I have developed "tennis elbow" from lugging this book around the past four weeks, but it is worth the pain, the effort, and the aspirin. It is also worth the (relatively speaking) bargain price. Including appendixes, this book contains 894 pages of text. The entire panorama of the neural sciences is surveyed and examined, and it is comprehensive in its scope, from genomes to social behaviors. The editors explicitly state that the book is designed as "an introductory text for students of biology, behavior, and medicine," but it is hard to imagine any audience, interested in any fragment of neuroscience at any level of sophistication, that would not enjoy this book. The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his or

Principles of Neural Science

Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery

This document provides updates to IEEE Std 802.16's MIB for the MAC, PHY and asso- ciated management procedures in order to accommodate recent extensions to the standard.

IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems Draft Amendment: Management Information Base Extensions

The objective of this study was to develop anatomically correct whole body human models of an adult male (34 years old), an adult female (26 years old) and two children (an 11-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy) for the optimized evaluation of electromagnetic exposure. These four models are referred to as the Virtual Family. They are based on high resolution magnetic resonance (MR) images of healthy volunteers. More than 80 different tissue types were distinguished during the segmentation. To improve the accuracy and the effectiveness of the segmentation, a novel semi-automated tool was used to analyze and segment the data. All tissues and organs were reconstructed as three-dimensional (3D) unstructured triangulated surface objects, yielding high precision images of individual features of the body. This greatly enhances the meshing flexibility and the accuracy with respect to thin tissue layers and small organs in comparison with the traditional voxel-based representation of anatomical models. Conformal computational techniques were also applied. The techniques and tools developed in this study can be used to more effectively develop future models and further improve the accuracy of the models for various applications. For research purposes, the four models are provided for free to the scientific community.

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The Virtual Family—development of surface-based anatomical models of two adults and two children for dosimetric simulations

Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility

For secure power transmission and reliable power distribution, it is necessary to detect power equipment failure immediately when it occurs. In order to properly accomplish the failure detection, we pay attention to the measurement of a partial discharge noise at the electrical power equipment because the partial discharge should be observed before the failure due to insulation deterioration. In this paper, we developed an arrival direction detection system with a two antennas for the partial discharge noise. In the developed system, the two-dimensional angle of arrival (AOA) of the partial discharge noise was estimated based on the phase difference between two received signals. We experimentally evaluated the accuracy of the AOA detection in two types of situations: anechoic chamber and outdoor environment, for an amplitude modulated signal as the first step to simulate a partial noise. The experimental results demonstrated that the detection error of AOA was below 10 degrees.

Preliminary experimental validation of arrival direction detection system with two antennas for partial discharge noise

A directional patch array antenna was designed for wanderer location identification. The antenna was used for foot-mounted BLE beacons at 2.4 GHz band. Its directional performance was evaluated by simulation and it was found that the antenna can sweep diagonally upward from 7° to 35°.

Directive Antenna Design at 2.4 GHz on Foot Surface for Wanderer Location Identification

Ultra wideband (UWB) technology in low band has being attracted considerable attention for high-speed and real-time transmission from inside to outside human body. However, it suffers from large attenuation and shadow fading in human tissues. A diversity technique is expected to provide effective improvement on its communication performance. This study aims to derive an approximate model for correlated in-body to on-body diversity channel and clarify the diversity effect. First, correlated statistical distribution between each two single signals is approximated as a lognormal sum distribution. Then two flexible parameters s1 and s2 in the lognormal sum approximation are optimized to obtain the probability density function (PDF) of the diversity channel. Finally the average bit error rates (BERs) are calculated theoretically to clarify the diversity effect, and its validity is verified by computer simulations.

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UWB diversity performance in correlated lognormal- sum-distributed in-body to on-body channel

This study aims how to contain the environment reflection in a dynamic on-body ultra wideband (UWB) channel model. Based on a measurement approach, it is demonstrated that a complete body area channel model can be regarded as a combination of the on-body propagation characteristic and additional components from the environment. Based on such a channel model, the effect of environment reflection on the average bit error rate performance was investigated for a typical impulse radio UWB system.

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On-Body Area UWB Channel Modeling Including Reflection from Surroundings

SUMMARY This study aims how to contain the environment reflection in a dynamic on-body ultra wideband (UWB) channel model. Based on a measurement approach, it is demonstrated that a complete body area channel model can be regarded as a combination of the on-body propagation characteristic and additional components from the environment. Based on such a channel model, the effect of environment reflection on the average bit error rate performance was investigated for a typical impulse radio UWB system.

LETTER Special Section on Information Communication Technology for Highly Reliable Human Health Care Services On-Body Area UWB Channel Modeling Including Reflection from Surroundings

Jianqing Wang

Papers

Preliminary experimental validation of arrival direction detection system with two antennas for partial discharge noise

Directive Antenna Design at 2.4 GHz on Foot Surface for Wanderer Location Identification

UWB diversity performance in correlated lognormal- sum-distributed in-body to on-body channel

On-Body Area UWB Channel Modeling Including Reflection from Surroundings

LETTER Special Section on Information Communication Technology for Highly Reliable Human Health Care Services On-Body Area UWB Channel Modeling Including Reflection from Surroundings