Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk factors and is closely associated with insulin resistance and obesity. The precise diagnosis of MetS, however, ...

Vacuum pressure sensors are indispensable devices for applications such as thin film deposition, biomedical experiment and industrial process control. For example, thermopile [1], thermocouple [2] and ...

Debris flows are rapid, gravity-induced flows of mixtures of rocks, mud and water. The gradual increase in over-cultivation in mountainous regions worldwide has led to disasters caused by debris flows that threaten inhabitants living near those mountains. ...

Groundwater inflow (infiltration, recharge, river seepage, regional inflows, etc.) and outflow (evapotranspiration, spring discharge, regional groundwater flows, etc.) ...

Recent experiments demonstrated a high power (~ 100mW) green laser, which was produced utilizing the second-harmonic-generation (SHG) technique and a high power semiconductor laser at around 1064nm wavelength for optical pumping. ...

Incident is one of the main reasons causing traffic congestion. In 1988, the total amount of extra travel time and fuel consumption caused by congestion ...