Cancers are genetically and clinically very heterogeneous diseases; therefore, various proteomic studies have been trying to find bio-markers which can facilitate prognosis, diagnosis or treatment of these oncological diseases. The mass spectrometry is an effective tool for identification, quantitation, and characterization of biomolecules in the complex bio-logical samples. The first step suit...

In order to achieve the sensing, communication and processing tasks of Wireless Sensor Networks, an energy-efficient routing protocol is required to manage the dissipated energy of the network and to minimalize the traffic and the overhead during the data transmission stages. Clustering is the most common technique to balance energy consumption amongst all sensor nodes throughout the network. I...

Wireless sensor networks are one of the most rapidly evolving research and development fields for microelectronics. Their applications are countless, and the market potentials are huge. However, many technical hurdles have to be overcome to achieve a widespread diffusion of wireless sensor network technology. This paper summarizes the trends of evolution in wireless sensor network nodes, focusi...

In the last years, environmental monitoring was shown to be a major application field of modern signal processing and machine learning techniques. In particular, it provides some interesting problems for which specific signal methods were proposed. In this session, we aim to review some recent advances in this topic. We propose a taxonomy of the major trends in environmental surveillance accord...

Background: Hyaline cartilage defects exhibit a major challenge in the field of orthopedic surgery owing to its limited repair capacity. On the other hand, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are regarded as potent cells with a property of cartilage regeneration. We aimed to optimize marrow-derived MSC chondrogenic culture using a small bioactive molecule referred to as BIO. Methods: MSCs from the ma...

Resonant mechanical sensors are often considered as mass balance, which responds to an analyte adsorbed on or absorbed in a thin sensitive (and selective) layer deposited the surface of resonant device. In more general sense, sensor measures properties at interface resonator medium under inspection . A phononic crystal (PnC) employs resonance well; however, working principle is fundamentally di...

This paper describes a static analysis for Bio-PEPA models based on the notion of conservation of mass. Failure to obey the law of mass conservation can be an indication that there is an error in the model description. Here we focus on the use of invariant analysis to identify such potential flaws in models. We extend the basic technique to consider open models, in which it is possible to autom...

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) as an analytical tool for bio-molecular and bio-medical research targets, accurate compound localization and identification. In terms of dedicated instrumentation, this translates into the demand for more detail in the image dimension (spatial resolution) and in the spectral dimension (mass resolution and accuracy), preferably combined in one instrument. At the s...

Molecular interaction is a key concept in our understanding of the biological mechanisms of life. Two physical properties change when one molecular partner binds to another. Firstly, the masses combine and secondly, the structure of at least one binding partner is altered, mechanically transducing the binding into subsequent biological reactions. Here we present a nanomechanical micro-array tec...

We examine the impact of atmospheric correction, specifically aerosol model selection, on retrieval of bio-optical properties from satellite ocean color imagery. Uncertainties in retrievals of bio-optical properties (such as chlorophyll, absorption, and backscattering coefficients) from satellite ocean color imagery are related to a variety of factors, including errors associated with sensor ca...