A Sub-1-V Nanopower MOS-Only Voltage Reference by Siqi Wang, Zhenghao Lu, Kunpeng Xu, Hongguang Dai, Zhanxia Wu, Xiaopeng Yu

“…The proposed voltage reference consists of a specific current generator and a 5-bit trimmable load. Thanks to the good match between the current source stage and the output stage, the nonlinear temperature dependence of carrier mobility is automatically canceled out. …”
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Optimized Design for NB-LDPC-Coded High-Order CPM: Power and Iterative Efficiencies by Rui Xue, Tong Wang, Yanbo Sun, Huaiyu Tang

“…Thirdly, an extrinsic information operation is proposed to address the positive feedback issue in iterative detection and decoding and the value of bit error rate (BER) can approximately be reduced by <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>5</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Adaptive Equalization for Dispersion Mitigation in Multi-Channel Optical Communication Networks by Farman Ali, Shabbir Ahmad, Fazal Muhammad, Ziaul Haq Abbas, Usman Habib, Sunghwan Kim

“…The simulation results show that the proposed technique plays a key role in dispersion mitigation in multi-channel optical transmission to uphold multi-Gb/s transmission. Moreover, bit error rate (BER) and quality factor (Q-factor) below <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msup> <mn>10</mn> <mrow> <mo>&#8722;</mo> <mn>5</mn> </mrow> </msup> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula> and above 5, respectively, are achieved with electrical domain equalizers for the OCN in the presence of multiple distortion effects showing the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive equalization techniques.…”
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Automated Detection of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Using an Information-Based Similarity Approach by Xingran Cui, Emily Chang, Wen-Hung Yang, Bernard C. Jiang, Albert C. Yang, Chung-Kang Peng

“…By mapping RR-interval time series to binary symbolic sequences and comparing the rank-frequency patterns of m-bit words, the dissimilarity between AF and normal sinus rhythms (NSR) were quantified. …”
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Asymmetrically Reconstructed Optical OFDM for Visible Light Communications by Jindan Xu, Wei Xu, Hua Zhang, Xiaohu You

“…By specifically exploiting the asymmetric structure of OOFDM such as PAM-DMT and ACO-OFDM, we present a new framework for implementing OOFDM with enhanced performance in terms of both bit error rate (BER) and peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). …”
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Self-care, A1C and stigmatization as predictors of a negative perception of insulin among adults with type 2 diabetes: a hospital-based study in Turkey by Hamdiye Arda Sürücü, Hatice Okur Arslan, Sıdıka Çetik

“…An introductory information form for type 2 diabetic patients, the Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale (ITAS), Diabetes Self-Care Activities Survey (DSCAS) and Barriers to Insulin Treatment Scale (BIT) were used to collect the research data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlations and step wise multi-linear regression. …”
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Performance of the 5th Generation Indoor Wireless Technologies-Empirical Study by Mika Hoppari, Mikko Uitto, Jukka Mäkelä, Ilkka Harjula, Seppo Rantala

“…In addition, the Wi-Fi standards are constantly evolving toward higher bit rates and reduced latency, and their usage in 5G dedicated verticals can even improve performance, especially when lower coverage is sufficient. …”
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Uji Efektivitas Ekstrak Daun Serai Wangi (Cymbopogon nardus L. Rendle) dalam Mengendalikan Hama Ulat Bawang Merah (Spodoptera exigua Hubner) di Laboratorium by Andi Nopriansyah, Rusli Rustam

“…Upaya peningkatan produksi bawang merah masih mengalami kendala, antara lain serangan hama di lapangan. Ulat grayak bit (Spodoptera exigua Hubner) merupakan salah satu masalah utama dalam budidaya bawang merah. …”
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A Low-Power, 65 nm 24.6-to-30.1 GHz Trusted LC Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Achieving 191.7 dBc/Hz FoM at 1 MHz by Abdullah Kurtoglu, Amir H. M. Shirazi, Shahriar Mirabbasi, Hossein Miri Lavasani

“…The PUF consumes 0.83 pJ/bit when operating at 1.5 Gbps. The proposed PUF exhibits a measured Inter-Hamming Distance (HD) of 0.5058b and 0.4978b, with Intra-HD reaching 0.0055b and 0.0053b for the current consumption and f_osc, respectively. …”
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Implementation and Performance of Face Recognition Payment System Securely Encrypted by SM4 Algorithm by Yukun Zhou, Ningsheng Wu, Baidong Hu, Yitao Zhang, Jingyun Qiu, Weiming Cai

“…The hardware platform adopts an octa-core 64-bit ARM processor with a main frequency of 1.8 GHz, which has powerful computing and processing capabilities. …”
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Determination of Optimum Planar Imaging Parameters for Small Structures with Diameters Less Than the Resolution of the Gamma Camera by Mpumelelo Nyathi

“…All the images were quantified using ImageJ software, version 1.48a, Java 1.70_51 [64-bit]. Results: The optimum planar imaging parameters established were a matrix size of 128 128 pixels and technetium-99m solution of activity concentration of 300 kBq/ml. …”
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Machine learning assisted adaptive LDPC coded system design and analysis by Cong Xie, Mohammed El‐Hajjar, Soon Xin Ng

“…For ILLA, the adaptive capability is achieved by switching the modulation and coding modes based on a look‐up table using signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) thresholds at the target bit error rate (BER), while OLLA builds upon the ILLA method by dynamically adjusting the SNR thresholds to further optimize the system performance. …”
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Photocatalytic Activity of TiNbC-Modified TiO₂ during Hydrogen Evolution and CO₂ Reduction by Alexander V. Syuy, Dmitry S. Shtarev, Ekaterina A. Kozlova, Anna Yu. Kurenkova, Angelina V. Zhurenok, Anna V. Shtareva, Mikhail S. Gurin, Gleb I. Tselikov, Gleb V. Tikhonowski, Aleksey Arsenin, Valentyn Volkov

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mNet2FPGA: A Design Flow for Mapping a Fixed-Point CNN to Zynq SoC FPGA by Tomyslav Sledevič, Artūras Serackis

“…The core was tested on a cost-optimized Z-7020 FPGA with 16-bit fixed-point VGG networks. The kernel binarization and merging with the batch normalization layer were applied to reduce the number of DSPs in the multi-channel convolutional core. …”
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A Novel Framework Using Neutrosophy for Integrated Speech and Text Sentiment Analysis by Kritika Mishra, Ilanthenral Kandasamy, Vasantha Kandasamy W. B., Florentin Smarandache

“…With increasing data on the Internet, it is becoming difficult to analyze every bit and make sure it can be used efficiently for all the businesses. …”
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Auxiliary Variable-Aided Hybrid Message Passing for Joint Channel, Phase Noise Estimation and Detection for Multi-User MIMO Systems by Xiaochen He, Wei Wang, Qinghua Guo, Jun Tong, Jiangtao Xi, Yanguang Yu

“…Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed receiver is better than existing methods and is close to the matched filter bound (MFB) in terms of the bit error rate (BER).…”
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Exploring the future application of UAVs: Face image privacy protection scheme based on chaos and DNA cryptography by Heping Wen, Zhiyu Xie, Zhuxi Wu, Yiting Lin, Wei Feng

“…Finally, the cipher-image is obtained after performing discontinuous diffusion and lightweight bit-level confusion. In this paper, chaotic pseudo-random sequences with plaintext correlation and dynamic DNA chain encryption are used to effectively improve the ability of encryption system to resist cryptographic attacks. …”
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Wireless Communication Test on 868 MHz and 2.4 GHz from inside the 18650 Li-Ion Enclosed Metal Shell by Vlad Marsic, Tazdin Amietszajew, Petar Igic, Soroush Faramehr, Joe Fleming

“…Based on signal strength indicator, bit error rate, and packet error rate, the test characterized a payload of 120 bytes at the highest speed of 150 kbps and 250 kbps supported by the IEEE 802.15.4 for the two communication frequencies. …”
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Facebook Intervention: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Lee Anne Siegmund, James F Bena, Shannon L Morrison

“…For acceptability, mean scores on a 1 (not at all) to 5 (quite a bit) Likert scale for feeling supported and in touch with providers were 4.6 and 4.4, respectively. …”
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Evaluating RF Hardware Characteristics for Automotive JCRS Systems Based on PMCW-CDMA at 77GHz by Maximilian Lubke, Yanpeng Su, Norman Franchi

“…For this purpose, our previously published code-division multiple access (CDMA)-based and vehicle-to-vehicle-focused model is extended to a joint communications and radar sensing (JCRS) model and evaluated according to the achieved bit error rate as well as the mean deviation of the detected distance and velocity in Simulink. …”
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