Using target enrichment sequencing to study the higher-level phylogeny of the largest lichen-forming fungi family: Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) by Felix Grewe, Claudio Ametrano, Todd J. Widhelm, Steven Leavitt, Isabel Distefano, Wetchasart Polyiam, David Pizarro, Mats Wedin, Ana Crespo, Pradeep K. Divakar, H. Thorsten Lumbsch

“…In addition, most backbone relationships in the topology were recovered with high nodal support. The genus Parmotrema was found to be polyphyletic and consequently, it is suggested to accept the genus Crespoa to accommodate the species previously placed in Parmotrema subgen. …”
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Dynamic Average Consensus and Consensusability of General Linear Multiagent Systems with Random Packet Dropout by Wen-Min Zhou, Jiang-Wen Xiao

“…Moreover, mean-square consensusable conditions with regard to network topology and agent dynamic structure are also provided. …”
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A Multiple-Dimensional Tree Routing Protocol for Multisink Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Ant Colony Optimization by Hui Zhou, Dongliang Qing, Xiaomei Zhang, Honglin Yuan, Chen Xu

“…The proposed protocol is as follows: (1) listening mechanism is used to establish and maintain multidimensional tree routing topology; (2) taking into consideration hops, packet losses, retransmission, and delay account, a distributed ant colony algorithm is proposed. …”
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Challenges in Clock Synchronization for On-Site Coding Digital Beamformer by Satheesh Bojja Venkatakrishnan, Elias A. Alwan, John L. Volakis

“…In this article, we present a clock synchronization topology for a multichannel on-site coding receiver (OSCR) using the FPGA as a master clock to drive all RF blocks. …”
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Iterative Learning Consensus Control for Nonlinear Partial Difference Multiagent Systems with Time Delay by Cun Wang, Xisheng Dai, Kene Li, Zupeng Zhou

“…Based on the system’s own fixed topology and the method of generating the desired trajectory by introducing virtual leader, using the consensus tracking error between the agent and the virtual leader agent and neighbor agents in the last iteration, an iterative learning algorithm is proposed. …”
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Air Turbines for Wave Energy Conversion by Manabu Takao, Toshiaki Setoguchi

“…Moreover, as the current challenge on turbine technology, the authors explain a twin-impulse turbine topology for wave energy conversion.…”
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Stability in Mean of Partial Variables for Coupled Stochastic Reaction-Diffusion Systems on Networks: A Graph Approach by Yonggui Kao, Hamid Reza Karimi

“…These stability principles have a close relation with the topology property of the network. We also provide a systematic method for constructing global Lyapunov function for these CSRDSNs by using graph theory. …”
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Finite-Time Cooperative Tracking Control Algorithm for Multiple Surface Vessels by Jianfang Jiao, Mingyu Fu

“…Specifically, the proposed algorithm only requires the communication topology among the surface vessels to be a directed graph with a directed spanning tree. …”
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Interacting Urns Processes for Clustering of Large-Scale Networks of Tiny Artifacts by Pierre Leone, Elad M. Schiller

“…Moreover, the rate of convergence of the process at a given node depends on the global topology of the network. In particular, the same ratio appears for the case of complete communication graphs. …”
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A novel energy-aware trustworthy multi-hop routing model for Internet of things by Yichuan Wang, Yefei Zhang, Lei Zhu, Wenjiang Ji, Yanxiao Liu, Xinhong Hei

“…Internet of things is characterized by limited energy and distributed topology. In this scenario, a secure and energy-saving routing algorithm plays a significant role in ensuring the performance of Internet of things. …”
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Simulation of the Damage Process in Quasi-Brittle Materials by a Modified Finite Element Method Using the Consistent Embedded Discontinuity Formulation by J. Retama, A. G. Ayala

“…The presented discontinuity formulation shows a robust finite element method to simulate the damage evolution processes in quasi-brittle materials, without modifying the mesh topology when cohesive cracks propagate.…”
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Modelling and Regularity of Nonlinear Impulsive Switching Dynamical System in Fed-Batch Culture by Lei Wang

“…In order to overcome the discontinuities of the system, the Skorohod topology is induced and a specific form of λ is constructed to prove the main theorem. …”
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Rectangular Metric-Like Type Spaces and Related Fixed Points by N. Mlaiki, K. Abodayeh, H. Aydi, T. Abdeljawad, M. Abuloha

“…In this paper, we introduce the concept of a rectangular metric-like space, along with its topology, and we prove some fixed point theorems for different contraction types. …”
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Hole Detection for Quantifying Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey by Pearl Antil, Amita Malik

“…Owing to random deployment, environmental factors, dynamic topology, and external attacks, emergence of holes in wireless sensor networks is inescapable. …”
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A Lightweight Neighbor-Info-Based Routing Protocol for No-Base-Station Taxi-Call System by Xudong Zhu, Jinhang Wang, Yunchao Chen

“…Since the quick topology change and short connection duration, the VANET has had unstable routing and wireless signal quality. …”
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Interference-Aware Fault-Tolerant Energy Spanner in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks by Dong Wang, Wang-Chen Long, Xiao-Hong Li

“…Power assignment in wireless ad hoc networks is an important issue of topology control which assigns power for each wireless node so that the induced communication graph satisfies some desired properties such as the connectivity and the energy spanner. …”
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Formation Tracking of Heterogeneous Mobile Agents Using Distance and Area Constraints by E. G. Hernandez-Martinez, E. D. Ferreira-Vazquez, G. Fernandez-Anaya, J. J. Flores-Godoy

“…This paper presents two formation tracking control strategies for a combined set of single and double integrator agents with an arbitrary undirected communication topology. The first approach is based on the design of distance-based potential functions with interagent collision avoidance using local information about the distance and orientation between agents and the desired trajectory. …”
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Fractional-Order Memristor Emulator Circuits by C. Sánchez-López, V. H. Carbajal-Gómez, M. A. Carrasco-Aguilar, I. Carro-Pérez

“…To do so, a novel fractional-order integrator (FOI) topology based on current-feedback operational amplifier and integer-order capacitors is proposed. …”
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Multichannel Broadcast Based on Home Channel for Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks by Fanzi Zeng, Yuting Tang, Jianjie Pu

“…This protocol maintains the networks topology only through the home channel, so there is no need for the public channel to transmit the control information and no need for the synchronization. …”
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Intelligent Control System Design of Ring Light via IOT Mobile Robot by Xianzhi Kang, Yue Teng

“…The experimental results show that the equalization strategy designed in this study has a good equalization effect in the loop interleaving parallel topology, strong adaptive parameter adjustment ability, good robustness, and anti-interference.…”
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