Fibre Reinforced Cement and Concrete : Proceedings of the Fourth RILEM International Symposium

Table of Contents: “…chapter 37 Shear response of reinforced fibrous concrete beams using finite element analysis -- part Part Six: Structural Behaviour -- chapter 38 Ultimate flexural strength of reinforced concrete beams with large volumes of short randomly oriented steel fibres -- chapter 39 Polypropylene fibre concrete beams in flexure -- chapter 40 Fibre reinforced concrete channels as surface reinforcement for flexural members -- chapter 41 Fibre type effects on the curvature of steel fibre reinforced concrete rings -- chapter 42 Use of steel fibers as shear reinforcement in high strength concrete beams -- chapter 43 Polypropylene fibre concrete beams in flexure-shear -- chapter 44 Contribution of fibres in SFKC beams failing in shear -- chapter 45 Experimental investigation on fiber reinforced prestressed concrete beams under shear -- chapter 46 Fiber reinforced concrete columns using dolomite as coarse aggregate -- chapter 47 Mechanical behaviour of composite reinforced concrete columns with thin section GRC precast panels -- chapter 48 Behaviour of confined concrete columns with steel fibres -- chapter 49 Use of steel fibre concrete in seismic design -- chapter 50 Strength and behaviour of steel fibre reinforced concrete slabs subjected to impact loading -- chapter 51 Strength and behavior of vertically loaded fiber reinforced concrete walls -- part Part Seven: Applications -- chapter 52 Fastening technology in fibre reinforced concrete -- chapter 53 Thin repairs with metallic glass fibre reinforced concrete: length changes during the first 24 hours -- chapter 54 Obtaining general qualification approval in Germany for polyacrylonitrile fibre concrete -- chapter 55 Development and application of GRC lightweight prestressed slabs for networked roofs -- chapter 56 Fibre reinforced concrete containers: from concept to manufacturing -- chapter 57 Design of fibre reinforced concrete floors -- chapter 58 Application of SFRC as protective covering of structures subjected to substantial strains and dynamic loading -- part Part Eight: Ageing and Durability -- chapter 59 Effect of high temperature on the mechanical properties of fibre reinforced concrete cast using superplasticizer -- chapter 60 Behaviour of fibre reinforced concrete beams exposed to fire -- chapter 61 Mechanical properties of fibre reinforced mortar exposed to gamma radiation -- chapter 62 Durability of fibre reinforced concrete related to type of cement and admixtures -- chapter 63 Durability of glass fibre reinforced polymer mortar composites -- chapter 64 Development of fracture energy for FRC materials -- chapter 65 Freeze-thaw resistance of FRC materials -- chapter 66 Chloride resistance of SFRC -- chapter 67 Resistance of over 1-year-old SFRC exposed to long-term erosion-abrasion loading -- chapter 68 Assessment of steel fibre concrete exposed for 14 years -- chapter 69 Performance evaluation of SFRC pavements -- chapter 70 High durability GFRC using low-alkali, low shrinkage (CGC) cement -- chapter 71 Durability of medium-alkali glass-fiber reinforced super low-alkali cement -- chapter 72 Glass fiber reinforced lightweight concrete modified with polymer latex -- chapter 73 Effects of quality control practice on GFRC durability -- chapter 74 Aging and cracking of composite GFRC wall panel skins on metal stud frames in the United States -- chapter 75 Evaluation of perfomance durability of plastic fibre reinforced concrete composite manhole cover system -- part Part Nine: Synthetic Fibres and Reinforcement -- chapter 76 Mechanical characteristics of chopped fiber reinforced composites mainly using carbon fiber -- chapter 77 Experimental study of carbon fiber reinforced cement composite using super low contractile admixture -- chapter 78 Development of panels made with continuous carbon fibre reinforced cement composite -- chapter 79 Long-term loading tests on PPC beams using braided FRP rods -- chapter 80 Bending behaviour of unbonded prestressed concrete beams prestressed with CFRP rods -- part Part Ten: Special Fibres, Natural Fibres -- chapter 81 Studies on white mica flakes as reinforcement for cement paste -- chapter 82 Glass wool waste-reinforced gypsum: efficiency of compaction and composite mechanical properties -- chapter 83 Metal-reinforced cement materials.…”
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Parametric time-frequency domain spatial audio

Table of Contents: “…8.1 Introduction 201 -- 8.2 Notation and Signal Model 202 -- 8.3 Overview of the Method 203 -- 8.4 Loudspeaker-Based Spatial Sound Reproduction 204 -- 8.4.1 Estimation of the Target Covariance Matrix Cy 204 -- 8.4.2 Estimation of the Synthesis Beamforming Signals Ws 206 -- 8.4.4 Processing the Synthesis Signals (Wsx) to Obtain the Target Covariance Matrix Cy 206 -- Spatial Energy Distribution 207 -- 8.4.5 Listening Tests 208 -- 8.5 Binaural-Based Spatial Sound Reproduction 209 -- 8.5.1 Estimation of the Analysis and Synthesis Beamforming Weight Matrices 210 -- 8.5.2 Diffuse-Field Equalization of HRTFs 210 -- 8.5.3 Adaptive Mixing and Decorrelation 211 -- 8.5.4 Subjective Evaluation 211 -- 8.6 Conclusions 212 -- References 212 -- 9 Source Separation and Reconstruction of Spatial Audio Using Spectrogram Factorization 215 /Joonas Nikunen and Tuomas Virtanen -- 9.1 Introduction 215 -- 9.2 Spectrogram Factorization 217 -- 9.2.1 Mixtures of Sounds 217 -- 9.2.2 Magnitude Spectrogram Models 218 -- 9.2.3 Complex-Valued Spectrogram Models 221 -- 9.2.4 Source Separation by Time Frequency Filtering 225 -- 9.3 Array Signal Processing and Spectrogram Factorization 226 -- 9.3.1 Spaced Microphone Arrays 226 -- 9.3.2 Model for Spatial Covariance Based on Direction of Arrival 227 -- 9.3.3 Complex-Valued NMF with the Spatial Covariance Model 229 -- 9.4 Applications of Spectrogram Factorization in Spatial Audio 231 -- 9.4.1 Parameterization of Surround Sound: Upmixing by Time Frequency Filtering 231 -- 9.4.2 Source Separation Using a Compact Microphone Array 233 -- 9.4.3 Reconstruction of Binaural Sound Through Source Separation 238 -- 9.5 Discussion 243 -- 9.6 Matlab Example 243 -- References 247 -- Part III Signal-Dependent Spatial Filtering 251 -- 10 Time Frequency Domain Spatial Audio Enhancement 253 /Symeon Delikaris-Manias and Pasi Pertila -- 10.1 Introduction 253 -- 10.2 Signal-Independent Enhancement 254 -- 10.3 Signal-Dependent Enhancement 255 -- 10.3.1 Adaptive Beamformers 255.…”
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Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks by Abdalla, Abdelgader M.

Table of Contents: “…Abdalla, Jonathan Rodriguez, Paulo Pereira Monteiro, Antonio Lu -- s Teixeira, Stanislav Zv-anovec, Zabih Ghassemlooy</i></p> <p>5.1 Introduction 100</p> <p>5.2 Optical Wireless Systems 102</p> <p>5.3 Visible Light Communication (VLC) System Fundamentals 104</p> <p>5.4 VLC Current and Anticipated Future Applications 107</p> <p>5.4.1 Underwater Wireless Communications 109</p> <p>5.4.2 Airlines and Aviation 109</p> <p>5.4.3 Hospitals 110</p> <p>5.4.4 Vehicular Communication Systems 110</p> <p>5.4.5 Sensitive Areas 111</p> <p>5.4.6 Manufacturing and Industrial Applications 111</p> <p>5.4.7 Retail Stores 112</p> <p>5.4.8 Consumer Electronics 112</p> <p>5.4.9 Internet of Things 112</p> <p>5.4.10 Other Application Areas 113</p> <p>5.5 Hybrid VLC and RF Networks 113</p> <p>5.6 Challenges and Open-Ended Issues 114</p> <p>5.6.1 Flicker and Dimming 115</p> <p>5.6.2 Data Rate Improvement 115</p> <p>5.7 Conclusions 116</p> <p>Acknowledgments 116</p> <p>Bibliography 117</p> <p><b>6 5G RAN: Key Radio Technologies and Hardware Implementation Challenges 123<br /></b><i>Hassan Hamdoun, Mohamed Hamid, Shoaib Amin, Hind Dafallah</i></p> <p>6.1 Introduction 123</p> <p>6.2 5G NR-enabled Use Cases 124</p> <p>6.2.1 eMBB and uRLLC 125</p> <p>6.2.2 Migration to 5G 126</p> <p>6.3 5G RAN Radio-enabling Technologies 126</p> <p>6.3.1 Massive MIMO (M-MIMO) 127</p> <p>6.3.2 Carrier Aggregation and Licensed Assisted Access to unlicensed spectrum 130</p> <p>6.3.3 Dual Connectivity 131</p> <p>6.3.4 Device-to-Device (D2D) communication 132</p> <p>6.4 Hardware Impairments 132</p> <p>6.4.1 Hardware Impairments-Transmitters 133</p> <p>6.4.2 Hardware Impairments -- Receivers 135</p> <p>6.4.3 Hardware Impairments -- Transceivers 135</p> <p>6.5 Technology and Fabrication challenges 136</p> <p>6.6 Conclusion 137</p> <p>Bibliography 137</p> <p><b>7 Millimeter Wave Antenna Design for 5G Applications 143<br /></b><i>Issa Elfergani, Abubakar Sadiq Hussaini, Abdelgader Abdalla, Jonathan Rodriguez, Raed Abd-Alhameed</i></p> <p>7.1 Introduction 144</p> <p>7.2 Antenna Design and Procedure 146</p> <p>7.3 Antenna Optimisation and Analysis 147</p> <p>7.3.1 The inuence of ground plane length (GL) 148</p> <p>7.3.2 The effect of feeding strip position (Fp) 148</p> <p>7.3.3 The inuences of the substrate type 149</p> <p>7.4 MMwave Antenna Design with notched frequency band 150</p> <p>7.5 MMwave Antenna Design with Loaded Capacitor 153</p> <p>7.6 Conclusion 156</p> <p>Acknowledgement 156</p> <p>Bibliography 156</p> <p><b>8 Wireless Signal Encapsulation on Seamless Fiber{mmWave System 161<br /></b><i>Pham Tien Dat, Atsushi Kanno, Naokatsu Yamamoto, Testuya Kawanishi</i></p> <p>8.1 Introduction 161</p> <p>8.2 Principle of signal encapsulation 163</p> <p>8.2.1 Downlink system 163</p> <p>8.2.2 Uplink system 165</p> <p>8.3 Examples of signal encapsulation 166</p> <p>8.3.1 Downlink transmission 166</p> <p>8.3.2 Uplink transmission 170</p> <p>8.3.3 MmWave link distance 173</p> <p>8.3.4 Conclusion 175</p> <p>Bibliography 176</p> <p><b>9 5G Optical Sensing Technologies 179<br /></b><i>Seedahmed S. …”
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Pharmacology for nursing care by Lehne, Richard A., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Nutrition : Vitamins ; Drugs for weight loss -- XVI. Chemotherapy of infectious diseases : Basic principles of antimicrobial therapy ; Drugs that weaken the bacterial cell wall I: penicillins ; Drugs that weaken the bacterial cell wall II: cephalosporins, carbapenems, vancomycin, telavancin, aztreonam, teicoplanin, and fosfomycin -- Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis: tetracyclines, macrolides, and others ; Aminoglycosides: bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis ; Sulfonamides and trimethoprim ; Drug therapy of urinary tract infections ; Antimycobacterial agents: drugs for tuberculosis, leprosy, and Mycobacterium avium complex infection ; Miscellaneous antibacterial drugs: fluoroquinolones, metronidazole, daptomycin, rifampin, rifaximin, bacitracin, and polymyzins ; Antifungal agents ; Antiviral agents I: drugs for non-HIV viral infections ; Antiviral agents II: drugs or HIV infection and related opportunistic infections ; Drug therapy of sexually transmitted diseases ; Antiseptics and disinfectants -- XVII. …”


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