Rapid and Accurate Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum Samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay-A Clinical Validation Study [PDF]
Background: A crucial impediment to global tuberculosis control is the lack of an accurate, rapid diagnostic test for detection of patients with active TB.
Perkins, M. +70 more
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Rapid detection in food and feed [PDF]
Chemical contaminant monitoring in food and feed is a very relevant issue in global food quality and safety according to ongoing and previous Rapid Alert System on Food and Feed (RASFF) alerts. Also, consumers have placed chemical contaminants at the top of the “worry scale” of food-related risks.
Rudolf, Krska, Michel, Nielen
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Bacteria detection based on the evolution of enzyme-generated volatile organic compounds: Determination of Listeria monocytogenes in milk samples [PDF]
The rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes contamination in food is essential to prevent food-borne illness in humans. The aim of this study was to differentiate non-contaminated milk from milk contaminated with L.
Dean, John +3 more
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Introduction: Plantaricin BM-1 is a class IIa bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus plantarum BM-1 that exerts significant antibacterial activity against many foodborne bacteria.
Zheng Bian +6 more
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Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick test for the diagnosis of cholera in a high-risk population. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Early detection of cholera outbreaks is crucial for the implementation of the most appropriate control strategies. METHODS: The performance of an immunochromatographic dipstick test (Institute Pasteur, Paris, France) specific for Vibrio ...
Park, T. +47 more
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Rapid and Onsite Detection of Fuel Adulteration
In numerous developing countries, the lower cost of subsidized liquid fuels such as kerosene compared to market-rate fuels often results in fuel adulteration. Such misuse of kerosene is hard to detect with conventional detection technologies because they are either time consuming, expensive, not sensitive enough or require well-equipped analytical ...
Sanli Movafaghi +4 more
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Fast human detection for video event recognition [PDF]
Human body detection, which has become a research hotspot during the last two years, can be used in many video content analysis applications. This paper investigates a fast human detection method for volume based video event detection.
Wang, J, Xu, Zhijie, Hoder, M.E.
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Recovering high value-added anthocyanins from blueberry pomace with ultrasound-assisted extraction
Food waste is a potential source to replace fresh materials for obtaining functional ingredients. Blueberry pomace contains considerable amounts of anthocyanins.
Xuan Zhang +6 more
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Emerging Technologies for the Detection of Rabies Virus: Challenges and Hopes in the 21st Century [PDF]
The diagnosis of rabies is routinely based on clinical and epidemiological information, especially when exposures are reported in rabies-endemic countries.
Müller, Thomas +34 more
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Lateral-Flow Assay for Rapid Serodiagnosis of Human Leptospirosis [PDF]
An assay device for the rapid detection of Leptospira-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in human sera is presented. The sensitivity (85.8%) and specificity (93.6%) of the assay compared well (91.9% agreement) with those of an IgM enzyme-linked ...
Smits, H. L. +20 more
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