Electromagnetic Shielding Characteristics of Eco-Friendly Foamed Concrete Wall by Sung-Sil Cho, Jin-Man Kim, Ic-Pyo Hong

“…It was confirmed that electromagnetic signals were better blocked when the foam content was low and the BFS content was high in the measured frequency bands (1–8 GHz) and that approximately 90% of the electromagnetic signals were blocked over 4 GHz.…”
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Neo-Characterization in the Neo-Victorian Novel by Georges LETISSIER

“…Hopefully, this cursory, panoramic overview might shed some light on the centrality of character (character-building, -skewing, -bending, -sapping and so forth) in operating a shift from Victorian characterization to what may be designated as neo-Victorian neo-characterization; i.e. a renewed return to a familiar novelistic cast. …”
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Suppression of Specular Reflections by Metasurface with Engineered Nonuniform Distribution of Reflection Phase by Xin Mi Yang, Ge Lan Jiang, Xue Guan Liu, Cheng Xiang Weng

“…It is observed that, in a fairly wide frequency band (from 3.6 to 5.5 GHz), the presented example is capable of suppressing the specular reflections of conducting plates significantly (by more than 7 dB) for two orthogonal incident polarizations.…”
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Wideband Circularly Polarized SIW Antenna Array That Uses Sequential Rotation Feeding by Fang-Fang Fan, Ze-Hong Yan, Wei Wang

“…A wideband right-handed circularly polarized (CP) substrate integrated waveguide- (SIW-) based diamond ring-slot antenna array at the X-band is presented in this study. …”
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A CNN-Based Microwave Imaging System for Detecting Watermelon Ripeness by Zachary M. Choffin, Lingyan Kong, Yu Gan, Nathan Jeong

“…The integration of a non-invasive microwave imaging system with a machine learning algorithm could improve food quality and food safety. …”
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New Flexible Medical Compact Antenna: Design and Analysis by Yann Mahe, Anne Chousseaud, Marc Brunet, Bruno Froppier

“…For example, you can better locate a diseased area by monitoring temperature inside the human body. In order to establish efficient wireless links in such an environment, a special attention should be paid to the antenna design. …”
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Microwave Assisted Synthesis Spectral and Antibacterial Investigations on Complexes of Mn(II) With Amide Containing Ligands by N. Bhojak, D. D. Gudasaria, N. Khiwani, R. Jain

“…The diffuse reflectance spectrums of the complexes show bands in the region 20,000 cm-1 to 26,000 cm-1 assignable to 6A1g → 4T2g and 6A1g → 4E1g transitions. …”
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High-Efficiency Continuous Wave 16 W–7.5 GHz Power Amplifier With a GaN Transistor in Plastic Packaging by Alireza Sadeghi-Fard, Sayyed-Hossein Javid-Hosseini, Vahid Nayyeri, Paolo Colantonio

“…The fabricated amplifier achieved in continuous wave (CW) a saturated output power of 41.7–42.4 dBm in the entire frequency band of 7.25–7.85 GHz while maintaining a drain efficiency of 35–39 %. …”
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A New Approach for Calculation of Metamaterial Printed Fractal Antenna Using Galerkin’s Method by Amjad S. Saedy, Al-Samawal. Saleh, Sadiq. Ali

“…The proposed antenna provides multiband wireless applications in the (1–10) GHz frequency band, and the return loss of the proposed fractal antenna has been improved using negative permittivity and negative permeability metamaterial structure.…”
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Fabrication of TiO2 Nanofilm Photoelectrodes on Ti Foil by Ti Ion Implantation and Subsequent Annealing by Yichao Liu, Feng Ren, Guangxu Cai, Mengqing Hong, Wenqing Li, Xiangheng Xiao, Wei Wu, Changzhong Jiang

“…The photoelectrochemical (PEC) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra of the valence band demonstrate that the samples annealed at 400 and 500°C show the n-type property. …”
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Development and Prospect of Satellite 5G Technology by Lijun ZHAI, Shuming PAN, Chunting WANG

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Review on strategic technology of dense connection for the future mobile network by Zhihong QIAN, Lin XIAO, Xue WANG

“…Based on reviews of the work regarding dense connection, the strategic technologies for dense connection in the upcoming future mobile communication were illuminated.The state of the art of dense connection, including network architecture and related technologies, the transmission technology of dense connection, and the access technology of dense connection were analyzed.A flexible access network structure with verity of connection forms coexisting was proposed.Aiming at the asymmetry of uplink and downlink coverage and considering the QoS requirements of users, a dense terminal access scheme based on the uplink-and-downlink-separated network architecture was proposed.The necessity of the three-dimensional network architecture and the integration of communication and computing to meet the needs of large-scale networking and dense connection were illuminated.Based on technologies such as terahertz and block chain, the future strategic exploratory trends such as the upward extension of frequency bands and the sharing of spectrum resources were discussed and prospected.…”
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Symmetry Breaking as a Basis for Characterization of Dielectric Materials by Dubravko Tomić, Zvonimir Šipuš

“…Based on the analytical equation, an optimization procedure and linearized model for a sensing structure is obtained, specifically for X-band characterization of FR4 substrates. The theoretical results of the model are validated with full wave simulations and experimentally.…”
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RESEARCH ON THE FATIGUE LIFE OF THE BOLTS AT ENGINE MOUNTS BASED ON ACCELERATION SIGNAL by LI HongJun, ZHENG SongLin, FENG JinZhi

“…First,by macrofracture observation and mechanical model analysis,the relationship between the main stress load and acceleration load of different condition was defined.Then according to the S-N curve of engine mount bolt,and applying the acceleration signal in different working condition,bending moment and tensile stress in time series was calculated. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Clutch Drag Torque on the Efficiency of Hydro-mechanical Continuously Variable Transmission by Rong Chai, Mingzhu Zhang, Jianhua Wang, Fang Jia

“…The calculation results show that the band and row loss of multiple friction clutches in HMCVT has a great influence on its transmission efficiency.…”
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EQUIVALENT STIFFNESS IDENTIFICATION FOR JOINT OF ROTOR BEARING SYSTEM by WANG Cai, HUA ChunRong, FAN Kang, ZHAO Gang

“…Secondly, the first four bending natural frequencies of the rotor bearing system were acquired with experimental modal analysis. …”
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Effects of Kaolin Surface Treatments on the Thermomechanical Properties and on the Degradation of Polypropylene by Melia Guessoum, Sorya Nekkaa, Françoise Fenouillot-Rimlinger, Nacerddine Haddaoui

“…FTIR results showed the appearance of new bands characteristic of the interactions between urea and kaolinite and the alkylammonium and kaolinite. …”
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The Application of Terahertz Technology in Corneas and Corneal Diseases: A Systematic Review by Bing Jie Chow, Chang Liu, Mingyi Yu, Isabelle Xin Yu Lee, Jodhbir S. Mehta, Qing Yang Steve Wu, Regina Wong Kay Ting, Ke Lin, Yu-Chi Liu

“…Terahertz (THz) waves reside in the electromagnetic spectrum between the microwave and infrared bands. In recent decades, THz technology has demonstrated its potential for biomedical applications. …”
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Fatigue Failure Analysis and Life Prediction of Elliptical Flexible Hinge by Jianjun Wu, Yian Jia, Jihui Luo

“…For the flexible hinge of compliant mechanism under the action of alternating symmetrical cyclic load, the stress concentration in the weakest area of the flexible hinge is easy to cause, resulting in the fatigue failure of the flexure hinge，taking the elliptical flexible hinges in compliant mechanisms as the research object, based on the theory of pure bending in material mechanics, the calculation formula of maximum concentrated stress at the notch of an elliptical flexure hinge is derived. …”
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Broadband and fabrication tolerant polarization splitter–rotator on thin-film lithium niobate by Chijun Li, Geng Chen, Yuankang Huang, Siyu Lu, Zong Wang, Yiqi Dai, Cheng Zeng, Jinsong Xia

“…The experimental results indicate that the fabricated device exhibits an insertion loss of less than 0.5 dB and extinction ratios exceeding 20 dB over a 130-nm band, with the potential to extend up to 250 nm as predicted by simulations. …”
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