Experimental and Simulation Study on Breaking Rock under Coupled Static Loading and Ultrasonic Vibration by Yan Zhao, Congshan Zhang, Zengzeng Zhang, Ke Gao, Dajun Zhao, Zihang Sun, Xiaoshu Lv, Yu Zhou, Guobing Zhai

“…Under the same weight on bit (WOB), the penetration of rotary ultrasonic drilling can be increased by 13.93% ∼ 38.11% compared with conventional rotary drilling.…”
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Tourism planning and development: The case of Portugal’s Norte region by Ana Paula Lopes, Filomena Soares

“…Comparing the forecast values in terms of overnight stays, tourists and revenue set by PENT, the reality showed that the results were a little bit far from the expected; however, the findings confirm the common perception that Portugal’s Norte region is still experiencing a trend towards growth as a tourist destination.…”
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Optimal reception of multiple phase shift keying and quadrature amplitude modulation signals with non-coherent processing of harmonic interference by G. V. Kulikov, T. T. Do, A. A. Lelyukh, V. D. Nguyen

“…The dependences of the bit error probability on the signal-to-noise ratio, interference detuning, and inaccuracy in setting the frequency and level of the interference sample in the receiver were obtained. …”
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Machine Learning Approach to Predict the DC Bias for Adaptive OFDM Transmission in Indoor Li-Fi Applications by Marwah T. Salman, David R. Siddle, Amadi G. Udu

“…These biased signals are clipped according to optical power constraints, imposing clipping noise that affects the transmission bit error rate (BER). This performance degradation is conditioned by the adjustments made to the DC bias, which requires continuous modification to support adaptive transmission. …”
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Reactive dye extraction utilizing regenerated bleaching earth by M. Shahi, M.R. Sabour, G.A. Dezvareh

“…This removal efficiency is a bit higher than activated virgin bleaching earth and much higher than virgin bleaching earth, which has adsorption capacities of 66.75% and 51.56%, respectively. …”
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Growth and bioactivity of Phellinus linteus in the mushroom farm, at different cultivation times by Jitchum Supapitch, Tabtimmai Lueacha, Phoohinkong Weerachon, Thumthanaruk Benjawan, Zhang Xiaoshuan, Suttisintong Khomson, Rungsardthong Vilai

“…PL growths at each location were not significantly different during 12 months, while a bit higher growth of PL at the Bottom zone was observed at 18 months. …”
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Preamble Design and Noncoherent ToA Estimation for Pulse-Based Wireless Networks-on-Chip Communications in the Terahertz Band by Pankaj Singh, Sung-Yoon Jung

“…Recent advancements highlight the potential of the terahertz (THz) band, a largely untapped frequency range, for enabling ultrafast tera-bit-per-second links in chip multiprocessors. However, the ultrashort duration of THz pulses, often in the femtosecond range, makes synchronization a critical challenge, as even minor timing errors can cause significant data loss. …”
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Optimal Nozzle Structure for an Abrasive Gas Jet for Rock Breakage by Yong Liu, Juan Zhang, Tao Zhang, Huidong Zhang

“…By combining aerodynamics and by fixing the condition of the nozzle in the drill bit, we design four types of preliminary nozzles. …”
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The role of GPT in promoting inclusive higher education for people with various learning disabilities: a review by Thippa Reddy Gadekallu, Gokul Yenduri, Rajesh Kaluri, Dharmendra Singh Rajput, Kuruva Lakshmanna, Kai Fang, Junxin Chen, Wei Wang

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Noise Cancellation Method for Mud Pulse Telemetry Based on Discrete Fourier Transform by Jingchen Zhang, Zitong Sha, Xingbin Tu, Zhujun Zhang, Jiang Zhu, Yan Wei, Fengzhong Qu

“…The field experiment results demonstrate that the demodulation of the received data achieves advanced data rate communication and a low bit error rate (BER) in a 3000 m drilling system.…”
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Review of Adaptive Cell Selection Techniques in LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Networks by M. A. Gadam, Maryam Abdulazeez Ahmed, Chee Kyun Ng, Nor Kamariah Nordin, Aduwati Sali, Fazirulhisyam Hashim

“…Moreover, more accurate cell load estimation is obtained in the extended RBUR adaptive CRE bias technique through constant bit rate (CBR) traffic, which further improved load balancing as against the estimation based on the number of user equipment (UE). …”
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CDMA/OTFS Sensing Outperforms Pure OTFS at the Same Communication Throughput by Hugo Hawkins, Chao Xu, Lie-Liang Yang, Lajos Hanzo

“…Hence, this work characterises both the communication Bit Error Rate (BER) and sensing Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) performance of Code Division Multiple Access OTFS (CDMA/OTFS), and contrasts them to pure OTFS. …”
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Ambulance quality and outcome measures for general non-conveyed populations (AQUA): A scoping review. by Erik Höglund, Carl Magnusson, Jakob Lederman, Douglas Spangler, Lilian Vloet, Remco Ebben

“…Mortality rates were found to have the longest follow-up times, with a median follow-up duration a little bit over one week.<h4>Conclusions</h4>This scoping review shows that studies report a wide range of quality and outcome measures in the ambulance setting to measure non-conveyance. …”
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A New Digital to Analog Converter Based on Low-Offset Bandgap Reference by Jinpeng Qiu, Tong Liu, Xubin Chen, Yongheng Shang, Jiongjiong Mo, Zhiyu Wang, Hua Chen, Jiarui Liu, Jingjing Lv, Faxin Yu

“…This paper presents a new 12-bit digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit based on a low-offset bandgap reference (BGR) circuit with two cascade transistor structure and two self-contained feedback low-offset operational amplifiers to reduce the effects of offset operational amplifier voltage effect on the reference voltage, PMOS current-mirror mismatch, and its channel modulation. …”
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Least Square Estimation-Based Different Fast Fading Channel Models in MIMO-OFDM Systems by Walaa Hussein, Kamil Audah, N. K. Noordin, Habib Kraiem, Aymen Flah, Mohd Fadlee, Alyani Ismail

“…The research assesses the performance of the least square (LS) channel estimators in fast-fading channel models while employing various symbol mapping techniques focusing on bit error rate, throughput, and mean square error. …”
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Performance Analysis of IRS-Assisted Multi-Link FSO System Under Pointing Errors by Takumi Ishida, Chedlia Ben Naila, Hiraku Okada, Masaaki Katayama

“…Furthermore, we derive closed-form expressions for the probability density function of channel coefficients, average bit error rate, and outage probability. Our results indicate that optimal IRS placement is in proximity to the transmitter, taking into account all channel impairments. …”
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Isolation of <i>Bacillus paralichenifromis</i> BL-1 and Its Potential Application in Producing Bioflocculants Using Phenol Saline Wastewater by Tao Zhang, Rongkai Guo, Fanshu Liu, Lei Zhang, Linxiao Li, Rongfei Zhang, Chaogang Shao, Junbo Zhou, Fan Ding, Lan Yu

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Dynamics of qubit entanglement in three-qubit Jaynes–Cummings model for biseparable intial states by Alexander R. Bagrov, Eugene K. Bashkirov

“…As a universal alternative, three-cubic-bit gates may be used. In this regard, it seems very relevant to investigate the dynamics of three-qubit systems in microwave resonators, in particular to study the most efficient schemes for generating, controlling, and monitoring entangled qubit states. …”
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Towards last-mile connectivity in 6G-IoT: An integrated MIMO-FSO communication system and FBG sensors under atmospheric attenuations, strain and temperature effects by R. Arunachalam, Rupali Singh, M. Vinoth Kumar

“…For the transmission of 10 Gb/s data, it was observed that the inclusion of the Multiple input and multiple-output (MIMO)-FSO technique significantly reduces bit errors from −3.12494 dB to −35.018 dB and increase signal power from 52.4 dBm to 58.9 dBm, indicating the adaptability of this integrated strategy for FSO communication with FBG sensors for last mile connectivity in 6G-IoT applications.…”
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Enhancing RF Fingerprint Generation in Power Amplifiers: Unequally Spaced Multitone Design Approaches and Considerations by Chengyu Fan, Junting Deng, Ethan Chen, Vanessa Chen

“…Following that, an innovative 2-stage PA incorporating a reconfigurable class A stage with a Doherty amplifier, designed in 65-nm CMOS to generate 4096 timestamped RFFs without introducing in-band power variation, is presented. Multiple 3-bit resistive digital-to-analog converters (RDACs) are applied to control body biasing units within the two-stage PA, facilitating the generation of massive and distinguishable RFFs. …”
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