Swarm intelligence–based energy efficient clustering with multihop routing protocol for sustainable wireless sensor networks by Mohamed Elhoseny, R Sundar Rajan, Mohammad Hammoudeh, K Shankar, Omar Aldabbas

“…This article presents a novel swarm intelligence–based clustering and multihop routing protocol for wireless sensor network. …”
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Noise immunity of QAM-OFDM signal reception using soft-decision demodulation in the presence of narrowband interference by A. A. Paramonov, V. V. Chu

“…As a way of managing this interference, the paper studies the use of a demodulator with soft outputs and subsequent decoding of the convolutional code and low-density paritycheck (LDPC) code used in the system.Methods. The results presented in the article were obtained using statistical radio engineering, mathematical statistics, encoding theory, and computer modeling.Results. …”
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Media trend match by Clive Corder

“…The present paper is a brief description of Media Trend Match …”
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Inhomogeneous coupling induced quantized distribution of photonic states in Kagome lattices across different Landau levels by Liyun Tao, Yahong Liu, Xin Zhou, Lianlian Du, Shaojie Ma, Xiaoyong Yang, Jintao Zhang, Zhenfei Li, Kun Song, Xiaopeng Zhao

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Propagation Mechanism Modeling in the Near-Region of Arbitrary Cross-Sectional Tunnels by Ke Guan, Zhangdui Zhong, Bo Ai, Ruisi He, Yuanxuan Li, César Briso Rodríguez

“…Along with the increase of the use of working frequencies in advanced radio communication systems, the near-region inside tunnels lengthens considerably and even occupies the whole propagation cell or the entire length of some short tunnels. …”
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Low-Power Wake-Up Receivers for Resilient Cellular Internet of Things by Siyu Wang, Trevor J. Odelberg, Peter W. Crary, Mason P. Obery, David D. Wentzloff

“…Many IoT use cases require low latency but cannot afford high-power radios continuously operating to accomplish this. …”
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Sonographic Evaluation of the Obstetric Causes of Vaginal Bleeding During the First Trimester by Naveen Reddy Bandi, Ranjan Nayak Soumya, Jena Satyaswarup, Sahu Niranjan, Das Somadatta

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Application of Synthetic Storm Technique for Diurnal and Seasonal Variation of Slant Path Ka-Band Rain Attenuation Time Series over a Subtropical Location in South Africa by J. S. Ojo, P. A. Owolawi

“…As technology advances and more demands are on satellite services, rain-induced attenuation still creates one of the most damaging effects of the atmosphere on the quality of radio communication signals, especially those operating above 10 GHz. …”
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Simulation of Novel NEMS Contact Switch Using MRTD with Alterable Steps by Wen-Ge Yu, Kang-Qu Zhou, Zheng-Zhong Wu, Ting-Hong Yang, Jing Zhao

“…In order to apply Radio Frequency Micro-nano-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS/NEMS) technologies to produce miniature, high isolation, low insertion loss, good linear characteristic, and low power consumption microwave switches, we present a novel NEMS switch with nanoscaling in this paper through the analysis of electrics and mechanics of the RF switch. …”
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Utility of Pulmonary Angiography by 128-Slice Computed Tomographic Scanner in Diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot Cases by Abhishek Dwivedi, Ankur Sharma, Rachit Sharma, Prateek Awasthi, Satveer Singh Choudhary

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On the Performance of Interference-Based Energy-Harvesting-Enabled Wireless AF Relaying Communication Systems by Yazid M. Khattabi, Yazan H. Al-Badarneh, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

“…This article considers an interference-based radio-frequency energy harvesting (RF-EH)-empowered wireless dual-hop amplify-and-forward relaying system in which an ambient interferer is beneficially utilized as the solely free power source for EH and detrimentally considered as the dominant factor that corrupts its receivers. …”
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From Antenna Design to High Fidelity, Full Physics Automotive Radar Sensor Corner Case Simulation by Ushemadzoro Chipengo, Peter M. Krenz, Shawn Carpenter

“…Various sensors such as lidar (light detection and ranging), radar (radio detection and ranging), ultrasonic, and optical cameras are employed to provide situational awareness to vehicles in a highly dynamic environment. …”
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Wearable Quarter-Wave Folded Microstrip Antenna for Passive UHF RFID Applications by Thomas Kaufmann, Damith C. Ranasinghe, Ming Zhou, Christophe Fumeaux

“…A wearable low-profile inset-fed quarter-wave folded microstrip patch antenna for noninvasive activity monitoring of elderly is presented. The proposed antenna is embedded with a sensor-enabled passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag operating in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) industrial-scientific-medical (ISM) band around 900 MHz. …”
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A Comprehensive Propagation Prediction Model Comprising Microfacet Based Scattering and Probability Based Coverage Optimization Algorithm by A. S. M. Zahid Kausar, Ahmed Wasif Reza, Lau Chun Wo, Harikrishnan Ramiah

“…Although ray tracing based propagation prediction models are popular for indoor radio wave propagation characterization, most of them do not provide an integrated approach for achieving the goal of optimum coverage, which is a key part in designing wireless network. …”
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PET CT Imaging with FDG in the Therapeutical Management of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ottó Molnar, Simona Mihuțiu, Oreste Mihai Straciuc, Alexandra Vesa, Liviu Lazar

“…<b>Methods:</b> In the present case study, we report a 43-year-old female patient suffering from cervical cancer belonging to urban origin, with no personal pathological history, who presented herself to the gynecology department of the Bihor County Emergency Clinical hospital with vaginal bleeding. …”
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Typology of Negation in the Ardalani Variety of Sorani Kurdish by Roya Tabei, Shoja Tafakkori Rezayi, Amer Gheitury, Mostafa Hasrati

“…The data used in the present study comprises 263 negative sentences with their affirmative counterparts, which were obtained from the spoken Sorani material broadcast on Kurdistan Radio and Television. …”
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ALMA Observations of Massive Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone: External-pressure-confined Dense Cores and Salpeter-like Core Mass Functions by Zhenying Zhang, Xing Lu, Tie Liu, Sheng-Li Qin, Adam Ginsburg, Yu Cheng, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Daniel L. Walker, Xindi Tang, Shanghuo Li, Qizhou Zhang, Thushara Pillai, Jens Kauffmann, Cara Battersby, Siyi Feng, Suinan Zhang, Qi-Lao Gu, Fengwei Xu, Wenyu Jiao, Xunchuan Liu, Li Chen, Qiu-yi Luo, Xiaofeng Mai, Zi-yang Li, Dongting Yang, Xianjin Shen, Meizhu Liu, Zhiqiang Shen

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Towards a Traceability System Based on RFID Technology to Check the Content of Pallets within Electronic Devices Supply Chain by Ignacio Angulo, Asier Perallos, Leire Azpilicueta, Francisco Falcone, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Asier Moreno, Ignacio Julio García Zuazola

“…In this paper, in order to test the viability of its application, a first prototype of a traceability system capable of checking the content of pallets loaded with electronic devices is presented. It is based on ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology using passive tags. …”
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Phase-space characterization of negative ion beams for fusion by Carlo Poggi, Antonio Pimazzoni, Emanuele Sartori, Gianluigi Serianni

“…For this purpose, an Allison-type emittance scanner was installed in SPIDER, the prototype radio-frequency ion source of ITER heating neutral beams, and utilized to characterize the vertical phase-space of isolated beamlets. …”
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An Efficient FPGA Implementation of Optimized Anisotropic Diffusion Filtering of Images by Chandrajit Pal, Avik Kotal, Asit Samanta, Amlan Chakrabarti, Ranjan Ghosh

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