A key enabler for Cognitive Radio (CR) is spectrum sensing, which is physically implemented by sensor and actuator networks typically using the popular energy detection method. The threshold of the binary hypothesis for energy detection is generally...
For Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), the Voronoi partition of a region is a challenging problem owing to the limited sensing ability of each sensor and the distributed organization of the network. In this paper, an algorithm is proposed for each sens...
The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have the ability to sense alternating-current (AC) magnetic fields with high spatial resolution. However, the frequency range of AC sensing protocols based on dynamical decoupling (DD) sequences has not be...
The wireless sensor network (WSN) plays an essential role in various practical smart applications, e.g., smart grids, smart factories, Internet of Things, and smart homes, etc. WSNs are comprised and embedded wireless smart sensors. With advanced dev...
Since time-delay, Doppler effect and phase estimation are fundamental tasks in a plethora of engineering fields, tractable lower performance bounds for this problem are key tools of broad interest for a large variety of remote sensing applications. I...
(1) Background: Individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) may experience proprioceptive and balance impairments. Kinesiophobia is a factor that can mediate the relationship between cervical joint position sense (JPS) and limits of stability. The o...
The Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) is one of the remote sensing (RS) models that are increasingly being used to determine evapotranspiration (ET). SEBAL is a widely used model, mainly due to the fact that it requires minimum weathe...
In a 2021 survey, we found that “limit or suppression experiences” were related to a willingness to use enhancement technologies. However, the concept of “limit or suppression experiences” is vague and difficult to interpret in relation to neuroethic...
Reliable and efficient reconstruction of pure quantum states under the processing of noisy measurement data is a vital tool in fundamental and applied quantum information sciences owing to communication, sensing, and computing. Specifically, the puri...
The Mobile Crowd-sensing Network is a novel cyber–physical–social network which has received great attention recently and can be used as a powerful tool to monitor the phenomenon of the field of interest. Due to the limited budget, how to...
Model calibration and validation are challenging in poorly gauged basins. We developed and applied a new approach to calibrate hydrological models using distributed geospatial remote sensing data. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was c...
Wheat stripe rust (WSR) is an airborne disease that causes severe damage to wheat. The rapid and early detection of WSR is essential for the prevention and control of this disease. The minimum detection limit (MDL) is one of the most important charac...
Novel biomarkers and lower limits of detection enable improved diagnostics. In this paper we analyze the influence of flow on the lower limit of electrochemical detection on a microfluidic Compact Disc (CD). Implementing wireless transfer of data red...
In the search for new materials to open up creative pathways for industry and research, modification is one of the best methods to implement. Developing materials with high sensitivity and selectivity for specific applications, such as ion sensing, r...
Quantum sensing and quantum metrology propose schemes for the estimation of physical properties, such as lengths, time intervals, and temperatures, achieving enhanced levels of precision beyond the possibilities of classical strategies. However, such...
In this work, 2-butanone-sensitive Ag-decorated In2O3 nanocomposites were successfully prepared using a facile one-step hydrothermal method to enhance the sensing performance of In2O3 nanocubes. The methods of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), tran...
This study presents a simple and cost-effective method for producing carbon fibre microcylinder bundle (CFMB) electrodes that are highly stable and reproducible for electrochemical sensing applications. The CFMBs were integrated into a 3D-printed ele...
The ability to spatially characterize runoff generation and forest health depends partly on the accuracy and resolution of evapotranspiration (ET) simulated by numerical models. A possible strategy to increase the accuracy and resolution of numerical...
Low Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is a climate barrier because it may inhibit and reduce seedling growth of mangrove propagules upon dispersal through seawater. Our objective is to analyze the spatio-temporal series of daily SST data from the Multi-s...
On 17 October 2015, a large-scale subaerial landslide occurred in Taan Fiord, Alaska, which released about 50 Mm3 of rock. This entered the water body and triggered a tsunami with a runup of up to 193 m. This paper aims to simulate the possible forma...
Commercially available Pt screen printed electrodes (SPEs) have been employed as possible electrode materials for methylamine (MA) and hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas detection. The room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(tr...
Early scholars such as Ibn Khaldoun laid the groundwork for understanding biodiversity, but it was 18th-century figures such as Carl Linnaeus who propelled its systematic study. Linnaeus’s classification system revolutionized biology, providing...
Evaluating the time-delay, Doppler effect and carrier phase of a received signal is a challenging estimation problem that was addressed in a large variety of remote sensing applications. This problem becomes more difficult and less understood when th...
Accurate monitoring of total suspended matter (TSM) concentration is essential for aquatic ecosystem protection and water quality assessment. Multispectral remote sensing provides an effective approach for large-scale TSM monitoring. However, robust...
This study aims to improve the standard water balance evapotranspiration (WB ET) estimate, which is typically used as benchmark data for catchment-scale ET estimation, by accounting for net intercatchment groundwater flow in the ET calculation. Using...
One of the prospective research topics in radar remote sensing technology is the methodology for designing an optimal radar system for high-precision two-dimensional and three-dimensional image acquisition of the Earth’s surface with minimal ha...
The classically defined minimum uncertainty of the optical phase is known as the standard quantum limit or shot-noise limit (SNL), originating in the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. Based on the SNL, the phase sensitivity is inversely pro...
Remote sensing (RS) models can easily estimate the net primary productivity (NPP) on a large scale. The majority of RS models try to couple the effects of temperature, water, stand age, and CO2 concentration to attenuate the maximum light use efficie...
This systematic literature review (SLR) provides a comprehensive overview of remote sensing (RS) applications in northern peatlands from 2017 to 2022, utilising various platforms, including in situ, UAV, airborne, and satellite technologies. It addre...
The challenges and drawbacks of manual weeding and herbicide usage, such as inefficiency, high costs, time-consuming tasks, and environmental pollution, have led to a shift in the agricultural industry toward digital agriculture. The utilization of a...
We report on a novel optical microcavity sensing scheme by using the orthogonal demodulation Pound–Drever–Hall (PDH) technique. We found that larger sensitivity in a broad range of cavity quality factor (Q) could be obtained. Taking micro...
The operation of a variety of natural or man-made systems subject to uncertainty is maintained within a range of safe behavior through run-time sensing of the system state and control actions selected according to some strategy. When the system is ob...
The existing image matching methods for remote sensing scenes are usually based on local features. The most common local features like SIFT can be used to extract point features. However, this kind of methods may extract too many keypoints on the bac...
Every year, flood disasters are responsible for widespread destruction and loss of human life. Remote sensing data are capable of providing valuable, synoptic coverage of flood events but are not always available because of satellite revisit limitati...
In this paper, we investigate dynamic resource selection in dense deployments of the recent 6G mobile in-X subnetworks (inXSs). We cast resource selection in inXSs as a multi-objective optimization problem involving maximization of the minimum capaci...
Forests play a key role in carbon sequestration and oxygen production. They significantly contribute to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. Accurate estimation of forest carbon stocks is essential for a precise understanding of the carbon seq...
Small data analytics, at the opposite extreme of big data analytics, represent a critical limitation in structural health monitoring based on spaceborne remote sensing technology. Besides the engineering challenge, small data is typically a demanding...
In this paper, we report on the measurement and modeling of enhanced optical refractometric sensors based on whispering gallery modes. The devices under test are optical microresonators made of silicon nitride on silicon oxide, which differ in their...
Remote sensing imagery has been successfully used to map seagrass in clear waters, but here we evaluate the advantages and limitations of different remote sensing techniques to detect eelgrass in the tidal embayment of Elkhorn Slough, CA. Pseudo true...
Bare soil (BS) identification through satellite remote sensing can potentially play a critical role in understanding and managing soil properties essential for climate regulation and ecosystem services. From 191 papers, this review synthesises advanc...
In this study, nanoporous gold (NPG) was synthesized by free corrosion dealloying of an amorphous precursor, Au20Cu48Ag7Pd5Si20 (at. %), in a mixture of nitric and hydrofluoric acid, starting from amorphous melt-spun ribbons. NPG revealed a 3D nanopo...
Ag-doped WO3 (Ag–WO3) films were deposited on a soda-lime glass substrate via a facile spray pyrolysis technique. The surface roughness of the films varied between 0.6 nm and 4.3 nm, as verified by the Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) studies. Amm...
A highly sensitive refractive index sensor with low detection limit based on an asymmetric optical microfiber coupler is proposed. It is composed of a silica optical microfiber and an As2Se3 optical microfiber. Due to the asymmetry of the microfiber...
A novel application of microresonators for refractometric sensing in aqueous media is presented. To carry out this approach, microspheres of different materials and sizes were fabricated and doped with Nd3+ ions. Under 532 nm excitation, the microsph...
Although shrublands, savannas and grasslands account for 37% of the world’s terrestrial area, not many studies have analysed the role of these ecosystems in the global carbon cycle at a regional scale. The MODIS Gross Primary Production (GPP) product...
The northernmost and most arid mangrove ecosystem of West Africa is found in Mauritania, in the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin (PNBA). The existing global and regional maps of Mauritania’s mangroves have little detail, and available estimates of the...
Photothermal spectroscopy (PTS) is a technique used for determining the composition of liquids, solids and gases. In PTS, the sample is illuminated with a radiation source, and the thermal response of the analyte (e.g., refractive index) is analyzed...
Overcoming the diffraction limit, which enables focusing much less than the wavelength, requires tailoring the evanescent spectrum of an aperture’s field distribution. We model and simulate a corrugated near field plate, which can generate a su...
In this work, we report the synthesis method of carbon quantum dots (CDs) using the one-step method for fast and effective metal ion determination. Ascorbic acid was used as an inexpensive and environmentally friendly precursor. High-pressure and hig...
Cervical proprioception and its implications on postural stability are crucial in older adults. Understanding their relationship is important in understanding and preventing falls in older adults. This research aims to evaluate the proprioceptive, fu...
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