SOFT-DECISION REED-SOLOMON DECODING ABSTRACT Error detection and correction plays a very important role in data communication. Various codes such as convolutional and block codes are available for the purpose of error detection and correction. Among the block codes Reed-Solomon code provides several advantages. Reed-Solomon codes are powerful error-correcting codes that finds wide applications in many fields. The soft-decision decoding of Reed-Solomon codes provides reliable
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relationship. In Morrison’s novels‚ she reveals the issues of feminism concerning African American females. In her six novels‚ Morrison tells the bias images of black women as powerful or powerless. In two of her works‚ "The Bluest Eye" and "Song of Solomon"‚ one of the many themes are Women and Feminity and Abandonment of Women. To begin‚ "The Bluest Eye" is Toni Morrison’s first novel. This novel tells a story of an African American girl’s desire for the bluest eyes‚ which is the symbol for her of
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starts out telling you how his fathers fathers became free‚ it was said in his master’s will. Then Solomon Northup begins to share how he made his living as a free black man‚ and one of his ways was to play the violin in high class hotels in New York then two gentlemen approach him as he was looking for work for it was his off season‚ and got offered a job to play violin for a good sum of money. Solomon took the offer‚ and while he was on his travels got his papers. But his freedom went away quickly
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“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” By conforming‚ it signals conceding to the dominant power which immediately gives up one’s freedom by letting them control you. This motivated the two superpowers in the Cold War as neither country wanted to concede to the dominant power. The Cold War had no large scale direct fighting and instead was political and military tension between the Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc. The Soviet Union and United States‚ opposing forces‚ pursued
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African American Studies For generations‚ we have seen writers publishing some of their great works containing mythical storyline and stories of great spirits. In this paper‚ we will compare and contrast two of the greatest books in American history‚ Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewin and The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. Both of the books are based around the story of a single male character‚ whose lives are described from the very beginning of their childhood. Arrowsmith is about a boy named Martin
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Northup‚ Solomon. Twelve Years A Slave. New York: Barnes & Noble‚ Inc‚ 2007. Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave is a self-written narrative on the difficult and grueling life that he encountered. This story talks about his life from birth‚ being born a free man‚ all the way through his years of slavery and then once again being freed. Solomon Northup in no way tries to make one feel a certain way on the subject of his slavery. He only tries to give an exact representation of what he
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A WEB BASED HYPERMARKET SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM NAKIYINGI DIANA Reg.No: 2005/HD18/540U Bsc (Mak) Email:dnakiyingi@yahoo.com‚ Tel: +256-772-538-701 A Project Report Submitted to School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Computer Science of Makerere University Option: Computer Science June‚ 2008 DECLARATION I Nakiyingi Diana do hereby declare that this Project Report is original and has not been published and/or
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Solomon Northup’s‚ 12 Years a Slave provides us with a different outlook on slavery. The movie gives viewers an up close and personal look at North’s days as a slave and the different obstacles he faced. The film is set in 1841 in upstate New York and then moves to New Orleans. Northup was a free-born African American living in upstate New York with his wife and three children under the occupation of a violinist. You could say he lived the ideal life for someone of his stature and ethnicity; He
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us to behave in ways we might not have if we hadn’t been supported by the group. This essay will explore this in more detail. Drawing on evidence that focuses on the positive and negative aspects of In group and Out group identification and group conformity. First it will explain Social Identity Theory‚ a psychological theory used by some social psychologists (Spoors et al 2011).
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Journal #1 A guilt ad‚ according to Jack Solomon‚ is the manifestation of the American consumer’s weakness to general social stigma. Solomon illustrates this with examples of advertisements that reveal the American consumer’s “need” to stave off social rejection‚ to insure their own health‚ and to be competitive. Via guilt-trip tactics‚ advertisers manipulate the American consumer with guilt ads to make them think they need the advertised product so they can conform to the status quo. These guilt
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