• Electrochemical evaluation of selenium (IV) removal from its aqueous solutions by unmodified and modified graphene oxide 

  Koudelková, Zuzana; Býtešníková, Zuzana; Xhaxhiu, Kledi; Kremplová, Monika; Hynek, David; Adam, Vojtěch; Richtera, Lukáš (MDPI, 2019-03-02)

  The removal of selenium from superficial and waste water is a worldwide problem. The maximum limit according to the World Health Organization (WHO) for the selenium in the water is set at a concentration of 10 g/L. Carbon ...

• Transcriptomic landscape of cisplatin-resistant neuroblastoma cells 

  Merlos Rodrigo, Miguel Ángel; Buchtelová, Hana; Jimenez Jimenez, Ana Maria; Adam, Pavlína; Babula, Petr; Heger, Zbyněk; Adam, Vojtěch (MDPI, 2019-03-31)

  The efficiency of cisplatin (CDDP) is significantly hindered by the development of resistance during the treatment course. To gain a detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of cisplatin ...

• Phenolic profile of edible honeysuckle berries (Genus Lonicera) and their biological effect 

  Juříková, Tunde; Rop, Otakar; Mlček, Jiří; Sochor, Jiří; Balla, Štefan; Szekeres, Ladislav; Hegedusová, A.; Hubálek, Jaromír; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2012-01-01)

  The current status of research on polyphenolic compounds in the berries of edible honeysuckle and their biological effects, including recommended utilization, are reviewed. The major classes of phenolic compounds in the ...

• Prognostic Significance of Serum Free Amino Acids in Head and Neck Cancers 

  Všianský, Vít; Svobodová, Markéta; Gumulec, Jaromír; Cernei, Natalia Vladimirovna; Štěrbová, Dagmar; Zítka, Ondřej; Kostřica, Rom; Smilek, Pavel; Plzák, Jan; Betka, Jan; Kalfert, David; Masařík, Michal; Raudenská, Martina (MDPI, 2019-05-31)

  Despite distinctive advances in the field of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) biomarker discovery, the spectrum of clinically useful prognostic serum biomarkers is limited. As metabolic activities in highly ...

• Beads-Based Electrochemical Assay for the Detection of Influenza Hemagglutinin Labeled with CdTe Quantum Dots 

  Krejčová, Ludmila; Nejdl, Lukáš; Hynek, David; Křížková, Soňa; Kopel, Pavel; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2013-12-13)

  In this study we describe a beads-based assay for rapid, sensitive and specific isolation and detection of influenza vaccine hemagglutinin (HA). Amplification of the hemagglutinin signal resulted from binding of an ...

• Capillary Blood GSH Level Monitoring, Using an Electrochemical Method Adapted for Micro Volumes 

  Buchtová, Žaneta; Lacková, Zuzana; Kudr, Jiří; Zítka, Zdeněk; Škoda, Jan; Zítka, Ondřej (MDPI, 2018-10-01)

  Glutathione (gamma-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine; also known as GSH) is an endogenous antioxidant that plays a crucial role in cell defense mechanisms against oxidative stress. It is thus not surprising that this molecule can ...

• Synthesis and Optimization of Fractional-Order Elements Using a Genetic Algorithm 

  Kartci, Aslihan; Agambayev, Agamyrat; Farhat, Mohamed; Herencsár, Norbert; Brančík, Lubomír; Bagci, Hakan; Salama, Khaled Nabil (IEEE, 2019-06-14)

  This study proposes a new approach for the optimization of phase and magnitude responses of fractional-order capacitive and inductive elements based on the mixed integer-order genetic algorithm (GA), over a bandwidth of ...

• CFD Simulation of Defogging Effectivity in Automotive Headlamp 

  Guzej, Michal; Zachar, Martin (MDPI, 2019-07-07)

  In the past decade, the condensation of internal air humidity in automotive headlamps has become more prevalent than ever due to the increased usage of a new light source—LEDs. LEDs emit far less heat than previously-used ...

• Laminar-turbulent transition in a constricted tube: Comparison of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes turbulence models and large eddy simulation with experiments 

  Elcner, Jakub; Lízal, František; Jedelský, Jan; Tuhovčák, Ján; Jícha, Miroslav (SAGE Journals, 2019-05-27)

  Constricted tubes appear in many engineering as well as biological systems such as blood vessels or pulmonary airways. The aim of this article is to test the ability of different turbulence models to predict the flow field ...

• Sunflower Plants as Bioindicators of Environmental Pollution with Lead (II) Ions 

  Kryštofová, Olga; Shestivska, Violetta; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela; Novotný, Karel; Kaiser, Jozef; Zehnálek, Josef; Babula, Petr; Opatřilová, Radka; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2009-06-25)

  In this study, the influence of lead (II) ions on sunflower growth and biochemistry was investigated from various points of view. Sunflower plants were treated with 0, 10, 50, 100 and/or 500 mu M Pb-EDTA for eight days. ...

• Visible Light Communication: A System Perspective - Overview and Challenges 

  Rehman, Saeed; Ullah, Shakir; Chong, Peter; Yongchareon, Sira; Komosný, Dan (MDPI, 2019-03-07)

  Visible light communication (VLC) is a new paradigm that could revolutionise the future of wireless communication. In VLC, information is transmitted through modulating the visible light spectrum (400–700 nm) that is used ...

• Millimeter Wave Vehicular Channel Emulation: A Framework for Balancing Complexity and Accuracy 

  Blazek, Thomas; Zöchmann, Erich; Mecklenbräuker, Christoph (MDPI, 2018-11-16)

  We propose a general framework for the specification of a sparse representation of millimeter wave vehicular propagation channels and apply this to both synthetic data and real-world observations from channel sounding ...

• Positioning Information Privacy in Intelligent Transportation Systems: an Overview and Future Perspective 

  Ometov, Aleksandr; Bezzateev, Sergey; Davydov, Vadim; Shchesniak, Anna; Mašek, Pavel; Lohan, Elena Simona; Koucheryavy, Yevgeni (MDPI, 2019-03-26)

  Today, one of the most promising markets in the world is related to vehicular niche. At the same time, one of the challenges for enabling autonomous cars in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is the positioning ...

• Simultaneous Transmission of Photonic Services over One Fiber with an ITU 100 GHz Grid 

  Horváth, Tomáš; Münster, Petr; Vojtěch, Josef; Smotlacha, Vladimír (MDPI, 2019-04-02)

  The increasing interest in distributed sensors and the decreasing price of optical components have led to leveraging the use of existing fiber in deployments over optical networks and more application possibilities (from ...

• Condenser-type Heat Exchanger for Compost Heat Recovery Systems 

  Bajko, Jaroslav; Fišer, Jan; Jícha, Miroslav (MDPI, 2019-04-25)

  The majority of heat released during composting is contained in latent form of water vapour. To improve the rate of heat recovery, a simple heat exchanger based on condensation of compost vapours was designed. A prototype ...

• Aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition of gas sensitive SnO2 and Au-functionalised SnO2 nanorods via a non-catalysed vapour solid (VS) mechanism 

  Vallejos Vargas, Stella; Selina, Soultana; Annanouch, Fatima; Grácia, Isabel; Llobet, Eduard; Blackman, Chris (Nature, 2016-06-23)

  Tin oxide nanorods (NRs) are vapour synthesised at relatively lower temperatures than previously reported and without the need for substrate pre-treatment, via a vapour-solid mechanism enabled using an aerosol-assisted ...

• Raman and XPS studies of ammonia sensitive polypyrrole nanorods and nanoparticles 

  Šetka, Milena; Calavia, Raul; Vojkůvka, Lukáš; Llobet, Eduard; Drbohlavová, Jana; Vallejos Vargas, Stella (Springer Nature, 2019-06-11)

  Raman and XPS studies of ammonia sensitive polypyrrole nanorods and nanoparticles, respectively and tested upon ammonia exposure using Raman and X-ray photonelectrone spectroscopy (XPS). Characterization of both nanomaterilas ...

• Simulation of Achievable Data Rates of Broadband Power Line Communication for Smart Metering 

  Mlýnek, Petr; Mišurec, Jiří; Šilhavý, Pavel; Fujdiak, Radek; Sláčik, Ján; HASIRCI, Zeynep (MDPI, 2019-04-12)

  This paper presents results of such a simulation study. It is based on realistic PLC channel model implementation in Network Simulator 3, our modification and extension of this implementation for our use case scenario. It ...

• A Sensor System for Detecting and Localizing Partial Discharges in Power Transformers with Improved Immunity to Interferences 

  Drexler, Petr; Čáp, Martin; Fiala, Pavel; Steinbauer, Miloslav; Kadlec, Radim; Kaška, Miloš; Kočiš, Lubomír (MDPI, 2019-02-22)

  The paper reports on the solution, principles, and application results related to a system for diagnosing main transformers in power plants via the radiofrequency method. The subject of the diagnostics is the occurrence ...

• Efficient Modulation and Processing Method for Closed-Loop Fiber Optic Gyroscope with Piezoelectric Modulator 

  Skalský, Michal; Havránek, Zdeněk; Fialka, Jiří (MDPI, 2019-04-10)

  This paper presents a simple method for compensating the Sagnac phase shift in an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope (I-FOG) with a piezoelectric modulator. The common advantages of I-FOGs with closed-loop compensation ...

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