Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133652
A. Sorbara, E. Zereik, M. Bibuli, G. Bruzzone, M. Caccia
The need for technological transfer of robotic technology, already available and well established at research level, is now a major issue for the robotic community in order to address applications within civilian scenarios. In particular, concerning the marine and maritime context, safe and highly reliable navigation guidance and control (NGC) systems are strongly required to perform autonomous and critical operations with unmanned robots. To this aim, a very sensitive issue is represented by collision avoidance systems that have to be smart enough to reactively detect unexpected obstacles and perform the necessary avoidance manoeuvres to safely prevent collisions. The present paper proposes a highly innovative obstacle detection sensor, combining both passive and active optical devices and based on a new concept of optronic system. It is specifically conceived for collision avoidance tasks in marine environments, designed to be easily mounted on small-medium sized USVs (Unmanned Surface Vehicles). Its innovation consists in the interaction between the different integrated sensors, that are in fact totally decoupled. Preliminary experimental data collected by the sensor are reported, together with some simulations that highlight the ability of the system to detect and correctly avoid both still obstacles and mobile traversing obstacles.
{"title":"Low cost optronic obstacle detection sensor for unmanned surface vehicles","authors":"A. Sorbara, E. Zereik, M. Bibuli, G. Bruzzone, M. Caccia","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133652","url":null,"abstract":"The need for technological transfer of robotic technology, already available and well established at research level, is now a major issue for the robotic community in order to address applications within civilian scenarios. In particular, concerning the marine and maritime context, safe and highly reliable navigation guidance and control (NGC) systems are strongly required to perform autonomous and critical operations with unmanned robots. To this aim, a very sensitive issue is represented by collision avoidance systems that have to be smart enough to reactively detect unexpected obstacles and perform the necessary avoidance manoeuvres to safely prevent collisions. The present paper proposes a highly innovative obstacle detection sensor, combining both passive and active optical devices and based on a new concept of optronic system. It is specifically conceived for collision avoidance tasks in marine environments, designed to be easily mounted on small-medium sized USVs (Unmanned Surface Vehicles). Its innovation consists in the interaction between the different integrated sensors, that are in fact totally decoupled. Preliminary experimental data collected by the sensor are reported, together with some simulations that highlight the ability of the system to detect and correctly avoid both still obstacles and mobile traversing obstacles.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115799455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133573
M. Rosenberger, R. Futterer, Fred Ziegner, M. Schellhorn
The sharpness of edge transition is one of the major requirements in optical sensing especially in the field of image processing. Therefore a lot of algorithms were assessed in the field of digital photography. In the field of industrial image processing especially multispectral imaging different focus positions are needed to get an optimal focus position for every sampling channel. Therefore a control loop was developed which uses an inductive sensor to measure the actual position of an image sensor. With this information a voice coil were activated to actuate the sensor into the optimal position. For a correct operation a resolution of less than fifty microns have to be reached. The paper presents the construction as well as the electronic and sensor actor design. First evaluations demonstrating a proof of concept and will also discussed in the paper.
{"title":"Nearfield sensing and actuation for multispectral imaging systems","authors":"M. Rosenberger, R. Futterer, Fred Ziegner, M. Schellhorn","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133573","url":null,"abstract":"The sharpness of edge transition is one of the major requirements in optical sensing especially in the field of image processing. Therefore a lot of algorithms were assessed in the field of digital photography. In the field of industrial image processing especially multispectral imaging different focus positions are needed to get an optimal focus position for every sampling channel. Therefore a control loop was developed which uses an inductive sensor to measure the actual position of an image sensor. With this information a voice coil were activated to actuate the sensor into the optimal position. For a correct operation a resolution of less than fifty microns have to be reached. The paper presents the construction as well as the electronic and sensor actor design. First evaluations demonstrating a proof of concept and will also discussed in the paper.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121212628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133627
Andres Gomez, M. F. Lagadec, M. Magno, L. Benini
A self-sustainable wireless sensor node for the monitoring radiation in contaminated and poorly accessible areas is presented. The node is designed to work in collaboration with an unmanned aerial vehicle used for two essential mission steps: air-deploying the wireless sensor nodes at suitable locations and acquiring data logs via ultra-low power, short-range radio communication in fly-by mode, after a wake-up routine. The system allows for the use of off-the-shelf components for defining mission, drop-zone and trajectory, for compressing data, and for communication management. The node is equipped with a low-power nuclear radiation sensor and it was designed and implemented with self-sustainability in mind as it will be deployed in hazardous, inaccessible areas. To this end, the proposed node uses a combination of complementary techniques: a low-power microcontroller with non-volatile memory, energy harvesting, adaptive power management and duty cycling, and a nano-watt wake-up radio. Experimental results show the power consumption efficiency of the solution, which achieves 70uW in sleep mode and 500uW in active mode. Finally, simulations based on actual field measurements confirm the solution's self-sustainability and illustrate the impact of different sampling rates and that of the wake-up radio.
{"title":"Self-powered wireless sensor nodes for monitoring radioactivity in contaminated areas using unmanned aerial vehicles","authors":"Andres Gomez, M. F. Lagadec, M. Magno, L. Benini","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133627","url":null,"abstract":"A self-sustainable wireless sensor node for the monitoring radiation in contaminated and poorly accessible areas is presented. The node is designed to work in collaboration with an unmanned aerial vehicle used for two essential mission steps: air-deploying the wireless sensor nodes at suitable locations and acquiring data logs via ultra-low power, short-range radio communication in fly-by mode, after a wake-up routine. The system allows for the use of off-the-shelf components for defining mission, drop-zone and trajectory, for compressing data, and for communication management. The node is equipped with a low-power nuclear radiation sensor and it was designed and implemented with self-sustainability in mind as it will be deployed in hazardous, inaccessible areas. To this end, the proposed node uses a combination of complementary techniques: a low-power microcontroller with non-volatile memory, energy harvesting, adaptive power management and duty cycling, and a nano-watt wake-up radio. Experimental results show the power consumption efficiency of the solution, which achieves 70uW in sleep mode and 500uW in active mode. Finally, simulations based on actual field measurements confirm the solution's self-sustainability and illustrate the impact of different sampling rates and that of the wake-up radio.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128074781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133656
D. Mislov, M. Cifrek, I. Krois, H. Džapo
Clark electrode is a well-known sensor for measuring concentration of dissolved oxygen in a water solution. This type of electrochemical sensor has an advantage of enabling detection of very low oxygen concentration. Although Clark electrode is typically used for measurement of dissolved oxygen, our research showed that the same electrodes can be successfully applied for measurement of other dissolved gases. We investigated a possibility of applying the same principle to dissolved hydrogen concentration measurement, and also the possibility of simultaneous measurement of both dissolved oxygen and hydrogen concentrations in the same water solution. We adapted Clark electrode sensor to measure dissolved hydrogen by choosing the appropriate polarization voltage level. We studied the influences on dissolved hydrogen measurement, such as choice of polarization voltage, temperature, salinity, and solution pH. We investigated the polarization voltage influence on sensor sensitivity and observed hysteresis in sensitivity that occurs with cyclic increase and decrease of polarization voltage. We proposed and described measurement setup that was used for experimental verification of proposed measurement method and sensor characteristics. The measurement results of sensor characteristics are presented, regarding the influences of polarization voltage, temperature dependence, salinity (fresh water and 380/00 NaCl solution) and pH value (6, 7, 8).
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Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133608
Valentin Roscher, Matthias Schneider, P. Durdaut, N. Sassano, Sergej Pereguda, Eike Mense, K. Riemschneider
In electric vehicles, batteries with many cells are used to supply the high voltages needed for the power train. The battery is controlled by a battery management system (BMS) which needs measurement data from each individual cell. Up to now, wired solutions with specialized measurement controllers for battery modules are in use. Some of these communicate over data bus structures. Our group proposes as an alternative solution the use of wireless communication in the near RF field area. The basics of this solutions have already been published [1]. In this article we present more advanced functionality for the wireless sensors approach. A functional module has been developed for impedance spectroscopy of each individual cell in the battery stack during automotive operation. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is a powerful method to determine the battery state beyond common and simple models. This technique needs precise and synchronized measurements of the common current and the voltages of the individual cells. A communication and control protocol has been implemented in hard- and software, including a trigger-broadcast operating mode. This solution has to fulfill the time precision requirements of the distributed measurements in the range of a few μs. Therefore, proprietary protocol solutions have been developed. Additional modules in the sensor system allow other functions such as cell balancing and an energy saving wake-up function for the sensor modules. These sensor modules are designed as tailored hardware for integration inside the individual battery cells.
{"title":"Synchronisation using wireless trigger-broadcast for impedance spectroscopy of battery cells","authors":"Valentin Roscher, Matthias Schneider, P. Durdaut, N. Sassano, Sergej Pereguda, Eike Mense, K. Riemschneider","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133608","url":null,"abstract":"In electric vehicles, batteries with many cells are used to supply the high voltages needed for the power train. The battery is controlled by a battery management system (BMS) which needs measurement data from each individual cell. Up to now, wired solutions with specialized measurement controllers for battery modules are in use. Some of these communicate over data bus structures. Our group proposes as an alternative solution the use of wireless communication in the near RF field area. The basics of this solutions have already been published [1]. In this article we present more advanced functionality for the wireless sensors approach. A functional module has been developed for impedance spectroscopy of each individual cell in the battery stack during automotive operation. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is a powerful method to determine the battery state beyond common and simple models. This technique needs precise and synchronized measurements of the common current and the voltages of the individual cells. A communication and control protocol has been implemented in hard- and software, including a trigger-broadcast operating mode. This solution has to fulfill the time precision requirements of the distributed measurements in the range of a few μs. Therefore, proprietary protocol solutions have been developed. Additional modules in the sensor system allow other functions such as cell balancing and an energy saving wake-up function for the sensor modules. These sensor modules are designed as tailored hardware for integration inside the individual battery cells.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132758025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133629
Vanesa Gallego, M. Rossi, D. Brunelli
We present an autonomous-mobile gas detection system to assess the measurement of specific gas concentrations in a wide range of outdoor applications. This is especially of interest in those harsh environments where it is impractical or uneconomical to install a fixed array of gas sensors. The system is able to work in potentially hazardous emissions areas - toxic gas leakages - in completely secure working conditions for the operators. Used as payload on a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), it can provide gas measurements with adaptive and high resolution sampling rates in accordance to gas concentration and carrier speed. Each measurement is associated with the location provided by the embedded GPS module. Remarkable features are the small size, the low power consumption and costs, compared to traditional systems. Finally, we presents a novel approach to optimize the speed of the vehicle and the system power consumption based on gas sampling frequency, which allows lifetime maximization and leakage detection reliability.
{"title":"Unmanned aerial gas leakage localization and mapping using microdrones","authors":"Vanesa Gallego, M. Rossi, D. Brunelli","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133629","url":null,"abstract":"We present an autonomous-mobile gas detection system to assess the measurement of specific gas concentrations in a wide range of outdoor applications. This is especially of interest in those harsh environments where it is impractical or uneconomical to install a fixed array of gas sensors. The system is able to work in potentially hazardous emissions areas - toxic gas leakages - in completely secure working conditions for the operators. Used as payload on a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), it can provide gas measurements with adaptive and high resolution sampling rates in accordance to gas concentration and carrier speed. Each measurement is associated with the location provided by the embedded GPS module. Remarkable features are the small size, the low power consumption and costs, compared to traditional systems. Finally, we presents a novel approach to optimize the speed of the vehicle and the system power consumption based on gas sampling frequency, which allows lifetime maximization and leakage detection reliability.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133000789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133645
B. Ivsic, D. Bonefačić, J. Bartolić
Guidelines for modification of conventional antenna design to yield efficient operation in body-centric environment are presented. The interaction of the antenna and human body is investigated by modeling the wave propagation around torso. Two types of wearable antennas based on modifying quarter-wavelength shorted patch are designed and manufactured, while integration of the antennas and RFID sensors into the everyday clothes is addressed.
{"title":"Textile antennas for on-body sensors","authors":"B. Ivsic, D. Bonefačić, J. Bartolić","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133645","url":null,"abstract":"Guidelines for modification of conventional antenna design to yield efficient operation in body-centric environment are presented. The interaction of the antenna and human body is investigated by modeling the wave propagation around torso. Two types of wearable antennas based on modifying quarter-wavelength shorted patch are designed and manufactured, while integration of the antennas and RFID sensors into the everyday clothes is addressed.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122075253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133631
Mingyang Lu, Qian Zhao, Peipei Hu, W. Yin, A. Peyton
The magnetic polarization tensor is a frequency-dependent, rotation-invariant and object-specific property of a metallic object. This paper presents an approach to compute the magnetic polarization tensor of a metallic object based on the Boundary Element Method (BEM), which treats the object as a perfect electrical conductor (PEC) and therefore is able to predict the limiting cases where very high frequency and/or high conductivity is assumed. A uniform magnetic field is applied to an object and the scattered field at a certain distance is obtained in the simulations. The magnetic tensor can then be deduced from the scattered field. The simulated results agree well with an analytical solution for spheres and with measured results for a number of cylinders for limiting cases.
{"title":"Prediction of the asymptotical magnetic polarization tensors for cylindrical samples using the boundary element method","authors":"Mingyang Lu, Qian Zhao, Peipei Hu, W. Yin, A. Peyton","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133631","url":null,"abstract":"The magnetic polarization tensor is a frequency-dependent, rotation-invariant and object-specific property of a metallic object. This paper presents an approach to compute the magnetic polarization tensor of a metallic object based on the Boundary Element Method (BEM), which treats the object as a perfect electrical conductor (PEC) and therefore is able to predict the limiting cases where very high frequency and/or high conductivity is assumed. A uniform magnetic field is applied to an object and the scattered field at a certain distance is obtained in the simulations. The magnetic tensor can then be deduced from the scattered field. The simulated results agree well with an analytical solution for spheres and with measured results for a number of cylinders for limiting cases.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116733365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133586
Daniel García-Lesta, E. Ferro, V. Brea, P. López, D. Cabello, J. Iglesias, J. Castillejo
Pests due to terrestrial mollusks cause serious damage, both economic and ecological, in various types of agricultural plantations. In this paper we develop a low cost capacitive sensor that wirelessly communicates with the base, to monitor the activity of land snails. Once implemented physically, it has been tested in a controlled miniplot with favorable results.
{"title":"Capacitance-based wireless sensor mote for snail pest detection","authors":"Daniel García-Lesta, E. Ferro, V. Brea, P. López, D. Cabello, J. Iglesias, J. Castillejo","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133586","url":null,"abstract":"Pests due to terrestrial mollusks cause serious damage, both economic and ecological, in various types of agricultural plantations. In this paper we develop a low cost capacitive sensor that wirelessly communicates with the base, to monitor the activity of land snails. Once implemented physically, it has been tested in a controlled miniplot with favorable results.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124562257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-13DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2015.7133604
Karlo Griparic, Tomislav Haus, D. Miklić, S. Bogdan
Interacting with a specific animal society by integrating autonomous robot/s into the society, has become a powerful method to influence the behaviour of animals and investigate collective behaviour of both, animal and robot societies. In order to interact with animals, artificial unit/s should be well integrated into their society. In the European project ASSISIbf, a network of static autonomous robots called CASUs (Combined Actuator Sensor Units) for interaction with young honeybees has been designed. In the proposed approach CASUs can affect honeybees using three types of physical stimuli: heat, vibration and light. To provide feedback signals necessary for controlling CASU interaction with honeybees, accurate and reliable measurements of the stimuli are necessary. This paper describes the mechanical and electronic design of CASUs, capable of emitting controllable heat, vibration and light stimulations. Each CASU is equipped with temperature sensors, 3-axis accelerometers, infrared proximity sensors and microcontroller for data processing. Preliminary experimental results with honeybee groups are presented.
{"title":"Combined actuator sensor unit for interaction with honeybees","authors":"Karlo Griparic, Tomislav Haus, D. Miklić, S. Bogdan","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2015.7133604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2015.7133604","url":null,"abstract":"Interacting with a specific animal society by integrating autonomous robot/s into the society, has become a powerful method to influence the behaviour of animals and investigate collective behaviour of both, animal and robot societies. In order to interact with animals, artificial unit/s should be well integrated into their society. In the European project ASSISIbf, a network of static autonomous robots called CASUs (Combined Actuator Sensor Units) for interaction with young honeybees has been designed. In the proposed approach CASUs can affect honeybees using three types of physical stimuli: heat, vibration and light. To provide feedback signals necessary for controlling CASU interaction with honeybees, accurate and reliable measurements of the stimuli are necessary. This paper describes the mechanical and electronic design of CASUs, capable of emitting controllable heat, vibration and light stimulations. Each CASU is equipped with temperature sensors, 3-axis accelerometers, infrared proximity sensors and microcontroller for data processing. Preliminary experimental results with honeybee groups are presented.","PeriodicalId":384041,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128004887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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