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    Multi-band Carrier Code Division Multiple Access for 4G Mobile System with Improved Signal Quality Jalal J. Hamad Ameen and Widad Binti Ismail School of Electrical and Electronics‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Pulau Penang‚ 11800‚ Malaysia Abstract: The proposed frequency band for a 4G mobile system is 2 to 8 GHz‚ while the proposed access for the system is MC-CDMA / OFDM. In this paper‚ a new access technique has been proposed‚ with the bandwidth of the system divided into ten sub-bands. Each sub-band

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    Compare the murder mysteries of "A Lamb To A Slaughter" and "The Speckled Band"? Roald Dahl wrote Lamb to the slaughter in 1954‚ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote Speckled Band in 1892‚ that is around 62 yrs apart which would make the stories slightly different to each other because they were wrote in two different centuries. Roald Dahl was born in 1916 and died in 1990‚ Roald Dahl was most famous for writing children stories but he did also write some books for adults like the tales of the unexpected

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    Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band‚" and The Hound of the Baskervilles. In The Sign of Four‚ Sherlock Holmes is confronted with a past death and packages full of pearls sent to a woman named Ms. Morstan. Also‚ in The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle writes about a chain of murders to acclaim the wealth from the death of Sir Charles Baskerville. In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band‚" a step-father uses a speckled banded snake to coldly murder his step-daughters. Before

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    Who Is Dr. Roylott Guilty

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    Adventure of the Speckled Band” took place in the late 1800’s in London at the Stroke Moran. Sherlock Holmes is not guilty for the killing of Dr. Roylott. There are various reasons as to why Sherlock is not guilty. Sherlock was not even in the same room as Dr. Roylott when he met his demise. There were various in clues in Dr. Roylott’s room; hence‚ you can predict that he pre-planned the killings. Sherlock Holmes is not guilty for Dr. Roylott’s sudden demise. Sherlock Holmes had no way of knowing

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    attempting to outsmart the novel and unearth its secrets. Therefore authors must be constantly striving to evolve the narration of the story and keep the element of surprise on the authors’ side. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins and Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle present two disparate ways of narrating a detective fiction novel. Collins uses multiple first person sources in an attempt to put the reader in the detective’s shoes‚ while Doyle employs a single first

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    Comparing Stories Over the passed six weeks we have been reading two detective stories: ‘The Speckled Band’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl. Both stories are diverse and decisive but‚ are very different. The stories contain basic detective ingredients such as‚ the evil villain‚ the cunning detective and most importantly an action packed ending. ‘The Speckled Band’ is a fairly long story which is filled with information. The text is stretched out into many complex

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    In what ways is Roylott presented as a typical villain? The speckled band is a short story from the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and is written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is a typical traditional detective story‚ of which there was a raise in demand during the Victorian era‚ as there were famous murders happening such as Jack the Ripper and Sweeny Todd as London was consumed with crime at this time. There developed a stereotypical image of villains in detective genres and they were meant to

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    Dr. Roylott Effect

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    “Violence‚ in truth‚ recoils upon the violent‚ and the schemer falls into the pit‚ which he digs for another.” -- Sherlock Holmes. In the story‚ “ The Adventure of the Speckled Band‚” written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ Sherlock Holmes (a detective) and Dr. John Watson (his assistant) were investigating a case. It involved a young lady named Helen Stoner‚ whose sister‚ Julia Stoner‚ has died mysteriously. The murderer turned out to be their step-father‚ Dr. Grimesby Roylott. In return for this wrongdoing

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    Book Report “Band of Brothers: E. Company‚ 506th Regiment‚ 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle Nest” by Stephen E. Ambrose Band Of Brothers is the history of Easy Company‚ 506th Parachute
Infantry Regiment‚ 101st Airborne Division‚ from basic training to
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the Bulge‚ and finally the occupation of Berchtesgaden and Austria. This is a rarity among military histories‚ told from the viewpoint
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    he original story that addicted readers to Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet (1887) is the first novel of legendary Sherlock Holmes series written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the second novel for Doyle next to “J.Habakuk Jephson’s Statement”‚ (1884) and it first appeared in Beeton’s Christmas Annual for 1887. While other Holmes’ stories are arguably much better written crime/detective mysteries‚ the origin of the best detective story for over a century consecutively delivers electrifying

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