A modular approach to next generation Qucs by Salfelder, Felix, Brinson, Mike

“…While attempting to switch Qucs to Qt5 it became evident that the code base needed extensive qualitative improvements. …”
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A comprehensive survey on "circular polarized antennas" for existing and emerging wireless communication technologies by Nadeem, Iram, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Babaeian, Fatemeh, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Virdee, Bal Singh, Azpilicueta, Leyre, Khan, Salahuddin, Huynen, Isabelle, Falcone, Francisco, Denidni, Tayeb A., Limiti, Ernesto

“…In order to be adaptable for beyond 5G communication, a detailed and systematic investigation of their important conventional features is required for expected enhancements. …”
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Three-dimensional miniaturized super wideband antenna with filtering capabilities by Agarwal, Shobit, Sharma, Ashwani, Garcia Zuazola, Ignacio Julio, Whittow, William G.

“…In total, three interfering communication bands are rejected, WiMAX (3.2–3.8 GHz),IEEE 802.11/WLAN (5.17–5.33 GHz), and ITU (7.7–8.5 GHz). The proposed antenna is miniaturized as it merely has an overall size of 0.20λl x 0.19λw x 0.011λh mm3 (corresponds to 2.45 GHz) compared to the relevant literature. …”
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Mental disorders among a sample of children from Baghdad: sociodemographic and referral pathway by Saleem, Zainab Ali, Cucchi, Angie, Salman, Siham Kadhim, Mahmood, Dina, Abd Ali, Ziad Tark

“…Result: communication disorder was the most frequent diagnosis (25.8%) followed by both Intellectual disability and ASD (21%). speech delay was the most frequent cause of referral (58.1%), then externalizing behaviours (21.5%) and internalizing disorders in only (5.4%) of them. …”
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Compact UWB mimo antenna with band-notched characteristic by Malekpour, Narges, Honarvar, M. Amin, Dadgarpur, Abdolmehdi, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A.

“…Notched frequency band between 5.15 and 5.85 GHz is achieved with a parasitic rectangular strip on the bottom side, which is connected to the radiating patch through a via hole. …”
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New approach to suppress mutual coupling between longitudinal-slotted arrays based on SIW antenna loaded with metal-fences working on VHF/UHF frequency-bands: study, investigation,... by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The resulting isolation is shown to be is better than -83 dB across 200 MHz to 1.0 GHz with gain greater than 1.5 dBi, and side-lobe level less than 40 dB. The proposed SIWLSAA is compact and has dimensions of 40×10×5 mm3 (0.026…”
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Wideband microstrip quasi-elliptic function bandpass filter with high out-of-band rejection by Virdee, Bal Singh, Riaz, Muhammad, Shukla, Pancham, Onadim, Muhittin, Ouazzane, Karim

“…This configuration yields a wideband response with low insertion loss of 0.73 dB, high return-loss <20 dB, and out-of-band rejection level >40 dB across 2-4.5 GHz and 5.74-16 GHz. The planar filter structure can be easily manufactured using standard PCB technology.…”
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Gäfgen : opening the door to a reassessment of Article 3 violations? by Avetisyan, Grigor

“…This article comments on the possibility of the reassessment of Article 3 (prohibition of torture) of the European Convention on Human Rights in light of the case of Gäfgan v Germany (No. 22978/05) 30/7/08. In 2002, the applicant in Gäfgan v Germany kidnapped and suffocated a boy. …”
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The European Court and Soviet political repression : a trap for potential applicants? by Tishaev, Furkat

“…This article discusses the case of Kiladze v Georgia and points out the potential limitations of the judgment's application to Russian victims in the light of the distinctions between the two domestic legislative regimes. …”
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Informing policymakers of the progress in strengthening the chemical and biological weapons non-proliferation regime by Shang, Lijun, Novossiolova, Tatyana, Edwards, Brett, Whitby, Simon, Crowley, Michael, Dando, Malcolm

“…Then section 4 gives a review of the feedback we received about the report and the final section 5 contains our reflections on the project as a whole.…”
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Syntheses, structure and stability of some alkylphosphonic acids and their metal complexes. by Constantinou, Maria

“…The protonation end complexetion behaviour of the a-aminomethylenephosphonic acids diethylaminomethylenephonosphonic acid (DEAMPH2), N-ethyliminobis(methylenephosphonic acid) (NEIBMPH4), (+-)-trans-l,2-diaminecyclohexane tetrakis(methylenephosphonic acid) (CDTMPN8) and 5,8-dioxadodecane-1,12-diaminetetrakis(methylenephosphonic acid) (DDDTMPH8) were studied by potentiometry and near spectroscopy.…”
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Piercing the Corporate Veil: Where is the Reverse Gear? by Mujih, Edwin

“…This article examines the absence of an express distinction between forward piercing and backward piercing of the corporate veil in English company law and argues that the Supreme Court missed the opportunity to develop the distinction in the case of Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd [2013]. The underlying theme of the article is that the absence of a distinction has contributed to criticisms of the law in this area.…”
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Discovery of novel 1,2,4-triazole tethered β-hydroxy sulfides as bacterial tyrosinase inhibitors: synthesis and biophysical evaluation through in vitro and in silico approaches by Saeed, Sadaf, Saif, Muhammad Jawwad, Zahoor, Ameer Fawad, Tabassum, Hina, Kamal, Shagufta, Faisal, Shah, Ashraf, Rabia, Khan, Samreen Gul, Nazeer, Usman, Irfan, Ali, Bhat, Mashooq Ahmad

“…The compound 11c demonstrated a better binding score (−7.08 kcal mol−1) than ascorbic acid (−5.59 kcal mol−1) and kojic acid (−5.78 kcal mol−1). …”
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Sickle cell disease in western Sudan: genetic epidemiology and predictors of knowledge attitude and practices. by Daak, Ahmed A., Elsamani, E., Ali, Eltigani Hassan, Mohamed, F. A., Abdel-Rahman, Manar E., Elderdery, A. Y., Talbot, O., Kraft, P., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Elbashir, Mustafa I., Fawzi, W.

“…Consanguineous marriages were reported by 67.5% of the households. The highest percentage of homozygous SCD was 2.8% among children under 5 years of age. …”
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A high-protein and low-glycemic formula diet improves blood pressure and other hemodynamic parameters in high-risk individuals by Röhling, Martin, Kempf, Kerstin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Führer-Sakel, Dagmar, Halle, Martin, McCarthy, H. David, Martin, Stephan, Scholze, Jürgen, Toplak, Hermann, Berg, Aloys, Predel, Hans-Georg

“…Compared to CON, INT significantly reduced more SBP (−7.3 mmHg 95% CI [−9.2; −5.3] vs. −3.3 mmHg [−5.9; −0.8], p 0.049) and DBP (−3.7 mmHg [−4.9; −2.5] vs. −1.4 mmHg [−3.1; 0.2], p 0.028) after 12 months. …”
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Interception of telephone communications in Georgia : points of concern by Abashidze, Ketevan

“…The recent case of Iordachi & Others v Moldova (No. 25198/02) 10/2/09 deals with the Moldovan legislation regarding phone tapping. …”
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Enhancement of tilted beam in elevation plane for planar end-fire antennas using artificial dielectric medium by Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi, Zarghooni, Behnam, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A.

“…In addition, a maximum gain enhancement of 5 dB is achieved when the beam is tilted. Reflection-coefficient of the proposed structure is maintained better than -10 dB across its operational band.…”
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Microstrip bandpass filter with wide stopband and high out-of-band rejection by Farhat, Mohamad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Ghareeb, Nader H.

“…The filter has high out-of-band rejection (> 30 dB), less than 0.6 dB of insertion-loss, up to 5.5 GHz spurii free, and about 18 dB of return-loss. …”
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DNA minor groove recognition of a non-self-complementary AT-rich sequence by a tris-benzimidazole ligand by Aymami, Juan, Nunn, Christine M., Neidle, Stephen

“…The native structure has an exceptional narrow minor groove, of 2.5–2.6 Å in the central part of the A/T region, which is increased in width by ∼0.8 Å on drug binding. …”
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Equilateral triangular slot-based planar rectangular antenna for millimeter-wave applications by Tahir, M. Usmam, Rafique, Umair, Ahmed, M. Mansoor, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Arpanaei, Farhad, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The overall dimensions of the antenna are noted to be 6.5×8.5 mm 2 . From the simulation results, it is demonstrated that the -10 dB impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna is 16.86 GHz, ranging from 22.28 GHz to 39.14 GHz, while at -15 dB, it is equal to 12.82 GHz in the frequency range of 24.18-37 GHz. …”
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