Nitrate nitrogen (NO3−-N) is widely used in the cultivation of the cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). In fact, in mixed nitrogen forms, partially substituting NO3−-N with NH4+-N can promote the absorption and utilization of nitrogen. However,...
To improve the autonomous flight capability of endo-atmospheric flight vehicles, such as cruise missiles, drones, and other small, low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a novel minimum-effort waypoint-following differential geometric guidance law...
This study investigated the germination response to temperature of seeds of nine Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes. They are characterized by a similar temperature dependency of seed germination, and 10 °C and 29 °C were found to be suboptimal lo...
We consider the simultaneous wireless information and power transfer in two-phase decode-and-forward two-way relaying networks, where a relay harvests the energy from the signal to be relayed through either power splitting or time splitting. Here, we...
With the development of Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, industries such as smart agriculture, smart health, smart buildings, and smart cities are attracting attention. As a core wireless communication technology, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is ga...
Multi-agent differential games usually include tracking policies and escaping policies. To obtain the proper policies in unknown environments, agents can learn through reinforcement learning. This typically requires a large amount of interaction with...
The outage probability (OP) performance of multiple-relay incremental-selective decode-and-forward (ISDF) relaying mobile-to-mobile (M2M) sensor networks with transmit antenna selection (TAS) over N-Nakagami fading channels is investigated. Exact clo...
This paper presents modeling and infinite-time suboptimal control of a quadcopter device using the state-dependent Riccati equation (SDRE) method. It establishes a solution to the control problem using SDRE and proposes a new procedure for solving th...
Compressed ultrafast photography (CUP) is a type of two-dimensional (2D) imaging technique to observe ultrafast processes. Intelligence reconstruction methods that influence the imaging quality are an essential part of a CUP system. However, existing...
Staphylococcus haemolyticus has emerged to be a frequently encountered late-onset sepsis pathogen among newborn infants. Critical care of neonates involves substantial usage of antibiotics and these pathogens are often exposed to sub-optimal doses of...
This paper presents a vision sensor-based solution to the challenging problem of detecting and following trails in highly unstructured natural environments like forests, rural areas and mountains, using a combination of a deep neural network and dyna...
The potential for more egalitarian or democratic forms of engagements among people is accepted to be somehow actualised naturally within collaborative or cooperative forms of learning. There is an urgent need for a theoretical framework that does not...
Background: The diagnostic accuracy for Parkinson’s disease (PD), a synucleinopathy, based on diagnostic criteria is suboptimal. A biomarker for synucleinopathies is pivotal both from a clinical and from a research point of view. CSF a-synuclei...
Probabilistic constellation shaping is investigated in the context of nonlinear fiber optic communication channels. Based on a general framework, different link types are considered—1. dispersion-managed channels, 2. unrepeatered transmission c...
Montgomery’s medialization thyroplasty is a laryngeal frame surgery to treat patients with unilateral vocal cord paralysis. This procedure uses a silicone implant in six sizes each for male and female patients. The results of this technique are...
The problem of real-time optimal guidance is extremely important for successful autonomous missions. In this paper, the last phases of autonomous lunar landing trajectories are addressed. The proposed guidance is based on the Particle Swarm Optimizat...
Proximity operations offer aggregate capability for a spacecraft operating in close proximity to another spacecraft, to perform on-orbit satellite servicing, or to a space object to perform debris removal. To utilize a spacecraft performing such adva...
Digital platforms have begun to rely more on algorithms to perform basic tasks such as pricing. These platforms must set prices that coordinate two or more sides that need each other in some way (e.g., developers and users or buyers and sellers). The...
His bundle pacing is the most physiological form of pacing as it replicates the patient’s natural ventricular activation. Its adoption has significantly grown over the last years. However, the technique has several limitations, including suboptimal t...
Certain patient populations receive insufficient medicinal treatment due to a lack of commercially available products. The number of approved veterinary products is limited, making animals a patient population with suboptimal medicinal treatments ava...
If actors want to reach a particular goal, they are often better off forming collaborative relations and investing together rather than investing separately. We study the coordination and cooperation problems that might hinder successful collaboratio...
An optical camera-based integrated sensing and communication (OC-ISAC) system model is proposed to address the intrinsic requirements of vehicular-to-everything (V2X) applications in complex outdoor environments. The model enables the coexistence and...
There are indications that children born during the period of COVID-19 lockdown have cognitive development issues, without having been affected by the virus. We discuss here the idea that environmental deprivation—and, especially, the lack of appropr...
Simulations of industrial roll-forming processes using the finite element method typically require an extremely fine discretization to obtain accurate results. Running those models using a classical finite element method usually leads to suboptimal m...
The paper considers the problem of cooperative control synthesis for a complex of
Does design contribute to real estate value? Practicing architects require evidence to justify both functional and aesthetic building needs within the financial ecosystem. Some buildings that become real estate assets are valued using models that con...
Photodynamic therapy is a non-invasive method where light activates a photosensitizer bound to cancer cells, generating reactive oxygen species and resulting in cell death. This study assessed the oncolytic potential of photodynamic therapy, comparin...
This paper considers simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) in a decode-and-forward two-way relay (DF-TWR) network, where a power splitting protocol is employed at the relay for energy harvesting. The goal is to jointly optimize...
The covariance information at the transmitter side is often subject to mismatches due to various impairments. This paper considers a training design problem for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems when both channel and interference covarian...
Grid-forming inverters are the essential components in the effort to integrate renewable energy resources into stand-alone power systems and microgrids. Performance of these inverters directly depends on their control parameters embodied in the contr...
As we age, our bodies accrue damage in the form of DNA mutations. These mutations lead to the generation of sub-optimal proteins, resulting in inadequate cellular homeostasis and senescence. The build-up of senescent cells negatively affects the loca...
This paper provides a structured literature review and analysis of using game theory to model project management scenarios. We select and review thirty-two papers from Scopus, present a complex three-dimensional classification of the selected papers,...
Antiretroviral therapy (ART), while essential in combatting tuberculosis (TB) and HIV coinfection, is often complicated by the TB-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS). Depending on the TB disease site and treatment status...
This paper considers the issue of linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) design for nonlinear systems with the use of smooth state and input transformations. The proposed design methodology is considered in the stabilisation task of the Pendubot, which is...
Hepatitis B virus is a substantial contributor to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) globally. Vaccination is the most effective method for prevention of hepatitis B and its associated morbidity and mortality, and the only method to prevent...
In this paper, we present a joint power allocation and adaptive link selection protocol for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based network consists of one source node i.e., base station (BS), one destination node i.e., (MU) and a...
Cystinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which cystine crystals accumulate within the cellular lysosomes, causing damage to multiple organs. Due to challenges with the stringent cysteamine treatment regimen and side effects, adherence is...
The integration of the Accelerometer and Magnetometer (AM) provides continuous, stable and accurate attitude information for land-vehicle navigation without magnetic distortion and external acceleration. However, magnetic disturbance and linear accel...
Despite the rich armamentarium of available drugs against different forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD), major challenges persist in their safe and effective use. These include high rates of adverse drug reactions, increased heterogeneity in patien...
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) accounts for approximately 15–20% of all childhood leukemia cases. The overall survival of children with acute myeloid leukemia does not exceed 82%, and the 5-year event-free survival rates range from 46% to 69%. Su...
Endometrial receptivity is a biosensor for embryo quality, as embryos with reduced developmental potential are rejected. However, embryo quality only accounts for an estimated one-third of implantation failures, with suboptimal endometrial receptivit...
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and their derivatives are currently the fastest growing class of therapeutics. Even if naked antibodies have proven their value as successful biopharmaceuticals, they suffer from some limitations. To overcome suboptimal t...
Despite the increased use of diagnostic imaging in Africa, the completion of the Radiology Request Form (RRF) remains suboptimal, often relying on paper-based communication. To examine the practices surrounding RRF completion in the African continent...
The rockburst simulation test is conducted by utilizing a mineral-containing marble specimen. The loading condition is set to the three directions, each loading on five surfaces except for a single free surface. The whole test procedure is monitored...
Ti–6Al–4V alloys are known for their suboptimal tribological properties and are often challenged by durability issues under severe wear conditions. This study was conducted to enhance the alloy’s wear resistance by forming a hardene...
In this paper, we study beamforming based full-duplex (FD) systems in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications. A joint transmission and reception (Tx/Rx) beamforming problem is formulated to maximize the achievable rate by mitigating self-interferenc...
Stroke is a severe neurological disorder resulting from the rupture or blockage of blood vessels, leading to significant mortality and disability worldwide. Among the different types of stroke, ischemic stroke (IS) is the most prevalent, accounting f...
S-nitrosothiols are labile thiol-NO adducts formed in vivo primarily by metalloproteins such as NO synthase, ceruloplasmin, and hemoglobin. Abnormal S-nitrosothiol synthesis and catabolism contribute to many diseases, ranging from asthma to septic sh...
Route planning considering terrain information is useful for the navigation of autonomous ground vehicles (AGV) on complicated terrain surfaces, such as mountains with rivers. For instance, an AGV in mountains cannot cross a river or a valley that is...
Motivated by big data applications in the Internet of Things (IoT), abundant information arrives at the fusion center (FC) waiting to be processed. It is of great significance to ensure data freshness and fidelity simultaneously. We consider a wirele...
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