There are several ways to use iterative decoding techniques with coded continuous phase modulation (CPM). This paper presents a method using parallel concatenation of convolutionally-coded CPM. All CPM schemes can be decomposed into a ring convolutional code and a memoryless signal mapper. This allows a properly designed convolutional code trellis to be combined with the CPM trellis, producing ...

Cancer therapies are associated with increased infertility risk due to accelerated reproductive aging. Oxidative stress (OS) is a potential mechanism behind ovarian toxicity by cyclophosphamide (CPM), the most ovotoxic anticancer drug. An important sensor of OS is SIRT1, a NAD+-dependent deacetylase which regulates cellular defence and cell fate. This study investigated whether the natural caro...

We report the fabrication and frequency characterization of mechanical resonators piezoelectrically actuated with aluminum nitride films. The resonators consist of a freestanding unimorph structure made up of a metal/AlN/metal piezoelectric stack and a Si3N4 supporting layer. We show that the electrical impedance of the one-port device can be used to assess the vibrational behavior of the reson...

Esse estudo visa socializar a memória de um professor civil que conviveu no mundo militar em diversas frentes, desde o alistamento e prestação do serviço à docência sistema ensino. Para tanto, lançamos mão histórico Exército brasileiro evidenciando criação primeiro Colégio Militar estimulou Sistema Brasil, resultando vários colégios militares espalhados pelo país. No meu caso relatei as experiê...

Zulieferer übernehmen inzwischen immer umfangreichere Aufgaben in der Entwicklung und Produktion, was zu neuen Herausforderungen im Projektmanagement führt. Nach VDA (2003) sind deshalb neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Projektpartnern notwendig. Aus diesem Grund initiierten BMW und Daimler gemeinsam mit großen Zulieferern wie ZF Friedrichshafen, Karmann und Keiper beim ProSTEP iViP Verei...

BACKGROUND Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM) is often used to assess human descending pain inhibition. Nine different studies on the test-retest-reliability of different CPM paradigms have been published, but none of them has investigated the commonly used heat-cold-pain method. The results vary widely and therefore, reliability measures cannot be extrapolated from one CPM paradigm to another. ...

Sub-picosecond optical pulses have been successfully generated using a novel monolithic passive colliding pulse mode-locked (CPM)l semiconductor multiple quantum-well (MQW) laser. Transform-limited pulse width of 830 femto-seconds is achieved at a wavelength of 1.5pm and a repetition rate of 80 GHz. The measured timebandwidth product is 0.31. A record high repetition rate of 350 GHz is also dem...

This paper presents flexible operating modes of marine DC microgrids and main advantages employing energy storage systems into such microgrids. Scaled-down with two buses integrated storages are considered in this paper. To verify superior features the solid-state technologies systems, a wide range system experimentally demonstrated, ranging from basic to advanced modes: voltage regulation, pow...

The problem of normalization of circuit regime parameters, choice of characteristic regimes and scale values is considered. Disadvantages of traditional normalization are shown. The method of projective coordinates reveals the characteristic regimes and proves the normalized expressions. The examples of recalculation of regime parameters are given for comparable circuits. The obtained results a...