters using Koch fractal curves are proposed for the first time. These filters are fabricated on Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) substrate for Ku Band. Conventional microstrip coupled line filters are very popular for RF front ends because these can be made easily. However, their large 2 harmonic causes the shape of the pass band to be asymmetric ...

The out-band transmission zeros of the multilayer low-temperature co-fired ceramic bandpass filter are studied in this paper. The design target of this filter, with the passband between 2.3–2.65 GHz (the true application is 2.4–2.483 GHz), is to reject the local oscillator and image signals and, in the mean time, to suppress the harmonic frequency. This filter is a modified three-pole combline ...

A highly miniaturized 2.45/5.7 GHz dual-band bandpass filter is presented in this paper. It shows that the proposed filter which combines different sizes of open-loop resonators can excite two desired passbands. With the meandered technology and fractal geometry, the overall size is extremely compact compared with the published dual-band bandpass filters. Furthermore, the skirt selectivity of t...

In this article, a compact dual-band bandpass filter (BPF) using coupled open-loop resonators and an embedded center-grounded stepped-impedance resonator (CGSIR) is proposed. This filter operates at 2.1/5.2 GHz for WCDMA/WLAN applications. The first passband is generated by the proposed CGSIR, and the second one is created by the coupled open-loop resonators. Each passband can be controlled ind...

Film bulk acoustic wave resonators (FBARs) are of great interest for wireless applications due to its inherent advantages at microwave frequencies. However, the presence of spurious modes near the main resonance degrades the performance of resonators and requires development of new methods to suppress such unwanted modes. Different techniques are used to suppress these spurious modes. In this p...