CGI har ett projekt från Skellefteå kommun där de ska mäta trådlösa nätverk hos olika siter för att försöka identifiera problem med frånkoppling från trådlösa nätverket samt tillföra förbättringar.  Mitt uppdrag blev att göra en site survey på trådlösa nätverket hos äldreboende sedan en analys och predictive survey samt förbättringsförslag. Verktyget jag har använt är ekahau PRO och ekahau survey. Platsen jag har mät är Björkhammargården i Jörn. Innan mätningen behövs en rätt skalad planritning vilket jag gjorde på adobe acrobat och ekahau programmet. Det trådlösa nätverket hos äldreboende var mestadels god, täckningen, signalstyrka och trådlösa nätverket var generellt god men en del av området var mindre lämplig och behöver en förbättring, två nya accesspunkter ska installeras. Efter site survey har en predictive survey gjorts, där har jag ritat upp väggar, satt ut accesspunkter för att få god täckning och signalstyrka, kanalplanering och hur transmit power control fungerar.

Nine Virginia soybeans grown in a single location were compared for their antioxidant properties and isoflavone profiles. The extracts were evaluated for their total phenolic contents (TPC), Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC), and DPPH™ radical scavenging activities. In order to evaluate efficient preparation methods for soybean antioxidants, three Virginia-grown soybeans were extracted using different extraction strategies. The extraction techniques included soxhlet extraction, conventional solvent extraction, and ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE) with 5 different common solvent systems including 50% and 80% aqueous acetone, 50 and 70% aqueous ethanol, and 80% aqueous methanol. The TPC in the soybean extracts and isoflavone compositions were significantly different among cultivars. Malonylgenistin was the major isoflavone in all soybean seeds, accounting for 75-83% of the total measured isoflavones. The V01-4937 variety had the highest total isoflavone and malonylgenistin contents, followed by V03-5794. The antioxidant activities of the soybean extracts were also significantly different. Overall, the V01-4937 soybean was the variety that stood out from the other tested Virginia soybeans because it had the highest TPC, ORAC value, and isoflavone contents as well as the second highest DPPH™ scavenging activity. Ultrasonic treatment improved the extraction of soybean phenolics by more than 50% compared to solvent alone. The UAE with 50% aqueous acetone was the most efficient for extraction of phenolic compounds in the soybean seeds. The conventional and UAE with 70% aqueous ethanol extracts had the highest ORAC values, while the soxhlet methanol extracts had the highest DPPH™ radical scavenging activities. Our results suggest that different extraction technologies have a remarkable effect on soybean antioxidant estimation and the UAE is more appropriate for soybean phenolic extraction because it is less time and solvent consuming than the conventional solvent and soxhlet extractions. The V01-4937 soybean with the highest TPC was evaluated for its antioxidant activity and isoflavone contents in an in vitro digestive system. After gastrointestinal digestion, soybean extracts contained higher TPC and ORAC values than cooked soybean (before digestion) but they were relatively low in DPPH™ radical scavenging capacity. The glucosides, daidzin, genistin, and malonylgenistin showed stability during simulated digestion with 83.3 %, 59.4 %, and 10.7 % recovery, respectively. Aglycones, including daidzein and genistein, were recovered at 37 % and 73.7 %, respectively, after in vitro digestion. In this study, daidzin was the most stable and bioaccessible isoflavone determined using the in vitro digestive system. Among the aglycones, genistein was more stable and bioaccessible than daidzein after digestion. In conclusion, soybean antioxidant activities were different among cultivars and efficient extraction for TPC was found using UAE with 50% aqueous acetone. Furthermore, antioxidant activities were stable during digestion and genistein, within aglycones tested, was the most stable and bioaccessible compound following in vitro digestion. This information may provide manufacturers or researchers information required to develop food or nutraceutical products processed for better bioaccessibility of soybean bioactive components. / Ph. D.

ITC/USA 2005 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-First Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2005 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / Hardware implementing forward error correction (FEC) is currently available for utilization by the airborne telemetry system designer. This paper will discuss the potential benefits along with drawbacks when using this technology. Laboratory testing is supplemented with real-world flight testing. Performance results comparing FEC and non-FEC systems are presented for both IRIG-106 Pulse Code Modulation/Frequency Modulation, PCM/FM, (or Continuous Phase Frequency Shift Keying, CPFSK, with filtering, or ARTM Tier 0) and Shaped Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, Telemetry Group version (SOQPSK-TG or ARTM Tier I) waveforms.

ITC/USA 2005 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-First Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2005 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper describes a telemetry system developed for the EA-18G Flight Test program. The program requires transmission of a number of data streams, in IRIG-106 Chapter 4 PCM, Chapter 8 Mux-All 1553, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel formats. The initial requested data rate was in excess of 30 Mbits/sec. The telemetry system must operate at a range up to about 120 miles, at several test ranges, and with several different aircraft maneuvering configurations. To achieve these requirements, the Flight Test Instrumentation group at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in Saint Louis, developed a telemetry system in conjunction with industry partners and test range customers. The system transmits two telemetry streams with a total aggregate rate on the order of 20 Mbits/sec. Each telemetry stream consists of up to four PCM streams, combined in a Teletronics Technology Corporation (TTC) Miniature Adaptable Real-Time Multiplexer Unit (MARM) data combiner. It uses Nova Engineering multi-mode transmitters capable of transmitting PCM-FM or Shaped Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (SOQPSK). The transmitter also provides Turbo-Product Code (TPC) Forward Error Correction (FEC) to enhance range and improve link performance. Data collection units purchased from outside vendors or developed by Saint Louis Flight Test Instrumentation, translate Ethernet and Fibre Channel information into traditional PCM streams. A Boeing Flight Test Instrumentation developed control system provides flexible selection of streams to be combined into each telemetry stream, and functional control of antenna selection and transmitter operation.

Les mécanismes de la réaction de spallation ne sont pas encore parfaitement compris, parce qu'il est difficile de séparer expérimentalement les effets respectifs des différentes étapes de la réaction. Afin de comprendre ces mécanismes, nous avons mis au point un dispositif expérimental permettant d'effectuer des mesures exclusives. Le système de détection des particules légères chargées est plus spécialement détaillé. <br /> Afin de valider notre dispositif expérimental, nous avons comparé nos résultats préliminaires sur le système 56Fe+p à 1 GeV/u avec des mesures inclusives obtenues auparavant sur le spectromètre FRS du GSI. La comparaison des sections efficaces différentielles en charge montre un accord raisonnable. Cependant, notre dispositif a permis d'étendre les mesures précédentes aux charges Z=1 et Z=2, importantes pour les études relatives aux dommages des matériaux. Compte tenu des barres d'erreurs que nous avons obtenues, l'évolution des vitesses moyennes longitudinales avec la masse du résidu de spallation est comparable à celle observée au FRS. Ces premiers résultats, même s'ils restent préliminaires, permettent de valider notre dispositif expérimental. Il est maintenant possible d'envisager d'exploiter les points forts des mesures exclusives réalisées, à savoir les corrélations entre les différents observables mesurées. Enfin, les problèmes expérimentaux soulevés lors de l'analyse effectuée pourront être pris en compte lors des expériences, afin notamment de mieux définir les programmes de mesure nécessaires aux étalonnages des détecteurs.

Le projet Hellaz se propose de mesurer séparément le flux des deux principales sources de neutrinos (pp and béryllium) émis par le Soleil, en utilisant la diffusion élastique neutrino-électron dans une chambre à projection temporelle (TPC) remplie d'hélium à 20 bars. La cinématique de cette réaction, permet de retrouver l'énergie du neutrino incident à partir de l'énergie et de la direction de l'électron de recul.<br> L'électron de recul crée une trace jusqu'à son arrêt dans la TPC ( 5 cm de long pour 100 keV), en ionisant le gaz le long de cette trace. Les électrons d'ionisation ainsi créés dérivent sous l'action d'un champ électrique, en diffusant,et sont détectés individuellement en X, Y et Z par des chambres ultrarapides MICROMEGAS.<br> Le travail de cette thèse a consisté à réaliser une chaîne complète de simulations permettant de montrer la faisabilité du projet.<br> Au départ, GEANT 3 simule le nuage d'électrons d'ionisation créé par un électron de basse énergie. L'efficacité de détection des électrons est calculée, en fonction de l'énergie de l'électron de recul et du lieu de l'interaction dans la TPC.<br> On montre alors qu'on peut mesurer le spectre des neutrinos solaires avec une résolution de 10%, et ce en introduisant un bruit de fond radioactif réaliste (10000 Compton par jour) provenant des gammas émis par l'U-Th résiduel des parois du détecteur, ce qui montre la faisabilité du projet, à condition toutefois de pouvoir détecter des électrons uniques.

L'imagerie 3γ est une technique innovante d'imagerie médicale nucléaire qui est étudiée au laboratoire SUBATECH. Elle repose sur la localisation tridimensionnelle d'un radioisotope émetteur (β+, γ), le 44Sc, à l'aide d'un télescope Compton au xénon liquide. Le lieu de désintégration de ce radioisotope est obtenu par l'intersection de la ligne de réponse, construite à partir de la détection des deux photons de 511 keV issus de l'annihilation d'un positron, et du cône déterminé à partir du troisième photon. Un prototype de petite dimension XEMIS1 (XEnon Medical Imaging System) a été développé afin de faire la preuve expérimentale de la faisabilité de l'imagerie à 3γ. Les résultats de ce prototype sont très promoteurs en terme de résolution en énergie, de pureté du xénon liquide et de faible bruit électronique. La simulation Monte Carlo est un outil indispensable pour accompagner la R&D et évaluer les performances de la nouvelle technique d'imagerie proposée. Les travaux rapportés dans cette thèse concernent le développement de la simulation du système d'imagerie 3γ avec GATE (Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission). De nouvelles fonctionnalités ont été implémentées dans GATE afin de simuler un détecteur de type TPC (Time Projection Chamber). Nous avons effectué une simulation du prototype XEMIS1 et obtenu des résultats en bon accord avec nos données expérimentales. La prochaine étape du projet consiste à construire une caméra cylindrique au xénon liquide pour l'imagerie du petit animal. Les résultats des simulations de cette caméra présentés dans cette thèse montrent la possibilité de localiser chaque désintégration le long de la ligne de réponse avec une très bonne précision et une bonne sensibilité de détection. Des premières images de fantômes simples, réalisées évènements par événements, et après reconstruction tomographiques ont également présentées.

The unique floral biodiversity of Southern Africa would be reflected in the phenolic acid and flavonoid composition as well as the antioxidant activity of honeys from this region. In this exploratory investigation the total polyphenolic (TPC) and flavonoid (TFC) content, antioxidant activity as well as the cellular protective effects of a selection of honeys collected in this region was evaluated. Thirteen honey samples representative of the Western Cape (WCa, WCb and WCc), Eastern Cape (ECa, ECb and ECc), South East Mozambique (SEMa, SEMb and SEMc) and Agricultural: A-E (Eucalyptus) (A-E1 and A-E2), A-L (Litchi) and A-O (Orange) were collected. These samples were subjected to physicochemical analysis, the antioxidant content (TPC and TFC) and both enzymatic (catalase activity) and non-enzymatic activity, using the 2,2-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and oxygen radical antioxidant capacity (ORAC) assays was determined. From the DPPH, TEAC and ORAC data the Relative Antioxidant Capacity Index (RACI) was calculated. To determine whether high antioxidant activity translates into significant cellular protection, biological and cellular assays were undertaken. Using the pBR322 plasmid assay and the erythrocyte haemolysis assay the ability of honeys to protect against 2,2’-Azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) oxidative damage was evaluated. Further evaluation was undertaken in the SC-1 fibroblast cell line and the physiologically more relevant Caco-2 cell line. Toxicity and antioxidant effects were evaluated in the SC-1 cell line while antioxidant effects were only evaluated in the Caco-2 cell line. The long-term mitogenic and toxic effects were determined in the SC-1 cell line using the 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), Neutral Red (NR) and Crystal Violet (CV) assays. Short term, total- and intracellular antioxidant effects were determined in both cell lines using the dichlorofluorescein diacetate assay (DCFH-DA) assay. For all cellular experiments honey at concentrations of 0.01% and 1% were used. The physiochemical properties of the honeys evaluated fulfilled the regulatory standards compiled in the Codex Alimentarius (CODEX STAN12-1981 revision 2001). The results were as follows: SEMb had the highest TPC (167.96 mg GAE/100g) and TFC (51.60 mg CE/100g) while A-E2 had the highest catalase (38.48 µmol H2O2/g) activity. RACI revealed that WCb had the highest antioxidant activity.SEMc showed the highest protection of plasmid DNA against oxidative-induced strand breaks while SEMa showed the highest protection of erythrocytes against AAPH-induced haemolysis. Although correlations were found between antioxidant content and antioxidant activity assays, no correlation was found these parameters and the biological assays. For the long-term cytotoxicity assay, AAPH showed significant cytoxicity at 0.78mM, 1.56mM and 0.28mM when measured using the MTT, NR and CV assays, respectively. Some honeys 4/13 and 3/13 showed a mitogenic effect at a concentration of 0.01% and 1% respectively. Toxic effects, were observed for 1/13 and 8/13 at 0.01% and 1% honey respectively. Toxicity after 72 h exposure varied from 10-30% (CV assay). The same concetrations of honey was used to determine the short-term, 2h, antioxidant effects in both the SC-1 and Caco-2 cell lines. No oxidative effect was found for all honeys at these concentrations. For the DCFH-DA assay using the SC-1 cell line at 1%, 12/13 and 7/13 honeys showed total and intracellular protection respectively. The highest extracellular protection was for SEMa (% Protection (%P) = 95) and SEMb (%P = 93). Intracellular protection was the highest for SEMc (%P = 21) and A-L (%P = 20). At 0.01%, 7/13 and 8/13 honeys exhibited total and intracellular protection, respectively. For both the highest protection was found for SEMc (%P = 43, total and %P = 30, intracellular). For the Caco-2 cell line at 1%, 11/13 and 4/13 showed total and intracellular protection, respectively. Of these the highest extracellular protection was for SEMb (% Protection (%P) = 90). Intracellular protection was the highest for ECa (%P = 28) and WCc (%P = 26). At 0.01%, 4/13 and 8/13 honeys showed total and intracellular protection respectively. The highest extracellular protection was found for SEMc (%P = 62) and intracellular protection was ECc (%P = 28). The SC-1 cell line was found to be the most sensitive to the antioxidant effects of honey compared to the Caco-2 cell line. The honeys SEMa, SEMb and SEMc showed protection against oxidative damage in both cell lines. In conclusion, the antioxidant activity of honeys from Southern Africa is of a high quality. The WC, SEM and EC honeys showed the highest antioxidant effects and could provide health benefits against diseases associated with oxidative stress as indicated by these results. Copyright / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Anatomy / unrestricted

ITC/USA 2007 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Third Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 22-25, 2007 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper describes the integration activities associated with the instrumentation and telemetry system developed for an F/A-18 Hornet Flight Test program, including bench integration, avionics integration, and aircraft ground and flight checkout. The system is controlled by a Boeing Integrated Defense System (IDS) Flight Test Instrumentation designed Instrumentation Control Unit (ICU), which interfaces to an avionics pilot display and Ground Support Unit (GSU) to set up the instrumentation during preflight and control the instrumentation during flight. The system takes in MIL-STD-1553, analog parameters, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and video, and records these with onboard recorders. Selected subsets of this data may be routed to the telemetry system, which features two RF streams, each of which contains up to four PCM streams combined into a composite by a data combiner. The RF streams are transmitted by multi-mode digital transmitters capable of PCM-FM or Shaped Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (SOQPSK), with selectable Turbo-Product Code (TPC) Forward Error Correction (FEC). This paper describes integration of the system with the IDS Flight Test Integration Test Bench (ITB), production avionics integration facilities, and final aircraft ground checkout and initial flight tests. It describes results of integration activities and bench evaluation of the telemetry system.

The T2K ("Tokai-to-Kamioka") Experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. A beam of primarily muon neutrinos (in neutrino beam mode) or antineutrinos (in antineutrino beam mode) is produced at the J-PARC ("Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex") facility. The near detector (ND280), located 280 m from the proton beam target, measures a large event rate of neutrino interactions in the unoscillated beam, while the far detector, Super-Kamiokande, 295 km away, searches for the signatures of neutrino oscillation. This dissertation describes the analyses of data at ND280 and Super-Kamiokande leading to T2K's first results from running in antineutrino beam mode: a measurement of muon antineutrino disappearance. The measured values of the antineutrino oscillation parameters (Normal Hierarchy) are (sin²(θ̅₂₃), |Δm̅²₃₂|) = (0.450, 2.518 x 10ˉ³ eV²/c⁴), with 90% 1D confidence intervals 0.327 < sin²(θ̅₂₃) < 0.692 and 2.03 x 10ˉ³ eV²/c⁴ < |Δm̅²₃₂| < 2.92 x 10ˉ³ eV²/c⁴. These results are consistent with past measurements of these parameters by other experiments, and with T2K's past measurements of muon neutrinos. / Graduate