On-Body Characterization of Planar Differential Antennas for Multiple, Wide, and Narrow Bands by Luigi Vallozzi, Domenico Pepe, Thijs Castel, Hendrik Rogier, Domenico Zito

“…All the antenna designs have been implemented on low-cost FR4 substrate and characterized experimentally through on-body measurements. …”
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Effect of Al~2~O~3~ Passivation on Structured Si/PEDOT:PSS Hybrid Solar Cell by Sameer Alghanmi, Khalid Alshammari

“…Recently, silicon/organic heterojunction solar cells (HSCs) attain great attention because of its attractive characteristics such as rationally high efficiency, low cost, and simple device fabrication technique. …”
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Fractography and Tensile Properties of AA6061 Aluminium Alloy/Rice Husk Ash Silicon Nanocomposite by N. E. Udoye, O. S. I. Fayomi, A. O. Inegbenebor

“…The unstoppable quest for low-cost reinforcing agent gingered the enthusiasm towards developing and utilising the agro-based waste product as reinforcement since they are promptly accessible, sustainable, and inexpensive to purchase. …”
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Bedside Ultrasound Measurement of Rectus Femoris: A Tutorial for the Nutrition Support Clinician by Carlos Alfredo Galindo Martín, Enrique Monares Zepeda, Octavio Augusto Lescas Méndez

“…Because of this, we present this tutorial for nutrition support clinicians, in order to understand and perform muscle measurements by this reliable, accessible, low-cost, and easy-to-use technique. Reviewing issues such as quadriceps muscle anatomy, correct technique (do’s and don’ts), identification of structures, and measurement of the rectus femoris and vastus intermedius muscles helps to acquire the basic concepts of this technique and encouraging more research in this field.…”
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Suboptimal Greedy Power Allocation Schemes for Discrete Bit Loading by Waleed Al-Hanafy, Stephan Weiss

“…We consider low cost discrete bit loading based on greedy power allocation (GPA) under the constraints of total transmit power budget, target BER, and maximum permissible QAM modulation order. …”
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SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIES: STATUS, TRENDS, INTEGRATED APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE DIFFERENTIATION OF REGIONS (TERRITORIES) by L. A. Tretyakova, A. S. Astakhin

“…At the same time integrated indicators meet the requirements: quantitative measurement; formation on the basis of priority basic indicators of regional development; accounting for the main components of development: institutional, environmental, economic and social.The proposed methodology is characterized by simplicity of calculation, low cost application, as well as the fact that the information base is made up of official data of state statistics bodies, which ensures their accessibility and comparability.…”
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Frozen shoulder contracture syndrome: manipulation under anesthesia or physical therapy? by Christopher Felipe Cereceda Muriel, Denisse Elizabeth Concha Valdebenito, Dennis González Valencia

“…The modalities of physical therapy are an option of easy access, low cost and with varied options. Despite multiple alternatives being presented, there is no consensus on which is the best treatment option, and specifically it remains unclear whether manipulation under anesthesia is a better option than physiotherapy treatment.…”
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Ultrafast Airy Beam Generation with a Mode-Locked Fiber Laser by Silin Guo, Yajun Lou, Cai Yue, Xinhai Zhang, Fan Zhang

“…The pulsed Airy beam fiber laser we constructed has the advantages of compactness, easy integration, low cost, and high stability and robustness, which are of great significance for applications in industrial and other tough environments.…”
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Implementation of Special Function Unit for Vertex Shader Processor Using Hybrid Number System by Avni Agarwal, P. Harsha, Swati Vasishta, S. Sivanantham

“…This paper presents a low-cost, high-performance SFU architecture with improved speed and reduced area. …”
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Internet of Things Technology for an Autonomous Photovoltaic Solar Energy System Monitoring by Mimouni Abdelmalek, Chahet Youssef, El Amrani Aumeur, El Amraoui Mohamed, Bejjit Lahcen

“…Furthermore, it proposes a low-cost monitoring system designed to monitor a PV system consisting of a PV module, a DC-DC boost converter, and a load.…”
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Robot Control Using Alternative Trajectories Based on Inverse Errors in the Workspace by Quoc Khanh Duong, Thanh Trung Trang, Thanh Long Pham

“…The results show that the proposed method can significantly reduce errors; moreover, this is a low-cost solution and easy to apply in practice and calibration can be done cyclically. …”
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Design and Fabrication of W-Band Waveguide Slotted Array Antenna Based on Milling Process by Hongfu Meng, Yang Chen, Wenbin Dou

“…The proposed array antenna features a simple structure, low cost, and easy implementation for W-band applications.…”
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Implementation of multilinear look-up tables as surrogate models for the ethyl transesterification reactor in equation-oriented simulator EMSO by Christian de Oliveira Martins, Felipe Fernando Furlan, Roberto de Campos Giordano

“…To circumvent this problem, a hybrid surrogate model is proposed that combines the low-cost prediction of the average behavior by a simplified model with the fine tuning provided by a multilinear look-up table. …”
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A Facile Synthesis of Granular ZnO Nanostructures for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Narayan Chandra Deb Nath, Kwang-Mo Noh, Jaecheon Kim, Jae-Joon Lee

“…Granular ZnO nanostructures of single-crystalline wurtzite hexagonal phases were synthesized by a facile and low-cost chemical method in aqueous condition. The average size of ZnO nanograin increased with reflux time, and it significantly affected the open circuit potential (Voc) while the short circuit current density (Jsc) was not changed much. …”
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Direct Power Control Strategy of PWM Rectifier Based on Improved Virtual Flux-Linkage Observer by Wenshao BU, Leilei Xu

“…In order to achieve the low cost and high performance control of three-phase PWM rectifier, a direct power control (DPC) strategy based on a new-style virtual flux-linkage observer is proposed. …”
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Unveiling the complex morphologies of sessile droplets on heterogeneous surfaces by Yanchen Wu, Hongmin Zhang, Fei Wang, Britta Nestler

“…This work provides a potential method to achieve highly complex morphologies of droplets via low-cost beforehand design of the surfaces, thereby opening up potential applications in 3D printing, printed electronics, and microfluidics.…”
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Antibiotic residuals removal via novel fabricated hydrogel from 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and sodium methacrylate by Nahit Aktaş, Sinan Akgöl, Urmat Zholdoshbek Uulu

“…In conclusion, we suggest a novel microstructure, selective, low-cost adsorption polymeric material for the removal of Pen. …”
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Using citizen science Raspberry Shake seismometers to enhance earthquake location and characterization: a case study from Wellington, New Zealand by Bethany Hughes, Finnigan Illsley-Kemp, Eleanor Mestel, John Townend, Chantujan Chandrakumar, Raj Prasanna

“…   The recent development of low-cost citizen seismometers has opened new avenues for earthquake analysis. …”
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A Modified Fully Convolutional Network for Crack Damage Identification Compared with Conventional Methods by Meng Meng, Kun Zhu, Keqin Chen, Hang Qu

“…In this article, a modified fully convolutional network (FCN) with more robustness and more effectiveness is proposed, which makes it convenient and low cost for long-term structural monitoring and inspection compared with other methods. …”
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Road Markings and Their Impact on Driver Behaviour and Road Safety: A Systematic Review of Current Findings by Dario Babić, Mario Fiolić, Darko Babić, Timothy Gates

“…Since their first application to the present day, road markings have become a common element of road infrastructure and one of the basic low-cost safety measures. The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the most significant academic activities to date regarding the influence of longitudinal and transverse road markings as well as road markings for hazard locations (curves, intersections, and rural-urban transitions) on driver’s behaviour and overall road safety. …”
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