A 5–50 GHz SiGe BiCMOS Linear Transimpedance Amplifier with 68 dBΩ Differential Gain towards Highly Integrated Quasi-Coherent Receivers by Guillermo Silva Valdecasa, Jose A. Altabas, Monika Kupska, Jesper Bevensee Jensen, Tom K. Johansen

“…Higher levels of system integration together with sufficiently wideband front-end blocks, and in particular high-speed linear transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs), are currently demanded to reduce cost and scale up receiver data rates. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Design of a Piezoelectric De-Icing System for Small Rotorcraft Part 1/3: Development of a Flat Plate Numerical Model with Experiment... by Eric Villeneuve, Christophe Volat, Sebastian Ghinet

“…The objective of this research project is divided in four parts: (1) to design a piezoelectric actuator-based de-icing system integrated to a flat plate experimental setup and develop a numerical model of the system with experimental validation, (2) use the experimental setup to investigate actuator activation with frequency sweeps and transient vibration analysis, (3) add ice layer to the numerical model and predict numerically stresses for different ice breaking with experimental validation, and (4) bring the concept to a blade structure for wind tunnel testing. …”
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Effect of Mg remelting and mechanical hooks of steel on the mechanical and fatigue responses of resistance element welded AZ31/DP780 joints: Experimental, FEM and thermodynamic cal... by Seungyeop Baek, Ninshu Ma, Jongho Song, Dong-Kyu Kim, Seung-Joon Lee, Chuantong Chen, Min-Su Kim, Dongjin Kim

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Protocol for a quasi-experimental, 950 county study examining implementation outcomes and mechanisms of Stepping Up, a national policy effort to improve mental health and substance... by Jennifer E. Johnson, Jill Viglione, Niloofar Ramezani, Alison E. Cuellar, Maji Hailemariam, Rochelle Rosen, Alex Breno, Faye S. Taxman

“…Implementation target mechanisms include (1) use of and capacity for performance monitoring, (2) use and functioning of interagency teams, (3) common goals and mission across agencies, and (4) system integration (i.e., building an integrated system of care rather than adding one program or training). …”
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Fragmentation or integration: A mixed case study of integrated care services for older people with high support needs by Alison Orrell, David Dallimore, Anne Krayer, Peter Huxley

“…Future research: Longitudinal research is required to measure changes in service system integration over time.…”
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Implementation and evaluation of a pilot WHO community first aid responder training in Kinshasa, DR Congo: A mixed method study by Ken Diango, Eric Mafuta, Lee A. Wallis, Charmaine Cunningham, Peter Hodkinson

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On the Mobility Effect in UAV-Mounted Absorbing Metasurfaces: A Theoretical and Experimental Study by Alexandros Pitilakis, Dimitrios Tyrovolas, Prodromos-Vasileios Mekikis, Sotiris A. Tegos, Alexandros Papadopoulos, Ageliki Tsioliaridou, Odysseas Tsilipakos, Dionysios Manessis, Sotiris Ioannidis, Nikolaos V. Kantartzis, Ian F. Akyildiz, Christos K. Liaskos

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Development of a real-world database for asthma and COPD: The SingHealth-Duke-NUS-GSK COPD and Asthma Real-World Evidence (SDG-CARE) collaboration by Sean Shao Wei Lam, Andrew Hao Sen Fang, Mariko Siyue Koh, Sumitra Shantakumar, See-Hwee Yeo, David Bruce Matchar, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Ken Mei Ting Poon, Liming Huang, Sudha Harikrishan, Dominique Milea, Des Burke, Dave Webb, Narayanan Ragavendran, Ngiap Chuan Tan, Chian Min Loo

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Interactive Somatosensory Games in Rehabilitation Training for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Usability Study by Chien-Hsiang Chang, Chung-Hsing Yeh, Chien-Cheng Chang, Yang-Cheng Lin

“…Furthermore, the ISGR individual item scores of “Willingness to Use” (t28=–8.27, P<.001), “Easy to Use” (t28=–3.17, P<.001), “System Integration” (t28=–5.07, P<.001), and “Easy to Learn” (t28=–2.81, P<.001) were better than TCRR. …”
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Optimization of multiple fuel utilization options in Tri-generation systems by Rachid Klaimi, Sabla Y. Alnouri, Joseph Zeaiter, Mirko Stijepović

“…The water production costs (WPC) of a standalone CSP system integrated with each of the studied plants, having a feedwater salinity of 33.5, 41.8 and 45 g/L, were estimated at 1.739, 2.233 and 2.67 USD/m3, respectively. …”
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On Efficient DCT Type-I Based Low Complexity Channel Estimation for Uplink NB-IoT Systems by Md. Sadek Ali, Md. Shariful Islam, Muhammad Asif, Wali Ullah Khan, Fujiang Lin, Omer Waqar

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Using whole population data to put integrated care into practice: the North West London experience by Parashar Ramanuj, Kushal Barai, Shirlene Oh

“…Practice Change: In North West London an innovative digital platform has been developed to foster closer working between different providers. The Whole System Integrated Care (WSIC) dashboards link provider data from four acute, two mental health and two community Trusts across North West London, 380 GP practices and social care data from eight boroughs to generate one of the largest integrated care records in the country. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Design of a Piezoelectric De-Icing System for Small Rotorcraft Part 2/3: Investigation of Transient Vibration during Frequency Sweep... by Eric Villeneuve, Christophe Volat, Sebastian Ghinet

“…The objective of this research project is divided in four parts: (1) to design a piezoelectric actuator based de-icing system integrated to a flat plate experimental setup, develop a numerical model of the system and validate experimentally; (2) use the experimental setup to investigate actuator activation with frequency sweeps and transient vibration analysis; (3) add an ice layer to the numerical model, predict numerically stresses at ice breaking and validate experimentally; and (4) implement the concept to a blade structure for wind tunnel testing. …”
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Geoinformation monitoring of the educational risk in educational institutions of higher education by Aleksandr N. Kolesenkov, Dmitry S. Zhuravlyov

“…To implement the application, the following development tools are used: PostgreSQL database management system; integrated development environment Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015; technology for creating ASP.NET 5 web applications; programming languages SQL, C #, JavaScript. …”
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Facilitators and Barriers of Integrated Care for Older Adults with Multimorbidity: A Descriptive Qualitative Study by Wu J, Xue E, Huang S, Fu Y, Chen D, Shao J, Zhang H, Tang L, Ye Z

“…These themes include (1) clinical integration: patient-centered care, (2) professional integration: interdisciplinary teams and training, (3) organizational integration: resources and accessibility, (4) system integration: community and funds, incentives, and health insurance, (5) functional integration: electronic health record systems, workforce, and guidelines, and (6) normative integration: shared mission.Conclusion: Guided by the Rainbow Model of Integrated Care, various factors at both micro, meso, and macro levels that impact the implementation of integrated care for older adults with multimorbidity in the Chinese context have been identified in this study. …”
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In-Season Crop Mapping with GF-1/WFV Data by Combining Object-Based Image Analysis and Random Forest by Qian Song, Qiong Hu, Qingbo Zhou, Ciara Hovis, Mingtao Xiang, Huajun Tang, Wenbin Wu

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Long-Term Assessment of PurpleAir Low-Cost Sensor for PM_2.5 in California, USA by Zuber Farooqui, Jhumoor Biswas, Jayita Saha

“…The evaluation of PM_2.5 from sensors included Quality Assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedures, assessment concerning reference-monitored PM_2.5 concentrations, and the formulation of a decision support system integrating these observations using geostatistical techniques. …”
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Interband quantum tunneling at the band-edges in III-V semiconductor heterojunctions for low-power logic and detectors by Iutzi, Ryan (Ryan Michael)

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Survivability in Mars transit architectures : analysis framework for failure contingency strategies by Trujillo, Alejandro E. (Alejandro Elio)

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Planning autonomous evacuation for access and flood resilience by Al-Sammarraie, Ali(Ali J.).

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