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Sensors, Volume 16, Issue 8

August 2016 - 188 articles

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Articles (188)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,571 Views
13 Pages

22 August 2016

Code multipath is an unmanaged error source in precise global navigation satellite system (GNSS) observation processing that limits GNSS positioning accuracy. A new technique for mitigating multipath by installing a wave-absorbing shield is presented...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,595 Views
13 Pages

Factors Influencing Continuous Breath Signal in Intubated and Mechanically-Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients Measured by an Electronic Nose

  • Jan Hendrik Leopold,
  • Ameen Abu-Hanna,
  • Camilla Colombo,
  • Peter J. Sterk,
  • Marcus J. Schultz and
  • Lieuwe D. J. Bos

22 August 2016

Introduction: Continuous breath analysis by electronic nose (eNose) technology in the intensive care unit (ICU) may be useful in monitoring (patho) physiological changes. However, the application of breath monitoring in a non-controlled clinical sett...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,530 Views
25 Pages

Virtualized MME Design for IoT Support in 5G Systems

  • Pilar Andres-Maldonado,
  • Pablo Ameigeiras,
  • Jonathan Prados-Garzon,
  • Juan Jose Ramos-Munoz and
  • Juan Manuel Lopez-Soler

22 August 2016

Cellular systems are recently being considered an option to provide support to the Internet of Things (IoT). To enable this support, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has introduced new procedures specifically targeted for cellular IoT. W...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
10,027 Views
14 Pages

22 August 2016

Three-dimensional information of the burden surface in high temperature and excessive dust industrial conditions has been previously hard to obtain. This paper presents a novel microstrip-fed dielectric-filled waveguide antenna element which is resis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
10,595 Views
13 Pages

Monitoring of Grouting Compactness in a Post-Tensioning Tendon Duct Using Piezoceramic Transducers

  • Tianyong Jiang,
  • Qingzhao Kong,
  • Wenxi Wang,
  • Linsheng Huo and
  • Gangbing Song

22 August 2016

A post-tensioning tendon duct filled with grout can effectively prevent corrosion of the reinforcement, maintain bonding behavior between the reinforcement and concrete, and enhance the load bearing capacity of concrete structures. In practice, grout...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,909 Views
16 Pages

22 August 2016

With a short linear array configured in the cross-track direction, downward looking sparse linear array three-dimensional synthetic aperture radar (DLSLA 3-D SAR) can obtain the 3-D image of an imaging scene. To improve the cross-track resolution, sp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,215 Views
17 Pages

Fault Diagnosis Strategies for SOFC-Based Power Generation Plants

  • Paola Costamagna,
  • Andrea De Giorgi,
  • Alberto Gotelli,
  • Loredana Magistri,
  • Gabriele Moser,
  • Emanuele Sciaccaluga and
  • Andrea Trucco

22 August 2016

The success of distributed power generation by plants based on solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) is hindered by reliability problems that can be mitigated through an effective fault detection and isolation (FDI) system. However, the numerous operating c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
72 Citations
9,847 Views
18 Pages

Recognition of Daily Gestures with Wearable Inertial Rings and Bracelets

  • Alessandra Moschetti,
  • Laura Fiorini,
  • Dario Esposito,
  • Paolo Dario and
  • Filippo Cavallo

22 August 2016

Recognition of activities of daily living plays an important role in monitoring elderly people and helping caregivers in controlling and detecting changes in daily behaviors. Thanks to the miniaturization and low cost of Microelectromechanical system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,705 Views
29 Pages

20 August 2016

As the size of smartphone touchscreens has become larger and larger in recent years, operability with a single hand is getting worse, especially for female users. We envision that user experience can be significantly improved if smartphones are able...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,214 Views
13 Pages

Channel Measurement and Modeling for 5G Urban Microcellular Scenarios

  • Michael Peter,
  • Richard J. Weiler,
  • Barış Göktepe,
  • Wilhelm Keusgen and
  • Kei Sakaguchi

20 August 2016

In order to support the development of channel models for higher frequency bands, multiple urban microcellular measurement campaigns have been carried out in Berlin, Germany, at 60 and 10 GHz. In this paper, the collected data is uniformly analyzed w...

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