Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Microplastic Contamination of Shrimp Using Visible Near-Infrared Multispectral Imaging Technology Combined with Supervised Self-Organizin... by Sureerat Makmuang, Abderrahmane Aït-Kaddour

“…However, accurately detecting and characterizing MPs in biological samples remains a challenge due to the complexity of biological matrices and analytical limitations. …”
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Characterization and Properties of the Biosurfactant Produced by Pantoea Sp. for Application in the Petroleum Industry by Faboola Carolina G. Almeida, Leonie A. Sarubbo

“…The biosurfactant produced exhibited significantly low viscosity and a maximum reduction in surface tension of 30.0 mN/m. The biosurfactant production was detected at 36 hours, and the isolated biosurfactant corresponded to a concentration of 1.25 g/L after 60 hours of fermentation. …”
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EpCAM-Independent Enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells in Metastatic Breast Cancer. by Helen Schneck, Berthold Gierke, Frauke Uppenkamp, Bianca Behrens, Dieter Niederacher, Nikolas H Stoecklein, Markus F Templin, Michael Pawlak, Tanja Fehm, Hans Neubauer, Disseminated Cancer Cell Network (DCC Net) Duesseldorf

“…But, these approaches may not detect CTCs that express no/low levels of EpCAM, e.g. by undergoing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). …”
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Dual-frequency radar observations of snowmelt processes on Antarctic perennial sea ice by CFOSCAT and ASCAT by R. Xu, C. Zhao, C. Zhao, S. Arndt, S. Arndt, C. Haas, C. Haas

“…Here we study the capability of the Ku-band Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite Scatterometer (CFOSCAT) launched in 2018 to detect surface melting and compare it with more established observations of the C-band Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) in orbit since 2007. …”
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Qualitative Evaluation of Inflatable Wing Deformations Through Infrared Thermography and Piezoelectric Sensing by Luca Giammichele, Valerio D’Alessandro, Matteo Falone, Renato Ricci

“…Therefore, an infrared thermography technique was applied in order to detect local surface deformations and local separation phenomena. …”
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Enhancing bloodstream infection diagnostics: a novel filtration and targeted next-generation sequencing approach for precise pathogen identification by Ting-Syuan Lin, Ting-Syuan Lin, Ting-Syuan Lin, ZiHao Zhu, ZiHao Zhu, ZiHao Zhu, XiaoHong Lin, Hsi-Yuan Huang, Hsi-Yuan Huang, Hsi-Yuan Huang, Li-Ping Li, Li-Ping Li, Li-Ping Li, Jing Li, Jing Li, Jing Li, Jie Ni, Jie Ni, Jie Ni, PeiZhi Li, LanChun Chen, WeiXin Tang, HuiXin Liu, XiaoLong Se, MingFei Xie, Canling Long, Chih-Min Chiu, Szu-Han Fang, JiaMing Zhao, Yang-Chi-Dung Lin, Yang-Chi-Dung Lin, Yang-Chi-Dung Lin, XueTao Yu, Hsien-Da Huang, Hsien-Da Huang, Hsien-Da Huang, Hsien-Da Huang

“…The filtration membrane, designed with surface charge properties to be electrostatically attractive to leukocytes for the selective capture of specific cells, demonstrated high efficiency in removing host cells and nucleic acids, achieving over a 98% reduction in host DNA and thereby minimizing background interference in pathogen detection. …”
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Graphene-Based Plasmonic Antenna for Advancing Nano-Scale Sensors by Waqas Ahmad, Yihuan Wang, Guangqing Du, Qing Yang, Feng Chen

“…The integration of two-dimensional graphene with gold nanostructures has significantly advanced surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based optical biosensors, due to graphene’s exceptional optical, electronic, and surface properties. …”
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Structure and Optical Properties of Doped SiO2 Mesoporous Glasses by G. Hernández-Padrón, M. Hernández-Ortiz, H. A. Durán-Muñoz, M. García-Garduño, V. M. Castaño

“…The materials are characterized via IR and Raman scattering spectra to detect surface groups and -Si-O-Si- rings (i.e., 3–6 Si atoms) and morphology is examined through electron microscopy. …”
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Construction of nZVI@PES metal-organic frameworks to catalyze peroxymonosulfate for removal of naproxen by She Saiying, He Xiuling, Liu Lijuan, Zheng Yusen, Xiang Xianqiao, Ye Huanfeng, Feng Xingyi, Yang Yiling, Tang Ying

“…Naproxen, as one of the typical drugs and personal care products, has been widely detected in the environment due to its extensive production and use. …”
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The Optical Signature of a Bottom Boundary Layer Ventilation Event in the Northern Gulf of Mexico's Hypoxic Zone by Jason K. Jolliff, Ewa Jarosz, Sherwin Ladner, Travis Smith, Stephanie Anderson, James Dykes

“…Abstract Oceanographic observations in the northern Gulf of Mexico captured an unusual combination of atmospheric forcing and shelf frontal dynamics that brought about the surface ventilation of sediment‐laden bottom waters. …”
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Negative temperature coefficient effect of TPU/SWCNT/PEDOT:PSS polymer matrices for wearable temperature sensors by Yeongu Choi, Minhyeok Kim, Hongyun So

“…The TSP sensor proved to be effective for various practical applications, including biosignal monitoring through thermal detection, temperature tracking during phone charging, and accurate temperature sensing on curved surfaces. …”
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Cephalopod-inspired soft composite with liquid metal inclusions for tunable infrared modulation by Bin Yao, Siyuan He, Run Wang, Yihang Zeng, Wenxuan Shi, Yaxuan Zhu, Xinwei Xu, Shaowei Wang, Qing Wang, Hong Wang

“…These alterations in shape, size, and surface structure allow dynamic modulation of incident IR radiation's reflection, resulting in reversible changes in IR color (i.e., detected temperature). …”
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A Novel UWB TEM Horn Antenna with a Microstrip-Type Feed by Youcheng Wang, Guangyou Fang, Hai Su, Yicai Ji, Shengbo Ye, Xiaojuan Zhang

“…To broaden the low frequency band, an arc surface is added at the end of the flare plates. Numerical simulation is applied to discuss the effect of the geometry construction which contains the microstrip-type transition and the circular arc surface at the end of radiating arm. …”
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Meat colour characteristics of different productive types domestic quails by H. Lukanov

“…The lowest lightness values (L*) were detected on M. p. superficialis facies medialis and the outer surface of M. p. profundus. …”
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The ways to ensure fatigue strength of cold-formed rebars. Foundry production and metallurgy by V. V. Belash, T. A. Akhmetov, M. V. Oborov

“…Sequence of rebar breakage was established as well as the initial point of a crack creation was detected. This fracture is characterized as a fatigue one, with clear zones of fatigue fracture having fine-grained surface and static fracture zone– the rest of section with fibrous structure. …”
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Oral Dysbiosis Is Associated with the Pathogenesis of Aortic Valve Diseases by Erika Yaguchi, Yuske Komiyama, Shu Inami, Ikuko Shibasaki, Tomoaki Shintani, Ryo Shiraishi, Toshiki Hyodo, Hideki Shiba, Shinsuke Hamaguchi, Hirotsugu Fukuda, Shigeru Toyoda, Chonji Fukumoto, Sayaka Izumi, Takahiro Wakui, Hitoshi Kawamata

“…Bacterial DNA was detected in the aortic valves of 12 out of 32 patients. …”
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A large-scale estimation method for beach slopes using ICESat-2 altimeter: A case study of New Zealand by Nan Xu, Hao Xu, Wenyu Li, Hui Lu, Yongze Song, Jiaqi Yao, Yue Ma, He Ren, Tingting He, Fan Mo, Peng Gong

“…The proposed large-scale method for deriving beach slopes relies primarily on ICESat-2 photon counting light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data and auxiliary vector data, which does not require in-situ measurements. …”
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Pengenalan Barang Pada Kereta Belanja Menggunakan Metode Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) by Ronny Makhfuddin Akbar, Nani Sunarmi

“…The algorithm proposed to detect and identify several items with image matching using Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT). …”
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Time-series high spatio-temporal resolution vegetation leaf area index estimation based on NDVI trends by Chen Li, Hongmin Zhou, Jia Tang, Changjing Wang, Ziyu Wang, Jinlin Qi, Bihong Yang, Ruojing Fang

“…However, due to limitations of recent satellite observations and retrieval algorithms, the prevailing operational LAI product is of low spatial resolution, which is insufficient to support fine-scale detection of land surface vegetation changes. To overcome these challenges, a novel data assimilation approach, the ENKF-NDVI (Ensemble Kalman Filter-NDVI) model, was developed to estimate LAI data with 10-m spatial and 5-day temporal resolution. …”
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Quantification and identification of microfibers released from textiles during simulated accelerated washing by João Pinto da Costa, Ana Costa, Andréa Marinho, Alcina Pimenta, Ana Paula Fonte, Ana L. Patrício Silva, António José Fernandes, Florinda M. Costa, Damià Barceló, Lúcia H.M.L.M. Santos, Armando Duarte, Teresa Rocha-Santos

“…Microplastics, including plastic microfibers, consist of a wide range of materials of varying composition and morphology, as well as surface chemistry. Given their already demonstrated ubiquity in the environment and the inherent complexity of the different matrices in which these are found, detection and quantification methods are, consequently, quite disparate and gathered data are often not amenable for comparison. …”
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