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An unconventional and innovative mechanical transmission component, the Curved Groove Ball Bearing without Retainer (CGBBR), is introduced in this paper to facilitate the conversion between rotary and reciprocating motion. The CGBBR boasts…
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Reliable and efficient spectrum sensing through dynamic selection of a subset of spectrum sensors is studied. The problem of selecting K sensor measurements from a set of M potential sensors is considered where K << M. In addition, K may be…
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