Implementation of a wireless ECG acquisition SoC for IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee)...
This paper presents a wireless biosignal acquisition system-on-a-chip (WBSA-SoC) specialized for electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring. The proposed system consists of three subsystems, namely, 1) the ECG...
View ArticleMethod of lactate elevation does not affect the determination of the lactate...
PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of different lactate elevation protocols on the determination of the lactate minimum (Lacmin) point. METHODS: Eight highly trained racing...
View ArticleAnimal models to study the pathogenesis of human and animal Clostridium...
The most common animal models used to study Clostridium perfringens infections in humans and animals are reviewed here. The classical C. perfringens-mediated histotoxic disease of humans is clostridial...
View ArticleComment on 'Rewiring networks for synchronization' [Chaos 18, 037105 (2008)]
This is a comment on a recent paper by A. Hagberg and D. A. Schult [Chaos18, 037105 (2008)]. By taking the eigenratio of the Laplacian of an undirected and unweighted network as its synchronizability...
View ArticleExploring the perceived measures of privacy: RFID in public applications
The purpose of this study is to explore the measures that may protect privacy of the users - in the context of RFID use in public applications. More specifically, this study investigates what the users...
View ArticleSurface modification of spray dried food and emulsion powders with...
Spray drying is a well-established and widely used method for transforming a wide range of liquid food products into powder form. Stickiness is the limitation in spray drying of different sugar and...
View ArticleFactors affecting RFID adoption: an exploratory study
In marketing, a customer purchases a product while a consumer uses the product; which means that an adopter of an innovation behaves like a consumer of a new product. But surprisingly no initiative has...
View Article(In Press) Randomized quasi-random testing
Random testing is a fundamental testing technique that can be used to generate test cases for both hardware and software systems. Quasi-random testing was proposed as an enhancement to the...
View ArticleAdvantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR)-based approaches in...
Quantitative PCR (Q-PCR or real-time PCR) approaches are now widely applied in microbial ecology to quantify the abundance and expression of taxonomic and functional gene markers within the...
View ArticleReliability of mean power recorded during indoor and outdoor self-paced 40km...
The purpose of this study was to assess reliability of both indoor and outdoor 40 km time-trial cycling performance. Eight trained cyclists completed three indoor 40 km time-trials on an air-braked...
View ArticleThe adoption and continued usage intention of RFID: an integrated framework
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the factors of radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption and its continuance intention in a mandatory and in a voluntary environment leading to...
View ArticleMetal foams application to enhance cooling of open cathode polymer...
Conventional channel flow fields of open cathode Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) introduce some challenges linked to humidity, temperature, pressure and oxygen concentration gradients...
View ArticleDifferences between the sexes and age-related changes in orienteering speed
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of the age and sex of the competitor on orienteering speed during competitive events. The results of the fastest three male and fastest three female...
View ArticleOn redundant topological constraints
Redundancy checking is an important task in the research of knowledge representation and reasoning. In this paper, we consider redundant qualitative constraints. For a set Γ of qualitative constraints,...
View ArticleDecentralized and coordinate-free computation of critical points and surface...
This article provides a decentralized and coordinate-free algorithm, called decentralized gradient field (DGraF), to identify critical points (peaks, pits, and passes) and the topological structure of...
View ArticleDecentralized monitoring of moving objects in a transportation network...
This paper examines efficient and decentralized monitoring of objects moving in a transportation network. Previous work in moving object monitoring has focused primarily on centralized information...
View ArticleSnow depth retrieval with UAS using photogrammetric techniques
Alpine areas pose challenges for many existing remote sensing methods for snow depth retrieval, thus leading to uncertainty in water forecasting and budgeting. Herein, we present the results of a field...
View ArticleEnhancing the forecasting power of exchange rate models by introducing...
It is demonstrated that the forecasting power of the flexible price monetary model of exchange rates can be enhanced by introducing dynamics through the use of a linear error correction specification....
View ArticleWriting 'skin' as 'limit' - how I wrote The Monsoon Bride
I wrote my novel The Monsoon Bride (Text, 2011) as part of a Creative Writing Ph.D. at the University of Adelaide. Set in 1930, the narrative examines the experience of living in Burma during colonial...
View ArticleProbability distribution functions for cover used in 3-D model simulating...
In previous studies, a 1-D numerical predictive tool to simulate the salt induced corrosion of port assets in Australia has been developed into a 2-D and 3-D model based on current predictive...
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