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  • Review
  • Open Access
68 Citations
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Overview of Rapid Detection Methods for Salmonella in Foods: Progress and Challenges

  • Minglu Wang,
  • Yilun Zhang,
  • Fangyuan Tian,
  • Xiaoyu Liu and ,
  • Shuyuan Du and
  • Guocheng Ren
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 October 2021

Salmonella contamination in food production and processing is a serious threat to consumer health. More and more rapid detection methods have been proposed to compensate for the inefficiency of traditional bacterial cultures to suppress the high prev...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Isolation and Intelligent Detection Methods of Foodborne Pathogens)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,051 Views
15 Pages

Development of Rapid Detection Methods for Fusarium oysporum f. sp. melonis in Melon Seeds

  • Tsai-De Chang,
  • Ya-Zhen Xu,
  • Yu-Fen Wang,
  • Xing-Ru Wang and ,
  • Shang-Han Tsai,
  • Zhong-Bin Wu,
  • Yuh Tzean and
  • Ying-Hong Lin
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a global commercial crop that is sensitive to seed-borne wilt infections caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis (Fom). To address the challenge of detecting Fom contamination, we designed a probe-based real-time PCR me...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Research in Fruit Crop)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,897 Views
16 Pages

Comparative Evaluation of Rapid Nucleic Acids Extraction Methods for Biosensor-Based Point-of-Care Solutions

  • Maciej Polak,
  • Aldona Wiatrzyk,
  • Katarzyna Krysztopa-Grzybowska,
  • Karolina Sobiecka and ,
  • Ewa Mosiej,
  • Marta Prygiel,
  • Robert Ziółkowski,
  • Dawid Jańczak,
  • Katarzyna Pancer and
  • Aleksandra Anna Zasada
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

28 March 2026

The translation of nucleic acid amplification into practical point-of-care and biosensor-integrated diagnostics is still significantly impeded by the necessity for rapid sample preparation. For this reason, a broad comparison of seven commercially av...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Sensors for the Detection of Viruses, Bacteria and Biomarkers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,479 Views
16 Pages

Viability of Commercially Available Rapid Test Strips for Mycotoxin Analysis Compared to Chromatographic Methods

  • Klaudia Bucoń,
  • Paweł Skrzydlewski,
  • Robert Kosicki and
  • Magdalena Twarużek

29 June 2026

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced primarily by molds of the genera Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Penicillium. These widespread food and feed contaminants can cause significant risks to human and animal health. The aim of this study was...

(This article belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
26,706 Views
13 Pages

18 July 2022

Heat treatment of milk signifies a certain degree of protein denaturation, which modifies the functional properties of dairy products. Traditional methods for detecting and quantifying the denaturation of whey proteins are slow, complex and require s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,290 Views
15 Pages

25 August 2024

Earthquake-triggered landslides represent a significant seismic-related disaster, posing threats to both the lives and property of individuals in affected areas. Furthermore, they can result in road and river blockages, as well as other secondary dis...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Modeling, Assessment, and Mitigation of Landslide Hazards)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,150 Views
11 Pages

11 August 2023

The use of disinfection agents in the washing processing of ready-to-eat (RTE) vegetables, especially sodium hypochlorite, is a common industrial practice performed to enhance microbiological quality. However, some studies have reported a restart of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbiological Safety of Food)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,941 Views
15 Pages

A Comparative Study of the Method to Rapid Identification of the Mural Pigments by Combining LIBS-Based Dataset and Machine Learning Methods

  • Duixiong Sun,
  • Yiming Zhang,
  • Yaopeng Yin,
  • Zhao Zhang and ,
  • Hengli Qian,
  • Yarui Wang,
  • Zongren Yu,
  • Bomin Su,
  • Chenzhong Dong and
  • Maogen Su
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

24 September 2022

Due to the similar chemical composition and matrix effect, the accurate identification of mineral pigments on wall paintings has brought great challenges. This work implemented an identification study on three mineral pigments with similar chemical c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,358 Views
18 Pages

26 August 2025

Despite the continued growth of the gluten-free food market, there is a dearth of sensory and consumer knowledge on commercial products. The existing research is mostly limited to hedonic measurements and ingredient effects instead of analytical meth...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensory and Consumer Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,109 Views
20 Pages

Measuring the radial error motion of a spindle during the cutting process is important for monitoring the machining quality of the workpiece and spindle running condition. The problem of long separation time encountered in the application of traditio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,233 Views
11 Pages

Rapid DNA Sequencing Technology Based on the Sanger Method for Bacterial Identification

  • Shunsuke Furutani,
  • Nozomi Furutani,
  • Yasuyuki Kawai,
  • Akifumi Nakayama and
  • Hidenori Nagai

9 March 2022

Antimicrobial resistance, a global health concern, has been increasing due to inappropriate use of antibacterial agents. To facilitate early treatment of sepsis, rapid bacterial identification is imperative to determine appropriate antibacterial agen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Micro/Nano-Devices for Biosensing: From Single Molecule Sensing to Device Applications)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,133 Views
10 Pages

In this research, the Taguchi method was used to optimize the detection accuracy and reproducibility of an immunodetection system used for a quantitative analysis of a rapid test. Furthermore, the standard deviation (SD) and coefficient of variation...

(This article belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
780 Views
15 Pages

20 January 2026

In this paper, we present a rapid gradient descent method for solving low-rank matrix recovery problems. Our method extends the conventional gradient descent framework by exploiting the problem’s unique features to develop an innovative fast gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,953 Views
17 Pages

20 November 2024

In clinical practice, microscopes are commonly used for imaging chromosomes to diagnose genetic diseases. Achieving precise and rapid autofocusing is a significant challenge in the advancement of high-throughput chromosome imaging systems. Here, we i...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Interaction Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,995 Views
18 Pages

Rapid prediction of the post-earthquake structural damage to a region is of great importance to community relief and rescue. Detailed information on buildings in earthquake disaster areas is commonly inaccessible in the aftermath of an earthquake. Ac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Earthquake Engineering and Urban Resilience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,514 Views
22 Pages

29 December 2018

The predicted parts of ultra-rapid orbits are important for (near) real-time Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) precise applications; and there is little research on GPS/GLONASS/BDS/Galileo/QZSS five-system ultra-rapid precise orbit determinat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Concurrent Positioning, Mapping and Perception of Multi-source Data Fusion for Smart Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,973 Views
11 Pages

Rapid Growth of High-Quality Rutile TiO2 Single Crystals through a Laser Floating Zone Method

  • Jialing Wu,
  • Shihui Ma,
  • Zhanggui Hu,
  • Jiajia Wang and ,
  • Jiyang Wang and
  • Yicheng Wu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 December 2022

The rapid growth of rutile TiO2 single crystals through a laser floating zone (LFZ) method was demonstrated. LFZ has a higher power density, which is suitable for the growth of TiO2 crystals with a high melting point. By optimizing the crystal growth...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,105 Views
21 Pages

13 April 2021

A solidification microstructure is formed under high cooling rates and temperature gradients in powder-based additive manufacturing. In this study, a non-equilibrium multi-phase field method (MPFM), based on a finite interface dissipation model, coup...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Simulation of Microstructure Evolution in Additive Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,612 Views
9 Pages

Development of a Rapid Detection Method for Ethylene Glycol and Glycolic Acid in Feline Samples: A Response to Increasing Antifreeze Poisoning Incidents in Korea

  • HyunYoung Chae,
  • Jae Won Byun,
  • Go-Eun Shin,
  • Kyung Hyun Lee and ,
  • Ah-Young Kim,
  • Bok-Kyung Ku,
  • Md Akil Hossain,
  • Tae-Wan Kim and
  • JeongWoo Kang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

14 October 2024

Recently, cases of antifreeze poisoning in companion animals, particularly cats, have surged in the Republic of Korea. Ethylene glycol (EG), the toxic primary component of antifreeze, is metabolized into glycolic acid (GA), leading to severe metaboli...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Toxicology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,297 Views
22 Pages

20 December 2023

A space-time variational method is developed for retrieving upper-level vortex winds from geostationary satellite rapid infrared scans over hurricanes. In this method, new vortex-flow-dependent correlation functions are formulated for the radial and...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
348 Views
20 Pages

21 September 2026

To evaluate the protective capacity of stiffened plates with arc-shaped supports (SPASs) under underwater near-field non-contact explosion (UNFNCE), a series of experiments were designed and conducted to investigate the dynamic responses of SPASs und...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,335 Views
19 Pages

With the increasing application of manufactured sand, as one of the uncertain factors affecting the properties and performance of ready-mixed concrete proportioning with commonly used manufactured sand, residual flocculants in water-washed manufactur...

  • Review
  • Open Access
206 Citations
29,918 Views
30 Pages

Rapid Methods for Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics

  • Georgia D. Kaprou,
  • Ieva Bergšpica,
  • Elena A. Alexa,
  • Avelino Alvarez-Ordóñez and
  • Miguel Prieto

20 February 2021

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most challenging threats in public health; thus, there is a growing demand for methods and technologies that enable rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). The conventional methods and technologi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,553 Views
21 Pages

Study and Application of a Pilot-Tunnel-First Method for Rapid Excavation of Large-Span Soft Rock Tunnels

  • Qiang Fu,
  • Hong Yang,
  • Jiawang Zhan,
  • Jianlin Zhou and ,
  • Hainan Gao,
  • Xiaoding Xu and
  • Yue Shi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

17 November 2025

The rapid development of transportation infrastructure in challenging geological regions necessitates innovative tunneling methods that balance efficiency, safety, and cost. This study addresses the critical construction bottleneck of large-span soft...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,387 Views
17 Pages

15 October 2024

The simulation of external heat flow has a pivotal role in the vacuum thermal test of spacecraft. The key to simulating the external heat flow of a spacecraft through an infrared heating cage lies in the calculation of radiative heat transfer, and ex...

(This article belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,917 Views
15 Pages

1 April 2023

Cocoa fields in West Africa traditionally kept other tree species to provide shade for cocoa trees and obtain food and other products. Measuring other trees is paramount to monitoring environmental conditions in cocoa agroforests, but it has been dif...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diversity in 2023)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,841 Views
12 Pages

Methods for Rapid Screening in Woody Plant Herbicide Development

  • William Stanley,
  • Shepard Zedaker,
  • John Seiler and
  • Patrick Burch

4 July 2014

Methods for woody plant herbicide screening were assayed with the goal of reducing resources and time required to conduct preliminary screenings for new products. Rapid screening methods tested included greenhouse seedling screening, germinal screeni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,852 Views
15 Pages

9 March 2022

A rapid and non-destructive method based in time domain reflectometry analysis (TDR), which detects and quantifies the water content in the muscle, was developed for the control of abusive water addition to octopus. Common octopus samples were immers...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,125 Views
4 Pages

Rapid Methods for Assessing Food Safety and Quality

  • Pierina Visciano and
  • Maria Schirone

23 April 2020

Food safety represents a central issue for the global food chain and a daily concern for all people. Contaminated food by physical, biological or chemical hazards can harm consumers, increasing demand for health services, government expenditure on pu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rapid Methods for Assessing Food Safety and Quality)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,066 Views
18 Pages

29 March 2023

Consumer expectations regarding the quality of octopus are often frustrated and dissatisfaction is frequent, namely due to the excessive reduction in weight after cooking. Therefore, a rapid and non-destructive method based in time domain reflectomet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Detecting Food Fraud and Authenticity)
  • Review
  • Open Access
78 Citations
9,534 Views
22 Pages

7 August 2020

The excessive use or abuse of pesticides and veterinary drugs leads to residues in food, which can threaten human health. Therefore, there is an extremely urgent need for multi-analyte analysis techniques for the detection of pesticide and veterinary...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Analytical Strategy in Food Safety)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,148 Views
20 Pages

21 February 2025

Supramolecular chemistry relies on the dynamic association/dissociation of molecules through non-covalent interactions. These interactions of a self-assembled system can be strategically exploited for sensing several microorganisms. Moreover, supramo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Biosensor: From Design to Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,423 Views
18 Pages

A Framework for Learning and Rapid Implementation of Real-Time Global Illumination Methods

  • Cristian Lambru,
  • Florica Moldoveanu,
  • Anca Morar,
  • Victor Asavei and
  • Alin Moldoveanu

2 June 2022

Photorealism has become a growing requirement for real-time graphics applications. Among the components needed to obtain photorealism, one of the most important is the simulation of the light transport, the result of which is called global illuminati...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,014 Views
9 Pages

Comparative Analysis of ANDE 6C Rapid DNA Analysis System and Traditional Methods

  • Michele Ragazzo,
  • Stefano Melchiorri,
  • Laura Manzo,
  • Valeria Errichiello and ,
  • Giulio Puleri,
  • Fabio Nicastro and
  • Emiliano Giardina
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

22 May 2020

Rapid DNA analysis is an ultrafast and fully automated DNA-typing system, which can produce interpretable genetic profiles from biological samples within 90 minutes. This “swab in—profile out” method comprises DNA extraction, amplif...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forensic Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,937 Views
18 Pages

6 August 2020

Providing rapid access to land surface change data and information is a goal of the U.S. Geological Survey. Through the Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative, we have initiated a monitoring capability that involves gen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Remote Sensing of Land Surface Change)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,887 Views
13 Pages

22 August 2022

The template-based chip design method aims to build rapidly. However, it still need synthesis and simulation flows to get the performance, power, and area (PPA) reports and find the proper parameters set in the design space exploration, which takes a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,796 Views
27 Pages

Optimized AI Methods for Rapid Crack Detection in Microscopy Images

  • Chenxukun Lou,
  • Lawrence Tinsley,
  • Fabian Duarte Martinez,
  • Simon Gray and
  • Barmak Honarvar Shakibaei Asli

6 December 2024

Detecting structural cracks is critical for quality control and maintenance of industrial materials, ensuring their safety and extending service life. This study enhances the automation and accuracy of crack detection in microscopic images using adva...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Image Segmentation, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,942 Views
17 Pages

Optimization of Two Methods for the Rapid and Effective Extraction of Quinine from Cinchona officinalis

  • Gianella Ochoa,
  • Leonardo Armijos,
  • Jorge G. Figueroa,
  • Ximena Jaramillo-Fierro and
  • Natalí Solano-Cueva

25 January 2025

This study successfully optimized two advanced extraction methods, microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), for the efficient and rapid recovery of quinine from Cinchona officinalis. Among the evaluated parts of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Chemistry for Natural Product Extraction: Cleaner and Efficient Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,225 Views
12 Pages

20 August 2024

N-glycan, a critical quality attribute (CQA) of monoclonal antibodies, profoundly impacts potency, immunogenicity, safety, and clinical efficiency. Therefore, N-glycan should be monitored and controlled during development. The conventional 2-AB metho...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,997 Views
22 Pages

Recent Advances on Rapid Detection Methods of Steroid Hormones in Animal Origin Foods

  • Yaohui Xue,
  • Jinhua Li,
  • Ming Ma,
  • Pan Fu and ,
  • Sihua Qian,
  • Chao Han and
  • Yuhui Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

27 March 2025

Animal-derived foods constitute a crucial source of nutrients for humans. The judicious application of steroid hormones in the breeding process can serve multiple purposes, including growth promotion, weight gain, and anti-inflammatory effects, among...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical and Photonic Biosensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
12,269 Views
16 Pages

Advances in manufacturing processes provide the ability for the high throughput production of liposomes containing a range of moieties, from small molecules to large biologicals (including proteins and nucleic acids for prophylactic and therapeutic a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers for 10th Anniversary of Pharmaceutics)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,347 Views
41 Pages

A Systematic Review of On-Site Rapid Detection Methods for Antibiotic Residues in Aquatic Products (2021–2025)

  • Guangyao Ying,
  • Tingting Wang,
  • Kunlun Li,
  • Yuxin Wang and ,
  • Jinjun Zhang,
  • Gangjian Lin,
  • Jun Li,
  • Huili Xia,
  • Jinjie Zhang and
  • Liang Hong
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

7 April 2026

Antibiotic residues in aquatic products pose a serious food safety concern, whereas conventional laboratory methods often fail to meet the demand for on-site rapid screening. This study systematically reviews the research progress from 2021 to 2025 o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Analytical and Biotechnological Approaches for Food Quality and Safety Improvement)
  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
9,269 Views
20 Pages

A Review on Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Rapid Quantification of Oncology Drugs

  • Andrea Li-Ann Wong,
  • Xiaoqiang Xiang,
  • Pei Shi Ong,
  • Ee Qin Ying Mitchell and ,
  • Nicholas Syn,
  • Ian Wee,
  • Alan Prem Kumar,
  • Wei Peng Yong,
  • Gautam Sethi and
  • Lingzhi Wang
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

In the last decade, the tremendous improvement in the sensitivity and also affordability of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) has revolutionized its application in pharmaceutical analysis, resulting in widespread employment of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Preclinical Pharmacokinetics and Bioanalysis)
  • Review
  • Open Access
942 Views
10 Pages

Environmentally Friendly and Rapid Quality Control Methods for the Sustainable Edible Insect Industry

  • Shanmugam Alagappan,
  • Carmen Mendez Sanchez,
  • Sílvia De Lamo-Castellví,
  • Louwrens Christiaan Hoffman and
  • Daniel Cozzolino

12 December 2025

The edible insect industry produces ingredients that are utilised in both animal feed and human food. However, the quality control of these ingredients and products is carried out using traditional routine chemical analysis, which generates waste and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Spectrometric and Electronic Determination Technology in Food and Biochemical Analysis)
  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,516 Views
16 Pages

Due to the inappropriate use and overuse of antibiotics, the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasing and have become a major threat to human health. A key factor in the treatment of bacterial infections and slowing down t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
19,823 Views
52 Pages

Methods for Rapid Screening of Biologically Active Compounds Present in Plant-Based Extracts

  • Katarzyna Godlewska,
  • Paweł Pacyga,
  • Antoni Szumny,
  • Anna Szymczycha-Madeja and ,
  • Maja Wełna and
  • Izabela Michalak
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 October 2022

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in products of natural origin. The extraction procedure of bioactive compounds from plant matrices is a crucial step in the development of useful new bioproducts for everyday life. The utilisation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extraction, Identification and Isolation of Chemical Compounds in Natural Matrices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,282 Views
12 Pages

21 January 2020

(1) Background: The validation of hygiene procedures in food industries is paramount to ensure that food contact surfaces are properly decontaminated before production. Rapid, sensitive and reliable tools are needed for routine hygiene validation in...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
17,576 Views
43 Pages

This paper presents a new improved approach to calculation of polytropic performance of centrifugal compressors. This rapid solution technique is based upon a constant efficiency, temperature-entropy polytropic path represented by cubic polynomials....

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,772 Views
21 Pages

Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing are essential for timely bloodstream infection (BSI) management. This study aimed to investigate the performance and turnaround time of multiple rapid diagnostic methods in a microbiology...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Detection and Analysis of Clinical Microbial Infections, Second Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,762 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of a Point-of-Need Molecular Diagnostic Tool Coupled with Rapid DNA Extraction Methods for Visceral Leishmaniasis

  • Prakash Ghosh,
  • Rajashree Chowdhury,
  • Khaledul Faisal,
  • Md. Anik Ashfaq Khan and ,
  • Faria Hossain,
  • Md. Abu Rahat,
  • Md. Arko Ayon Chowdhury,
  • Nishad Tasnim Mithila,
  • Mostafa Kamal and
  • Dinesh Mondal
  • + 12 authors+ 7 authors

11 December 2023

A rapid, cost-effective, and simple nucleic acid isolation technique coupled with a point-of-need DNA amplification assay is a desirable goal for programmatic use. For diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RP...

(This article belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)

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