• Effect of polymer coating characteristics on the biodegradation and biocompatibility behavior of magnesium alloy 

  Mahapatro, Anil; Jensen, Kayla; Yang, Shang-You (Taylor & Francis, 2019-07-03)

  The permanence of cardiovascular stents and orthopedic fixation devices often cause problems; thus, it would be advantageous to make them biodegradable to prevent or minimize the issues caused by their long-term use. ...

• Accounting for patient heterogeneity in nurse staffing using a queueing-theory approach 

  Eimanzadeh, Parisa; Gloede, Heather; Soule, Joyce; Salari, Ehsan (Taylor & Francis, 2018-06-30)

  Evidence from observational studies suggests that inadequate nurse staffing in hospitals and heavy nurse workload may compromise patient safety and quality of care. There are recommended minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for ...

• Biomimetic electrospun nanocomposite fibers from recycled polystyrene foams exhibiting superhydrophobicity 

  Uddin, M. Nizam; Desai, Fenil J.; Asmatulu, Eylem (Springer Nature, 2019-10-30)

  The production of various plastic wastes is increasing day by day and has become a growing concern to the serious environmental challenges. This type of waste is rarely resolved by microorganisms; hence, the recycling to ...

• Electrospun nanofibers: preparation, characterization and atmospheric fog capturing capabilities 

  Alamir, Mohammed Abdullah; Alarifi, Ibrahim M.; Khan, Waqar A.; Khan, Waseem Sabir; Asmatulu, Ramazan (Springer Nature, 2019-10)

  This study was aimed at enhancing the capability of electrospun nanofiber mats to convert atmospheric fog into fresh water effectively. The demand for clean water has been increasing worldwide, and this problem can be ...

• The interplay of strategic orientations and their influence on sme performance 

  Pett, Timothy L.; Francis, John D.; Wolff, James (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019-10-19)

  This paper examines the role that learning orientation plays with respect to entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, and, ultimately, the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs. Previous research ...

• Preparation and characterization of KOH-treated electrospun nanofiber mats as electrodes for iron-based redox-flow batteries 

  Desai, Fenil J.; Seyedhassantehrani, Neda; Shagar, Marwan M.; Gu, Shuang; Asmatulu, Ramazan (Elsevier Ltd, 2020-02)

  A series of electrospun nanofiber mats have been fabricated from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor, followed by treatments with pyrolytic heat and KOH solutions. The heat & KOH-treated electrospun nanofiber mats were ...

• Link-renaming technique for efficiently increasing similarity among SDN entries 

  Almohaimeed, Abdulrahman; Asaduzzaman, Abu; Chidella, Kishore K.; Shahin, Firas (IEEE, 2019)

  Software-defined networking (SDN) is an evolved concept to network's architecture with a centralized form of network controlling. The centralized nature of SDN has raised concerns regarding the high demand for communication ...

• MR-Anonymization: A relationship-based privacy model 

  Almohaimeed, Abdulrahman; Gampa, Srikanth (IEEE, 2019)

  There are several reasons for organizations to publish or share their data. Therefore, ensuring the privacy of individual information is a serious issue. A typical medical organization must publish data about thousands of ...

• Kraus operator formalism for quantum multiplexer operations for arbitrary two-qubit mixed states 

  Udayakumar, Pavithra; Kumar, Preethika (Springer, 2019-12)

  The dynamics of open quantum systems are described using a set of operators called Kraus operators. In this paper, we show how to find system parameters for a closed system of two qubits undergoing quantum multiplexer ...

• Introduction: Selfie Biometrics 

  Rattani, Ajita; Derakhshani, Reza R.; Ross, Arun A. (Springer London, 2019-09-22)

  Traditional password-based solutions are being predominantly replaced by biometric technology for mobile user authentication. Since the inception of smartphones, smartphone cameras have made substantial progress in image ...

• Preface 

  Rattani, Ajita; Derakhshani, Reza R.; Ross, Arun A. (Springer London, 2019-09)

  This book highlights the field of selfie biometrics, providing a clear overview and presenting recent advances and challenges. It also discusses numerous selfie authentication techniques on mobile devices. Biometric ...

• Soft-biometric attributes from selfie images 

  Rattani, Ajita; Agrawal, Mudit (Springer London, 2019-09-22)

  The aim of this chapter is to discuss the soft-biometric attributes that can be extracted from selfie images acquired from mobile devices. Existing literature suggests that various features in demographics, such as gender ...

• Mobile user re-authentication using clothing information 

  Nguyen, Hoang Mark; Rattani, Ajita; Derakhshani, Reza R. (Springer London, 2019-09-22)

  Biometric authentication has become a popular alternative to passwords on mobile devices. However, most implementations do not incorporate any mechanisms to ascertain whether the originally authenticated user is still in ...

• The Degraded Gaussian many-access wiretap channel 

  Chou, Remi; Yener, Aylin (IEEE, 2019-07)

  The Gaussian multiple-access wiretap channel when the number of transmitters grows unbounded and at most linearly with the blocklength is studied. Its capacity region is characterized when the eavesdropper channel is ...

• Biometric systems with multiuser access structures 

  Chou, Remi (IEEE, 2019-07)

  We propose a model for biometric systems with a multiuser access structure, where after enrollment only predefined authorized sets of participants are allowed to access the system upon presenting their biometrics. Two types ...

• A noninvasive, electromagnetic, epidermal sensing device for hemodynamics monitoring 

  Mohammed, Noor; Cluff, Kim; Griffith, Jacob; Loflin, Ben (IEEE, 2019-10)

  Non-intrusive monitoring of blood flow parameters is vital for obtaining physiological and pathophysiological information pertaining to dynamic cardiovascular events and is feasible to achieve via non-invasive, conformal, ...

• Adaptive control of coupled dynamical systems: a mixed state and output feedback framework 

  Yucelen, Tansel; Gruenwald, Benjamin C.; Merve Dogan, Kadriye; Chakravarthy, Animesh; Menon, Alok N. (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2019-10-15)

  This paper studies a class of coupled dynamical systems consisting of an actuated dynamical system interconnected with an unactuated dynamical system. The actuated dynamical system is considered to have a measurable state ...

• Advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for solar energy 

  Wei, Wei; Wang, Hui; Wang, Chunling; Luo, Hongmei (Hindawi Limited, 2019)

  As the world faces serious energy challenges, the development and implementation of renewable energy technologies become increasingly important. Solar energy resource dwarfs all other renewable and fossil-based energy ...

• Prediction of airline delays based on machine learning algorithms 

  Dand, Alok; Saeed, Khawaja A.; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram (Association for Information Systems, 2019)

  Every year around 20% of all flights are delayed or canceled. The costs of these events to the airline companies and passengers are in billions of dollars each year. According to a report published in 2010 by UC Berkeley, ...

• Investigating the effects of surface treatments on adhesion properties of protective coatings on carbon fiber-reinforced composite laminates 

  Asmatulu, Ramazan; Erukala, Kavya S.; Shinde, Manish A.; Alarifi, Ibrahim M.; Rahimi-Gorji, Mohammad (Elsevier B.V., 2019-12-25)

  A composite material is one of the most vital attributes in the manufacturing of aerospace and wind turbine structures. In order to protect composite surfaces against environmental influences (e.g., ultraviolet [UV] light, ...

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