Effect of Titanium Addition on the Thermal Properties of Diamond/Cu-Ti Composites Fabricated by Pressureless Liquid-Phase Sintering Technique by Chih-Yu Chung, Chao-Hung Chu, Mu-Tse Lee, Chun-Ming Lin, Su-Jien Lin

“…The pressureless liquid-phase sintering technique adopted in this study provides a low-cost method for producing diamond/Cu composites with high potential for industrial mass production. …”
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Microchip Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 Lasers Pumped by VHG Wavelength-Stabilized Laser Diode by T. Saiki, A. Tatebayashi

“…When the ambient temperature increases, the difference in output laser power should be large. In the future, a low-cost end-pumped microchip laser that does not require a temperature control should be developed.…”
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System-level modeling with temperature compensation for a CMOS-MEMS monolithic calorimetric flow sensing SoC by Linze Hong, Ke Xiao, Xiangyu Song, Liwei Lin, Wei Xu

“…Therefore, this on-chip temperature-compensated CMOS-MEMS flow sensing SoC is promising for low-cost sensing applications such as respiratory monitoring and smart energy-efficient buildings.…”
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Authenticity Detection of Black Rice by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Support Vector Data Description by Hui Chen, Chao Tan, Zan Lin

“…There is increasing need for the development of fast, easy-to-use, and low-cost analytical methods for authenticity detection. …”
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A Novel Excavation and Construction Method for an Extra-Long Underwater Tunnel in Soft Soils by Jian Wu, Zhifang Zhou, Wenjun Xia, Haixiao Wang, Zhongqiang Fang

“…The cut-and-cover technique is widely used in the field of tunnel engineering owing to its simple construction technology, high working efficiency, and low cost. However, the safety of the foundation pit and the environmental impact during excavation are of great concern, especially for tunnels that pass through lakes and/or rivers. …”
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Exploiting Partial Reconfiguration through PCIe for a Microphone Array Network Emulator by Bruno da Silva, An Braeken, Federico Domínguez, Abdellah Touhafi

“…The current Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) technology enables the deployment of relatively low-cost wireless sensor networks composed of MEMS microphone arrays for accurate sound source localization. …”
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A handheld fiber-optic tissue sensing device for spine surgery. by Merle S Losch, Benjamin E Visser, Jenny Dankelman, Benno H W Hendriks

“…It is compact, made of low-cost and readily available components, and offers fast, real-time feedback, thus serving as a successful proof-of-concept for enhancing surgical accuracy during spinal fusion procedures.…”
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Controlled Assembly of Nanorod TiO2 Crystals via a Sintering Process: Photoanode Properties in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Saeid Vafaei, Kazuhiro Manseki, Soki Horita, Masaki Matsui, Takashi Sugiura

“…In addition, we focus on the preparation of low-cost and environmentally friendly titania electrode by adopting the “water-based” nanofluids. …”
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An Efficient Grid-tied Flyback Micro-inverter with DCM Control Strategy by Salam Jabr Yaqoob, Adel A. Obed

“…Finally, the small size, low cost and high reliability of single stage flyback micro-inverter is presented without the need for DC/DC converter. …”
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Two-wavelength WDM multiplexers based on combined fiber structures by D. A. Ivanov, V. I. Nefedov

“…Such devices are distinguished by a sufficiently high level of optical characteristics at a relatively low cost of products. However, an analysis of the multiplexers produced in recent years shows that the characteristics of these devices do not sufficiently correspond to the set of modern requirements imposed by most system developers, in particular on permissible values of external influencing factors, insertion loss and the value of optical isolation of channels. …”
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Prediction of Conductive Anomalies Ahead of the Tunnel by the 3D-Resitivity Forward Modeling in the Whole Space by Daiming Hu, Bülent Tezkan, Mingxin Yue, Xiaodong Yang, Xiaoping Wu, Guanqun Zhou

“…The three-dimensional (3D) direct current (DC) resistivity method is widely used in the forward-probing of tunnels because of its low cost and highly sensitive response to water-bearing structures. …”
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Balance evaluation system using wearable IMU sensing by Tiantian Wang, Minghui Liu, Benkun Bao, Senhao Zhang, Liuxin Yang, Hongbo Yang, Kai Guo, Dianhuai Meng

“…Thus, the purpose of this study is to utilize data obtained from a low-cost, portable, small-sized IMU (specifically an accelerometer) to predict indicators derived from force platform devices. …”
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A systematic review of portable technologies for the early assessment of motor development in infants by Weiyang Deng, Megan K. O’Brien, Rachel A. Andersen, Richa Rai, Erin Jones, Arun Jayaraman

“…This has sparked interest in portable, low-cost technologies to objectively and precisely measure infant motion at home, with a goal of enhancing ecological validity. …”
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A systematic and comprehensive review on low power wide area network: characteristics, architecture, applications and research challenges by Ass Diane, Ousmane Diallo, El Hadji Malick Ndoye

“…This research work has developed the characteristics of LPWANs and the techniques used to achieve long-range energy efficiency, high scalability, and low cost. In addition, it presents the application areas of LPWAN technologies with use-case network architectures for each area, addresses spectrum and energy optimization, and discusses open research challenges that need to be focused to provide guidelines for further contributions.…”
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Modification of an automated precision farming robot for high temporal resolution measurement of leaf angle dynamics using stereo vision by Frederik Hennecke, Jonas Bömer, René H.J. Heim

“…The method can be utilized by other researchers to gather data on leaf angles and other structural plant traits at regular intervals to access the dynamics of leaves, plants, and canopies. The system's low cost and adaptability can enhance the efficiency of crop monitoring in plant breeding and phenotyping experiments. …”
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Optimization of Working Conditions for Perovskite-Based Gas Sensor Devices by Multiregression Analysis by Fabio Zaza, Vanessa Pallozzi, Emanuele Serra

“…Semiconducting metal oxide sensors are particularly attractive technology because of their simplicity in function, small size, and projected low cost. The aim of this work is to synthesize Ti-substituted lanthanum ferrite perovskite, LaFe0.8Ti0.2O3, in order to develop a resistive sensor device for monitoring carbon monoxide. …”
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Design and Fabrication of Ultrathin Metallic Phase Shifters for Visible and Near-Infrared Wavelengths by Qing Guo, Jinkui Chu, Chuanlong Guan, Chuxiao Zhang, Ran Zhang

“…The fabrication process can produce desirable metallic phase shifters with high efficiency, large area, and low cost. We demonstrate through a numerical simulation and experiment that the metallic phase shifter exhibits phase delay performance. …”
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Rehydration Kinetics of Dehydrated Vegetables Pre-Treated By Ohmic-Blanching by Joshua Oheji Otugbeikwu, Philip Abraham Aligwe, Julius Amove

“…The design and model of a bench-top ohmic heating device offer a portable, simple, and low-cost alternative to the otherwise more capital-intensive equipment designs.…”
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Minimizing Delay and Power Consumption at the Edge by Erol Gelenbe

“…Edge computing systems must offer low latency at low cost and low power consumption for sensors and other applications, including the IoT, smart vehicles, smart homes, and 6G. …”
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Adsorptive Removal of Alizarin Red S onto Sulfuric Acid-Modified Avocado Seeds: Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamic Studies by G. Bharath Balji, P. Senthil Kumar

“…In comparison with other adsorbents, the current low-cost adsorbent had the exceptional regenerative capability and delivered multilayer adsorption capacity. …”
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