Electronics, Volume 13, Issue 23

Currently, detectors have made significant progress in inference speed and accuracy. However, these detectors require Non-Maximum Suppression (NMS) during the post-processing stage to eliminate redundant boxes, which limits the optimization of model...

This paper presents a novel, compact, and energy-efficient hysteretic boost converter that employs an anti-phase AC-coupling emulate current control. The proposed scheme utilizes a two-transistor current emulator and a comparator, which allow for fas...

One of the most common causes of maternal death during pregnancy is preeclampsia. A deeper understanding of the patient’s features can aid in the hospital’s clinical care distribution. However, at the IESS Los Ceibos Hospital, these types...

Agricultural loss due to the overpopulation of Sika deer poses a significant challenge in Japan, leading to frequent human–wildlife conflicts. We conducted a study in Muroran, Hokkaido (42°22′56.1″ N–141°01′51.5&...

To solve the problem of the low diagnosis rate of early weak faults of rolling bearings, a novel bearing fault diagnosis method based on Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) and convolutional neural network (CNN)−Bidirectional Long Short-Term M...

This paper reviews various sensor technologies for tank inspection, focusing on Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) as advanced solutions for corrosion detection. These technologies are evaluated alongside traditional...

To improve recommendation systems, it is essential to enhance both their practicality and accuracy, thereby supporting users in making informed shopping decisions. Incorporating two types of product relationships can effectively achieve these goals:...

The magnitude and multiformity of recorded and readily available urban data from independent sensors and mobile user devices have paved new possibilities for city environment planning and evolution. In previous works, a visual semantic decision suppo...

A parallel four-legged pipeline robot is designed to mitigate the issue of uneven motor loading on the single-leg linkage responsible for movement along the pipe diameter. This issue occurs because the drive motor located closer to the robot body req...

In recent years, with the rapid development of the global demand and scale for deep underground space utilization, deep space has gradually transitioned from single-purpose uses such as underground transportation, civil defense, and commerce to a com...

Multi-hop reasoning provides a means for inferring indirect relationships and missing information from knowledge graphs (KGs). Reinforcement learning (RL) was recently employed for multi-hop reasoning. Although RL-based methods provide explainability...

At present, the influence of time-harmonic currents on the leakage flux coefficient of canned permanent magnet synchronous motors (CPMSMs) remains unclear. Therefore, this paper investigates and summarizes the effects of inverter time-harmonic curren...

Aiming at the problem of high false detection and missed detection rate of apple surface defects in complex environments, a new apple surface defect detection network: space-to-depth convolution-Multi-scale Empty Attention-Context Guided Feature Pyra...

Traditional software effort estimation methods, such as term frequency–inverse document frequency (TF-IDF), are widely used due to their simplicity and interpretability. However, they struggle with limited datasets, fail to capture intricate se...

The increase in set-valued data such as transaction records and medical histories has introduced new challenges in data anonymization. Traditional anonymization techniques targeting structured microdata comprising single-attribute- rather than set-va...

Wireless Sensor Networks are used in an ever-increasing range of applications, thanks to their ability to monitor and transmit data related to ambient conditions in almost any area of interest. The optimization of coverage and the assurance of connec...

Neural network (NN)-based compact modeling methodologies are gaining attention due to the challenges of device complexity, narrow model coverage, and SPICE simulation speed in advanced semiconductor technology nodes. As device complexity increases, t...

The turnout switch machine, a vital outdoor component of railway signaling, controls train steering amidst complex operations and high frequencies. Its malfunction significantly disrupts train operations, potentially causing derailments. This paper p...

Solid-state drives (SSDs) have become the preferred storage solution for performance-critical applications due to their high speed, durability, and energy efficiency. However, the inherent characteristics of NAND flash memory, such as block-level era...

This paper introduces a novel lightweight pose estimation model, GDE-pose, which addresses the current trade-off between accuracy and computational efficiency in existing models. GDE-pose builds upon the baseline YOLO-pose model by incorporating Ghos...

As human–robot interaction (HRI) becomes increasingly significant, various studies have focused on speaker recognition. However, few studies have explored this topic in the specific environment of home service robots. Notably, most existing res...

Despite the remarkable progress of large language models (LLMs) in understanding and generating unstructured text, their application in structured data domains and their multi-role capabilities remain underexplored. In particular, utilizing LLMs to p...

Vehicular communication is revolutionizing transportation by enhancing passenger experience and improving safety through seamless message exchanges with nearby vehicles and roadside units (RSUs). To accommodate the growing number of vehicles in dense...

This paper proposes a multichannel wavelet kernel network (MWKN) modeling technique with a two-stage training technique for high-dimensional inverse modeling of microwave filters. The real and imaginary parts of the transmission and reflection charac...

This paper describes an all-digital clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit for implementing edge processing with a wireless body area network (WBAN). The CDR circuit performs delay-locked loop (DLL)-based and phase-locked loop (PLL)-based operations d...

With the continuous development of intelligent manufacturing technology, the application of intelligent feed systems in modern machine tools is becoming increasingly widespread. Digital twin technology achieves the monitoring and optimization of the...

Grover’s algorithm leverages quantum computing to efficiently locate solutions in unstructured search spaces, outperforming classical approaches. Since Grover’s algorithm requires prior knowledge of the number of solutions (M) within a se...

Wind speed, wind direction, humidity, temperature, altitude, and other factors affect wind power generation, and the uncertainty and instability of the above factors bring challenges to the regulation and control of wind power generation, which requi...

Breast cancer remains one of the primary causes of cancer-related deaths among women globally. Early detection via mammography is essential for improving prognosis and survival rates. However, mammogram diagnostic accuracy is severely hindered by den...

The increasing demand for high-performance and low-power hardware in artificial intelligence (AI) applications, such as speech recognition, facial recognition, and object detection, has driven the exploration of advanced memory designs. Convolutional...

Recent advancements in intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) driven by artificial intelligence (AI) have attracted substantial research interest, particularly in the domain of computer programming education. Given the diversity in learners’ backgr...

Over the last ten years, the need for high-resolution time-domain digital signal production has grown exponentially. More than ever, applications call for a digital-to-time converter (DTC) that is extremely accurate and precise. Skew compensation and...

Detecting structural cracks is critical for quality control and maintenance of industrial materials, ensuring their safety and extending service life. This study enhances the automation and accuracy of crack detection in microscopic images using adva...

This paper explores the integration of decision tree classifiers in the assessment of machining process stability using control charts. The inherent variability in manufacturing processes requires a robust system for the early detection and correctio...

The satellite Internet can cover up to 70% of the surface of our planet Earth to provide network services for nearly 3 billion people. As such, it is promising to become the building block of future 6G networks. The satellite Internet is capable of p...

Image steganography involves hiding a secret message within an image for covert communication, allowing only the intended recipient to extract the hidden message from the “stego” image. The secret message can also be an image itself to en...

Infrared imaging technology has a wide range of applications across various fields, with one of its most critical uses being the detection of small infrared targets. However, model-driven approaches often lack robustness in identifying these small ta...

In this paper, novel architecture of the true random number generator (TRNG) is presented. The proposed TRNG uses jitter in capacitive oscillators as a source of entropy. These capacitive oscillators exploit the input/output (I/O) buffers of a field-...

Cross-view image-to-image translation refers to generating what the scenery looks like from different views at the same location, which involves simultaneous semantic and appearance translation. Previous works mainly focused on semantic translation t...

In contemporary software security testing, fuzzing is a pervasive methodology employed to identify vulnerabilities. However, one of the most significant challenges is the vast number of crash reports, many of which are repetitive, resulting in an inc...

Electroporation ablation, as an innovative cancer treatment, not only preserves the structure and function of affected organs but also significantly reduces surgical risks, offers patients a safer and more effective therapeutic option, and demonstrat...

The data for solar power generation contain a huge amount of data with a large number of features which are difficult to extract effectively. It is important for the grid management and operational efficiency of the solar farm to accurately predict t...

This paper examines the impact of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications on vehicle cooperation, focusing on increasing the robustness and feasibility of Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Vehicles (CCAVs). V2X communications enable CCAVs to o...

Aiming at the inefficiency caused by the optimal design of rotationally symmetric horn feed models, a fast modeling method for rotationally symmetric structures is proposed, which is used to deal with the mesh generation of rotationally symmetric str...

The conventional centralized Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) framework is plagued by issues like subpar security performance and challenges related to storage expansion. This paper proposes a two-tier distributed secure storage framework based o...

With its high area density, bit-patterned media recording (BPMR) is emerging as a leading technology for next-generation storage systems. However, as area density increases, magnetic islands are positioned closer together, causing significant two-dim...

In active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays, conventional pixel circuits that compensate for the non-uniformity of the threshold voltage (V_T) of low-temperature polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors (TFTs) can hardly compe...

This paper proposes an underactuated dexterous hand with novel bidirectional self-locking joints (BSJs) that enable multiple fingertip motion trajectories. The BSJ design integrates a locking wheel, rack, finger side walls, and a self-holding electro...

Issues such as data scarcity and data imbalance have long posed significant difficulties in the field of intelligent fault diagnosis. They lead to reduced diagnostic accuracy and endanger the safety and reliability of industrial equipment. To address...

Distributed energy storage systems (DESSs), which would become key components in a new power system, can flexibly deliver peak load shaving and demand management. With the popularization of distributed renewable energy generation in a distribution ne...