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Sensors, Volume 20, Issue 17

September-1 2020 - 360 articles

Cover Story: The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment aims to measure the electron neutrino mass with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c2. It is based on the direct, model-independent method of investigating the electron energy spectrum of the tritium β-decay. We describe KATRIN’s laser Raman monitoring system, which continuously measures the composition of the gas injected into its windowless gaseous tritium source here. The gas is not isotopically pure, meaning that besides the majority component T2 all other hydrogen isotopologues (DT, D2, HT, HD, H2) are also present, albeit mostly at low concentrations. All isotopologues were monitored simultaneously, every 60 s, with a precision of 10−3 or better for individual components. This is important since the isotopic mass differences influence the β-decay kinetics, thus, affecting the systematic error in the neutrino mass determination.View this paper

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,124 Views
16 Pages

3 September 2020

This paper presents an autonomous energy harvester based on a textile-based enzymatic biofuel cell, enabling an efficient power management and on-demand usage. The proposed biofuel cell works by an enzymatic reaction with glucose in sweat absorbed by...

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  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,173 Views
16 Pages

An Ore Image Segmentation Method Based on RDU-Net Model

  • Dong Xiao,
  • Xiwen Liu,
  • Ba Tuan Le,
  • Zhiwen Ji and
  • Xiaoyu Sun

2 September 2020

The ore fragment size on the conveyor belt of concentrators is not only the main index to verify the crushing process, but also affects the production efficiency, operation cost and even production safety of the mine. In order to get the size of ore...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,492 Views
21 Pages

2 September 2020

The techniques of concrete crack detection, as well as assessments based on thermography coupled with ultrasound, have been presented in many works; however, they have generally needed an additional source of thermal infrared (TIR) radiance and have...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,356 Views
23 Pages

ARS: Adaptive Robust Synchronization for Underground Coal Wireless Internet of Things

  • Kuiyuan Zhang,
  • Mingzhi Pang,
  • Yuqing Yin,
  • Shouwan Gao and
  • Pengpeng Chen

2 September 2020

Clock synchronization is still a vital and challenging task for underground coal wireless internet of things (IoT) due to the uncertainty of underground environment and unreliability of communication links. Instead of considering on-demand driven clo...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,728 Views
15 Pages

2 September 2020

Improved Spectral Efficiency (SE) is a prominent feature of Massive Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output systems. These systems are prepared with antenna clusters at receiver (Rx) and transmitter (Tx). In this paper, we examined a massive MIMO system t...

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  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,746 Views
17 Pages

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Rapid Screening Method for the Determination of Total Anthocyanin Content in Sambucus Fructus

  • Stefan Stuppner,
  • Sophia Mayr,
  • Anel Beganovic,
  • Krzysztof Beć,
  • Justyna Grabska,
  • Urban Aufschnaiter,
  • Magdalena Groeneveld,
  • Matthias Rainer,
  • Thomas Jakschitz and
  • Günther K. Bonn
  • + 1 author

2 September 2020

Elderberry (Sambucus nigra L., fructus) is a very potent herbal drug, deriving from traditional European medicine (TEM). Ripe elderberries are rich in anthocyanins, flavonols, flavonol esters, flavonol glycosides, lectins, essential oils, unsaturated...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,020 Views
20 Pages

2 September 2020

Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction using RGB-D camera with simultaneous color image and depth information is attractive as it can significantly reduce the cost of equipment and time for data collection. Point feature is commonly used for aligning...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,432 Views
19 Pages

Using Magneto-Inertial Measurement Units to Pervasively Measure Hip Joint Motion during Sports

  • Rachel E. Horenstein,
  • Yohann R. Goudeau,
  • Cara L. Lewis and
  • Sandra J. Shefelbine

2 September 2020

The use of wireless sensors to measure motion in non-laboratory settings continues to grow in popularity. Thus far, most validated systems have been applied to measurements in controlled settings and/or for prescribed motions. The aim of this study w...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,264 Views
15 Pages

2 September 2020

Liquid materials’ characterization using commercial probes and radio frequency techniques is expensive and complex. This study proposes a compact and cost-effective radio frequency sensor system to measure the dielectric constant using a three-...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,739 Views
22 Pages

Robust Estimation of Carbon Monoxide Measurements

  • Wilmar Hernandez and
  • Alfredo Mendez

2 September 2020

This paper presents a robust analysis of carbon monoxide (CO) concentration measurements conducted at the Belisario air-quality monitoring station (Quito, Ecuador). For the analysis, the data collected from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2019 were con...

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