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Piezoelectric point-of-care biosensor for the detection of SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) antibodies

open access: yesSensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 2022
It is always challenging to diagnose a disease using a biosensor reliably, and quickly with high sensitivity and selectivity, simultaneosuly. Recently the world experienced a global pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Although the vaccines
Debdyuti Mandal   +3 more
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Environmental exposure to metals and the development of tauopathies, synucleinopathies, and TDP-43 proteinopathies: A systematic evidence map protocol

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2022
Background: Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are incurable and expected to increase in prevalence in the upcoming decades.
Kirstin Hester   +5 more
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Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Sensors: Physics, Materials, and Applications

open access: yesSensors, 2022
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are the guided waves that propagate along the top surface of a material with wave vectors orthogonal to the normal direction to the surface.
Debdyuti Mandal, Sourav Banerjee
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Metamaterials for Acoustic Noise Filtering and Energy Harvesting

open access: yesSensors, 2023
Artificial methods for noise filtering are required for the twenty-first century’s Factory vision 4.0. From various perspectives of physics, noise filtering capabilities could be addressed in multiple ways.
Fariha Mir   +2 more
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Protocol for Initiating and Monitoring Bumble Bee Microcolonies with Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

open access: yesBio-Protocol, 2022
Populations of some bumble bee species are in decline, prompting the need to better understand bumble bee biology and for assessing the effects of environmental stressors on these important pollinators.
David Lehmann
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Simultaneous Dirac-like Cones at Two Energy States in Tunable Phononic Crystals: An Analytical and Numerical Study

open access: yesCrystals, 2021
Simultaneous occurrence of Dirac-like cones at the center of the Brillouin zone (Γ) at two different energy states is termed Dual-Dirac-like cones (DDC) in this article. The occurrence of DDC is a rare phenomenon.
Mustahseen M. Indaleeb, Sourav Banerjee
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How farmer characteristics and dimensions of resilience correlate with farmers’ ability to recover from shocks: a case study of Indonesian palm oil smallholders

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, 2021
Most studies on the effects of certification on smallholders’ livelihood emphasize vulnerability while neglecting resilience. This paper assesses the farmer resilience of five different types of palm oil smallholders in Indonesia.
Nia Kurniawati Hidayat   +2 more
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The influence of dietary intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the association between short-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide and respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes among healthy adults

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2021
Background Short-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is associated with adverse respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes. Supplementation of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) has shown protection against exposure to fine particulate ...
Hao Chen   +10 more
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Omega-3 fatty acids attenuate cardiovascular effects of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution

open access: yesParticle and Fibre Toxicology, 2022
Background Exposure to air pollution is associated with elevated cardiovascular risk. Evidence shows that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFA) may attenuate the adverse cardiovascular effects of exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ...
Hao Chen   +10 more
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City Labs as Vehicles for Innovation in Urban Planning Processes

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2016
This paper assesses the role of urban experiments for local planning processes through a case-based analysis of the city lab of Maastricht. In conjunction with this, the article offers three contributions, as additional elements.
Christian Scholl, René Kemp
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