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Research Articles
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Self-Adaptive Smart Sensors and Sensor Systems
Sergey Y. Yurish, pp.1-14
2. Information Extraction from
Large-scale WSNs: Approaches and Research Issues:
Part
I: Overview and Agent Based Approaches
Elena Gaura, Tessa Daniel, pp.15-33
3. Information Extraction from
Large-scale WSNs: Approaches and Research Issues:
Part II:
Query-based and Macroprogramming Approaches
Tessa Daniel, Elena Gaura, pp. 34-56
4. Information Extraction from
Large-scale WSNs: Approaches and Research Issues:
Part III: Towards
a Hybrid Approach
Tessa Daniel, Elena Gaura, pp. 57-82
5. Wireless Sensing Opportunities for
Aerospace Applications
William Wilson, Gary Atkinson, pp. 83-90
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A Survey of Sensor Network Security
A. Vaseashta and S.
Vaseashta, pp. 91-102
7. Wearable Battery-free Wireless
2-Channel EEG Systems Powered by Energy Scavengers
Mieke Van Bavel, Vladimir Leonov, Refet Firat
Yazicioglu, Tom Torfs, Chris Van Hoof,
Niels E. Posthuma and Ruud J. M. Vullers, pp.103-115
8. C-PFM Multiplexed Interrogation
Technique for FBG Sensors with Time-Windowing Reduced Crosstalk
L. Rossi, G. Breglio, A. Cusano, A. Irace, V. Pascazio
and A. Cutolo, pp.116-125
9. Multiple Traffic Control Using
Wireless Sensor and Density Measuring Camera
Amrita Rai and Govind Singh Patel, pp.126-132
10.Gas Detection Using Embedded
Piezoresistive Microcantilever Sensors in a Wireless Network
Timothy L. Porter, William Delinger and Rick Venedam,
pp.133-138
11.Utilization of Novel Overlap
Functions in Wireless Sensor Fusion
G. Rama Murthy and Padmalaya Nayak, pp.139-149
12.Intelligent Sensing in
Inverter-fed Induction Motors: Wavelet-based Symbolic Dynamic Analysis
Rohan Samsi, Asok Ray, pp.150-160
13.New Solid State Sensor for
Detection of Humidity, Based on Ni, Co, and Mn Oxide Nano Composite
Doped with
Lithium
A. Kazemzadeh, F. A. Hessary and N. Jafari,
pp.161-169
14.Repulsive-Magnets-Type
Acceleration Limit Switch
Kazuhiro Nishimura and Mitsuteru Inoue,
pp.170-175
15.Multifield Analysis of a
Piezoelectrically Actuated Valveless Micropump
Asim Nisar, Nitin Afzulpurkar, Banchong
Mahaisavariya, Adisorn Tuantranont, pp.176-195
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sensors in the military/aerospace markets.
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2002 |
2007 |
2012 |
% Annual Growth |
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2002-2007 |
2002-2012 |
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Sensor Demand |
8991 |
10300 |
12740 |
2.8 |
4.3 |
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Process Variable
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2482 |
2730 |
3220 |
1.9
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3.4 |
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Physical Property |
2353 |
2575 |
3020 |
1.8 |
3.2 |
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Proximity & Positioning
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1099 |
1770
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1310 |
3.6 |
6.2 |
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Chemical Property
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977 |
1205 |
1600 |
4.3 |
5.8 |
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Imaging |
414 |
610 |
895 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
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Other
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1666
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1870 |
2235 |
2.3 |
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