Equalizer Design: HBOA-DE-trained radial basis function neural networks by Santosh Kumar Das, Satya Ranjan Pattanaik, Pradyumna Kumar Mohapatra, Saroja Kumar Rout, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Muhammed Basheer Jasser, Guojiang Xiong, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…To make sure the signal is recovered with a minimum bit error rate, equalizers are needed at the front end of the receiver. …”
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Enhanced Lightweight Quantum Key Distribution Protocol for Improved Efficiency and Security by Ashutosh Bhatia, Sainath Bitragunta, Kamlesh Tiwari

“…In this work, we propose three key optimizations for BB84: (1) PRNG-based predetermined key bit positioning, which eliminates redundant bit exchanges during sifting, (2) hash-based subsequence comparison, enabling lightweight and efficient key verification, and (3) adaptive basis reconciliation, which minimizes the communication costs associated with basis matching. …”
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Undesirable Postoperative Anesthesia Outcomes at Two National Referral Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eritrea by Yonatan Mehari Andemeskel, Traudl Elsholz, Ghidey Gebreyohannes, Eyasu H. Tesfamariam

“…Prevalence of the predominant undesirable outcome, postoperative pain, for ‘at least a little bit’ and ‘more than moderate’ were 82.6% and 43.6%, respectively. …”
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An efficient medical data encryption scheme using selective shuffling and inter-intra pixel diffusion IoT-enabled secure E-healthcare framework by Dhivya Ravichandran, W. Sylvia Lilly Jebarani, Hemalatha Mahalingam, Padmapriya Velupillai Meikandan, Padmapriya Pravinkumar, Rengarajan Amirtharajan

“…Finally, the intra and inter-pixel diffusion is carried out using bit permutation and bit-wise XOR operation to create a highly random cipher image. …”
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Fast Video Encoding Algorithm for the Internet of Things Environment Based on High Efficiency Video Coding by Jong-Hyeok Lee, Kyung-Soon Jang, Byung-Gyu Kim, Seyoon Jeong, Jin Soo Choi

“…HEVC RExt provides high resolution video with a high bit-depth and an abundance of color formats. In this paper, a fast intraprediction unit decision method is proposed to reduce the computational complexity of the HEVC RExt encoder. …”
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GIS-based frequency ratio and Shannon entropy modeling for landslide susceptibility mapping: A case study in Kundah Taluk, Nilgiris District, India by Senthilkumar Harithaa, Selvaraj Evany Nithya

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Improve Quality Factor by Using DWDM Technology for Long Distances and Different Power Levels by Mariam lazem, Ali Mahdi Hammadi, Ali Al-Askery

“…The DWDM design uses 48 channels, 200 GHz channel spacing, and a bit rate of 40 Gbps for each channel The link length used is 240 and 300 km, using SMF (Single Fiber Mode) and DCF (Dispersion Compensation Amplifier). …”
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Dual-Mode Encryption for UC-Secure String OT from Learning with Errors by Momeng Liu, Yupu Hu, Qiqi Lai, Shanshan Zhang, Huiwen Jia, Wen Gao, Baocang Wang

“…(PKC’20), which is utilized to extend the single-bit symmetric encryption key (produced by the aforementioned rounding function) to a multibit case. …”
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Time Domain Equalization and Digital Back-Propagation Method-Based Receiver for Fiber Optic Communication Systems by Fazal Muhammad, Farman Ali, Usman Habib, Muhammad Usman, Imran Khan, Sunghwan Kim

“…The simulations are performed considering Dual Polarization- (DP-) QPSK modulation format to achieve two-fold data rate to achieve spectral efficiency of 3.28 bits/s/Hz by making use of the polarization diversity and system performance is investigated in terms of bit error rate (BER), constellation diagrams, and quality factor (Q-factor) for different values of optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR), launch power (PL), and fiber length.…”
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Utilizing MRAMs With Low Resistance and Limited Dynamic Range for Efficient MAC Accelerator by Sateesh, Kaustubh Chakarwar, Shubham Sahay

“…Although ultra-dense magnetic memories with multi-bit capability (MLC) were proposed recently, their application in hybrid CMOS-non-volatile memory accelerators is limited due to their low dynamic range (memory window) and high cell currents (ON/OFF-state resistance in ∼kΩ). …”
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Optimizing children's hand orthosis design: A study on contact pressure distribution using FSR sensors by Dhaval Patel, Ivaylo Mitev, Thomas Rockenbauer, Thomas Antretter, Sandra Schloegl, Margit Lang

“…Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) sensors were employed to record the contact force at 16 specific points on the orthoses using a voltage divider circuit with two different setups: the Teensy 3.5 chip board for 12-bit precision and the Elegoo Mega 2560 chip board for 10-bit precision. …”
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Multi-frequency amplitude-programmable metasurface for multi-channel electromagnetic controls by Wu Rui Yuan, He Shi, Wu Jun Wei, Bao Lei, Cui Tie Jun

“…It is also possible to carry out multi-bit transmissions by mixing these frequency channels. …”
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Energy-efficient and fast memristor-based serial multipliers applicable in image processing by Seyed Erfan Fatemieh, Bahareh Bagheralmoosavi, Mohammad Reza Reshadinezhad

“…The proposed 8-bit signed multiplier has also improved the computational steps, energy consumption, and required memristors by up to 59 %, 54 %, and 45 %. …”
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Performance Analysis of RIS-Assisted Smart Grid Wide Area Network With RF Energy Harvesting by Kandi Veera Venkata Ramana, Hemanta Kumar Sahu

“…We have derived the closed-form average bit error probability (ABEP) expressions for both RIS with dual-hop (RIS-DH) and RIS as transmitter (RIS-T) cases. …”
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End-to-End Message Exchange in a Deployable Marine Environment Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Network by César Ortega-Corral, Luis E. Palafox, J. Antonio García-Macías, Jaime Sánchez-García, Leocundo Aguilar

“…These LJSON messages are converted by the BS to 16-bit JSON and vice versa, for remote Internet interaction. …”
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Usefulness of body composition assessment by bioelectrical impedance vector analysis in subacute post-stroke patients in rehabilitation by Alessandro Guerrini, Mariacristina Siotto, Carola Cocco, Marco Germanotta, Valeria Cipollini, Laura Cortellini, Arianna Pavan, Stefania Lattanzi, Sabina Insalaco, Yeganeh Manon Khazrai, Irene Giovanna Aprile

“…The change in modified Barthel Index (mBIT1-mBIT0) was assessed to evaluate the improvement in functional recovery. …”
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Determination of the FIFO-stack size for the algorithm of the image region growing by V. Yu. Tsviatkou

“…The FIFO stack, organized on the principle of a ring multi-bit shift register, is considered. The conditions for maximum loading of the FIFO stack are formulated, for which an expression is obtained that allows one to accurately determine the required size of the FIFO stack, which provides memory savings.…”
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