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Effective cold-chain monitoring is crucial for safeguarding vaccine quality and efficacy, particularly under harsh sub-zero conditions. However, conventional temperature monitoring frequently encounters challenges, including limited operational performance at low temperatures, narrow tracking windows, susceptibility to photobleaching, and poor reproducibility, seve...
Continue readingDengue and leptospirosis are prevalent diseases in tropical and subtropical regions, posing significant public health challenges. These illnesses exhibit overlapping symptoms, including fever, muscle pain, and headaches, which complicates diagnosis and delays appropriate treatment. This study explores the use of attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infr...
Continue readingWhereas sanitizing wipes are among the strategies for combatting COVID-19, there are growing concerns concerning their disposal, due to majority of them being made of non-biodegradable fibres. Additionally, majority of the sanitizing solutions used are associated with irritations and some are carcinogenic. In this study, banana wipes, impregnated with an organic ...
Continue readingMarine-derived microorganisms are renowned for producing structurally diverse secondary metabolites with notable biological activities, serving as a promising reservoir for pharmaceutical development. In this study, the fungal strain Westerdykella dispersa Ca4-13, isolated from the edible oyster Crassostrea angulata, was investigated for its potential anti-inflamma...
Continue readingKiwifruit, a nutritious fruit consumed globally, is affected by kiwifruit bacterial canker (KBC) caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa), which is a major biotic stress that adversely impacts its cultivation and production. KBC control is still challenging owing to the evolution of resistant populations of Psa, the environmental risks associated with co...
Continue readingAs electronic devices become simultaneously more powerful and compact, thermal management is increasingly critical. Optimizing components like heatsinks is increasingly required, which has recently leveraged additive manufacturing. There is growing demand to move away from incumbent metallic materials for dielectric materials that are electrically insulative and tr...
Continue readingIn this work, the synthesis of smart hosting materials from modified gelatin with different fatty acids (myristic acid, palmitic acid, and stearic acid) has been observed and characterized. Coconut oil was used as a natural phase change material (PCM) and octadecanol was used as an organic phase change material. Different concentrations of Phase change materials we...
Continue readingCabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) crops are frequently attacked by cabbage looper larvae (Trichoplusia ni), which severely reduce cabbage production. This experiment was conducted in the late spring crop season from April 15, 2024, to August 20, 2024, at the Field Science Center for the Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Japan. In this study, the efficacy of an ...
Continue readingBrine is an inevitable product of desalination plants and various industrial sectors. The appropriate disposal of brines and their highly concentrated salts and other diverse contaminants is a critical environmental challenge to most plants. Recently, the FO process is gaining attention as a viable alternative to conventional brine concentration methods, primaril...
Continue readingThe current work focuses on the efficient removal of ammonia by calcium-based metal organic framework. Whereas, for the first time, Ca based metal organic framework was synthesized using either fish bones (FB) or eggshell (ES) as biogenic wastes to act as calcium precursors for synthesis of Ca-BDC, abbreviated as Ca-BDC(FB) & Ca-BDC(ES), respectively, to be s...
Continue readingThe use of biogenic nanoparticles as targeted drug delivery systems has gained increasing attention for improving anticancer therapies. This study investigates the effectiveness of porous biosilica derived from the diatom Chaetoceros sp., functionalized with hydrophilic GPTMS, labeled with CD-19 antibody, and loaded with doxorubicin in targeting Raji cells, a B l...
Continue readingIR spectra from 4000 to 100 cm–1 were measured for four kinds of alkali chloride solutions (LiCl, NaCl, KCl, CsCl solutions) with different concentrations. Their second derivative spectra revealed two bands around 3400 and 3160 cm–1 attributed to the OH stretching mode of weakly hydrogen-bonded (WHB) and strongly hydrogen-bonded (SHB) water species, r...
Continue readingTwo novel metallogels, designated as Cd-AIA and Hg-AIA, were synthesized at ambient temperature utilizing 5-aminoisophthalic acid (AIA) as the gelator, along with cadmium(II) acetate and mercury(II) acetate in N,N-dimethylformamide. Rheological tests validated the mechanical robustness of the Cd(II)- and Hg(II)-based metallogels under various conditions. Characteri...
Continue readingUpconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) have incredible potential for countless applications, especially in biology and medicine. These NPs can be used to bioimaging animals and plants and analyze their physiology, metabolic pathways, or intercellular interactions in real-time. However, before reaching such an application, the UCNPs physicochemical properties during pro...
Continue readingSingle-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have attracted attention for use in thermoelectric generators (TEGs) that convert thermal energy into electricity. SWCNTs, which are lightweight, flexible, and nontoxic materials, are perfectly suited for TEGs as self-contained power sources for Internet of Things (IoT) sensors. However, the generation of electricity by TEG...
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