In multiple-access communication systems several users share the system resources, thus creating co-channel interference to each other. Multiuser detection, applied at the receiver side, is a powerful technique to combat co-channel interference, in contrast to single-user approaches that treat the interference as additive noise. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of achieving increased

Context: Obesity is a frequent manifestation of hypothalamic damage from a craniopharyngioma (CP). It is not yet clarified whether the obesity is due to alterations in energy expenditure, i.e. basal metabolic rate (BMR) and physical activity, or to increased energy intake (EI). Objective: The aim was to investigate whether energy expenditure and EI differed between childhood onset CP patients and

Abstract Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between corporate branding and market driving. This is achieved by focusing on key dimensions of brand identity such as brand values and staff behaviours, while acknowledging the role of vision and organisational culture. The links between these brand constituents and the actual activities of the firm in a market are explored

To cite this article: Bogefors J, Rydberg C, Uddman R, Fransson M, Månsson A, Benson M, Adner M, Cardell LO. Nod1, Nod2 and Nalp3 receptors, new potential targets in treatment of allergic rhinitis? Allergy 2010; DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02315.x. Abstract Background: Recently, a new set of pattern-recognition receptors, the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (Nod)-like receptors (NLRs),

INTRODUCTION: Arm lymphoedema is a frequent complication after breast cancer treatment. Early diagnosis and treatment is considered important for successful management of breast cancer related arm lymphoedema (BCRL). The purpose was to identify BCRL incidence, time of onset, progression/regression and associated factors 10 years after breast cancer diagnosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two hundred and

Temperaturen i ett material styrs av variationer i den omgivande miljön. Solstrålning, vindhastighet, lufttemperatur och långvågig värmestrålning bidrar tillsammas till att temperaturen i konstruktioner ändras i både tid och rum. Temperaturfördelningen i en konstruktion kan delas upp i komponenter; medeltemperatur, linjär temperaturdifferens horisontellt och vertikalt, samt en ickelinjär komponent

An area of considerable interest in second language (L2) acquisition is the difficulties learners face with the acquisition of articles. This article examines the role of prosody in the acquisition of articles by an endstate L2 English speaker focusing on the free morphemes the and a. In order to analyse the articles produced by a Turkish speaker named SD, we used the Praat (Boersma and Weenink, 2

Modelling the temperature dynamics of a district heating system is typically validated for a single pipe or a system with limited information about dynamic consumer behaviour. In the present work, time dependent consumer data from the Naestved district heating system was used to investigate the ability of modelling tools to represent the temperature profile distortion throughout an entire heating

PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for estimating pulmonary blood volume (PBV) and the variation in PBV throughout the cardiac cycle in experimental heart failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The animal care committee approved this prospective study. Seven pigs were studied before and after myocardial infarction. PBV measurement was validated in a phant

OBJECTIVE: To investigate if placental Doppler velocimetry can predict the recurrence of a small-for-gestational age (SGA) fetus in subsequent pregnancies. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: City cohort over 15 years attending a university hospital. METHODS: A total of 196 pregnancies suspected of a SGA fetus (

The existence of a uniform phase at the alveolar surface is demonstrated by polarizing microscopy and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM). Rabbit lungs were opened and the alveolar surface film was directly deposited on optical microscope coverslips and on electron microscope grids. In the polarizing microscope, the alveolar surface material deposited exhibits a uniform birefring

Foreign investors in the Nordic countries are most likely to find country risk arising from problems on the supply side, as in corporate structural changes. Such changes manifest themselves in a tendency toward concentration and internationalization on the macroeconomic level. Country risk can be divided into political risk and the risk of suspended payments, both of which are directly related to

Background: To date, no attempt has been made to systematically determine the apportionment of the hepatocellular carcinoma burden in Europe or North America among established risk factors.MethodsUsing data collected from 1992 to 2006, which included 4 409 809 person-years in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC), we identified 125 case patients with hepatocellula