In the last decades, researchers have shown the potential of using Electrocardiogram (ECG) as a biometric trait due to its uniqueness and hidden nature. However, despite the great number of approaches found in the literature, no agreement exists on t...
This paper investigates the use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology for detecting shallow buried objects, utilizing an air-coupled stepped frequency continuous wave (SFCW) radar system that operates within a 2 GHz bandwidth starting at 500 M...
The digitalization level of the new power system driven by “dual carbon” is increasing, leading to a growth in the amount of data that need to be acquired. This has intensified the contradiction between data volume and acquisition capacit...
Inter-satellite links are an important component of the new generation of satellite navigation systems, characterized by low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), complex electromagnetic interference and the short time slot of each satellite, which brings dif...
This paper studies a method for high-precision acquisition of position signals for permanent magnet direct drive servo motors at low speed. First of all, the problem of poor position feedback accuracy and sensor feedback delay in the low-speed operat...
Although data-independent acquisition (DIA) has the ability to identify and quantify all peptides in a sample, highly complex mixed mass spectra present difficulties for accurate peptide and protein identification. Additionally, the correspondence be...
This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of short acquisition times using the Clear adaptive Low-noise Method (CaLM) and Advanced intelligent clear-IQ engine (AiCE) reconstructions in a semiconductor-based positron emission tomography (PET)/c...
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The article presents methods of long range distance measurements using pulsed lasers and the Time of Flight principle. Various algorithms of laser distance measurements with digital acquisition of echo pulses (acquisition of a signal’s full waveform)...
Studying the potential of buildings for utilizing solar radiation would be helpful to decrease the energy consumption of buildings. The solar radiation acquisition (SRA) potential of building facades can be used to characterize the building’s S...
Background: No existing research has determined which teaching sequence strategy is the best for nursing students. Purpose: To find out which sequence is most effective in knowledge acquisition and knowledge retention and to further verify knowledge...
Cold-water coral (CWC) habitats are considered important centers of biodiversity in the deep sea, acting as spawning grounds and feeding area for many fish and invertebrates. Given their occurrence in remote parts of the planet, research on CWC habit...
An important goal in the reform of architectural design education is to instruct students in ways of acquiring relevant site information quickly and efficiently during a design project, and then integrating that information into their architectural d...
Driver monitoring systems (DMSs) are increasingly important for road safety, aiming to reduce driver-caused accidents. Traditional DMSs, focusing on behavioral and observable signals, lack the sensitivity to detect changes in the driver’s healt...
Sensors and process control systems are essential for process automation and optimization. Many sectors have adapted to the Industry 4.0 paradigm, but copper smelters remain hesitant to implement these technologies without appropriate justification,...
This paper presents a novel hybrid approach to feature detection designed specifically for enhancing Feature-Based Image Registration (FBIR). Through an extensive evaluation involving state-of-the-art feature detectors such as BRISK, FAST, ORB, Harri...
Frequent heavy rainfalls due to climate change in recent years have led to an increasing incidence of severe damage, such as levee breaches. However, the integrity of levees is currently assessed by visual inspection, relying on the skill and experie...
Recent research suggests that one of the main motivations for mergers and acquisitions is the attempt to acquire companies to incorporate intangible assets. Such assets provide important sources of sustainable competitive advantages and opportunities...
Bayesian optimization (BO) is commonly used to optimize the hyperparameters of transfer learning models to improve the model’s performance significantly. In BO, the acquisition functions direct the hyperparameter space exploration during the op...
Background: Radiomics has become a valuable tool in medical imaging, but its clinical use is limited by data variability and a lack of reproducibility between centers. This study aims to assess the differences between two scanners and provide guidanc...
Traffic information analysis plays an essential role in urban signalized intersection control. Wi-Fi technology can be used in multiple scenarios. It is effective to use a Wi-Fi data acquisition device to detect traffic information. This paper aims t...
As a critical component of substations, the substation frames are characterized by significant height and span, which presents substantial challenges and risks in conducting dynamic response tests using traditional sensors. To simplify these difficul...
We developed a prototype for measuring physiological data for pulse transit time (PTT) estimation that will be used for ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring. The device is comprised of an embedded system with multimodal sensors that streams high...
In the past two decades, there has been a tremendous increase in demand for services requiring a high bandwidth, a low latency, and high data rates, such as broadband internet services, video streaming, cloud computing, IoT devices, and mobile data s...
The analysis of seismic noise provides a reliable estimation of the soil properties, which supposes the starting point for the assessment of the seismic hazard. The horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio technique calculates the resonant frequency of...
Driven by the remarkable capabilities of machine learning, brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) are carving out an ever-expanding range of applications across a multitude of diverse fields. Notably, electroencephalogram (EEG) signals have risen to...
The soil microbiome plays a key role in plant health. Native soil microbiome inoculation, metagenomic profiling, and high-throughput cultivation require efficient microbe extraction. Sonication and oscillation are the most common methods used to extr...
The study refers to collaborative writing. The main objective of this study is to show the effects of collaborative writing in the acquisition of the English language upon students of non-compulsory secondary education. The applied study is grounded...
Existing thermoacoustic dynamic measurement instrumentation is typically expensive and relies on proprietary designs, sensors, and acquisition equipment. However, this study presents a low-cost acquisition solution for sampling pressure and calculati...
It is known that signal acquisition in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) field provides a rough maximum-likelihood (ML) estimate based on a peak search in a two-dimensional grid. In this paper, the theoretical mathematical expression of the c...
Location-based services are now playing an integral role in the development of emerging industries, such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and smart cities. Although GPS, Beidou and other satellite positioning technologies are becomi...
Dihydrochalcones are a class of secondary metabolites, for which demand in biological and pharmacological applications is still growing. They posses several health-endorsing properties and, therefore, are promising candidates for further research and...
Pancreas cancer is a lethal cancer as the majority patients are diagnosed at an advanced incurable stage. Despite improvements in diagnostic modalities and management strategies, including surgery and chemotherapies, the outcome of pancreas cancer re...
The root is the main organ of a plant for absorbing resources and whose spatial distribution characteristics play an important role in the survival of seedlings after afforestation. Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) is one of China’s most i...
Many practical decisions are more realistic concerning preventing bad decisions than seeking better ones. However, there has been no behavioral decision theory research on avoiding the worst decisions. This study is the first behavioral decision rese...
This study proposes a new method for the immediate fault warning and fault root tracing of CNC lathes. Here, the information acquisition scheme was formulated based on the analysis of the coupling relationship between the mechanical parts of CNC lath...
Globally, corrosion is the costliest cause of the deterioration of metallic and concrete structures, leading to significant financial losses and unexpected loss of life. Therefore, corrosion monitoring is vital to the assessment of structures’...
Toxic weaponry in the form of venom and poison has evolved in most groups of animals, including all four major lineages of tetrapods. Moreover, the evolution of such traits has been linked to several key aspects of the biology of toxic animals includ...
Successful data acquisition on mobile platforms, such as tractors, requires the provision of protection for the sensitive electronics, as these platforms are inherently rife with electrical transients that have sufficient energy to cause damage to un...
The performance of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) has reached a bottleneck due to the limitations of the manufacturing process and testing environment. Time-interleaved ADC (TIADC) technology can increase the sampling rate without changing the r...
Translation technology has become ubiquitous in multilingual classrooms without evidence-based implementation guidance. This mixed-methods study examined K-12 teachers’ translation practices (n = 88 survey; n = 3 district leader interviews), co...
As the scale of distributed renewable energy represented by wind power and photovoltaic continues to expand and load demand gradually changes, the future evolution of the smart distribution network will be directly driven by both distributed generati...
The converter transformer is a special power transformer that connects the converter bridge to the AC system in the HVDC transmission system. Due to the special structure of the converter transformer, it is necessary to test its operation state durin...
This study interrogates whether Augmented Reality (AR) enhances vocabulary and content acquisition within Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), situating the question in the broader debate on how immersive, multimodal technologies shape ac...
The paper proposes a method of automatic knuckle image acquisition for continuous verification systems. The developed acquisition method is dedicated for verification systems in which the person being verified uses a computer keyboard. This manner of...
Physical memory acquisition is a prerequisite when performing memory forensics, referring to a set of techniques for acquiring and analyzing traces associated with user activity information, malware analysis, cyber incident response, and similar area...
A tuning method was proposed for automatic lighting (auto-lighting) algorithms derived from the steepest descent and conjugate gradient methods. The auto-lighting algorithms maximize the image quality of industrial machine vision by adjusting multipl...
Dogs are the most common pet animal species in the UK. Little is known about information and advice gathering within the process of dog acquisition, nor what pre-acquisition research encompasses. This study aimed to better understand the preparatory...
Under the operating conditions of high power and high switching frequency, an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) chip can produce relatively large power loss, causing the junction temperature to rise rapidly; consequently, the reliability of th...
The Loran-C system is an internationally standardized positioning, navigation, and timing service system. It is the most important backup and supplement for the global navigation satellite system (GNSS). However, the existing Loran-C signal acquisiti...
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