February 2014

Metamaterials for performance enhancement of patch antennas: A review

This review paper focused on the use of metamaterials for the performance enhancement of microstrip patch antennas. In this work, the definition of metamaterials used in literature is first reviewed and then we consider various challenging issues for the microstrip patch antennas. The paper hence concludes some thoughts on the future scope of research in the field of metamaterials, discussing the advantages that...

Author(s): Singh, Ranjeeta, Kumar, Nitin and Gupta, S. C.

February 2014

Blood glucose level of plasma samples prepared from sodium fluoride and lithium heparin anticoagulants for diabetes mellitus diagnosis

The aim of this study was to compare blood glucose levels, which were prepared from NaF and lithium heparin anticoagulants for diabetes mellitus (DM) screening test. DM-check up Clinic at Kutchap Hospital, Udonthani province collected the blood samples and filled sodium fluoride (NaF) and lithium heparin tubes (Greiner Bio-One, Austria) from 300 customers. Then, plasma was separated immediately from each blood sample...

Author(s): Sudjaroen, Yuttana