Heavy Metals in Particulate Matter—Trends and Impacts on Environment by Ecaterina Matei, Maria Râpă, Ileana Mariana Mateș, Anca-Florentina Popescu, Alexandra Bădiceanu, Alexandru Ioan Balint, Cristina Ileana Covaliu-Mierlă

“…Heavy metals represent a class of pollutants detected at concentrations lower than 10 ppm in different matrices that are intensively monitored due to having a major impact on human health. …”
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An optical Fiber Pressure Sensor With Ultra-Thin Epoxy Film and High Sensitivity Characteristics Based on Blowing Bubble Method by Shubin Zhang, Qi Lei, Jiabin Hu, Yubo Zhao, Haitao Gao, Jian Shen, Chaoyang Li

“…Therefore, it has good application value in high sensitivity pressure and sound wave detection.…”
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Development of Cortisol Sensors with Interdigitated Electrode Platforms Based on Barium Titanate Nanoparticles by Marylene S. G. Roma, Juliano A. Chaker

“…Cortisol is a key biomarker for stress detection, and its levels can be monitored using point-of-care devices with sensors such as nanoparticles and interdigitated array electrodes (IDEs). …”
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Optical Correction of Keratoconus with a Scleral Gas-Permeable Lenses by A. V. Myagkov, Yu. B. Slonimskiy, E. V. Belousova, T. S. Mitichkina, L. R. Bunyatova

“…Keratoconus changes cornea’s shape, the surface of the cornea becomes irregular, which leads to a violation of light refraction and the occurrence of optical aberrations. …”
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Multicolour single molecule imaging in cells with near infra-red dyes. by Christopher J Tynan, David T Clarke, Benjamin C Coles, Daniel J Rolfe, Marisa L Martin-Fernandez, Stephen E D Webb

“…<h4>Background</h4>The autofluorescence background of biological samples impedes the detection of single molecules when imaging. The most common method of reducing the background is to use evanescent field excitation, which is incompatible with imaging beyond the surface of biological samples. …”
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Application of a Needle Trap Sampler Containing Hydroxyl Fullerene Nanoparticles for Benzene Sampling in Air by Saleh Qahri Saremi, Nabiollah Mansouri, Mahmoud Heidari, Marzieh Shekarriz, Homayon Ahmad Panahi

“…The instrumental and quantitative detection limits were calculated to be 0.011 µgL-1 and 0.029 µgL-1 of air, respectively. …”
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Spatiotemporal impact of mesoscale eddies on chlorophyll-a concentration in the North Atlantic by Jinghui Cai, Jialong Sun, Jialong Sun, Jialong Sun, Siyuan Qin, Yaonan Li

“…Cyclonic eddies significantly elevate surface Chl-a concentrations (0.6–1.8 mg/m³) through upwelling processes, while anticyclonic eddies induce localized enrichment (15%–25% increase) along their peripheries, exhibiting marked seasonal variability. …”
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Proportion of hepatitis B virus infection, vaccine awareness, and coverage among pregnant mothers attending a tertiary care hospital in Odisha – A cross-sectional study by Swayam P. Parida, Baijayantimala Mishra, Vikas Bhatia, Saubhagya K. Jena, Debkumar Pal, Sourabh Paul, Jyotiranjan Sahoo

“…We also collected venous blood samples for the detection of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg). Results: A total of 510 pregnant women were recruited for 1 year. …”
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RDSM: Underwater multi-AUV relay deployment and selection mechanism in 3D space by Yafei Liu, Na Liu, Hao Li, Yi Jiang, Junwu zhu

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Research on 3D Modeling Method of Tunnel Surrounding Rock Structural Planes Based on B-Spline Interpolation by Houxiang Liu, Yunxiang Liu, Ming Zhou, Longgang Liu, Jiang Liu, Zhiyong Liu, Hao Li, Pingtao Li

“…The method first employs YOLOv5 for rapid detection of structural regions and DeepLabV3+ for precise boundary segmentation, followed by skeleton extraction and coordinate transformation to obtain spatial structural traces. …”
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Service-Chain-Driven Communication and Computing Integration Networking: A Case Study of Levee Piping Hazard Inspection via Remote Sensing by Jing Chen, Lyuzhou Gao, Hongquan Sun, Siquan Yang, Zhonggen Wang, Yuting Wan, Kedi Wang

“…This integrated framework ensures seamless interaction between sensing, communication, and computation, addressing the challenges of real-time hazard detection in emergency scenarios.…”
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A systematic investigation of drilling fluid bulk relaxation impact on NMR interpretation for formation evaluation by Fauzan Akomolafe, Ammar El-Husseiny, Abdulrauf Adebayo, Mohamed Mahmoud, Badr Bageri

“…During drilling, mud filtrate invasion alters near-wellbore properties which possibly impacts well logging measurements causing inaccuracies in formation evaluation. Given the shallow detection depth of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging, the transverse relaxation time (T2) spectrum is highly susceptible to invasion effects. …”
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Individual tree segmentation in occluded complex forest stands through ellipsoid directional searching and point compensation by Qingjun Zhang, Shangshu Cai, Xinlian Liang

“…The RMSE, RMSE%, bias, and bias% of tree height, crown base height, crown projection area, crown surface area, and crown volume were used to evaluate the segmentation accuracy, respectively. …”
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus in HIV Tested Positive Patients Accessing Treatment in Specialist Hospital Jimeta by Mohammed Bashir, Halima Ibrahim, Halima Isa

“…The presence of HBV was detected using DiaSpot Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) kit, whereas demographic data were obtained using a prestructured questionnaire. …”
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Early Posterior Corneal Changes and Belin/Ambrósio Scores Following Photorefractive Keratectomy: A Pentacam Study by Konuralp Yakar, Göksu Alaçamlı, Gökhan Özgür

“…Abstract Introduction To evaluate early postoperative changes in the posterior corneal surface, anterior chamber parameters, and Belin/Ambrósio Enhanced Ectasia Display (BAD) scores following photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) using Pentacam tomography. …”
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Mountain Landslide Monitoring Using a DS-InSAR Method Incorporating a Spatio-Temporal Atmospheric Phase Screen Correction Model by Shipeng Guo, Xiaoqing Zuo, Jihong Zhang, Xu Yang, Cheng Huang, Xuefu Yue

“…The detection of potential rural mountain landslide displacements using time-series interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar has been challenged by both atmospheric phase screens and decoherence noise. …”
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Predictors of Bluetongue development in Sardinia (Italy) identification, using multilevel logistic mixed model by Federica Loi, Francesca Gigli Berzolari, Alberto Laddomada, Annamaria Coccollone, Andrea Scrugli, Annalisa Ghironi, Angelo Putzolu, Sandro Rolesu, Stefano Cappai

“…Results: The final model indicated that Bluetongue development was significantly associated with an increase in number of animals (P < 0.0001), number of cattle around farm (P  < 0.0001), water surface area (P =0.002), and amount of rainfall in the previous days (P < 0.0001). …”
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Field Measurement and Mechanical Analysis of Height of the Water Flowing Fracture Zone in Short-Wall Block Backfill Mining beneath the Aquifer: A Case Study in China by Yun Zhang, Shenggen Cao, Tong Wan, Jijun Wang

“…The SBBM method can not only enhance the recovery ratio but also provide a solution for the environment problems associated with gangues on the surface. However, whether the height of water flowing fractures will reach to the aquifer to cause water loss during SBBM has always been a key problem. …”
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Efficient Design of a Terahertz Metamaterial Dual-Band Absorber Using Multi-Objective Firefly Algorithm Based on a Multi-Cooperative Strategy by Guilin Li, Yan Huang, Yurong Wang, Weiwei Qu, Hu Deng, Liping Shang

“…Terahertz metamaterial dual-band absorbers are used for multi-target detection and high-sensitivity sensing in complex environments by enhancing information that reflects differences in the measured substances. …”
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Emerging trends in Optofluidic biosensing: Techniques, applications, and future directions by Renu Poria, Sahil Kumar, Deepak Kala, Maciej Sakowicz, Hardeep Tuli, Krishna Kattel, Ankur Kaushal, Shagun Gupta, Deepak Kumar

“…This paper reports the various platforms, starting with surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based optofluidic biosensors, covering angular and spectral SPR biosensing, local SPR biosensing, and the sensitivity and limit of detection (LOD) of both propagating and localized SPR, including multiplexing SPR biosensing techniques. …”
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