New Strategies in the Treatment of Ta-T1 Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC) of the Bladder by Maurizio A. Brausi

“…Standard intravesical chemotherapeutic agents can now be delivered more effectively thanks to new technological advances in drug delivery. Local microwave hyperthermia and electromotive drug administration are of particular interest. …”
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Measurement of Baseline and Orientation between Distributed Aerospace Platforms by Wen-Qin Wang

“…In this paper, we propose an improved pulsed duplex microwave ranging approach, which allows determining the spatial baseline and orientation between distributed aerospace platforms by the proposed high-precision time-interval estimation method. …”
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Shopping for Health: A Menu for One by Morgan Denhard, Wendy Dahl

“…Whether you pop a dish into the microwave after a busy day or spend time cooking a special meal for yourself, shopping for and preparing healthy, low-cost meals for one can be easy and enjoyable with just a little bit of planning. …”
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Synthesis and QSAR Study of Some HDL Cholesterol Increasing Quinazolinone Derivatives by M. B. Deshmukh, Savita Dhongade (Desai)

“…We describe here an easy and efficient method to obtain S-alkylated derivatives of thio-quinazolinone using different alkylating agents via a solvent-free microwave-assisted method. The alkylated thio quinazolinones were further sequentially condensed with hydrazine hydrate and different aromatic aldehydes to get the hydrazones, which were studied for QSAR. …”
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A 31.5 GHz Patch Antenna Design for Medical Implants by Yasir Ahmed, Yang Hao, Clive Parini

“…Typical antennas designed for the microwave range are quite large in size, which makes them unsuitable for implants. …”
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Dark Matter and Dark Energy Induced by Condensates by Antonio Capolupo

“…It is shown that the thermal states with the cosmic microwave radiation temperature and the Unruh and the Hawking radiations give negligible contributions to the critical energy density of the universe, while the thermal vacuum of the intercluster medium could contribute to the dark matter, together with the vacuum energy of fields in curved space-time and of mixed neutrinos. …”
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Testing a Dilaton Gravity Model Using Nucleosynthesis by S. Boran, E. O. Kahya

“…Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) offers one of the most strict evidences for the Λ-CDM cosmology at present, as well as the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. In this work, our main aim is to present the outcomes of our calculations related to primordial abundances of light elements, in the context of higher dimensional steady-state universe model in the dilaton gravity. …”
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Review on the Millimeter-Wave Generation Techniques Based on Photon Assisted for the RoF Network System by Jiangnan Xiao, Chuang Zhao, Xingxing Feng, Xu Dong, Jiangli Zuo, Jun Ming, Ye Zhou

“…With the development trend of wireless and broadband in the communication link and even the whole information industry, the demand of high-frequency microwave bandwidth has been increasing. The RoF network system solves the problem of spectrum congestion in low-frequency band by providing an effective technology for the distribution of high-frequency microwave signals over optical fiber links. …”
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Extraction Techniques for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils by E. V. Lau, S. Gan, H. K. Ng

“…The extraction technologies described here include Soxhlet extraction, ultrasonic and mechanical agitation, accelerated solvent extraction, supercritical and subcritical fluid extraction, microwave-assisted extraction, solid phase extraction and microextraction, thermal desorption and flash pyrolysis, as well as fluidised-bed extraction. …”
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Pattern Synthesis of Time-Modulated Array Antenna Based on an Improved Invasive Weed Optimization Method by Zhenkai Zhang, Xinxing Liu, Bing Zhang, Hailin Li

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DC and AC Characteristics of GaAs/InGaAs/AIGaAS Real Space Transfer Transistors by H. C. Chen

“…For AC performance, S-parameter measurements of high frequency and microwave characteristics indicate a projected maximum frequency of oscillation of fmax⁡=2.7GHz and a current gain cutoff frequency (fT) occurs at 1.8GHz.…”
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Dynamic Range Consideration in MIMO Systems with Hybrid Antenna Selection by Javad Ahmadi-Shokouh

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High Gain Superstrate Loaded Membrane Antenna Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology by Hamsakutty Vettikalladi

“…The results are verified using CST Microwave Studio and are found to be in good agreement.…”
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A New Method for Synthesis of Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and Poly(2,6-diphenyl-1,4-phenyl oxide) by Naser M. Al Andis

“…The polymerization of two monomers 2,6-dimethylphenol and 2,6-diphenylphenol was carried out by an oxidative route in the presence of Cu(I) as a catalyst and amine complex as a solvent assisted by microwave heating. The synthesized polymers were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). …”
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Solvent-free Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes Catalyzed by KF/Al2O3, Montmorillonite KSF and K10 by Li-Jun Li, Ying-Xia Song, Yan-Su Gao, Yan-Feng Li, Jian-Feng Zhang

“…Multistep and one-pot conversion of aldehydes to nitriles were carried out conveniently with out solvent using KF/Al2O3, montmorillonite KSF and K10 as catalyst, under microwave irradiation. The reactions are completed within 6-8 min to give satisfactory yields. …”
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New Cad Model of the Microstrip Interdigital Capacitor by Nihad Dib, Qiu Zhangb, Ulrich Rohde

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UHF Metamaterial Absorber with Small-Size Unit Cell by Combining Fractal and Coupling Lines by Shicheng Fan, Yaoliang Song

“…Due to the small ratio, it can be widely used in radiation suppression for microwave relay communication such as mobile communication and wireless network by changing the parameters of the structure.…”
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Mechanical Properties of Phenolic Composites Reinforced with Flax-g-copolymers Prepared under Different Reaction Conditions - A Comparative Study by Susheel Kalia, B. S. Kaith

“…Graft copolymers of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and its binary mixtures such as MMA + ethyl acrylate (EA), MMA + acrylonitrile (AN), MMA + acrylic acid (AA), MMA + vinyl acetate (VA), MMA + acrylamide (AAm) and MMA + styrene (Sty) with flax fiber have been prepared in air (IA) and under the influence of microwave radiations (MWR). Synthesized flax-g-copolymers under two different reaction conditions were used as reinforcing material in the preparation of phenol-formaldehyde composites. …”
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Novel Directional Nanoantennas for Single-Emitter Sources and Wireless Nano-Links by Maciej Klemm

“…The nanoantenna design is based on the travelling wave principle, well known at RF/microwave frequencies. By properly designing the propagating parts of the nanoantenna, a very efficient coupling to free space wave impedance can be achieved. …”
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Algorithm for Cloud Particle Phase Identification Based on Bayesian Random Forest Method by Fu Tao, Yang Zhipeng, Tao Fa, Hu Shuzhen, Lu Yuxiang, Fu Changqing

“…Results in a high rate of misclassification when employing machine learning techniques for identifying the phase state of cloud particles.To accurately identify phases of cloud particles, a Bayesian Random Forest Method is employed, utilizing co-located millimeter-wave cloud radar and microwave radiometer observations. Models are established separately for rainy and non-rainy weather conditions, utilizing the cloud radar's reflectivity factor, spectral width of velocity, radial velocity, and depolarization ratio, as well as the microwave radiometer's vertical temperature profile and the altitude of each parameter. …”
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