Single Infrared Super-Resolution via a Shifted Full-Scale Non-Local Network by Honghong Lu, Zhenhua Li

“…Qualitative and quantitative evaluation results show that our method has better performance on benchmark datasets of Set5, Set14, BSD100, and the self-built infrared dataset under the up-sample factor of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 2$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 3$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 4$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.…”
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Beyond 0-1: The 1-N Principle and Fast Validation of N-Sorter Sorting Networks by Robert B. Kent, Marios S. Pattichis

“…permutation vectors to the equivalent reduced vectors are <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${&gt;}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>1,000,000 for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{L}{=}12$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and are much higher as L increases.…”
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Detection of Soybean Pod Formation Stage Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data by Sakshi Jain, Unmesh Khati, Vineet Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Verma

“…The mean DpRVI observed for 330 test sites soon after the sowing (DOY 181) was <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.28\pm 0.07$</tex-math></inline-formula>, increased to <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.38\pm 0.06$</tex-math></inline-formula> (DOY 229) then followed a downward trend (dip formation) with mean DpRVI <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.35\pm 0.08$</tex-math></inline-formula> (DOY 241) and finally reaches to its maximum <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.48\pm 0.09$</tex-math></inline-formula> just before the harvest (DOY 265). …”
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Using Passive BCI for Personalization of Assistive Wearable Devices: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Asghar Mahmoudi, Morteza Khosrotabar, Klaus Gramann, Stephan Rinderknecht, Maziar A. Sharbafi

“…Statistical analysis revealed significant increases in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\delta $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\theta $ </tex-math></inline-formula> activity and decreases in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta $ </tex-math></inline-formula> activity in the frontal, motor, and occipital cortices. …”
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Soil Surface Roughness in Temperate Forest During SMAPVEX19-22 by Victoria A. Walker, Michael H. Cosh, William A. White, Andreas Colliander, Victoria R. Kelly, Paul Siqueira

“…After removal of topographic slope, the forest floor was found to be relatively smooth with average rms heights of <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$9+-1 \,{\mathrm{mm}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> in the central Massachusetts domain and <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$6+-1 \,{\mathrm{mm}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> in the Millbrook, New York domain. …”
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A New Attack Recovery Approach and <italic>H</italic>&#x221E; Performance Analysis for LFC Systems With FDI Attacks and Uncertainties by Xuxia He, Ruimei Zhang, Puying Wang

“…This paper focuses on the attack recovery and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_{\infty } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> performance analysis for load frequency control (LFC) systems with false data injection (FDI) attacks and uncertainties. …”
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High-Performance Carbon Nanotube Optoelectronic Transistor With Optimized Process for 3D Communication Circuit Applications by Shuang Liu, Heyi Huang, Yanqing Li, Yadong Zhang, Feixiong Wang, Zhaohao Zhang, Qingzhu Zhang, Jiali Huo, Jiaxin Yao, Jing Wen, Huaxiang Yin

“…Meanwhile, the devices&#x2019; optoelectronic characteristics were significantly improved and exhibited a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$72\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> increase in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Delta $ </tex-math></inline-formula> Ids under identical illumination. …”
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UAS-Guided Analysis of Electric and Magnetic Field Distribution in High-Voltage Transmission Lines (Tx) and Multi-Stage Hybrid Machine Learning Models for Battery Drain Estimation by Tanzim Jim Hassan, Jamison Jangula, Akshay Ram Ramchandra, Niroop Sugunaraj, Barathwaja Subash Chandar, Prashanth Rajagopalan, Farishta Rahman, Prakash Ranganathan, Ryan Adams

“…This paper is first-of-its-kind large scale study that gathered field data (E/H) across 5 different Tx lines (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$69 kV_{AC}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$230 kV_{AC}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$345 kV_{AC}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$500 kV_{AC}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$250 kV_{DC}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). …”
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An Ultra-Low Power, Adaptive All-Digital Frequency-Locked Loop With Gain Estimation and Constant Current DCO by Imran Ali, Hamed Abbasizadeh, Muhammad Riaz Ur Rehman, Muhammad Asif, Seong Jin Oh, Young Gun Pu, Minjae Lee, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang, Kang-Yoon Lee

“…The RMS current consumption is <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$103.32~\mu \text{A}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> from 1 V voltage supply with <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$103.32~\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> power requirement. …”
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PSO-Aided Inverse Design of Silicon Modulator by Zijian Zhu, Yingxuan Zhao, Zhen Sheng, Fuwan Gan

“…As a result, we incorporate the inverse design method with the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and achieve a G-shaped doping profile for the modulator, exhibiting superior <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{\pi } L$</tex-math></inline-formula> of 0.68 V<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\cdot$</tex-math></inline-formula>cm and low loss of 9.3 dB/cm. …”
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Reliable Quantized Fuzzy Controller Design for Nonlinear Singularly Perturbed Systems With Markovian Jumps and Dynamic Event Triggered Mechanism by Rabeh Abbassi, Mourad Kchaou, Hamdi Gassara, Houssem Jerbi

“…The investigation seeks to establish a framework for assessing the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ l_{2}-l_{\infty } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> stability characteristics of nonlinear Markov jump singularly perturbed systems (MJSPSs) using an output Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy-based controller. …”
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A Miniaturized and High Optically Transparent Frequency Selective Surface for RF Shielding Using Double-Glazed Glass Windows for Green Building Applications by Muhammad Nasir, Slawomir Koziel, Adnan Iftikhar

“…The dimensions of FSS unit cell (UC) are optimized to <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.0714\lambda _{0}\times 0.07146\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is the wavelength at 2.1 GHz resonant frequency. …”
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A Novel Three-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Approach Using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network by Constantinos M. Mylonakis, Zaharias D. Zaharis

“…The input of the DCNN is the correlation matrix of signals received by a <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4 \times 4$</tex-math></inline-formula> uniformly spaced patch antenna array. …”
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Characterization and Selection of WiFi Channel State Information Features for Human Activity Detection in a Smart Public Transportation System by Roya Alizadeh, Yvon Savaria, Chahe Nerguizian

“…Considering delta band power as an additional feature adds more information and allows getting higher performance with precision &#x003D; 100&#x0025;, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$TP=97\%$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$TN = 95\%$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and F1-score &#x003D; 95&#x0025;.…”
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Reconfigurable mmWave Planar Phased Array Featuring Wide Elevation and Full Azimuth Spatial Coverage for 5G Vehicular Application by Saiful Islam, Hanvit Kim, Tuyen Dinh Nguyen, Sunwoo Kim, Hyoungsuk Yoo

“…During simulation, the array demonstrates isolation levels surpassing 20 dB and exhibits a broad <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-10 \, \text {dB}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> impedance bandwidth spanning <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$6570 \, \text {MHz}~(24.36$ </tex-math></inline-formula>&#x2013;<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$30.93 \, \text {GHz}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). …”
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Relaxation Digital-to-Analog Converters Featuring Self-Calibration and Parasitics-Induced Error Suppression in 180-nm CMOS by Roberto Rubino, Francesco Musolino, Pedro Toledo, Yong Chen, Anna Richelli, Paolo S. Crovetti

“…The SE-ReDAC testchip in 180nm occupies just 5,030<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula> m2 and operates with a supply voltage ranging from 0.6V to 1V. …”
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Voltage Reference and Voltage Regulator for the Cryogenic Performance Evaluation of the 22nm FDSOI Technology by Alfonso R. Cabrera-Galicia, Arun Ashok, Patrick Vliex, Andre Kruth, Andre Zambanini, Stefan van Waasen

“…In particular, we focus on the cryogenic threshold voltage <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(V_{\text {th}})$ </tex-math></inline-formula> saturation, the transconductance <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(g_{m})$ </tex-math></inline-formula> increase and the low frequency (LF) excess noise. …”
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Design and Analysis of Two-Port Self-Decoupled Highly Efficient MIMO Antenna for 5G New Radio Mid-Band (n1/n2/n3) Wireless Communication by Durai Pandurangan, Naveen Mishra

“…The proposed MIMO antenna have a total foot print area of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.82\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{\mathrm {x}}~0.41\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm x <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.0057\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm, where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is free space wavelength considering 2.05GHz frequency. …”
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High Stability Single-Port Dual Band Microwave Sensor Based on Interdigital Capacitor Structure With Asymmetry Branch Feedline by Syah Alam, Indra Surjati, Lydia Sari, Raden Deiny Mardian, Teguh Firmansyah, Muhammad Iqbal, Slamet Widodo, Mudrik Alaydrus, Zahriladha Zakaria

“…The microwave sensor is designed using a single-port resonator operating at two different resonant frequencies <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$f_{r1} = 1.61$ </tex-math></inline-formula> GHz and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$f_{r2} = 2.52$ </tex-math></inline-formula> GHz. …”
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A Single-Mode 852-nm Faraday Laser by Zhiyang Wang, Zijie Liu, Jianxiang Miao, Hangbo Shi, Xiaomin Qin, Xiaolei Guan, Jia Zhang, Pengyuan Chang, Tiantian Shi, Jingbiao Chen

“…Its output frequency remains close to the Cs atomic Doppler-broadened transition line, and through the optimization of the working parameters of Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter (FADOF), the laser output mode can still remain single, even though the diode current changes from 55 mA to 155 mA (with incremental step of approximately 2 mA) and the diode working temperature varies from <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$11.8 \,\mathrm{^{\circ }C}$</tex-math></inline-formula> to <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$37.2 \,\mathrm{^{\circ }C}$</tex-math></inline-formula> (with incremental step of approximately <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3.5 \,\mathrm{^{\circ }C}$</tex-math></inline-formula>). …”
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