NEW CHALLENGES IN ABRASIVE WATER JET MACHINING by CATALINA CIOFU, CATALIN TAMPU, EUGEN HERGHELEGIU, COSMIN ALEXANDRU IANCU, GHEORGHE BRABIE

“…The method consists in transforming the kinetic energy of a solid particle directed with water jet at a high pressure to remove material through erosion and abrasion. AWJM is low cost equipment compared to other conventional cutting technologies. …”
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Progress on Waveguide-Integrated Graphene Optoelectronics by Jiaqi Wang, Zhenzhou Cheng, Xuejin Li

“…Moreover, the waveguide-integrated graphene devices are fully CMOS-compatible, which makes it possible to achieve low-cost and high-density integration in the future. …”
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Optimal Design of FPGA Switch Matrix with Ion Mobility Based Nonvolatile ReRAM by Peng Hai-yun, Zhou Wen-gang

“…The resistive random access memory (ReRAM) is a metal oxide which is based on nonvolatile memory device possessing the characteristics of high read/write speed, high storage density, low power, low cost, very small cell, being nonvolatile, and unlimited writing endurance. …”
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Delay-Modulated RF Tag System Concept Using Ultrawideband Noise Radar Waveforms by Qihe Pan, Ram M. Narayanan

“…Radio frequency (RF) tags have been widely used in inventory tracking, environmental monitoring, battlefield situational awareness, and combat identification due to their low cost, small size, and wireless functionality. This paper explores the application of active RF tags in outdoor environments responding to random noise radar interrogations with predetermined messages. …”
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Picosecond precision time‐of‐flight digital converter by G. Wieczorek, W. Oliwa

“…TOF digital converter requires minimum amount of resources and is suitable for low‐cost applications.…”
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Adoption of Social Media by Small- and Medium-Sized Healthcare Enterprises by Silvia Zilber, Sonia Monken, Filipe Quevedo-Silva

“…Social media such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter can affect the way healthcare providers deliver their services. As low-cost tools, their use by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the healthcare sector could deliver competitive advantages. …”
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Digital Image Forgery Detection Using JPEG Features and Local Noise Discrepancies by Bo Liu, Chi-Man Pun, Xiao-Chen Yuan

“…Wide availability of image processing software makes counterfeiting become an easy and low-cost way to distort or conceal facts. Driven by great needs for valid forensic technique, many methods have been proposed to expose such forgeries. …”
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Life cycle cost-effectiveness estimation and optimization method for satellite by ZHAO Jianyu, WANG Jingyan, CHENG Zhuo, JIAO Jian, CHENG Yao

“…In order to design satellite with low cost and high effectiveness, an optimization method of life cycle cost-effectiveness for satellites is proposed in this paper. …”
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Analysis of Drilling of Coir Fiber-Reinforced Polyester Composites Using Multifaceted Drill Bit by T. V. Rajamurugan, C. Rajaganapathy, S. P. Jani, Claris Snigdha Gurram, Haiter Lenin Allasi, Samson Zerihun Damtew

“…Biodegradable fiber-reinforced composite materials are one of the prime attractions to the researcher due to their easy availability and low cost. During drilling of these Natural Fiber Reinforced Plastic composites (NFRP), delamination and surface roughness are the problems encountered, which are to be minimized to get better output by adopting different cutting conditions and tools. …”
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Design of an Impulse Radiating Antenna Using a Curved TEM-Wire Fed Parabola by Donghyun Lee, Haengseon Lee, Sunmook Hwang, Jaewoon Ahn

“…A design procedure for a TEM-wire fed parabolic antenna is given for impulse radiation, which is suitable for low cost fabrication. A simple wire-type TEM horn and a parabolic reflector are used to achieve ultra-wide bandwidth and high directivity at the same time. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF COOLING FLUID VARIATION ON THE THERMOELECTRIC HOT SIDE ON THERMOELECTRIC VACCINE COOLER BOX PERFORMANCE by Novreza Pratama, Imron Rosyadi, Hadi Wahyudi, M. Haykal Fasya

“…Thermoelectric cooling systems (TECs) are a solution that is simple, lightweight, low cost, and portable. Excessively high hot-side temperatures can be detrimental to operators and the environment during distribution processes. …”
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Equilibrium Isotherm Modeling, Kinetics and Thermodynamics Study for Removal of Lead from Waste Water by Z. Chowdhury, S. M. Zain, A. K. Rashid

“…The low cost adsorbent palm oil fuel ash (POFA) derived from an agricultural waste material was investigated as a replacement of current expensive methods for treating wastewater contaminated by Pb(II) cation. …”
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Recent Advances in Electrochemical Glycobiosensing by Germarie Sánchez-Pomales, Rebecca A. Zangmeister

“…Although the prevalent methods of glycan analysis (high-performance liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy) provide detailed identification and structural analysis of glycan species, there are significantly few low-cost, rapid glycan assays available for diagnostic and screening applications. …”
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Applications of Google Trends as a Data Source for Statistical Models by Klaudia Lenart

“…A definite advantage of using search popularity data is the immediate availability and low cost of obtaining such data. Also of significance is the fact that the Google Trends tool allows for direct research into the behaviour of Internet users, and not just their declarations as in the case of a survey. …”
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Accurate Flexible Temperature Sensor Based on Laser-Induced Graphene Material by Huang Kun, Liu Bin, Mostafa Orban, Qiu Donghai, Yang Hongbo

“…The sensor is of high accuracy, is easy to manufacture, and is of low cost. The sensor has high accuracy and is linear between 30°C and 40°C in the human body temperature ranges. …”
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TV-Based Caring Videophone System for the Elderly in the Smart Home Environment by Jingshuang Shen, Chongyang Zhang, Chuanwen Jiang

“…Based on the detailed analysis of the elderly’s physical and psychological characteristics, a TV-based caring videophone system for the elderly is developed: an embedded multimedia device is designed to implement the interactive video and audio processing and IP-based communication, in which TV is adopted as the display terminal to achieve a low-cost but high-quality service. Considering the user’s convenience, many personalized designs, such as photo-based address book, photo-click-dialing, and touch pad based remote controller, are developed to make the proposed videophone system more intuitive and easy to use for the elderly. …”
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Endoscopic Alcohol Injection Therapy of Giant Gastric Leiomyomas: An Alternative Method to Surgery by Burhan Ozdil, Hikmet Akkiz, Can Kece, Macit Sandikci

“…To the authors’ knowledge, the present study is the first report of the treatment of such hemorrhagic gastric tumours using this alternative and low-cost technique. Endoscopic local ethanol injection may be the treatment of choice in carefully selected patients with hemorrhagic leiomyomas of the upper gastrointestinal tract.…”
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Single-Layer Circularly Polarized Wide Band Reflectarray Antenna with High Aperture Efficiency by Xinyu Da, Jialiang Wu, Jing Zhao, Lin Baoqin, Kai Wu

“…A circularly polarized broadband low-cost reflectarray in Ku-band is presented using a novel single-layer subwavelength phase-shifting element. …”
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Photoactive Thin Silver Films by Atmospheric Pressure CVD by Heather M. Yates, Lucy A. Brook, David W. Sheel

“…This approach overcomes many of the previously encountered limitations to silver deposition by employing an atmospheric pressure process, low-cost and low-toxicity precursors. The resultant films are assessed for activity using stearic acid destruction as a model compound. …”
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Unravelling the Impact of an Additional Sex Chromosome in an Adult Female by Sigin George, Vikas Dagar, Barun Kumar Chakrabarty, N. Nagaraja

“…The patient was initially evaluated by a low-cost peripheral blood (PB) conventional karyotyping using standard cytogenetic protocols. …”
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