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September 25, 2020
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Sep

Microwave News: 5G Waveforms in Dispute

September 25, 2020
Source: https://microwavenews.com/short-takes-archive/5g-waveforms-dispute 5G Waveforms: We Need To Know More – Controversy over Averaging Times Ken Foster & Niels Kuster Disagree on Averaging Times Very little has been written in the popular media about the waveforms used in 5G signals. Two outstanding questions are: How fast are the pulses? How powerful are they? In 2018, Esra Neufeld and Niels...
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25
Sep

Are Elon Musk’s ‘megaconstellations’ a blight on the night sky?

September 25, 2020
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/12/stars-astronomy-spacex-satellite-elon-musk Miniature satellites open up a world of technological possibility. But experts say they degrade the astronomical landscape. Stuart Clark, Sat 12 Sep 2020 17.00 BST The natural serenity of the night sky is a touchstone for all of us. Everyone alive today looks at the same stars no matter where they are located on the...
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Sep

Late Eating Is Associated with Obesity, Inflammatory Markers and Circadian-Related Disturbances in School-Aged Children

September 25, 2020
Martínez-Lozano, N.; Tvarijonaviciute, A.; Ríos, R.; Barón, I.; Scheer, F.A.J.L.; Garaulet, M. Late Eating Is Associated with Obesity, Inflammatory Markers and Circadian-Related Disturbances in School-Aged Children. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2881. Nutrients2020, 12(9), 2881; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092881 Received: 16 August 2020 / Revised: 11 September 2020 / Accepted: 15 September 2020 / Published: 21 September 2020(This article belongs to the Special Issue Meal Timing...
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Sep

Slovakia aiming to hold 5G auction before 2021

September 25, 2020
Source: https://www.developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-regulation/10037-slovakia-aiming-to-hold-5g-auction-before-2021.html JAMES BARTON 25 SEPTEMBER 2020 Slovakia’s government has stated that it plans to commence its delayed 5G spectrum auction before the end of 2020. Ivan Martak, chairman of regulator RU (Regulacny urad – Office for Regulation of Electronic Communications & Postal Services), was quoted in local news outlet Zive.sk as saying: “The priority...
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Sep

Greece launches €367.3m tender for 5G frequencies

September 25, 2020
Source: https://www.capacitymedia.com/articles/3826448/greece-launches-3673mn-tender-for-5g-frequencies Melanie Mingas The Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT) has launched Greece’s tender to award frequencies to operate the country’s 5G networks. Published Thursday, EETT said the auction concerns the 700-megahertz, the 2GHz, the 3,400-3,800 MHz and the 26 GHz bands. The starting price for the entire set of frequencies is set at...
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Sep

Swisscom runs 5G Start-up Challenge with Ericsson, Qualcomm

September 25, 2020
Thursday 24 September 2020 | 13:32 CET | News Swisscom said it has partnered with Ericsson and Qualcomm to pick start-ups to develop 5G applications through the 5G Start-up Challenge competition. The winners of the competition can test their applications in March 2021 at Swisscom’s 5G laboratory or other locations and regions and even on trains,...
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Sep

Open is not forever: a study of vanished open access journals

September 25, 2020
[Submitted on 27 Aug 2020 (v1), last revised 3 Sep 2020 (this version, v3)] arXiv:2008.11933v3  Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, Najko Jahn The preservation of the scholarly record has been a point of concern since the beginning of knowledge production. With print publications, the responsibility rested primarily with librarians, but the shift towards digital publishing and, in particular,...
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Sep

Sleep and immunity in times of COVID-19

September 25, 2020
Silva ESME, Ono BHVS, Souza JC. Sleep and immunity in times of COVID-19. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Sep 21;66Suppl 2(Suppl 2):143-147. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.66.S2.143. PMID: 32965373. SUMMARY BACKGROUND Analyze how the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and its social restriction measures affect sleep quality and the immunological system. METHODS An integrative bibliographical review was carried out...
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