Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging is a 3-D, multi-slice, radiological technique that acquires multiple intensities corresponding to each voxel. The transverse relaxation time, T$\sb1$, and the axial relaxation time, T$\sb2$, ...

Time series are often modeled as filtered versions of white noise, the filter being linear. We study non-Gaussian processes by modeling them similarly, but allowing the possibility of the filter being non-linear. These ...

A comprehensive theory of conduction in polycrystalline silicon is presented. The present approach fundamentally differs from previous theories in its treatment of the grain boundary. This theory regards the grain boundary ...

The task of stabilizing communication networks sharing a spread spectrum channel is addressed. A slotted system is considered and the stabilization is achieved by controlling the number of packets that are transmitted in ...

Interfacial charge transfer plays an essential role in establishing the relative alignment of the metal Fermi level and the energy bands of organic semiconductors. While the details remain elusive in many systems, this ...

With the continuous research and advances in Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing technologies, the need for an efficient DNA shearing system has increased more than ever before. In this thesis, we propose a fast, efficient ...

Major nuclei of the superior olivary complex--the lateral superior olive (LSO) and the medial superior olive (MSO) are presumed to play a major role in the localization of sound signals using interaural level and interaural ...

In this work, we address the problem of symbol timing synchronization for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) WLAN systems. OFDM systems are known to be sensitive to synchronization errors and improving the ...

Discrete-time linear periodically time-varying (LPTV) systems, considered as a bridge between the well-studied linear time-invariant (LTI) model and the nonlinear time-varying problems in real world, have been receiving ...

In the past few years, new applications of robots have increased the importance of robotic reliability and fault tolerance. Standard approaches of reliability engineering rely on the probability model, which is often ...