Fault tolerance is crucial for enabling large-scale quantum computations, with surface codes emerging as prominent error correction techniques due to their high error threshold and reliance on nearest-neighbor interactions. Despite the advantages of...
In the evolving field of quantum computing, optimizing Quantum Error Correction (QEC) parameters is crucial due to the varying types and amounts of physical noise across quantum computers. Traditional simulators use a forward paradigm to derive logic...
The problem that the conventional double-exponential transient current model (DE model) can overdrive the circuit, which leads to the overestimation of the soft error rate of the logic cell, is solved. Our work uses a new and accurate model for predi...
Inspired by classical polar codes, whose coding rate can asymptotically achieve the Shannon capacity, researchers are trying to find their analogs in the quantum information field, which are called quantum polar codes. However, no one has designed a...
Implementing fault-tolerant quantum computing necessitates the realization of logical non-Clifford gates, which requires the preparation of specific quantum states known as magic states. However, IBM’s heavy-hexagon structure, which has limited...
In this paper, a comprehensive design and simulation of an all-photonic XOR logic gate is proposed. The design is based on the third-order Kerr nonlinear effect in highly nonlinear fiber, i.e., utilizing the self-phase and cross-phase modulations phe...
The rate of software development has increased dramatically. Conventional compilers cannot assess and detect all source code errors. Software may thus contain errors, negatively affecting end-users. It is also difficult to assess and detect source co...
To simultaneously track the ideal slip rate and realize ideal energy recovery efficiency under different complex road conditions, an electro-hydraulic compound anti-lock braking system based on interval type-2 fuzzy logic control strategy and its cor...
Quantum error correction (QEC) is an effective way to overcome quantum noise and de-coherence, meanwhile the fault tolerance of the encoding circuit, syndrome measurement circuit, and logical gate realization circuit must be ensured so as to achieve...
Single-event transient (SET)-induced soft errors are becoming a more significant threat to the reliability of electronic systems in space, especially for advanced technologies. The SET pulse width, which is vulnerable to SET propagation, is a critica...
Hemorrhage remains a leading cause of preventable death in emergency situations, including combat casualty care. This is partially due to the high cognitive burden that constantly adjusting fluid resuscitation rates can require, especially in austere...
A compact and simple structure is designed to create an all-optical XOR logic gate using a two-dimensional, photonic crystal lattice. The structure was implemented using three waveguides connected by two nano-resonators. The plane wave expansion meth...
This paper proposes and experimentally demonstrates a novel physical-layer encryption scheme for terahertz (THz) wireless communication based on a logical AND operation between dual THz beams transmitted from spatially separated sources. Unlike previ...
Microneedle systems have been widely used in health monitoring, painless drug delivery, and medical cosmetology. Although many studies on microneedle materials, structures, and applications have been conducted, the applications of microneedles often...
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of environmental colour on people’s lateral and logical abilities. This was done by evaluating study participants’ response time and error rate when completing six types of psychometric tests tha...
Logic-in-memory (LIM) circuits based on the material implication logic (IMPLY) and resistive random access memory (RRAM) technologies are a candidate solution for the development of ultra-low power non-von Neumann computing architectures. Such archit...
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The difficulty associated with spatial navigation is one of the main obstacles to independent living for visually impaired people. With a lack of visual feedback, visually impaired people must identify information from the external environment throug...
Background/Objectives: Autoverification systems integrated with fully automated analyzers and expert middleware can reduce manual review workload and improve turnaround time (TAT). This study aimed to develop an autoverification system for thyroid fu...
Quantum error correction codes (QECCs) are essential for reliable quantum computing as they protect quantum states against noise and errors. Limited research has explored the resilience of QECCs to biased noise, critical for selecting optimal codes....
This work aims to evaluate the feasibility of using a COTS-embedded computer as an on-board computer (OBC) for nanosatellites in academic projects. The prototype is based on the BeagleBone Black board, which runs the cFS flight-mission software on th...
SpaceFibre is an upcoming on-board high-speed communication protocol for space applications. It has been developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency to answer the growing data-rate requirement of satellite payloads such as Synthetic Ape...
The reliability of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits has become increasingly susceptible to transient faults induced by environmental noise with the scaling of technology. Some commonly used fault tolerance strategies require statistical m...
Pharmacists have often been viewed as the last line of defence against prescription errors in traditional care models. Although a large number of chronic care patients are using telehealth services to increase their access to continuous care, researc...
Monte Carlo simulations are widely used for uncertainty analysis in the probabilistic safety assessment of nuclear power plants. Despite many advantages, such as its general applicability, a Monte Carlo simulation has inherent limitations as a simula...
The usage of single-photon avalanche diode arrays is becoming increasingly common in various domains such as medical imaging, automotive vision systems, and optical communications. Nowadays, thanks to the development of microelectronics technologies,...
A high-speed, high-depth pre-interleaver in the proposed symbol pre-interleaving Bit MUX (PBM) was implemented to mitigate decision feedback equalizer (DFE) error propagation in a 400 G Ethernet Serializer–Deserializer (SerDes) interface. Based...
A low-power SAR ADC with capacitor-splitting energy-efficient switching scheme is proposed for wearable biosensor applications. Based on capacitor-splitting, additional reference voltage Vcm, and common-mode techniques, the proposed switching scheme...
Mobile anchor path planning techniques have provided as an alternative option for node localization in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In such context, path planning is a movement pattern where a mobile anchor node’s movement is designed in order to...
This study aimed at developing an artificial-neural-network (ANN)-based model that can calculate the required time for restoring the current indoor temperature during the setback period in accommodation buildings to the normal set-point temperature i...
This research explores the influence of colour on cognitive performance and intellectual abilities (i.e., logical and lateral thinking abilities and people’s attention to detail) in a conventional laboratory setting and an approximately identic...
Recently, hybrid logic circuits based on magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) have been widely investigated to realize zero standby power. However, such hybrid CMOS/MTJ logic circuits suffer from a severe sensing reliability due to the limited tunnel mag...
The mismatch between the conveying capacity of sugarcane harvesters and the feeding amount is the main cause of blockages in the conveying system. To address this issue, this paper proposes a control system that integrates machine vision technology w...
Reducing component size and increasing the operating frequency of integrated circuits makes the Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) more susceptible to faults. Faults can cause errors, and errors can be propagated and lead to a system failure. SoCs employing many...
Twist angle errors along the blade radial direction are uncertain and affected by cutting force, tool wear, and other factors. In this paper, the measured twist angle errors of 13 sections of 72 rotor blades were innovatively analyzed to obtain the r...
Friction and plastic deformation at the tool–chips interaction during a dry drilling process results in temperature rise and promotes tool wear and surface roughness. In most of the components produced in industries, a drilling process is used to mak...
The QC-LDPC code, with its excellent error correction performance and hardware friendliness, has been identified as one of the channel encoding schemes by Wi-Fi 6. Shorting, puncturing, or repeating operations are needed to ensure that user data can...
Accurate control of the specific growth rate (µ) of microorganisms is dependent on the ability to quantify the evolution of biomass reliably in real time. Biomass concentration can be monitored online using various tools and methods, but the ob...
Traffic engineering control is a major challenge in marine transportation. Cost efficiency and high performance demand advanced technologies for the ship control systems. This paper develops an autopilot heading control scheme based on a fuzzy state...
Accounting account codes are created within a specific logic framework to systematically and accurately record a company’s financial transactions. Currently, accounting reports are processed manually, which increases the likelihood of errors an...
The machining of glass-fiber-reinforced composites is complex due to their heterogeneous structures. Research has indicated that high-speed machining, at high spindle speeds and feed rates, not only increases productivity but also reduces drilling de...
DNA data storage has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional storage media due to its high density and durability. However, large-scale DNA storage systems generate massive sequencing reads, posing substantial computational complexity and l...
Facial recognition systems are increasingly used for authentication across domains such as finance, e-commerce, and public services, but their growing adoption raises significant concerns about spoofing attacks enabled by printed photos, replayed vid...
Wood-based composites are increasingly used in the industry not only because of the shortage of solid wood, but above all because of the better properties, such as high strength and aesthetic appearance compared to wood. Medium-density fiberboard (MD...
This paper presents a new type of time domain CMOS temperature sensor with a 9b successive approximation register (SAR) control logic and a fine delay line. We adopted an N-type poly resistor as the sensing element for temperature linearity. The chip...
This paper proposes a “planning and control” scheme for a compliant mechanism (CM) based on a pneumatic actuator (PAC) with hysteresis nonlinearity and full-state constraints. In the planning part, a novel direct inverse model is presente...
Symbolic semantic understanding of staff images is an important technological support to achieve “intelligent score flipping”. Due to the complex composition of staff symbols and the strong semantic correlation between symbol spaces, it i...
This paper presents a multi-stage noise shaping (MASH) switched-capacitor (SC) sigma-delta (ΣΔ) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) composed of an analog modulator with an on-chip noise cancellation logic and a reconfigurable digital decima...
Recent developments regarding the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) opened new horizons of healthcare opportunities. Moreover, these technological advancements give strength to face upcoming healthcare...
Differential tracked robots play a crucial role in various modernized work scenarios such as smart industry, agriculture, and transportation. However, these robots frequently encounter substantial challenges in trajectory tracking, attributable to su...
Diagnosing atypical parkinsonism can be an error-exposed undertaking in the context of elaborate criteria coupled with time restraints on their comprehensive application. We conducted a retrospective, descriptive study of diagnostic accuracy among ph...
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