2.2. New Approaches 707 2.2.1. Optical Sensor Systems 707 2.2.2. Mass Spectrometry 708 2.2.3. Ion Mobility Spectrometry 708 2.2.4. Gas Chromatography 709 2.2.5. Infrared Spectroscopy 709 2.2.6. Use of Substance-Class-Specific Sensors 709 2.3. Combined Technologies 710 3. Companies 710 4. Application Areas 710 4.1. Food and Beverage 712 4.2. Environmental Monitoring 715 4.3. Disease Diagnosis 71...

a Mental Health Services and Policy Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA b Mental Health Services and Policy Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 90...

Objectives To quantify the current proportion of women in otolaryngology at different levels professorship and determine whether these proportions differ by US region. Methods Academic rank gender all ACGME-accredited programs United States were determined from departmental websites, Doximity, LinkedIn November 2021 to March 2022. Individuals then further organized using Census Bureau-designate...

Inhibitors of mammalian multidrug efflux, such as the plant alkaloid reserpine, are also active in potentiating antibiotic activity by inhibiting bacterial efflux. Based on this precedent, two novel mammalian multiple drug resistance inhibitors, biricodar (VX-710) and timcodar (VX-853), were evaluated for activity in a variety of bacteria. Both VX-710 and VX-853 potentiated the activity of ethi...

www.ums.ac.uk the main), a short explanation is probably in order. Sudoku is a logic puzzle centred around a square grid of 9 cells by 9, which is subdivided into 9 blocks of 3 cells by 3. Each cell contains one of the digits 1-9 (but any letter or symbol can be used, as there is no arithmetical relationship between the numbers). The fundamental rule is this: each row, each column, and each 3x3...

The PCP theorem gives a novel characterization of the class NP in terms of probabilistically checkable proofs (PCPs). The central role in this characterization belongs to a Verifier. Here, the probabilities are taken over the random choices of the verifier, and the notation V π means that the verifier V has random access to the string π, i.e., V may request to see the ith bit of the string π, f...

Although cooperative interactions between helper T cells and B-cell precursors have been extensively characterized (1, 2), the role of helper T cells in the triggering and differentiation of cytotexic T-cell precursors remains ambiguous. Several laboratories have described synergistic interactions between T cells recognizing H-2K or D antigens (SD) and T cells recognizing Ia antigens (LD); incr...

We report a facile approach to prepare MoS2 nanosheet coated TiO2 nanobelts. The TiO2@MoS2 structure exhibits a reversible capacity of 710 mA h g(-1) at 100 mA g(-1) after 100 cycles with highly stable capacity retention, and bears good rate capability with a reversible capacity of 417 mA h g(-1) at 1000 mA g(-1).

Commanders of combat units have traditionally desired as much information as possible to aid them in making key decisions. Ironically, we have reached the stage where there is now too much information available. A commonly proposed solution is to utilize software agents to collect information, select what is useful, and deliver it to the commander. By their nature, software agents are active, d...