Smart home devices are becoming more popular over the years. A diverse range of appliances is being created, and Ambient Intelligence is growing in homes. However, there are various producers of these gadgets, different kinds of protocols, and divers...
Improving energy efficiency in buildings is critical for supporting sustainable growth in the construction sector. In this context, the implementation of passive solar solutions in the building envelope plays an important role. Trombe wall is a passi...
Background: In neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), the simultaneous administration of drugs requires complex infusion methods. Such practices can increase the risk of drug incompatibilities resulting in the formation of a particulate load with pos...
The increasing scarcity of natural resources makes the linear production model unsustainable, highlighting the need for more sustainable practices under the umbrella of circular economic principles. Sewage sludge emerges as a promising solution to pr...
Air emissions from livestock farming, particularly ammonia (NH3) and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), constitute a major environmental and occupational health concern. The aim of this work was to assess the compliance with the Verification of Env...
The rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies has transformed the modern home into a complex cyber–physical ecosystem encompassing hundreds of millions of connected devices globally. Smart homes support automation, energy man...
Unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) are emerging as useful tools in environmental studies due to their mobility and ability to cover large areas. In this study, we used an air analyzer attached to a UAS to measure gas and particulate matter (PM) emissio...
Despite the last few decades’ advances towards social and gender justice, reproductive decisions are still a source of oppression for many European Romani women and girls. This protocol aims to propose a model to empower Romani women and girls&...
3 September 2022
Reducing children’s exposure to air pollutants should be considered a primary goal, especially for the most vulnerable subjects. The goal of this study was to test the effectiveness of applying a protocol in the event of alert days, i.e., days...
Radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy (rESWT) is used in the rehabilitation of patients with shoulder periarthritis (SP) to promote tendon regeneration. This quasi-experimental non-randomized comparative study included 36 cases of SP, divided into...
Swallowing difficulties are a common complaint among patients with a variety of diseases. To address these concerns, a singing-enhanced swallowing protocol was constructed, and its differential benefits for two patient populations were investigated....
Home automation is undergoing a paradigm shift from connected IoT environments with rule-based control to intelligent homes exhibiting ambient intelligence and proactive adaptation. Artificial intelligence, privacy-preserving sensing, and converging...
Heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria (LABhe) can help to increase aerobic stability of silages. As high dry matter silages are especially prone to aerobic deterioration, the question was whether an in vitro test could help to select for LABhe with...
Understanding ecological trajectories after mine site rehabilitation is essential to develop relevant protocols adapted for gold mining sites. This study describes the influence of a range of mine site rehabilitation and revegetation protocols on soi...
In September 2018, China’s air quality monitoring protocol was amended from the standard conditions to actual conditions for particulate matter and to reference conditions for gaseous pollutants. Due to the amendment, the reported concentration...
The dynamical Casimir effect (DCE) manifests itself in the ultrastrong matter-field coupling (USC) regime, as a consequence of the nonadiabatic change of some parameters of a system. We show that the DCE is a fundamental limitation for standard quant...
Quantifying an imaging modality’s ability to reproduce results is important for establishing its utility. In magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), new acquisition protocols are regularly introduced which improve upon their precursors...
Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) is an established method for assessing grey matter volumes across the brain. The quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the chosen data preprocessing steps can affect the outcome of VBM analyses. We recognized a...
The standard of care for cancer patients aims to eradicate the tumor by killing the maximum number of cancer cells using the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of a drug. MTD causes significant toxicity and selects for resistant cells, eventually making th...
We evaluated the effect of ammonium sulfate, a major component of airborne particulate matter, in the quantification of airborne micro- and nanoplastics (AMNPs) by analytical pyrolysis–gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). Analytical...
24 September 2022
The goals of this work are the evaluation of the performances of official methods in the challenging determination of Cr(VI) in Cr(III)-rich particulate matter, and the development of a novel and robust analytical protocol for this issue. A liquid ch...
In this work, we will present a new protocol to identify solid matter quickly, and at low cost, by physico-chemical analysis methods. The fast and less expensive methods for identification that we investigate, using principal component analysis (ACP)...
An accurate dry matter intake (DMI) measurement method is of great importance for determining the performance of dairy cows. While n-alkane technique is commonly used to estimate the DMI of ruminants, the protocols used to measure alkanes are complex...
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is characterized by the radiographic presence of a frontal plane curve, with a magnitude greater than 10° (Cobb technique). Diffusion MRI can be employed to assess the cerebral white matter. The aim of this s...
The identification and characterization of particulate matter (PM) concentrations from construction site activities pose major challenges due to the diverse characteristics related to different aspects, such as concentration, particle size and partic...
Magnetic resonance imaging has limitations in definitively diagnosing canine brain diseases due to overlapping lesion morphologies. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can complement conventional MR imaging by evaluating brain metabolites at a mole...
The restoration of riparian zones has been an important issue in many regions for the recovery of ecosystem functions. The objective of this study was to assess soil aggradation in a 7-year established riparian switchgrass buffer (SGB) and in a non-b...
Chronic constipation is a common gastrointestinal disorder in older adults, and it is very important to manage chronic constipation. However, evaluating these subjective symptoms is extremely difficult in cases where patients are unable to express th...
A particle induces a pack of chemical reactions in nanospace: chemical reactions confined into extremely small space provide an ultimate technique for the nanofabrication of organic matter with a variety of functions. Since the discovery of particle...
There is a growing interest in monitoring microplastics in the environment, corresponding to increased public concerns regarding their potential adverse effects on ecosystems. Monitoring microplastics in the environment is difficult due to the comple...
Environmental particulate matter (PM) exposure has been widely recognized for its significant adverse effects on human health. Monitoring PM levels is one of the essential parameters of air quality assessment. However, PM mass concentration alone doe...
We study the role of entanglement and non-locality in quantum protocols that make use of systems of identical particles. Unlike in the case of distinguishable particles, the notions of entanglement and non-locality for systems whose constituents cann...
Organic components in atmospheric fine particulate matter have attracted much attention and several scientific studies have been performed, although most of the sample extraction methods are time consuming and laborious. Accelerated solvent extractio...
Quantum cryptography is the field of cryptography that explores the quantum properties of matter. Generally, it aims to develop primitives beyond the reach of classical cryptography and to improve existing classical implementations. Although much of...
Is it possible to remotely operate a tiny piece of matter or a less-than-one-centimeter machine to perform a medical task in life? Especially given that in the present technology, neither the mechanism nor battery is small enough to be set up inside...
Micron-sized hard core-soft shell hybrid microgels are promising model systems for studies of soft matter as they enable in-situ optical investigations and their structures/morphologies can be engineered with a great variety. Yet, protocols that yiel...
Dissolved organic matter is an important component of the global carbon cycle that allows the distribution of carbon and nutrients. Therefore, analysis of soil dissolved organic matter helps us to better understand climate change impacts as it is the...
The purpose of this study is to obtain a detailed picture of the spatial and seasonal variability of carbonaceous matter in southern Poland. Particulate matter (PM) samples from eight selected urban and rural background sites were analyzed for organi...
The physical-chemical characterization of plastic litter from the marine environment requires the prior removal of the biofouling attached to their surface without causing any degradation in the polymer. The absence of a standardized protocol for dig...
The creation of the future quantum Internet requires the development of new systems, architectures, and communications protocols. As a matter of fact, the optical fiber technology is affected by extremely high losses; thus, the deployment of a quantu...
The aim of the paper was to analyze impacts of seven years of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on the livestock sector based on available sources of information and literature. Interim National Reports on implementation of the Nagoya Protocol pr...
The Einstein equivalence principle is based on the equality of gravitational and inertial mass, which has led to the universality of a free-fall concept. The principle has been extremely well tested so far and has been tested with a great precision....
Construction scholars and practitioners have identified a repetitive pattern of direct causes leading to both fatal and non-fatal injuries among construction workers. Over the years, direct causes such as falls, electrocutions, and being struck have...
Inorganic carbonate can be an important component of atmospheric particulate matter in arid environments where mineral dust components contribute significantly to air particulate matter. Carbonate carbon (CC) is only rarely quantified in atmospheric...
Background/objectives: Perinatal hypoxia–ischemia (HI) is a major cause of brain injury and is associated with long-term neurological impairments, including white matter injury, astrogliosis, microgliosis, and hypomyelination. Maternal exercise...
Most of the existing sender-based message logging protocols cannot commonly handle simultaneous failures because, if both the sender and the receiver(s) of each message fail together, the receiver(s) cannot obtain the recovery information of the mess...
27 October 2025
Knowledge on indoor air pollution exposure is limited. Collecting high-quality measurements in home environments is challenging, owing to the complexity of sampling options, the cost and limiting disturbance to occupants. The protocol developed for t...
This paper provides a narrative review on the role of artificial intelligence in cryptography, with a substantial focus on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and, where the distinction matters, on AES with 256-bit keys (AES-256), at the intersect...
Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) subtype is retrospectively diagnosed, and biomarkers of the SPMS are not available. We aimed to identify possible neurophysiological markers exploring grey matter structures that could be used in clinic...
Background: There are many therapeutic methods targeting fascia. However, the only method whose basic assumption is to eliminate the densification of fascia is Fascial Manipulation. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of various Fascial Manipula...
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