As global demand for rare earth elements (REEs) increases, maintaining the production and supply chain is critical. Technologies capable of being used in the field and in situ in the subsurface for rapid REE detection and quantification facilitates t...
Neurological disorders (NDs) are becoming more common, posing a concern to pregnant women, parents, healthy infants, and children. Neurological disorders arise in a wide variety of forms, each with its own set of origins, complications, and results....
The growing demand for and supply of meat and meat products has led to a proportional increase in cases of meat adulteration. Adulterated meat poses serious economic and health consequences globally. Current laboratory methods for meat species identi...
We describe here an Nd3+-sensitized upconversion fluorescent sensor for epirubicin (EPI) detection in aqueous solutions under 808 nm laser excitation. The upconversion fluorescence of nanoparticles is effectively quenched in the presence of EPI via a...
Accurate detection and effective control strategy of commutation failure (CF) of high voltage direct current (HVDC) are of great significance for keeping the safe and stable operations of the hybrid power grid. At first, a novel detection method for...
The magneto-mechanical behaviour of structural steel specimens stressed up to the plastic deformation stage was investigated using a 2nd order gradiometer based on Giant Magneto Resistive (GMR) sensors. The correlation between the gradient of the mag...
Aedes aegypti, also known as the yellow fever mosquito, is the main vector of several arboviruses. In Ecuador, dengue and chikungunya are the most prevalent mosquito-borne diseases. Hence, there is a need to understand the population dynamics and gen...
Many medical imaging techniques use some form of ionizing radiation. This radiation is not only potentially harmful for the patient, but also for the medical personnel. An alternative imaging technique uses near-infrared (NIR) emitting luminescent pa...
Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) represent a group of different diseases characterized by the progressive degeneration and death of the nervous system’s cells. The diagnosis is challenging, especially in the early stages, due to no specific cl...
Quantum sensing with nitrogen vacancy (NV) defects in diamond enables detection of extremely small changes in temperature, host material strain, and magnetic and electric fields. Action potential detection has previously been demonstrated with cardia...
Marine algal toxins, highly toxic secondary metabolites, have significant influences on coastal ecosystem health and mariculture safety. The occurrence and environmental control factors of lipophilic marine algal toxins (LMATs) in the surface seawate...
We report on the use of silver nanodisks (AgNDs), having a diameter of 50 ± 8 nm and a thickness of 8 ± 2 nm, as electrochemical labels for the detection of a model metalloimmunoassay for the heart failure biomarker NT-proBNP. The detec...
Colorimetric enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been widely applied as the gold-standard method for cytokine detection for decades. However, it has become a critical challenge to further improve the detection sensitivity of ELISA, as it is...
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are becoming a major global health problem. They constitute an incurable diverse group of disorders characterized by the progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the central or peripheral nervous syst...
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing is a real-time detection technique for measuring biomolecular interactions on gold surfaces. This study presents a novel approach using nano-diamonds (NDs) on a gold nano-slit array to obtain an extraordinary t...
This study aimed to predict the skeletal growth maturation using convolutional neural network-based deep learning methods using cervical vertebral maturation and the lower 2nd molar calcification level so that skeletal maturation can be detected from...
Long non-coding regions (NCRs) and gene rearrangements are commonly seen in mitochondrial genomes of Mantodea and are primarily focused on three regions: CR-I-Q-M-ND2, COX2-K-D-ATP8, and ND3-A-R-N-S-E-F-ND5. In this study, eight complete and one near...
Carbon–steel pipelines have mostly been utilized in the oil and gas (OG) industry owing to their strength and cost-effectiveness. However, the detection of corrosion under coating poses challenges for nondestructive (ND) pipeline monitoring tec...
The consumption of pharmaceuticals during the COVID-19 pandemic increased significantly. As such, over-the-counter drugs such as acetaminophen (ACT), ibuprofen (IBU), metoprolol (MET), and propranolol (PRO) were among the pharmaceuticals that were wi...
The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of low-energy virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) obtained with three Dual-Energy CT (DECT) platforms according to the phantom diameter. Three sections of the Mercury Phantom 4.0 were scanned on tw...
The microstructure and precipitate evolution of as-cast Mg–Nd alloys with different contents of Nd was investigated via experimental and simulation methods. The research showed that the as-cast microstructure of Mg–Nd alloy consisted of &...
Functional nanomaterials have emerged as a cornerstone of modern sensing and detection technologies, owing to their unique physicochemical properties derived from high surface-to-volume ratios and nanoscale effects [...]
Non-denaturing fluorescence in situ hybridization (ND-FISH) has been used to distinguish wheat chromosomes and to detect alien chromosomes in the wheat genome. In this study, five different oligonucleotide probes were used with ND-FISH to examine 21...
Effective detection of electricity theft is essential to maintain power system reliability. With the development of smart grids, traditional electricity theft detection technologies have become ineffective to deal with the increasingly complex data o...
Neonatal diarrhea (ND) is still a frequently observed problem in modern industrial pig production. ND is predominantly caused by bacterial and viral pathogens. The objective of this study was to give an overview of different pathogens involved in ND...
In this prospective blinded study, canine C-reactive protein (c-CRP), haptoglobin (HPT), and 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25(OH)D) were investigated for their diagnostic value in 55 dogs with nasal cavity disease (ND). After comprehensive diagnostics includi...
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Parkinson’s Disease (PD) are devastating conditions that can develop without noticeable symptoms, causing irreversible damage to neurons before any signs become clinica...
Isothiazolinones methylisothiazolinone (MI) and methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI), and parabens methylparaben (MP), ethylparaben (EP), propylparaben (PP) and butylparaben (BP) are the most common synthetic preservatives. They are all known to be pote...
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for semiconductor nanomaterial systems is limited due to weak Raman signal intensity and unclear charge-transfer (CT) processes for chemical enhancement. Here, rare-earth element neodymium-doped titanium dioxi...
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are characterized by progressive neuronal dysfunction and death of brain cells population. As the early manifestations of NDs are similar, their symptoms are difficult to distinguish, making the timely detection and d...
Semantics play a crucial role in organizing domain knowledge, schematizing it, and modeling it into classes of objects and relationships between them. Knowledge graphs (KGs) use semantic models to integrate and represent different types of data. This...
The (Ba0.96Nd0.04)Ti0.99O3 (BN4T) and (Ba0.96Nd0.04)(Ti0.94Ce0.05)O3 (BN4TC5) ceramics were prepared via the mixed oxide route exhibited tetragonal and pseudo-cubic structures, respectively. After they were preserved over a long period of time, a bro...
Due to the large number of possible applications in quantum technology fields—especially regarding quantum sensing—of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in nanodiamonds (NDs), research on a cheap, scalable and effective NDs synthesis technique has acquire...
Natural polyelectrolytes, including in the form of complexes with colloidal particles, are increasingly used in pharmacy due to the possibility of regulated attachment of medicinal substances and their targeted delivery to the target organ. However,...
The purpose of this study was to develop a novel measurement method using a machine vision system. Besides using image processing techniques, the proposed system employs a detection line algorithm that detects the tool electrode length and drilling d...
Neuropsychiatric disorders (NDs) are a diverse group of pathologies, including schizophrenia or bipolar disorders, that directly affect the mental and physical health of those who suffer from them, with an incidence that is increasing worldwide. Most...
Many mechanisms have been related to the etiopathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) such as multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. In this context, the detrimental role o...
The combination of nanodiamond (ND) with biomolecular mass spectrometry (MS) makes rapid, sensitive detection of biopolymers from complex biosamples feasible. Due to its chemical inertness, optical transparency and biocompatibility, the advantage of...
Ascorbic acid (AA) and glutathione (GSH) play a pivotal role in health assessment, drug development, and quality control of nutritional supplements. The development of a new and efficient method for their detection is highly desired. In this work, we...
To prevent terror attacks in which trucks are used as weapons as happened in Nice or Berlin in 2016, the European Project Autonomous Emergency Maneuvering and Movement Monitoring for Road Transport Security (TransSec) was launched in 2018. One crucia...
Nd-doped CaWO4 single crystals with dopant concentrations of 0.1, 0.5, and 1% were synthesized by the floating zone method. The transmission, photoluminescence, and scintillation properties were evaluated from ultraviolet to near-infrared (NIR) range...
Biosecurity responses to post-border exotic pest detections are more effective with knowledge of where the species may have originated from or if recurrent detections are connected. Population genetic markers for this are typically species-specific a...
The lignocellulosic enzymes of Trichoderma asperellum have been intensely investigated toward efficient conversion of biomass into high-value chemicals/industrial products. However, lack of genome data is a remarkable hurdle for hydrolase systems stu...
Multispectral images provide valuable indicators of crop nutritional status, playing a key role in strategies to reduce fertilizer use and enable supplementary applications in cases of nitrogen deficiency, thereby ensuring productivity and profitabil...
Nanoprobes provide advantages for real-time monitoring of tumor markers and tumorigenesis during cancer progression and development. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a key protein that plays crucial roles for tumorigenesis and cancer therap...
This research paper presents BEVCorner, a novel framework that synergistically integrates monocular and multi-view pipelines for enhanced 3D object detection in autonomous driving. By fusing depth maps from Bird’s-Eye View (BEV) with object-cen...
Heavy rare-earth (HRE) elements are important for the preparation of high-coercivity permanent magnets. A further understanding of the thermodynamic properties of HRE phases, and the magnetization reversal mechanism of magnets are still critical issu...
We newly sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenome) of two gudgeon species Saurogobio dabryi and S. punctatus, and we downloaded 49 gudgeon mitogenomes from GenBank to investigate the phylogeny of the Pseudogobionini group and analyze sele...
Recent studies support the hypothesis that microbes can seed some Alzheimer’s disease (AD) cases, leading to inflammation and overproduction of amyloid peptides. Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) is a keystone pathogen of chronic periodontitis and has be...
This study compared cognitive domains between deficit schizophrenia (DS) and non-deficit schizophrenia (NDS) patients and healthy controls (HC), analyzing relationships between psychopathological dimensions and cognitive domains. A total of 29 DS pat...
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