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Biosafety and Biosecurity in European Containment Level 3 Laboratories: Focus on French Recent Progress and Essential Requirements

Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
Even if European Union (EU) Member States are obliged to implement EU Directives 2000/54/EC on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work, national biosafety regulations and practices varied from country to ...
Boris Pastorino, Boris Pastorino, Xavier de Lamballerie, Xavier de Lamballerie, Rémi Charrel, Rémi Charrel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perinatal chikungunya induced scalded skin syndrome

IDCases, 2020
Chikungunya is a rapidly emerging infectious disease worldwide caused by a virus that belongs to the Togaviridae family. It can have varied presentations, but vesiculobullous lesions are commonly described.
Joseph Jebain, Alfredo Siller, Jr., Omar Lupi, Thais Barros Castro Alves, Fátima Di Maio Ferreira, Patrícia Brasil, Stephen K. Tyring   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

End‐to‐End Sensing Systems for Breast Cancer: From Wearables for Early Detection to Lab‐Based Diagnosis Chips

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane, Lyn I. Jones, Richard M. Martin, Helen Winter, Faezeh Arab Hassani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Vertical Transmission in Newborns; A Case Series

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
Objective: To assess the impact of COVID-19 in pregnant women and determine the vertical transmission in newborns. Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Gynecology & Obstetric, Combined Military Hospital, Gujranwala ...
Yasmin Fatima, Islam Bano, Pareesae Humayun, Maria Sajid, Lubna Noor, Majid Waseem   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flexible Sensor‐Based Human–Machine Interfaces with AI Integration for Medical Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores how flexible sensing technology and artificial intelligence (AI) significantly enhance human–machine interfaces in medical robotics. It highlights key sensing mechanisms, AI‐driven advancements, and applications in prosthetics, exoskeletons, and surgical robotics.
Yuxiao Wang, Zhipeng Jiang, Sun Hwa Kwon, Matthew Ibrahim, Alexander Dang, Lin Dong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li, Shuai Liu, Xinyi Wang, Xinglong Gong, Shouhu Xuan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, Shubh P. Mehta, Baiyan Qi, Yang Yang, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart REASSURED Sensors via Machine‐Augmented Printable On‐Paper Arrays

Advanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.
This perspective highlights the emerging role of pattern‐recognition, printable on‐paper sensor arrays for intelligent PoC diagnostics. It discusses how paper's inherent limitations can be overcome through surface modification and scalable printing, and how machine‐learning analysis of cross‐reactive arrays enables multiplexed, low‐cost, and REASSURED ...
Naimeh Naseri, Saba Ranjbar
wiley   +1 more source

HIV-1 RNA detection in the amniotic fluid of HIV-infected pregnant women

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
This study is aimed at evaluating the potential to detect human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in amniotic fluid (AF) collected at delivery from 40 HIV-positive pregnant women. Thirty patients had a plasma viral load (VL) below 1,000 copies/mL at delivery.
Ana Christina Lobato, Regina Amélia Aguiar, Agdemir Waléria Aleixo, Beatriz Amélia Andrade, Ines Katherina Cavallo, Fabiana Maria Kakehasi, Jorge Andrade Pinto, Victor Hugo Melo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Control of infectious disease during pregnancy among pastoralists in South Sudan: A case for investment into mobile clinics

Pastoralism, 2018
Given their high intermittent mobility, proximity to cattle as well as underlying cultural practices, pastoralists are among groups with high exposure to infectious diseases.
E. N. Odjidja
semanticscholar   +1 more source