Current wireless communication systems require link adaptation method to provide consumers with reliable and efficient services. Adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) based on channel state information is the most common way of implementing link adaptation. Traditional implementation of AMC attempts to solve an optimization problem with the goal of maximizing the channel throughput with packet e...

TUMOR necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. The present study was to evaluate the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), phytomitogens and cytodifferentiation agents on cytotoxicity of TNF-alpha secreted by adherent human mononuclear cells (AMC). TNF-alpha cytotoxicity in LPS-treated, phytomitogen-treated, and cytodifferentiation ag...

Introduction British military personnel deploying on OP HERRICK to Afghanistan are exposed to a seasonal malaria risk from May to November (1). In accordance with current policy, all ranks are prescribed Anti-Malarial Chemoprophylaxis (AMC) and instructed to take it (2). All AMC regimes require continuation for a period after possible exposure. Therefore, personnel requiring medical evacuation ...

BACKGROUND The aortomitral continuity (AMC) has been described as a site of origin for ventricular tachycardias (VT) in structurally normal hearts. There is a paucity of data on the contribution of this region to VTs in patients with structural heart disease. METHODS AND RESULTS Data from 550 consecutive patients undergoing catheter ablation for VT associated with structural heart disease wer...

The effects of essential oils (EOs) of oregano and nutmeg with and without commercial emulsifier/stabilizer compound (E/S) on the microbial quality of ready-to-cook barbecued chicken were evaluated. Barbecued chicken was traditionally prepared. 3 μL/g and 10 mg/g of EOs and/or E/S were then added to the barbecued chicken, respectively. The samples were stored at 3°C for 144 h, 8 and 20ºC for 72...

This paper presents an overview of the various applications of planar Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS) to the synthesis of Electromagnetic Bandgap (EBG) structures that act as metamaterials, such as Artificial Magnetic Conductors (AMCs). Over the past few years, many designs such as singleand dual-band AMC surfaces, tunable AMC surfaces, angularly stable AMC surfaces, ultra-thin EBG absorbers...

The calcium hypothesis of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggests that altered cytosolic Ca(2+) levels ( Ca(2+) (i)) and/or disturbances in Ca2+ homeostasis concern cellular mechanisms underlying neuronal pathology. To search for a diagnostic marker of Alzheimer's disease, we measured cytosolic calcium concentrations in platelets of AD patients, age-matched control...

The mechanisms of adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) are two important schemes in modern wireless communication systems. In practical system design, the AMC mechanism is usually implemented with fixed switching thresholds for the modulation and coding schemes (MCS), and suffers from performance degradation. To mitigate this problem, a novel algorithm...

Methods The data elements that were included in this study were: daily emergency department (ED) ILI rate, 7 day moving average ED ILI rate, zip code, and date from October 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014. The data region was the catchment area of an urban academic medical center (AMC). The data were processed using the GUARDIAN (Geographic Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time for Dise...