In spectrometer measurement, it is very important to accurately calibrate the wavelength of all target characteristic spectra. Although wavelength calibration methods have long been investigated, no techniques have been designed for the scanning, dou...
Smartphone industries are seeking to maximize screen size, but a perfect full-screen phone is not yet available due to the unoccupied area required for the mobile antennas. Since a touchscreen is coated with transparent conductive layers, antennas be...
The design of the smartphone LCD is gradually shifting to a full-wide screen. This requires a new type of actuator rather than a conventional dynamic receiver. For this purpose, a new actuator is used as a dynamic receiver. This paper introduces and...
A high-throughput instrument to measure the full spectral properties of biochemical agents is necessary for fast screening in fields such as medical tests, environmental monitoring, and food analysis. However, this need has currently not been fully m...
Parentage assignment is a genetic test that utilizes genetic characteristics, such as molecular markers, to identify the parental relationships within populations, which, in commercial fish farming, are almost always large and where full information...
Fingerprint recognition is a widely used biometric authentication method in LED-backlight smartphones. Due to the increasing demand for full-screen smartphones, under-display fingerprint recognition has become a popular trend. In this paper, we propo...
Laser dazzling on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors is an effective method in optoelectronic countermeasures. However, previous research mainly focused on the laser dazzling under far fields, with limited studies on situati...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has undergone several mutations since 2020, and novel variants continue to emerge to this day. The immune escape ability of the emerging mutants is enhanced and results in robust transmissibility. The n...
The Ocean Cleanup introduces a Digital Twin (DT) describing the cleanup systems made of netting to extract marine litter from our oceans. It consists of two wings forming a “U-shape” and a retention zone. During operation, the system is t...
This paper proposes a low-computing-complexity touch signal detection method and analog front-end (AFE) circuits based on cross-correlation technology for large mutual capacitance touch screen panels (TSPs). To solve the traditional touch signal dete...
Natural fiber-based biocomposites are rapidly gaining traction in sustainable manufacturing. However, their supply chain (SC) designs at the feedstock pre-processing stage often lack robust multicriteria decision-making evaluations, which can impact...
This study aimed to exercise the Sanger sequencing strategy for screening of variants among confirmed COVID-19 cases and validate our strategy against NGS strains in Hiroshima retrieved from GISAID. A total of 660 samples from confirmed COVID-19 case...
Soil salinity is a major constraint to wheat production worldwide. Efficient screening of salt-tolerant cultivars is essential for breeding programs, yet a rapid and reliable evaluation system based on full-life-cycle salt stress treatment is lacking...
In the rapidly advancing realm of mobile technology, under-display camera (UDC) systems have emerged as a promising solution for achieving seamless full-screen displays. Despite their innovative potential, UDC systems face significant challenges, inc...
The geometrical accuracy of multi-pass sheet metal spinning products is crucial in many applications. Aerospace, petroleum, and chemical industries motivated the development of modern spun components of complicated shapes with special functionality,...
Background: The asymptomatic progression of initial gingival inflammation in children often remains unnoticed or undiagnosed. Although full-mouth periodontal examination is considered the gold standard in diagnosing periodontal diseases, it is usuall...
Applications of analytical quality by design (QbD) approach for developing HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) methods for food components assays, and separations of complex natural product mixtures, are still limited. The current study dev...
Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is one of the most serious neonatal conditions, frequently leading to respiratory failure and death in low-resource settings. Early detection is therefore critical, particularly where access to advanced diagnostic...
Sarcopenia, an age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, is correlated with adverse outcomes after some surgeries. Here, we present a deep-learning-based model for automatic muscle segmentation and quantification of full-leg plain radiog...
The continuing spread of SARS-CoV-2 and the associated morbidity and mortality, especially in vulnerable populations, highlight the need for the development of antiviral therapeutics. Reverse genetics systems and reporter viruses are valuable for ant...
Plitvice Lakes National Park is the largest national park in Croatia and also the oldest from 1949. It was added to the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List in 1979, due to the unique physicochemical and biological conditions that have led to the creat...
Introduction: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been applied to implant dentistry. The increasing use of this technology produces a critical number of images that can be used for training artificial intelligence (AI). Objectives: To investigat...
The minimalistic hardware of most Internet of things (IoT) devices and sensors, especially those based on microcontrollers (MCU), imposes severe limitations on the memory capacity and interfacing capabilities of the device. Nevertheless, many applica...
25 July 2018
Approximately 20% of school-age children have a vision problem. Screening is an effective way to detect visual impairments, although only if adequate follow-up is available. Here, we evaluate the impact of hiring full-time nurses in four underserved...
The Wisconsin Newborn Screening (NBS) Program began screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in 2008, using real-time PCR to quantitate T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) in DNA isolated from dried blood NBS specimens. Prompted by...
To review pharmacist-led screening programmes for estimation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk using validated screening tools, studies were identified using a search of the following electronic databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Knowledge and the...
1 September 2022
This review aims to map the available evidence on biopsychosocial predictors of elderly mental health. The articles were independently screened in three selected databases, namely Pubmed, Proquest and Google Scholar. The stages consist of identifying...
Information Management Systems are the central process management and communication hub for many newborn screening programs. In late 2014, Newborn Screening Ontario (NSO) undertook an end to end assessment of its information management needs which re...
Use of dual sgRNAs is a common CRISPR/Cas9-based strategy for the creation of genetic deletions. The ease of screening combined with a rather high rate of success makes this approach a reliable genome engineering procedure. Recently, a number of stud...
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder where insulin-sensitive tissues show reduced sensitivity towards insulin and a decreased glucose uptake (GU), which leads to hyperglycaemia. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ plays...
Drug screening in the clinical setting is very often started or even solely performed with a limited selection of enzyme immunoassays in urine samples. As a general rule positive results must be confirmed by more specific and sensitive methods like G...
Screening is widely considered one of the most effective methods for the early detection of prostate cancer. Early detection allows for prompt treatment, which increases the likelihood of a full recovery. This review sought to summarize studies on sc...
18 January 2022
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a recognized risk factor for malnutrition. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) statement included nutritional status assessment and dietary intervention as essential components of comprehensive manag...
Penicillin (PCN) allergies are frequently reported despite a true prevalence of less than 1%, leading to unnecessary avoidance of beta-lactams, broader antimicrobial use, and increased healthcare costs. Pharmacist-driven de-labeling programs offer a...
Public health programs in the United States screen more than four million babies each year for at least 30 genetic disorders. The Health and Human Services (HHS) Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC) recommends t...
The introduction of new materials for fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) necessitates the demonstration of excellent physical and mechanical properties alongside biocompatibility to fulfill their intended function. This systematic literature review sough...
AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis continues to cause a substantial burden of death in low and middle income countries. Better diagnostics allow detection of cryptococcosis in the asymptomatic phase and using these technologies to screen at-risk pe...
This study aimed to review the laboratory methods on biomimetic remineralization of demineralized human dentine. A systematic search of the publications in the PubMed, TRIP, and Web of Science databases was performed. Titles and abstracts of initiall...
Opioids are the strongest analgesics available and are crucial in the treatment of acute and chronic pain. The line between these critical medications and how they are used beyond standard therapeutics in cases such as abuse, misuse, and medication e...
Background/Objectives: Malnutrition is a common but underrecognized complication in colorectal cancer (CRC), contributing to poor treatment outcomes and reduced quality of life. Regional data from the Gulf remains limited. This study assessed the pre...
Galactosaemia has been included in various newborn screening programs since 1963. Several methods are used for screening; however, the predominant methods used today are based on the determination of either galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GA...
The article starts from Gilles Deleuze’s assumption of film being a philosophy in its own right and applies it to the horror genre. It reads Stanley Cavell’s concept of genre, Timothy Jay Walker’s work on the Horror of the Other (1)...
Neonatal congenital hypothyroidism screening is considered to be one of the most effective newborn screening strategies. Neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism involves the analysis of thyroid hormone and thyrotropin levels using an immunoa...
Malaysia rolled out a diverse portfolio of predominantly three COVID-19 vaccines (AZD1222, BNT162b2, and CoronaVac) beginning 24 February 2021. We evaluated vaccine effectiveness with two methods, covering 1 April to 15 September 2021: (1) the screen...
Roots play a key role in withstanding wheat abiotic stress. In this work, we phenotyped seedling root morphology of two semi-dwarf bread wheat cultivars, the Chinese cv Lankaodali and the Italian cv Rebelde, under the hypothesis that these two genoty...
Ipomoea pes-caprae is a seashore halophytic plant and is therefore a good model for studying the molecular mechanisms underlying salt and stress tolerance in plant research. Here, we performed Full-length cDNA Over-eXpressor (FOX) gene hunting with a...
Background: In the UK, breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women, accounting for 31% of cancers and 15% of cancer-related deaths in women. In 2023, London’s breast screening coverage was 56%, falling below the NHS target of 70%. This survey assesses p...
Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) including rosiglitazone and pioglitazone function as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) full agonists, which have been known as a class to be among the most effective drugs for the treatment of ty...
We developed a new approach to the fabrication of MEMS (Microelectromechanical system) substrates for gas sensors. This full screen-printing approach consists in the application of sacrificial material, which is solid at the near-room temperature of...
14 August 2021
Background: Relatively strong theoretical assumptions and previous studies concerning co-occurring addictive behaviors suggest a subpopulation representing general proclivity to behavioral addictions (BAs), and there are gender-specific subpopulation...
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