Space-time line code aided offset spatial modulation by Pang, Yashan, Xiao, Yue, Lei, Xia, Guan, Yong Liang, Joung, Jingon

“…Simulation results confirm the tightness of the derived BER bound and the advantages of the proposed scheme.…”
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Nonlinear channel equalization for wireless communication systems using Legendre neural networks by Patra, Jagdish Chandra, Meher, Pramod Kumar, Chakraborty, Goutam

“…The functional link NN (FLANN) for nonlinear channel equalization which we had proposed earlier, offers faster mean square error (MSE) convergence and better bit error rate (BER) performance compared to multilayer perceptron (MLP). …”
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Bit-error rate simulation for frequency-hopped multiple-access systems over fading channels by Le, Thi Ngoc Anh.

“…Five diversity-combining methods utilized in BER simulation to counter MAI and PBJ effects are square-law linear combining, product combining, hard-decision majority-vote (HDMV), self-normalizing and clipper receivers.…”
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Early detection of corrosion damage in reinforced concrete using GPR array imaging method by Cheng Weixia, Sun, Hai-Han, Tan, Kang Hai, Fan, Zheng

“…Corrosion of reinforcing bars constitutes a significant factor contributing to cracking and spalling in reinforced concrete (RC) structures. …”
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Fire resistant geopolymer concrete incorporating local alkali-silica reactive rocks (ST-27) by Poh, Tian Han

“…The tensile strength comes mainly from the steel reinforcement bars provided at the tensile side of the structural while the concrete cover acts as a protection for the bars from the external elements such as weather exposure. …”
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Biovalorisation of brewer's spent grain (BSG) and sensory evaluation of BSG bread by Goh, Luo Lin

“…Brewer’s spent grain (BSG) is the largest by-product of beer production, generating over an approximate 38 billion kg annually. …”
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Hermitian symmetric DFT codes : a new class of complex DFT codes by Kumar, A. Anil, Makur, Anamitra

“…For a Gauss-Markov source, on a binary symmetric channel at lower to moderate bit error rates (BERs), HSDFT codes show better performance than RBDFT codes, and on a Gilbert-Elliot channel HSDFT codes consistently perform better than RBDFT codes.…”
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Multi-carrier M-ary DCSK system with code index modulation : an efficient solution for chaotic communications by Cai, Guofa, Fang, Yi, Wen, Jinming, Mumtaz, Shahid, Song, Yang, Frascolla, Valerio

“…In the proposed CIMMC-M-DCSK system, the reference and information-bearing signals for each subcarrier can be transmitted simultaneously by using the orthogonal sinusoidal carriers, where the information bearing signal adopts the M-DCSK modulation to further increase the data rate. …”
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Punching shear strength analysis of corroded reinforcement concrete slab by Fu, Yibin

“…The bearing capacity strength of the reinforced concrete members is impaired in numerous behaviours, as reinforcement corrodes. …”
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Bit-error-rate analysis of UWB radio using BPSK modulation over inter-chip radio channels for wireless chip area networks by Chen, Zhiming, Zhang, Yue Ping, Hu, Ai Qun, Ng, Tung Sang

“…In this paper, we analyze bit-error rate (BER) of an ultra-wideband (UWB) radio with binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulation over an inter-chip wireless radio channel. …”
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Popular safe haven assets, do they really exist for stock markets? Analysis on gold, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. by Liu, Chang., Ho, Pauline., Xu, Qiong.

“…After further classifying the stock market data into bull and bear periods, then by looking at the days of extreme negative returns in each situation, we realize that the safe haven effect in these assets tends to be stronger in bearish stock markets. …”
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Multi-source cooperative networks by Pwint, Phyu Thein

“…The analysis has proved that although network coding provides spectral gain, the compensation for this benefit is that the system will have higher BER compared to traditional cooperative network. …”
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Integration of LoRa IoT with cloud platform in stingless beehive remote monitoring system by Ahmad, Yasser Arul, Nurul Salshabila, Mustapa, Anis Hannani, Razaman, Muhammad Nasrin Aqil, Abdul Hamid, Noreha, Abdul Malik, Mohd Faizal, Jamlos

“…Stingless bee colonies require constant monitoring to ensure hive health and optimal honey production. …”
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An experimental investigation of ultrasonic anti-fouling technology by Goh, Jun Xian

“…In this experiment, ultrasonic treated steel bars are immersed together with non-treated bars into a glucose solution with a small percentage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria culture for 60 hours to allow biofilm formation on the steel bars. …”
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Effect of partial debonding on catenary action of reinforced concrete frames by Yu, Jun, Tan, Kang Hai

“…To release the strain concentration of bars at the joint interfaces and to increase rotation capacities of beam-column connections, detailing of the second frame was designed by debonding the bottom bars in the joint regions with plastic sleeves. …”
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Disusing the ear: Samuel Daniel and the poetics of poetical essays by Tregear, T

IS activity in Southeast Asia by Liow, Joseph Chinyong, Liow Chin Yong, Joseph

“…The increasing number of recruits from Indonesia and Malaysia to Islamic State reflects the evolving security threat to Southeast Asia. The emerging pattern bears lessons for countries in the region.…”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…One key disadvantage of grafting by diazonium chemistry is the inherent tendency of the grafted film to bear multilayers of organic molecules, which is not desired in most applications requiring modified electrodes. …”
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Offset-16QAM-based coherent WDM with multi-carrier group detection by Xiang, Meng, Fu, Songnian, Tang, M., Shum, P., Liu, Deming

“…Moreover, 0.5 dB required OSNR penalty at BER=10-3 is obtained given 18 GHz ADC bandwidth. …”
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Environmental audit in Singapore by Chua, Boon Hua

“…In addition, neither the public nor firms are willing to bear the costs of environmental audit.…”
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