Local feature encoding for unknown presentation attack detection: An analysis of different local feature descriptors by Lázaro J. González‐Soler, Marta Gomez‐Barrero, Jascha Kolberg, Leonardo Chang, Airel Pérez‐Suárez, Christoph Busch

“…In order to address that threat, the existing presentation attack detection (PAD) methods have reported a high detection performance when materials used for the fabrication of PAIs and capture devices are known. However, for more complex and realistic scenarios where one of those factors remains unknown, these PAD methods are unable to correctly separate a PAI from a real fingerprint (i.e. bona fide presentation). …”
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The Influence of Electrolytic Concentration on the Electrochemical Deposition of Calcium Phosphate Coating on a Direct Laser Metal Forming Surface by Qianyue Sun, Yuhui Yang, Wenjing Luo, Jinghui Zhao, Yanmin Zhou

“…Electrochemical deposition has been suggested as an effective means of fabricating CaP coatings on porous surface. The purpose of this study was to develop CaP coatings on a direct laser metal forming implant using electrochemical deposition and to investigate the effect of electrolytic concentration on the coating’s morphology and structure by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, water contact angle analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. …”
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Intrinsic Osteoinductivity of Porous Titanium Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering by Maryam Tamaddon, Sorousheh Samizadeh, Ling Wang, Gordon Blunn, Chaozong Liu

“…In this paper, titanium scaffolds coated with hydroxyapatite using electrochemical method were fabricated and osteoinductivity of coated and noncoated scaffolds was compared in vitro. …”
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Research progress of powder metallurgical nano-particulate reinforced titanium matrix composites by LI Shaopeng, SUI Xiaodong, WANG Meiqi, XIAO Shan, HAN Yuanfei, WANG Xiangming

“…This paper reviews the research progress of the process features，fabrication methods，microstructure characteristics and mechanical properties，analyses and identifies a series of fundamental issues such as dispersion and heat stability of nano-reinforced material that constrain its development，and proposes the directions for future research. …”
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Is the Adventitial Vasa Vasorum in Vulnerable Carotid Plaques Increased or Decreased? by Wang Yixuan, Jin Lin, Chen Jianxiong, Yang Huixian, Shen Cuiqin, Xu Wenzhe, Shen Yuzhou, Huang Jun, Sun Liwan, Du Lianfang, Wang Bei, Li Fan, Li Zhaojun

“…In addition, a single-channel flow tissue model was fabricated for use in vitro studies to exclude pseudo-enhancement interferences in the distal wall of arteries by CEUS. …”
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Influence of Teeth Preparation Finishing on the Adaptation of Lithium Disilicate Crowns by Bruna Salamoni Sinhori, Mauro Amaral Caldeira de Andrada, Guilherme Carpena Lopes, Sylvio Monteiro Junior, Luiz Narciso Baratieri

“…With this study it can be concluded that crowns fabricated by CAD/CAM technology performed on unpolished preparations are not influenced by the internal marginal adaptation and the ceramic part and are different from polished preparations.…”
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Study on the mechanics and self-sensing properties of ultrahigh-performance shotcrete containing waste glass aggregates by Jing Wang, Songze Wu, Yunlong Zhang, Xuesong Qian

“…Abstract To promote the recycling of waste glass and satisfy the demands of environmental sustainability for ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC), in this study, glass sand was employed to partially or entirely replace machine-made sand, and steel fibres were incorporated to fabricate ultrahigh performance shotcrete (UHPS). The effects of glass sand and steel fibres on the mechanical and electrical properties of composite materials were analysed in this study. …”
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Study of Tribological Behavior of Silicon Carbide Based Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites under Dry and Lubricated Environment by Kalyan Kumar Singh, Saurabh Singh, Anil Kumar Shrivastava

“…The experiments were performed on pin on disk tribometer (Make: DUCOM). The composite was fabricated by stir casting process and has several challenges like inferior bonds and interfacial reaction products which will deteriorate the mechanical and tribological properties. …”
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Application of Synthetic Polymeric Scaffolds in Breast Cancer 3D Tissue Cultures and Animal Tumor Models by Girdhari Rijal, Chandra Bathula, Weimin Li

“…Here, we present a handy and cost-effective method to fabricate polymeric hydrogel and porous scaffolds using poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) or polycaprolactone (PCL). …”
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Polymer Concentration and Solvent Variation Correlation with the Morphology and Water Filtration Analysis of Polyether Sulfone Microfiltration Membrane by Muhammad Azeem U. R. Alvi, Muhammad Waqas Khalid, Nasir M. Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal K. Niazi, Muhammad Nabeel Anwar, Mehwish Batool, Waqas Cheema, Sikandar Rafiq

“…Microfiltration flat sheet membranes of polyether sulfone (PES) were fabricated by incorporating varying concentrations of polymer and investigated the influence of substituting solvents. …”
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First-Principles Simulation of the Interaction Between DNA Nucleotides and One-Dimensional Carbon Chain in Electrical Based Sequencing by Zeina Salman, Jin-Woo Kim, Steve Tung

“…Electrical DNA sequencing has attracted significant attention in recent years due to its simplified sequencing protocol, compact sequencing system, and relatively low sequencing cost. In the design and fabrication of the sequencing device, carbon-based nanomaterials such as graphene have been explored as a promising sensing material that provides an excellent combination of spatial resolution and base specificity. …”
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Moisture Susceptibility of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) with an Organic Wax Additive Based on X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) Technology by Jie Ji, Hui Yao, Zhikai Yuan, Zhi Suo, Ying Xu, Pengfei Li, Zhanping You

“…The warm mix asphalt was fabricated with different moisture contents (0%, 1%, 2%, and 3%) of limestone aggregates using the Superpave gyratory compactor. …”
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A Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Using a Composite of PEDOT:PSS and Carbon Derived from Human Hair for a Counter Electrode by Klitsada Moolsarn, Apishok Tangtrakarn, Adulphan Pimsawat, Kornrawit Duangsa, Charusporn Mongkolkachit, Wasan Maiaugree, Vittaya Amornkitbamrung

“…In this study, a carbon catalyst containing high nitrogen contents (9.47 at.%) was fabricated without using any harsh chemicals. Moreover, the carbonization temperature was only 700°C. …”
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Optical Coupling Structures of Fiber-Optic Mach-Zehnder Interferometers Using CO2 Laser Irradiation by Chien-Hsing Chen, Chih-Yu Hsu, Pei-Hsing Huang, Jian-Neng Wang, Wei-Te Wu

“…Optical fiber must be processed to fabricate two optical coupling structures. The two optical coupling structures are a duplicate of the beam splitter, an optical component of the interferometer. …”
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A Reconfigurable Triple-Notch-Band Antenna Integrated with Defected Microstrip Structure Band-Stop Filter for Ultra-Wideband Cognitive Radio Applications by Yingsong Li, Wenxing Li, Qiubo Ye

“…The antenna is successfully simulated, fabricated, and measured. The results show that it has wide impedance bandwidth, multimodes characteristics, stable gain, and omnidirectional radiation patterns.…”
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Supramolecular interactions-driven aggregation to prepare lipoic acid-bioadhesives for seawater-immersed wounds by Rui Lei, Wenjun Wang, Guan Li, Qian Yu, Haowei Fang, Jinghong Xu, Kunxi Zhang, Yinghai Ye

“…The bioadhesives are fabricated from the aggregation of LA, MXene and Ag+ through their supramolecular interactions, which can be rapidly formed in mild environments, showing strong interface adhesion without adhesive failure caused by depolymerization, while exhibiting mechanical self-reinforcing. …”
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Investigation on Inorganic Salts K2TiF6 and KBF4 to Develop Nanoparticles Based TiB2 Reinforcement Aluminium Composites by Vinayagam Mohanavel, K. Ravi Kumar, T. Sathish, Palanivel Velmurugan, Alagar Karthick, M. Ravichandran, Saleh Alfarraj, Hesham S. Almoallim, Shanmugam Sureshkumar, J. Isaac JoshuaRamesh Lalvani

“…The WR decreases steadily with TiB2 and the least WR is seen at nine weight concentrations of TiB2/AA6082 AAMCs. Fabricated composites revealed 47.9% higher flexural strength and 14.2% superior compression strength than the base AA6082 alloy.…”
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Influence of Retrogression and Reaging Treatment on Microstructure and Microhardness of the 3A21/7075 Aluminum Alloy Cladding Material by Ming Hu, Xiaoxue Ren, Jianbo Sun, Yunlong Zhang

“…A novel casting method, the impact jet solid-liquid compound casting, was adopted to fabricate the 3A21/7075 aluminum alloy cladding material. …”
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Evaluation of Sericin/Polyvinyl Alcohol Mixtures for Developing Porous and Stable Structures by Maria C. Arango, Leander Vásquez Vásquez, Akemy Carolina Homma Parra, Santiago Rueda-Mira, Natalia Jaramillo-Quiceno, Josep Pasqual Cerisuelo, Amparo Cháfer, Catalina Álvarez-López

“…This study explored the effects of different SS/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) ratios on porous scaffolds fabricated via freeze-drying, focusing on the mechanical stability, water absorption, and protein release in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). …”
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Ultrasmall Dual-Band Metamaterial Antennas Based on Asymmetrical Hybrid Resonators by Ji-Xu Zhu, Peng Bai, Jia-Fu Wang

“…For experimental demonstration, two antennas are fabricated. The former dual-band antenna operating at f-1=3.5 GHz (Wimax) and f+1=5.25 GHz (WLAN) occupies an area of 0.21λ0×0.08λ0, and two dipolar radiation patterns are obtained with comparable gains of about 6.1 and 6.2 dB, respectively. …”
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