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  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,902 Views
12 Pages

Quantum Discord, Thermal Discord, and Entropy Generation in the Minimum Error Discrimination Strategy

  • Omar Jiménez,
  • Miguel Angel Solís-Prosser,
  • Leonardo Neves and
  • Aldo Delgado

8 March 2019

We study the classical and quantum correlations in the minimum error discrimination (ME) of two non-orthogonal pure quantum states. In particular, we consider quantum discord, thermal discord and entropy generation. We show that ME allows one to reac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,017 Views
18 Pages

14 August 2025

We study the quantum state discrimination problem under the minimum error (ME) strategy for a set of N pure equidistant states. These states are characterized by the property that the inner product between any pair of states is given by a unique comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,944 Views
15 Pages

9 July 2019

This study considers the minimum error discrimination of two quantum states in terms of a two-party zero-sum game, whose optimal strategy is a minimax strategy. A minimax strategy is one in which a sender chooses a strategy for a receiver so that the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,850 Views
9 Pages

26 November 2021

Recently, Schmid and Spekkens studied the quantum contextuality in terms of state discrimination. By dealing with the minimum error discrimination of two quantum states with identical prior probabilities, they reported that quantum contextual advanta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,077 Views
14 Pages

25 September 2024

The error threshold is the cornerstone to balance the mathematical complexity and simulation speed of wind farm (WF) equivalent models, and can promote the standardization process of equivalent methodology. Due to differences in power system conditio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,936 Views
17 Pages

Optical physical unclonable keys are currently considered to be rather promising candidates for the development of entity authentication protocols, which offer security against both classical and quantum adversaries. In this work, we investigate the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,777 Views
11 Pages

Helstrom Bound for Squeezed Coherent States in Binary Communication

  • Evaldo M. F. Curado,
  • Sofiane Faci,
  • Jean-Pierre Gazeau and
  • Diego Noguera

31 January 2022

In quantum information processing, using a receiver device to differentiate between two non-orthogonal states leads to a quantum error probability. The minimum possible error is known as the Helstrom bound. In this work, we study the conditions for s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,235 Views
14 Pages

Mutual Information and Quantum Discord in Quantum State Discrimination with a Fixed Rate of Inconclusive Outcomes

  • Omar Jiménez,
  • Miguel Angel Solís–Prosser,
  • Leonardo Neves and
  • Aldo Delgado

6 January 2021

We studied the mutual information and quantum discord that Alice and Bob share when Bob implements a discrimination with a fixed rate of inconclusive outcomes (FRIO) onto two pure non-orthogonal quantum states, generated with arbitrary a priori proba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,681 Views
9 Pages

Psychometric Properties of the European Evaluation of Vertigo Scale (EEV) for a Spanish-Speaking Population: A Validation Study

  • María Alharilla Montilla-Ibáñez,
  • Rafael Lomas-Vega,
  • María del Carmen López-Ruiz,
  • Ángeles Díaz-Fernández,
  • Alfonso Javier Ibáñez-Vera,
  • Ana Belén Peinado-Rubia,
  • Esteban Obrero-Gaitán and
  • Ana Sedeño-Vidal

Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the European Evaluation of Vertigo (EEV) and analyse its test–retest reliability, standard error of measurement (SEM), minimum detectable change (MDC), co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,157 Views
16 Pages

Multi-Access Channel Based on Quantum Detection in Wireless Optical Communication

  • Wenbin Yu,
  • Fei Chen,
  • Zeyu Xu,
  • Yifan Zhang,
  • Alex X. Liu and
  • Chengjun Zhang

29 July 2022

In this paper, we propose a novel multi-user access in wireless optical communication based on the quantum detection of the coherent state. In this case, the coherent states are used as the signal carrier and a technique of quantum detection is appli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,427 Views
13 Pages

The Use of Information Entropy and Expert Opinion in Maximizing the Discriminating Power of Composite Indicators

  • Matheus Pereira Libório,
  • Roxani Karagiannis,
  • Alexandre Magno Alvez Diniz,
  • Petr Iakovlevitch Ekel,
  • Douglas Alexandre Gomes Vieira and
  • Laura Cozzi Ribeiro

6 February 2024

This research offers a solution to a highly recognized and controversial problem within the composite indicator literature: sub-indicators weighting. The research proposes a novel hybrid weighting method that maximizes the discriminating power of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,305 Views
20 Pages

24 August 2020

High-dimensional signals, such as image signals and audio signals, usually have a sparse or low-dimensional manifold structure, which can be projected into a low-dimensional subspace to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of data processing. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,842 Views
16 Pages

Efficient Invariant Features for Sensor Variability Compensation in Speaker Recognition

  • Abdennour Alimohad,
  • Ahmed Bouridane and
  • Abderrezak Guessoum

13 October 2014

In this paper, we investigate the use of invariant features for speaker recognition. Owing to their characteristics, these features are introduced to cope with the difficult and challenging problem of sensor variability and the source of performance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,251 Views
14 Pages

Variables Selection from the Patterns of the Features Applied to Spectroscopic Data—An Application Case

  • José L. Romero-Béjar,
  • Francisco Javier Esquivel and
  • José Antonio Esquivel

29 December 2024

Spectroscopic data allows for the obtaining of relevant information about the composition of samples and has been used for research in scientific disciplines such as chemistry, geology, archaeology, Mars research, pharmacy, and medicine, as well as i...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
9,985 Views
15 Pages

21 March 2018

High performance liquid chromatography method with ultra-violet detection (HPLC-UV) fingerprinting was applied for the analysis and characterization of olive oils, and was performed using a Zorbax Eclipse XDB-C8 reversed-phase column under gradient e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
180 Citations
17,298 Views
22 Pages

IMU-Based Gait Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Multi-Sensor Fusion

  • Omid Dehzangi,
  • Mojtaba Taherisadr and
  • Raghvendar ChangalVala

27 November 2017

The wide spread usage of wearable sensors such as in smart watches has provided continuous access to valuable user generated data such as human motion that could be used to identify an individual based on his/her motion patterns such as, gait. Severa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
3,819 Views
11 Pages

Transcultural Adaptation and Validation of the Fonseca Anamnestic Index in a Spanish Population with Temporomandibular Disorders

  • Carmen María Sánchez-Torrelo,
  • Noelia Zagalaz-Anula,
  • Roger Alonso-Royo,
  • Alfonso Javier Ibáñez-Vera,
  • Jesús López Collantes,
  • Daniel Rodríguez-Almagro,
  • Esteban Obrero-Gaitán and
  • Rafael Lomas-Vega

9 October 2020

Background: The Fonseca Anamnestic Index (FAI) offers a simple method to screen temporomandibular disorders (TMD). This study aimed to validate the Spanish version of the FAI in patients with TMD. Methods: The sample consisted of 125 subjects (66 TMD...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,205 Views
32 Pages

14 October 2024

Background/Objectives: Photoplethysmography (PPG) signals, which measure blood volume changes through light absorption, are increasingly used for non-invasive cardiovascular disease (CVD) detection. Analyzing PPG signals can help identify irregular h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,375 Views
26 Pages

Enhancing Well-Being at Population Level: A Case Study on Romania

  • Vlad Gabriel Cârstea,
  • Ana Maria Mihaela Iordache,
  • Alexandru Ionescu,
  • Nela Ramona Grigore and
  • Cristina Coculescu

29 November 2024

The concept of well-being is multifaceted, influenced by a range of factors, including economic, social, perceptual, and personal, and varies considerably between individuals, countries, and continents. The objective of this research paper is to achi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,916 Views
10 Pages

Validity and Reliability of the Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test (LEMOCOT) in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

  • Dimitra Zarbouti,
  • Margialena Manola,
  • Anna Christakou,
  • George A. Koumantakis,
  • Triantafyllos K. Doskas and
  • Vasiliki Sakellari

11 April 2024

The validity and reliability of the Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test (LEMOCOT) were assessed in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The study involved 60 participants diagnosed with MS (mean age: 48.13 years, range: 24–80 years). Intr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,185 Views
12 Pages

Signal Detection Based on Separable CNN for OTFS Communication Systems

  • Ying Wang,
  • Zixu Zhang,
  • Hang Li,
  • Tao Zhou and
  • Zhiqun Cheng

7 August 2025

This paper proposes a low-complexity signal detection method for orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) communication systems, based on a separable convolutional neural network (SeCNN), termed SeCNN-OTFS. A novel SeparableBlock architecture is introd...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,085 Views
24 Pages

21 May 2021

This paper proposes an accurate quantitative segmentation method by analyzing the probability distribution of tracking variance and strict derivation based on the tracking loop theory. The segmentation points are taken as characteristics of phase loc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,813 Views
20 Pages

Influence of Time-Pickoff Circuit Parameters on LiDAR Range Precision

  • Xiaolu Li,
  • Hongming Wang,
  • Bingwei Yang,
  • Jiayue Huyan and
  • Lijun Xu

17 October 2017

A pulsed time-of-flight (TOF) measurement-based Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system is more effective for medium-long range distances. As a key ranging unit, a time-pickoff circuit based on automatic gain control (AGC) and constant fraction di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,398 Views
18 Pages

13 September 2025

This study proposes a novel method to address the instability issues in multi-target bearing-only tracking for passive sonar systems. Utilizing a particle filter-guided on-site training mechanism, the complex multi-classification task is simplified i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,355 Views
18 Pages

Novel Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis Index Using Deep Features and Local Directional Pattern Techniques

  • Anjan Gudigar,
  • U. Raghavendra,
  • Jyothi Samanth,
  • Chinmay Dharmik,
  • Mokshagna Rohit Gangavarapu,
  • Krishnananda Nayak,
  • Edward J. Ciaccio,
  • Ru-San Tan,
  • Filippo Molinari and
  • U. Rajendra Acharya

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disorder that exhibits a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, including sudden death. Early diagnosis and intervention may avert the latter. Left ventricular hypertrophy on heart imaging is an import...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,139 Views
19 Pages

1 December 2014

Hollow alginate microfibers (od = 1.3 mm, id = 0.9 mm, th = 400 µm, L = 3.5 cm) comprised of 2% (w/v) medium molecular weight alginate cross-linked with 0.9 M CaCl2 were fabricated to model outward diffusion capture by 2D fluorescent microscopy. A t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
939 Views
21 Pages

20 September 2025

Text-dependent speaker verification (TD-SV), which verifies speaker identity using predefined phrases, has gained attention as a reliable contactless biometric authentication method for smart devices, internet of things (IoT), and real-time applicati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,844 Views
17 Pages

Design, Validity, and Reliability of a New Test, Based on an Inertial Measurement Unit System, for Measuring Cervical Posture and Motor Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy

  • Cristina Carmona-Pérez,
  • Alberto Pérez-Ruiz,
  • Juan L. Garrido-Castro,
  • Francisco Torres Vidal,
  • Sandra Alcaraz-Clariana,
  • Lourdes García-Luque,
  • Daiana Priscila Rodrigues-de-Souza and
  • Francisco Alburquerque-Sendín

1 September 2020

Objective: The aim of this study was to design and propose a new test based on inertial measurement unit (IMU) technology, for measuring cervical posture and motor control in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to evaluate its validity and reliabil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,997 Views
14 Pages

11 June 2024

Background: The side hop test (SHT) measures the number of jumps performed over 30 s. Although this measure has demonstrated its value in clinical practice, the temporal parameters of the SHT allow for a deeper analysis of the execution strategy. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,500 Views
23 Pages

Sample Expansion and Classification Model of Maize Leaf Diseases Based on the Self-Attention CycleGAN

  • Hongliang Guo,
  • Mingyang Li,
  • Ruizheng Hou,
  • Hanbo Liu,
  • Xudan Zhou,
  • Chunli Zhao,
  • Xiao Chen and
  • Lianxing Gao

7 September 2023

In order to address the limited scale and insufficient diversity of research datasets for maize leaf diseases, this study proposes a maize disease image generation algorithm based on the cycle generative adversarial network (CycleGAN). With the disea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,516 Views
10 Pages

Non-Invasive Estimation of Central Systolic Blood Pressure by Radial Tonometry: A Simplified Approach

  • Denis Chemla,
  • Davide Agnoletti,
  • Mathieu Jozwiak,
  • Yi Zhang,
  • Athanase D. Protogerou,
  • Sandrine Millasseau and
  • Jacques Blacher

10 August 2023

Backround. Central systolic blood pressure (cSBP) provides valuable clinical and physiological information. A recent invasive study showed that cSBP can be reliably estimated from mean (MBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure. In this non-invasive st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,701 Views
20 Pages

30 May 2025

Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) visible light remote sensing provides new opportunities for plant community monitoring, but its practical deployment in different ecosystems is still limited by the lack of standardized vegetation index (VI) opt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
8,344 Views
20 Pages

A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Estimate Grapevine Leaf Nitrogen Concentration Using Aerial Multispectral Imagery

  • Ali Moghimi,
  • Alireza Pourreza,
  • German Zuniga-Ramirez,
  • Larry E. Williams and
  • Matthew W. Fidelibus

26 October 2020

Assessment of the nitrogen status of grapevines with high spatial, temporal resolution offers benefits in fertilizer use efficiency, crop yield and quality, and vineyard uniformity. The primary objective of this study was to develop a robust predicti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,606 Views
19 Pages

Cost-Sensitive Broad Learning System for Imbalanced Classification and Its Medical Application

  • Liang Yao,
  • Pak Kin Wong,
  • Baoliang Zhao,
  • Ziwen Wang,
  • Long Lei,
  • Xiaozheng Wang and
  • Ying Hu

5 March 2022

As an effective and efficient discriminative learning method, the broad learning system (BLS) has received increasing attention due to its outstanding performance without large computational resources. The standard BLS is derived under the minimum me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,095 Views
17 Pages

Feature Engineering for ICU Mortality Prediction Based on Hourly to Bi-Hourly Measurements

  • Ahmed Y. A. Amer,
  • Julie Vranken,
  • Femke Wouters,
  • Dieter Mesotten,
  • Pieter Vandervoort,
  • Valerie Storms,
  • Stijn Luca,
  • Bart Vanrumste and
  • Jean-Marie Aerts

27 August 2019

Mortality prediction for intensive care unit (ICU) patients is a challenging problem that requires extracting discriminative and informative features. This study presents a proof of concept for exploring features that can provide clinical insight. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,139 Views
37 Pages

Polarimetric L-Band ALOS2-PALSAR2 for Discontinuous Permafrost Mapping in Peatland Regions

  • Ridha Touzi,
  • Steven M. Pawley,
  • Paul Wilson,
  • Xianfeng Jiao,
  • Mehdi Hosseini and
  • Masanobu Shimada

27 April 2023

Recently, it has been shown that the long penetrating polarimetric L-band ALOS is very promising for boreal and subarctic peatland mapping and monitoring. The unique information provided by the Touzi decomposition, and the dominant-scattering-type ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,077 Views
12 Pages

Streak Tube-Based LiDAR for 3D Imaging

  • Houzhi Cai,
  • Zeng Ye,
  • Fangding Yao,
  • Chao Lv,
  • Xiaohan Cheng and
  • Lijuan Xiang

28 August 2025

Streak cameras, essential for ultrahigh temporal resolution diagnostics in laser-driven inertial confinement fusion, underpin the streak tube imaging LiDAR (STIL) system—a flash LiDAR technology offering high spatiotemporal resolution, precise...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
6,898 Views
16 Pages

A Deep Learning Approach for Detecting Stroke from Brain CT Images Using OzNet

  • Oznur Ozaltin,
  • Orhan Coskun,
  • Ozgur Yeniay and
  • Abdulhamit Subasi

A brain stroke is a life-threatening medical disorder caused by the inadequate blood supply to the brain. After the stroke, the damaged area of the brain will not operate normally. As a result, early detection is crucial for more effective therapy. C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,931 Views
31 Pages

Detection of Atmospheric Wind Speed by Lidar Based on Quadrichannel Mach–Zehnder Interferometer

  • Jun Li,
  • Yusheng Lu,
  • Haima Yang,
  • Zeng Li,
  • Jin Liu,
  • Jia Qiang and
  • Yuwei Chen

For a long time, wind speed profile measurement has been the primary task of weather forecasting. Therefore, the detection of atmospheric wind speed is extremely important for studying the changes in atmospheric motion. In order to solve the problems...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,540 Views
26 Pages

Extracting Leaf Area Index by Sunlit Foliage Component from Downward-Looking Digital Photography under Clear-Sky Conditions

  • Yelu Zeng,
  • Jing Li,
  • Qinhuo Liu,
  • Ronghai Hu,
  • Xihan Mu,
  • Weiliang Fan,
  • Baodong Xu,
  • Gaofei Yin and
  • Shengbiao Wu

13 October 2015

The development of near-surface remote sensing requires the accurate extraction of leaf area index (LAI) from networked digital cameras under all illumination conditions. The widely used directional gap fraction model is more suitable for overcast co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,364 Views
27 Pages

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft represent a crucial aviation technology to transform future transportation systems. The unique characteristics of eVTOL aircraft include reduced noise, low pollutant emission, efficient operating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,545 Views
22 Pages

9 October 2024

In recent years, the non-invasive load monitoring (NILM) method based on sparse coding has shown promising research prospects. This type of method learns a sparse dictionary for each monitoring target device, and it expresses load decomposition as a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
341 Views
32 Pages

16 January 2026

Early fault vibration signals of rolling bearings are non-stationary and nonlinear, with weak fault signatures easily masked by noise. Traditional denoising methods (e.g., wavelet thresholding, empirical mode decomposition (EMD)) struggle to accurate...