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Raúl O Cadena-Pereda1, Eric M Rivera-Muñoz, Gilberto Herrera-Ruiz

  • 1Laboratorio de Biotrónica, Departamento de Investigación y Posgrado, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Centro Universitario Cerro de las Campanas S/N, Querétaro 76010, Mexico. omar.cadena@upq.edu.mx

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