Proceedings, Volume 1, 2017

High data rate optical fiber links are usually deployed in core IP networks to transport bulky [...]

Miniaturized and cost-efficient methods aiming at high throughput analysis of microbes is of [...]

We present a small system for counting and classifying bikers and pedestrians on nature trails. [...]

We developed a direct-printed flexible tactile-sensor-based robotic gripper system for object [...]

Additive manufacturing (AM) of polymers, metals and ceramics has received tremendous attention since maturing from a prototyping to a full-fledged manufacturing technology for geometrically complex objects. [...]

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for civil structures involves the use of various sensing devices and ancillary systems to monitor the in situ behaviour of a structure to assess the performance of the structure and evaluate its condition. [...]

In recent years, research in the gas sensor field has experienced a significant boost [1]. [...]

In the last few years, hydrogen peroxide [...]

Catechol biosensing with a low limit of detection [...]

In the context of human–robot interaction, control of robots could be improved by adding human dynamics as a feedback to robot controllers. [...]

Structural health monitoring of wind turbines is becoming more important with regard to the increasing demand of wind energy and growing capacities of wind turbines. [...]

We are presenting a novel confocal laser Doppler flowmeter based on optical feedback interferometry. [...]

Many passive electromagnetic sensors have been recently studied. One of their advantages is [...]

Primary aldosteronsim (PA) is the most frequent cause of secondary hypertension. [...]

The InSAR technique measures the displacement of an indicator using SAR image interference. [...]

Human noroviruses are the leading cause of human gastroenteritis in populations of all ages and are linked to most of the foodborne outbreaks worldwide. [...]

The development and production of bendable, electrochemical biosensors on PET foil for the detection and analysis of lactate are described. [...]

A humanitarian crisis requires portable, integrated and versatile systems for fast and in situ analysis. [...]

With the increasing worldwide consumption of vehicles, abandoned end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) have been rapidly increasing for the last two decades. [...]

During the malolactic fermentation (MLF) of red wines, L-malic acid is mainly converted to L-lactic acid. [...]

Echolocation can enable people with vision impairment to comprehend the surrounding spatial information. [...]

Epidemiology studies have demonstrated an association between airborne pollutant and adverse effects [...]

Acetoin is most commonly used in food, flavor, cosmetics and chemical synthesis and is formed [...]

We have developed an entirely new class of lightweight chemical identification systems based [...]

The usability of Force Sensing Resistors (FSRs) has been thoroughly demonstrated in [...]

The discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) opened up a new area of research for noncoding RNA [...]

This research develops aptasensors for Lysozyme protein detection [...]

In the wide palette of chemoresistive sensing materials, hybrid nanocomposites have quickly gained [...]

Precision agriculture implies, alongside conventional issues, the use of information in the management and execution of agricultural tasks in order to increase the productivity of crops. [...]

Dopamine (DA) is an important catecholamine neurotransmitter that plays a relevant role in the human body’s function. [...]

Nitrophenols have been widely employed in different applications from explosives to weight loss drugs but the main environmental problem is their generation as degradation products of common herbicides [1,2]. [...]

A comparative analysis of different optical sensing platforms, designed for chemical applications and based on molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), is presented. [...]

Timing points used in running races and other competition events are generally based on radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. [...]

Three-dimensional scanning of human bodies or body parts is gaining increasing importance in applications where moving people need to be captured. [...]

One of the technical issues for enabling in situ sensors is to energize them through a battery pack which is often obtrusive and compromises the ecological validity of the system performance. [...]

The study of the evolution process of our visual system indicates the existence of variational spatial arrangement; from densely hexagonal in the fovea to a sparse circular structure in the peripheral retina. [...]

The hepatitis A virus (HAV) presents one of the most important foodborne pathogens causing a worldwide health problem each year. [...]

We present here a novel ultra-sensitive immunological fluorescent method of assaying bacterial [...]

To satisfy ever-increasing needs for efficiency and environment protection, the energy [...]

Molecular chemical sensor, especially optical luminescent sensor, technologies are a rapidly growing topic in science and product design, embracing development in chemistry, biochemistry and life science research. [...]

The anchoring of hapten/detector molecules is a crucial step in the preparation of gold-based detectors. [...]

Landslides in alpine environment are present as earthflows, rock falls, shallow slides, debris [...]

Electrochemical sensors based on metallic nanoparticles and different forms of carbon have [...]

The growth of the Internet has generated new types of services based on novel data sources. Among these services, the use of sensors and actuators to create hybrid services that allow humans to interact with the physical environment in a natural way...

Toys are key elements in the development of children. [...]

Dopamine (DA) is a catecholamine neurotransmitter, which plays a crucial role as chemical messengers in the central nervous system, hormonal, cardiovascular and renal systems. [...]

Long-term monitoring of in-service bridges is useful for estimating the structural condition and [...]

Extremely interesting and important applications of luminescent sensors have been found in research testing polymeric materials by fluorescence spectroscopy. [...]

In this manuscript, the main aim is to detect candidate regions to be oil slicks in Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) images using Deep Learning techniques. [...]

In this work, novel conducting graft copolymers: [...]