in recent years, demand for biological sensors which are capable of fast and accurate detection of minor amounts of pathogens inreal‑time form has been intensified. acoustic wave (aw) devices whose performance is determined by mass sensitivity parametersand quality factor are used in biological sensors as platforms with high quality. yet, current aw devices are facing many challengessuch as the...

in recent years many researches are carried out to develop robots for agricultural applications. one of the main steps in agricultural robot fabrication is the generation of guidance signals. the objective of this research was a feasibility study of ultrasonic sensors in generating guidance signals to determine the position and orientation of a mobile robot for greenhouse applications. a series...

The interaction of the potent anti-diabetic agent bis(maltolato)oxidovanadium(IV) (BMOV) with some proteins of blood serum was studied by EPR spectroscopy, pH-potentiometry and DFT calculations. The formation of cis-VO(ma)(2)(hTf), cis-VO(ma)(2)(HSA) and cis-VO(ma)(2)(IgG), their role in the biotransformation in vivo and the mechanism of transport of BMOV in blood are discussed.

We have investigated the Kodak Ektachem 400 Analyzer procedure for CO2 for interferences from benzyl alcohol, benzoic acid, and several compounds structurally similar to benzoic acid. Benzoic acid in plasma, at concentrations found in neonates intoxicated with benzyl alcohol, caused a large increase in the results for CO2, as did substantially above-normal concentrations of certain fatty acids ...

With electrolyte reference fluid (ERF)00, results from Kodak Ektachem slides for the direct potentiometric assay of sodium in plasma were significantly correlated with results from flame photometry, but also appeared to be systematically higher, especially in hypernatremic patients. Indirect potentiometry with the Technicon RA-1000 yielded intermediate values. In 23 hypernatremic patients with ...

The present study aims to develop an understanding of the interactions between an anionic polyelectrolyte, poly sodium 4-styrene sulphonate (NaPSS), and cationic surface active imidazolium based ionic liquids (SAILs), [Cnmim][Cl] (n = 10, 12, 14) using a multi-technique approach. Various physicochemical and electrochemical techniques such as surface tension, conductivity, fluorescence, isotherm...

The research areas of mobile robotic sensors lie in the intersection of two major fields of investigations carried out by quite distinct communities of researchers: autonomous robots and mobile sensor networks. Robotic sensors are micro-robots capable of locomotion and sensing. Like the sensors in wireless sensor networks, they are myopic: their sensing range is limited. Unlike the sensors in w...