scholarly journals Low-Cost Electronic Tagging System for Bee Monitoring

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo de Souza ◽  
Peter Marendy ◽  
Karien Barbosa ◽  
Setia Budi ◽  
Pascal Hirsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Insects ◽  
Electronic Monitoring ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rfid Tags ◽  
Detection Rates ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Insect Identification ◽  
Electronic Tagging ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Tagging System

This paper introduces both a hardware and a software system designed to allow low-cost electronic monitoring of social insects using RFID tags. Data formats for individual insect identification and their associated experiment are proposed to facilitate data sharing from experiments conducted with this system. The antenna's configuration and their duty cycle ensure a high degree of detection rates. Other advantages and limitations of this system are discussed in detail in the paper.

scholarly journals Low-Cost Electronic Tagging System for Bee Monitoring

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 2124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo de Souza ◽  
Peter Marendy ◽  
Karien Barbosa ◽  
Setia Budi ◽  
Pascal Hirsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Electronic Tagging ◽  
Tagging System

scholarly journals Highly Compact Through-Wire Microstrip to Empty Substrate Integrated Coaxial Line Transition

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 6885
Author(s):  
Marcos D. Fernandez ◽  
José A. Ballesteros ◽  
Angel Belenguer
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Coaxial Line ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Central Layer ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Integrated Technology ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
The Many ◽  
High Degree

Empty substrate integrated coaxial line (ESICL) technology preserves the many advantages of the substrate integrated technology waveguides, such as low cost, low profile, or integration in a printed circuit board (PCB); in addition, ESICL is non-dispersive and has low radiation. To date, only two transitions have been proposed in the literature that connect the ESICL to classical planar lines such as grounded coplanar and microstrip. In both transitions, the feeding planar lines and the ESICL are built in the same substrate layer and they are based on transformed structures in the planar line, which must be in the central layer of the ESICL. These transitions also combine a lot of metallized and non-metallized parts, which increases the complexity of the manufacturing process. In this work, a new through-wire microstrip-to-ESICL transition is proposed. The feeding lines and the ESICL are implemented in different layers, so that the height of the ESICL can be independently chosen. In addition, it is a highly compact transition that does not require a transformer and can be freely rotated in its plane. This simplicity provides a high degree of versatility in the design phase, where there are only four variables that control the performance of the transition.

Fracture Toughness of Powder Metallurgy and Ingot Titanium Alloys – A Review

2013 ◽  
Vol 551 ◽  
pp. 143-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Pal Singh ◽  
Brian Gabbitas ◽  
De Liang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Powder Metallurgy ◽  
Titanium Alloys ◽  
Alloy Composition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ingot Metallurgy ◽  
Metal Powders ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Microstructural Characteristics ◽  
High Degree

Powder metallurgy (PM) is potentially capable of producing homogeneous titanium alloys at relative low cost compared to ingot metallurgy (IM). There are many established PM methods for consolidating metal powders to near net shapes with a high degree of freedom in alloy composition and resulting microstructural characteristics. The mechanical properties of titanium and its alloys processed using a powder metallurgical route have been studied in great detail; one major concern is that ductility and toughness of materials produced by a PM route are often lower than those of corresponding IM materials. The aim of this paper is to review the fracture toughness of both PM and IM titanium alloys. The effects of critical factors such as interstitial impurities, microstructural features and heat treatment on fracture toughness are also discussed

scholarly journals Learning from Past Policy: Assessing United States Foreign Policy over Indonesia in Resolving the 1999 East Timor Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sigit S. Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
East Timor ◽  
United States Foreign Policy ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The U.S

Assessing the output of past foreign policy is instrumental for any country to learn policy-relevant insights, to appreciate its experience, and to improve its future conduct. To glean such insights, this article borrows Baldwin’s framework in assessing the success and failure in foreign policy. Using a case study analysis, it assesses the United States’ (U.S.) influence attempt towards Indonesia to resolve the 1999 East Timor humanitarian crisis. President Clinton’s decision to undergo an influence attempt primarily aimed to change Indonesia’s policy while gaining support from U.S. allies in the process. The article finds that Clinton’s decision was a highly successful attempt. This finding is based on several factors: (1) the attempt effectively attained the intended primary and secondary goals at a considerably high degree; (2) it was conducted at a considerably low cost for the U.S.; (3) it inflicted a high cost towards Indonesia; (4) the increase in Clinton’s stake strengthened the U.S. resolve to pursue the influence attempt; and (5) Clinton had successfully overcome the difficult undertaking as Indonesia possessed higher stake over East Timor. These findings provide some lessons for both U.S. and Indonesian foreign policymakers to chart future relations for the two nations.

scholarly journals Double verification protocol via secret sharing for low-cost RFID tags

2019 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 118-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Liu ◽  
M.F. Ezerman ◽  
H. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Secret Sharing ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rfid Tags

COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS SCREENING ANALYSIS NEURAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (64) ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
S. Aloshyn ◽  
I. Khomenko ◽  
N. Fursova
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Pattern Recognition ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Multidimensional Space ◽  
Diagnostic Systems ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
High Degree

Low-cost, reliable and quick screening diagnosis of coronavirus can be implemented on the basis of intelligent technologies for analyzing a set of signs and symptoms with solving the problem of pattern recognition in the basis of artificial neural networks. The high degree of coronavirus infection diagnostic procedure uncertainty, the vector dimension of input factor-symptoms, fuzzy conditioning and poor formalizability of the subject condition connection with these symptoms require appropriate analytical tools. An analysis of the problem and possible solutions allows justifying the feasibilit y of implementing screening diagnostics as a solution to the problem of nonlinear optimization in a multidimensional space of high-dimensional factors and states. Artificial neural networks with compulsory training on a representative sample were chosen as a tool for implementing the project. The proposed technology brings diagnostics of coronavirus infection closer to full automation, robotization and intellectualization of complex monitoring (diagnostic) systems as the most promising technology for pattern recognition in systems with a high degree of entropy and allows you to solve the problem at the lowest cost and required performance indicators.

scholarly journals Three-Dimensional Chipless RFID Tags: Fabrication through Additive Manufacturing

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 4740
Author(s):  
Sergio Terranova ◽  
Filippo Costa ◽  
Giuliano Manara ◽  
Simone Genovesi
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Rfid Tags ◽  
Metallic Surfaces ◽  
Data Encoding ◽  
Chipless Rfid ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Promising Solution

A new class of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags, namely the three-dimensional (3D)-printed chipless RFID one, is proposed, and their performance is assessed. These tags can be realized by low-cost materials, inexpensive manufacturing processes and can be mounted on metallic surfaces. The tag consists of a solid dielectric cylinder, which externally appears as homogeneous. However, the information is hidden in the inner structure of the object, where voids are created to encrypt information in the object. The proposed chipless tag represents a promising solution for anti-counterfeiting or security applications, since it avoids an unwanted eavesdropping during the reading process or information retrieval from a visual inspection that may affect other chipless systems. The adopted data-encoding algorithm does not rely on On–Off or amplitude schemes that are commonly adopted in the chipless RFID implementations but it is based on the maximization of available states or the maximization of non-overlapping regions of uncertainty. The performance of such class of chipless RFID tags are finally assessed by measurements on real prototypes.

Correlates of Buying Behavior for Grocery Products

1967 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Private Brand ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Grocery Products

Do heavy buyers of a grocery product have different economic characteristics than light buyers? Are private-brand-prone customers really different? Are customers who exhibit a high degree of brand loyalty in a product category different than those exhibiting less loyalty? In what way are the characteristics of customers who tend to purchase a product at a low cost per unit different from those who pay higher prices? The author reports the results of five studies, each focused on one of the above questions. The studies provide some interesting insights into the usefulness of household purchasing characteristics as bases for market segmentation.

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