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Three-body recombination reactions, in which two particles form a bound state while a third one bounces off after the collision, play significant roles in many fields, such as cold and ultracold chemistry, astrochemistry, atmospheric physics, and pla...

Body surface potential mapping (BSPM) is a noninvasive modality to assess cardiac bioelectric activity with a rich history of practical applications for both research and clinical investigation. BSPM provides comprehensive acquisition of bioelectric...

Invasive intraneural electrodes can control advanced neural-interfaced prostheses in human amputees. Nevertheless, in chronic implants, the progressive formation of a fibrotic capsule can gradually isolate the electrode surface from the surrounding t...

The electrocardiogram (ECG) has long been considered the non-invasive gold standard in diagnosing heart diseases. However, its connection with the cardiac molecular biology remains somewhat unclear. Therefore, modeling the electrophysiological behavi...

Based on ten-year tropical cyclones (TCs) observations from 2009 to 2018, the black body temperature (TBB, also called cloud-top brightness temperature) data obtained from the infrared channel 1 (with the wavelength of 10.30–11.30 µm) of the FY-2 sat...

Biopotential imaging (e.g., ECGi, EEGi, EMGi) processes multiple potential signals, each requiring an electrode applied to the body’s skin. Conventional approaches based on individual wiring of each electrode are not suitable for wearable syste...

We propose a new body sensor for extracting the respiration rate based on the amplitude changes in the body surface potential differences between two proximal body electrodes. The sensor could be designed as a plaster-like reusable unit that can be e...

Recent literature has suggested 3D surface imaging to be a potential method of estimating body composition. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of commercially available 3D surface imaging systems that provide body composition estimates....

Water bodies are ubiquitous features in Arctic wetlands. Ponds, i.e., waters with a surface area smaller than 104 m2, have been recognized as hotspots of biological activity and greenhouse gas emissions but are not well inventoried. This study aimed...

There is a potential threat to lakes and water reservoirs from contamination released due to the flooding of objects that can pose an environmental risk (cemeteries, sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations, landfills and industrial plants) l...

Ore bodies generate natural electrical fields that are measurable at the ground surface. The ground surface signature of this electrical field is called a self-potential anomaly. We developed a sandbox experiment to monitor the evolution of a self-po...

The spread by arthropods (zoochory) is an essential dispersal mechanism for many microorganisms, like plant pathogens. Carabid beetles are very abundant and mobile ground-dwelling insects. However, their role in the dispersal of economically relevant...

Infrared thermography has been widely used to visualize skin temperature in human science. One of the important areas of its application is the analysis of changes in body surface temperature as a result of the use of physical medicine treatments in...

We aim to establish a rough first prospect on the potential of certain biorelevant solvents (water, ammonia, and methane) being present in liquid form inside the uppermost few meters of several modeled rocky and icy surfaces of hypothetical bodies or...

The principal objective of this investigation is to assess the hydrodynamic characteristics and the exciting forces induced by waves acting upon a shallowly submerged spheroid. This study focuses on an arbitrarily shaped spheroid body with a vertical...

Electrocardiographic imaging (ECGi) reconstructs electrograms at the heart’s surface using the potentials recorded at the body’s surface. This is called the inverse problem of electrocardiography. This study aimed to improve on the curren...

Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection caused by Sporothrix species, with Sporothrix brasiliensis as a prevalent pathogen in Latin America. Despite its clinical importance, the virulence factors of S. brasiliensis and their impact on the pathogenesis o...

The so-called large multi-body floating offshore structure is a new type of offshore structure with a huge and extremely flat deck area, which has a promising prospect as a floating port and also in applications in the area of marine space exploitati...

Aquaculture has the potential to sustainably meet the growing demand for animal protein. The availability of water is essential for aquaculture development, but there is no knowledge about the potential inland water resources of the Rwenzori region o...

The reduction of drag for both aircraft and underwater equipment has the potential to reduce their overall energy consumption. Consequently, research into the drag-reducing performance of metal surfaces has significant practical applications. However...

The dispersal of propagules, such as fungal spores or seeds by actively moving animals, connects and shapes communities. The dispersal of plant pathogens by arthropods might be a crucial mechanism in the spread of several crop diseases. Ground-dwelli...

In this text, we describe the developed system for Body Surface Potential Mapping (BSPM) signals preprocessing and basic processing. The BSPM is based on multichannel ECG measurement with up to hundreds of electrodes in a specific grid on the body su...

The urban heat island (UHI) effect caused by urbanization is a major environmental concern. Utilizing cooling effects of water bodies as one type of ecosystem service is an important way to mitigate UHI in urban areas during the daytime. This study a...

Surface water is the most important resource and environmental factor in maintaining human survival and ecosystem stability; therefore, timely accurate information on dynamic surface water is urgently needed. However, the existing water datasets fall...

Betula and Pinus pollen, which are dispersed in natural surface waters, release biologically active compounds into the water bodies. This study aims to evaluate variations in the distribution and composition of phenolic compounds in suspended particl...

Within chemotherapy, estimates of a patient’s body surface area (BSA) are used to calculate drug dosages. However, the use of BSA for calculating chemotherapy dosage has been heavily criticised in previous literature, with potentially significa...

During in-situ mining and leaching of ionic rare earth ore, a chemical replacement reaction occurs between the leaching agent and rare earth ore. The thickness of the shear layer on the surface of colloidal particles is an important physical paramete...

The current work aims to examine the effect of meteorological parameters as well as the temporal variation on the Burdur Lake surface water body areas in Turkey. The data for the surface area of Burdur Lake was collected over 34 years between 1984 an...

Surface water bodies, such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, play an irreplaceable role in global ecosystems and climate systems. Sentinel-2 imagery provides new high-resolution satellite remote sensing data. Based on the analysis of the spectral cha...

This study aims to enhance the corrosion resistance and bioactivity of zinc surfaces through the development of chitosan–pistachio shell (CPM) coatings reinforced with Nb2CTx MXene. The approach introduces a sustainable pathway by incorporating...

Surface water plays a pivotal role in the context of climate change, human activities, and ecosystems, underscoring the significance of precise monitoring and observation of surface water bodies. However, the intricate and diverse nature of surface w...

Remote sensing plays a crucial role in modeling surface water quality parameters (WQPs), which aids spatial and temporal variation assessment. However, existing models are often developed independently, leading to uncertainty regarding their applicab...

This study investigates how laser-induced surface modifications influence key properties such as wear resistance, hardness, and friction in dry and lubricated conditions. The research applies nanosecond pulsed laser treatment to create random, quasi-...

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the standard method in clinical practice to non-invasively analyze the electrical activity of the heart, from electrodes placed on the body’s surface. The ECG can provide a cardiologist with relevant information t...

In this study, we report results of the interaction of titanium (Ti) with human synovial fluids. A wide palette of electrochemical techniques was used, including open circuit potential, potentiodynamic methods, and electrochemical impedance. After th...

This research deals with precision calculations of stationary magnetic fields of volumetric bodies. The electrostatics analogy allows for the use of a scalar magnetic potential, which reformulates the original task as a boundary value problem for the...

The airborne AirSWOT instrument suite, consisting of an interferometric Ka-band synthetic aperture radar and color-infrared (CIR) camera, was deployed to northern North America in July and August 2017 as part of the NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability E...

Ozone is an excellent oxidant and helps in breaking down both organic and inorganic compounds; this effect is further enhanced when it decomposes into hydroxyl radicals. Several studies confirm the good performance of ozonation and micro-nanobubble t...

The surface of Phobos is an intriguing subject of research for many scientists. This is associated, among other things, with the fact that it is perceived as a potential launch site for future human Mars exploration. Additionally, measurements conduc...

In recent decades, immunotherapy has been considered a promising treatment approach. The modulatable enhancement or attenuation of the body’s immune response can effectively suppress tumors. However, challenges persist in clinical applications...

In this study, hydrodynamic interactions between passing and moored ships were studied by applying a time-domain numerical simulation method. The boundary value problem for a fluid domain was formulated based on a potential flow theory. A numerical m...

Recent discoveries of potential ice particles and ice-cemented regolith on extraterrestrial bodies like the Moon and Mars have opened new opportunities for developing technologies to extract water, facilitating future space missions and activities on...

Due to the abundance of surface water in the province of Quebec, Canada, it is suspected that many groundwater wells are pumping a mixture of groundwater and surface water via induced bank filtration (IBF). The regulatory framework in Quebec provides...

Calcium phosphate/chitosan/collagen composite coating on AISI 304 stainless steel was investigated. Coatings were realized by galvanic coupling that occurs without an external power supply because it begins with the coupling between two metals with d...

The interaction problem of waves with a body floating near the marginal ice zone is studied, where the marginal ice zone is modeled as an array of multiple uniformly sized floating ice sheets. The linear velocity potential theory is applied for fluid...

Providing sufficient cooling power for an aircraft will become increasingly challenging with the introduction of (hybrid-) electric propulsion. To avoid excessive drag from heat exchangers, the heat sink potential of the aircraft surface is evaluated...

The forward planning of the return of Humans to the lunar surface as envisioned by different national and collaborative space agencies requires consideration of the fragility and pristine nature of the lunar surface. Current international treaties ar...

Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) represent a propitious type of blood substitute to transport oxygen throughout the body while acting as a carrier in biomedical applications. However, HBOCs in blood are recognized and rapidly scavenged by the...

In recent decades, the depletion of surface water resources within the Lake Urmia Basin (LUB), Iran, has emerged as a significant environmental concern. Both anthropogenic activities and climate change have influenced the availability and distributio...

The carriers of nosocomial infections are the hands of medical personnel and inanimate surfaces. Both hands and surfaces may be contaminated as a result of contact with the patient, their body fluids, and touching contaminated surfaces in the patient...