Hysteresis in organic field-effect transistors is attributed to the well-known bias stress effects. This is a phenomenon in which the measured drain-source current varies when sweeping the gate voltage from on to off or from off to on. Hysteresis is...
Mutation breeding is useful for improving agronomic characteristics of various crops. In this study, we conducted a genetic diversity and association analysis of soybean mutants to assess elite mutant lines. On the basis of phenotypic traits, we chos...
An innovative automatic purge-and-trap (P&T) system coupled with fluorimetric sequential injection (SI), for the on-line separation and preconcentration of volatile compounds, is presented. The truth of concept is demonstrated for the ammonium fl...
Microfluidic technology has emerged from the MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System)-technology as an important research field. During the last decade, various microfluidic technologies have been developed to open up a new era for biological studies....
Space charge has close relation with the trap distribution in the insulation material. The phenomenon of charges trapping and detrapping has attracted significant attention in recent years. Space charge and trap parameters are effective parameters fo...
LINE-1 RNA has emerged as a potential regulator of chromatin organization and gene expression, as well as a candidate readout of cellular and disease-associated states. Accurate measurement of LINE-1 transcript abundance is therefore important for ev...
The suitability of the camera trap–retrap method was explored for identifying territories and studying the spatial distribution of leopards (Panthera pardus fusca) in the Jhalana Reserve Forest, Jaipur, India. Data from two years (November 2017...
The main contribution of the paper concerns the use of an LCL trap filter with a PFC isolated Ćuk converter. Further, SiC MOSFET is used with a PFC isolated Ćuk converter designed for 50 W with 42 kHz in DCM. A small-signal model of the con...
Accumulative evidence suggests metabolic disorders correlate with prostate cancer. Metabolic profiling of urine allows the measurement of numerous metabolites simultaneously. This study set up a metabolomic platform consisting of UPLC-FTMS and UPLC-i...
The widespread adoption of camera trap surveys for wildlife monitoring has generated a substantial volume of ecological data, yet processing constraints persist due to the time-consuming process of manual image classification and the reliability of a...
The global commercial fishing industry, which employs approximately 159,800 seafarers worldwide (as reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), faces a significant challenge in terms of safety. According to estimates by...
Nematode-trapping (NT) fungi play a significant role in the biological control of plant- parasitic nematodes. NT fungi, as a predator, can differentiate into specialized structures called “traps” to capture, kill, and consume nematodes at...
Quantitative analysis of endocrine-disrupting molecules such as bisphenol A (BPA) in freshwater to determine their widespread occurrence in environmental resources has been challenged by various adsorption and desorption processes. In this work, ion...
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) connect environmental cues to fungal development, but the functions of many candidate receptors in nematode-trapping fungi remain unresolved. We combined reference-genome mining, public transcriptome analysis and f...
As a core subsystem of the fuel cycle, the Tritium Extraction System (TES) is responsible for the critical functions of separating, extracting, and purifying tritium from the breeding blanket. To quantify the influence of key design parameters on tri...
Microfluidics-based biochips play a vital role in single-cell research applications. Handling and positioning of single cells at the microscale level are an essential need for various applications, including genomics, proteomics, secretomics, and lys...
Optical fiber tweezers have been gaining prominence in several applications in Biology and Medicine. Due to their outstanding focusing abilities, they are able to trap and manipulate microparticles, including cells, needing any physical contact and w...
Single-cell capture plays an important role in single-cell manipulation and analysis. This paper presents a microfluidic device for deterministic single-cell trapping based on the hydrodynamic trapping mechanism. The device is composed of an S-shaped...
In a previous study, air sampling using vortex air samplers combined with species-specific amplification of pathogen DNA was carried out over two years in four or five locations in the Salinas Valley of California. The resulting time series data for...
Fishing vessels are known to have a fatality rate from accidents nearly 100 times higher than that of merchant ships. However, since most cases are resolved internally without maritime tribunals, obtaining accurate statistics on accidents is challeng...
Neutrophils might play an important role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes (T1D), by contributing to immune dysregulation via a highly inflammatory program called neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation or NE...
Immersion microscope objectives stand out for their large numerical aperture, which improves the optical resolution of imaging systems such as those used in microscopic interferometry. These objectives increase the gradient forces of a beam focused t...
Proteomics has been recently introduced in aquaculture research, and more methodological studies are needed to improve the quality of proteomics studies. Therefore, this work aims to compare three sample preparation methods for shotgun LC–MS/MS prote...
Promoters are key components for the application of biotechnological techniques in crop plants. Reporter genes such as GUS or GFP have been used to test the activity of promoters for diverse applications. A huge number of T-DNAs carrying promoterless...
The aim of this work is to demonstrate high breakdown voltage and low buffer trapping in superlattice GaN-on-Silicon heterostructures for high voltage applications. To this aim, we compared two structures, one based on a step-graded (SG) buffer (refe...
Construction and demolition waste can be recycled at high rates even when few components are reused for the same purpose. One reason lies in the information needed to trade reclaimed components: suppliers pay for testing, documentation, and verificat...
The ability to select, isolate, and manipulate micron-sized particles or small clusters has made optical tweezers one of the emergent tools for modern biotechnology. In conventional setups, the classification of the trapped specimen is usually achiev...
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) is a destructive agricultural pest. Facultative migration usually causes regional catastrophes; therefore, developing a simple and easy new technology for the monitoring and early warning of immigrant populations is...
Over a decade ago, the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) was described as a novel mechanism employed by neutrophils to tackle infections. Currently applied methods for NETs release quantification are often limited by the use of unspe...
The objective of this research is to identify from a spatial and temporal perspective the territories that are located in a “poverty trap” scenario. This is a scenario that does not allow overcoming the conditions and determinants that ga...
The water trap seal is still the main method of protecting building inhabitants from the ingress of foul contaminated air and noxious gases from the sewer. This seal can become compromised when water is lost in the trap by processes including evapora...
Wildlife monitoring is essential for biodiversity conservation, habitat management, and ecological assessment in protected landscapes. This study develops a multi-sensor, multi-perspective remote sensing approach that integrates drone-based thermal a...
Slugs are significant agricultural pests, causing extensive crop damage and economic losses. While chemical molluscicides are commonly used for control, concerns about their environmental impact have driven interest in alternative methods, including...
We describe the design, fabrication and use of a dual-layered microfluidic device for ultrahigh-throughput droplet trapping, analysis, and recovery using droplet buoyancy. To demonstrate the utility of this device for digital quantification of analyt...
The geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in offshore saline aquifers stands as a primary option for reducing CO2 emissions in coastal regions. China’s coastal regions, particularly Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, face significant challeng...
Biogenic or microbial methane has an increasing share in the global gas resource base, though its exploration still faces challenges and welcomes innovations. Critical elements of its migration and accumulation models are the groundwater flows which...
Polymer nanodielectrics present a particularly challenging materials design problem for capacitive energy storage applications like polymer film capacitors. High permittivity and breakdown strength are needed to achieve high energy density and loss m...
The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of drying method on flavor profiles of mulberry fruit using purge and trap (P&T) flavor extraction followed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and descriptive sensory anal...
This study investigates hydrogen embrittlement in welded joints of X52 (L360) pipeline steel obtained from an operating natural gas transmission network after 31 years of service, with particular emphasis on production (longitudinal) and girth (circu...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of liver cancer in humans, with an increasing incidence worldwide. The current study aimed to explore the molecular mechanisms that inhibit the proliferation of HepG2 cells, a hepatoblastoma-deri...
We evaluate the performance of multipole, linear Paul traps for the purpose of studying cold ion–atom collisions. A combination of numerical simulations and analysis based on the virial theorem is used to draw conclusions on the differences that resu...
In the northern Norwegian North Sea, the Lower Paleogene post-rift succession constitutes an underexplored interval with considerable potential for stratigraphic petroleum plays. Nevertheless, predicting its subsurface prospectivity remains hindered...
Free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) present a major management challenge for animal welfare and biodiversity conservation. Trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs, which include sterilization and return of cats, are increasingly adopted to manage cat...
Single-cell analysis has become the interest of a wide range of biological and biomedical engineering research. It could provide precise information on individual cells, leading to important knowledge regarding human diseases. To perform single-cell...
In dual-fiber optical traps, two counter-propagating laser beams emitted from opposing laser fibers trap and manipulate particles. We describe the operation and performance of a dual-fiber optical trap created using spherical-tapered ended fiber pigt...
Earthquake monitoring plays a key role in human life protection, especially in highly populated areas of the Earth. First indications have been found in SAMPEX and NOAA satellite data that particle fluxes of trapped electrons in the Van Allen belts c...
This study aimed to analyze the concept of the “feelings of entrapment” during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic using a systematic review. We included literature based on content and outcomes related to feelings of entrapment, such as...
Lotus roots are widely consumed vegetables because of their great taste and abundant nutrients, but their quality varies with the environments and cultivar. This study systematically compared farinose (Elian No. 5) and crisp (Elian No. 6) lotus root...
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) leverage the exceptional photoelectric properties of perovskite materials, yet interfacial energy level mismatches limit carrier extraction efficiency. In this work, energy level alignment was exploited to reduce the cha...
This paper presents a register-transfer-level (RTL) fault injection study of the LEON3 processor’s internal memory subsystem under single-event upsets (SEUs). The analysis targets four key components: the instruction cache (I-cache), data cache...
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