MRI Reconstruction with Separate Magnitude and Phase Priors Based on Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet Transform by Wei He, Linman Zhao

“…The methods of compressed sensing magnetic resonance imaging (CS-MRI) can be divided into two categories roughly based on the number of target variables. …”
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Three-Dimensional Near-Field Microwave Holography for Tissue Imaging by Reza K. Amineh, Ali Khalatpour, Haohan Xu, Yona Baskharoun, Natalia K. Nikolova

“…The setup consists of two wideband TEM horn antennas aligned along each other’s boresight and performing a rectangular aperture raster scan. The tissue sensing is performed without coupling liquids. At each scanning position, wideband data is acquired. …”
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On the Feasibility of Unlicensed Communications in the TV White Space: Field Measurements in the UHF Band by M. Fadda, V. Popescu, M. Murroni, P. Angueira, J. Morgade

“…The results have been analyzed with respect to the hidden node margin problem, spectrum sensing bandwidth, and occupancy threshold.…”
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Exploiting Optimal Threshold for Decision Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks by Zhaohui Yuan, Haiying Xue, Yiqin Cao, Xiangmao Chang

“…Decision fusion has been adopted in a number of sensor systems to deal with sensing uncertainty and enable the sensors to collaborate with each other. …”
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Plasmonic-Resonant Bowtie Antenna for Carbon Nanotube Photodetectors by Hongzhi Chen, Ning Xi, King Wai Chiu Lai, Liangliang Chen, Carmen Kar Man Fung, Jianyong Lou

“…CNT photodetectors have shown outstanding performance by using CNT as sensing element. However, detection wavelength is much larger than the diameter of the CNT, resulting in small fill factor. …”
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A dataset of forest regrowth in globally key deforestation regions by Jinlong Zang, Feng Qiu, Yongguang Zhang, Rong Shang, Yunjian Liang

“…Here we employed multiple remotely sensed datasets to generate the first dataset capturing forest structural regrowth, including forest height, aboveground biomass (AGB), leaf area index (LAI), and fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR), subsequent to deforestation in globally key deforestation regions at a 30 m spatial resolution. …”
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Field Observations During the Tenth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-10): from March 1, 2011 through January 5, 2012 by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Xueyang Duan, Guanbo Chen, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Roger De Roo, Jasmeet Judge, Ruzbeh Akbar, Mary Morris, Olivia Williams, Lindsey Marks, Courtnay Cardozo, Mahta Moghaddam, Anthony England

“…However, model estimates of soil moisture in the root zone diverge from reality due to accumulated errors in initialization, forcings, and computation. Remotely sensed microwave observations can be assimilated into these models to improve root zone soil moisture and crop yield estimates. …”
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Modeling Effective Budgeting and Production For Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Evidence from Kufa Cement Factory, Iraq by ALAWAED Husam Muhammed Ali, AL-KAWAZ Salah Mahdi Jawad, ABBAS Ali Abdulhassan, ALNASRAWI Salam Adil Abbas

“…The most important recommendation is that strategic thinking should be leveraged for economic unit management and competitive advantage as it is characterized by strong insights, environmental sensing, etc. It can analyze and interpret the information and has a comprehensive knowledge on various aspects of the economic unit and its requirements. …”
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Double-UV Photoionizaion Detector with Graphene Oxide-Coated Electrodes by Qi Zhou, Xu Zhang, Xu Ma, Sixiang Zhang

“…The experimental results show that the double-UV detector can improve the overall gas sensing characteristics and provide an ideal detection unit for volatile organic compound (VOC) gas detection.…”
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A Jigsaw-Based Sensor Placement Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks by Shih-Chang Huang, Hong-Yi Chang, Kun-Lin Wu

“…Current deterministic sensor deploying methods always include the uncovered space greedily to reduce the number of deployed sensors. Because the sensing area of each sensor is circle-like, these greedily methods often divide the region of interest to multiple tiny and scattered regions. …”
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Feasibility Study on Crack Detection of Pipelines Using Piezoceramic Transducers by Guofeng Du, Qingzhao Kong, Timothy Lai, Gangbing Song

“…Due to their electromechanical properties, the piezoceramic transducers can be either as an actuator or a sensor to generate or detect the stress wave. The active sensing approach was applied to monitor the crack severity of pipelines. …”
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Evaluation of the Wind Energy Potential in the Coastal Environment of Two Enclosed Seas by Florin Onea, Alina Raileanu, Eugen Rusu

“…This dataset was subsequently compared with both in situ and remotely sensed measurements. The results show that the western side of the Black Sea has an enhanced wind power potential, especially in the vicinity of the Crimean Peninsula. …”
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Application of Distributed Optical Fiber Technology for Coal Bump Prevention by Han Liang, Jun Han, Zuoqing Bi

“…The deformational behaviour of the pressure relief borehole is studied using distributed optical fiber sensing technology. The strain of the surrounding coal and the pressure relief range were measured from 0 hrs to 402 hrs after hole drilling. …”
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Coherent harmonic generation of magnons in spin textures by Guibin Lan, Kang-Yuan Liu, Zhenyu Wang, Fan Xia, Hongjun Xu, Tengyu Guo, Yu Zhang, Bin He, Jiahui Li, Caihua Wan, Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Peng Yan, Gang-Qin Liu, Xin-Yu Pan, Xiufeng Han, Guoqiang Yu

“…Our finding of geometry-induced magnon harmonic generation constitutes a new way to generate magnon combs with coherent high-order harmonics and may pave the way for magnon-based information processing and quantum sensing applications.…”
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Critical band-to-band-tunnelling based optoelectronic memory by Hangyu Xu, Runzhang Xie, Jinshui Miao, Zhenhan Zhang, Haonan Ge, Xuming Shi, Min Luo, Jinjin Wang, Tangxin Li, Xiao Fu, Johnny C. Ho, Peng Zhou, Fang Wang, Weida Hu

“…Here, for the first time, we propose a critical band-to-band tunnelling (BTBT) based device that combines sensing, integration and memory functions. The nearly infinitesimal barrier facilitates the tunnelling process, resulting in a broadband application range (940 nm). …”
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Chemically Engineered GaN Thin Films for Light‐Stimulated Artificial Synapses by Xiaoqin Yang, Jiawen Lu, Luyu Zhao, Xiaorui Han, Zhongwei Bai, Peiwen Quan, Liangshuai Xie, Liang Li, Haoxuan Sun, Mark Hermann Rummeli, Bingcheng Luo, Hong Gu

“…In recent years, photoelectric neuromorphic devices have garnered significant attention for their potential applications in brain–machine interfaces, intelligent sensing, and neuromorphic computing. Herein, a simple two‐terminal light‐stimulated synaptic device is fabricated using GaN thin films through metal‐organic chemical vapor deposition. …”
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DOA Estimation Performance Analysis and Verification of Dual Crossed-Loop/Monopole Antenna Array by Sijie Wang, Biyang Wen, Yingwei Tian

“…The compact high-frequency surface wave radar using a crossed-loop/monopole (CLM) antenna as the receiving sensor has been widely used in ocean remote sensing and target monitoring. However, the direction of arrival (DOA) estimation accuracy of a single CLM antenna is the dominant factor that restricts the target monitoring performance of the compact HF radar. …”
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UAV–UGV Formation for Delivery Missions: A Practical Case Study by Leonardo A. Fagundes-Júnior, Celso O. Barcelos, Amanda Piaia Silvatti, Alexandre S. Brandão

“…In such a context, this work deals with the cooperation and control of multiple-robot systems involving heterogeneous robot formation with sensing and actuation capabilities to perform load transportation tasks. …”
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En chair et en os ? Sens, sensations et sensationnalisme dans Desperate Remedies (1871) de Thomas Hardy by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas

“…Featuring an illegitimate child, a husband suspected of bigamy, drugs, poisons and characters hiding beneath deceitful appearances, Desperate Remedies revisits Victorian sensationalism and investigates sensations and the senses in a brand new way.…”
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Landslides induced by the 2023 Jishishan Ms6.2 earthquake (NW China): spatial distribution characteristics and implication for the seismogenic fault by Yuandong Huang, Chong Xu, Xiangli He, Jia Cheng, Xiwei Xu, Yingying Tian

“…Abstract This study provides a detailed interpretation of 2643 landslides triggered by the 2023 Ms6.0 Jishishan earthquake using remote sensing imagery and GIS analysis. The landslides’ spatial distribution, scale, and relationships with environmental factors were investigated. …”
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