Rice is an essential food commodity in national and food security in Indonesia with a complex supply chain network.Various risks related to food quality and food safety occurs along the supply chain.Therefore, a tool is needed to monitor the rice production process from upstream to downstream (land-to-table) by implementing a traceability system to
Reconfigurable intelligent surface-aided wireless communications: An overview (invited paper)
The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is an emerging technology, which will hopefully bring a new revolution in wireless communications.The RIS technology can be deployed in an indoor/outdoor environment to dynamically manipulate the propagation environment.The RIS consists of a large number of independently controllable passive elements, an
Soft Pneumatic Bending Actuator with Integrated Carbon Nanotube Displacement Sensor
The excellent compliance and large range of motion of soft actuators controlled by fluid pressure has lead to strong interest in applying devices of this type for biomimetic and human-robot interaction applications.However, in contrast to soft actuators fabricated from stretchable silicone materials, conventional technologies for position sensing a
Increasing prevalence of resistance to second-line drugs among multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Kuwait
Abstract Molecular methods detect genetic mutations associated with drug resistance.This study detected resistance-conferring mutations in gyrA/gyrB for fluoroquinolones and rrs/eis genes for second-line injectable drugs (SLIDs) among multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) isolates in Kuwait.Fifty pansusceptible M.tuberculosis and