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Design and Evaluation of Modular Gas and Wind Sensing Nodes for Static and Mobile Deployments

Alcherio Martinoli, Emmanuel Droz, Wanting Jin

Static and mobile sensor nodes can be employed in gas monitoring tasks to detect gas leaks in an early stage and localize gas sources. Due to the intermittent nature of gas plumes and the slow dynamics of commonly used gas sensors, measuring gas concentrat ...

2024

A Comparative Analysis of Tools & Task Types for Measuring Computational Problem-Solving

Engin Walter Bumbacher, Jérôme Guillaume Brender, Richard Lee Davis

How to measure students' Computational Problem-Solving (CPS) competencies is an ongoing research topic. Prevalent approaches vary by measurement tools (e.g., interactive programming, multiple-choice tests, or programming-independent tests) and task types ( ...

Association for Computing Machinery2024

Functional-Basis Analysis of Non-Stationary Signals in Modern Power Grids: Theory and Implementation in Embedded Systems

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Situational awareness strategies are essential for the reliable and secure operation of the electric power grid which represents critical infrastructure in modern society. With the rise of converter-interfaced renewable generation and the consequent shift ...

EPFL2024

Luminosity determination using Z boson production at the CMS experiment

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Dual-frame optimization for informationally complete quantum measurements

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Randomized measurement protocols such as classical shadows represent powerful resources for quantum technologies, with applications ranging from quantum state characterization and process tomography to machine learning and error mitigation. Recently, the n ...

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Setting priorities in CNF particle size measurement: What is needed vs. what is feasible

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Measuring the size of cellulose nanomaterials can be challenging, especially in the case of branched and entangled cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs). The International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 6, Task Group 1-Cellulosic Nanomaterial ...

TECH ASSOC PULP PAPER IND INC2023

Experimental Validation of a Unified and Linear State Estimation Method for Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids

Mario Paolone, Willem Lambrichts

This paper presents the experimental validation of a linear recursive state estimation (SE) process for hybrid AC/DC microgrids proposed in the authors' previous work. The SE uses a unified and linear measurement model that relies on the use of synchronize ...

IEEE2023

Assessment of the Bundle SNSPD Plus FPGA-Based TDC for High-Performance Time Measurements

Christophe Marcel Georges Galland, Andrea Costa, Santiago Tarrago Velez

Counting single photons and measuring their arrival time is of crucial importance for imaging and quantum applications that use single photons to outperform classical techniques. The investigation of the coincidence, i.e. correlation, between photons can b ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Creating and controlling exceptional points of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians via homodyne Lindbladian invariance

Fabrizio Minganti

The exceptional points (EPs) of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians (NHHs) are spectral degeneracies associated with coalescing eigenvalues and eigenvectors, which are associated with remarkable dynamical properties. These EPs can be generated experimentally in ope ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2022

Experimental QND measurements of complementarity on two-qubit states with IonQ and IBM Q quantum computers

Christophe Marcel Georges Galland, Nicolas Schwaller, Valeria Vento

We report the experimental nondemolition measurement of coherence, predictability and concurrence on a system of two qubits. The quantum circuits proposed by De Melo et al. (Phys Rev Lett 98(25):250501, 2007) are implemented on IBM Q (superconducting circu ...

SPRINGER2022

A Cryo-CMOS Oscillator With an Automatic Common-Mode Resonance Calibration for Quantum Computing Applications

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This article presents a 4-to-5 GHz LC oscillator operating at 4.2K for quantum computing applications. The phase noise (PN) specification of the oscillator is derived based on the control fidelity for a single-qubit operation. To reveal the substantial gap ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Cross verified independent measurements of correlated bubble property distributions as part of the scale-up of a catalytic bubbling fluidized bed reactor

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EPFL2022

Bayesian tomography of high-dimensional on-chip biphoton frequency combs with randomized measurements

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Owing in large part to the advent of integrated biphoton frequency combs, recent years have witnessed increased attention to quantum information processing in the frequency domain for its inherent high dimensionality and entanglement compatible with fiber- ...

Nature Portfolio2022

Continuous raw particle number concentration data in 10 sec resolution, measured in the Swiss aerosol container during MOSAiC 2019/2020

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This dataset contains raw particle number concentration data measured during the year long MOSAiC expedition from October 2019 to September 2020. The measurement was performed in the Swiss aerosol container on the D-deck of Research Vessel Polarstern using ...

Zenodo2022

Estimation of Charge Transfer During Long Continuing Currents in Natural Downward Flashes Using Single‐Station E‐Field Measurements

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The amount of charge transferred to ground during long continuing currents in natural downward flashes can be obtained either through direct current measurements or using remote electromagnetic fields, if direct measurements are not feasible. In this study ...

2022

Identification of optimal measurement points for energy monitoring of industrial processes: The case of milk powder production

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Meaningful energy analysis of industrial processes requires the installation of energy monitoring systems. However, a lack of systematic methods for identifying the required measurement points, joint to scarce information on the related benefits, results i ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2021

A Comparison of optimal measurement-system design with engineering judgement for bridge load testing

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Due to conservative approaches in construction design and practice, infrastructure often has hidden reserve capacity. When quantified, this reserve has potential to improve decisions related to asset management. Field measurements, collected through load t ...

2021

Measurement of the CKM angle gamma and Bs0-Bs0 mixing frequency with Bs0 -> Ds -/+h +/-pi +/-pi-/+ decays

Christoph Frei, Peter Clarke, Aurelio Bay, Minh Tâm Tran, Marc-Olivier Bettler, François Fleuret, Tatsuya Nakada, Guido Haefeli, Niko Neufeld, Olivier Schneider, Hans Dijkstra, Frédéric Teubert, Gerhard Raven, Mingkui Wang, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Frédéric Blanc, Matthew Needham, Axel Kuonen, Olivier Göran Girard, Liang Sun, Maxime Schubiger, Brice Emile Maurin, Thibaud Humair, Hang Yin, Xiaoxue Han, Greig Alan Cowan, Paolo Durante, Jessica Prisciandaro, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Vladislav Balagura, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Zhirui Xu, Mark Tobin, Victor Coco, Violaine Bellée, Mirco Dorigo, Yu Zheng, Vincenzo Battista, Maurizio Martinelli, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Meteorology and snow transport at S17 near Syowa, Antarctica, in austral summer 2018/2019

Michael Lehning, Wolf Hendrik Huwald, Varun Sharma, Francesco Comola, Jérôme François Sylvain Dujardin, Daniela Brito Melo, Armin Sigmund

This dataset contains measurement and simulation data. The measurements characterize the standard meteorology, turbulence, and snow transport at the S17 site near Syowa Station in East Antarctica during an expedition in austral summer 2018/2019. Large-eddy ...

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AI-Based Estimation of End-Systolic Elastance From Arm-Pressure and Systolic Time Intervals

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Stamatia Zoi Pagoulatou, Vasiliki Bikia, Georgios Rovas

Left ventricular end-systolic elastance (Ees) is a major determinant of cardiac systolic function and ventricular-arterial interaction. Previous methods for the Ees estimation require the use of the echocardiographic ejection fraction (EF). However, given ...

2021