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PAGE 274 Internet use on aircraft is prohibited with current RF wireless communication technologies but a team of researchers in Italy is proposing to use visible light communications as an alternative to enable access. Reading lights are investigated as signal source emitters to user devices and the minimum capacities needed to practically implement such a system are reported. PAGE 244 A pair of researchers in the UK have proposed a novel combination of wireless and conventional metallic interconnects to improve the performance of an on-chip clock distribution. Their results show a dramatic reduction in total delay compared with other advanced models and demonstrate that some clock uncertainties become predictable. Perspective view of Airbus A320 cabin model. PAGE 278 An optic fiber one-piece flexible sensing probe for liquid level sensing in cryogenic propellant tanks has been presented by researchers in China. The probe is ultra-lightweight and provides advantages over currently existing models in gauging accuracy, reliability, simplicity and maintenance with results from the measurement of liquid nitrogen levels. Proposed hybrid wireless architecture. PAGE 282 Researchers from China have successfully demonstrated the high performance of a normally-off recess-gated AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator semiconductor field-effect transistor (MISFET) with an operating temperature of 200°C. The device was fabricated using a self-terminating gate recess etching technique and states the highest reported value for an off-state gate breakdown voltage for a normally-off device operating at this temperature. Schematic experimental setup for measurement. PAGE 288 A new symbol detection scheme for uplink wide-banded cyclic prefixed filter bank multiple access (CP-FBMA) systems has been proposed by researchers in China. The new scheme has the benefits of lower complexity and higher spectral efficiency due to a feature that eliminates the analysis filter bank processing that is commonly employed in existing schemes. Cross-section of the AlGaN/GaN MISFET. BER curves of different systems.