Yunduo Charles Zhao^1,2,#, Parham Vatankhah^1,#, Tiffany Goh^1,2,3, Jiaqiu Wang⁴, Xuanyi Valeria Chen¹, Moein Navvab Kashani^5,6, Keke Zheng⁷, Zhiyong Li⁴, Lining Arnold Ju^1,2,3,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.18, No.1, pp. 1-10, 2021, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2021.012598

Abstract Platelet aggregation plays a central role in pathological thrombosis, preventing healthy physiological blood flow within the circulatory system. For decades, it was believed that platelet aggregation was primarily driven by soluble agonists such as thrombin, adenosine diphosphate and thromboxane A2. However, recent experimental findings have unveiled an intriguing but complementary biomechanical mechanism—the shear rate gradients generated from flow disturbance occurring at sites of blood vessel narrowing, otherwise known as stenosis, may rapidly trigger platelet recruitment and subsequent aggregation. In our Nature Materials 2019 paper [1], we employed microfluidic devices which incorporated micro-scale stenoses to elucidate the molecular insights underlying the… More >

Imtisal Qadeer^1,2, Muhammad Khurram Ehsan^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2619-2630, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015641

Abstract To secure the wireless connection between devices with low computational power has been a challenging problem due to heterogeneity in operating devices, device to device communication in Internet of Things (IoTs) and 5G wireless systems. Physical layer key generation (PLKG) tackles this secrecy problem by introducing private keys among two connecting devices through wireless medium. In this paper, relative calibration is used as a method to enhance channel reciprocity which in turn increases the performance of the key generation process. Channel reciprocity based key generation is emerged as better PLKG methodology to obtain secure wireless connection in IoTs and 5G… More >

Amir Haider¹, MuhibUr Rahman², Hamza Ahmad³, Mahdi NaghshvarianJahromi⁴, Muhammad Tabish Niaz¹, Hyung Seok Kim^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2243-2254, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015613

Abstract This paper introduces a compact dual notched UWB antenna with an independently controllable WLAN notched band integrated with fixed WiMAX band-notch. The proposed antenna utilizes a slot resonator placed in the main radiator of the antenna for fixed WiMAX band notch, while an inverted L-shaped resonator in the partial ground plane for achieving frequency agility within WLAN notched band. The inverted L-shaped resonator is also loaded with fixed and variable capacitors to control and adjust the WLAN notch. The WLAN notched band can be controlled independently with a wide range of tunability without disturbing the WiMAX band-notch performance. Step by… More >

Amir Haider¹, MuhibUr Rahman², Tayyaba Khan³, Muhammad Tabish Niaz¹, Hyung Seok Kim^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 1747-1758, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015611

Abstract The 5G cellular network aims at providing three major services: Massive machine-type communication (mMTC), ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), and enhanced-mobile-broadband (eMBB). Among these services, the URLLC and eMBB require strict end-to-end latency of 1 ms while maintaining 99.999% reliability, and availability of extremely high data rates for the users, respectively. One of the critical challenges in meeting these requirements is to upgrade the existing optical fiber backhaul network interconnecting the base stations with a multigigabit capacity, low latency and very high reliability system. To address this issue, we have numerically analyzed 100 Gbit/s coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CO-OFDM)… More >

J. Banumathi¹, A. Muthumari², S. Dhanasekaran³, S. Rajasekaran⁴, Irina V. Pustokhina⁵, Denis A. Pustokhin⁶, K. Shankar^7,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2393-2407, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015605

Abstract Due to the advancements in remote sensing technologies, the generation of hyperspectral imagery (HSI) gets significantly increased. Accurate classification of HSI becomes a critical process in the domain of hyperspectral data analysis. The massive availability of spectral and spatial details of HSI has offered a great opportunity to efficiently illustrate and recognize ground materials. Presently, deep learning (DL) models particularly, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) become useful for HSI classification owing to the effective feature representation and high performance. In this view, this paper introduces a new DL based Xception model for HSI analysis and classification, called Xcep-HSIC model. Initially, the… More >

M. Premkumar¹, R. Sowmya², Pradeep Jangir³, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar^4,*, Mujahed Aldhaifallah⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2227-2242, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015565

Abstract The Equilibrium Optimizer (EO), Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), and Whale Optimizer (WO) algorithms are being recently developed for engineering optimization problems. In this paper, the EO, GWO, and WO algorithms are applied individually for a brushless direct current (BLDC) design optimization problem. The EO algorithm is inspired by the models utilized to find the system’s dynamic state and equilibrium state. The GWO and WO algorithms are inspired by the hunting behavior of the wolf and the whale, respectively. The primary purpose of any optimization technique is to find the optimal configuration by maximizing motor efficiency and/or minimizing the total mass.… More >

Omar Fetitah¹, Ibrahim M. Almanjahie^2,3, Mohammed Kadi Attouch^1,*, Salah Khardani⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2681-2694, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015469

Abstract The problem of predicting continuous scalar outcomes from functional predictors has received high levels of interest in recent years in many fields, especially in the food industry. The k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) method of Near-Infrared Reflectance (NIR) analysis is practical, relatively easy to implement, and becoming one of the most popular methods for conducting food quality based on NIR data. The k-NN is often named k nearest neighbor classifier when it is used for classifying categorical variables, while it is called k-nearest neighbor regression when it is applied for predicting noncategorical variables. The objective of this paper is to use the… More >

Jun-Yong Jang¹, Won-Seok Lee¹, Jae-Hyun Ro¹, Young-Hawn You², Hyoung-Kyu Song^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 1729-1745, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015424

Abstract In this paper, a novel precoding scheme based on the Gauss-Seidel (GS) method is proposed for downlink massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The GS method iteratively approximates the matrix inversion and reduces the overall complexity of the precoding process. In addition, the GS method shows a fast convergence rate to the Zero-forcing (ZF) method that requires an exact invertible matrix. However, to satisfy demanded error performance and converge to the error performance of the ZF method in the practical condition such as spatially correlated channels, more iterations are necessary for the GS method and increase the overall complexity. For efficient… More >

M. Jayalakshmi¹, Lalit Garg^2,*, K. Maharajan³, K. Jayakumar⁴, Kathiravan Srinivasan⁵, Ali Kashif Bashir⁶, K. Ramesh⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2431-2447, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015352

Abstract In several countries, the ageing population contour focuses on high healthcare costs and overloaded health care environments. Pervasive health care monitoring system can be a potential alternative, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic situation to help mitigate such problems by encouraging healthcare to transition from hospital-centred services to self-care, mobile care and home care. In this aspect, we propose a pervasive system to monitor the COVID’19 patient’s conditions within the hospital and outside by monitoring their medical and psychological situation. It facilitates better healthcare assistance, especially for COVID’19 patients and quarantined people. It identifies the patient’s medical and psychological condition based… More >

Obadah Said Solaiman¹, Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim², Ishak Hashim^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 1951-1962, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015344

Abstract There are several ways that can be used to classify or compare iterative methods for nonlinear equations, for instance; order of convergence, informational efficiency, and efficiency index. In this work, we use another way, namely the basins of attraction of the method. The purpose of this study is to compare several iterative schemes for nonlinear equations. All the selected schemes are of the third-order of convergence and most of them have the same efficiency index. The comparison depends on the basins of attraction of the iterative techniques when applied on several polynomials of different degrees. As a comparison, we determine… More >