The proliferation of Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology and its reliance on the license-free Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) bands have rendered radio spectrum scarce.The IoT can nevertheless obtain great advantage from Cognitive Radio (CR) technology for efficient use of a spectrum, to be implemented in IEEE 802.11af-based primary netwo
Delayed diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax malaria in an elderly Sri Lankan pilgrim in India
Malaria was rampant in Sri Lanka two decades ago but we have since been declared free of malaria transmission by the WHO in 2016.However, neighboring India still has a high incidence of malaria, and visitors to India carry a high risk of contracting this disease.Despite the elimination of indigenous cases of malaria in Sri Lanka, a fair number of c
Application of novel CAR technologies to improve treatment of autoimmune disease
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has become an important treatment for hematological cancers, and its success has spurred research into CAR T cell therapies for other diseases, including solid tumor cancers and autoimmune diseases.Notably, the development of CAR-based treatments for autoimmune diseases has shown great progress recentl
Axial Compressive Behavior of Outer Square Inner Circular Spontaneous Combustion Coal Gangue Concrete-Filled Double-Skin Steel Tubular Stub Column
Utilizing crushed spontaneous combustion coal gangue as a coarse aggregate in concrete preparation effectively reduces reliance on natural resources and mitigates environmental pollution; however, the suboptimal workability of spontaneous combustion coal gangue coarse aggregate concrete (SCG-CAC) limits its engineering applications.To address this