A security protocol resistant to intermittent position trace attacks and desynchronization attacks in RFID systems by Shu, Yantai, Gao, Lijun, Ma, Maode, Wei, Yuhua

“…Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will become more popular in various applications in the near future. But the security issues in RFID systems have hindered this technical promotion seriously. …”
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Symbiotic simulation for future electro-mobility transportation systems by Aydt, Heiko, Lees, Michael, Knoll, Alois

“…This includes a server-based city-scale simulation which would forecast general traffic patterns and conditions in the near-future. The outcome of these simulations can be used by server-based smart routing services and/or in-car navigation systems.…”
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Bright and stable anti-counterfeiting devices with independent stochastic processes covering multiple length scales by Zhang, J, Creamer, A, Xie, K, Tang, J, Salter, L, Wojciechowski, JP, Stevens, MM

“…With the assistance of a deep-learning model, the resulting PUFs show both near-ideal performance and accessibility for general end users, offering a strategy for next-generation security devices.…”

Mixed lead-tin perovskite films with >7 μs charge carrier lifetimes realized by maltol post-treatment by Hu, S, Truong, MA, Otsuka, K, Handa, T, Yamada, T, Nishikubo, R, Iwasaki, Y, Saeki, A, Murdey, R, Kanemitsu, Y, Wakamiya, A

“…Mixed lead–tin (Pb–Sn) halide perovskites with optimum band gaps near 1.3 eV are promising candidates for next-generation solar cells. …”

Sequential phreatomagmatic eruptions during the lateral propagation of giant dyke swarms by Pryce, E, Cartwright, J, Kirkham, C, Phillips, D

“…Here we use 3D seismic and well data to document the near surface expression of dykes comprising the Mull Dyke Swarm from the southern North Sea (UK). …”

Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…<br> At a time when close relationships with our near neighbours are more crucial than ever before, Britain has opted to surrender its remaining influence and squander international goodwill. …”

Unequal health: the scandal of our times by Dorling, D

“…As a whole the book shows conclusively that inequalities in health are the scandal of our times in the most unequal of rich nations and calls for immediate action to reduce these inequalities in the near future.…”

Adversarial robustness of deep reinforcement learning by Qu, Xinghua

“…Different adversarial attacks to understand the vulnerability and corresponding defense approaches to resist against attacks have been proposed. Although some achievements and interesting findings have been observed, existing adversarial attacks are deemed to be less realistic due to the extensive assumptions utilized, such as white-box policy access and full-state adversary setting. …”
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Uncovering vein patterns from color skin images for personal identification in forensic investigation by Tang, Chaoying

“…Up until now, no one studies vein patterns for forensic identification because no method has been developed to visualize vein patterns hidden in color images. …”
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Photonic engineering technology for the development of terahertz quantum cascade lasers by Zeng, Yongquan, Qiang, Bo, Wang, Qi Jie

“…However, the applications of THz QCL require good output characteristics in terms of the emission spectrum, beam quality, power efficiency, and polarization control, which are beyond the reach of the electronic engineering techniques. …”
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Explorations of combined nonsolvent and thermally induced phase separation (N-TIPS) method for fabricating novel PVDF hollow fiber membranes using mixed diluents by Zhao, Jie, Chong, Jeng Yi, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…However, previous approaches have been subjected to either the formation of macrovoids or dense layer due to the dominant NIPS effect, or required sophisticated instruments and operation skills. …”
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Perovskite metasurfaces with large superstructural chirality by Long, Guankui, Adamo, Giorgio, Tian, Jingyi, Klein, Maciej, Krishnamoorthy, Harish N. S., Feltri, Elena, Wang, Hebin, Soci, Cesare

“…Recent attempts to synthesize hybrid perovskites with large chirality have been hampered by large size mismatch and weak interaction between their structure and the wavelength of light. …”
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Enhancing Landsat image based aboveground biomass estimation of black locust with scale bias-corrected LiDAR AGB map and stratified sampling by Qin, Shuhong, Wang, Hong, Li, Xiuneng, Gao, Jay, Jin, Jiaxin, Li, Yongtao, Lu, Jinbo, Meng, Pengyu, Sun, Jing, Song, Zhenglin, Donev, Petar, Ma, Zhangfeng

“…In summary, our study provides a framework to harmonize near-surface LiDAR and satellite data for AGB estimation in plantation forest ecosystems with small patch sizes and fragmented distribution.…”
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Quantum spin Hall effect and topological phase transition in InNxBiySb1−x−y/InSb quantum wells by Song, Zhigang, Bose, Sumanta, Fan, Weijun, Zhang, Dao Hua, Zhang, Yan Yang, Li, Shu Shen

“…Recently, the quest for new materials exhibiting non-trivial topological state of matter has been of great research interest, as TIs find applications in new electronics and spintronics and quantum-computing devices. …”
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High-spin impurities and surface acoustic waves in piezoelectric crystals for spin-lattice coupling by Magnusson, E

“…This spin system has already been identified as a high potential quantum technology component due to its long coherence time. …”

Determination of mosquitoes species diversity and molecular detection of West Nile virus in wild bird habitats in Perak and Selangor, Malaysia by Jafar Ali, Natasha

“…Meanwhile, WNV antibodies and/or RNA have been demonstrated in wild birds, human, wildlife such as macaques and bats; and farm animals such as swine and horse from 2003 until now. …”
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Development of an integrated scheduling model for handling equipment in automated port container terminals by Sadeghian, Syed Hamidreza

“…Automated Lifting Vehicle (ALV) is one of the automatic vehicles that has been introduced during recent years and can be used in container terminals. …”
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Digital holography to light field by Zuo, Chao, Asundi, Anand Krishna

“…Due to its non-interferometric nature, TIE relaxes the stringent beam-coherence requirements for interferometry, extending its applications to various optical fields with arbitrary spatial and temporal coherence. …”
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new urban giants : the ultimate skyscrapers / by Spirito, Gianpaola, author 496164, Terranova, Antonino, 1942-, author editor 656235

“…Dubai is the current record holder, but is likely to lose the title in the near future. In teh meantime, the world's metropolises accumulate impressive arrays of tall buildings, while the old western cities are dotted with new smaller but bizarre towers. …”

Fluid-fluid displacement in porous-media microfluidics by Qiu, Yu

“…This fluid-solid interaction—exacerbated by the roughness inherent to all natural and engineered surfaces—introduces a large energy dissipation near the solid boundary that challenges our ability to interpret laboratory experiments and develop mathematical models. …”
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