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Sensors, Volume 12, Issue 11

November 2012 - 84 articles

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Articles (84)

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
10,386 Views
25 Pages

Performance Analysis of Constrained Loosely Coupled GPS/INS Integration Solutions

  • Gianluca Falco,
  • Garry A. Einicke,
  • John T. Malos and
  • Fabio Dovis

20 November 2012

The paper investigates approaches for loosely coupled GPS/INS integration. Error performance is calculated using a reference trajectory. A performance improvement can be obtained by exploiting additional map information (for example, a road boundary)...

  • Review
  • Open Access
251 Citations
23,206 Views
40 Pages

Thiol Reactive Probes and Chemosensors

  • Hanjing Peng,
  • Weixuan Chen,
  • Yunfeng Cheng,
  • Lovemore Hakuna,
  • Robert Strongin and
  • Binghe Wang

19 November 2012

Thiols are important molecules in the environment and in biological processes. Cysteine (Cys), homocysteine (Hcy), glutathione (GSH) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) play critical roles in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. The selectiv...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
13,600 Views
36 Pages

Overview of Micro- and Nano-Technology Tools for Stem Cell Applications: Micropatterned and Microelectronic Devices

  • Stefano Cagnin,
  • Elisa Cimetta,
  • Carlotta Guiducci,
  • Paolo Martini and
  • Gerolamo Lanfranchi

19 November 2012

In the past few decades the scientific community has been recognizing the paramount role of the cell microenvironment in determining cell behavior. In parallel, the study of human stem cells for their potential therapeutic applications has been progr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
73 Citations
12,204 Views
15 Pages

Two Dimensional Array of Piezoresistive Nanomechanical Membrane-Type Surface Stress Sensor (MSS) with Improved Sensitivity

  • Genki Yoshikawa,
  • Terunobu Akiyama,
  • Frederic Loizeau,
  • Kota Shiba,
  • Sebastian Gautsch,
  • Tomonobu Nakayama,
  • Peter Vettiger,
  • Nico F. de Rooij and
  • Masakazu Aono

16 November 2012

We present a new generation of piezoresistive nanomechanical Membrane-type Surface stress Sensor (MSS) chips, which consist of a two dimensional array of MSS on a single chip. The implementation of several optimization techniques in the design and mi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,721 Views
19 Pages

A Presence-Based Context-Aware Chronic Stress Recognition System

  • Klemen Peternel,
  • Matevž Pogačnik,
  • Rudi Tavčar and
  • Andrej Kos

16 November 2012

Stressors encountered in daily life may play an important role in personal well-being. Chronic stress can have a serious long-term impact on our physical as well as our psychological health, due to ongoing increased levels of the chemicals released i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
366 Citations
21,482 Views
17 Pages

Textile Materials for the Design of Wearable Antennas: A Survey

  • Rita Salvado,
  • Caroline Loss,
  • Ricardo Gonçalves and
  • Pedro Pinho

15 November 2012

In the broad context of Wireless Body Sensor Networks for healthcare and pervasive applications, the design of wearable antennas offers the possibility of ubiquitous monitoring, communication and energy harvesting and storage. Specific requirements f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
9,486 Views
15 Pages

15 November 2012

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on a monoclonal antibody (MoAb) was developed for the neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin. A new clothianidin hapten (3-[5-(3-methyl-2-nitroguanidinomethyl)-1,3-thiazol-2-ylthio] propionic acid) was...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
62 Citations
7,428 Views
7 Pages

Optical-Based Sensors for Monitoring Corrosion of Reinforcement Rebar via an Etched Cladding Bragg Grating

  • Muhammad Rosdi Abu Hassan,
  • Muhammad Hafiz Abu Bakar,
  • Katrina Dambul and
  • Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan

14 November 2012

In this paper, we present the development and testing of an optical-based sensor for monitoring the corrosion of reinforcement rebar. The testing was carried out using an 80% etched-cladding Fibre Bragg grating sensor to monitor the production of cor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,379 Views
14 Pages

Assessment of Fluorescent Particles for Surface Flow Analysis

  • Flavia Tauro,
  • Gabriele Mocio,
  • Emiliano Rapiti,
  • Salvatore Grimaldi and
  • Maurizio Porfiri

14 November 2012

In this paper, a systematic performance assessment of the measurement system for surface flow analysis developed by our group in (Tauro et al., Sensors, 2010) is presented. The system is based on the detection of buoyant fluorescent microspheres thro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
10,354 Views
23 Pages

13 November 2012

This paper presents a vehicle dynamics prediction system, which consists of a sensor fusion system and a vehicle parameter identification system. This sensor fusion system can obtain the six degree-of-freedom vehicle dynamics and two road angles with...

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