Optical Nanotweezers Based on All-Dielectric Resonant Structures by Hongyang Xu, Xi Xie, Siwei Chen, Yanan Fu, Yuquan Zhang, Xiaocong Yuan, Changjun Min

“…These features render them highly valuable for applications such as biological detection and precision measurement. Although current optical nanotweezers technologies like surface plasmon polariton tweezers have surpassed the optical diffraction limit and enabled nanoscale manipulation of particles, they are limited by issues such as complexities in optical systems and substantial thermal effects, which hinder their practical applications. …”
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Management of the Kidney Transplant Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection by Ignatius Y. S. Tang, Natasha Walzer, Nidhi Aggarwal, Ivo Tzvetanov, Scott Cotler, Enrico Benedetti

“…Interferon should be avoided after kidney transplant except for treatment of life-threatening liver injury, such as fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis. Early detection, prevention, and treatment of complications due to chronic HCV infection may improve the outcomes of kidney transplant recipients with chronic HCV infection.…”
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MIMO-Based Forward-Looking SAR Imaging Algorithm and Simulation by Ziqiang Meng, Yachao Li, Shengqi Zhu, Yinghui Quan, Mengdao Xing, Zheng Bao

“…Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar imaging can provide higher resolution and better sensitivity and thus can be applied to targets detection, recognition, and tracking. Missile-borne forward-looking SAR (MFL-SAR) is a new and special MIMO radar mode. …”
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From TORTORA to MegaTORTORA—Results and Prospects of Search for Fast Optical Transients by Grigory Beskin, Sergey Bondar, Sergey Karpov, Vladimir Plokhotnichenko, Adriano Guarnieri, Corrado Bartolini, Giuseppe Greco, Adalberto Piccioni, Andrew Shearer

“…We developed a system consisting of widefield camera with field of view of 400–600 sq.deg. which uses TV-CCD with 0.13 s temporal resolution to record and classify optical transients, and a fast robotic telescope aimed to perform their spectroscopic and photometric investigation just after detection. Such two-telescope complex, combining wide-field camera TORTORA and robotic telescope REM, operated from May 2006 at La Silla ESO observatory. …”
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Targeted Next-Generation Resequencing of Gene Identifies Novel Multiple Variants Pattern in Severe Hereditary Factor V Deficiency by Piotr K. Janicki, Sonia Vaida, Hamid A. B. AL-Mondhiry

“…Five mutations in the coding sequence of , including three missense single-nucleotide variants (R2102H, R513K, D107H) and two synonymous variants (A135A , S184S), were identified and confirmed by the Sanger sequencing in the investigated proband (homozygote for all detected mutations), her parents, and her newborn child (all heterozygotic carriers for identified mutations). …”
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Mysterious air pollution in south China linked to volcanic emissions from the Philippines by Changqing Lin, Jian Zhen Yu, Eddie Lee, Pak-Wai Chan, Jackie Wai-Yin Ng, Ying-Wa Chan, Tianshu Zhang, Yiang Chen, Hanzhe Chen, Zijing Zhang, Samuel Ho-Kwong Chui, Jimmy C. H. Fung, Wenqing Liu, Alexis K. H. Lau

“…Large-scale satellite measurements and chemical transport modeling detected the transboundary transport of a volcanic plume originating from the Taal volcano in the Philippines. …”
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Sound Velocities of the Hydrous Iron‐Rich HH1‐Phase: Implications for Lower Mantle Seismic Heterogeneities by Lu Liu, Alfred Q. R. Baron, Eiji Ohtani, Hiroshi Fukui, Daijo Ikuta, Daisuke Ishikawa, Li Zhang

“…Moreover, the interpretation of a large VP/VS ratio as indicating the presence of water in the upper mantle and crust may not be applicable for detecting water in the lower mantle.…”
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Two-layer homolog network approach for PFAS nontarget screening and retrospective data mining by Zhaoyu Jiao, Sachi Taniyasu, Nanyang Yu, Xuebing Wang, Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Si Wei

“…The second layer builds a network between classes to expedite the identification of PFAS. We detected 94 PFAS in twelve waterproof products and two related industrial sludges, including 36 novel PFAS not previously reported in any sample. …”
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The Bioactivated Interfacial Behavior of the Fluoridated Hydroxyapatite-Coated Mg-Zn Alloy in Cell Culture Environments by Jianan Li, Lei Cao, Yang Song, Shaoxiang Zhang, Changli Zhao, Fan Zhang, Xiaonong Zhang

“…Moreover, cell culture environment probably increased the biomineralization to a detectable level by affecting the kinetics of apatite formation.…”
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Design and Numerical Analysis of a Novel Rectangular PCF (R-PCF)-Based Biochemical Sensor (BCS) in the THz Regime by Abdullah Al-Mamun Bulbul, Abbas Z. Kouzani, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Abdullah-Al Nahid

“…The competence of this BCS in detecting analytes is evaluated employing the full-vector finite element method (FEM). …”
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A Simple Microfluidic Chip Design for Fundamental Bioseparation by Alan S. Chan, Michael K. Danquah, Dominic Agyei, Patrick G. Hartley, Yonggang Zhu

“…A mixture of dyes (fluorescein and rhodamine B) and a biopolymer mixture (10 kDa Dextran and 66 kDa BSA) were separated and the fluorescence technique was employed to detect the movement of the molecules. Fluorescein molecule was a nonretained species and rhodamine B was attached onto silica surface when dye mixture in deionized water was injected into the microchannel. …”
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Wave Motion Analysis in Plane via Hermitian Cubic Spline Wavelet Finite Element Method by Xiaofeng Xue, Xinhai Wang, Zhen Wang, Wei Xue

“…The results show that the new Hermitian plane wavelet finite element method can use the fewer elements to simulate the plane structure effectively and accurately and detect the cracks in plane.…”
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Sponge Effect in a Redo Lung Transplant Recipient by Ashwini Arjuna, Michael T. Olson, Sofya Tokman, Rajat Walia, Thalachallour Mohanakumar, A. Samad Hashimi, Michael A. Smith, Ross M. Bremner, Ashraf Omar

“…Herein, we report the case of an 18-year-old, female lung transplant recipient who required retransplantation and developed circulating DSAs directed toward the first allograft but detected in circulation only after retransplantation. …”
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Structural Damage Identification Based on the Transmissibility Function and Support Vector Machine by Yansong Diao, Xue Men, Zuofeng Sun, Kongzheng Guo, Yumei Wang

“…The results show that the proposed method does not need the information of excitation and the data from undamaged structure, needs only small size samples, and has certain antinoise ability. The detection accuracy of the proposed method with damage feature constructed by principal component analysis is superior to that constructed by wavelet packet decomposition.…”
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A method for diagnosing the implosion symmetry in inertial confinement fusion with wide-angle VISAR by Wu Yuji, Guan Zanyang, Zhang Qing, Jing Longfei, Ren Kuan, Liang Juxi, Chen Xudan, Li Yulong, Wang Feng

“…The application of wide-angle VISAR for the diagnosis of implosion symmetry in ICF was more accurate and intuitive and demonstrated high spatiotemporal resolution and wide detection range. This method can provide reference data for the micro-mechanism study of hydrodynamic instability and radiation-driven asymmetry, as well as support for optimizing the implosion compression process to achieve efficient and stable ignition.…”
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Sensing and Degradation of Organophosphorus Compounds by Exploitation of Heat-Loving Enzymes by Giuseppe Manco, Eros A. Lampitella, Nagendra S. K. Achanta, Giuliana Catara, Maria Marone, Elena Porzio

“…We will report on recent advancements in the use of carboxylesterases from the Hormone-Sensitive Lipase for the detection of OP compounds. In addition, enzymatic-based OP detoxification and decontamination offer long-term, environmentally friendly benefits compared to conventional methods such as chemical treatment, incineration, neutralization, and volatilization. …”
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Characterization of two neutralizing monoclonal antibodies with conformational epitopes against porcine deltacoronavirus by Wan Lu, Hongtao Cao, Yongle Yang, Yangyang Sun, Dong Yang, Priscilla F. Gerber, Xiangdong Li, Yaowei Huang, Bin Wang

“…This study offers new biological tools for PDCoV detection and lays the groundwork for the future development of porcine-specific antibodies for the prevention and treatment of PDCoV in piglets.…”
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Hemoglobins Likely Function as Peroxidase in Blood Clam Tegillarca granosa Hemocytes by Sufang Wang, Xiaopei Yu, Zhihua Lin, Shunqin Zhang, Liangyi Xue, Qinggang Xue, Yongbo Bao

“…In the present research, the peroxidase activity of T. granosa hemoglobins (Tg-Hbs) was characterized and the associated mechanism of action was deciphered via structural comparison with other known peroxidases. We detected that purified Tg-Hbs catalyzed the oxidation of phenolic compounds in the presence of exogenous H2O2. …”
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Evidence-Based Cerebral Vasospasm Surveillance by Heather Kistka, Michael C. Dewan, J. Mocco

“…In this paper, the authors review the various surveillance technologies available to detect cerebral vasospasm in the days following aSAH. …”
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Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Case Report and Review of 39 Japanese Cases by Manabu Kaneko, Shin Sasaki, Shuzo Teruya, Kosuke Ozaki, Kazuhiro Ishimaru, Emi Terai, Hiroshi Nakayama, Toshiyuki Watanabe

“…The results suggest that CT scan may be a useful diagnostic tool for detecting PCI. PCI in patients with SSc is usually benign and requires only conservative therapy. …”
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