Cosmic shear offers a remarkbly clean way to measure the equation of state of the Universe and its evolution. Resolution over a wide field is paramount, and Antarctica offers unique possibilities in this respect. There is an order of magnitude gain in speed over temperate sites, or a factor three in surface density. This means that PILOT outperforms much larger telescopes elsewhere, and can com...

PILOT, the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope, is proposed as a 2.4 m diameter optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C, Antarctica. The “strawman” optical configuration and instrument suite for PILOT described here is designed to take advantage of the unique atmospheric characteristics found at this site.

BACKGROUND In rural health and other health service development contexts, there is frustration with a reliance on pilot projects as a means of informing policy and service innovation. There is also an emerging recognition that existing research methods do not draw lessons from the failed sustainability that characterises many of these pilots and demonstration projects. DISCUSSION This article...

We describe the implementation of a pilot project to demonstrate the safety and feasibility of providing PrePex circumcision from a mobile clinic. We analyzed available project diary entries and staff meeting minutes to identify challenges encountered. The main challenges identified were (1) daily time constraints because of setting up procedures, (2) transportation logistics for clients when t...

This paper summarises the current state of the art and future intentions for deconfliction of civil aircraft. The paper then describes the relationship between Pilot and Controller to ensure the safe navigation of all aircraft operating in the same airspace. The paper focuses on 4D profile prediction and its use for what is known in Civil Aviation as Medium Term Conflict Detection/Alert. The pa...

An ecological pilot project for the control of Triatoma dimidiata allowed a new evaluation four and five years after environmental modifications in the peridomestic areas of 20 households. It was verified that the two groups of houses, 10 case-houses and 10 control-houses, were free of insects after those periods of time. In the first group, the owners started a chicken coop in the backyard and...

In this paper, an attempt is made to systematically discuss the development of simulation systems for manufacturing system design. General requirements on manufacturing simulators are formulated and a framework to address the requirements is suggested. Problems of information representation as an activity underlying simulation are considered. This is to form the necessary mathematical foundatio...

In this paper, a new method is proposed for calibrating a planar array of general geometry with respect to errors in location, phase and gain, even when all errors are present simultaneously (global calibration). The method requires the use of three pilot sources, which operate one at a time and from at least two different azimuth angles. Since the sources need not operate simultaneously, one o...

In this paper, a channel estimator using neural network is presented for Long Term Evolution (LTE) uplink. This paper considers multiuser SC-FDMA uplink transmissions with doubly selective channels. This channel estimation method uses knowledge of pilot channel properties to estimate the unknown channel response at non-pilot sub-carriers. First, the neural network estimator learns to adapt to t...