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Integrated Electrochemical Biosensors for Detection of Waterborne Pathogens in Low-Resource Settings
(MDPI, 2020-04-30)More than 783 million people worldwide are currently without access to clean and safe water. Approximately 1 in 5 cases of mortality due to waterborne diseases involve children, and over 1.5 million cases of waterborne ... -
Fluorescence-tagged metallothionein with CdTe quantum dots analyzed by the chip-CE technique
(Springer, 2015-10-28)Quantum dots (QDs) are fluorescence nanoparticles (NPs) with unique optic properties which allow their use as probes in chemical, biological, immunological, and molecular imaging. QDs linked with target ligands such as ... -
Porous-alumina-assisted formation of 3-D nanostructured niobium oxide films for advanced sensing applications
(Elsevier, 2015-06-07)Here we synthesize a 3-D metal/oxide/metal nanostructured film that merges the benefits of advanced nanocomposite inorganic materials with the flexibility of nonlithographic electrochemical technologies based on so-called ... -
Towards Automatic UAS-Based Snow-Field Monitoring for Microclimate Research
(MDPI, 2019-04-25)This article presents unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based photogrammetry as an efficient method for the estimation of snow-field parameters, including snow depth, volume, and~snow-covered area. Unlike~similar studies employing ... -
Mass spectrometric imaging of cysteine rich proteins in human skin
(Elsevier, 2019-03-15)Looking insight pathological processes, metallothioneins (MTs) are considered to be potential biomarkers for monitoring of a development of various types of diseases, such as cancer. The early identification of the MTs in ... -
Design and Fabrication of Fully Implantable MEMS Cochlea
(Elsevier, 2015-01-02)The micro-electro-mechanical array for application as fully implantable cochlea is presented in this paper. The complete system including a short overview of energy harvesting and the system configuration is proposed. This ... -
Fast response hydrogen microsensor based on semiconductor niobium-oxide nanostructures via smart anodizing of Al/Nb metal layers
(Elsevier, 2014-12-31)Nanostructured niobium oxide semiconductor is gaining increasing attention as electro-optic and gas sensing material. However, the preparation of stable niobium oxide nanofilm with reproducible morphology and behaviour ... -
3D Morphology of Fracture Surfaces Created by Mixed-mode II+III Fatigue Loading in Metallic Materials
(Elsevier, 2014-06-25)This paper presents results of 3Dfractographical analysis of shear-mode fatigue cracks in ARMCO iron, alpha-titanium, nickel and the X5CrNi18-10 steel. Observation of crack paths on a microscopic level enables us to reveal ... -
Common Industrial Protocol in machine safety
(Elsevier, 2015-01-05)The authors discuss the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP), an instrument used on many types of networks, including EtherNet and DeviceNet. The CIP is classified into a large number of variants, for example CIP Safety, CIP ... -
Initiation of Fatigue Cracks in Ultrafine-grained Materials in High-cycle Fatigue Region
(Elsevier, 2014-06-25)Initiation of fatigue cracks in materials with conventional grain (CG) size was investigated very thoroughly in the past. There is an extensive knowledge on the localization of cyclic plasticity and early crack development; ... -
Plasmonic Enhancement and Polarization Dependence of Nonlinear Upconversion Emissions from Single Gold Nanorod@SiO2@CaF2:Yb3+,Er3+ Hybrid Core-Shell-Satellite Nanostructures
(Springer Nature, 2017-05-19)Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) have recently become an attractive nonlinear fluorescence material for use in bioimaging because of their tunable spectral characteristics and exceptional photostability. ... -
Soluble collagen dissolution and assembling in pressurized carbon dioxide water solutions
(Budapest University of Technology, 2018-02-01)Dissolution and gelation procedures have a great influence on gelation time, microstructure and mechanical properties of reconstituted collagen products. We have investigated the dissolution of atelocollagen in CO2/water ... -
Research Update: Focused ion beam direct writing of magnetic patterns with controlled structural and magnetic properties
(AIP Publishing, 2018-06-01)Focused ion beam irradiation of metastable Fe78Ni22 thin films grown on Cu(100) substrates is used to create ferromagnetic, body-centered cubic patterns embedded into paramagnetic, face-centered-cubic surrounding. The ... -
Stress coupling effect on ideal shear strength: tungsten as a case study
(Hindawi, 2016-12-05)Mechanical response of a perfect bcc tungsten crystal to a multiaxial loading was investigated from first principles. The multiaxial stress state consisted of the shear stress and a superimposed compressive triaxial stress ... -
Boundedness character of a fourth-order system of difference equations
(Springer Nature, 2015-12-01)Sufficient conditions for boundedness character of solutions of a fourth-order system of difference equations is given. -
Utility of several microsatellite markers for the genetic characterisation of three ex situ populations of threatened caprine taxa (Capra aegagrus, C. cylindricornis and C. falconeri)
(ARCHIV FUR TIERZUCHT, 2015-10-07)Caprines belong to the most endangered group of mammals and artiodactyls suffering from many negative human impacts. Fortunately, many of them are protected and managed by national and international legislation and in situ ... -
Cooperation between an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned ground vehicle in highly accurate localization of gamma radiation hotspots
(SAGE Publications, 2018-01-01)This article discusses the highly autonomous robotic search and localization of radiation sources in outdoor environments. The cooperation between a human operator, an unmanned aerial vehicle, and an unmanned ground vehicle ... -
Influence of Long-Distance Bicycle Riding on Serum/Urinary Biomarkers of Prostate Cancer
(MDPI, 2016-03-17)Herein, we present a study focused on the determination of the influence of long-distance (53 km) bicycle riding on levels of chosen biochemical urinary and serum prostate cancer (PCa) biomarkers total prostate-specific ... -
Platinum nanoparticles induce damage to DNA and inhibit DNA replication
(PLOS, 2017-07-12)Sparsely tested group of platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) may have a comparable effect as complex platinum compounds. The aim of this study was to observe the effect of PtNPs in in vitro amplification of DNA fragment of phage ... -
Phasor analysis of NADH FLIM identifies pharmacological disruptions to mitochondrial metabolic processes in the rodent cerebral cortex
(PLOS, 2018-03-21)Investigating cerebral metabolism in vivo at a microscopic level is essential for understanding brain function and its pathological alterations. The intricate signaling and metabolic dynamics between neurons, glia, and ...
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