Infection control / Modes of transmission

Towards sustainable management of Xylella fastidiosa vectors: An annotated image dataset for automated in-field detection of Aphrophoridae foam.

Insects feeding on xylem sap, such as adult Aphrophoridae spittlebugs, are vectors of the plant pathogenic xylem-limited bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf), a causal agent of a number of severe diseases, including the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS), which has decimated olive trees in the Mediterranean region. The Aphrophoridae life cycle and behaviour feature a weak stage, known as the juvenil...

AI-Guided Droplet Microreactors Enable Rapid and Reproducible Protein Crystallization.

Protein crystallization is essential for macromolecular structure determination, which in turn enables advances in drug discovery, enzyme engineering, and functional biology. However, conventional crystallization methods require large sample volumes, extensive screening, and long incubation times, while often yielding irreproducible results. Microfluidic droplets reduce reagent use and enable high...

Automation of Fluorescence-Activated Droplet Release by Deep-Learning-Based Droplet Detector.

Droplet-based microfluidics enables miniaturized, high-throughput biochemical assays but faces challenges in selective droplet retrieval, particularly...

Quantifying women's water polo overhead movement volumes using inertial measurement units and machine learning techniques: a cross-sectional study.

Water polo upper limb external monitoring is not routinely used yet is important in modifying injury risk as shooting volume and intensity are associa...

Multi-task non-contact ballistocardiogram-based vital signs monitoring in acupuncture.

The study introduces an innovative approach for efficient vital signs monitoring in acupuncture by combining multi-channel ballistocardiogram (BCG) si...

Stratification of viral shedding patterns in saliva of COVID-19 patients.

Living with COVID-19 requires continued vigilance against the spread and emergence of variants of concern (VOCs). Rapid and accurate saliva diagnostic...

Diagnostic Accuracy of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Screener Application in Screening for Malaria Parasites Among Blood Donors at the Korle-Bu Blood Bank, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Malaria is a deadly disease spread through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito and remains the leading cause of mor...

A Machine Learning-Based Dynamic SST Index for Long-Lead Malaria Prediction in the Peruvian Amazon.

Malaria imposes a major health burden in the Peruvian Amazon, and its early warning is essential for effective disease prevention. The tropical sea su...

Crystal Orientation and Defect Mapping in Electron-Beam-Sensitive Zeolites with Near-Axis Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction.

Porous materials are vital in catalysis, energy conversion, and environmental remediation. Understanding structural heterogeneity in zeolites is key t...

Bioinspired Janus Triboelectric Surface Enabled by Laser-Patterned Oxidation.

Amid growing resource scarcity and sustainability demands, water vapor emitted from cooling towers is shifting from a neglected industrial byproduct t...

Accelerated Discovery of Topological Conductors for Nanoscale Interconnects.

The sharp increase in resistivity of copper interconnects at ultra-scaled dimensions threatens the continued miniaturization of integrated circuits. T...

On-chip characterization of cell mechanics assisted by external physical fields and artificial intelligence.

Traditional microfluidic chips for single-cell mechanical characterization face challenges such as cell aggregation and low throughput, limiting their...

Chronic stress raises baseline circulating corticosterone and reduces vocal plasticity in male budgerigars, an avian model for adult vocal learning.

Chronic stress affects cognitive function across many domains, including memory, decision making and learning. While the effects of early-life stress ...

Non-contact identification of opportunistic pathogens in mixed biofilm contaminations by hyperspectral imaging.

BACKGROUND: Biofilms are present on almost all surfaces in households, healthcare and medical equipment, foods, industrial and water supply systems, a...

Design of an AI-assisted autonomous orchard sprayer with dual spraying mechanisms.

BACKGROUND: This study presents the design, development, and field evaluation of Vabot, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, fully electric autono...

Machine learning enables rapid assessment of potential cetacean health indicators.

Cetaceans are important ecosystem sentinels but face growing threats from major disease-related mortality events expected to intensify under climate c...

Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Enabled Flexible e-Skin for Cross-Media Proximity Sensing and Material Identification.

With the increasing deployment of intelligent robotics in medical rehabilitation and elderly care, sensing modalities and functionalities eventually b...

A droplet digital LAMP-based lab-on-a-disc system for multiplex allele-specific detection of tumor-derived DNA mutations.

The absence of accurate, rapid, fully automated, and cost-effective detection methods has hindered the clinical translation of tumor-derived DNA mutat...

Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of air pollution-induced lung adenocarcinoma through machine learning, network toxicology, and molecular docking.

OBJECTIVE: Airborne environmental contaminants are established carcinogens. This investigation elucidates the mechanistic contributions to pulmonary a...

Most important predictors of father-child contact in the U.S. child welfare system: A machine learning approach.

BACKGROUND: Little attention has been paid to comprehensively understanding multisystem-level factors that promote father involvement in the context o...