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Caching Data Over a Broadcast Channel
We consider an environment in which a collection of mobile clients interacts with a stationary database server. Due to the low bandwidth of wireless communication channels, it is necessary to broadcast highly ...
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Open AccessFacial expression (mood) recognition from facial images using committee neural networks
Facial expressions are important in facilitating human communication and interactions. Also, they are used as an important tool in behavioural studies and in medical rehabilitation. Facial image based mood det...
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Open AccessAutomated Evaluation of Learners with ODALA: Application to Relational Databases E-learning
This paper deals with an approach for an automated evaluation of the learners’ state of knowledge when learning by doing. This approach is called ODALA for “Ontology-Driven Auto-evaluation for e-Learning Appro...
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Open AccessDye-sensitized Solar Cells with Higher Jsc by Using Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membrane Counter Electrodes
A flexible counter electrode (CE) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) has been fabricated using a micro-porous polyvinylidene fluoride membrane as support media and sputtered Pt as the catalytic material. No...
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Open AccessContribution of statistical tests to sparseness-based blind source separation
We address the problem of blind source separation in the underdetermined mixture case. Two statistical tests are proposed to reduce the number of empirical parameters involved in standard sparseness-based unde...
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Open AccessLocator/Identifier Separation: Comparison and Analysis on the Mitigation of Worm Propagation
As a basic prerequisite for worm detection based on computational intelligence in networks with locator/identifier separation, it is well worth considering the influence on worm propagation due to the incoming...
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Open AccessGreen tribology: Fundamentals and future development
As green tribology is a new field of tribology still in its infancy, understanding its fundamentals is essential for its further development. In this article, a brief historical retrospective on the emergence ...
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Open AccessVisualization of CCTV coverage in public building space using BIM technology
Nowadays, the use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) systems is effective for monitoring traffic, preventing crime, and ensuring safety in many public spaces. However, the effectiveness of CCTV coverage is of...
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Open AccessMinimum-Delay POIs Coverage in mobile wireless sensor networks
In some mobile wireless sensor network applications, it is not necessary to monitor the entire field all the time, and only a number of critical points or points of interest (POIs) need to be monitored periodical...
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Open AccessErratum to: Green tribology: Fundamentals and future development
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Open AccessReliability analysis for a data flow in event-driven wireless sensor networks using a multiple sending transmission approach
Reliability analysis is an important issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This paper aims to study the reliability of a data flow in event-driven wireless sensor networks with multiple sending transmissio...
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Open AccessAmplified Detection of Iron Ion Based on Plasmon Enhanced Fluorescence and Subsequently Fluorescence Quenching
A facile and rapid approach for detecting low concentration of iron ion (Fe3+) with improved sensitivity was developed on the basis of plasmon enhanced fluorescence and subsequently amplified fluorescence quenchi...
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Open AccessInvariant heart beat span versus variant heart beat intervals and its application to fetal ECG extraction
The fundamental assumptions for various kinds of fetal electrocardiogram (fECG) extraction methods are not consistent with each other, which is a very important problem needed to be ascertained.
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Effects of Si alloying and T6 treatment on mechanical properties and wear resistance of ZA27 alloys
To improve the mechanical properties and wear resistance of ZA27 alloy, Si was introduced to the alloy, and the effect of Si alloying and T6 heat treatment on the microstructure, mechanical properties and wear...
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Open AccessNovel self-interference suppression schemes based on Dempster-Shafer theory with network coding in two-way full-duplex MIMO relay
A two-way full-duplex multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay provides effective spectral efficiency and system capacity improvement. However, self-interference (SI) as a serious problem limits the develop...
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Microstructure and properties of mechanical alloying particles reinforced aluminum matrix composites prepared by semisolid stirring pouring method
Aluminum matrix composites reinforced with mechanical alloying particles (SiCp) were fabricated by the semisolid stirring pouring method. The influence of mechanical alloying particles and Mg on the microstructur...
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Open AccessMechanical hydraulic characteristic analysis scheme based on lightweight crowd data in mobile embedded devices
In order to improve the efficiency of mechanical and hydraulic control of the mechanical equipment, the analysis scheme of mechanical hydraulic characteristics based on lightweight crowd data was proposed in m...
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Open AccessNode importance evaluation method in wireless sensor network based on energy field model
The stability degree of key nodes is an important indicator of wireless sensor network performance. Appropriate node importance evaluation method is a precondition for the identification of key node and the an...
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Open AccessCharacterizing a lubricant additive for 1,3,4-tri-(2-octyldodecyl) cyclopentane: Computational study and experimental verification
In order to increase the life of spacecraft, it is important to improve the comprehensive lubrication performance. Multiple alkylated cyclopentane (MAC) lubricants are presently gaining wide acceptance for act...
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Open AccessEstimation of the cool executive function using frontal electroencephalogram signals in first-episode schizophrenia patients
In schizophrenia, executive dysfunction is the most critical cognitive impairment, and is associated with abnormal neural activities, especially in the frontal lobes. Complexity estimation using electroencepha...