In this paper, we present a Near Field Communication (NFC)-based electronic data capture prototype for patient self-reported rating scales. Such scales are valuable feedback for medical treatment and care processes. As traditional paper-based questionnaires are timeand cost-consuming and may be affected by low patient compliance, our prototype allows patient monitoring and electronic data acqui...

Spray-drying was chosen as an appropriately scalable manufacturing method to dry cellulose nanofibril (CNF) suspensions. Spray-drying of two different types of CNF suspensions—nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC)—was carried out using a laboratory-scale spray dryer. Effects of three spray-drying process parameters on particle morphology and particle size distribution...

Today’s smartphones and tablets offer compelling computing and storage capabilities enabling a variety of mobile applications with rich functionality. The integration of new interfaces, in particular near field communication (NFC) opens new opportunities for new applications and business models, as the most recent trend in industry for payment and ticketing shows. These applications require sto...

The rheology of NFC suspensions that exhibited different microstructures and colloidal stability, namely TEMPO and enzymatic NFC suspensions, was investigated at the macro and mesoscales using a transparent Couette rheometer combined with optical observations and ultrasonic speckle velocimetry (USV). Both NFC suspensions showed a complex rheology, which was typical of yield stress, non-linear a...

The operations cost of authentication session is considered as strict indicator to evaluate the protocols side by with security requirements achievements in Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. secure protocol for NFC mobile payment systems (SAP-NFC) one recent that have proposed achieve high level features such fully mutual authentication, anonymity and untraceability. Moreover, SAP-NFC ...

The radio frequency waves are used in communication between devices. The technologies which use the radio frequency as the medium of communication are Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Near Field Communication (NFC). Radio Frequency Identification technology employs a microchip called as smart tag with an antenna that broadcasts its unique 96-bit identifier and location to receivers. Ne...

Greenwood, S. L., Steele, M., AlZahal, O., Hook, S. E., Swanson, K. C. and McBride, B. W. 2010. Differential regulation of components of the apoptotic and ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic pathway in slowand fasttwitch muscle type in lambs receiving increasing amounts of dietary non-structural carbohydrate. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 90: 421 428. Non-fibre carbohydrate (NFC) rich diets are commonly fed in...

Organic aerogels based on two important and widely abundant renewable resources, soy proteins (SP) and nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC) are developed from precursor aqueous dispersions and a facile method conducive of channeland defect-free systems after cooling and freeze-drying cycles that yielded apparent densities on the order of 0.1 g/cm. NFC loading drives the internal morphology of the comp...

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a promising digital payment technology that is expected to substitute cash. However, despite its potential, NFC-based payment has not reached mass adoption on the customer nor on the merchant side. This paper constructs a preliminary framework for studying digital payment systems and analyzing strategies of current market actors, such as banks, mobile network o...

Numerous contactless smartcards (and the corresponding RFID readers) are compatible with NFC, e.g., Mifare cards and the governmental ID card in Germany called nPA. NFC-enabled smartphones and other NFC objects such as door locks have become widespread. Existing and future applications of the up-and-coming technology require a secure way of assigning and transporting user rights, e.g., for open...