Modified Least Squares Algorithm for Three-Dimensional Target Location Based on Wireless Communication Base Stations by Zhaohui Zhang, Jing Li, Qian Liu

“…The observed values of time of arrival (TOA) for the radio signals between the target and the wireless communication base stations are mainly affected by signal non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation in target location. TOA with NLOS makes a lot of signal noises and propagation delays, that is, location errors. …”
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Novel Genes Potentially Involved in Fibroblasts of Diabetic Wound by Weirong Zhu, Qin Fang, Zhao Liu, Qiming Chen

“…Our findings may throw novel sight in elucidating the molecular mechanisms of fibroblast pathologies in patients with diabetic wounds and targeting new factors to advance diabetic wound treatment in clinic.…”
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Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus Targets by Desmond Leddin, David Armstrong, Alan NG Barkun, Ying Chen, Sandra Daniels, Roger Hollingworth, Richard H Hunt, William G Paterson

“…BACKGROUND: Monitoring wait times and defining targets for care have been advocated to improve health care delivery related to cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging, joint replacements and sight restoration. There are few data on access to care for digestive diseases, although they pose a greater economic burden than cancer or heart disease in Canada. …”
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Les paysages de Kronsberg à Hanovre : approches sonore et multisensorielle by Élise Geisler, Théa Manola

“…However, almost no specific check was made by research works, in spite of the invitations in the fields of the research and the founding works on the mono-sensory landscapes concerning the other senses that the sight. This article presents the first results of a crossed analysis, in terms of methodological contributions, of three research works : a research led within the framework of the Pirve financed by the Puca and CNRS, and phd researches of E. …”
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La figure paysagère du col de montagne au double prisme des pratiques cyclotouristiques et de trekking : expériences, imaginaires et fonctions symboliques by Yannick Hascoët, Louis Violette, Pierre Dérioz, Tania Jiménez, Philippe Bachimon

“…This interdisciplinary and exploratory study indicates that although the mountain pass landscape seems at first sight to be absent from many of the accounts, the testimonies are permeated with a complex presence. …”
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Embodying the Spirit (<i>meyppāṭu</i>): A <i>puttiṇai</i> Perspective by Nirmal Selvamony

“…I explain the early Tamil idea of <i>meyppāṭu</i> as a kind of action, which consists of embodying the spirit, and show how it manifests itself in ordinary emotional experience, in love at first sight, in emoting in theatre, and in spirit possession. …”
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Ekoterroryzm zagrożeniem dla polityki zrównoważonego rozwoju. Aspekt ideologiczny i praktyczny by Mariusz Ciszek

“…The ideology of some ecological radicals’ formations, their methods of working ( the practical aspect) show, however, that in fact such seen the comprehended development of human civilizations is with their point of sight too moderated and not to accept. The author in this article introduced the basic arguments that supported such opinions. …”
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Is a “floater” always a floater? Case report and short review of sphenoid meningiomas’ ocular manifestation by Dominik Sokalski, Jacek P. Szaflik, Joanna Przybek-Skrzypecka

“…Thus, healthcare professionals need to be aware of the symptoms of meningiomas for the proper differential diagnosis of potentially life- and sight-threatening diseases. We present a case report of a patient complaining of a black spot moving in front of her eye for 3 months, which was misdiagnosed as a floater. …”
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Maintaining Wireless Connectivity Constraints for Robot Swarms in the Presence of Obstacles by Joel M. Esposito

“…In all of these cases robust operation is best attained when the transmitter/receiver robot pair is (1) separated by less than some maximum distance (range constraint); and (2) not obstructed by large dense objects (line-of-sight constraint). Therefore to maintain a wireless link between two robots, it is desirable to simultaneously comply with these two spatial constraints. …”
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The Legacy of Nineteen Eighty-Four: British Dystopias, from 1984 to the present day by Claire Wrobel

“…Recent dystopias however never lose sight of the political, whether in the new forms state authoritarianism may take or in the deadly effects of fragmented plutocracies.…”
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Dynamic Surface and Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Path Following of an Underactuated UUV by Juan Li, Haitao Gao, Jiajia Zhou, Zheping Yan

“…For an underactuated UUV, the line-of-sight (LOS) guidance method is adopted to map 2D reference trajectory into a desired orientation, and through the tracking of heading to achieve path following, where the sideslip is introduced to modify the desired orientation. …”
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Trends in certifications of overall vision impairment and that due to diabetic retinopathy/maculopathy in England and Wales, 2009/2010 to 2019/2020: a retrospective database analys... by Catey Bunce, Gwyn Samuel Williams, David Owens, Wen Xing, Rhianon Reynolds, Antra Zekite, Declan Flanagan, RL Thomas, Rebecca John

“…Objectives This study aims to report the trends in the certification of both sight impairment (SI) and severe sight impairment (SSI) in England and Wales during the period of 2010 to 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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A Novel Inertial-Aided Star Pattern Matching Method for Distributed Multiple FoVs by Rong Wang, Yuxuan Cao, Jianye Liu, Zhi Xiong

“…Then, an inertial-aided star pattern matching scheme is designed based on the space-time distribution of the line-of sight (LoS) vector and inertial measurement information. …”
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Orbital Infarction due to Sickle Cell Disease without Orbital Pain by Cameron L. McBride, Kim-Binh T. Mai, Kartik S. Kumar

“…Expedient diagnosis of sickle cell orbital infarction is crucial because this is a potentially sight-threatening entity. Diagnosis can be delayed since the presentation has physical and radiographic findings mimicking various infectious and traumatic processes. …”
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IBN ARABI AND FRITHJOF SCHUON’S ANDROCENTRIC ONTOLOGY by Cennet Ceren Cavus

“…Frithjof Schuon, who reads Ibn Arabi’s philosophy very critically, refers to the feminine aspect of God with the concept of “Eternal Feminine”. At the first sight, both thinkers seem to have very egalitarian perspectives in terms of gender relations. …”
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Essential Attributes of Clear Aligner Therapy in terms of Appliance Configuration, Hygiene, and Pain Levels during the Pandemic: A Brief Review by Anand Marya, Adith Venugopal, Nikhilesh Vaid, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari

“…With the end of the pandemic nowhere in sight, may be it is time to put newer tools, such as clear aligner therapy, for better use. …”
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Comparison of accessibility and usability of digital libraries in mobile platforms: blind and visually impaired users’ assessment by Iris Xie, Tae Hee Lee, Hyun Seung Lee, Shengang Wang, Rakesh Babu

“…Furthermore, the design problems of Mobile Web are associated with a responsive design that adjusts the digital library interface to a mobile device, the complexity of digital library structure and formats, and a sight-centred design that excludes blind and visually impaired users’ unique information-seeking behaviours.  …”
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Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae by Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Francine Marciano-Cabral

“…Acanthamoeba spp. also can cause cutaneous lesions and Amoebic Keratitis, a sight-threatening infection of the cornea that is associated with contact lens use or corneal trauma. …”
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Recent Nanotechnological Trends in the Management of Microbial Keratitis by Shraddha Jaiswal, Prabhavati Shinde, Vidya Tale

“… Microbial keratitis (MK) is a sight-threatening ocular disease that needs rapid diagnosis and treatment to prevent more serious outcomes. …”
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Design of a Printed Dipole Antenna Array for a Passive Radar System by Peter Knott

“…Typical radar parameters are derived from the comparison between the direct line-of-sight from the transmitter and the signal scattered from the target object. …”
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