We experimentally demonstrate the generation of 1.024-Tb/s Nyquist-WDM phase-conjugated vector twin waves (PCTWs), consisting of eight 128-Gb/s polarization-division-multiplexed QPSK signals and their idlers, by a broadband polarization-insensitive fiber optic parametric amplifier. This novel all-optical signal processing approach to generate WDM-PCTWs enables a 2-fold reduction in the needed optical transmitters as compared to the conventional approach where each idler is generated by a dedicated transmitter. Digital coherent superposition of the twin waves at the receiver enables more than doubled reach in a dispersion-managed transmission link. We further study the impact of polarization-mode dispersion on the performance gain brought by the phase-conjugated twin waves, showing a gain of ~3.8 dB in signal quality factors.
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Am J Epidemiol
December 2024
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities.
Pubertal trends, wherein adolescents today are experiencing puberty earlier than prior generations, have coincided with the expansion of the criminal legal system, which is disproportionately impacting communities of color. However, whether pubertal development and criminal legal system exposure among adolescents are inter-related is unknown. We tested whether family members' criminal legal system exposure predicted adolescents' pubertal development, whether family strain explained the relation between criminal legal system exposure and pubertal development, and whether race/ethnicity moderated our results.
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November 2024
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, US.
Tissue viscoelasticity is becoming an increasingly useful biomarker beyond elasticity and can theoretically be estimated using shear wave elastography (SWE), by inverting the propagation and attenuation characteristics of shear waves. Estimating viscosity is often more difficult than elasticity because attenuation, the main effect of viscosity, leads to poor signal-to-noise ratio of the shear wave motion. In the present work, we provide an alternative to existing methods of viscoelasticity estimation that is robust against noise.
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October 2024
University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Division, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
Introduction: Understanding the health risks associated with extreme weather events is needed to inform policies to protect vulnerable populations. To address this need, we estimated heat and cold wave related mortality risks in a cohort of veteran patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and explored disparities among strata of comorbidities, tobacco exposure, and urbanicity.
Methods: We designed a time stratified case-crossover study among deceased patients with COPD between 2016 to 2021 in the Veterans Health Administration system.
Annu Rev Vis Sci
September 2024
Informatics Department, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA;
Nat Commun
August 2024
ENTROPIE (IRD, CNRS, Ifremer, Université de la Réunion, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Tropical and extra-tropical storms generate extreme waves, impacting both nearby and remote regions through swell propagation. Despite their devastating effects in tropical areas, the contribution of tropical cyclones (TCs) to global wave-induced coastal risk remains unknown. Here, we enable a quantitative assessment of TC's role in extreme waves approaching global coastlines, by designing twin oceanic wave simulations with and without realistic TC wind forcing.
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