Accurate real-time PCR strategy for monitoring bloodstream parasitic loads in chagas disease patients. by Tomas Duffy, Margarita Bisio, Jaime Altcheh, Juan Miguel Burgos, Mirta Diez, Mariano Jorge Levin, Roberto Rene Favaloro, Hector Freilij, Alejandro Gabriel Schijman

“…In order to express accurately the parasitic loads: (1) we adapted a commercial kit based on silica-membrane technology to enable efficient processing of Guanidine Hydrochloride-EDTA treated blood samples and minimize PCR inhibition; (2) results were normalized incorporating a linearized plasmid as an internal standard of the whole procedure; and (3) a correction factor according to the representativity of satellite sequences in each parasite lineage group was determined using a modified real-time PCR protocol (Lg-PCR). …”
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Application of the Adaptive Mixed-Order Cubature Particle Filter Algorithm Based on Matrix Lie Group Representation for the Initial Alignment of SINS by Ning Wang, Fanming Liu

“…A hybrid-order cubature transformation is introduced to reduce model linearization errors, thereby enhancing the estimation accuracy. …”
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pycastx: A Python library for lightweight data encryption in IoT using ECC and metaheuristics based high-entropy keys and dynamic S-Box by Salman Ali, Md Asdaque Hussain, Faisal Anwer, Ahwar Khan, Mohd Irfan Alam

“…The proposed library and encryption scheme are suitable for IoT applications where efficiency and security are critical. This work narrows the gap between theoretical cryptography and its practical implementation, providing a comprehensive solution for secure data transmission in modern communication systems.…”
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Study on Microstructural Evolution and Strength Growth and Fracture Mechanism of Cemented Paste Backfill by Jian-Xin Fu, Wei-Dong Song, Yu-Ye Tan

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Green-based anti-biofilm nanoformulations against bacterial contaminations in nosocomial environments by Giovanni Lo Bello, Elena Dellacasa, Giacomo Damonte, Debora Caviglia, Anna Maria Schito, Roberto Raiteri, Orietta Monticelli, Marina Sartini, Maria Luisa Cristina, Laura Pastorino

“…The obtained results demonstrated that the system prepared from the enzyme-conjugated nanoparticles exhibited a significant enzymatic activity and an efficient ability to degrade the protective bacterial biofilm. …”
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Colorimetry/smartphone dual-mode sensing of ascorbic acid by a Co-Fe Prussian blue analog-based peroxidase-like platform by Weiyan Shi, Xinning Zhang, Xin Yang, Long Bai, Jinsong Yu, Fei Xu, Tai Ye

“…In this work, Co-Fe Prussian blue analogs yolk-shelled nanocubes (Co-Fe PBAs YSHCs) successfully prepared by a template-assisted ion exchange method are demonstrated for efficient AA sensing. The as-prepared Co-Fe PBAs YSHCs display superior and desirable peroxidase-like activity. …”
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Rapid Recognition of Geoherbalism and Authenticity of a Chinese Herb by Data Fusion of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) and Mid-Infrared (MIR) Spectroscopy Combined with Chemometri... by Haiyan Fu, Qiong Shi, Liuna Wei, Lu Xu, Xiaoming Guo, Ou Hu, Wei Lan, Shunping Xie, Tianming Yang

“…Furthermore, the PLSDA model based on the data fusion of NIR and IR was more accurate and efficient. But, the identification of authenticity of Corydalis yanhusuo W. …”
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Providing a Roadmap for the Adaption of Agricultural Sector to Water Scarcity Conditions (Case Study: Selected Crops of Tajan Basin, Iran) by H. Fouladi, H. Amirnejad, S. Shirzadi Laskookalayeh

“…For this reason, the void of using an efficient model that can provide all economic and environmental aspects at the same time was completely felt. …”
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Physicochemical, morphological, and rheological properties of cellulose nanofibrils produced via ultra-high-pressure homogenization by Lingxin You, Benoît Marcolini, Jérôme Bour, Patrick Grysan, Yves Fleming, Peter Fischer, Christos Soukoulis

“…In conclusion, UHPH is an efficient method to induce the nanofibrillation of cellulose, and improve its techno-functionality.…”
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Genotypic Effect on Olive (<i>Olea europaea</i>) Fruit Phenolic Profile by Hande Yılmaz-Düzyaman, Lorenzo León, Raúl de la Rosa, Araceli Sánchez-Ortiz, Alicia Serrano, Francisco Luque, Carlos Sanz, Ana G. Perez

“…Fruit phenolic profiling enables efficient screening of large germplasm collections without oil extraction, but environmental variability, especially year-to-year differences, affects their expression. …”
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Effects of Succinate-Based Antioxidant on in vitro Conversion of Methemoglobin in Oxyhemoglobin by A. M. Chernysh, E. K. Kozlova, V. V. Moroz, V. A. Sergunova, O. E. Gudkova, E. A. Manchenko, A. P. Kozlov

“…The greater the concentration of drug, the more was the incubation time, the more efficient was the process of reduction of MetHb to HbO2.Conclusion. …”
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The impact of genetic variants related to the fatty acid metabolic process pathway on milk production traits in Jersey cows by Sena Ardicli, Nursen Senturk, Berkay Bozkurt, Huseyn Babayev, Tuğçe Selvi, Stephen Skolnick, Hivdanur Ter, Beyza Aktas, Ayse Isık, Ozgur Toprak Ay, Ozge Ardicli, Ozden Cobanoglu

“…Consequently, the genotype combinations highlighted in this study serve as novel and efficient markers for assessing the fat content in cow’s milk.…”
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Pyrene‐diaminomaleonitrile‐based fluorescent probe for the turn‐on detection and bioimaging of hypochlorite by Bingbing Yue, Ruida Shi, Huiwen Yang, Caifeng Ding, Haitao Yu, Yanyu Qi

“…To deeply investigate the function of HClO in organisms and its impact on health status, there is an urgent need to develop efficient detection techniques in the biomedical field. …”
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Robust Nonfragile H∞ Control of Lateral Semiactive Suspension of Rail Vehicles by Jianjun Meng, Ruxun Xu, Decang Li

“…Then the H∞ norm was used to reflect riding comfort; the sufficient conditions for the existence of robust nonfragile H∞ control were developed based on linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. The design of a robust nonfragile H∞ control with gain perturbation was changed into an optimization issue with linear inequality constraint and a linear objective function. …”
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Energy Management System for Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicle-Based Industries Using Digital Twins: A Waste Management Industry Case Study by Andrés Bernabeu-Santisteban, Andres C. Henao-Muñoz, Gerard Borrego-Orpinell, Francisco Díaz-González, Daniel Heredero-Peris, Lluís Trilla

“…Furthermore, the optimization strategies reduce the operational costs by 1.3%, compared to the actual industry procedure, resulting in daily savings of EUR 24.2 through the efficient scheduling of electric vehicle fleet charging.…”
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Transient Force Measurement and Mechanism Analysis of Nanosecond Laser Ablation of Al/Ti Alloys Using Polyvinylidene Fluoride Sensors by Ming Wen, Baosheng Du, Luyun Jiang, Heyan Gao, Jianhui Han, Haichao Cui, Jifei Ye, Chenhui Yang

“…This excellent transient mechanical sensing performance can be attributed to the high laser power density, efficient laser energy utilization, and the physical properties of the target material. …”
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Thermodynamic modeling adsorption behavior of a well-known gelation crosslinker on sandstone rocks by Yang Yue, Ayat Hussein Adhab, Dharmesh Sur, Soumya V. Menon, Abhayveer Singh, S. Supriya, Shakti Bedanta Mishra, Deepak Nathiya, Morug Salih Mahdi, Aseel Salah Mansoor, Usama Kadem Radi, Nasr Saadoun Abd, Mohammad Mahtab Alam, Khaled Herati

“…Adsorption isotherms, including the Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and linear models, were applied to experimental data to predict adsorption capacity and understand underlying mechanisms. …”
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Single-Frame Infrared Target Detection Based on Fast Content-Related Modeling by Zipeng Zhang, Xidong Zhao, Wenzheng Wang, Yuqi Han, Chenwei Deng, Zhuokai Li, Linbo Tang

“…Finally, we propose an efficient solving algorithm with stepwise reconstruction from seed images sampled from infrared images, enabling linear-time extraction of infrared small targets. …”
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A Novel Method for Rapid and High-Performance SERS Substrate Fabrication by Combination of Cold Plasma and Laser Treatment by Thi Quynh Xuan Le, Thanh Binh Pham, Van Chuc Nguyen, Minh Thu Nguyen, Thu Loan Nguyen, Nguyen Thuan Dao

“…In this paper, we report a simple yet efficient method for rapid and high-performance SERS substrate fabrication by a combination of cold plasma and laser treatment. …”
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PDCNet: A Polarimetric Data-Enhanced Contrastive Learning Network for PolSAR Land Cover Classification by Bo Ren, Chaoyue Hua, Biao Hou, Jian Lv, Chen Yang, Licheng Jiao, Jocelyn Chanussot

“…Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) has rich polarization information, offering an efficient and reliable means of collecting information. …”
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