The blockchain: a new framework for robotic swarm systems by Castelló Ferrer, Eduardo

“…Swarms of robots will revolutionize many industrial applications, from targeted material delivery to precision farming. However, several of the heterogeneous characteristics that make them ideal for certain future applications --- robot autonomy, decentralized control, collective emergent behavior, etc. --- hinder the evolution of the technology from academic institutions to real-world problems. …”
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THE VALLEY OF FEAR AND HIS LAST BOW / by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930, author 284049

“…"A novel and a collection of short stories in one book. In the Valley of Fear, the intrepid detective and his trusty partner must delve deep into the mystery of a seeming suicide at a manor. …”

Clinical presentation and outcome of ribavirin treated RT-PCR confirmed Lassa fever patients in ISTH Irrua: a pilot study by Asogun, AD, Ochei, O, Moody, V, Abejegah, C, Okoh, E

“…Early Ribavirin treatment improves treatment outcome of Lassa fever in confirmed cases.</p> <p><b>Recommendations:</b> The Federal, States and Local government area council members must make efforts to create public awareness on early presentation, diagnosis and prompt treatment with Ribavirin.…”

Effects of scaling and cleaning on the performance of forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes by Arkhangelsky, Elizabeth, Wicaksana, Filicia, Chou, Shuren, Al-Rabiah, Abdulrahman A., Al-Zahrani, Saeed M., Wang, Rong

“…At the same driving force, the water flux of the FO hollow fibers in the orientation of active layer facing feed solution (AL-FS) was twice higher than the water flux of the flat sheet membrane in both orientations. …”
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Development of fiber optic strain sensor system for smart structure applications by Ong, Lin Seng, Seah, Leong Keey, Chai, Gin Boay

“…The main objective of the present research is to explore the use of optical fibers as sensors that can be embedded in composite material making it a smart material. …”
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Open-hole tensile behavior of bamboo fiber-reinforced polymer composites by Syakir Ariffin Bin Amran

“…Such composites include carbon and glass fibers. Their rigidity and high strength-to-weight ratio make them a popular choice for a variety of applications, such as the aerospace and automotive industries. …”
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An ultra low-power precision sample-and-hold circuit for biomedical application by Mah, Sai Lei

“…The S/H circuit was developed from a capacitive-reset gain switched-capacitor circuit that has benefits of insensitive to op-amp input offset, finite open-loop gain of op-amp, low power and rail-to-rail characteristic. Capacitor-mismatch compensation was then incorporated into it to make the circuit insensitive to capacitor mismatch. …”
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Power spectrum: A detailed dataset on electric demand and environmental interplays by Jawad, M.S., Dhawale, Chitra, Al Ali, Abdel Rahman, Ramli, Azizul Azhar

“…Data was procured using advanced electrical load meters and standardized weather data acquisition systems. …”
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Stochastic backward/forward sweep power flow analysis for islanded microgrids by Subramanian, Lalitha, Gooi, Hoay Beng

“…Distributed generation-based islanded microgrids lack a constant reference voltage node, making it difficult to compute the power flows in the microgrid using traditional power system analysis tools. …”
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Decentralized nonlinear model predictive control of a multimachine power system by Patil, Bhagyesh V., Sampath, Lahanda Purage Mohasha Isuru, Krishnan, Ashok, Foo, Eddy Yi Shyh

“…These reduced size control problems only require direct measurements from individual generators, thereby making implementation simple in practice. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated through computer simulations on a one small-size Western System Coordinating Council (WSCC) and one large-size New England power system under a wide range of operating conditions. …”
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The host : a novel / by Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- 317653

“…Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love. …”

Improving water flux of UiO-66 immobilized on ceramic hollow fiber by Yusof, Noor Fadilah, Raffi, Amirul Afiat, Yahaya, Nur Zhatul Shima, Mohd. Pauzi, Mohamad Zahir, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Jaafar, Juhana, Abas, Khairul Hamimah, A. Rahman, Mukhlis

“…UiO-66 was successfully synthesized on an alumina hollow fiber before fluoroalkylsilane grafting. The effect of UiO-66 concentration loading during membrane fabrication was examined concerning membrane porosity, performance, wettability and surface roughness. …”

Performance parameters of a unity power factor rectifier-inverter with delta modulation by Shadab Anjum

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Development of GaN-based high power density three-phase inverter by Wang, Ran

“…In this project, GaN semiconductor material is used to make a three-phase inverter and FOC technology is used to control motor rotation. …”
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Legitimate power, illegitimate automation: the problem of ignoring legitimacy in automated decision systems by Stone, J, Mittelstadt, BD

Compact temperature sensor with highly germania-doped fiber-based Michelson interferometer by Bao, Lifeng, Dong, Xinyong, Shum, Perry Ping, Shen, Changyu

“…A compact temperature sensor with highly germania-doped fiber (Ge-fiber)-based Michelson interferometer (MI) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. …”
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Low-power non-binary SAR ADC with a two-mode comparator by Li, Jianni

“…However, there is still room for future power efficiency improvement. To lower the power consumption, the method of applying a two-mode comparator was proposed, where the first few steps are completed in the comparator’s low accuracy mode, and the last few steps are completed in the high accuracy mode. …”
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Ultra-low power real-ime object detection based on quantized CNNs by Chew, Jing Wei

“…Furthermore, due to their large model size, their memory footprint is unnecessarily high, and this also leads to excessive power consumption which makes them unfeasible for deployment on resource-constrained environments with no constant power source. …”
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Miniature photonic crystal optical fiber humidity sensor based on polyvinyl alcohol by Wong, Wei Chang, Chan, Chi Chiu, Li, Tao, Chen, Li Han, Boo, Jia Liang, Lee, Kok Xian, Leong, Kam Chew

“…A compact photonic crystal fiber (PCF) humidity sensor based on modal interference has been proposed by the use of commercial fusion splicer to collapse the holes of PCF to form a Michelson interferometer with cladding mode excitation at the fiber tip. …”
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Experimental study on a hybrid battery thermal management system combining oscillating heat pipe and liquid cooling by Hongkun, Lu, Muhamad, Mat Noor, Kadirgama, Kumaran

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