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		<month>February </month>
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			<title><![CDATA[IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine - cover]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The magnificent Mediterranean [From the Editor's Bench]]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Recently, my family and I camped out on the beach at Beit Yannai, Israel. While standing in the waves with my children, nieces, and nephew, I looked out over the Mediterranean Sea (while keeping a close eye on the children, of course). Watching and feeling the waves, I was swept away by the power and grandeur of the sea. Feeling the strength of the waves and considering that such waves beat against coasts the world over, I could only hope that someday we engineers will find an efficient way to harness the energy in all those waves.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Engelberg, S.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[A life of opportunities [President's Perspectives]]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My first job was at the National Electrical Metrology Laboratory of Uruguay, more than thirty years ago. That was really a privilege because I had just finished my first year in the university, and I had the chance to learn from both worlds, the academic and the practical world of electrical measurement. At that time, it was not easy to acquire sophisticated and precise instruments, so from time to time we had to develop our own instruments or devices. It was very interesting to try to solve real problems at work with the tools we were taught in the university. Most of the time, we had to learn independently. We tried new techniques in the field and questioned each result we obtained. I was fascinated by the mysteries of measurements.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Daher, J.F.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recent advances in MEMS sensor technology &#x2013; biomedical applications]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) use microminiature sensors and actuators. MEMS technology provides the benefits of small size, low weight, high performance, easy mass-production and low cost. This article is the first part of a three-part series on MEMS sensors. In the present article, we provide a general introduction to MEMS sensing and the primary sensing techniques. Next, MEMS-based bio-medical sensors are explained. We consider MEMS devices that are: designed to detect triglycerides, c-reactive protein, and glucose, respectively; bio-inspired robotic fingers with tissue softness characterization sensors for pressure measurement during surgical procedures; for counting blood cells; acoustic sensors for 2-D sound source localization; pressure measurement sensors on the wings of an insect-like flying robot; and ultra-miniature sensors for intramuscular pressure measurement. The second part of the series will be dedicated to mechanical sensors. There, some related technologies of MEMS sensors will be discussed including compensation for environmental effects, the Casimir effect, and harvesting of energy for selfpowered sensors. Also, the subject of sensor selection will be addressed. The third part will treat MEMS sensing in the thermo-fluid and electro-magnetic domains.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Khoshnoud, F.;de Silva, C.W.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[2012 IEEE I<sup>2</sup>MTC - May 13&#x2013;16]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=6145243&arnumber=6145255]]></link>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gallium nitride-based gas, chemical and biomedical sensors]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Semiconductor-based sensors are widely used for applications in detection of particular gases and liquids, fire detection, liquid quality monitoring, biosensing and medical sensing. As an example, our group has installed hydrogen sensors at a car dealership in Orlando, FL, USA, that houses a fleet of hydrogen-fuelled buses. These sensors are platinum (Pt)-coated aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) or gallium nitride (GaN) differential diodes whose output can be remotely monitored via an Internet connection and which provide an alarm both locally and to phones of relevant personnel. A screen-shot of the output of the six detector array is shown in Fig. 1.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Pearton, S.J.;Ren, F.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Issues in designing practical wireless sensors]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wireless systems are a part of our personal lives. Why are the benefits of wireless not yet realized in our working lives? Is it because the benefits of doing away with wires are somehow less compelling in industrial applications than in our homes? No, if anything, the benefits are more compelling in industrial applications. I believe it is because practical wireless sensors are not yet widely available. This paper will discuss issues that need to be addressed to make wireless sensors practical.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Nickerson, B.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Call for papers]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=6145243&arnumber=6145258]]></link>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Physiological signals of autistic children can be useful]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=6145243&arnumber=6145259]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Using physiological measurements such as those from a person's heart rate, skin conductance, muscle contractions, and blink rates to study stress, engagement, and similar mental and emotional states has a rich history and a bright future. Research has shown that physiological signals can be evoked by different amounts of presence, the extent to which a user perceives an experience as real, in stressful environments. In general, it is expected that higher physiological activity levels will be associated with greater stress levels.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Practical issues for installing instrumentation outdoors Part 2: Part 37 in a series of tutorials on instrumentation and measurement]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This tutorial is the second of a two-part series on the challenges of installing instrumentation outside in the wild. The variety of physical, chemical, and biological assaults that can occur is quite amazing. The first part introduced problems with physical extremes and attacks by insects, animals, and human beings. In this part, we follow up with solutions for: environment-appropriate packaging; cables and connectors; electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); conditions that may apply to mechanical movement of the system; some aspects of power and cooling which include batteries, other energy sources and energy storage, types of power distribution and a few case studies; installation of the system; operation of the system; maintenance; disposal; and cost considerations.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>15</volume>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Fowler, K.;Gard, M.F.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Compressive sensing [Instrumentation Notes]]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When measuring a signal, there are rules that must be followed. Given a low-pass signal, the Nyquist sampling theorem states that if you want to be able to reconstruct the signal from its samples, you must sample the signal at a rate that is greater than twice the signal's bandwidth [1]. As with most rules, there are "exceptions" to this rule. As you will see, compressive sensing, a technique currently being developed by researchers the world over, can be considered an "exception" to the Nyquist sampling theorem. Under certain conditions, even when the Nyquist sampling theorem says that a sensor needs to store N samples of a signal per second, compressive sensing lets the sensor store M<<N linear combinations of samples per second.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The evolution of time measurement, Part 4: the atomic second [Recalibration]]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Before the invention of atomic clocks, the second was defined by dividing the period of an astronomical event into a shorter time interval. For example, the second was once defined by dividing the average period of one revolution of the Earth on its axis. The mean solar second was equal to 1/86,400 of the mean solar day. To create a more stable unit of time interval, the second was redefined in 1956 as 1/31,556,925.9747 of the tropical year 1900. The ephemeris second was indeed more stable than the mean solar second but was nearly impossible to use as a time reference and of little use to metrologists or engineers. In retrospect, it seems almost ridiculous that another astronomical definition of the second was accepted during a period when atomic clocks were already being built [1], [2]. A clean transition from the mean solar second to the atomic second would have made more sense. Doomed from the start, the ephemeris second would be easy to forget about except for one thing &#x2013; it became the comparison reference for the atomic second.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>15</volume>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Lombardi, M.A.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[New products]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Please send all "New Products" information to: Robert M. Goldberg 1360 Clifton Ave. PMB 336 Clifton, NJ 07012 USA e-mail: r.goldberg@ieee.org]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>15</volume>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Goldberg, R.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Technical Standards Activities: the "How-Tos" of standards [TC News]]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=6145243&arnumber=6145265]]></link>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>15</volume>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Schmalzel, J.L.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[IEEE I&M Society Technical Committee Listing]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>15</volume>
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			<title><![CDATA[Society news]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Includes: Join us at I2MTC 2012 &#x2013; The Graduate Student Panel; Women in Instrumentation and Measurement Panel Discussion]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>15</volume>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Nechifor, A.;Donnell, K.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Calendar]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For more information on the meetings, please go to the I&M Society Web site at www.ieee-ims.org.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>15</volume>
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			<title><![CDATA[The 2011 IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2012]]></pubDate>
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