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Recent Trends in Metallic Nanocomposites for Sensing and Electrochemical Devices
Recent years have witnessed an exponential rise in the development of sensor devices with enhanced characteristics. The research arena of sensing has...
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The Usefulness of Radiation Low Doses: Radiation Hormesis
This chapter tells about a large amount of data showing that radiation is beneficial in a certain range of doses. This phenomenon is called hormesis....
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Assessment and Elimination of Surgeon Hand Tremor During Robotic Surgery
Tremor is the repetitive movement of some part of the body. It disturbs the daily routine activities of humans like eating, gras** objects, etc....
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Thermodynamic Analysis for the Solubility of Allopurinol in Aqueous and Non-aqueous Mixtures at Various Temperatures
The solubility of allopurinol was measured at several temperatures (15–35 ºC) in ethanol–water, ethanol–ethyl acetate, and ethyl acetate–hexane...
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A “water window” tomography based on a laser-plasma double-stream gas-puff target soft X-ray source
A desktop laser-plasma double-stream gas-puff target soft X-ray (SXR) source, operating in the so-called “water window” spectral range ( λ = 2.3–4.4 nm...
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Nonlinear Optical Response of Chinese Teas Probed by Spatial Self-Phase Modulation
Chinese tea is the most highly consumed beverage globally. Its different types exhibit a strong nonlinear optical response as probed previously by...
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Electrochemical Formation of ‘Synthetic Receptors’ Based on Conducting Polymers
Analysis of pharmaceuticals and biologically active materials recently can be performed by biosensors, which can be based on conducting...
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Genetically encoded BRET-activated photodynamic therapy for the treatment of deep-seated tumors
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is one of the most appealing photonic modalities for cancer treatment based on anticancer activity of light-induced...
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Countermeasures for Near-Earth Space Missions
Given the various stressors and stresses of on-orbit spaceflight previously discussed, the question arises as to what we can do about them....
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Emotional Highs and Lows
Most astronauts have reported that their space mission was a positive experience. Some return with a new look on life or state they had a...
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Graphene/Metal Oxide-Based Nanocomposite for Electrochemical Sensors
In recent years, nanotechnological developments have brought revolutionary changes and developments to our lives. Among them, the preparation and...
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A Physics Cornucopia
Cooking, apart from anything else, is simply mixing ingredients (sometimes in a specific sequence) and heating them carefully in order to enable...
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The Antioxidant Capacity of Aqueous Extracts from Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis)
The antioxidant capacity of aqueous extracts from yerba mate and some of its polyphenolic components, namely, quercetin, rutin, chlorogenic and...
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Characterization Techniques for Morphology Analysis
The first step to unravel a material’s nature is to understand its morphology. Today, researchers leverage several characterization techniques to...
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Gourmet Physics
There is more than one way to skin a … beetroot. So, there are many ways to cook and everyone relies on various physical principles and rules. The...
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Adsorptive Removal of Pollutants Using Graphene-based Materials for Water Purification
Adsorption methods have been employed for pollution control as well as cleanup all around the world. Composite materials have been the most suitable...
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Otto Stern’s Legacy in Quantum Optics: Matter Waves and Deflectometry
Otto Stern became famous for molecular beam physics, matter-wave research and the discovery of the electron spin, with his work guiding several...
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Non-invasive cuff-less blood pressure estimation using a hybrid deep learning model
Conventional blood pressure (BP) measurement methods have different drawbacks such as being invasive, cuff-based or requiring manual operations....
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Stress, Sleep, and Cognition in Microgravity
This chapter deals with the stressors and stresses of space travel and issues related to sleep and cognition. Topics include stress and its...
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The performance of consumer-grade near infrared spectrometer in traditional Chinese medicine
Technical advances in instrument manufacturing have promoted the miniaturization and cost reduction of portable NIR spectrometers. The price of a...
