A new type of wireless passive, high sensitivity, high temperature sensor was designed to meet the real-time temperature test in the harsh aero-engine environment. The sensor consists of a complementary split ring resonator and a substrate integrated...
With the rapid development of intelligent applications, the demand for high-sensitivity pressure sensor is increasing. However, the simple and efficient preparation of an industrial high-sensitivity sensor is still a challenge. In this study, adhesiv...
The burgeoning advances in high-throughput technologies have posed a great challenge to the identification of novel biomarkers for diagnosing, by contemporary models and methods, through bioinformatics-driven analysis. Diagnostic performance metrics...
Autonomous profiling observation of full-depth marine turbulence is very important for ocean research. Anisotropic turbulence near the boundary layer needs to be observed well. However, there is lack of high-spatial-resolution and high-sensitivity me...
In order to improve the output sensitivity of the piezoelectric acceleration sensor, this paper proposed a high sensitivity acceleration sensor based on a piezoelectric metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET). It is constituted by...
Atomic magnetometers (AM) are finding many applications in biomagnetism, national security, industry, and science. Fiber-coupled (FC) designs promise to make them compact and flexible for operation. Most FC designs are based on a single-beam configur...
Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC)-based mechanical sensors are inherently limited by the thickness and rigidity of multilayer ceramic stacks, which restrict miniaturization and mechanical compliance. To overcome these constraints, this work pre...
Studies on wearable sensors that monitor various movements by attaching them to a body have received considerable attention. Crack-based strain sensors are more sensitive than other sensors. Owing to their high sensitivity, these sensors have been in...
Mass balance of glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) varies substantially across the region. While the spatial variability is attributed to differences in climatic setting and sensitivity of these glaciers to climate change, an assessment of these fa...
With the increasing demand for high-sensitivity signal tracking in complex environments, GNSS receiver technologies have continuously evolved in both architecture and algorithmic design. This paper presents a systematic review of the development of h...
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is playing an increasingly important role in ensuring the safety of structures. A shift of SHM research away from traditional wired methods toward the use of wireless smart sensors (WSS) has been motivated by the at...
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays have significantly refined the resolution of biomarker-level detection and have emerged as the gold standard cardiac biomarker in evaluating myocardial injury. Since its introduction, hs-cTn has been...
In order to meet the requirements of cable fault detection, a new structure of piezoelectric accelerometer was designed and analyzed in detail. The structure was composed of a seismic mass, two sensitive beams, and two added beams. Then, simulations...
High sensitivity GPS receivers have extended the use of GNSS navigation to environments which were previously deemed unsuitable for satellite signal reception. Under adverse conditions the signals become attenuated and reflected. High sensitivity rec...
On-line cutting force measurement is an effective way to monitor processing quality, improve processing accuracy, and protect the tool. In high-speed and ultra-precision machining, status monitoring is particularly necessary to ensure machining accur...
Miniaturized spectrometers have significantly advanced real-time analytical capabilities in fields such as environmental monitoring, healthcare diagnostics, and industrial quality control by enabling precise on-site spectral analysis. However, achiev...
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Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) onset in minors can greatly impact learning and future employment. This study investigated the prevalence of MCS and related factors in high school students to determine whether it was the same as in adults. A comp...
The quest for prompt and effective diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been in the spotlight for decades. Ongoing research focuses on refined biomarker strategies for the early identification and disposition of patients with symptoms s...
Serial high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hsTn) testing in the emergency department (ED) and the intensive cardiac care unit may assist physicians in ruling out or ruling in acute myocardial infarction (MI). There are three major algorithms proposed...
In order to meet the requirement of high sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), this study develops and optimizes a piezoresistive pressure sensor by using double silicon nanowire (SiNW) as the piezoresistive sensing element. First of all, ANS...
The use of digital accelerometers featuring high sensitivity and low noise levels in wireless smart sensors (WSSs) is becoming increasingly common for structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. Improvements in the design of Micro Electro-Mechan...
Low-frequency hydrophones are used to detect underwater low-frequency acoustic signals and are widely applied in marine science, resource exploration, environmental monitoring, and military operations. Their primary advantage lies in the fact that lo...
Real-time tracking of pipeline inspection gauges (PIGs) is an important aspect of ensuring the safety of oil and gas pipeline inline inspections (ILIs). Transmitting and receiving extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic signals is one of the preferred...
All-dielectric metasurfaces based on quasi-bound states in the continuum (quasi-BICs) have emerged as a powerful platform for nanophotonic sensing, as they support high-Q resonances and strong near-field enhancements. Herein, we propose and numerical...
Background: Atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) detected by pacemakers are linked to increased stroke risk. The predictive value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) for AHREs in pacemaker patients remains uncertain. This study evaluated ba...
The development of MEMS acoustic resonators meets the increasing demand for in situ detection with a higher performance and smaller size. In this paper, a lithium niobate film-based S1 mode Lamb wave resonator (HF-LWR) for high-sensitivity gravimetri...
Three-axis atomic magnetometers have great advantages for interpreting information conveyed by magnetic fields. Here, we demonstrate a compact construction of a three-axis vector atomic magnetometer. The magnetometer is operated with a single laser b...
The influence of diaphragm bending stiffness distribution on the stress concentration characteristics of a pressure sensing chip had been analyzed and discussed systematically. According to the analysis, a novel peninsula-island-based diaphragm struc...
In this paper, the humidity-sensing characteristics of gelatin were compared with those of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) at L-band (1 ~ 2 GHz) microwave frequencies. A capacitive microwave sensor based on a defected ground structure with a modified inter...
Coping with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), which are of the main causes of death worldwide, has influenced investigation of high sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) and its role in pathogene- sis, prognosis and prevention of CVD. hsCRP can be synthesized in vasc...
Flexible strain sensors have a wide range of applications in biomedical science, aerospace industry, portable devices, precise manufacturing, etc. However, the manufacturing processes of most flexible strain sensors previously reported have usually r...
This paper describes a low-cost, small size, and high-sensitivity microwave sensor using a Complementary Circular Spiral Resonator (CCSR), which operates at around 2.4 GHz, for identifying liquid samples and determining their dielectric constants. Th...
The impact of maternal nutrition on offspring is well documented. However, the implication of pre-conceptional paternal nutrition on the metabolic health of the progeny remains underexplored. Here, we investigated the impact of paternal high-protein...
A high-resolution Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for a heavy rainfall case is configured and the performance of the precipitation forecasting is evaluated. Sensitivity tests were carried out by changing the model configuration, such as...
Nowadays, flexible resistive strain sensors attract growing attention owing to their various applications in the fields of electronic skin, human health detection, body motion, etc. Unfortunately, to date, the fabrication of a high-sensitivity soft s...
There is a growing need for portable, highly sensitive measuring equipment to analyze samples in situ and in real time. For these reasons, it is becoming increasingly important to research new experimental equipment to carry out this work with advanc...
This work reviews from a unified viewpoint the concepts underlying the “nth-Order Comprehensive Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Methodology for Response-Coupled Forward/Adjoint Linear Systems” (nth-CASAM-L) and the “nth-Order Comprehen...
Offshore wind power is a new type of clean energy with broad development prospects. Accurate analysis of the uplift capacity of offshore wind turbine foundations is a crucial prerequisite for ensuring the safe operation of wind turbines under complex...
Ischemic heart diseases (IHDs) remain a global health concern. Many IHD cases go undiagnosed due to challenges in the initial diagnostic process, particularly in cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) a...
As graphene-related technology advances, the benefits of graphene metamaterials become more apparent. In this study, a surface-isolated exciton-based absorber is built by running relevant simulations on graphene, which can achieve more than 98% perfe...
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors consisting of alternate layers of silver (Ag) and TiO2 thin film have been proposed as a high sensitivity biosensor. The structure not only prevents the Ag film from oxidation, but also enhances the field in...
Radial artery pulse pressure contains abundant cardiovascular physiological and pathological information, which plays an important role in clinical diagnosis of traditional Chinese medical science. However, many photoelectric sensors and pressure sen...
Humidity sensors with high sensitivity and fast response characteristics are of great interest for researchers. In this work, capacitive humidity sensors were fabricated using ionic liquid/cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) as the composited sensing film. T...
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have excellent properties in harvesting tiny environmental energy and self-powered sensor systems with extensive application prospects. Here, we report a high sensitivity self-powered wind speed sensor based on tr...
Background: With the transition from the contemporary (cTnI) to high-sensitivity troponin assay (hs-cTnI), concerns have arisen regarding the diagnostic differences between these two assays due to analytical distinctions. This study aims to evaluate...
In this paper, two parallel graphene strip structures are adopted to achieve tunable plasma-induced transparency (PIT) sensors in the terahertz band. Both graphene bands act as bright modes, and a PIT window appears due to the weak hybridization betw...
The demand for non-destructive testing of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) is becoming increasingly pressing to ensure its safety and reliability across different fields of use. However, the complex structural characteristics and anisotropic bu...
Background: Current clinical guidelines recommend 52 ng/L as the abnormal baseline cutoff in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) algorithms for the rapid diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Though abnormal, this threshold is not AM...
Terahertz (THz)-detection technology has been proven to be an effective and rapid non-destructive detection approach in biomedicine, quality control, and safety inspection, among other applications. However, the sensitivity of such a detection method...
A series of high-entropy pyrochlore ceramics, specifically (La1/3Nd1/3M1/3)2(Zn1/2Sn1/2)2O7 (M = Sm, Eu, Gd, or Dy), have been synthesized using the solid-state reaction method. Their potential as high-temperature thermistors was investigated by anal...
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