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Chatrpol Pakasiri, Ke-Chung Hsu and Sen Wang
In this paper, a wideband VCO that covers popular Long-Term Evolution (LTE) 0.7 GHz and LTE 2.6 GHz frequencies is designed and developed in a standard 0.18 µm CMOS process. The VCO utilizes active inductors to achieve coarse-tuning of the inductance and...
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Natalia Torres-Pagán, Marta Muñoz, Sara Barbero, Roberta Mamone, Rosa Peiró, Alessandra Carrubba, Adela M. Sánchez-Moreiras, Diego Gómez de Barreda and Mercedes Verdeguer
In recent years, interest in natural products with herbicidal activity as new tools for integrated weed management has increased. The European Union is demanding a reduction in the number of herbicides used, forbidding use of the most toxic ones, despite...
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Rudolf Abrahám, Radoslav Majdan, Katarína Kollárová, Zdenko Tkác, Eva Matejková, Sona Masarovicová and Róbert Drlicka
In general, energy loss reduction via the interaction of tires with the ground improves tractor traction performance when a drawbar pull is generated. This paper is examines the driving wheels with steel spikes for a tractor equipped with modern radial t...
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Doria Gergeta, Matea Badnjevic, Ljerka Karleusa, Zeljka Maglica, Stjepan Spalj and Ivana Gobin
This study aimed to analyse the effect of chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX DG) mouthwash on the adhesion of oral bacteria to orthodontic appliances. The interactions of four bacteria (S. mutans, A. actinomycetemcomitans, S. oralis, and V. parvula) with two...
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Dongye Lv, Hanbing Liu, Qiang Miao, Wensheng Wang, Guojin Tan, Chengwei Shi and Hanjun Li
The passivation behavior of steel reinforcements in concrete is significantly influenced by the environment, concrete pore solution, and the passive film formed on the steel surface. The present study used electrochemical methods to successfully characte...
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Anna Letocha, Alicja Michalczyk, Paulina Ostrowska, Malgorzata Miastkowska and Elzbieta Sikora
Probiotic bacteria confer health benefits to their host, support the intestinal microbiome and fight antibiotic resistance. Probiotic products are used in the food and pharmaceutical industries and, in recent years, have become increasingly popular in th...
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Emanuele Spinosa, Riccardo Pellegrini, Antonio Posa, Riccardo Broglia, Mario De Biase and Andrea Serani
The paper presents the use of a supervised active learning approach for the solution of a simulation-driven design optimization (SDDO) problem, pertaining to the resistance reduction of a destroyer-type vessel in calm water. The optimization is formulate...
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Maria K. Sakka and Christos G. Athanassiou
Phosphine resistance occurs in many areas worldwide. The present study evaluated Sitophilus species from different geographical origins using two different protocols: (i) the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) protocol (30 ppm for 20 h) and (ii) the...
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Marek Kciuk, Zygmunt Kowalik, Grazia Lo Sciuto, Sebastian Slawski and Stefano Mastrostefano
The promising research on flexible and tactile sensors requires conducting polymer materials and an accurate system for the transduction of pressure into electrical signals. In this paper, the intelligent sensitive mat, based on Velostat, which is a poly...
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Qi Qiu, Mingchang Gao, Changtao Shao, Shaofang Sun, Yusen Liu and Huawei Zhang
Membrane fouling is a key factor limiting the application of a membrane bioreactor (MBR), and membrane-surface modification holds the potential to control membrane fouling and solves this problem. In the research, novel nanocomposite membranes were desig...
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