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Evangelyn C. Alocilja
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Cell morphology as biomarker of carbapenem exposure
Characterizing the physiological response of bacterial cells to antibiotics is crucial for designing diagnostic techniques, treatment choices, and drug development. While bacterial cells at sublethal doses of ...
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Open AccessPortable nuclear magnetic resonance biosensor and assay for a highly sensitive and rapid detection of foodborne bacteria in complex matrices
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique is a powerful analytical tool in determining the presence of bacterial contaminants in complex biological samples. In this paper, a portable NMR-based (pNMR) biosenso...
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Open AccessGold nanoparticle-labeled biosensor for rapid and sensitive detection of bacterial pathogens
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is one of the major foodborne bacterial pathogens and also a biodefense agent. To ensure food safety and public health, it is very important to develop rapid m...
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One step alkaline synthesis of biocompatible gold nanoparticles using dextrin as cap** agent
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are used in sensing methods as tracers and transducers. The most common AuNP synthesis techniques utilize citrate under acidic reaction conditions. The synthesis described in this ar...
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Integrated Nano-Bio-VLSI Approach for Designing Error-Free Biosensors
The field of nano-biosensors and nano-bioelectronics presents many opportunities as well as challenges. One of the challenges in nano-biosensors is its susceptibility to device and biomolecular artifacts which...
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Fabrication and electroanalytical characterization of label-free DNA sensor based on direct electropolymerization of pyrrole on p-type porous silicon substrates
Label-free DNA sensors based on porous silicon (PS) substrate were fabricated and electrochemically characterized. p-type silicon wafer was electrochemically anodized in an ethanolic hydrofluoric (HF) solution...
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Open AccessBiomolecules Detection Using a Silver-Enhanced Gold Nanoparticle-Based Biochip
Silver-enhanced labeling method has been employed in immunochromatographic assays for improving the sensitivity of detecting pathogens. In this paper, we apply the silver enhancement technique for biomolecular...
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Characterization of sub-systems of a molecular biowire-based biosensor device
We describe the fabrication and characterization of components of a biosensor system that can be used for simultaneous screening of multiple pathogens in a sample. The two sub-systems are: (1) a mixed antibody...
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Aerobic in-vessel composting versus bioreactor landfilling using life cycle inventory models
Potential environmental impacts associated with aerobic in-vessel composting and bioreactor landfilling were assessed using life cycle inventory (LCI) tool. LCI models for solid waste management (SWM) were als...
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Biosensors for Detecting Pathogenic Bacteria in the Meat Industry
Global meat production in 2006 increased 1.6% compared to 2005 (Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO], 2006). According to a September 2007 report by the U.S.Meat Export Federation, the U.S. beef and beef va...
