Abstract: For an energy-efficient adaptive data rate (ADR) algorithm in a long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) system, an asymptotic analysis on the spreading factor (SF) by the ADR-MIN algorithm ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Abstract: At terahertz (THz) band, the beam tunnel size becomes very small and requires an in-depth analysis of electron beam focusing behavior for a THz traveling wave tube (TWT). A nonlaminar beam ...

Imagine appearing for a job interview and, without saying a single word, being told that you are not getting the role because your face didn’t fit. You would assume discrimination, and might even ...

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After a month, more than three-quarters of the users who had typically spent roughly 30 minutes per day on TikTok were now spending nearly twice that much time on the app, on average. A few months ...