Antennas: Parameters, Models and Applications -- Contents -- Preface -- Antennas for Wireless Biomedical Devices -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Biomedical Signals Acquisition -- Biomedical Wireless Acquisition Systems -- Wearable Wireless Localization Devices -- Wireless Biodevices inside the Human Body -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Antenna-Lanthanide Complexes: A Growing Technology-Driven Research -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Electronic Structure and Coordination Properties of Lanthanide Cations -- Acyclic Ligands -- Macrocyclic and Macropolycyclic Ligands -- Conclusions -- References -- Design and Optimisation of Antennas Using Genetic Algorithms for Wireless Communications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Genetic Algorithm -- 3. Nec-2 Source Code -- 4. Examples on Antenna Designs Using GA -- 5. Adaptive Meshing for Numerical Antenna Designs Using GA -- 6. Design of Harmonic Suppression Antennas with Adaptive Meshing Using Ga -- 7. Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Application of SMA Wire Actuators in Flatness Control of Membrane SAR Antennae -- Abstract -- Introduction -- SMA Preliminary Testing Results -- SMA Control Strategy Development and Testing -- Active Flatness Control System Integration -- Testing of Membrane SAR Flatness Control -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Multiple Antenna Coding & Signal Processing: Space-Time Coding for Wireless Communications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diversity Techniques -- 3. Space-Time Block Codes & Space-Time Trellis Codes -- 4. Non-orthogonal ST Codes -- 5. Mathematical Models -- 6. Channel Characteristics -- 7. Concatenated ST Coding -- 8. Channel Knowledge -- 9. Diversity Gain versus Spatial Multiplexing Gain -- 10. Maximum Likelihood STBC Decoding -- 11. Simulation Results -- 12. Conclusions and Future Work -- References.

Resistive Rectangular Patch Antenna with Uniaxial Substrate -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theory -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Antennal Sensillar Morphology, Structure and Function in Parasitic Wasps -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- References -- Measuring of Parameters of the Acoustic Antenna Arising at Braking and Stopping of the Proton Beam in Water and Research of Characteristics of Created Field -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodical Aspects -- 3. Trace I -- 4. Trace II -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Optimization of Non-Uniform Linear and Circular Phased Arrays Using Genetic Algorithms to Provide Maximum Interference Reduction in Wireless Communication Systems -- Abstract -- I. Introduction -- II. Problem Statement -- III. Optimization of Non-Uniform Linear and Circular Arrays to Provide Maximum Interference Reduction -- IV. Optimization Results -- V. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Time Domain Design of Radiating Structures -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Time Domain versus Frequency Domain Analysis -- 3. Analysis Errors in the Time Domain and in the Frequency Domain -- 4. Time Domain Optimization -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Maximum Penetration Depth Study in a Ground Penetrating Radar Survey -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background Theory -- Instrumentation -- Calculus of the Attenuation -- Total Propagation Loss and Maximum Penetration Depth -- Conclusions -- References -- Synthesis of Aperiodic Linear Phased Antenna Arrays Using the Differential Evolution Method -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Problem Formulation for the Design of Non Uniform Linear Array -- 3. Array Synthesis Using Gauss Newton Method -- 4. Array Synthesis Using Differential Evolution -- 5. Simulation and Results -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.

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