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A self-selective correlation ship tracking method for smart ocean systems
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
In recent years, with the development of the marine industry, the ship navigation environment has become more complicated. Some artificial intelligence technologies, such as computer vision, can recognize, track and count ...
Discrimination of breast cancer from benign tumours using Raman spectroscopy
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Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, with an estimated 1.7 million cases and 522,000 deaths in 2012. Breast cancer is diagnosed by histopathological examination of breast biopsy material but this ...
Compact UWB band-notched antenna with integrated bluetooth for personal wireless communication and UWB applications
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
A compact band-notched UWB (Ultra-Wide Band) antenna with integrated Bluetooth is developed for personal wireless communication and UWB applications. The antenna operates at the UWB frequency band (3.1-10.6 GHz) as well ...
Catalytic Degradation of 4-Ethylpyridine in Water by Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Process
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MDPI
, 2019 , Article)
In this work, the degradation of 4-ethylpyridine (4EP) in water by a heterogeneous photo-Fenton process (H2O2/Fe3O4/ultraviolet irradiation (UV)) was investigated. More rapid and effective 4EP degradation was obtained with ...
Toward a contagion-based model of mobile banking adoption
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address the following question: Can a bank capitalize on its well-established self-service technologies (SSTs) in order to entice customers to adopt a newly introduced SST, namely, ...
Sub-Femtojoule Hybrid Plasmonic Optical Modulator
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
A highly compact optical modulator is proposed and analyzed. The modulator is based on the hybrid plasmonic waveguide platform. The structure of the modulator is built from silicon, silver, and electro-optical polymer ...
Epigenetic mechanisms, trauma, and psychopathology: Targeting chromatin remodeling complexes
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De Gruyter
, 2019 , Article)
Environmental pressure affects the genotype throughout different epigenetic processes. There is currently ample evidence on the role of epigenetics in developing various mental disorders. A burden of environmental pressure, ...
A systematic review of the outcome data supporting the Healthy Living Pharmacy concept and lessons from its implementation
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Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
Background The Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) project, launched in England, UK in 2009 was a novel approach of introducing public health services within community pharmacy to tackle local health inequalities. A national ...
The mosquito melanization response requires hierarchical activation of non-catalytic clip domain serine protease homologs.
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Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
Serine protease cascades regulate important insect immune responses namely melanization and Toll pathway activation. An important component of these cascades are clip-domain serine protease homologs (cSPHs), which are ...
Adaptive effects of seeing green environment on psychophysiological parameters when walking or running
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2019 , Article)
Several studies have investigated the influence of perceiving colors on affective outcomes and/or performance. However, the effects of seeing colors on self-selected behaviors have received little attention from physiologists ...