The Lomb-Scargle periodogram is widely used for the estimation of the power spectral density of unevenly sampled data. A small extension of the algorithm of the Lomb-Scargle periodogram permits the estimation of the phases of the spectral components. The amplitude and phase information is sufficient for the construction of a complex Fourier spectrum. The inverse Fourier transform can be applied...

Two durum wheat trials were carried out in Mediterranean conditions during 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 growing seasons at Plant Breeding Station-Elvas (Portugal). The experiments were conducted under rainfed conditions however, in 2012, due to extreme drought it was necessary to use artificial irrigation between booting and mid grain filling stage. Thirty durum wheat genotypes were studied and six ...

Announcements at railway stations are a major information source for passengers. In order to ensure high intelligibility, the traditional solution is to use recorded prompts with “slot filling” of variable data. If a data type (e.g. train name) changes new recordings have to be made. Even with careful design the quality of the system will gradually deteriorate due to change of the voice of the ...

The prevailing labor market models assume that minimum wages do not affect the labor supply schedule. We challenge this view in this paper by showing experimentally that minimum wages have significant and lasting effects on subjects’ reservation wages. The temporary introduction of a minimum wage leads to a rise in subjects’ reservation wages which persists even after the minimum wage has been ...

The multi-user MIMO space time scheduling problem is the prime focus of the paper. Optimizing the link level performance of the MIMO system does not always imply achieving scheduling level optimization. Therefore, the design optimization across the link layer and the scheduling layer is very important to fully exploit the temporal and spatial dimensions of the communication channel. In this pap...

In the spring of 1916, Prof. H.D. Hughes, of the Iowa Experiment Station, asked a number of experienced corn judges to score some five hundred ears of corn on the basis of what they thought the relative yields would be. These five hundred ears of corn were field run, varying from only three or four inches in length to more than ten inches. The variety was the college strain of Reid. In addition...

Interferometry in space has marked advantages: long integration times and observation in spectral bands where the atmosphere is opaque. When installed on separate spacecraft, it also has extended and flexible baselines for better filling of the uv plane. Intensity interferometry has an additional advantage, being insensitive to telescope and path errors, but is unfortunately much less light-sen...